Patent ID: 8888237

Claim:
A liquid jetting apparatus which jets liquid onto a medium comprising: a liquid jetting head configured to jet the liquid; a liquid discharge unit configured to discharge the liquid from the liquid jetting head; a waste liquid recover unit including a waste liquid absorber configured to absorb a waste liquid discharged from the liquid jetting head by the liquid discharge unit and detection electrodes configured to detect a waste liquid amount absorbed into the waste liquid absorber; and a vibration generating source configured to vibrate the waste liquid absorber in a vibration direction; wherein the detection electrodes are disposed to make contact with an end surface defining the waste liquid absorber, and a normal direction of the end surface intersects with the vibration direction; wherein the vibration generating source includes a head driving mechanism configured to move the liquid jetting head in a scanning direction; wherein the vibration direction includes a component parallel to the scanning direction; and wherein the detection electrodes are brought in contact with an end surface, of the waste liquid absorber, which is along the scanning direction.