JP2021059123A - Inkjet recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an inkjet recording device which inhibits enlargement in a lateral direction.SOLUTION: A multifunction machine 10 includes: a carriage 67 which moves in a lateral direction 9; a recording head 65 which is mounted on the carriage 67 and discharges an ink from nozzles; an ink refill case 61 which is connected to the recording head 65 so that the ink may be supplied thereto; caps 74, 75 which receive the ink discharged from the recording head 65; and a movable waste ink tank 110 connected to the caps 74, 75 so that the ink can circulate thereto. The ink refill case 61 is located at a position which does not overlap with the carriage 67 in an anteroposterior direction 8 and partially located at the right side relative to a movable range of the carriage 67. The movable waste ink tank 110 is located at a position which overlaps with the ink refill case 61 in the lateral direction 9 and located at the right side relative to the movable range of the carriage 67.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to an inkjet recording apparatus provided with a waste liquid storage unit for storing ink sucked from a recording head.

An inkjet recording device that records an image on a sheet by ejecting ink from an ejection port of a recording head is known. In such an inkjet recording device, in order to remove foreign matter from the discharge port of the recording head, an inkjet recording equipped with a maintenance unit that sucks foreign matter in the discharge port of the recording head with a pump and stores the sucked foreign matter in a waste liquid tank. The device is known (Patent Document 1).

In the recording device described in Patent Document 1, an ink cartridge mounting portion for mounting an ink cartridge is arranged in one of the moving directions of the carriage (hereinafter, referred to as "left-right direction") from the paper feed cassette. A waste liquid tank is arranged on the other side in the left-right direction.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-11284

Users who use large-capacity ink cartridges and large-capacity ink tanks are likely to use inkjet recording devices frequently. When the inkjet recording device is used frequently, the number of maintenances increases and the amount of ink stored in the waste liquid tank also increases. Therefore, in an inkjet recording device having a large capacity of an ink storage unit such as an ink cartridge, it is necessary to increase the size of the waste liquid storage unit according to the size of the ink storage unit. However, various parts are arranged inside the inkjet recording apparatus. Therefore, in order to suppress the increase in size of the inkjet recording apparatus, it is necessary to arrange the ink storage unit in a space-efficient position so as not to interfere with other parts.

In the configuration described in Patent Document 1, in order to prevent interference with other parts, when the ink cartridge mounting portion is enlarged outward in the left-right direction in which other parts do not exist, the waste liquid tank also moves in the left-right direction accordingly. It will be enlarged outward. Therefore, in addition to the increase in size due to the ink cartridge mounting portion, the size of the inkjet recording device is further increased by the waste liquid tank.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet recording apparatus in which an increase in size in the left-right direction is suppressed.

(1) The inkjet recording apparatus according to the present invention is mounted on a carriage that moves in the first direction and the carriage, and is connected to a recording head that ejects ink from a nozzle so that ink can be supplied to the recording head. It is provided with an ink storage unit, an ink receiving unit that receives the ink discharged from the recording head, and a first waste liquid storage unit that is connected to the ink receiving unit so that the ink can flow. The ink storage portion is located at a position that does not overlap with the carriage in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the vertical direction, and at least a part of the ink storage portion is located outside the movement range of the carriage in the first direction. doing. The first waste liquid storage unit is located at a position overlapping the ink storage unit in the first direction, and is located outside the moving range of the carriage.

According to the above configuration, the first waste liquid storage unit is arranged at a position where the presence of the ink storage unit does not affect the increase in size of the apparatus in the first direction. Therefore, the first waste liquid storage unit is arranged in a space-efficient manner without interfering with other parts. As a result, it is possible to prevent the device from becoming larger in the first direction.

(2) Preferably, the inkjet recording device is further provided with a feed tray that is located below the recording head and supports the sheet. The first waste liquid storage unit is located at a position overlapping the feed tray in the vertical direction, and the upper end of the first waste liquid storage unit is located above the upper end of the feed tray.

According to the above configuration, since the height of the first waste liquid storage unit is above the upper end of the feed tray, a large amount of waste liquid is stored in the first waste liquid storage unit.

(3) Preferably, the inkjet recording device further includes a housing, and the first waste liquid storage unit is removable from the housing.

According to the above configuration, the first waste liquid storage unit can be replaced. Further, the first waste liquid storage unit is space-efficiently arranged at a position where it is easy to attach / detach without interfering with other parts during attachment / detachment.

(4) Preferably, the housing has a guide portion that movably guides the first waste liquid storage portion in a direction intersecting the first direction.

According to the above configuration, the first waste liquid storage unit is easily moved while avoiding obstacles.

(5) Preferably, the inkjet recording apparatus further includes a second waste liquid storage unit in which ink is circulateably connected to the ink receiving unit and the first waste liquid storage unit, and the second waste liquid storage unit is further provided. Is located at a position overlapping the movement range of the carriage in the first direction, and is located between the ink storage unit and the carriage in the second direction.

According to the above configuration, since the second waste liquid storage unit is provided in addition to the first waste liquid storage unit, a larger amount of waste liquid is stored.

(6) Preferably, the first waste liquid storage unit has a first retainer that holds ink, and the second waste liquid storage unit has a second retainer that holds ink. The first holding body and the second holding body are in contact with each other.

According to the above configuration, the ink held in the second holding body in the second waste liquid storage portion moves from the second holding body to the first holding body through the contact portion between the first holding body and the second holding body. In addition, the ink moves more reliably from the second waste liquid storage unit to the first waste liquid storage unit.

(7) Preferably, the first holding body and the second holding body are in vertical contact with each other in a state where the first holding body is located below and the second holding body is located above.

According to the above configuration, the ink easily moves from the second holding body to the first holding body.

(8) Preferably, the second waste liquid storage unit is fixed to the housing.

According to the above configuration, since the ink receiving unit is connected to the second waste liquid storage unit, the configuration of the first waste liquid storage unit is simplified.

(9) Preferably, the inkjet recording apparatus further includes a wiper capable of contacting the recording head, and in the first waste liquid storage unit, the recording head contacts the wiper with respect to the wiper. It is located upstream in the direction of movement.

According to the above configuration, the ink remaining on the surface of the recording head is wiped by the wiper and then scattered from the wiper. When the ink is scattered from the wiper, the first waste liquid storage unit receives the scattered ink.

