CN100361029C - Xeroprinting toner drum and image forming apparatus - Google Patents
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A first bending part 204 of an agitator 200 is engaged by being inserted to a first engaging groove 104 and a second bending part 206 is inserted to a second engaging groove 106 in assembly of a toner cartridge. When inserted, an end surface 200A of the agitator 200 does not come into contact with the first engaging groove 104 or the second engaging groove 106 and does not come into contact with the bottom part 102a of a linking part 102 after being inserted. Since the agitator 200 is constituted from metal linear member, the foreign matter (shaved powder) is produced when the end surface 200A and the coupling part 100, consisting of resin, come into contact with each other and are abraded. However, since the end surface 200A of the agitator 200 does not come into contact with the first engaging groove 104 and the second engaging groove 106, no foreign matter (shaved powder) is produced in the assembly of tonor cartridge. Therefore, a problem of printing definition being reduced, etc., by having the foreign matter (shaved powder) produced by shaving in assembly and having this foreign matter (shaved powder) mixed into toner and being carried to a developing device does not occur.
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Technical field
The present invention relates at the duplicating machine, printer, the facsimile recorder that adopt the electrofax mode, perhaps use in the image processing system of ensemble machine of these equipment etc., inside has held the toner cartridge of colour powder of xerographic printing, with the image processing system that uses this toner cartridge.
Background technology
In image processing system, using to make easy and simple to handlely always, do not allow colour powder of xerographic printing disperse towards periphery, can replenish the toner cartridge of colour powder of xerographic printing easily.This toner cartridge except the function of using as the container of carrying colour powder of xerographic printing, after the image processing system of packing into, also had additional jar function as colour powder of xerographic printing before the image processing system of packing into.
As shown in figure 10, in this toner cartridge 600, has on the end 512 that is arranged on toner cartridge main body 510 coupling component 500 that can freely rotate.
In addition, in the inside of this toner cartridge main body 510, also in the combined hole 504 of the coupling part 502 of coupling component 500, insert stirrer (stirring transfer unit) 506 with the metal bending wire curl of circular cross section.
In addition, this stirrer 506 is by means of revolving force that coupling component 500 transmitted and rotate, one side stirs colour powder of xerographic printing, the one delivery outlet (not shown) that forms on the toner cartridge main body 510 is carried colour powder of xerographic printing (for example, see also the patent documentation spy and open flat 10-149006 communique).
, as shown in figure 10, when the combined hole 504 of the coupling part 502 of the end 508 of stirrer 506 being inserted coupling components 500, the end face 508A of the end 508 of stirrer 506 will with the inwall 504A rubbing contact of combined hole 504, scraping can take place.
In addition, in the process of coupling component 500 rotations, friction and scraping also can take place in the end face 508A of the end 508 of stirrer 506 and the bottom surface 504B of combined hole 504.
Owing to the foreign matter (scraping the powder that chips away) that this scraping produces can be sneaked in the colour powder of xerographic printing.The foreign matter and the colour powder of xerographic printing of sneaking in the colour powder of xerographic printing be transported in the developing apparatus together, with regard to the reason of the problem that become to reduce the grade of duplicating and so on.
Summary of the invention
The present invention its objective is the foreign matter that minimizing produces for addressing the above problem in coupling component.
The toner cartridge of being put down in writing in the first aspect present invention has following various parts: the toner cartridge main body of having filled colour powder of xerographic printing; Be arranged on above-mentioned toner cartridge body interior, Yi Bian stir above-mentioned colour powder of xerographic printing, Yi Bian the delivery outlet that forms on the above-mentioned toner cartridge main body is carried the stirring transfer unit of colour powder of xerographic printing; Be arranged on the end of above-mentioned toner cartridge main body, the coupling component that can freely rotate; Be arranged in the above-mentioned coupling component, combine with the end of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit, revolving force is passed to the coupling part of this stirring transfer unit, it is characterized in that, the end of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit is shaft-like, make crooked dogleg section with respect to the rotation center of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit, on the above-mentioned coupling part of above-mentioned coupling component, having formed above-mentioned dogleg section can be from the engagement groove of outer circumference surface insertion.
