CN100590542C - Toner container - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an inner plug of tone agent container, a tone agent container, tone agent intake container and image formation device. The inner plug of the tone agent container is used for the tone agent container which can be detached relative to the developing device of the image formation device, and is comprised by bottle body, inner plug, outer cover, and is equipped with at least one lateral rib linking along circumferential direction, and has flexibility, and is used for sealing the tone agent. Further, an inner pressure regulating mechanism constituted by longitudinal grooveor longitudinal rib is arranged at the lateral rib position. The tone agent container having tightness, no error, low cost and which can keep steady in low inner pressure can be provided by metal filmprocessing.

Description

Toner container

Technical field

The present invention relates to the removable toner container that in developing apparatus that is provided with toner supply device and image processing system, uses, be used for pressing in the needs powder collecting container of adjusting mechanism.

Background technology

Fig. 1 represents toner container one example, and as shown in Figure 1, the toner container of this pattern makes a distolateral open at its front, is formed for discharging the oral area 11 of toner, with enclosing cover 20 and in plug 30 2 resealings.

Be provided with neck 15 between vessel 10 cylindraceous and the oral area 11, its container body 10 external diameters are little some, are connected with toner incorporating section 16 by shoulder 14, and described shoulder 14 forms mild curve shape in order to make towards oral area 11 direction gliding smoothingizations.On vessel 10, form spiral helicine gathering sill 13, be used for revolution, inner toner is transported to oral area 11 sides by vessel 10.

Enclosing cover 20 is in the integrally formed female screw of internal perisporium portion 21, forms outer screw section 12 on the periphery wall of the described oral area 11 of vessel 10, and described female screw portion 21 is chimeric with outer screw section 12.

Interior plug 30 is provided with the oral area that is formed by the pliability resin material and enters portion 31, it is formed with incline structure, front end is thin slightly, towards cephalad direction gradually chap (inclined degree is very little, naked eyes just are difficult to the degree noticed at a glance), when plug 30 is pressed in the above-mentioned oral area 11 of vessel 10 in will being somebody's turn to do, seal this oral area 11, when when oral area 11 is extracted, open this oral area 11.Entering at oral area on the periphery wall of portion 31 and be provided with some elasticity cross ribs 33 that along the circumferential direction link, be used to seal this oral area 11, in the present embodiment, is three cross rib 33a, 33b, 33c.Plug head 34 at the incline structure root that enters portion 31 as oral area is provided with flange part 35, outer rim at this flange part 35, be provided with ring-type upset rib 36, the pliability front end and the end face 11a of this ring-type upset rib 36 connect airtight, sealing toner container body (the mutual alignment relation of ring-type upset rib 36 and end face 11a is with reference to shown in Figure 8).That is, interior plug 30 enters some rubber-like cross ribs 33 in the portion 31 by the oral area that is located at described incline structure, and 36 two seal means of ring-type upset rib, the above-mentioned oral area 11 of sealing toner container body 10.Among the figure, symbol 37 expression grip parts, institute's allocation in toner container is configured in image processing system, during Kaifeng, grip this grip part 37 by the clamping device that is located in the image processing system, fixed inner plug 30, by travel mechanism in the image processing system, make vessel 10 move towards the direction of leaving interior plug 30, plug 30 breaks away from making, this Tuo Sai system has made write up No. 3509385 communique of Jap.P. (following brief note is " patent documentation 1 ") in the TOHKEMY 2004-110049 communique (following brief note is " patent documentation 2 ").

This toner container (bottle) occasion, sealing is very bad, can not leak toner, but,, press in the bottle with atmospheric pressure and produce pressure reduction easily because of toner container place of retention temperature variation is environmental change, especially, if take care of at cold place for example warehouse, cold ground, then press to negative pressure in the bottle.If so,, can not seal fully between long-term even the toner sealing is good, in bottle, press to atmospheric pressure before, cold air enters.If will advance the toner container of cold air takes into the indoor of heating installation arranged, then follow temperature to rise, in press liter, when unloading enclosing cover, the degree that plug can not bear in if interior pressure reached, plug breaks away from then can taking place, for example with reference to Japanese kokai publication hei 9-96959 communique (following brief note is " patent documentation 3 ").

