CN102717599A - Ink container and ink filling device - Google Patents
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The invention provides an ink container and an ink filling device provided with the ink container. The ink container is used for providing ink for the ink filling device and comprises a container main body enclosed by a plurality of walls; the container main body comprises an ink storage part for storing the ink, and a gas containing part for containing gas, and the gas containing part is positioned above the ink storage part; an ink supply port with a built-in self-closing sealing piece is arranged on the bottom wall of the container main body; and the ink container also comprises a gas channel for communicating the gas containing part with the outside, and a self-closing sealing piece is arranged in the gas channel. The ink container provided by the invention has the advantages that the ink cannot be easily polluted by outside sundries, and the residual ink is less.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the ink tank of print cartridge perfusion ink and irritate device for ink, especially a kind of improved ink tank and the filling device for ink of this kind ink tank is installed.
Background technology
During ink-jet printer work; The print cartridge that utilization accommodates ink provides Mo Yuan for ink-jet printer; Ink is transported in the ink gun via corresponding ink flow path; The nozzle that is provided with on the ink gun under the driving of print signal is being injected into ink on the recording medium such as paper, thereby accomplishes character or the record of figure on print media.
According to the configuration relation of ink gun and print cartridge, ink-jet printer cartridge comprises two types: integral type print cartridge and split type print cartridge.The ink gun of integral type print cartridge and ink container cavity are combined into one, and ink gun is arranged on the ink outlet port of print cartridge; The ink gun of split type print cartridge and ink container cavity are separated from each other, and ink is stored in the ink container cavity, and ink gun then is arranged on the vehicle frame of ink-jet printer.
Because the ink gun of integral type print cartridge damages easily, and the price of ink gun is higher, therefore, more and more users is selected split type print cartridge.
Existing a kind of split type print cartridge comprises negative pressure cavity and inking chamber; Be connected through a conducting orifice between two chambeies; In negative pressure cavity, be provided with and be used to produce capillary force, chip also is installed on print cartridge with cavernous body that keeps ink and the ink outlet port that is connected with the printer ink-providing pin.Obviously, directly abandoned if this split type print cartridge exhausts the back at ink, plastic cement that mostly can not natural degradation on chip that then can also continue to use and the print cartridge, film etc. all will together go out of use together with print cartridge, and be like this, causes the wasting of resources and environmental pollution easily.Therefore, no matter be to print the saving of cost or from the protection of environment from the user, all necessary the print cartridge that exhausts ink is irritated China ink again, make it obtain secondary use value.
The patent No. is that U.S.'s patent of invention of US 6585007 B2 discloses a kind of filling device for ink, this filling device for ink comprise the ink tank that accommodates ink, cylinder and can be in cylinder pistons reciprocating.A roof of ink tank is provided with an ink supply port, an atmosphere opening and a bleeding point; Pipeline through in the ink supply port that injects ink tank so that the ink filling port of the ink in the ink tank with the print cartridge that needs to irritate black is connected, the unlatching of atmosphere opening or close and can control through operated valve.Bleeding point is connected with cylinder, and the suction force that piston up-down produced can be come the air in ink tank and the print cartridge is aspirated, thereby in print cartridge, formed negative pressure through bleeding point.For to the ink tank pressure release, to produce the ink in the ink tank is filled into the pressure reduction in the print cartridge, need open the atmosphere opening through operated valve, make the atmosphere opening directly open wide to the external world.
The ink tank that this filling device for ink is adopted has following defective, and on the one hand, when the atmosphere opening on the ink tank was opened, external impurities got into ink tank from the atmosphere opening that opens wide easily, causes the reduction of ink quality; On the other hand, be difficult for being perfused in the print cartridge, cause the ink residual volume more at the mouth of pipe of pipeline one end and the ink between the ink tank diapire.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of ink and is difficult for being polluted and ink residual volume ink tank seldom by external impurities.
An also purpose of the present invention provide a kind of can effective renitent ink tank.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of filling device for ink that ink tank is installed, and the ink in this ink tank not only is difficult for by the external impurities pollution but also almost can be irritated device for ink fully consuming.
For realizing above-mentioned main purpose, the invention provides a kind of is to irritate the ink tank that device for ink provides ink, and this ink tank comprises the container body that is surrounded by a plurality of walls.Container body comprises ink storage compartment that is used for storage ink and the gas holding portion that is used to hold gas, and this gas holding portion is positioned at the top of ink storage compartment.Ink tank also comprises to be made the gas passage that the gas holding portion is in communication with the outside and is arranged on the ink supply port on the diapire, and in gas passage and ink supply port, is provided with self-closing seal.
