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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hidehiro Takano, Nagano, JP;
Shunichi Seki, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a waste ink absorber excellent in permeability and retention performance, it is directed to a waste ink absorber for absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for ejecting ink. In a side cross-sectional view of the waste ink absorber, a portion low in density and a portion higher in density as compared with the portion low in density are laid alternately obliquely.