Patent ID: 9090068
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A capping device comprising: a box-shaped cap having an opening at one end of a side wall formed into a ring shape and a bottom portion; a liquid absorber configured to absorb a liquid; a waste liquid disposal port that is provided in the bottom portion and configured to discharge liquid flowed therein from the opening; a rib connecting two opposing wall surfaces of the side wall in an extending direction between the two opposing wall surfaces, the rib being formed integrally with the two opposing wall surfaces; and a communicating hole formed in the rib, the communicating hole penetrating the rib in the a width direction and intersecting the extension direction of extension of the rib between the two opposing wall surfaces, the communicating hole being in communication with the waste liquid disposal port, wherein the liquid absorber is accommodated in the box-shaped cap so as to cover a top of the rib from the opening side of the box-shaped cap.