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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Jong-Sung Jung, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
An ink-jet printer has a frame, a carriage, a waste ink collecting box and waste ink spreading device. The paper feeder is mounted to one side of the frame, while a discharge device is mounted to the other side of the frame. The carriage is provided with at least one ink cartridge and is transversely reciprocated between a printing area and a service area along a guide rod that is horizontally mounted to the frame. The waste ink collecting box is for collecting waste ink discharged from the ink cartridge in the service area. The waste ink spreading device uniformly spreads the waste ink heaped in the waste ink collecting box. The waste ink spreading device may have a waste ink spreader. The waste ink spreader may have a hinge portion rotatably mounted to the waste ink collecting box, a spreader arm extended from one side of the hinge portion, the spreader arm spreading heaped waste ink uniformly in the waste ink collecting box, and a spreader head extended from the opposite end of the hinge portion, the spreader head being actuated for rotation of the spreader arm.