Be fixed to the interior plug retaining thread mode of mouth cylindrical part as interior plug, can be for example with reference to Japanese kokai publication hei 8-220857 communique (following brief note be " patent documentation 4 ").Though plug did not break away from it can not take place, mouth cylindrical part, interior plug processing is very difficult, and the mechanism of plug is also complicated in unloading in electro-photography apparatus.

Be the understanding the problems referred to above that disappear, in TOHKEMY 2004-279978 communique (following brief note is " patent documentation 5 "), disclose the mechanism that can discharge gas in the bottle according to the bottle preservation state has been set between mouth cylindrical part and Nei Sai, but, because manual processing, deviation takes place, when the interior visible deviation of following time of forcing down, in addition, if reprocessing, then cost improves.

Patent documentation 1: No. 3509385 communique of Jap.P.

Patent documentation 2: TOHKEMY 2004-110049 communique

Patent documentation 3: Japanese kokai publication hei 9-96959 communique

Patent documentation 4: Japanese kokai publication hei 8-220857 communique

Patent documentation 5: TOHKEMY 2004-279978 communique

Summary of the invention

The present invention puts forward for solving the existing problem of above-mentioned prior art, and its purpose is, provide by metal pattern processing, bias free, cheap, in force down down the toner container that occasion is stable and have the toner sealing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention proposes following technical scheme.

(1) a kind of interior plug of toner container is used for toner container, and this toner container is the developing apparatus loading and unloading of image processing system relatively, by bottle body, and interior plug, enclosing cover constitutes, and it is characterized in that:

Be provided with along at least one place cross rib that circumferencial direction links, have pliability, be used to seal toner;

In this cross rib position, be provided with the interior pressure adjusting mechanism that constitutes by pod or vertical rib.

(2) in the interior plug of (1) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

The pod degree of depth that is located at this cross rib position is 0.1～0.2mm, and width is 0.1～1.2mm.

(3) in the interior plug of (1) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Above-mentioned cross rib is provided with a plurality of, among these a plurality of cross ribs, is provided with described pod at the downside cross rib.

(4) in the interior plug of (1) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Above-mentioned cross rib is provided with a plurality of, and described pod connects two cross ribs among these a plurality of cross ribs.

(5) in the interior plug of (4) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Described vertical rib height is 0.2～0.32mm, and width is 0.3～1.2mm.

(6) in the interior plug of (4) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

The angle of the described relatively cross rib of described vertical rib is 20 °～80 °.

(7) in the interior plug of (4) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

The end face of described vertical rib partly forms rake with two crest lines that intersect two side sides up and down.

(8) in the interior plug of (4) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Described cross rib is provided with three at least, and the pass that is pressed into part of the mouth inner wall of its relative bottle body is:

Descend most cross rib be pressed into part 〉=middle cross rib be pressed into part 〉=go up most the part that is pressed into of cross rib.

(9) in the interior plug of (4) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Described cross rib is provided with three at least, descends the part that is pressed into of the mouth inner wall of the relative bottle body of cross rib to be 1.0mm most, and the part that is pressed into of middle cross rib is 1.0mm, and the part that is pressed into of going up cross rib most is 0.8mm.

(10) in (1)-(9), in the interior plug of any described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Plug is subjected to annealing in process in described, shrinks to prevent 2 times.

(11) in (1)-(10), in the interior plug of any described toner container, it is characterized in that:

The material of plug is a tygon in described.

(12) a kind of toner container, the developing apparatus of image processing system loading and unloading relatively, by bottle body, interior plug, enclosing cover constitutes, and it is characterized in that:

Be provided with along at least one place cross rib that circumferencial direction links, have pliability, be used to seal toner;

In this cross rib position, be provided with the interior pressure adjusting mechanism that constitutes by pod or vertical rib.

(13) in (12) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

The pod degree of depth that is located at this cross rib position is 0.1～0.2mm, and width is 0.1～1.2mm.

(14) in (12) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Above-mentioned cross rib is provided with a plurality of, among these a plurality of cross ribs, is provided with described pod at the downside cross rib.

