CN101121326A - Ink storage quantity detecting device - Google Patents
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The present invention is an ink reserves detecting device comprising a control unit. A column receiving recess is communicated with an ink inlet pipe and an ink pipe to contain the ink delivered from the ink inlet pipe; the column receiving recess comprises a full water level area and a low water level area; a floating component is equipped in the column receiving recess and rises or falls with the water level of ink; a first sensor is equipped in the full water level area of the column receiving recess to estimate if the full water level area contains ink by detecting the floating component; a secondary sensor is equipped in the low water level area of the column receiving recess to estimate if the low water level area contains ink by detecting the floating component; in this way, the secondary sensor detects the floating component to distinguish whether a new ink supply box is necessary to be installed and the first sensor detects the floating component to distinguish that the ink box is in low water level state and needs to be replaced.
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Technical field
The relevant a kind of ink storage quantity detecting device of the present invention refers to a kind of ink storage quantity detecting device that is applicable to continuous ink-supply system especially.
Background technology
Generally speaking, ink-jet printer is owing to have processing ease and printable in advantages such as multiple ink-jet medium, extensively consumed popular the welcome, when but ink-jet printer uses one section in the future, just can exhaust because of the ink of ink cartridges and must change ink cartridges, common replacing method is to abandon old ink cartridges brand-new ink cartridges to be installed again so that ink to be provided at present, and this measure not only causes the waste of ink cartridges body, and has intangibly increased user's expense because of costing an arm and a leg of ink cartridges.To print cost and avoid the wasting of resources in order to save, the continuous ink-supply system of reusing same ink cartridges just arises at the historic moment.
Existing continuous ink-supply system can utilize the pump or the mode of siphon, utilize the ink supply pipe to guide in the ink cartridges of printer by outer print cartridge ink, cardinal principle be utilize printer ink cartridges in printing to ink gun continually in the ink delivery, the ink that ink cartridges also needs to suck equal capacity from outer print cartridge to be to replenish balance, and promptly ink cartridges is transported to how many inks of ink gun are just instant to replenish and enter for how many inks.
And utilize the continuous ink-supply system of siphon mode, need outer print cartridge is positioned over and the same plane of printer, and the ink level of outer print cartridge needs the nozzle a little less than printer, by siphonage ink is pushed into ink cartridges inside, yet the outer print cartridge great majority of continuous ink-supply system are all based on transparent cubic box or bottle at present, the consumer must look into the situation that ink consumes with visual sight, and some consumer is because of the space arrangement problem, and the situation of clear view ink consumption at any time, so when the ink of outer print cartridge exhausts, how the ink in the ink supply pipe can be exhausted in the lump, so when replenishing ink again, must consume the ink of constant weight, and very easily in the ink supply pipe, produce bubble and cause ink cartridges ink supply swimmingly.
Hence one can see that, how to stablize and provide ink to be to use an important problem of continuous ink-supply system to the ink cartridges incessantly, therefore develop on the market at present at the ink cartridges body and carry out the device that ink storage quantity detects, and the most frequently used be ink cartridges to be made the form state make to change also or with its internal structure and detect ink storage quantity, but no matter use which kind of structure all can cause difficult because of the problem of ink cartridges inner space.