Visible by above scheme, ink tank is in communication with the outside has only ink supply port and gas passage, and they all are built-in with self-closing seal.Like this, ink tank can prevent effectively that external impurities from getting into before the filling device for ink of packing into, and is also visible in explanation after a while behind the filling device for ink of packing into, can prevent that equally external impurities from getting into.And because ink supply port is arranged on the bottom of container body, therefore, the ink in the ink tank almost can all be exported through ink supply port.
Further scheme is that gas passage is the pore that on the container body roof, is provided with.
Another further scheme is that gas passage is the tubular conduit with first opening and second opening, and this tubular conduit is extended in container body, and first opening is arranged in the gas holding portion, and second opening is arranged on the wall of container body.
Scheme further is in container body, between two walls of area maximum, to be provided with a laminal rib.This shows that be provided with under the situation of rib, the wall thickness of container body can suitably descend, to reduce cost, this rib has increased the compression strength of container body, has prevented that effectively ink tank from deforming under the suction force effect.
Scheme further is respectively to be provided with a groove in the outside of a pair of relative wall of container body.When ink tank was installed in the filling device for ink, the groove of ink tank can match with the convexity on the ink tank seat, made ink tank be fixedly mounted in and irritated in the device for ink.
Be realizing that another object of the present invention, filling device for ink provided by the invention comprise is used to lay the cartridge seat of being irritated print cartridge, vavuum pump and relief valve; And ink tank; This ink tank comprises the container body that is surrounded by a plurality of walls, and this container body comprises ink storage compartment that is used for storage ink and the gas holding portion that is used to hold gas, and the gas holding portion is positioned at the top of ink storage compartment; Be used to lay the ink tank seat of ink tank; Bottom at the ink tank seat is provided with adapter, and second end of adapter is communicated with cartridge seat through the ink supply pipeline, and ink tank also comprises gas passage and is arranged on the ink supply port on the container body diapire; This ink supply port is communicated with first end of adapter through built-in self-closing seal, and vavuum pump and relief valve are connected with the gas holding portion through gas passage.
Visible by above scheme, after ink tank was packed the filling device for ink into, the self-closing seal that first end of the adapter of filling device for ink will be arranged in the ink tank ink supply port was opened; The ink supply port of ink tank is communicated with cartridge seat through adapter, and then is connected with print cartridge in being placed in cartridge seat, owing to the atmospheric air port of print cartridge is sealed; And be provided with self-closing seal between first end of ink supply port and adapter, therefore, external impurities can't get into ink tank through ink supply port; And; When being installed in first gas conduit insertion gas passage of irritating the defaulted storehouse of ink in the device for ink, self-closing seal is opened, and is provided with self-closing seal between first gas conduit and the gas passage; Therefore, external impurities also can't get into ink tank through gas passage.The adapter that is arranged on ink tank seat bottom is connected with the ink supply port that is arranged on the ink tank bottom, and therefore, the ink in the ink tank almost can all be perfused in the print cartridge through ink supply port, has reduced the ink residual volume in the ink tank.
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Fig. 1 is the structure chart that the present invention irritates device for ink.
Fig. 2 is that the present invention irritates the loam cake of device for ink and the structure chart after the lower cover unlatching.
Fig. 3 is the cutaway view that the present invention irritates device for ink.
Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of ink tank embodiment one of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the cutaway view of ink tank embodiment two of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the partial cutaway schematic that this practical ink tank has assembled the defaulted storehouse of ink.
Fig. 7 is the stereogram that the present invention irritates the ink tank seat of device for ink.
Fig. 8 is the front view that the present invention irritates the ink tank seat of device for ink.
Fig. 9 is the stereogram that A-A analyses and observe among Fig. 7.
Figure 10 is the filling China ink pipeline connection sketch map that the present invention irritates device for ink.
Figure 11 is the filling China ink schematic diagram that the present invention irritates device for ink.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment the present invention is described further.
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Print cartridge among the present invention and following the present invention all refers to wait to irritate the print cartridge of China ink.