(10) Preferably, the first waste liquid storage unit has a holding body for holding ink and a storage housing in which the holding body is housed, and the storage housing is located on the side where the wiper is located. Has an arranged opening.

According to the above configuration, the ink scattered from the wiper is held by the first holder.

(11) The inkjet recording apparatus according to the present invention extends in a third direction orthogonal to the transport direction for transporting the sheet, and has a recording head that ejects ink from a nozzle toward the sheet, and the recording head and ink. It includes an ink storage unit that is connectable to supply, an ink receiving unit that receives ink discharged from the recording head, and a first waste liquid storage unit that is connected to the ink receiving unit so that ink can flow. ing. The ink storage portion is located at a position that does not overlap with the recording head in the fourth direction orthogonal to the third direction and the vertical direction, and at least a part of the ink storage portion is located outside the recording head in the third direction. ing. The first waste liquid storage unit is located at a position overlapping the ink storage unit in the third direction and is located outside the recording head.

According to the present invention, since the first waste liquid storage unit is arranged at a position that does not affect the increase in size in the left-right direction, the increase in size in the left-right direction is suppressed.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the multifunction device 10. FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the internal configuration of the printer unit 14. FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the configuration of the maintenance mechanism 70. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of the printer unit 14, showing a state in which the carriage 67 is located at the maintenance position and the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the internal configuration of the printer unit 14, showing a state in which the carriage 67 is located at the maintenance position and the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the internal configuration of the printer unit 14, showing a state in which the carriage 67 is located at the center of the left-right direction 9 and the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at a non-mounting position. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the appearance of the fixed waste ink tank 80 and the movable waste ink tank 110 is viewed from the upper left, and shows a state in which the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the appearance of the fixed waste ink tank 80 and the movable waste ink tank 110 is viewed from the upper right, and shows a state in which the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the fixed waste ink tank 80 in the BB cross section of FIG. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the movable waste ink tank 110 in the BB cross section of FIG. FIG. 12 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the fixed waste ink tank 80 and the lower cover 30 in the CC cross section of FIG. FIG. 13 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the movable waste ink tank 110 and the guide portions 131 and 132 in the DD cross section of FIG. FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position in the BB cross section of FIG. FIG. 15 is a plan view showing the internal configuration of the printer unit 14 in the modified example.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. It goes without saying that the embodiments described below are merely examples of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention can be appropriately changed without changing the gist of the present invention. Further, in the following description, the vertical direction 7 is defined based on the state in which the compound machine 10 is usably installed (the state shown in FIG. 1), and the front-rear direction 8 (the third) with the surface provided with the opening 22 as the front surface. Two directions and an example of the fourth direction) are defined, and the left-right direction 9 (an example of the first direction and the third direction) is defined when the compound machine 10 is viewed from the front.

[Overall configuration of multifunction device 10]
The multifunction device 10 (an example of an inkjet recording device) has various functions such as a printing function and a scanning function. As shown in FIG. 1, the multifunction device 10 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape as a whole due to the printer housing 11 (an example of the housing) and the scanner housing 12 stacked above the printer housing 11. ing. Further, on the front surface of the multifunction device 10, an operation panel 13 having various operation buttons and a liquid crystal display unit is provided.

The printer housing 11 constitutes an outer wall of a printer unit 14 for recording an image on a recording paper 19 (see FIG. 2, an example of a sheet). As shown in FIG. 2, the printer unit 14 records an image on the recording paper 19 conveyed from the feeding tray 20, and discharges the recording paper 19 on which the image is recorded to the discharge tray 21. The feed tray 20 and the discharge tray 21 can be attached to and detached from the printer housing 11 through an opening 22 (see FIG. 1) formed on the front surface of the printer housing 11. The scanner housing 12 (see FIG. 1) constitutes an outer wall of an image reading unit having a flatbed scanner. The detailed configuration of the image reading unit is omitted in this embodiment.

[Printer unit 14]
As shown in FIG. 2, the feeding roller 25 is located above the feeding tray 20. The feeding arm 26 rotatably supports the feeding roller 25. The feeding roller 25 moves in the vertical direction 7 according to the thickness of a bundle of a plurality of recording papers 19 supported by the feeding tray 20, and the feeding arm 26 rotates as the feeding roller 25 moves. To do. The feed roller 25 rotates by transmitting the rotation of a motor (not shown) by a drive transmission mechanism 27 such as a gear train. When the feeding roller 25 rotates while contacting the recording paper 19 on the feeding tray 20, the recording paper 19 at the highest position among the loaded recording papers 19 is fed to the transport path 23.

The transport path 23 bends upward from the rear end of the feed tray 20 and forward of the printer section 14 and extends substantially linearly toward the discharge tray 21 along the front-rear direction 8. The transport path 23 is located substantially in the center of the printer housing 11 (see FIG. 1) in the left-right direction 9. The transport path 23 is provided with a transport roller pair 54 and a discharge roller pair 55. The transport roller pair 54 and the discharge roller pair 55 sandwich the recording paper 19 in the transport path 23 and transport the recording paper 19 in the transport direction 15. The recording paper 19 fed from the feed tray 20 is conveyed to at least one of the transport roller pair 54 and the discharge roller pair 55, so that the recording sheet 19 makes a U-turn from the bottom to the top along the transport path 23 and is recorded. After reaching the lower part of 24 and recording an image by the recording unit 24, the image is discharged to the discharge tray 21.

The recording unit 24 records an image by an inkjet method. The recording unit 24 has a recording head 65 and a carriage 67. The carriage 67 is located above the transport path 23. The carriage 67 moves along guide rails 43 and 44 (see FIGS. 4 to 6) extending along the left-right direction 9 by transmitting the drive of the motor (not shown) by a belt drive mechanism (not shown). To do. The recording head 65 is mounted on the carriage 67. A platen 66 is located below the recording head 65. The platen 66 extends over the area where the carriage 67 moves (in other words, the entire area of the transport path 23 in the left-right direction 9), and supports the recording paper 19 transported through the transport path 23 from below. The recording head 65 faces the platen 66. When the carriage 67 moves in the left-right direction 9, the recording head 65 selectively ejects ink to the recording paper 19 supported by the platen 66, so that an image is recorded on the recording paper 19.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of nozzles 69 are opened on the lower surface of the recording head 65. A plurality of nozzles 69 are arranged in a row along the transport direction 15 (see FIG. 2). The rows of the plurality of nozzles 69 are formed in four rows corresponding to, for example, cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink colors.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the printer housing 11 has a lower cover 30 that mainly constitutes a part of the front surface and the lower surface of the multifunction device 10. The upper cover 29 (see FIG. 13), which mainly constitutes the side surface and the rear surface of the multifunction device 10, is assembled above the lower cover 30 to form the printer housing 11.

