Patent ID: 7905562

Claim:
A liquid guiding device in a liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a platen located so as to face a liquid ejecting head; a liquid dumping region provided in a portion of the platen that faces the liquid ejecting head and that extends beyond a liquid discharge region of the liquid ejecting head, the liquid dumping region having a liquid absorber; a guiding surface portion provided on an edge of the platen defining a downstream end of the liquid dumping region, the upper surface of the guiding surface portion sloping down toward an upstream end, the guiding surface portion being protruded into the liquid dumping region; and a guiding structure portion provided in the guiding surface portion and guiding liquid attached to the guiding surface portion to the liquid absorber, wherein the guiding structure portion includes an edge portion guiding liquid by capillary action, and the edge portion extends to the liquid absorber, wherein the edge portion is located at the vertex of a V-shaped opening that opens toward the upstream end of the sloping surface of the guiding surface portion.