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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2024
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Aiichiro Otana, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A waste ink container includes: a plurality of receiving openings; an absorbing member that absorbs ink; a merging chamber defined by space in a reservoir region where the absorbing member is absent, and located at a position spaced at an interval from each of the plurality of receiving openings; a suction opening forming communication between the merging chamber and the outside of the reservoir region; a plurality of suction air passages defined by space in the reservoir region where the absorbing member is absent, merging with each other in the merging chamber, and forming communication between each of the plurality of receiving openings and the suction opening; and a cover located in the reservoir region and having lower gas permeability than the absorbing member. The cover covers the merging chamber from a direction perpendicular to a certain direction.
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