The lower cover 30 has a lower wall 31 that constitutes the lower surface, and a right wall 32 and a left wall 33 that partition the space 34 in which the feed tray 20 is housed. The right wall 32 and the left wall 33 project upward from the lower wall 31, and extend in parallel along the front-rear direction 8. The space 34 in the central portion of the lower wall 31 in the left-right direction 9 is partitioned by the right wall 32 and the left wall 33 in the front-rear direction 8. In the lower cover 30, a space 35 is formed above the lower wall 31 and to the right of the right wall 32. In the space 35, a maintenance mechanism 70 (see FIG. 6), an ink refill case 61, a fixed waste ink tank 80 (an example of a second waste liquid storage unit), and a movable waste ink tank 110 (an example of a first waste liquid storage unit) are provided. Be housed.

[Ink Refill Case 61]
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the printer unit 14 includes an ink refill case 61. The ink refill case 61 is located in front of the space 35. The ink refill case 61 has a box shape having an opening on the front surface. A plurality of ink cartridges 62 (see FIG. 2, an example of an ink storage unit) for storing each color ink to be supplied to the recording head 65 are mounted on the ink refill case 61. A plurality of tubes 63 corresponding to ink colors extend from the ink refill case 61 to which each ink cartridge 62 is mounted to the recording head 65, and ink is supplied from the ink cartridge 62 to the recording head 65 through the tubes 63. Will be done. The ink cartridge is inserted into and removed from the ink refill case 61 from the front surface of the multifunction device 10 through the opening 48 of the lower cover 30.

The ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 are located in front of the carriage 67 in the space 35 of the lower cover 30. In other words, the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 are located at positions that do not overlap with the carriage 67 in the front-rear direction 8, that is, at different positions. Further, the right end portions of the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 are located to the right of the right end of the movement range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9, that is, to the right of the right end of the guide rails 43 and 44. That is, at least a part of the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 is arranged outside the moving range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9.

[Maintenance mechanism 70]
As shown in FIG. 6, the maintenance mechanism 70 is located in the space 35 below the movement path of the recording head 65 and to the right of the right end of the platen 66. The maintenance mechanism 70 is located below the carriage 67 in a state where the carriage 67 is located at the right end of the movement range in the left-right direction 9. As shown in FIG. 3, the maintenance mechanism 70 sucks ink from each nozzle 69 of the recording head 65, and the sucked ink flows out to the fixed waste ink tank 80. Hereinafter, the ink discharged from each nozzle 69 by the maintenance mechanism 70 is referred to as "waste ink". In FIG. 3, the fixed waste ink tank 80 is schematically shown in order to show that the maintenance mechanism 70 and the fixed waste ink tank 80 are connected by the tubes 76 and 77, but the fixed waste ink tank 80 is shown. It does not indicate the positional relationship between the tank 80 and other components.

As shown in FIG. 3, the maintenance mechanism 70 includes a movable portion 71, a cam mechanism 72 that moves the movable portion 71 in the vertical direction 7, tubes 76 and 77, and a pump 73. The movable portion 71 has caps 74 and 75 (an example of an ink receiving portion) made of a rubber material. The caps 74 and 75 face the lower surface of the recording head 65 in the vertical direction 7 when the carriage 67 is located at the maintenance position above the movable portion 71. The cam mechanism 72 operates by transmitting a driving force from a motor (not shown) to move the movable portion 71 in the vertical direction 7. When the movable portion 71 moves upward, the caps 74 and 75 come into contact with the lower surface of the recording head 65. At that time, the cap 74 covers the row of nozzles 69 for ejecting black ink, and the cap 75 covers the row of nozzles 69 for cyan, magenta, and yellow. One ends of the tubes 76 and 77 are connected to the caps 74 and 75, respectively. The tubes 76 and 77 are flexible resin tubes.

The pump 73 is, for example, a rotary type tube pump that operates by transmitting a driving force from a motor (not shown). The pump 73 communicates with the closed space between the lower surface of the recording head 65 and the caps 74 and 75 through the tubes 76 and 77. When the pump 73 is driven with the caps 74 and 75 covering the nozzle 69, the pressure inside the caps 74 and 75 becomes negative, and the ink discharged from the nozzles 69 is received by the caps 74 and 75. The waste ink received by the caps 74 and 75 flows into the fixed waste ink tank 80 through the tubes 76 and 77 by the operation of the pump 73. The internal space of the tube 76 is a flow path through which the atmosphere flows, and the internal space of the tube 77 is a flow path through which waste ink flows.

[Wiper 45]
As shown in FIG. 6, the maintenance mechanism 70 includes a wiper 45. The wiper 45 is located at the same position as the nozzle 69 (see FIG. 3) of the recording head 65 in the front-rear direction 8, is within the movement range of the nozzle 69 in the left-right direction 9, and is to the left of the caps 74 and 75. It is located in the direction. The wiper 45 has a shape extending in the vertical direction 7 and long in the front-rear direction 8. The wiper 45 is made of rubber, for example.

The wiper 45 can move in the vertical direction 7. When the carriage 67 is located at the maintenance position shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the upper end of the wiper 45 is located at a position overlapping the nozzle 69 in the vertical direction 7. Then, as the carriage 67 moves to the left, the upper end portion of the wiper 45 wipes the nozzle 69. In the process of moving the carriage 67 from the maintenance position to the left, the wiper 45 wipes the nozzle 69 with the upper end turned to the left with respect to the base end. Therefore, after the carriage 67 passes above the wiper 45, the upper end of the wiper 45 moves to the right as the bending returns. As a result, the ink adhering to the wiper 45 scatters to the right. The ink scattered to the right is received by the ink holder 113 through the opening 119 of the movable waste ink tank 110 described later. The configuration of the movable waste ink tank 110 will be described later.

