# US 10,500,874 B2 · Recording apparatus

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- Number: US 10,500,874 B2
- Document ID: US10500874B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/144,943
- Filed: 2018-09-27
- Published: 2019-03-28
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-28
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Kazuo Otsuka; Yosuke Nakano; Eiji Taketsugu; Atsuhiko Takeuchi; Kazuhisa Kawakami
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500874B2

## CPC

- B41J 11/0065: {Means for printing without leaving a margin on at least one edge of the copy material, e.g. edge-to-edge printing}
- B41J 2/1721: {Collecting waste ink; Collectors therefor}
- B41J 2/2107: {characterised by the ink properties (supplying ink in a solid state B41J2/17593)}
- B41J 11/005: {Guides in the printing zone, e.g. guides for preventing contact of conveyed sheets with printhead}
- B41J 11/06: Flat page-size platens {or smaller flat platens having a greater size than line-size platens (B41J11/0085 takes precedence)}
- B41J 29/02: Framework
- B41J 29/13: Cases or covers
- B41J 2/1742: {Open waste ink collectors, e.g. ink receiving from a print head above the collector during borderless printing}
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

In a support member that is disposed to face a liquid emitting head and supports a medium, in a first region through which an edge of a first medium in a medium width direction passes, a liquid receiving portion is provided which receives a liquid emitted on a region deviated from the edge of the first medium in the medium width direction, and in a second region as a region through which an edge of a second medium in which a size thereof in the medium width direction is larger than that of the first medium passes, an absorbing material disposing portion at which a liquid absorbing material which absorbs the liquid guided from the liquid receiving portion is disposed to be capable of being exposed from an upper side of the support member is provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A recording apparatus comprising:
a liquid emitting head that emits a liquid on a medium; and
a support member that is disposed to face the liquid emitting head and supports the medium,
wherein, in the support member, in a first region as a region through which an edge of a first medium passes in a medium width direction as a direction intersecting a medium transport direction, a liquid receiving portion is provided which receives the liquid emitted on a region deviated from the edge of the first medium in the medium width direction, and
wherein, in a second region as a region through which an edge of a second medium in which a size thereof in the medium width direction is larger than that of the first medium passes, an absorbing material disposing portion at which a liquid absorbing material which absorbs the liquid guided from the liquid receiving portion is disposed to be capable of being exposed from an upper side of the support member is provided.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the absorbing material disposing portion is provided on both sides of the liquid receiving portion in the medium width direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the liquid receiving portion is provided corresponding to edges on both sides of the first medium in the medium width direction, and
wherein a third region as a region between the two liquid receiving portions in the medium width direction is configured as a liquid receiving portion which receives the liquid emitted in a region deviated from the edge of the first medium in the medium transport direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the support member is provided with a guide portion which guides the liquid from the liquid receiving portion to the absorbing material disposing portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a medium receiving tray which receives the medium discharged after recording,
wherein an upstream side of the medium receiving tray in the medium transport direction is positioned under the support member, and
wherein the absorbing material disposing portion overlaps the medium receiving tray in an apparatus height direction.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the liquid absorbing material disposed in the absorbing material disposing portion is held by a holding member having a flange portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein a groove extending in the medium width direction is provided on at least one of the upstream side and the downstream side in the medium transport direction in the liquid receiving portion.