CN101125484A - Continuous ink-supplying system - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a successive ink supply system, which mainly comprises an inspecting device used for the storing amount of the ink and an air releasing device. The invention adopts the controlling unit, a plurality of floated units, a plurality of first detectors and second detectors included within the ink storing amount inspecting device to sense whether the floating unit is or not positioned inside the lower water level area or high water level area inside the ink containing space of an ink groove main body, and further to judge whether or not the ink need to be added into the ink containing space of the ink groove main body. At the same time, through using the air releasing groove, air collecting pipe and air releasing pipe of the air releasing device, the redundant gases inside the ink containing space is released out while feeding the ink. The bottom surface of the main body and the surface of the air releasing groove are respectively sealed with thin films, so that the ink outlet at the bottom of the main body and the communicating groove communicated with the ink inlet are able to form an ink guiding route; furthermore, the air releasing groove is able to be sealed to form an air releasing route.
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Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of continuous ink-supply system, refer to a kind of continuous ink-supply system that has ink storage quantity detecting device and exhaust apparatus simultaneously 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.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 be with the situation of visualization ink consumption, yet sometimes because of the space arrangement problem, and the situation that can't the clear view ink consumes, 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.
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 or making to change with its internal structure detects ink storage quantity, but no matter use which kind of structure all can cause difficult because of the problem of ink cartridges inner space.
Hence one can see that, how to develop a kind ofly to improve above-mentioned prior art disappearance, can stablize and provide ink to ink cartridges incessantly, can get rid of too much air simultaneously again to keep the continuous ink-supply system of print quality, 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 continuous ink-supply system, it comprises ink storage quantity detecting device and exhaust apparatus, whether be positioned at the low water level district with the first sensor sensing buoyancy aid element by ink storage quantity detecting device, need to judge whether control module to go into China ink, and whether arrived the full-water level district by the second sensor sensing buoyancy aid element, and then notify control module to stop into China ink, to reach the demand of stablizing ink supply.Simultaneously, utilize exhaust apparatus, by discharge and blast pipe air unnecessary in the ink accommodation space is discharged, to keep the quality of printing in the set air discharge duct of the loam cake of ink container body.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of continuous ink-supply system, it comprises: an ink container body, it comprises a plurality of ink accommodation spaces, it also has low water level district and high water level district respectively, and the bottom has the go out China ink of an output delivery ink in ink cartridges manages, and has an ink hole, and this ink hole is connected to a black hole of going into of going into China ink pipe bottom and goes into the ink accommodation space with the delivery ink; One ink storage quantity detecting device, it also comprises a control module, a plurality of buoyancy aid element and a plurality of first sensor and second sensor, wherein the buoyancy aid element is positioned over respectively in the ink accommodation space, and first sensor is arranged at the low water level district, second sensor is arranged at the high water level district, first sensor and second sensor then are connected with control module respectively, replenish or stop pumping ink in order to sensing buoyancy aid element and first sensor and second sensor response sensing ink level control pumping ink to enter; An and exhaust apparatus, it also comprises a plurality of air discharge ducts, a plurality of discharge and at least one blast pipe, wherein air discharge duct is arranged at a loam cake of ink container body, and be communicated with these a plurality of ink accommodation spaces respectively, and discharge is communicated with air discharge duct respectively, with the gas in the delivery air discharge duct, blast pipe then is located at the end of these a plurality of discharges and is communicated with end, so that the gas in this discharge is discharged; Body lower surface and air discharge duct surface is capping one film respectively so that body bottom ink hole with go into connectivity slot that black hole is communicated with and can constitute and lead black path, and air discharge duct can sealed formation exhaust pathway.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein this ink accommodation space is a hollow transparent column, is used for storing by this going into this ink that the China ink pipe is transmitted.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein 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 the ink in this ink accommodation space.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein this first sensor is a magnetic sensor and comprises a transmitter and a receiver, this transmitter and this receiver are arranged at the two relative side of this ink accommodation space and are arranged in this low water level district scope of this ink accommodation space, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this recipient whether this ink of this ink accommodation space inside has reached the low water level district.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein a plurality of ink accommodation spaces also have the full-water level district respectively, and ink storage quantity detecting device also comprises a plurality of second sensors, whether are positioned at the full-water level district in order to sensing buoyancy aid element.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein this second sensor is a magnetic sensor and comprises a transmitter and a receiver, this transmitter and this receiver are arranged at the two relative side of this ink accommodation space and are arranged in this full-water level district scope of this ink accommodation space, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this recipient whether the ink of this ink accommodation space inside has reached the full-water level district, when ink arrives the full-water level district, then notify control module to stop pumping ink.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein this ink container body also comprises a plurality of China ink pipes that go out, and it is to be communicated to this a plurality of ink accommodation spaces respectively, with this ink accommodation space ink delivery to an ink cartridges certainly.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein a side of buoyancy aid element is provided with a sensory rod, and it can guarantee that first sensor can be correct senses the buoyancy aid element.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein the buoyancy aid element is provided with flange with respect to the both sides of ink accommodation space, and this flange can be located at the groove of ink accommodation space inner surface ordinatedly, with the unsteady path of control buoyancy aid element.