Irritate device for ink embodiment one
[irritating the device for ink overall structure]
Referring to Fig. 1; Irritate device for ink 1100 and have housing; Housing is made up of upper casing 1140, lower casing 1150, able to turn on or off loam cake 1160 and able to turn on or off lower cover 1170, and housing has surrounded an airtight space, and the apparatus main body of irritating device for ink 1100 is positioned at this airtight space.In upper casing 1140 top layout a start button 1911 and an a plurality of green LED lamp 1921 and six red and green color LED lamps 1922 that can show filling device for ink 1100 operation conditions are arranged; Irritating under the device for ink different working shape, LED lamp 1921,1922 can be that flicker is luminous or long bright.
Referring to Fig. 2, a plurality of ink tanks 1500 that dispose the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink respectively have been installed in the apparatus main body 1101, be under the buckling state at gland 1200, print cartridge is fixed under gland 1200 effects and irritates in the device for ink 1100.
Referring to Fig. 3, apparatus main body 1101 has a device pedestal 1102, and device pedestal 1102 comprises cartridge seat 1120 and ink tank seat 1600.On cartridge seat 1120, be provided with a plurality of kerves 1130 and the corresponding gland 1200 that is provided with.Silicagel pad 1131 as first seal is arranged on each kerve 1130, a rubber blanket 1204 as second seal is arranged in each gland 1200 inboard.Gland 1200 can rotate with respect to a bolster 1122 of cartridge seat 1120, so that the button bit 1121 on gland 1200 and the cartridge seat 1120 is interlocked or breaks away from.The gland 1200 that fastens can be positioned at print cartridge 1110L on the kerve 1130.
[print cartridge]
The type of irritating the print cartridge of installing in the device for ink 1100 is divided into black print cartridge and colour ink box by the ink color that holds, and the print cartridge of each color is divided into big capacity ink box and low capacity print cartridge again by ink capacity.In each kerve 1130, a print cartridge with big capacity or low capacity can be installed respectively.In the present embodiment, the corresponding colour ink box that a jumbo black print cartridge and five low capacities are installed in all kerves 1130.Wherein the ink color of the colour ink box of five low capacities is respectively that photo is black, red, yellow, blue and grey.On each kerve 1130, post label, so that print cartridge of all kinds is installed in the corresponding kerve 1130 corresponding to various ink colors.The structure of all kinds print cartridge is basic identical, and the main distinction is varying in size of shape.The height of the jumbo print cartridge of aspect ratio of the print cartridge 1110L of low capacity is little; Therefore, jumbo print cartridge can directly be installed in the kerve and between the gland, when print cartridge 1110L is installed in the kerve; An adapter need be installed between gland 1200 and print cartridge 1110L; That is, gland 1200 compresses print cartridge 1110L through adapter 1300, thereby print cartridge 1110L is fixed among the kerve.Adapter 1300 has the rectangular cap shape of hollow, and the inner surface of adapter 1300 can closely be socketed on the roof and perisporium of print cartridge 1110L, and adapter 1300 is provided with a rubber blanket 1310 towards the side of print cartridge 1110L.When the print cartridge 1110L that has assembled adapter 1300 was installed between kerve 1130 and the gland 1200, adapter 1300 was under the pressure of gland 1200, and its rubber blanket 1310 is pressing the roof 1113 of print cartridge 1110L and sealing atmospheric air port 1112.Print cartridge 1110L has a spongocoel 1117A and inking chamber 1117B who has arranged sponge 1117 who is separated out by a partition wall 1118, and spongocoel 1117A and inking chamber 1117B are connected through the conducting orifice of offering on the partition wall 1,118 1119.
[gland]
Referring to Fig. 2, gland 1200 fastens so that print cartridge is installed in the kerve with cartridge seat.Gland 1200 is corresponding one by one with the number of kerve, so the loading and unloading of each print cartridge are not disturbed mutually.
Referring to Fig. 3, an end of gland 1200 is hinged on the bolster 1122 of cartridge seat 1120 through a hinge hole.The other end of gland 1200 is a rubber-like handle 1210, and buckling parts and the hook portion of being convenient to operate 1212 are arranged on the handle 1210.Be provided with button bit 1121 with bolster 1122 relative opposite sides on the cartridge seat 1120.When promoting hook portion 1212, buckling parts 1211 breaks away from button bit 1121, and gland 1200 is unlocked around bolster 1122 under thrust; During backward rotation gland 1200; Handle 1210 receive button bit 1121 compressing and to moving away from button bit 1121 directions; When buckling parts 1211 is crossed button bit 1121, buckling parts 1211 under the effect of handle 1210 self elastic-restoring force to button bit 1121 near, and fasten with button bit 1121.Gland 1200 is provided with a rubber blanket 1204 as second seal towards the side of print cartridge 1110L.Behind jumbo print cartridge installation in position, the atmospheric air port of the jumbo print cartridge of rubber blanket 1204 sealings.
