Patent ID: 7726772
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head having a nozzle surface, the nozzle surface including a nozzle opening, the liquid ejection head ejecting a liquid from the nozzle surface; a liquid receiver having an opening provided in correspondence with the nozzle surface of the liquid ejection head, the liquid receiver being capable of receiving the liquid ejected as a waste liquid from the nozzle opening of the liquid ejection head through the opening of the liquid receiver; a liquid receiver movement mechanism that moves the liquid receiver between a receiving position at which the opening of the liquid receiver opposes the nozzle surface of the liquid ejection head and a non-receiving position spaced from the receiving position; a lid body arranged at the non-receiving position, the lid body contacting the liquid receiver in such a manner as to close the opening of the liquid receiver after the liquid receiver is moved to the non-receiving position by the liquid receiver movement mechanism; and an urging member that urges the lid body toward the liquid receiver while the lid body closes the opening of the liquid receiver in the non-receiving position.