The toner cartridge of putting down in writing according to first aspect present invention, be shaft-like owing to stir the end of transfer unit, making crooked dogleg section with respect to the rotation center that stirs transfer unit, and dogleg section is inserted in the engagement groove that the coupling part of coupling component forms from outer circumference surface, can not abrade engagement groove so stir the end face of transfer unit.Owing to when inserting, can not abrade and the scraping coupling part, institute just can not produce foreign matter.In addition, in inserting engagement groove after do not contact owing to stir the end face of transfer unit end with the coupling part of coupling component, so, even the coupling component rotation, the end face of stirring transfer unit end can not abrade the coupling part with the scraping coupling component yet, can not produce foreign matter.Therefore, the unfavorable condition that causes owing to foreign matter can not take place.
The toner cartridge of being put down in writing in the second aspect present invention, be in the structure described in the first aspect present invention, also has such feature, promptly, above-mentioned dogleg section is by constituting towards first dogleg section of the rotation center bending of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit with towards the second bending part branch of the outside curve of the rotation center of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit; Above-mentioned engagement groove is made of first engagement groove that combines with above-mentioned first dogleg section and second engagement groove that combines with above-mentioned second dogleg section.
First dogleg section of the toner cartridge of being put down in writing in the second aspect present invention is combined in first engagement groove, and second dogleg section is combined in second engagement groove.Like this, combine on two positions with coupling component, just can not be offset so stir the rotation center of transfer unit owing to stir transfer unit.Therefore, can transmit revolving force, stir transfer unit and can successfully rotate with very high efficient.In addition, stirring transfer unit can not come off yet.
The toner cartridge of being put down in writing in the third aspect present invention, be in the structure described in the second aspect present invention, also have such feature, that is, above-mentioned second dogleg section with respect to the bending angle of above-mentioned first dogleg section in 60 °～120 ° scope.
The toner cartridge of putting down in writing according to third aspect present invention, can play the effect same with second aspect present invention, because the angle of bend of second dogleg section is in 60 °～120 ° scope, it just more can not depart from the rotation center that stirs transfer unit.Therefore, can transmit revolving force, can successfully rotate with very high efficient.In addition, stirring transfer unit can not come off yet.
The toner cartridge of putting down in writing in the fourth aspect present invention is in the structure described in the present invention second or the third aspect, also has such feature, that is, have in above-mentioned first engagement groove and do than the narrow clamping part of the diameter of axle of first dogleg section.
The toner cartridge of putting down in writing according to fourth aspect present invention, can play and the present invention second or the same effect of the third aspect, since with have clamping part in first engagement groove that first dogleg section combines, so first dogleg section can not pulled out at an easy rate.In addition, owing to can not rock,, stir transfer unit and can successfully rotate so can transmit revolving force expeditiously.
In addition, in the process of first dogleg section being inserted first engagement groove (the time) near clamping part, for it being entrenched in the clamping part and apply strength, in the time of on strength being applied to the stirring transfer unit and first engagement groove, the direction that may make insertion is not dead ahead and take place crookedly, can make and stir transfer unit and the distortion of first engagement groove., because second dogleg section is inserting leading for inserting of second engagement groove midway, so first dogleg section can be inserted with right-on direction.Therefore, stirring the transfer unit and first engagement groove can not be out of shape.
The toner cartridge of putting down in writing in the fifth aspect present invention, be in the present invention second or the described structure of the third aspect, also has such feature, promptly, above-mentioned first engagement groove and second engagement groove are formed by the circumferential wall of the above-mentioned tubular of cutting coupling part, and a big side passes to above-mentioned first dogleg section with revolving force by cutting back circumferential wall.
According to the described toner cartridge of fifth aspect present invention, can play and the present invention second or the same effect of the third aspect, because strength is applied to the big side of cutting back circumferential wall on first engagement groove and second engagement groove, so the coupling part of coupling component can not be out of shape.Therefore, can transmit revolving force to stirring transfer unit expeditiously, stir transfer unit and can successfully rotate.