Therefore, how to develop a kind of ink storage quantity detecting device that is applicable to continuous ink-supply system that overcomes above-mentioned prior art disappearance, real in pressing for the problem of solution at present.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of ink storage quantity detecting device that is applicable to continuous ink-supply system, by the buoyancy aid element being positioned over the column storage tank inside that is connected with ink inlet opening and ink outlet port respectively, and in the full-water level district of column storage tank shell and low water level district, first and second sensor is set respectively, whereby, detect this buoyancy aid element with second sensor and be recognized as loading one new ink supply casket, detecting this buoyancy aid element with this first sensor comes the ink supply casket of identification loading to be low ink state, inform and to change again, be arranged at the ink cartridges body interior and cause shortcomings such as practising way difficulty because of ink cartridges volume inside problem to solve existing ink storage quantity detecting device.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, of the present invention one implements the sample attitude for a kind of ink storage quantity detecting device is provided than broad sense, is applicable to continuous ink-supply system, and with go into Mo Guanji and go out the China ink pipe and be connected, it comprises: control module; The column storage tank, its with go into Mo Guanji and go out black pipe and be connected, by going into the ink that the China ink pipe is transmitted, and have full-water level district and low water level district in order to ccontaining; The buoyancy aid element, it is arranged in the column storage tank, and rises relatively or descend along with the water level height of ink; First sensor, it is connected with control module, and is arranged in the full-water level district of column storage tank, in order to judge by whether sensing the buoyancy aid element whether the column storage tank has ink in the full-water level district; Second sensor, it is connected with control module, and is arranged in the low water level district of column storage tank, in order to judge by whether sensing the buoyancy aid element whether the column storage tank has ink in the low water level district; Wherein, detect this buoyancy aid element with second sensor and be recognized as and load a new ink supply casket, detect this buoyancy aid element with this first sensor and come ink supply casket that identification loads, inform and to change again for hanging down the ink state.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein the column storage tank is the hollow transparent column and has accommodation space, is used for storing by going into the ink that the China ink pipe is transmitted.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein the buoyancy aid element is that color is the buoy of black, in order to rise relatively or to descend along with the water level height of the ink in the accommodation space.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein first sensor is optical sensor and comprises transmitter and receiver, transmitter and receiver are to be arranged at the two relative side of this column storage tank and to be arranged in the full-water level district scope of column storage tank, and whether reflecting light and the ink that the emission light wave compares to judge column storage tank inside have been reached the full water standard.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein second sensor is optical sensor and comprises transmitter and receiver, transmitter and receiver are to be arranged at the two relative side of this column storage tank and to be arranged in the low water level district scope of column storage tank, and whether reflecting light and the ink that the emission light wave compares to judge column storage tank inside have been reached the low water level standard.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein the buoyancy aid element is the buoyancy aid that the surface has the coat of metal, in order to rise relatively or to descend along with the water level height of the ink in the accommodation space.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein first sensor is the magnetic sensor and comprises transmitter and receiver, transmitter and receiver are to be arranged at the two relative side of column storage tank and to be arranged in the full-water level district scope of column storage tank, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this recipient whether this ink of column storage tank inside has reached the full water standard.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein second sensor is the magnetic sensor and comprises transmitter and receiver, transmitter and receiver are to be arranged at the two relative side of column storage tank and to be arranged in the low water level district scope of column storage tank, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this receiver whether this ink of column storage tank inside has reached the low water level standard.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein going out black pipe is to carry this ink to ink cartridges from the column storage tank.
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Fig. 1 (a) is the structural representation that the buoyancy aid of the ink storage quantity detecting device of the present invention's first preferred embodiment is positioned at the full-water level district.
Fig. 1 (b) is that the buoyancy aid of the ink storage quantity detecting device shown in Fig. 1 (a) drops to the structural representation between full-water level district and the low water level district.
Fig. 1 (c) is the structural representation in the buoyancy aid decline low water level district of the ink storage quantity detecting device shown in Fig. 1 (b).
Fig. 2 (a) is the structural representation that the ball of the ink storage quantity detecting device of the present invention's second preferred embodiment is positioned at the full-water level district.
Fig. 2 (b) is that the ball of the ink storage quantity detecting device shown in Fig. 2 (a) drops to the structural representation between full-water level district and the low water level district.
Fig. 2 (c) is the structural representation that the ball of the ink storage quantity detecting device shown in Fig. 2 (b) drops to the low water level district.
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Some exemplary embodiments that embody feature of the present invention and advantage will be described in detail in the following description.Be understood that the present invention can have various variations on different aspects, its neither departing from the scope of the present invention, and explanation wherein and to be shown in be when the usefulness that explain in essence, but not in order to restriction the present invention.
The present invention is a kind of ink storage quantity detecting device, be applicable to the affairs machine that uses continuous ink-supply system, for example: printer, ink feeding system in, mainly the mode of the ink cartridges outside by ink storage quantity detecting device being arranged at printer overcomes existing ink storage quantity detecting device and is arranged at the ink cartridges body interior and causes shortcomings such as practising way difficulty because of ink cartridges volume inside problem.