(15) in (12) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Above-mentioned cross rib is provided with a plurality of, and described pod connects two cross ribs among these a plurality of cross ribs.

(16) in (15) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Described vertical rib height is 0.2～0.32mm, and width is 0.3～1.2mm.

(17) in (15) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

The angle of the described relatively cross rib of described vertical rib is 20 °～80 °.

(18) in (15) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

The end face of described vertical rib partly forms rake with two crest lines that intersect two side sides up and down.

(19) in (15) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Described cross rib is provided with three at least, and the pass that is pressed into part of the mouth inner wall of its relative bottle body is:

Descend most cross rib be pressed into part 〉=middle cross rib be pressed into part 〉=go up most the part that is pressed into of cross rib.

(20) in (15) described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Described cross rib is provided with three at least, descends the part that is pressed into of the mouth inner wall of the relative bottle body of cross rib to be 1.0mm most, and the part that is pressed into of middle cross rib is 1.0mm, and the part that is pressed into of going up cross rib most is 0.8mm.

(21) in (12)-(20), in any described toner container, it is characterized in that:

Plug is subjected to annealing in process in described, shrinks to prevent 2 times.

(22) in (12)-(21), in any described toner container, it is characterized in that:

The material of plug is a tygon in described.

(23) a kind of toner container is filled in toner in the toner container, it is characterized in that:

Use in above-mentioned (1)-(11) any to fill in the row sealing in described.

(24) a kind of image processing system is characterized in that:

Toner container described in (23) is housed.

According to the present invention, by metal pattern processing, can provide do not have deviation, cheap, in force down down the toner container of stablizing and having sealing.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 represents toner bottle inner plug, enclosing cover pie graph in the past.

Fig. 2 represents the interior plug sectional view with flexual rib that along the circumferential direction links (cross rib) that is provided with of the present invention.

Fig. 3 A, 3B represent of the present inventionly to be provided with the sectional view of the interior plug of pod having the flexual rib that along the circumferential direction links (cross rib).

Fig. 4 A, 4B represent of the present inventionly to be provided with the sectional view of the interior plug of pod having the flexual rib that along the circumferential direction links (cross rib).

Fig. 5 A, 5B are width, the height key diagrams of vertical rib.

Fig. 6 is vertical angle of rib degree key diagram.

Fig. 7 is the gradient key diagram of vertical flank.

Fig. 8 A, 8B are the key diagrams that is pressed into part of vertical rib and bottle.

Fig. 9 represents that each die cavity of metal pattern is along with pressing the relation that changes in the time bottle.

Figure 10 covers the recess key diagram.

Figure 11 is to use the confirmation method key diagram of pressing in the bottle of penetrating fluid.

Press variation diagram in the bottle that Figure 12 represents to cause because of pod 33h along with the time.

Figure 13 represents to have the interior vibration test method key diagram of filling in bottle of band of pod 33h.

Figure 14 is the height key diagram of vertical rib 33j.

Figure 15 is illustrated in the bottle of the interior plug that is provided with the vertical rib 33j of band and goes up mounting pipe.

Figure 16 represents to be provided with the bottle inner voltage detecting figure as a result of the interior plug of the vertical rib 33j of band.

Figure 17 is the key diagram of the collecting box that uses in shatter test.

Figure 18 is the bottle monomer key diagram that uses in shatter test.

Embodiment

Describe being arranged in the bottle that is used to adjust pressure in the bottle between mouth cylindrical part and the Nei Sai of the present invention relates to reference to the accompanying drawings in detail and press adjusting mechanism.In following examples, though to inscape, kind, combination, shape, configuration waits and has done various qualifications relatively,, these only exemplify, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Fig. 1 represents the basic comprising example skeleton diagram of the toner bottle that is made of toner container (bottle) body 10, interior plug 30, enclosing cover 20 of the present invention.As mentioned above, enclosing cover 20 is keeping lids, makes when conveying or when keeping, even the external force of being subjected to, interior plug 30 does not break away from yet.In plug 30 become in developing apparatus can be freely mouth cylindrical part 11 structure installing or unload relatively.The present invention relates to this basic comprising itself, be described in the above, omit in this explanation.