The feature of the image processing system of being put down in writing in the sixth aspect present invention is, its uses first aspect present invention any one toner cartridge of putting down in writing in the third aspect present invention.
Because the image processing system of being put down in writing in the sixth aspect present invention has used first aspect present invention any one toner cartridge of putting down in writing in the third aspect present invention, so the problems such as grade reduction of duplicating can not take place to make because produce foreign matter in toner cartridge.In addition, because the rotation of stirring transfer unit is very smooth, so just can successfully stir and carry colour powder of xerographic printing.
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, can reduce the foreign matter that in the coupling component of toner cartridge, is produced.
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Fig. 1 is to use the sectional drawing of typical laser printer of the toner cartridge of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the figure of the toner cartridge of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 (A) is the typical internal structure section figure of the toner cartridge of one embodiment of the invention; Fig. 3 (B) is the figure of stirrer;
Fig. 4 represents the inside of the toner cartridge of one embodiment of the invention, is the X-X sectional drawing among Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 represents the coupling component of the toner cartridge of one embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 5 (A) is the figure that sees along perpendicular to the groove center line direction of first engagement groove; Fig. 5 (B) is the figure that sees along the groove center line direction of first engagement groove and second engagement groove; Fig. 5 (C) is the figure that sees along perpendicular to the groove center line direction of second engagement groove;
Fig. 6 represents the toner cartridge of one embodiment of the present of invention, first dogleg section of stirrer and second dogleg section is inserted the key diagram of the operation of first engagement groove of coupling part of coupling component and second engagement groove;
Fig. 7 has installed after the laser printer of toner cartridge of one embodiment of the invention the figure of the typical alignment procedure of the position of the input port of delivery outlet that forms and colour powder of xerographic printing conveying mechanism on the main body of toner cartridge;
Fig. 8 represents the coupling part of coupling component of toner cartridge of another embodiment of the present invention and the typical figure of stirrer;
Fig. 9 represents the coupling part of coupling component of toner cartridge of another embodiment of the present invention and the typical figure of stirrer;
Figure 10 represents the coupling component and the stirrer of toner cartridge in the past, and the figure that stirrer is inserted the operation in the coupling part is described.
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Below, with reference to an embodiment of description of drawings toner cartridge of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is to use the example of image processing system of the toner cartridge 70 of the embodiment of the invention, and promptly laser printer 10.This laser printer 10 is to utilize known electronic camera technology process, forms image (colour powder of xerographic printing picture) according to the image information from the external device (ED) input, and the equipment of this image recording on the article of recording chart and so on.
The technological process of electrofax comprises following series of steps: form electrostatic latent image by charged, exposure on Electrophtography photosensor, through electrostatic latent image being developed with colour powder of xerographic printing, again the picture of the colour powder of xerographic printing that forms on the Electrophtography photosensor is duplicated on recording materials, again to its heat fixer, on the recording materials under the image recording.
In addition, because this technological process and essence of the present invention directly do not concern the explanation that the Therefore, omited is detailed.
Laser printer 10 is to use the colour powder of xerographic printing of red (M), yellow (Y), black (K) and blue (C) to form the equipment of coloured image.In addition, specially their differences being come when describing, add that in the label back alphabetical K, Y, M or C represent below according to various color.(for example, developing apparatus 20Y etc.)
When adopting this laser printer 10 to print the image of multiple color, its step is roughly as follows.
At first, make four photosensitive drums 11 in the photosensitive drums assembly 12 with same by means of the charged roller (not shown), then, launched with exposure assembly 16, corresponding with Y, M, K, C shades of colour, the different laser beam irradiation of the Bm of light is on the surface of above-mentioned charged each photosensitive drums 11, when the gap by developing device 18, in each photosensitive drums 11 enterprising line scanning exposure, thereby on each photosensitive drums 11, form versicolor electrostatic latent image according to the information of being imported.
Then,, show the electrostatic latent image on above-mentioned each photosensitive drums 11 respectively, become Y, M, the versicolor colour powder of xerographic printing picture of K, C by means of the versicolor developing apparatus 20 of developing device 18.
