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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2005
Takamitsu Kawai, Obu, JP;
Masafumi Kawaura, Nagoya, JP;
Takamitsu Kawai, Obu, JP;
Masafumi Kawaura, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A waste ink tank including: a first storing section that stores waste ink and has an evaporation opening for the waste ink; a second storing section that stores the waste ink and is deeper than the first storing section, the second storing section having an evaporation opening which is smaller than that of the first storing section; and a waste ink receiving section which connects the first storing section and the second storing section and into which the waste ink is made to flow, the waste ink receiving section connecting the first storing section and the second storing section at a bottom surface thereof that is horizontal when the waste ink tank is used.