Patent ID: 8454121

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head capable of ejecting liquid through a plurality of nozzles; a liquid container capable of receiving the liquid ejected as a waste material from the plurality of nozzles of the liquid ejecting head; an absorber disposed in the bottom of the liquid container which is capable of absorbing and storing the waste material; a suction unit capable of sucking the waste material held by the absorber and discharging the waste material from the liquid container, and a movement mechanism which moves the liquid container between a reception position where the liquid ejected as the waste material can be received from the nozzles of the liquid ejecting head and a non-reception position where the liquid ejected as the waste material cannot be received from the nozzles; wherein the liquid container comprises a restriction portion capable of restricting the flow of the waste material to a portion of the absorber with a lower elevation, the restriction portion protruding from an inside bottom surface of the liquid container toward an opening of the liquid container and extending from a first end to a second end of the liquid container, and the absorber comprises collection portions at a plurality of positions with different elevations where the waste material may be collected when the liquid container is rotated so that the bottom surface is sloped away from the horizontal plane, wherein liquid container comprises a communication hole that is adjacent to and touching the restriction portion, the communication hole configured to provide the liquid to the suction unit.