Then, the versicolor colour powder of xerographic printing picture forming on each photosensitive drums 11 once duplicates on the first middle copying drum 21,22 with electrostatic means.Promptly, the colour powder of xerographic printing picture Huang that on photosensitive drums 11Y, 11M, forms and red, duplicate successively on the first middle copying drum 21 according to red, yellow order, last black and colour powder of xerographic printing picture indigo plant that forms of photosensitive drums 11K, 11C, duplicate successively on the first middle copying drum 22 according to blue, black order, and make its coincidence respectively.Like this, just on the first middle copying drum 21, formed the multiple colour powder of xerographic printing picture that looks like to constitute by red colour powder of xerographic printing picture and yellow colour powder of xerographic printing, on the other hand, on the first middle copying drum 22, then formed the multiple colour powder of xerographic printing picture that looks like to constitute by the colour powder of xerographic printing picture of indigo plant and black colour powder of xerographic printing.
Then, the various multiple colour powder of xerographic printing picture that forms on the first middle copying drum 21,22 is respectively duplicated on secondary middle copying drum 23 with the electrostatic means secondary.Like this, colour powder of xerographic printing picture (beginning to be C, K) on the colour powder of xerographic printing picture on the first middle copying drum 21 (beginning to be M, Y) and the first middle copying drum 22 from lower floor from lower floor, just duplicate respectively on secondary middle copying drum 23 according to this order, formed and begun from lower floor, according to Y, M, K, C order, the multiple colour powder of xerographic printing picture of coincidence.
On the other hand, match,, the time according to the rules, recording chart P is carried to photocopying roll 50 from paper supply assembly 32 by means of recording chart conveying mechanism 34 with the formation of above-mentioned colour powder of xerographic printing picture.Send to the recording chart P of photocopying roll 50, be clamped on photocopying roll 50 and the secondary middle copying drum 23, with the multiple colour powder of xerographic printing picture on the electrostatic means duplicating secondary middle copying roller 23.
Then, the recording chart P that has duplicated multiple colour powder of xerographic printing picture is sent to photographic fixing assembly 40, and heating and pressurization when warm-up mill 42 that passes through this photographic fixing assembly 40 and the roll gap part between the backer roll 44, after having carried out the photographic fixing processing, be transported in row's paper part 46 on laser printer 10 tops.
Form technological process by implementing above such a series of images, just on a recording chart P, formed full-colour image.
In addition, each toner cartridge 70 (Y, M, K, C) of the colour powder of xerographic printing of four kinds of colors is housed, as required,, replenishes colour powder of xerographic printing to each developing apparatus 20 by each colour powder of xerographic printing conveying mechanism 72.In addition, each toner cartridge 70 all can be adorned and can unload, when colour powder of xerographic printing uses up, and the toner cartridge 70 that can more renew.
On the bound fraction 74 of the connection toner cartridge 70 of colour powder of xerographic printing conveying mechanism 72, installed and had flexiblely, make columnar tube part 76 with soft synthetic resin etc.In the inside of this tube part 76, be equipped with the helical element (not shown) of carrying usefulness.This helical element of tube part 76 usefulness is supplied to developing apparatus 20 to the colour powder of xerographic printing that outputs to the bound fraction 74 from the delivery outlet 90 (referring to Fig. 3) of toner cartridge main body 80 described later.
As shown in Figure 2, toner cartridge 70 is made of cylindrical shape toner cartridge main body 80 and the sidewall sections 82,84 that is entrenched in these toner cartridge main body 80 two ends.
And, on the periphery of toner cartridge main body 80 1 ends, be provided with the delivery outlet 90 (seeing also Fig. 3) that is used for to developing apparatus 20 output colour powder of xerographic printing.In addition, the cranse 86 that can be free to slide with respect to toner cartridge main body 80 also has been installed.On this cranse 86, be provided with hold delivery outlet 90 in the outside of delivery outlet 90 accommodate part 88.