According to conception of the present invention, wherein the surface of body bottom and air discharge duct has a film respectively, with allow to seal this air discharge duct and in.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of continuous ink-supply system of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the last pseudosection of continuous ink-supply system shown in Figure 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the upward view of continuous ink-supply system shown in Figure 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of first sensor of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of buoyancy aid element of the present invention.
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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 continuous ink-supply system, be applicable to the affairs machine that uses continuous ink-supply system, for example: printer or multifunctional paper feeding machine or the like, its mode that mainly is arranged at the ink cartridges outside of printer by the ink storage quantity detecting device with ink feeding system 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, simultaneously, design has exhaust structure in continuous ink-supply system again, with the exhaust demand of the ink cartridges that satisfies ink feeding system, keep print quality with taking into account.
See also Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, wherein Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of continuous ink-supply system of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is the last pseudosection of continuous ink-supply system shown in Figure 1, and Fig. 3 then is the upward view of continuous ink-supply system shown in Figure 1.As shown in the figure, continuous ink-supply system 1 of the present invention mainly comprises an ink container body 10, an ink storage quantity detecting device 20 and an exhaust apparatus 30.Wherein ink container body 10 also comprises a plurality of ink accommodation spaces 11, and it has a low water level district A, and has an ink hole 12 in the bottom, and it is connected to one and goes into the black hole 14 of going into that China ink is managed 13 bottoms.Ink storage quantity detecting device 20 also comprises a control module (not shown), a plurality of buoyancy aid elements 21 and a plurality of first sensor 22, wherein buoyancy aid element 21 is positioned over respectively in the ink accommodation space 11, first sensor 22 then is connected with control module, and be arranged at low water level district A, whether be positioned at low water level district A in order to sensing buoyancy aid element 21, wherein, because buoyancy aid element 21 is located in the ink accommodation space 11, and can float with the height of ink, after ink uses a period of time, buoyancy aid element 21 can drop to low water level district A gradually, when first sensor 22 senses buoyancy aid element 21 arrival low water level districts, notify control module to go into China ink immediately, at this moment, go into pumping ink device (not shown) that China ink pipe 13 other ends are connected and just can the ink hole 12 of ink via a plurality of ink accommodation spaces 11 bottoms be poured in these a plurality of ink accommodation spaces 11, to replenish the quantity of ink of a plurality of ink accommodation spaces 11 inside by going into China ink pipe 13.In addition, exhaust apparatus 30 also comprises a plurality of air discharge ducts 31, a plurality of discharges 32 and at least one blast pipe 33, wherein air discharge duct 31 is arranged at the loam cake 15 of ink container body 10, and be communicated with these a plurality of ink accommodation spaces 11 respectively, and body 10 lower surface and air discharge duct 31 surfaces are capping one film 4 respectively, so that body 10 bottom ink holes 12 with go into connectivity slot that black hole 14 is communicated with and can constitute and lead black path, and air discharge duct 31 can sealed formation exhaust pathway, and discharge 32 is located at a side of ink container body 10, and be communicated with air discharge duct 31 respectively, with the gas in the delivery air discharge duct 31, blast pipe 33 then is located at the end of these a plurality of discharges 32, and connect with a connectivity slot 34 with the end of discharge 32, after the gas in this discharge 32 is delivered to blast pipe 33 via connectivity slot 34, be expelled in the atmosphere again.Thus, after ink uses a period of time, the water level of ink can descend highly gradually, when drive buoyancy aid element 21 down is reduced to low water level district A, first sensor 22 that is arranged at this low water level district A scope just can sense this buoyancy aid element 21, and then the notice control module is gone into China ink, to replenish stored ink capacity in the ink accommodation space 11, go into China ink pipe 13 when ink is poured into this a plurality of ink accommodation space 11 when this simultaneously, the air discharge duct 31 that is positioned at the loam cake 15 of ink container body 10 just can be sent to unnecessary gas discharge 32, discharges via blast pipe 33 again.In addition, ink container body 10 also can comprise a plurality of China ink pipes 16 that go out, and it is communicated to this a plurality of ink accommodation spaces 11 respectively, with this ink accommodation space 11 ink delivery to ink cartridges (not shown) certainly.