[Fixed waste ink tank 80]
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the fixed waste ink tank 80 is located at the center of the space 35 of the lower cover 30 in the front-rear direction 8. The fixed waste ink tank 80 is located in front of the carriage 67 and behind the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62. Further, the left end portion of the fixed waste ink tank 80 is located at a position overlapping the moving range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9, that is, located to the left of the right ends of the guide rails 43 and 44. The right end of the fixed waste ink tank 80 is located to the right of the right end of the movement range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9, that is, to the right of the right ends of the guide rails 43 and 44. The maintenance mechanism 70 is located behind the fixed waste ink tank 80. The tubes 76 and 77 of the maintenance mechanism 70 extend forward and are connected to the fixed waste ink tank 80.

The fixed waste ink tank 80 is fixed to the lower cover 30. As shown in FIG. 12, the fixed waste ink tank 80 is fixed to the lower cover 30 by, for example, a screw 57. Specifically, the lower cover 30 has a plurality of through holes 58 penetrating in the vertical direction 7 at positions in the region where the fixed waste ink tank 80 is arranged in the front-rear direction 8 and the left-right direction 9. There is. Further, the fixed waste ink tank 80 has a screw hole 59 in which a female screw is formed at a position corresponding to the through hole 58 in the lower wall 85A and is recessed upward from the lower surface of the lower wall 85A. The fixed waste ink tank 80 is fixed to the lower cover 30 by inserting and tightening the screw 57 into the screw hole 59 from below the lower wall 31 of the lower cover 30 through the through hole 58. The fixed waste ink tank 80 may be fixed to the lower cover 30 by a method other than fixing with screws. For example, the lower wall 31 of the lower cover 30 and the fixed waste ink tank 80 are provided with engaging portions that can be engaged with each other, and the fixed waste ink tank 80 is formed by engaging these engaging portions with each other. It may be fixed to the lower cover 30. Further, the lower cover 30 and the fixed waste ink tank 80 may be integrally formed.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the fixed waste ink tank 80 has a fixed waste ink tank case 81 (an example of a storage housing) and an ink holder 83 (an example of a second holder).

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the fixed waste ink tank case 81 has a hollow box shape and has an opening 86 upward. The opening 86 has an L-shape in a plan view, and is partitioned by the upper end of the fixed waste ink tank case 81.

The fixed waste ink tank case 81 has a thin rectangular parallelepiped left portion 87 extending in the left-right direction 9 and thin in the front-rear direction 8, and extending in the front-rear direction 8 continuously to the right end of the left portion 87 and thin in the left-right direction 9. It is composed of a flat rectangular parallelepiped right portion 88. The internal space of the left portion 87 extends in the vertical direction 7, and is continuous with the internal space of the right portion 88 at the upper right end. The internal space of the right portion 88 extends in the front-rear direction 8, and is continuous with the internal space of the left portion 87 at the left end of the front portion. The lower end of the internal space of the left portion 87 is located below the lower end of the internal space of the right portion 88. The rear end of the internal space of the right portion 88 is located behind the rear end of the internal space of the left portion 87.

Specifically, the internal space of the left portion 87 is divided by the left half of the front wall 91, the left wall 92, the rear wall 93, the front middle wall 94, and the lower wall 85A.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the left half of the front wall 91 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 constitutes the front end of the left portion 87. The left half of the front wall 91 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the horizontal direction 9.

The rear wall 93 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 constitutes the rear end of the left portion 87. Although not shown, the rear wall 93 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the horizontal direction 9.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, the left wall 92 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 constitutes the left end of the left portion 87. The left wall 92 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the front-rear direction 8.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the front middle wall 94 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 constitutes the right end of the left portion 87. The front middle wall 94 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the front-rear direction 8. The upper end of the front middle wall 94 is located below the upper end of the left half of the front wall 91 and the upper end of the rear wall 93. As a result, in the upper part of the right end of the left portion 87, the internal space of the left portion 87 is communicated with the internal space of the right portion 88.

The lower wall 85A forming the lower end of the left portion 87 is a part of the lower wall 85, and has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the front-rear direction 8 and the left-right direction 9.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the internal space of the right portion 88 is composed of the rear middle wall 95, the right half of the front wall 91, the rear wall 97, the right wall 98, and the lower wall 85B. It is partitioned.

The rear middle wall 95 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 constitutes the left end of the right portion 88. The rear middle wall 95 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the front-rear direction 8.

The rear wall 97 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 constitutes the rear end of the right portion 88. The rear wall 97 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the horizontal direction 9.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the right half of the front wall 91 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 constitutes the front end of the right portion 88. There is a gap in the front-rear direction 8 between the center of the front wall 91 in the left-right direction 9 and the front end of the rear middle wall 95. As a result, the internal space of the right portion 88 is communicated with the internal space of the left portion 87.

As shown in FIG. 8, the right wall 98 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 constitutes the right end of the right portion 88. The right wall 98 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the front-rear direction 8.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the lower wall 85B forming the lower end of the right portion 88 is a part of the lower wall 85 and has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the front-rear direction 8 and the left-right direction 9. is there. The lower wall 85B is located at the same position as the upper end of the front middle wall 94 in the vertical direction 7.

Further, behind the lower wall 85B, an opening 100 is formed which is partitioned by the rear end of the lower wall 85B, the front surface of the rear wall 97, the right surface of the rear middle wall 95, and the left surface of the right wall 98. ..

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, an ink holder 83 is provided in the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank case 81. The ink holder 83 is made of a fiber material such as a felt molded product. The waste ink that has flowed into the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 is absorbed and held by the ink holder 83 formed of the fiber material.

The ink holder 83 is composed of a plurality of portions (five portions in the present embodiment) having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is filled and arranged in the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank case 81.

As shown in FIG. 10, the ink holder 83 has a protruding portion 107 protruding downward from the lower surface at the rear end portion of the portion located in the internal space of the right portion 88. The protrusion 107 has a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape extending in the left-right direction 9. The protruding portion 107 projects from the opening 100 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 to the outside of the fixed waste ink tank case 81. That is, the lower end 107B of the protruding portion 107 extends downward from the lower wall 85B of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 and is exposed to the outside of the fixed waste ink tank case 81.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, the fixed waste ink tank case 81 is provided with port portions 101 and 102 to which the tubes 76 and 77 are connected, respectively. The port portions 101 and 102 are arranged so as to be separated from each other in the vertical direction 7. The lower port portion 102 has a circular tube shape protruding to the left from the left wall 92. The internal space of the port portion 102 penetrates the left wall 92. The internal space of the port portion 102 communicates with the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 and the outside. A tube 77 is connected to the port portion 102.