Fig. 2 represents the sectional view that is provided with the interior plug 30 with flexual rib that along the circumferential direction links (being called " cross rib " in the present invention) 33 of the present invention.In the present embodiment, cross rib 33 is by the rib 33a of bottom, the rib 33b at middle part, and the rib 33c on top constitutes, but the present invention is not limited thereto, as long as at least one, be preferably and be provided with some, preferably be provided with three.

Fig. 3 A, 3B represents of the present inventionly have the sectional view that is provided with the interior plug 30 of pod 33h on the flexual cross rib that along the circumferential direction links 33, and Fig. 3 B is from laterally seeing the figure of pod 33h, in illustrated example, among some cross ribs 33, on the rib 33a of bottom, be provided with pod 33h.From can the release gas of toner container of pod 33h, press in adjusting.

Fig. 4 A, 4B represents of the present invention at the sectional view with the interior plug 30 that is provided with vertical rib 33j on the flexual cross rib that along the circumferential direction links 33, and Fig. 4 B is from laterally seeing the figure of vertical rib 33j, in illustrated example, among some cross ribs 33, cross over and be provided with vertical rib 33j between bottom rib 33a and the middle part rib 33b.Vertical 33j periphery joins with the mouth cylindrical part inwall, and the contact force of cross rib 33 dies down, the gas of releasing.

Fig. 5 A, 5B are width W, the height H key diagrams of vertical rib 33j.Repeatedly experimental result as can be known, the height H of vertical rib 33j is 0.2～0.32mm, width W is that 0.3～1.2mm is suitable shape for preventing that general toner from leaking.

Fig. 6 is vertical rib 33j angle key diagram.In illustrated example,, can make with the contact condition of bottle escape hole 11 stable by making vertical rib have 55 °～65 ° angle, near the front end deflection is suppressed at narrow and small scope, general, occasion of the present invention, be preferably, can get 20 °～80 ° angle.

Fig. 7 makes two crest lines that intersect the end face of vertical rib 33j and two sides' side up and down partly form the key diagram of rake.When interior plug 30 was installed in the mouth cylindrical part 11 or fills in 30 in mouth cylindrical part unloads, bight contact extruding weakened when this rake of vertical rib 33j can make loading and unloading, and state is set smoothly, and was very effective.In the present invention, be preferably, this tilt angle theta is 40 °～60 °.In illustrated example, make two crest lines that intersect the end face of vertical rib 33j and two sides' side up and down partly form rake, but the present invention is not limited thereto, also can so that the end face of vertical rib 33j with about two crest lines that intersect of two sides' side partly form rake.

Fig. 8 A, 8B are respectively the key diagrams that is pressed into part of vertical rib 33j and bottle.Being pressed into part can be so that the diameter of interior plug cross rib 33 or mouth cylindrical part internal diameter varies correspondence.In the present embodiment, among the cross rib 33, the part that is pressed into of bottom rib 33a and middle part rib 33b is 0.1mm, and the part that is pressed into of top rib 33c is 0.8mm, and difference is 0.2mm.Usually, preferred poor is 0.15～0.32mm.Be pressed into a part variation by making, prevent to leak, make near vertical rib 33h or cross rib 33a, 33b at rib 33a toner, near the gas of releasing the 33c, cross rib 33b, a little less than the 33c contact pressure, the interior pressure occasion that significantly rises, the effect of performance valve only makes gas release, and prevents that more reliably toner from leaking.

According to above-mentioned (1), the invention of (12), toner container can utilize the developing apparatus loading and unloading of the image processing system of electrophotographic method relatively, toner container is by bottle body 10, interior plug 30, and enclosing cover 20 constitutes, cross rib 33 has pliability, along the circumferential direction links, and is used to seal toner, it is provided with at least one place, and be provided with pod 33h, the high occasion of bottle inner pressure ratio atmospheric pressure, gas is discharged from pod 33h, press and the atmospheric pressure homogeneous in the bottle, plug 30 breaks away from preventing.