In embodiments of the invention, a plurality of ink accommodation spaces 11 also can have full-water level district B respectively, and ink storage quantity detecting device 20 also can comprise a plurality of second sensors 23, it is located at full-water level district B, whether be positioned at full-water level district B in order to sensing buoyancy aid element 21, thus, when ink is poured into a plurality of ink accommodation spaces 11, make when buoyancy aid element 21 arrives full-water level district B along with the water level rising of ink, this second sensor 23 just notifies control module to stop into China ink, goes into the quantity of ink of China ink with correct control.In addition, ink accommodation space 11 and indefinite that continuous ink-supply system of the present invention is designed, in the embodiment shown in the figure, ink accommodation space 11 can be the hollow transparent column, is used for storing by this going into China ink pipe 13 inks that transmitted.
Certainly, first sensor and the employed embodiment of second sensor are also unrestricted.With first sensor is example, sees also Fig. 4, and it is the schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of first sensor of the present invention.As shown in the figure, wherein first sensor 22 is magnetic sensors, it comprises a transmitter 221 and a receiver 222, this transmitter 221 and this receiver 222 are arranged at the two relative side of this ink accommodation space 11 and are arranged in this low water level district A scope of this ink accommodation space 11, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this recipient 222 whether the ink of these ink accommodation space 11 inside has reached low water level district A.And also indefinite of the material of buoyancy aid element and shape sees also Fig. 5, and it is the schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of buoyancy aid element of the present invention.Basically, buoyancy aid element 21 can utilize the surface to have the buoyancy aid of the coat of metal, with and first sensor 22 and second sensor 23 utilize magnetic principles to come its start of sensing between mutually, and shape can cooperate the shape of ink accommodation space 11 to design, as shown in the figure, buoyancy aid element 21 is to be provided with a sensory rod 211 in a side, when it can work as with ink rising synchronously or decline, make sensory rod 211 float between the transmitter 221 and this receiver 222 of first sensor 22 or second sensor 23, with the position that senses buoyancy aid element 21 of guaranteeing that first sensor 22 or second sensor 23 can be more accurate.Buoyancy aid element 21 then can be provided with flange 212 with respect to the both sides of ink accommodation space 11, to cooperate the groove 111 of ink accommodation space 11 inner surfaces, in ink accommodation space 11 inner positions of moving, control the unsteady path of buoyancy aid element 21 with balance buoyancy aid element 21.
In sum, continuous ink-supply system of the present invention is that first sensor by ink storage quantity detecting device comes sensing buoyancy aid element whether to be arranged in the low water level district of the ink accommodation space of ink container body, need to judge whether control module to go into China ink, and be located at the design in full-water level district by second sensor, whether sensing buoyancy aid element has arrived the full-water level district, and then notify control module to stop into China ink, therefore can reach the demand of stablizing ink supply.In addition, continuous ink-supply system of the present invention also can utilize exhaust apparatus in the set air discharge duct of the loam cake of ink container body when going into China ink, by discharge and blast pipe air unnecessary in the ink accommodation space is discharged, and keeps the quality of printing.Because employed ink storage quantity detecting device of continuous ink-supply system of the present invention and exhaust apparatus are the ink cartridges outsides 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, utilize exhaust apparatus also can get rid of unnecessary gas simultaneously, keep out the quality of China ink and printing.Therefore continuous ink-supply system of the present invention has the value of industry.
