Patent ID: 7976121
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A waste liquid collector which is detachably mounted on a device including a discharge unit discharging a waste liquid and stores the waste liquid discharged from the discharge unit when the waste liquid collector is mounted on the device, the waste liquid collector comprising: a waste liquid absorbing member which absorbs the waste liquid; and a frame including an opening through which the discharge unit is inserted or extracted at the time of mounting or detaching the waste liquid collector on or from the device in a state where the waste liquid absorbing member is received inside an inner space of the frame, wherein the waste liquid absorbing member is provided with a plurality of contact portions which, when the discharge unit is inserted into the opening, come in contact with the discharge unit so that the discharge unit is interposed therebetween in a direction perpendicular to insertion and extraction directions of the discharge unit.