According to above-mentioned (2), the invention of (13), the degree of depth of the pod 33h of cross rib 33 is made as 0.1～0.2mm, and width is made as 0.1～1.2mm scope, and the gas in the bottle body is discharged to the outside, presses and the atmospheric pressure homogeneous in the bottle, and can prevent that toner from leaking.The degree of depth of pod 33h, width are as if not enough 0.1mm, and when then interior plug was set on the bottle body, pod 33h buried, and forces down down weak effect in the bottle.If the width of pod 33h surpasses 1.2mm, toner can take place leak.

According to above-mentioned (3), the invention of (14), among three cross ribs 33, bottom rib 33a and middle part rib 33b are provided with pod 33h, and gas can be discharged from cross rib 33 in the bottle, presses and the atmospheric pressure homogeneous in the bottle.

According to above-mentioned (4), the invention of (15) among three cross ribs 33, is provided with the pod 33j that crosses between the plural cross rib 33, and gas can be discharged from pod 33j in the bottle, press and the atmospheric pressure homogeneous in the bottle, in force down down.

According to above-mentioned (5), the invention of (16), the height of pod 33j is made as 0.2～0.32mm, and width is made as 0.3～1.2mm scope, and the gas in the bottle body is discharged to the outside, presses and the atmospheric pressure homogeneous in the bottle.The height of pod 33j, has and forces down down effect in the bottle if the height of pod 33j surpasses 0.32mm if not enough 0.2mm forces down down weak effect in the bottle, leaks but toner can take place.In addition, the pod width, has and forces down down effect in the bottle if the pod width surpasses 1.2mm if not enough 0.3mm forces down down weak effect in the bottle, leaks but toner can take place.

According to above-mentioned (6), the invention of (17), vertical angle of rib degree is made as 20 °～80 °, and preferred 55 °～65 °, stable with the contact condition of bottle escape hole 11, near the deflection the front end can be suppressed at narrow and small scope.

According to above-mentioned (7), the invention of (18), two jiaos of vertical rib 33j part are made as inclination, can keep the shape of vertical rib 33j.If be not made as inclination with two jiaos, in the time of in being set to bottle, vertical rib 33j can tangle bottle, the installment state instability, and the product deviation is big.

According to above-mentioned (8), the invention of (19), the toner of crossing bottom rib 33a is blocked at intermediate rib 33b and top rib 33c, and simultaneously, in the interior pressure occasion that significantly rises, middle part rib 33b and top rib 33c easy deformation can make gas escape.

According to above-mentioned (9), the invention of (20), the toner of crossing bottom rib 33a is blocked at intermediate rib 33b and top rib 33c, and simultaneously, in the interior pressure occasion that significantly rises, middle part rib 33b and top rib 33c distortion can make gas escape.

According to above-mentioned (10), the invention of (21) for the secondary of plug 30 in preventing shrinks, imposes annealing in process, and the interior contraction of footpath beyond the Great Wall after reducing between long-term obtains suitable deflection, can keep stable blocked state.

According to above-mentioned (11), the invention of (22) can be avoided the damage or the abrasion of metal pattern, and can precision be shaped well.

Embodiment

Below, be described more specifically interior plug of the present invention, toner container.

Annealing experiment

As annealing conditions, with 95 ℃ of temperature, the 70S time handles.

The result is illustrated in table 1 and the table 2.

Table 1

The annealing data	After 6 months
		There is not annealing Φ 33.80	Φ33.38
Annealing Φ 33.80 is arranged	Φ33.65

Table 2

External diameter before the annealing	Annealing back external diameter	Initial pulling capacity	Through the time pulling capacity
				34.016	33.834	1.810	1.560
34.007	33.810	1.570	1.467
				34.010	33.800	1.590	1.425
33.995	33.771	1.410	1.278
				33.997	33.790	1.580	1.401

From above-mentioned table as can be known, can reduce by annealing in process of the present invention that bonnet directly shrinks between long-term, can keep pulling capacity.

The following describes the technology item of plug of the present invention or lid.

To toner container lid in the past, implementation evaluation by the die cavity difference, exists and does not fly away from or do not jump out of person's (this lid uses has the metal pattern of four lids with die cavity, and one-shot forming is operated, four shapings).

Relatively jump out of lid and do not jump out of lid, obtain following result.