See also Fig. 1 (a)～(c), it is the structural representation of the ink storage quantity detecting device of the present invention's first preferred embodiment.Shown in Fig. 1 (a), ink storage quantity detecting device 1 of the present invention is mainly by column storage tank 11, the buoyancy aid element, first sensor 13, second sensor 14 and control module 15 are formed, wherein, one side of column storage tank 11 bottoms can be with the China ink pipe 16 of going into to column storage tank 11 inside be connected from outer print cartridge (not shown) ink delivery 18, another side then is to go out China ink pipe 17 and be connected with one, ink delivery 18 was to ink cartridges inside when the ink gun that is used to ink cartridges printed action, and column storage tank 11 of the present invention is to be good with a hollow transparent column, its inside can form an accommodation space 111, can be used to store by going into China ink and manage 16 inks that transmitted 18, and definition there are a full-water level district A and a low water level district B.
In present embodiment, the buoyancy aid element can be one and adheres to the buoy 12 of light tight color, for example: color is the buoy 12 of black, mainly be arranged in the accommodation space 111 of column storage tank 11, can carry out the vertical of relative rising or decline and move along with the water level height of accommodation space 111 ink inside 18.
In present embodiment, first sensor 13 is to be connected with control module 15 signals and is good with an optical sensor, mainly formed by the paired setting and transmitter 131 and the receiver 132 that uses of can working in coordination, transmitter 131 and receiver 132 are arranged at the relative dual-side of column storage tank 11 respectively and are arranged in the full-water level district A scope of column storage tank 11, as for, second sensor 14 is same to be connected with control module 15 signals and to be good with an optical sensor, mainly be made up of the paired setting and transmitter 141 and the receiver 142 that uses of can working in coordination, transmitter 141 and receiver 142 are arranged at the relative dual-side of column storage tank 11 respectively and are arranged in the low water level district B scope of column storage tank 11.
The function mode of first sensor 13 is to produce the case surface of emission light wave to column storage tank 11 by transmitter 131, receiver 132 then is to receive reflecting light, and by this reflecting light and this emission light wave are compared, whether reached the full water standard with the ink 18 of judging column storage tank 11 inside, and the function mode of second sensor 14 produces the case surface of emission light wave to column storage tank 11 by transmitter 141 equally, receiver 142 then is to receive reflecting light, and whether has reached the low water level standard by the ink 18 that this reflecting light and this emission light wave are compared to judge column storage tank 11 inside.
When buoy 12 is arranged in full-water level district A scope (shown in Fig. 1 (a)), because the emission light wave of the buoy of black 12 meeting absorption portion, therefore the reflecting light that receives of receiver 132 with less also a little less than, receiver 132 will produce a triggering signal to control module 15 after this reflecting light and this emission light wave are compared, control module 15 is recognized as loads a new ink supply casket, otherwise, to continue transmission inks 18 inner and when making that buoy 12 drops to scope between full-water level district A and the low water level district B (shown in Fig. 1 (b)) to ink cartridges via going out China ink pipe 17 when ink 18, the emission light wave that transmitter 131 is launched more can not be absorbed, therefore the received reflecting light of receiver 132 is with more also stronger, and receiver 132 will can trigger control unit 15 not operate after this reflecting light and this emission light wave are compared.
To continue transmission inks 18 inner and when making that buoy 12 drops in the low water level district B scope (shown in Fig. 1 (c)) to ink cartridges via going out China ink pipe 17 when ink 18, because the buoy of black 12 can absorb the part emission light wave that transmitter 141 is launched, therefore the received reflecting light of receiver 142 with less also a little less than, make receiver 142 will produce a triggering signal to control module 15, the ink supply casket that makes control module 15 come identification to load is low ink state, inform and to change again, until; when buoy 12 rises in the full-water level district A scope again (shown in Fig. 1 (a)); the buoy 12 of black can absorb the part emission light wave that transmitter 131 is launched; make receiver 132 produce a triggering signal to control module 15; to be recognized as with trigger control unit 15 and to load a new ink supply casket, must carry out follow-up printing action.