When the waste ink flows into the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank 80 through the tube 77 and the port portion 102, the waste ink is first discharged from the port portion 102 in the left portion 87 in the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank 80. While being held and absorbed by the holding body 83, it fills downward. After that, the waste ink travels through the ink holder 83, reaches above the port portion 102 in the left portion 87, and reaches the ink holder 83 filled in the right portion 88. Then, the waste ink travels through the ink holding body 83 to the rear of the internal space of the right portion 88, further reaches the protruding portion 107 of the ink holding body 83, and is transmitted downward.

As shown in FIG. 7, a recess 105 recessed downward is formed on the left surface of the left wall 92. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the left wall 92 has an outer wall 92B extending directly above the central portion 92A and an inner wall 92C extending upward after bending to the right in the central portion 92A in the vertical direction 7. It branches to. The recess 105 is partitioned by an outer wall 92B, an inner wall 92C, a front wall 91, and a rear wall 93.

The upper port portion 101 has a circular tube shape protruding to the left from the outer wall 92B of the left wall 92, and the internal space of the port portion 101 penetrates the outer wall 92B. The internal space of the port portion 101 communicates with the internal space of the recess 105 and the outside. A tube 76 is connected to the port portion 101.

[Movable waste ink tank 110]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, in the state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, the movable waste ink tank 110 is located behind the center of the space 35 of the lower cover 30 in the front-rear direction 8. The movable waste ink tank 110 is located behind the ink refill case 61, the ink cartridge 62, and the fixed waste ink tank 80. Further, the movable waste ink tank 110 is to the right of the right end of the movement range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9, that is, to the right of the right end of the guide rails 43 and 44, and the ink refill case 61 and ink in the left-right direction 9. It is located at a position where it overlaps with the cartridge 62. That is, the movable waste ink tank 110 is located outside the moving range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9. In other words, the movable waste ink tank 110 is arranged in an area that overlaps the existing area of the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 in the left-right direction 9 and also overlaps with the existing area of the carriage 67 in the front-rear direction 8. There is. Further, the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at a position where it overlaps with the feed tray 20 in the vertical direction 7.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the movable waste ink tank 110 has a movable waste ink tank case 111 and an ink holder 113 (an example of a first holder).

The movable waste ink tank case 111 has a hollow box shape and has an opening 117 at the upper side. The outer shape of the movable waste ink tank case 111 is a flat, generally rectangular parallelepiped that extends in the front-rear direction 8 and is thin in the left-right direction 9. The opening 117 is partitioned by the upper end of the movable waste ink tank case 111. The movable waste ink tank case 111 has a front wall 141, a rear wall 142, a left wall 143, a right wall 144, and a lower wall 116 (see FIG. 11), and is provided in an internal space surrounded by these walls. The ink holder 113 is filled. The upper end of the rear wall 142, the upper end of the left wall 143 located at the same position as the upper end of the rear wall 142 in the vertical direction 7, and the upper end of the right wall 144 constitute the upper end 115 of the movable waste ink tank 110, and the upper end 115. Is located above the upper end of the feed tray 20.

As shown in FIG. 11, the lower portion of the front end of the movable waste ink tank case 111 projects forward from the upper portion of the front end. In the state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, the lower part of the front end of the movable waste ink tank case 111 is located below the lower wall 85B of the right portion 88 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 of the fixed waste ink tank 80. To do.

The right wall 144 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the front-rear direction 8. Although not shown, the lower part of the front end of the right wall 144 projects forward from the upper part 144B (see FIG. 8) of the front end of the right wall 144.

As shown in FIG. 11, the left wall 143 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the front-rear direction 8. The lower portion 143A at the front end of the left wall 143 projects forward from the upper portion 143B at the front end of the left wall 143.

As shown in FIG. 7, the left wall 143 has a recess 145 whose upper end is recessed downward at the central portion in the front-rear direction 8, and an opening 119 penetrating in the left-right direction 9 is formed by the recess 145. As a result, when the wiper 45 wipes the nozzle 69 of the recording head 65 and the ink adhering to the wiper 45 scatters to the right, the scattered ink droplets adhere to the ink holder 113. Then, the ink droplets are held by the ink holder 113.

The left wall 143 and the right wall 144 have the same shape except for the recess 145, and are located at the same positions in the vertical direction 7 and the front-rear direction 8.

As shown in FIG. 11, the front wall 141 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the horizontal direction 9. The front wall 141 is erected at the lower portion 143A of the front end of the left wall 143 and the lower portion (not shown) of the front end of the right wall 144. The upper end of the front wall 141 is located below the upper end of the lower end 143A of the front end of the left wall 143.

The rear wall 142 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape extending along the vertical direction 7 and the horizontal direction 9. The rear wall 142 is erected at the rear end of the left wall 143 and the rear end of the right wall 144 (see FIG. 8).

The internal space of the movable waste ink tank case 111 is partitioned by a front wall 141, a rear wall 142, a left wall 143, a right wall 144, and a lower wall 116.

As shown in FIG. 11, the movable waste ink tank case 111 is formed with two ribs 118 that project upward from the upper surface of the lower wall 116 and extend along the left-right direction 9. The length of each rib 118 in the vertical direction 7 is about one-third of the length of the movable waste ink tank case 111 in the vertical direction 7. The left and right ends of each rib 118 are continuous with the right side of the left wall 143 and the left side of the right wall 144, respectively. The ribs 118, the front wall 141, and the rear wall 142 are located at intervals in the front-rear direction 8.

As shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 11, an ink holder 113 is provided in the internal space of the movable waste ink tank case 111. The ink holder 113 is made of a fiber material such as a felt molded product. The waste ink that has flowed into the internal space of the movable waste ink tank case 111 is absorbed and held by the ink holder 113 formed of the fiber material.

