Liquid holding container and recording apparatus

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording head configured to record an image;
• a cap configured to cap the recording head;
• a suction unit connected to the cap, and configured to suck a liquid from the recording head in a state where the recording head is capped by the cap;
• and
• a liquid holding container configured to hold the liquid sucked by the suction unit,
• wherein the liquid holding container includes
• a top face portion,
• a bottom face portion facing the top face portion,
• an opening portion provided in the top face portion to introduce a liquid into inside,
• a first absorber disposed near the opening portion and layered in a first direction from the bottom face portion to the top face portion, and
• a second absorber disposed outside the first absorber in a second direction that intersects the first direction and layered in the second direction.

A liquid holding container configured to absorb a liquid, the liquid holding container comprising:

• a bottom face portion;
• a first absorber having a first surface and a second surface on which absorbency of the liquid is higher than on the first surface, the first absorber being disposed to have the first surface and the bottom face portion being in contact with each other and to have the second surface and the bottom face portion being not in contact with each other;
• and
• a second absorber having a third surface and a fourth surface on which absorbency of the liquid is higher than on the third surface, the second absorber being disposed outside the first absorber to have the fourth surface and the bottom face portion being in contact with each other and to have the third surface and the bottom face portion being not in contact with each other.