Therefore, under the state (or the state after loading onto) of toner cartridge 70 on not being installed in laser printer 10, delivery outlet 90 is contained in accommodates in the part 88, and the colour powder of xerographic printing in the toner cartridge main body 80 can be from delivery outlet 90 to external leakage.
Fig. 7 be represent that typically toner cartridge 70 is installed on the laser printer 10 after, the figure of the aligned in position process of the input port 96 of the delivery outlet 90 that on toner cartridge main body 80, forms and the bound fraction 74 of colour powder of xerographic printing conveying mechanism 72.In addition, dotted portion is represented delivery outlet 90 and input port 96.
Shown in Fig. 7 (A), when being installed in toner cartridge 70 on the laser printer 10, the fixedly raised line 78 that forms on the bound fraction 74 of colour powder of xerographic printing conveying mechanism 72 just with chimeric at the pickup groove 94 of accommodating formation on the part 88, is fixed accommodating part 88 (cranse 86).
And when pinching the knob portion 92 that is arranged on the sidewall sections 82 when it is rotated, toner cartridge main body 80 is just rotated, and delivery outlet 90 exposes from accommodating part 88, overlaps with the input port 96 of the bound fraction 74 of colour powder of xerographic printing conveying mechanism 72.
As shown in Figure 3, separated a hole 98 at the central portion of the sidewall sections 84 of the other end of toner cartridge main body 80, the hole 98 of this sidewall sections 84 is passed in the coupling part 102 of coupling component 100, enters the inside of toner cartridge main body 80.In addition, this structure makes coupling component 100 to rotate freely with respect to sidewall sections 84.
As shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 5 (C), the coupling part 102 of coupling component 100 is tubular, has formed on circumferential wall from the center towards first engagement groove 104 and second engagement groove 106 of radiation direction.In addition, in the present embodiment, the center line of first engagement groove 104 and second engagement groove 106 is approximately 90 ° in the angle that core intersects.In addition, first dogleg section 204 of stirrer 200 described later is combined in first engagement groove 104, and second dogleg section 206 is combined in second engagement groove 106.
Also have, shown in Fig. 5 (A), in first engagement groove 104, formed a little bit smaller a little, the roughly rounded clamping part 120 of the diameter of axle than first dogleg section 204, then the diameter of axle than first dogleg section 204 is narrow for its inlet.Because first dogleg section 204 is combined in this clamping part 120, so stirrer 200 is not easy to pull out.
In addition, when being installed in toner cartridge 70 in the laser printer 10, coupling component 100 will be connected with the rotary driving force parts (not shown) that is arranged on laser printer 10 main bodys one side.And coupling component 100 is driven by this rotary driving force parts, rotates towards the S direction, and revolving force is passed to stirrer 200 in the toner cartridge main body 80.
In addition, coupling component 100 is used synthetic resin, and for example, POM (polyacetal resin) makes.
As shown in Figure 4, around the hole of being passed in the coupling part 102 of coupling component 100, pasted seal member 150.The sidewall sections 84 of this seal member 150 sealing toner cartridge main bodys 80 and the space between the coupling component 100, with the colour powder of xerographic printing that prevents toner cartridge main body 80 inside from sidewall sections 84 hole 98 (referring to Fig. 3) and the gap between the coupling component 100 leak into the outside.In addition, this seal member 150 is to use elastomeric material, and for example, neoprene is made.
As shown in Figure 3, stirrer 200 is arranged to roughly traverse the total length of whole toner cartridge main body 80, and shown in Fig. 3 (B), it is the wire rod made from the metal of circular cross section, for example, and the spiral helicine sweep 202 that stainless steel (SUS304WP) forms.In addition, an end of the spiral fashion sweep 202 of stirrer has formed towards the direction bending vertical with rotation (rotation center) M, first dogleg section 204 that combines with first engagement groove 104.In addition, it is crooked laterally about 90 ° also to have formed rotation (rotation center M) with respect to stirrer 200 at the front end of first dogleg section 204, is combined in second dogleg section 206 in second engagement groove 106.In addition, the front end of another end is abandoned free end.
