Patent ID: 11964488
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
a discharge head that discharges a liquid to a recording material;
a support section provided facing the discharge head and supporting the recording material from below;
a first absorbing member that absorbs the liquid discarded from the discharge head to an outer side of an end portion of the recording material supported by the support section, as a waste liquid;
a waste liquid receiving section that receives the liquid ejected from the discharge head as a waste liquid;
a second absorbing member that absorbs the waste liquid sent from the waste liquid receiving section;
an accommodating section that holds the second absorbing member;
a delivery section that delivers the liquid between the first absorbing member and the second absorbing member;
a blocking section configured to temporarily block delivery of the liquid from the delivery section between the first absorbing member and the second absorbing member; and
a maintenance device that forcibly ejects the liquid from the discharge head to the waste liquid receiving section, wherein
in a state where the accommodating section is inserted into an apparatus main body, the delivery section is inclined downward from a horizontal plane of the liquid discharge apparatus in a first turning direction, and the delivery section, when the accommodating section is removed from the apparatus main body, is inclined upward from the horizontal plane of the liquid discharge apparatus in a second turning direction opposite to the first turning direction, and
the blocking section is driven by using power of the maintenance device.