Patent ID: 8632159

Claim:
A mist collection device adapted to collect a mist of liquid generated by ejecting the liquid from a plurality of nozzles in an ejection head, the mist collection device comprising: a suction container including a suction section in which a suction port is formed, the suction port being an opening having an elongated shape whose length in an arrangement direction of the nozzles is greater than a width in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction, a tube section in communication with the suction section and having a hollow tube shape whose longitudinal direction is parallel to the arrangement direction, and an outlet section in communication with an inside of the tube section through a discharge port formed at a lower part of the tube section with respect to a vertical direction; a collection container configured and arranged to collect the mist by turning the mist into liquid droplets; and a suction device configured and arranged to generate an air flow flowing from the suction container to the collection container.