As shown in Figure 4, stirrer 200 obtains revolving force from the coupling part 102 of coupling component 100, rotates to the S direction, and one side stirs the colour powder of xerographic printing in the toner cartridge main body 80, and one side is carried its direction to delivery outlet 90 (referring to Fig. 3 (A)).
In addition, shown in Fig. 3 (A), first dogleg section 204 of stirrer 200, be arranged to inside surface 84A near the sidewall sections 84 of toner cartridge main body 80, because spiral fashion sweep 202 begins to form from this first dogleg section 204, so spiral fashion sweep 202 can be arranged near the inside surface 84A of sidewall sections 84 of toner cartridge main body 80 always.Because spiral fashion sweep 202 is while the part that stirs the colour powder of xerographic printing of carrying toner cartridge main body 80 inside, so it can stir near the colour powder of xerographic printing the inside surface 84A of the sidewall sections 84 of toner cartridge main body 80 and carry.
In addition, as shown in Figure 6, when assembling toner cartridge 70, first dogleg section 204 of stirrer 200 is combined in first engagement groove 104 from the outer circumference surface insertion, and 206 insertions of second dogleg section are combined in second engagement groove 106.When inserting, the end face 200A of stirrer 200 does not contact with first engagement groove 104, second engagement groove 106.In addition, after the insertion, do not contact with the bottom surface portions 102A of coupling part 102 yet.
Because as previously mentioned, stirrer 200 is to make with the wire rod of metal manufacturing, when its end face 200A contacts with the coupling component 100 that is made of resin, when producing friction and scraping, can produce foreign matter (scraping powder), but, owing to the end face 200A of stirrer 200 does not contact with first engagement groove 104, second engagement groove 106, so when assembling toner cartridge 70, can not produce foreign matter (scraping powder).Therefore, also just can not be because of when assembling, producing foreign matter (scraping powder) because of scraping, can not allow this foreign matter (scraping powder) sneak in the colour powder of xerographic printing to be transported in the developing apparatus 20 (referring to Fig. 1) yet and go, the problems such as grade reduction of duplicating take place with colour powder of xerographic printing.
In addition, when (clamping part 120 fronts) midway that are inserted into first engagement groove 104, and after this going in the clamping part 120 and when applying strength in order to embed, at this moment the direction of Cha Ruing may not be the dead ahead, but it is crooked, will strongly be applied on the stirrer 200 and first engagement groove 104, the stirrer 200 and first engagement groove 104 may be out of shape.First dogleg section 204,, is its guiding, so can be inserted to right-on direction because second dogleg section 206 is also inserted second engagement groove 106 midway.Therefore, the stirrer 200 and first engagement groove 104 just can not be out of shape.
Also have, first dogleg section 204 of stirrer 200 and second dogleg section 206 are being inserted in the process of first engagement groove 104 and second engagement groove 106, even owing to error makes first dogleg section 204 of stirrer 200 and second dogleg section 206 run into seal member 150, because the end face 200A of stirrer 200 can not run into seal member 150, so seal member 150 can be not injured.Therefore,, can not make seal member 150 injured and colour powder of xerographic printing takes place leak yet, can insert again even insert error.
Below, the effect of toner cartridge of the present invention is described.
The coupling component 100 of toner cartridge 70 is connected with the rotary driving force parts (not shown) of main body one side that is arranged on laser printer 10, drives coupling component 100 by these rotary driving force parts and rotates.
In addition, as shown in Figure 4, when rotating owing to stirrer 200, the end face 200A of stirrer 200 is contact and connection parts 100 not, so even coupling component 100 rotations, the end face 200A of stirrer 200 can not rub with coupling component 100 yet.Therefore, can not produce because of scraping and cut the foreign matter that gets off.Like this, just can not produce bad phenomenon because of producing foreign matter.
In addition,,, also have so the combination of first dogleg section 204 can not rocked owing in first engagement groove 104, formed clamping part 120, owing to have second dogleg section 206 to be combined in second engagement groove 106, so rocking of H direction is also very little.Like this, stirrer 200 is fixed very firmly, and the rotation center of stirrer 200 can not be offset yet.
