Patent ID: 7810900

Claim:
A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head that has a nozzle-forming surface in which nozzle openings are defined and ejects a liquid through the nozzle openings; a liquid receiver that has an opening corresponding to the nozzle openings and is capable of receiving the liquid ejected from the nozzle opening as a waste liquid; a movement mechanism that moves the liquid receiver between a receiving position at which the liquid receiver is capable of receiving the waste liquid and a non-receiving position at which the liquid receiver is incapable of receiving the waste liquid, wherein the receiving position is a position at which the opening is closely opposed to the nozzle-forming surface, and wherein the non-receiving position is spaced from the receiving position; and a posture change inducing portion arranged on a movement path of the liquid receiver between the receiving position and the non-receiving position, wherein the posture of the liquid receiver is changed by containing the posture change inducing portion when the liquid receiver moves, wherein, when the liquid receiver moves from the receiving position to the non-receiving position, the posture change inducing portion changes the posture of the liquid receiver from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture, and wherein, when the liquid receiver moves from the non-receiving position to the receiving position, the posture change inducing portion changes the posture of the liquid receiver from the vertical posture to the horizontal posture.