Patent ID: 6361142
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A waste ink reservoir for an ink jet printer having a print head, comprising:a waste ink absorber having a top surface, for receiving waste ink from said print head at said top surface thereof, and then absorbing said waste ink for storage therein, said waste ink absorber having: vertically laminated layers of a plurality of ink absorbent boards each formed with a through hole vertically extending therethrough, a through-type ink absorber fitted through said through hole of each of said plurality of ink absorbent boards such that said through-type ink absorber extends through said plurality of ink absorbent boards, said through-type ink absorber being formed of a material which has a permeability sufficiently higher in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction, and a waste ink container accommodating said waste ink absorber.