1. do not jump out of lid between for a long time after in force down down, promptly gas is released.

2. jump out of lid between long-term after in pressure not low, promptly gas is not released.

Fig. 9 represents a bottle interior pressure and elapsed time relation, and wherein, temperature difference is 50 ℃.

3. use microscopic examination, cover on 30 not jumping out of,, observe the many places recess with the outer peripheral face part of oral area 11 inwall swipings.On the contrary, cover jumping out of, do not observe recess as shown in Figure 10.Figure 10 represents the microphotograph that does not jump out of lid in the past.

So, the inventor use soak into liquid confirm not jump out of lid in force down down (gas is released) and microscopic examination to the relation that recess had.Do not jumping out of lid, oozing out from described recess and soak into liquid.But, jump out of and cover at bottom cross rib 33a sealedly, do not ooze out and soak into liquid.Below, illustrate and use the affirmation experiment of soaking into liquid.

The confirmation method of liquid is soaked in use

Below, describe in detail and use the affirmation experiment of soaking into liquid.

As shown in figure 11, will manage and insert bottle body, use adhesive securement.The working pressure meter is forced injecting gas, makes that pressure of the inside of a bottle is 15Kpa, and the bottle that is provided with is inverted, and observation is soaked into liquid and flowed.

Do not jumping out of in the lid, soaking into liquid (gas) and release from oral area 11 fore-ends.Do not jumping out of in the lid, rib 33a is sealed in the bottom, the no gas path of releasing.In the gas that does not the jump out of lid part of releasing, on rib, produce the recess place, this recess and the gas much relations of having released.

So, cover the artificially and form pod 33h jumping out of, whether confirm the gas of partly releasing from pod 33h, whether interior pressure is low.

Experimental technique

Jump out of the same shaping die cavity of lid from being used to be shaped, prepare following three kinds of lids:

1. only form wide 0.5mm, the pod 33h of dark 0.1mm at the bottom cross rib 33a that jumps out of lid.

2. form wide 0.5mm at bottom cross rib 33a that jumps out of lid and middle part cross rib 33b, the pod 33h of dark 0.1mm.

3. jumping out of the bottom cross rib 33a of lid, middle part cross rib 33b and top cross rib 33c form wide 0.5mm, the pod 33h of dark 0.1mm.

Observe pressing (affirmation gas is released), use to soak into liquid in the lid mensuration that forms pod 33h on cross rib 33, implementation jumps out of evaluation, vibrates shatter test.The result is illustrated among Figure 12.

Figure 12 represents a bottle interior pressure and elapsed time relation, and wherein, temperature difference is 50 ℃.

As can be seen from Figure 12, only in the lid of the bottom cross rib 33a formation pod 33h that jumps out of lid, force down down, but be not rapid variation.In the lid of bottom cross rib 33a that jumps out of lid and middle part cross rib 33b formation pod 33h, press sharply low.Jumping out of the bottom cross rib 33a of lid, middle part cross rib 33b and top cross rib 33c form interior the pressure sharply lowly of lid of pod 33h.

Soak into the observations of liquid

Only form the lid of pod 33h, soak into liquid at cross rib 33b and stop at the bottom cross rib 33a that jumps out of lid.Form covering of pod 33h at bottom cross rib 33a that jumps out of lid and middle part cross rib 33b, soak into liquid and cross cross rib 33b, soak into liquid after 30 minutes and cross cross rib 33c in the zero hour.Jumping out of the bottom cross rib 33a of lid, middle part cross rib 33b and top cross rib 33c form covering in the zero hour of pod 33h, soak into liquid and cross cross rib 33b.

Jump out of evaluation method

Above-mentioned lid is implemented to jump out of evaluation, vibration, shatter test.

Perforate on bottle, be arranged on the lid that cross rib 33 forms pod 33h after, enclosing cover 20 is installed.After this, make the moment of torsion unanimity, in 0 degree calibration cell, placed 2 hours.After 2 hours, placed 30 fens at the exsiccators of 50 degree in the hole that clogs on bottle to be opened, and after 30 minutes, takes out bottle from exsiccator, unloads enclosing cover, and whether plug breaks away from confirming.

