Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakayuki SHIOTA
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that ejects ink; a sheet material that receives ink discarded from the recording head directly from the recording head or indirectly via another member; an ink absorption material that absorbs ink, and includes an ink absorption surface that forms a surface that intersects with an ink receiving surface of the sheet material that receives ink, and faces the ink receiving surface; and a sheet material movement unit that causes the sheet material to slide in at least a direction in which the ink receiving surface approaches the ink absorption surface.
Claims6
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head that ejects ink;
- a sheet material that receives ink discarded from the recording head directly from the recording head or indirectly via another member;
- an ink absorption material that absorbs ink, and includes an ink absorption surface that forms a surface that intersects with an ink receiving surface of the sheet material that receives ink, and faces the ink receiving surface;
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- a sheet material movement unit that causes the sheet material to slide in at least a direction in which the ink receiving surface approaches the ink absorption surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.