The ink holder 113 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is composed of a plurality of portions (two portions in the present embodiment) as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the ink holder 113 has a protrusion 121 protruding forward from the central portion in the vertical direction 7 downward at the front end. The protrusion 121 has a mountain portion 122 protruding upward from the upper surface 121A at the front end portion of the upper surface 121A of the protrusion 121. A front inclined surface 123 inclined with respect to the vertical direction 7 is formed on the upper part of the front surface of the protrusion 121 so as to go upward toward the rear. The upper end of the front inclined surface 123 is the front surface of the mountain portion 122. The front inclined surface 123 is gently inclined toward the rear.

On the upper surface 121A of the protrusion 121, a contact surface 124 is formed behind the mountain portion 122 so as to incline in the vertical direction 7 so as to move upward toward the rear. The contact surface 124 is inclined at a steeper angle toward the rear.

[Guides 131, 132]
As shown in FIG. 13, the lower cover 30 and the upper cover 29 have a pair of guide portions 131 and 132, respectively. The guide portion 131 is located behind the center of the front-rear direction 8 in the space 35 (see FIGS. 4 to 6) of the lower cover 30 and below the movable waste ink tank 110 at the mounting position. The guide portion 131 projects upward from the upper surface 31A of the lower wall 31 of the lower cover 30 and extends in the front-rear direction 8. The pair of guide portions 131 are positioned in parallel with an interval of 9 in the left-right direction. The distance between the inner surfaces 131A of the pair of guide portions 131 facing each other corresponds to the length of the movable waste ink tank 110 in the left-right direction 9. The guide portion 131 has a rectangular cross section in the left-right direction 9.

The pair of guide portions 132 project downward from the lower surface 29A of the upper cover 29 above the pair of guide portions 131. The pair of guide portions 132 have the same shape as the pair of guide portions 131, and are arranged at the same positions as the pair of guide portions 131 in the front-rear direction 8 and the left-right direction 9. The distance between the inner surfaces 132A of the pair of guide portions 132 facing each other corresponds to the length of the movable waste ink tank 110 in the left-right direction 9.

When the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, the lower ends of the left surface of the left wall 143 and the right surface of the right wall 144 are in contact with the inner surface 131A of the guide portion 131, respectively, and the left surface of the left wall 143 and the left surface of the movable waste ink tank 110. Each upper end of the right surface of the right wall 144 abuts on the inner surface 132A of the guide portion 132. In the movable waste ink tank 110, the lower ends of the left surface of the left wall 143 and the right surface of the right wall 144 slide with respect to the inner surface 131A of the guide portion 131, and the left surface of the left wall 143 and the right surface of the right wall 144 By sliding each upper end portion with respect to the inner surface 132A of the guide portion 132, the upper end portion can be moved in the front-rear direction 8 with the mounting position as the front end.

As shown in FIG. 10, in the fixed waste ink tank 80, the rear middle wall 95 is located slightly to the right of the front middle wall 94.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, in the fixed waste ink tank 80, the upper portion 98A above the center of the vertical direction 7 on the right wall 98 is to the left of the lower portion 98B below the center of the vertical direction 7 on the right wall 98. Is located in. As a result, a horizontal portion 98C extending along the front-rear direction 8 and the left-right direction 9 is formed at the center of the right wall 98 in the vertical direction 7. The lower end of the right wall 98 has an extension 98D extending rearward.

As shown in FIG. 8, the length between the right surface of the left wall 143 and the left surface of the right wall 144 is the left surface and the right wall 98 of the rear middle wall 95 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 of the fixed waste ink tank 80. Corresponds to the length between the upper part 98A and the right side of the. The length between the left surface of the left wall 143 and the right surface of the right wall 144 is the right surface (see FIG. 9) of the front middle wall 94 of the fixed waste ink tank case 81 of the fixed waste ink tank 80 and the right wall 98. It corresponds to the length between the lower part 98B and the left side.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, in a state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, between the left wall 143 and the right wall 144 of the movable waste ink tank 110, the right side of the fixed waste ink tank 80. The front end of the portion 88 is located. Further, in this state, the lower end portion of the front end portion of the movable waste ink tank 110 is located between the lower portion 98B of the right wall 98 of the fixed waste ink tank 80 and the front middle wall 94. In this state, the front end of the left wall 143 of the movable waste ink tank 110 abuts on the rear surface of the rear wall 93 of the left portion 87 of the fixed waste ink tank 80, and the front end of the right wall 144 of the movable waste ink tank 110 is fixed. It abuts on the rear end of the horizontal portion 98C of the right wall 98 of the waste ink tank 80. As a result, the movable waste ink tank 110 is restricted from moving forward from the mounting position.

Further, in a state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, an engaging portion (not shown) included in the movable waste ink tank 110 and an engaging portion (not shown) included in the lower cover 30 engage with each other. As a result, in the state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, it is restricted from unintentionally moving backward. The engaging portion may be provided so that the movable waste ink tank 110 and the fixed waste ink tank 80 are engaged with each other. Further, the movable waste ink tank 110 may be fixed to the printer housing 11 with screws.

As shown in FIG. 14, in a state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, waste ink flows into the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank 80 through the port portion 102. In the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank 80, the waste ink is first filled downward from the port portion 102 on the left portion 87 while being held and absorbed by the ink holder 83. After that, the waste ink travels through the ink holder 83, reaches above the port portion 102 in the left portion 87, and reaches the ink holder 83 filled in the internal space of the right portion 88 of the fixed waste ink tank 80. Then, the waste ink travels through the ink holder 83, moves to the rear of the internal space of the right portion 88, reaches the protruding portion 107, and descends to the lower end of the protruding portion 107. Then, the waste ink is transmitted to the ink holder 113 of the movable waste ink tank 110 via the contact surface 124, and is held and absorbed. After that, the waste ink is further transmitted from the front portion to the rear portion of the ink holder 113 in the movable waste ink tank 110. As a result, the waste ink is absorbed and held by the ink holder 113 of the movable waste ink tank 110.

In the state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is in the non-mounting position shown in FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 10, the protruding portion 107 of the ink holder 83 of the fixed waste ink tank 80 extends downward. In this state, the upper surface 121A of the protrusion 121 of the ink holder 113 of the movable waste ink tank 110 is located above the lower end 107B of the rear surface 107A of the protrusion 107 of the ink holder 83 of the fixed waste ink tank 80. ..

