Patent ID: 8992002
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a head comprising a plurality of ejection ports configured to eject a recording liquid onto a recording medium; a first receiving device disposed below the head along a substantially vertical direction and configured to receive at least a portion of the recording liquid ejected from the ejection ports; a holding portion disposed above the first receiving device along the substantially vertical direction and configured to hold the recording medium after the head has ejected recording liquid from the ejection ports onto the recording medium, wherein the holding portion comprises a wall surface comprising an opening therein; a roller disposed above the holding portion along the substantially vertical direction and configured to convey the recording medium to the holding portion; and a first path configured to guide liquid on the wall surface of the holding portion from the opening in the wall surface of the holding portion to the first receiving device, wherein the substantially vertical direction is substantially parallel to a direction of gravity, wherein the wall surface comprises: wherein the liquid ejection apparatus further comprises a conveyance device configured to convey the recording medium through the liquid ejection apparatus, wherein the second member is disposed upstream of the first member in an output direction, wherein the output direction is a direction in which the conveyance device is configured to output the recording medium, wherein the liquid ejection apparatus further comprises: wherein the first housing is configured to pivot with respect to the second housing about an axis of rotation such that, as the first housing is pivoted from a closed position to a separated position, the first member becomes closer to the second member in a horizontal direction than it was in the closed position, wherein the horizontal direction is perpendicular to the vertical direction, wherein a surface of the first member is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the substantially vertical direction toward the opening and along the output direction, wherein the surface of the first member is configured to support a surface of the recording medium, wherein the holding portion is aligned above the head along the substantially vertical direction, wherein the liquid ejection apparatus further comprises a feed tray configured to hold the recording medium and disposed below the first receiving device along the substantially vertical direction, and wherein the conveying device comprises a conveying path disposed below the opening along the substantially vertical direction.