Patent ID: 7934792

Claim:
A waste liquid collection container for collecting a waste liquid sucked and ejected from a liquid ejecting head of a liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a container body having at least a part formed by a flexible container wall; a flexible liquid absorber installed inside said container body; a waste liquid injection port through which a waste liquid sucked and ejected from said liquid ejecting head is injected into said container body; a waste liquid ejection port through which a liquid from an inside of said container body is ejected, wherein said waste liquid collection container is structured so that an inner pressure of said container body becomes negative in correspondence with an ejection of said liquid through said waste liquid ejection port, thereby said flexible container wall is deformed and a volume of said container body is reduced so that said liquid absorber is contracted; and wherein said flexible liquid absorber is provided with a through hole at a position corresponding to said waste liquid ejection port.