[ink tank]
Embodiment one
Referring to Fig. 2.Irritate in the device for ink 1,100 seven ink tanks that can be replaced 1500 are installed; Wherein two of the leftmost side ink tanks 1500 all are used to hold black ink; This is a versatility of considering ink tank 1500 mfg. moulding dies, with simultaneously to the jumbo print cartridge ink supply of black.Certainly, also can adopt a big black ink container independent, that can hold more inks to come the big capacity ink box ink supply of black, at this moment ink tank 1500 mfg. moulding dies just must have two kinds, and its versatility is not good; Other five ink tanks 1500 hold a kind of color inks respectively, and the ink in the color ink container 1500 is perfused in the corresponding print cartridge of color.
Can find out through following explanation, on the one hand, irritate device for ink 1100 and can realize the print cartridge of a plurality of different colours, different capabilities is irritated China ink simultaneously that it is very high to irritate black efficient; On the other hand, adopt the ink tank 1500 that works alone, can allow the user to change ink tank 1500 easily, thereby can satisfy the black demand of irritating neatly.
Referring to Fig. 4, ink tank 1500 has the container body 1510 that is surrounded by diapire 1511, sidewall 1512 and roof 1513.Between two sidewalls 1512 of area maximum, be provided with a laminal rib 1514, therefore, ink tank 1500 taken out in the process of negative pressure at vavuum pump, rib 1514 can avoid ink tank 1500 under the suction force effect, to deform.
Referring to Fig. 3; When ink tank 1500 is installed in the filling device for ink 1100; First end of an adapter (following will further specifying) is inserted the broken film that seals that is positioned at ink supply port 1520 bottoms and further is inserted among the self-closing seal 2012 of ink supply port 1520 afterwards, and ink supply port 1520 is connected through the ink outlet port of ink supply pipeline with print cartridge 1110L.First gas conduit in the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink (following will further specifying) that sponge has been installed in inside insert broken be positioned at pore 1530 tops seal film after further be inserted among the self-closing seal of pore 1530, the defaulted storehouse 1400 of pore 1530 and ink is connected.Sponge in the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink can be adsorbed the minute bubbles that the ink in the ink tank 1500 produced or the ink of vaporization under action of negative pressure; Second gas conduit in the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink is connected with the vavuum pump and the relief valve of irritating device for ink respectively; Therefore; Gas holding portion 1502 can be connected with vavuum pump and relief valve respectively through first gas conduit and second gas conduit in air passing hole 1530, the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink.And in the pressure leak process of relief valve, even there is external impurities to get into the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink from the relief valve of opening, the sponge in the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink also can adsorb this external impurities, and therefore, the ink in the ink tank can not polluted by this external impurities.
[the defaulted storehouse of ink]
Referring to Fig. 6; The defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink has by the hollow cuboid cavity 1402 that a plurality of wall surrounded that comprises wall 1401,1401'; Be provided with a dividing plate 1404 with guiding port 1403 in the inside of cavity 1402; This dividing plate 1404 is separated into a cavity 1402A and a cavenae corporis spongiosi 1402B with cavity 1402, in cavenae corporis spongiosi 1402B, is furnished with a cavernous body 1405.A wall 1401 of cavity 1402 respectively has a gas passage among being provided with first gas conduit 1410 and second gas conduit, 1420, the first gas conduits 1410 and second gas conduit 1420.Is first opening 1412 that be arranged in wall 1401 on and with cavenae corporis spongiosi 1402B be communicated with by wall 1401 to another end that the outside extended end of cavity 1402 is provided with first air guide port, 1411, the first gas conduits 1410 that can be communicated with the gas holding portion 1502 of ink tank 1500 at first gas conduit 1410.Second gas conduit 1420 by wall 1401 respectively to the inside and outside extension of cavity 1402; Be positioned at the inner end of cavity 1402A at second gas conduit 1420 and be provided with one second opening 1421; This second opening 1421 is towards the inner surface of another wall 1401' relative with wall 1401; And; Second opening 1421 is near the inner surface of wall 1401', thereby between the inner surface of second opening 1421 and wall 1401', forms a narrow space, with the ink motion of further increase minute bubbles or the vaporization difficulty among second opening 1421.Be positioned at cavity 1402 outside ends at second gas conduit 1420 and be provided with one second air guide port 1422.