See also Fig. 2 (a)～(c), it is the structural representation of the ink storage quantity detecting device of the present invention's second preferred embodiment.Shown in Fig. 2 (a), ink storage quantity detecting device 2 of the present invention is equally by column storage tank 21, accommodation space 211, the buoyancy aid element, first sensor 23, second sensor 24 and control module 25 are formed, and a side of column storage tank 11 bottoms can be with the China ink pipe 26 of going into to column storage tank 21 inside be connected from outer print cartridge (not shown) ink delivery 28, another side then is to go out China ink pipe 27 and be connected with one, ink delivery 28 was to ink cartridges inside when the ink gun that is used to an ink cartridges printed action, and be formed with a full-water level district C and a low water level district D, wherein, column storage tank 21, the structure design principle of accommodation space 211 and control module 25 and the purpose that can reach and effect are to be specified in first preferred embodiment, therefore repeat no more.
In present embodiment, the buoyancy aid element can be the surface and has the buoyancy aid that the surface has the coat of metal, for example: the surface has the ball 22 of the coat of metal, mainly be arranged in the accommodation space 211 of column storage tank 21, can carry out the vertical of relative rising or decline and move along with the water level height of accommodation space 211 ink inside 28.
In present embodiment, first sensor 23 is to be connected with control module 25 signals and is good with a magnetic sensor, mainly formed by the paired setting and a transmitter 231 and the receiver 232 that uses of can working in coordination, transmitter 231 and receiver 232 are arranged at the relative dual-side of column storage tank 21 respectively and are arranged in the full-water level district C scope of column storage tank 21, as for, second sensor 24 is same to be connected with control module 25 signals and to be good with a magnetic sensor, mainly be made up of the paired setting and transmitter 241 and the receiver 242 that uses of can working in coordination, transmitter 241 and receiver 242 are arranged at the relative dual-side of column storage tank 21 respectively and are arranged in the scope of low water level district D of column storage tank 21.
As for, the function mode of first sensor 23 is to produce the case surface of magnetic wave to column storage tank 21 by transmitter 231, receiver 232 then is to detect magnetic flux, and the magnetic flux size of passing through to be received judges whether the ink 28 of column storage tank 21 inside has reached the full water standard, and the function mode of second sensor 24 produces the case surface of magnetic wave to column storage tank 21 by transmitter 241 equally, receiver 232 then is to detect magnetic flux, and the magnetic flux size of passing through to be received judges whether the ink 28 of column storage tank 21 inside has reached the low water level standard.
When ball 22 is arranged in full-water level district C (shown in Fig. 2 (a)), because the surface has the changes of magnetic field that the ball 22 of the coat of metal can be enough to be bigger than magnetic wave with transmitter 231 generations one, make receiver 232 measure very big magnetic flux, and then the ink 28 of judging column storage tank 21 inside has reached the full water standard, and produce corresponding triggering signal to control module 25, control module 25 is recognized as loads a new ink supply casket, otherwise, to continue transmission inks 28 inner and when making that ball 22 drops to the middle scope of full-water level district C and low water level district D (shown in Fig. 2 (b)) to ink cartridges via going out China ink pipe 27 when ink 28, therefore receiver 232 these received magnetic flux will be very little, will can trigger control unit 15.
To continue transmission inks 28 inner and when making that ball 22 drops in the low water level district D scope (shown in Fig. 2 (c)) to ink cartridges via going out China ink pipe 27 when ink 28, because the surface has the changes of magnetic field that the ball 22 of the coat of metal can be enough to be bigger than magnetic wave with transmitter 211 generations one, make receiver 242 measure very big magnetic flux, and then the ink 28 of judging column storage tank 21 inside has reached low ink standard, and produce corresponding triggering signal to control module 25, the ink supply casket that makes control module 25 come identification to load is low ink state, inform and to change again, until, when ball 22 rises in the full-water level district C scope again (shown in Fig. 2 (a)), ball 22 can be enough to be bigger than the changes of magnetic field of magnetic wave with transmitter 231 generations one, make receiver 232 measure very big magnetic flux, make receiver 232 produce a triggering signal to control module 25, be recognized as loading one new ink supply casket with trigger control unit 25, carried out follow-up printing action.