Therefore, in the state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, the protruding portion 107 is elastically deformed, and the lower portion of the protruding portion 107 from the central portion in the vertical direction 7 is curved forward. Then, the rear surface 107A of the protruding portion 107 abuts along the inclination of the contact surface 124. That is, the protruding portion 107 of the ink holding body 83 comes into contact with the contact surface 124 of the ink holding body 113 in the vertical direction 7. At this time, the protruding portion 107 is located on the upper side, and the contact surface 124 is located on the lower side.

[Detachment of movable waste ink tank 110]
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the printer housing 11 has an opening 47 penetrating in the front-rear direction 8 at the right end of the rear end. In the state where the movable waste ink tank 110 is located at the mounting position, the opening 47 is closed by the rear wall 142 of the movable waste ink tank 110.

The movable waste ink tank 110 is replaceable. When attaching / detaching the movable waste ink tank 110, the user pulls out the movable waste ink tank 110 located at the mounting position rearward through the opening 47 of the printer housing 11. When mounting the movable waste ink tank 110, the user pushes the movable waste ink tank 110 through the opening 47 of the printer housing 11 toward the mounting position.

[Action and effect of this embodiment]
As described above, the movable waste ink tank 110 is arranged at a position that does not affect the increase in size of the multifunction device 10 in the left-right direction 9 due to the presence of the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62. Therefore, the movable waste ink tank 110 is arranged in a space-efficient manner without interfering with other parts. As a result, it is possible to prevent the multifunction device 10 from increasing in size in the left-right direction 9. Further, the moving range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9 is provided according to the width of the recording paper having the maximum size in which an image can be recorded. For example, when the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 become larger in the left-right direction 9, if the width of the recording paper of the maximum size that can record an image does not change, the movable waste ink tank is matched with the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62. 110 can be increased in the left-right direction 9.

Further, if the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 are located above the feeding tray 20, ink may leak into the feeding tray 20 or adhere to the electronic substrate included in the multifunction device 10, but the ink refill case Since the 61 and the ink cartridge 62 are arranged in the space 35 located on the right side of the feed tray 20, such a possibility is suppressed.

Since the height of the movable waste ink tank 110 is above the upper end of the feed tray 20, a large amount of waste ink is stored in the movable waste ink tank 110.

Since the movable waste ink tank 110 is removable from the printer housing 11, the movable waste ink tank 110 can be replaced. Further, the movable waste ink tank 110 is space-efficiently arranged at a position where it is easy to attach / detach without interfering with other parts when attaching / detaching.

Since the printer housing 11 has guide portions 131 and 132 that movably guide the movable waste ink tank 110 in the front-rear direction 8, the movable waste ink tank 110 can be easily moved while avoiding obstacles.

Since the fixed waste ink tank 80 is provided in addition to the movable waste ink tank 110, more waste ink is stored.

The movable waste ink tank 110 has an ink holder 113, and the fixed waste ink tank 80 has an ink holder 83. The ink holder 113 and the ink holder 83 are in contact with each other in the vertical direction 7 with the ink holder 83 located above and the ink holder 113 located below. Therefore, the ink held in the ink holding body 83 in the fixed waste ink tank 80 easily moves from the ink holding body 83 to the ink holding body 113 through the rear surface 107A of the protruding portion 107 and the abutting surface 124 of the ink holding body 113. To do. In addition, the ink moves more reliably from the fixed waste ink tank 80 to the movable waste ink tank 110. As a result, it is possible to prevent the ink from leaking to the outside of the movable waste ink tank 110.

Since the tubes 76 and 77 are connected to the fixed waste ink tank 80 fixed to the printer housing 11, the configuration of the movable waste ink tank 110 is simplified.

The movable waste ink tank 110 is located upstream of the wiper 45 in the direction in which the recording head 65 comes into contact with the wiper 45 and moves. The movable waste ink tank case 111 has an opening 119 arranged on the side where the wiper 45 is located. Therefore, when the ink is scattered from the wiper 45, the ink holder 113 of the movable waste ink tank 110 receives the scattered ink.

[Modification example]
In the above-described embodiment, the recording head 65 is mounted on the carriage 67, and the carriage 67 is moved in the left-right direction 9. Instead of this configuration, as shown in FIG. 15, a recording head 150 having a length of 9 in the left-right direction, which is longer than the width of the recording paper 19 in the left-right direction 9, may be adopted. In this configuration, the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 are located at positions that do not overlap the recording head 150 in the front-rear direction 8, and a part of the ink refill case 61 is located to the right of the recording head 150. The movable waste ink tank 110 is located at a position overlapping the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 in the left-right direction 9, and is located to the right of the recording head 150.

In the above-described embodiment, the ink cartridge 62 is adopted as an example of the ink storage unit, and the multifunction device 10 is provided with an ink refill case 61 to which the ink cartridge 62 can be mounted. However, instead of the ink refill case 61, an ink tank having a hollow inside so that ink can be replenished may be provided at the position of the ink refill case 61 on the lower cover 30.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 are arranged only in the space 35 on the right side of the lower cover 30, but the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62 are on the left wall of the lower cover 30. It may be divided and arranged in both the space to the left of 33 and the space 35. In this configuration, the movable waste ink tank 110 may also be arranged both to the right of the right end of the guide rails 43 and 44 and to the left of the left end of the guide rails 43 and 44.

Further, a configuration in which the fixed waste ink tank 80 is not mounted on the multifunction device 10 may be adopted. In this configuration, the tubes 76 and 77 are directly connected to the movable waste ink tank 110 by locating the movable waste ink tank 110 at the mounting position.

The direction in which the movable waste ink tank 110 can be attached and detached does not have to be the front-rear direction 8, and may be any direction as long as it intersects the left-right direction 9. Further, the movable waste ink tank 110 does not have to be detachable from the printer housing 11, and instead of the movable waste ink tank 110, a waste ink tank fixed to the printer housing 11 may be adopted.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the fixed waste ink tank 80 is located between the carriage 67 in the front-rear direction 8 and the ink refill case 61 and the ink cartridge 62, and overlaps with the movement range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9. Although it was placed in, it may be placed in another position. For example, the fixed waste ink tank 80 may be arranged at a position outside the moving range of the carriage 67 in the left-right direction 9 and overlapping the movable waste ink tank 110 in the vertical direction 7.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the ink holder 83 of the fixed waste ink tank 80 and the ink holder 113 of the movable waste ink tank 110 come into contact with each other, waste ink is discharged from the fixed waste ink tank 80 to the movable waste ink tank 110. Was being transmitted. However, it is not always necessary to provide the ink holders in both the fixed waste ink tank 80 and the movable waste ink tank 110. For example, one or both of the fixed waste ink tank 80 and the movable waste ink tank 110 is not provided with an ink holder, and ink is stored in the internal space of the fixed waste ink tank 80 or the movable waste ink tank 110. The configuration may be adopted.