For the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink is installed between ink tank 1500 and the ink tank seat 1600; On the one hand; First gas conduit 1410 in the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink is inserted in the pore 1530 of ink tank 1500; Self-closing seal in the pore 1530 is opened; And first gas conduit 1410 is tightly connected with self-closing seal in the pore 1530, thereby with the gas holding portion 1502 and 1411 conductings of first air guide port of ink tank 1500, on the other hand; Second gas conduit 1420 in the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink is inserted among the ventilating part 1630 of ink tank seat 1600; Self-closing seal among the ventilating part 1630 is opened, and second gas conduit 1420 is tightly connected with self-closing seal among the ventilating part 1630, thus through second air guide port 1422 with comprise that the negative-pressure pipeline of first pipeline 1711 is connected the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink with vavuum pump 1720.
When utilizing 1720 pairs of ink tanks 1500 of vavuum pump of irritating device for ink to bleed; Ink in the ink tank 1500 is under action of negative pressure; Can produce the certain minute bubbles or the ink of vaporization, the ink of minute bubbles or vaporization gets among the cavenae corporis spongiosi 1402B through first air guide port 1411, first opening 1412 in the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink in company with the air in the gas holding portion 1502 together successively.Cavernous body 1405 among the cavenae corporis spongiosi 1402B can adsorb the ink of most minute bubbles or vaporization; Even have the ink of minute quantity can overcome the absorption affinity of cavernous body 1405 and move among the cavity 1402A; Also be difficult to further overcome the air drag in the narrow space between the inner surface that is present in second opening 1421 and wall 1401' and be inhaled among second opening 1421; Therefore; Avoided the ink of minute bubbles or vaporization to comprise that through what be communicated with the negative-pressure pipeline of first pipeline 1711 gets in the vavuum pump 1720, has guaranteed the operate as normal of vavuum pump 1720 with second air guide port 1422.After enough inks were satisfied in the cavernous body in the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink 1405 absorption, the defaulted storehouse 1400 of the ink that can more renew was to keep the adsorption capacity of follow-up ink to minute bubbles or vaporization.
[ink tank seat]
Referring to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8.Ink tank seat 1600 is the support of an integrated injection molding, establishes a plurality of rectangular-shaped ink tank seat grooves 1610 that are in it.Ink tank seat 1600 is provided with 7 ink tank seat grooves 1610.Referring to Fig. 3, the groove 1610 of ink tank seat 1600 integrally is obliquely installed in irritating device for ink 1100, and therefore, ink tank 1500 also is mounted obliquely within the ink tank seat 1600, thereby can reduce the ink residual volume in the ink tank.
Referring to Fig. 9.Ink tank seat groove 1610 is surrounded by diapire 1611, upper wall 1612, lower wall 1613 and pair of sidewalls 1614, wherein adjacent ink tank seat groove 1610 shared sidewalls 1614.Each ink tank seat groove 1610 bottom on gravity direction is provided with adapter 1620.Adapter 1620 body on diapire 1611 that is formed in one, its first end 1621 can be tightly connected with the ink supply port of ink tank, and second end 1622 is tightly connected with an end of ink supply pipeline.Respectively be provided with on a pair of relative upper wall 1612 and the lower wall 1613 convexity 1615 with protruding 1616, protruding 1615 with protruding 1616 respectively with ink tank on a groove engage with fixing ink tank.Ink tank seat 1600 tops also are provided with ventilating part 1630.First end 1631 of ventilating part 1630 is connected with vavuum pump and relief valve respectively through negative-pressure pipeline and relief pipeline; Second end 1632 of ventilating part 1630 is tightly connected with second gas conduit in the defaulted storehouse of ink.