In present embodiment, the transmitter 241 of the transmitter 231 of first sensor 23 and receiver 232 and second sensor 24 and the inside of receiver 242 all include a circuit version, in addition, above-mentioned go into China ink pipe 16,26 and go out China ink pipe the 17, the 27th, in the continuous ink-supply system ink is guided to the ink supply pipe in the ink cartridges of printer by outer print cartridge.
In sum, ink storage quantity detecting device of the present invention, it is the column storage tank inside that is connected with ink inlet opening and ink outlet port by the buoyancy aid element is positioned over, and on the full-water level district of column storage tank shell and low water level district scope, first sensor and second sensor are set respectively, detect this buoyancy aid element with second sensor and be recognized as loading one new ink supply casket, detecting this buoyancy aid element with this first sensor comes the ink supply casket of identification loading to be low ink state, informing need be again more, because ink storage quantity detecting device of the present invention is the ink cartridges outside that is arranged at printer, therefore can overcome existing ink storage quantity detecting device is arranged at the ink cartridges body interior and causes problems such as practising way difficulty because of ink cartridges volume inside problem, therefore, ink storage quantity detecting device of the present invention has the value of industry.
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1. an ink storage quantity detecting device is applicable to a continuous ink-supply system, and goes into China ink pipe and and go out the China ink pipe and be connected with one, and it comprises:
One control module;
One column storage tank, it is gone into China ink pipe and this with this and goes out black pipe and be connected, and goes into the ink that the China ink pipe is transmitted in order to ccontaining by this, and has a full-water level district and a low water level district;
One buoyancy aid element, it is arranged in this column storage tank, and rises relatively or descend along with the water level height of this ink;
One first sensor, it is connected with this control module, and is arranged in this full-water level district of this column storage tank, in order to judge by whether sensing this buoyancy aid element whether this column storage tank has ink in this full-water level district;
One second sensor, it is connected with this control module, and is arranged in this low water level district of this column storage tank, in order to judge by whether sensing this buoyancy aid element whether this column storage tank has ink in this low water level district;
Whereby, detect this buoyancy aid element with this second sensor and be recognized as and load a new ink supply casket, detect this buoyancy aid element with this first sensor and come this ink supply casket that identification loads, inform and to change again for hanging down the ink state.
2. ink storage quantity detecting device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this column storage tank is a hollow transparent column and has an accommodation space, is used for storing by this going into this ink that the China ink pipe is transmitted.
3. ink storage quantity detecting device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that this buoyancy aid element is the buoy that adheres to light tight color, in order to rise relatively or to descend along with the water level height of this ink in this accommodation space.
4. ink storage quantity detecting device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that this first sensor is an optical sensor and comprises a transmitter and a receiver, this transmitter and this receiver are to be arranged at the two relative side of this column storage tank and to be arranged in this full-water level district scope of this column storage tank, and whether this ink that a reflecting light and an emission light wave compare to judge this column storage tank inside has been reached the full water standard.
5. ink storage quantity detecting device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that this second sensor is an optical sensor and comprises a transmitter and a receiver, this transmitter and this receiver are arranged at the two relative side of this column storage tank and are arranged in this low water level district scope of this column storage tank, and whether a reflecting light and the ink that compares to judge this column storage tank inside of emission light wave have been reached the low water level standard.
6. ink storage quantity detecting device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that this buoyancy aid element is the buoyancy aid that a surface has the coat of metal, in order to rise relatively or to descend along with the water level height of this ink in this accommodation space.
7. ink storage quantity detecting device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that this first sensor is a magnetic sensor and comprises a transmitter and a receiver, this transmitter and this receiver are to be arranged at the two relative side of this column storage tank and to be arranged in this full-water level district scope of this column storage tank, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this recipient whether this ink of this column storage tank inside has reached the full water standard.
8. ink storage quantity detecting device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that this second sensor is a magnetic sensor and comprises a transmitter and a receiver, this transmitter and this receiver are to be arranged at the two relative side of this column storage tank and to be arranged in this low water level district scope of this column storage tank, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this recipient whether this ink of this column storage tank inside has reached the low water level standard.
9. ink storage quantity detecting device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this goes out black pipe is from this column storage tank ink delivery to an ink cartridges.
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