The vibration test method

As shown in figure 13, use the up-down vibration exerciser, will be arranged on the bottle at the lid that forms pod 33h on the rib, should be bottled in collecting box (carton), make this collecting box vibrate under the following conditions, confirm whether toner leaks from bottle.

Condition is as follows:

Acceleration: 1G

Frequency: 5～50Hz

Time of vibration: 53.3 minutes

Add the direction of shaking: up and down

The shatter test method

Highly fall the bottle that forms pod 33h at cross rib 33 from 80cm, carry out falling for 10 times (1 jiao of 3 rib 6 face), confirm whether toner leaks from plug portion.The result is illustrated in the table 3.

Table 3

The pod part	The interior pressure	Jump out of	Vibration	Fall
					Only cross rib 1	Mild low	Do not have	No toner leaks	No toner leaks
Cross rib 1 and 2	Sharply low	Do not have	No toner leaks	No toner leaks
					Cross rib 1,2,3	Sharply low	Do not have	No toner leaks	No toner leaks

Vertical rib experiment

On interior plug 30, form vertical rib 33j, replace pod 33h, plug in this 30 is implemented to confirm performance test.

That is, make the sample of vertical rib height 0.2～0.32mm, estimate (with reference to Figure 14).

1. press in measuring, be used to confirm that can gas release.

2. jump out of, be used for confirming whether not establish to jump out of.

3. vibration is used to confirm whether toner leaks.

4. fall, be used to confirm whether toner leaks.

Assay method

1. press in measuring

As shown in figure 15, pipe is installed to bottle body, plug and enclosing cover in installing, after this, placement moved on to 50 degree dryers with bottle after 2 hours in 0 degree calibration cell, the pressure of the inside of a bottle that uses sensor determination 50 degree differences to cause.

2. jump out of

Perforate on bottle, enclosing cover is installed after, make the moment of torsion unanimity, in 0 degree calibration cell, placed 2 hours.After this, clog the hole, after the exsiccator of 50 degree is placed 30 fens, unload enclosing cover, whether plug breaks away from confirming.

3. vibration (log scan vibration testing device)

Confirm whether toner leaks from oral area 11.

Condition is as follows:

Acceleration: 0.9G

Frequency: 5～50Hz

Time of vibration: 53.3 minutes

Add the direction of shaking: up and down

4. fall

Confirm whether toner leaks from oral area 11.

The convey unit shatter test: 4 bottles collecting box (1 jiao of 3 rib 6 face) is housed, and 80cm height falls for 10 times.

Marketing unit's shatter test: the bottle monomer, 80cm height falls for 8 times.

The result

1. press the result to be illustrated among Figure 16 in measuring.

As can be seen from Figure 16:

Press not low in the vertical rib height 0.20mm-.

Force down down in the vertical rib height 0.23mm-, but be not sharply low.

Vertical rib height 0.27mm-is sharply low.

Vertical rib height 0.29mm-is sharply low.

Vertical rib height 0.32mm-is sharply low.

2. jumping out of the result is illustrated in the table 4.

Table 4

*: interior plug breaks away from fully.

△: interior plug does not break away from fully, but leaves slightly.

Zero: interior plug does not have disengaging.

3. the vibration test result is illustrated in the table 5.

Table 5

All the rib height does not have the toner leakage.

3. shatter test result is illustrated in table 6 and the table 7.

Be equipped with 4 bottles collecting box (1 jiao of 3 rib 6 face) fall result (with reference to Figure 17).

Table 6

All the rib height does not have the toner leakage.

The bottle monomer fall result (with reference to Figure 18).

Table 7

*: the 4th falls the toner leakage takes place.

△: fall for the 8th time and toner to take place leak.

Zero: no toner leaks.

Above with reference to description of drawings embodiments of the invention, but the present invention is not limited to the foregoing description.Can do all changes in the technology of the present invention thought range, they all belong to protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (24)

1. the interior plug of a toner container is used for toner container, and this toner container is the developing apparatus loading and unloading of image processing system relatively, by bottle body, and interior plug, enclosing cover constitutes, and it is characterized in that:

Be provided with along at least one place cross rib that circumferencial direction links, have pliability, be used to seal toner;

In this cross rib position, be provided with the interior pressure adjusting mechanism that constitutes by pod or vertical rib,

The pod degree of depth that is located at this cross rib position is 0.1～0.2mm, and width is 0.1～1.2mm.