[cartridge seat]
Referring to Fig. 3.Cartridge seat 1120 has the kerve 1130 that is used to install print cartridge 1110L; After print cartridge 1110L is installed in the kerve 1130; The gland 1200 that fastens is fixed print cartridge 1110L; Connected entrance 1123 butt joints of the ink outlet port of print cartridge 1110L and kerve 1130, the periphery that rubber blanket 1131 centers on both joints is to prevent the leakage of ink.
Referring to Figure 11.Connected entrance 1123 is connected with corresponding ink tank 1500 through ink supply pipeline 1713.
[vavuum pump and relief valve]
Referring to Figure 10; In irritating device for ink 1100, the print cartridge 1110B of a black and the print cartridge 1110C of five colours have been installed; And; In irritating device for ink 1100, be provided with a vavuum pump 1720 as depression generator, this vavuum pump 1720 is connected with ink tank 1500 through negative-pressure pipeline, and this negative-pressure pipeline comprises first pipeline 1711 and the 3rd pipeline 1714.Specifically; Vavuum pump 1720 links to each other with an end of the 3rd pipeline 1714; The other end of the 3rd pipeline 1714 communicates with an end of six first pipelines 1711 through one eight siphunculus 1715, the other end of five first pipelines 1711 wherein correspondingly be connected to color ink container 1500 on the defaulted storehouse 1400 of five inks be connected.The other end of another one first pipeline 1711 is communicated with respectively with the defaulted storehouse 1400 of two inks on being connected to black ink container 1500 through a three-way pipe.Therefore, vavuum pump 1720 is connected with ink tank 1500 through the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink.Between the ink outlet port of the connected entrance of the defaulted storehouse of vavuum pump 1720, the 3rd pipeline 1714, first pipeline 1711, ink 1400, ink tank 1500, ink supply pipeline 1713, kerve and print cartridge 1110B, 1110C, formed a fluid passage.
Irritate in the device for ink 1100 and also be provided with a relief valve 1730 that carries out pressure release, this relief valve 1730 is connected with ink tank 1500 through relief pipeline, and this relief pipeline comprises first pipeline 1711 and second pipeline 1712.Specifically; Relief valve 1730 is connected with an end of second pipeline 1712; The other end of second pipeline 1712 is connected on eight siphunculus; And then utilize six first pipelines 1711 being communicated with eight siphunculus to be communicated with seven defaulted storehouses 1400 of ink respectively, therefore, relief valve 1730 is communicated with ink tank 1500 through second pipeline 1712, first pipeline 1711, the defaulted storehouse 1400 of ink.Between the ink outlet port of the connected entrance of the defaulted storehouse of relief valve 1730, second pipeline 1712, first pipeline 1711, ink 1400, ink tank 1500, ink supply pipeline 1713, kerve and print cartridge 1110B, 1110C, also formed a fluid passage.
[irritating the filling China ink operation of device for ink]
Referring to Fig. 1, green LED lamp 1921 Chang Liang irritate device for ink 1100 on power supplys to show, the green LED lamp flicker is to show that irritating device for ink 1100 irritates the China ink operation over against print cartridge.6 red and green color LED lamps 1922 are respectively applied for and show a print cartridge and for it filling ink-condition of the ink tank of ink is provided; When often giving a green light, then represent filling China ink operation well afoot to respective ink tanks; When the flicker red light, represent that then the China ink amount in the corresponding ink tank is on the low side, represent then that when often sending out a warning corresponding ink tank ink exhausts.
Irritate device for ink and utilize single-chip microcomputer that the work of LED lamp and the operation of vavuum pump and relief valve are controlled, in single-chip microcomputer, store be respectively applied for that control vavuum pump and relief valve move take out negative pressure duration and pressure release duration.
Take out the negative pressure duration and the pressure release duration can obtain in the following manner.In the present embodiment, the required design of pressure that reaches is 36KPA to print cartridge after the negative pressure through taking out.In order to set out pressure release duration with enough durations; Suppose the print cartridge that its heap(ed) capacity that can hold all is installed in all kerves; Thereby; When relief valve is started working, the extraneous standard atmospheric pressure value when each print cartridge pressure inside value will progressively be risen to air pressure in the gas holding portion with corresponding ink tank and reached balance mutually by force value 36KPA: 101KPA, therefore; Reach the lasting time of opening of relief valve in the 101KPA process through calculating print cartridge pressure inside value by 36KPA, can calculate the pressure release duration of relief valve pressure release.