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1. continuous ink-supply system, it comprises:
One ink container body, it comprises a plurality of ink accommodation spaces, it also has low water level district and high water level district respectively, and the bottom has the go out China ink of an output delivery ink in ink cartridges and manages, and having an ink hole, this ink hole is connected to a black hole of going into of going into China ink pipe bottom and goes into the ink accommodation space with the delivery ink;
One ink storage quantity detecting device, it also comprises a control module, a plurality of buoyancy aid element and a plurality of first sensor and second sensor, wherein the buoyancy aid element is positioned over respectively in the ink accommodation space, and first sensor is arranged at the low water level district, second sensor is arranged at the high water level district, first sensor and second sensor then are connected with control module respectively, control pumping ink in order to sensing buoyancy aid element and first sensor and second sensor response sensing ink level and replenish or stop pumping ink and enter; And
One exhaust apparatus, it also comprises a plurality of air discharge ducts, a plurality of discharge and at least one blast pipe, wherein air discharge duct is arranged at a loam cake of ink container body, and be communicated with these a plurality of ink accommodation spaces respectively, and discharge is communicated with air discharge duct respectively, with the gas in the delivery air discharge duct, blast pipe then is located at the end of these a plurality of discharges and is communicated with end, so that the gas in this discharge is discharged;
Body lower surface and air discharge duct surface is capping one film respectively, so that body bottom ink hole is led black path with going into the connectivity slot formation that black hole is communicated with, and the sealed formation exhaust pathway of air discharge duct.
2. continuous ink-supply system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this ink accommodation space is a hollow transparent column, is used for storing by this going into this ink that the China ink pipe is transmitted.
3. continuous ink-supply system as claimed in claim 1 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 the ink in this ink accommodation space.
4. continuous ink-supply system 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 arranged at the two relative side of this ink accommodation space and are arranged in this low water level district scope of this ink accommodation space, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this recipient whether this ink of this ink accommodation space inside has reached the low water level district.
5. continuous ink-supply system 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 ink accommodation space and to be arranged in this full-water level district scope of this ink accommodation space, and judge by the magnetic flux size of this recipient whether the ink of this ink accommodation space inside has reached the full-water level district, when ink arrives the full-water level district, then notify control module to stop pumping ink.
6. continuous ink-supply system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that a side of buoyancy aid element is provided with a sensory rod, and it can impel the sensing signal that sends of first sensor and second sensor.
7. continuous ink-supply system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this ink accommodation space also is provided with two groove opposite in inner surface.
8. continuous ink-supply system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this buoyancy aid element is provided with flange with respect to the both sides of ink accommodation space, and this flange can be located at the groove of ink accommodation space inner surface ordinatedly, with the unsteady path of control buoyancy aid element.
9. continuous ink-supply system, it comprises:
One ink container body, it comprises a plurality of ink accommodation spaces, and the bottom has the go out China ink of an output delivery ink in ink cartridges manages, and has an ink hole, and this ink hole is connected to a black hole of going into of going into China ink pipe bottom and goes into the ink accommodation space with the delivery ink;
One exhaust apparatus, it also comprises a plurality of air discharge ducts, a plurality of discharge and at least one blast pipe, wherein air discharge duct is arranged at the ink container body, and be communicated with these a plurality of ink accommodation spaces respectively, and discharge is communicated with air discharge duct respectively, with the gas in the delivery air discharge duct, blast pipe then is located at the end of these a plurality of discharges and is communicated with end, so that the gas in this discharge is discharged;
Body lower surface and air discharge duct surface is capping one film respectively, so that body bottom ink hole is led black path with going into the connectivity slot formation that black hole is communicated with, and the sealed formation exhaust pathway of air discharge duct.
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