7 ... Vertical direction 8 ... 2nd and 4th directions (front-back direction)
9 ... 1st direction, 3rd direction (horizontal direction)
10 ... Multifunction device (inkjet recording device)
11 ... Printer housing (housing)
19 ... Recording paper (sheet)
20 ... Feed tray 45 ... Wiper 61 ... Ink refill case 62 ... Ink cartridge (ink storage)
65 ... Recording head 67 ... Carriage 69 ... Nozzle 74, 75 ... Cap (ink receiver)
80 ... Fixed waste ink tank (second waste liquid storage unit)
83 ... Ink holder (second holder)
110: Movable waste ink tank (first waste liquid storage unit)
111 ・ ・ ・ Movable waste ink tank case (storage housing)
113 ... Ink holder (first holder)
119 ・ ・ ・ Opening 131, 132 ・ ・ ・ Guide part 150 ・ ・ ・ Recording head

Claims (13)

A carriage that moves in the first direction and
A recording head mounted on the above carriage that ejects ink from a nozzle,
An ink storage unit that is connected so that ink can be supplied to the recording head,
An ink receiving unit that receives the ink discharged from the recording head,
It is provided with a first waste liquid storage unit in which the ink receiving unit and the ink are connected so as to be circulated.
The ink storage portion is located at a position that does not overlap with the carriage in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the vertical direction, and at least a part of the ink storage portion does not overlap with the movement range of the carriage in the first direction. Located in
The first waste liquid storage unit is located at a position that overlaps with the carriage and does not overlap with the ink storage unit in the second direction, overlaps with the ink storage unit in the first direction, and overlaps with the ink storage unit in the first direction. An inkjet recording device located on the outside that does not overlap with the movement range of. Located below the recording head, it is further equipped with a feed tray to support the seat.
The lower end of the first waste liquid storage unit is located below the upper end of the feed tray, and the first
The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, wherein the upper end of the waste liquid storage unit is located above the upper end of the feed tray. It also has a housing
The inkjet recording device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first waste liquid storage unit is removable from the housing. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the housing has a guide unit that movably guides the first waste liquid storage unit in a direction intersecting the first direction. A second waste liquid storage unit is further provided, in which the ink receiving unit and the first waste liquid storage unit are connected so that ink can flow.
According to claim 3 or 4, the second waste liquid storage unit is located at a position overlapping the moving range of the carriage in the first direction, and is located between the ink storage unit and the carriage in the second direction. The inkjet recording apparatus described. The first waste liquid storage unit has a first holder for holding ink.
The second waste liquid storage unit has a second retainer that holds ink.
The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first holding body and the second holding body are in contact with each other. The inkjet according to claim 6, wherein the first holding body and the second holding body are in vertical contact with the first holding body located at the bottom and the second holding body at the top. Recording device. The inkjet recording apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the second waste liquid storage unit is fixed to the housing. It is further equipped with a wiper that can come into contact with the above recording head.
The inkjet recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first waste liquid storage unit is located upstream of the wiper in a direction in which the recording head comes into contact with the wiper and moves. The first waste liquid storage unit has a holding body for holding ink and a storage housing in which the holding body is housed.
The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the storage housing has an opening arranged on the side where the wiper is located. A carriage that moves in the first direction and
A recording head mounted on the above carriage that ejects ink from a nozzle,
An ink storage unit that is connected so that ink can be supplied to the recording head,
An ink receiving unit that receives the ink discharged from the recording head,
The first waste liquid storage unit, which is connected to the ink receiving unit so that the ink can be distributed, and
It is provided with a second waste liquid storage unit in which ink is circulateably connected to the ink receiving unit and the first waste liquid storage unit.
The ink storage portion is located at a position that does not overlap the carriage in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the vertical direction, and at least a part of the ink storage portion does not overlap the movement range of the carriage in the first direction. Located in
The first waste liquid storage unit is located at a position that overlaps with the ink storage unit in the first direction and is located outside that does not overlap with the movement range of the carriage.
The second waste liquid storage unit is an inkjet recording device located at a position overlapping the moving range of the carriage in the first direction and between the ink storage unit and the carriage in the second direction. A recording head that extends in a third direction orthogonal to the transport direction for transporting the sheet and ejects ink from the nozzle toward the sheet.
An ink storage unit that is connected to the recording head so that ink can be supplied,
An ink receiving unit that receives the ink discharged from the recording head,
It is provided with a first waste liquid storage unit in which the ink receiving unit and the ink are connected so as to be circulated.
The ink storage portion is located at a position that does not overlap with the recording head in the fourth direction orthogonal to the third direction and the vertical direction, and at least a part thereof is outward so as not to overlap with the recording head in the third direction. Is located and
The first waste liquid storage unit is located at a position that overlaps with the recording head and does not overlap with the ink storage unit in the fourth direction, overlaps with the ink storage unit in the third direction, and is described in the third direction. An inkjet recording device located on the outside that does not overlap the recording head. A recording head that extends in a third direction orthogonal to the transport direction for transporting the sheet and ejects ink from the nozzle toward the sheet.
An ink storage unit that is connected to the recording head so that ink can be supplied,
An ink receiving unit that receives the ink discharged from the recording head,
The first waste liquid storage unit, which is connected to the ink receiving unit so that the ink can be distributed, and
It is provided with a second waste liquid storage unit in which ink is circulateably connected to the ink receiving unit and the first waste liquid storage unit.
The ink storage portion is located at a position that does not overlap with the recording head in the fourth direction orthogonal to the third direction and the vertical direction, and at least a part thereof is outward so as not to overlap with the recording head in the third direction. Is located and
The first waste liquid storage unit is located at a position where it overlaps with the ink storage unit in the third direction and is located outside so as not to overlap with the recording head.
The second waste liquid storage unit is an inkjet recording device located at a position overlapping the recording head in the third direction and between the ink storage unit and the recording head in the fourth direction.

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