For set out have enough durations take out the negative pressure duration; Suppose the print cartridge that its heap(ed) capacity that can hold all is installed in all kerves, and each heap(ed) capacity print cartridge and corresponding ink tank thereof be complete empty, promptly their inside is air entirely; Therefore; Can calculate the volume of air summation V in the space that comprises complete empty colored big capacity ink box, corresponding first pipeline, the 3rd pipeline and the ink supply pipelines of a complete empty big capacity ink box of black, six, reach 36KPA in order to make the atmospheric pressure value in this space, vavuum pump need aspirate 65% of air volume between clearancen; Be V * 65% (ml); Because the speed of exhaust of vavuum pump is S (ml/s), therefore, the vavuum pump suction duration=air body product ÷ speed of exhaust=V * 65% ÷ S (s).So that stores in the single-chip microcomputer takes out the negative pressure duration and can calculate according to formula: V * 65% ÷ S.
Referring to Figure 11, Figure 11 has represented to irritate device for ink to print cartridge 1110H being irritated the filling China ink schematic diagram of China ink.When single-chip microcomputer 1940 when vavuum pump 1720 sends enabling signal; Vavuum pump 1720 begins to bleed; Air among the print cartridge 1110H is extracted out by vavuum pump 1720 through the defaulted storehouse of ink outlet port 1111, ink supply pipeline 1713, ink tank 1500, ink 1400, first pipeline and the 3rd pipeline 1714 successively, thereby forms negative pressure in the inside of print cartridge 1110H.Reach when taking out the negative pressure duration from sending enabling signal, single-chip microcomputer 1940 sends stop signal to vavuum pump 1720, and vavuum pump 1720 quits work.The duration of vavuum pump 1720 work can make all print cartridges reach scheduled pressure value 36KPA.Then, single-chip microcomputer 1940 sends enabling signal to relief valve 1730, and relief valve 1730 is opened; Gas holding portion 1502 and atmosphere with ink tank 1500; Thereby atmosphere is introduced gas holding portion 1502, and behind atmosphere entering gas holding portion 1502, there is pressure reduction in gas holding portion 1502 with the print cartridge 1110H inside that is in negative pressure state; Therefore, the ink in the ink tank 1500 is perfused in print cartridge 1110H inside under the effect of pressure; When sending enabling signal and reach the pressure release duration; Single-chip microcomputer 1940 sends stop signal to relief valve 1730; At this moment, the air pressure in the gas holding portion 1502 of print cartridge 1110H inside and ink tank 1500 reaches balance, has been poured enough inks among the print cartridge 1110H.So far, can accomplish all print cartridge pressure releases, accomplish and irritate the operation of device for ink print cartridge perfusion ink through the duration of single-chip microcomputer 1940 control relief valves 1730 work.
Irritate device for ink embodiment two
The filling device for ink of embodiment two is that with the difference of the filling device for ink of embodiment one it has adopted different ink tanks, below only ink tank is done detailed description, and other part of the filling device for ink of embodiment two repeats no more.
[ink tank]
Embodiment two
Referring to Fig. 5.Ink tank 2500 is that with the difference of ink tank 1500 shown in Figure 4 be provided with tubular conduit 2530 in container body 2510 inside of ink tank 2500, the caliber of tubular conduit 2530 is approximately 2mm.End in tubular conduit 2530 is provided with first opening 2531 that is communicated with gas holding portion 2502.The center line of tubular conduit 2530 roughly overlaps with the vertical center line of diapire 2511, and the end that tubular conduit 2530 has first opening 2531 extends within the projection section 2515 of roof 2513.The other end that passes diapire 2511 in tubular conduit 2530 is provided with second opening 2532, in second opening, is provided with self-closing seal.On diapire 2511, also be provided with an ink supply port 2520.Because the ink supply port 2520 and second opening 2532 all are arranged on the diapire 2511; Therefore; Be installed in the process of the ink tank seat of irritating device for ink at ink tank 2500, the ink supply port 2520 and second opening 2532 can all be unlocked simultaneously, have simplified user's operation.