2. the interior plug of toner container as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:

Above-mentioned cross rib is provided with a plurality of, among these a plurality of cross ribs, is provided with described pod at the downside cross rib.

3. the interior plug of toner container as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:

Above-mentioned cross rib is provided with a plurality of, and described vertical rib connects two cross ribs among these a plurality of cross ribs.

4. the interior plug of toner container as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that:

Described vertical rib height is 0.2～0.32mm, and width is 0.3～1.2mm.

5. the interior plug of toner container as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that:

The angle of described vertical rib is 20 °～80 °.

6. the interior plug of toner container as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that:

The end face of described vertical rib partly forms rake with two crest lines that intersect two side sides up and down.

7. the interior plug of toner container as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that:

Described cross rib is provided with three at least, and the pass that is pressed into part of the mouth inner wall of its relative bottle body is:

Descend most cross rib be pressed into part 〉=middle cross rib be pressed into part 〉=go up most the part that is pressed into of cross rib.

8. the interior plug of toner container as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that:

Described cross rib is provided with three at least, descends the part that is pressed into of the mouth inner wall of the relative bottle body of cross rib to be 1.0mm most, and the part that is pressed into of middle cross rib is 1.0mm, and the part that is pressed into of going up cross rib most is 0.8mm.

9. as the interior plug of any described toner container among the claim 1-8, it is characterized in that:

Plug is subjected to annealing in process in described, shrinks to prevent 2 times.

10. as the interior plug of any described toner container among the claim 1-8, it is characterized in that:

The material of plug is a tygon in described.

11. the interior plug of toner container as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that:

The material of plug is a tygon in described.

12. a toner container, the developing apparatus of image processing system loading and unloading relatively, by bottle body, interior plug, enclosing cover constitutes, and it is characterized in that:

Plug is provided with along at least one place cross rib that circumferencial direction links in described, has pliability, is used to seal toner, and,

In this cross rib position, be provided with the interior pressure adjusting mechanism that constitutes by pod or vertical rib,

The pod degree of depth that is located at this cross rib position is 0.1～0.2mm, and width is 0.1～1.2mm.

13. toner container as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that:

Above-mentioned cross rib is provided with a plurality of, among these a plurality of cross ribs, is provided with described pod at the downside cross rib.

14. toner container as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that:

Above-mentioned cross rib is provided with a plurality of, and described vertical rib connects two cross ribs among these a plurality of cross ribs.

15. toner container as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that:

Described vertical rib height is 0.2～0.32mm, and width is 0.3～1.2mm.

16. toner container as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that:

The angle of described vertical rib is 20 °～80 °.

17. toner container as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that:

The end face of described vertical rib partly forms rake with two crest lines that intersect two side sides up and down.

18 toner containers as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that:

Described cross rib is provided with three at least, and the pass that is pressed into part of the mouth inner wall of its relative bottle body is:

Descend most cross rib be pressed into part 〉=middle cross rib be pressed into part 〉=go up most the part that is pressed into of cross rib.

19. toner container as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that:

Described cross rib is provided with three at least, descends the part that is pressed into of the mouth inner wall of the relative bottle body of cross rib to be 1.0mm most, and the part that is pressed into of middle cross rib is 1.0mm, and the part that is pressed into of going up cross rib most is 0.8mm.

20., it is characterized in that as any described toner container among the claim 12-19:

Plug is subjected to annealing in process in described, shrinks to prevent 2 times.

21., it is characterized in that as any described toner container among the claim 12-19:

The material of plug is a tygon in described.

22., it is characterized in that as any described toner container in the claim 20:

The material of plug is a tygon in described.

23. a toner container is filled in toner in the toner container, it is characterized in that:

Use aforesaid right to require among the 1-10 any to fill in the row sealing in described.

24. an image processing system is characterized in that:

Toner container described in the claim 23 is housed.

Images