Also have, as shown in Figure 5, the center line of the groove of first engagement groove 104 and second engagement groove 106 is very big in the crossing formed angle of the core of coupling component 100, promptly, because coupling part 102 applies strength with a big chunk 102B on the circumferential wall to first dogleg section 204 (referring to Fig. 4), so the coupling part 102 of coupling component 100 can not be out of shape.
Therefore, can transmit revolving force to stirrer 200 with very high efficient, stirrer 200 can successfully rotate.In addition, stirrer 200 can not get loose yet.Therefore, can successfully carry out the stirring and the conveying of colour powder of xerographic printing.
In addition, in the present embodiment, the angle of bend of second dogleg section 206 (angle that the center line of the groove of first engagement groove 104 and second engagement groove 106 intersects on core) approximately is 90 °, but, test findings according to the applicant, if this angle is between 60 ° to 120 ° (referring to Fig. 5), can both firmly fix stirrer 200, in addition, the rotation center of stirrer 200 also is difficult to skew, therefore, can judge, it can transmit revolving force to stirrer 200 with very high efficient, and rotation is with very well.
In addition, the present invention is only limited to the foregoing description.
For example, in the above-described embodiments, first engagement groove 104 and second engagement groove 106 are to form from the center of the coupling part 102 of coupling component 100 along the radiation direction, but, be not limited only to this.For example, as shown in Figure 8, the center line of the groove of first engagement groove 704 and second engagement groove 706 is intersected beyond the center of the coupling part 702 of coupling component 700, and it is combined with first dogleg section 754 and second dogleg section 756 of stirrer 750.
In addition, for example, in the above-described embodiments, be on stirrer 200, to have formed first dogleg section 204 and second dogleg section 206, but, also be not limited only to this.For example, as shown in Figure 9, it also can be such structure, that is, on stirrer 850, do not form second dogleg section, only form first dogleg section 854, in addition, on the coupling part 802 of coupling component 800, only form first engagement groove 804, in second engagement groove 806 that first dogleg section 854 is combined in first engagement groove 804 and on the inwall of the tube of tubular coupling part 802, forms.
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1. toner cartridge, it has following parts:
Filled the toner cartridge main body of colour powder of xerographic printing;
Be arranged on above-mentioned toner cartridge body interior, Yi Bian stir above-mentioned colour powder of xerographic printing, Yi Bian carry the stirring transfer unit of colour powder of xerographic printing towards the delivery outlet that on above-mentioned toner cartridge main body, forms;
Be arranged on the end of above-mentioned toner cartridge main body, the coupling component that can freely rotate; And
Be arranged in the above-mentioned coupling component, combine, revolving force is passed to the coupling part of this stirring transfer unit with the end of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit; It is characterized in that,
The end of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit is shaft-like, makes crooked dogleg section with respect to the rotation center of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit, and on the above-mentioned coupling part of above-mentioned coupling component, having formed above-mentioned dogleg section can be from the engagement groove of outer circumference surface insertion.
2. toner cartridge as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned dogleg section is by constituting towards first dogleg section of the rotation center bending of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit with towards second dogleg section of the outside curve of the rotation center of above-mentioned stirring transfer unit;
Above-mentioned engagement groove is made of first engagement groove that combines with above-mentioned first dogleg section and second engagement groove that combines with above-mentioned second dogleg section.
3. toner cartridge as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, above-mentioned second dogleg section with respect to the bending angle of above-mentioned first dogleg section in 60 °～120 ° scope.
4. as claim 2 or 3 described toner cartridges, it is characterized in that in above-mentioned first engagement groove, having and do than the narrow clamping part of the diameter of axle of first dogleg section.
5. as claim 2 or 3 described toner cartridges, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned first engagement groove and second engagement groove are formed by the circumferential wall of the above-mentioned tubular of cutting coupling part, and a big side passes to above-mentioned first dogleg section with revolving force by cutting back circumferential wall.
6. an image processing system is characterized in that, the toner cartridge that its uses claim 1 any one claim in the claim 3 to put down in writing.
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