When ink tank 2500 is installed in the ink tank seat; On gravity direction, ink supply port 2520 is near the below of container body 2500, and first opening 2531 of tubular conduit 2530 is near the top of container body 2510; Therefore; First opening 2531 of tubular conduit 2530 has at a distance of the big as far as possible distance of ink supply port 2520, on the one hand, has guaranteed to hold in the ink tank 2500 ink as much as possible; On the other hand, make first opening 2531 of tubular conduit 2530 be connected with gas holding portion 2502.Because first opening 2531 of tubular conduit 2530 roughly is positioned on the vertical center line of diapire 2511; Thereby guaranteed that vavuum pump and relief valve can be taken out negative pressure and pressure release equably via 2531 pairs of gas holding portions 2502 of first opening of tubular conduit 2530 when vavuum pump and relief valve are communicated with second opening 2532.
In the transportation of ink tank 2500 or fall accidentally etc. under the situation; Ink in the ink tank 2500 might get into from first opening 2531 of tubular conduit 2530 among the tubular conduit 2530; But because the caliber of tubular conduit 2530 is very little, therefore, the quantity of ink of entering tubular conduit 2530 seldom; And; Second opening 2532 of tubular conduit 2530 is connected with vavuum pump and relief valve respectively through a defaulted storehouse of ink; Ink in the tubular conduit 2530 is taken out in the process of negative pressure at vavuum pump to ink tank; To get in the defaulted storehouse of ink along with flowing of air, and adsorbed by the sponge of installing in the defaulted storehouse of ink; Therefore, even there is small volume of ink to get among the tubular conduit 2530, can not influence the operate as normal of irritating device for ink yet.
Technical conceive of the present invention is not limited in the foregoing description; Can also obtain many different concrete schemes according to design of the present invention; As on a pair of relative wall on the container body of ink tank, respectively being provided with a convexity, on the ink tank seat of irritating device for ink, arrange a pair of and protruding groove that matches; And for example second opening of tubular conduit can be set on sidewall or the roof of ink tank or the like, and these minor alterations and equivalent transformation all should be included within the said scope of claim.
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1. ink tank is used to the filling device for ink ink is provided, and comprises
By the container body that a plurality of walls surround, said container body comprises ink storage compartment that is used for storage ink and the gas holding portion that is used to hold gas, and said gas holding portion is positioned at the top of said ink storage compartment;
It is characterized in that:
Be arranged on an ink supply port on the said container body diapire, said ink supply port built-in one self-closing seal;
Be used to gas passage that said gas holding portion is in communication with the outside, said gas passage built-in one self-closing seal.
2. ink tank according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Said gas passage is the pore that is arranged on the roof of said container body.
3. ink tank according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Said gas passage is the tubular conduit with first opening and second opening; Said tubular conduit is extended in said container body; Said first opening is arranged in said gas holding portion; Said second opening is arranged on the wall of said container body, and the built-in self-closing seal of said gas passage is arranged in said second opening.
4. according to each described ink tank of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that:
In said container body, between two walls of area maximum, be provided with a laminal rib.
5. ink tank according to claim 4 is characterized in that:
The outside at a pair of relative wall of said container body respectively is provided with a groove.
6. the filling device for ink comprises
Be used to lay the cartridge seat of being irritated print cartridge;
Vavuum pump and relief valve;
Surround the ink tank of container body by a plurality of walls, said container body comprises ink storage compartment that is used for storage ink and the gas holding portion that is used to hold gas, and said gas holding portion is positioned at the top of said ink storage compartment;
Be used to lay the ink tank seat of said ink tank;
It is characterized in that:
The bottom of said ink tank seat is provided with adapter, and second end of said adapter is communicated with said cartridge seat through the ink supply pipeline;
Be arranged on the ink supply port on the diapire of said container body, said ink supply port is communicated with first end of said adapter through built-in self-closing seal;
Be used to gas passage that said gas holding portion is connected with said vavuum pump and said relief valve, said gas passage built-in one self-closing seal.
7. filling device for ink according to claim 6 is characterized in that:
Said gas passage is the pore that is arranged on the roof of said container body.
8. filling device for ink according to claim 6 is characterized in that:
Said gas passage is the tubular conduit with first opening and second opening; Said tubular conduit is extended in said container body; Said first opening is arranged in said gas holding portion; Said second opening is arranged on the wall of said container body, and the built-in self-closing seal of said gas passage is arranged in said second opening.
9. according to each described filling device for ink of claim 6 to 8, it is characterized in that:
In said container body, between two walls of area maximum, be provided with a laminal rib.
10. filling device for ink according to claim 9 is characterized in that:
Be furnished with on the said ink tank seat with said ink tank outer wall on a pair of convexity that matches of a pair of groove.
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