CN101329534B - Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus - Google Patents
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The present invention provides a toner cartridge and an image forming apparatus. The toner cartridge counts the number of times the toner cartridge has been shaken by a counting unit. A control unit of an image forming apparatus acquires the counting result of the counting unit, and controls each unit of the apparatus such that a display unit displays a message encouraging the worker to shake the toner cartridge since the shaking of the toner cartridge is insufficient if the acquired counting result is smaller than a predetermined value, and the toner contained in the toner cartridge is supplied to a developing unit of the image forming apparatus since the toner cartridge is sufficiently shaken and the toner in the toner cartridge is stirred and dissolved if the acquired counting result is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
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Technical field
The application relates to a kind of toner Cartridge and image processing system that promotes the use under the state of having avoided the toner cohesion.
Background technology
Adopt the image processing systems such as duplicating machine, printer of electrofax mode to have: photosensitive drums, releasably to be installed to the toner Cartridge and the developer of image processing system.
When image processing system forms image, form and the corresponding electrostatic latent image of image (hereinafter referred to as answering reproduced image) that should on recording materials such as recording chart, OHP sheet, form at photosensitive drum surface.Toner Cartridge will be provided to developer as the developer (being specially toner) of colorant, and developer is attached on the electrostatic latent image of photosensitive drum surface formation toner, make toner image development (that is, photosensitive drums being developed).
After this image processing system makes photosensitive drum surface average charged, in order to form and answer the electrostatic latent image of reproduced image correspondence, to the photosensitive drum surface irradiates light.So, the irradiation of photosensitive drum surface the charged particles in zone of light be removed, the part of Qu Chuing does not become electrostatic latent image.Then, provide toner, and be attached to the charging zone (being electrostatic latent image) of photosensitive drum surface, thereby make and the toner image of the image correspondence that should reproduce develops at photosensitive drum surface to photosensitive drum surface.At last, be transferred to recording materials by the toner image that will develop, and the image that should reproduce is formed on the recording materials.
Toner Cartridge provides toner to developer, thereby consumes the toner in the toner Cartridge.When the quantity not sufficient of the toner that is provided to photosensitive drums from developer, the difficult high quality images that forms, therefore image processing system detects the surplus of the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge, when toner is not enough, for example report " toner Cartridge needs replacing " this information to (hereinafter referred to as the operating personnels) such as the user of image processing system, supvrs.Recognize that the operating personnel that toner need be changed takes off the toner Cartridge of installing on the image processing system, is installed to image processing system with new toner Cartridge.That is, be replaced by new toner Cartridge, supply toner in image processing system by becoming empty toner Cartridge.
And the image processing system that keeps necessarily being provided with toner supply device for the toning dosage that makes in the developer also is in the public eye.In this image processing system, when detecting the toner deficiency, it is responded, carry out the supply of toner automatically from toner supply device.So, it is certain that the toning dosage in the developer keeps, and always keeps certain picture quality.In having the image processing system of toner supply device,, also use toner Cartridge for to toner supply device supply toner.In this case, the operating personnel is installed to toner supply device with toner Cartridge, with the new toner replenishing of accommodating in the toner Cartridge toner receptacle to toner supply device, after supply is finished, toner Cartridge is taken off from toner feed device.
Toner is trickle Powdered, has the flowability near liquid, when toner Cartridge is placed for a long time, and the toner cohesion in the toner Cartridge, mobile decline has the movement near solid.Toner with abundant flowability is easy to be provided to developer, reaches photosensitive drums, but the toner flowability of cohesion is low, therefore easily remains in the toner Cartridge, is difficult to be provided to developer, photosensitive drums.Its result produces following problem: though have sufficient toner, toner deficiency in the photosensitive drums in the toner Cartridge.
In order to prevent this problem, toner Cartridge is installed to before the image processing system, need shake toner Cartridge by the operating personnel, the toner in the agitation of toner box, and toner is disassembled fully.
But shaking by the operating personnel of toner Cartridge carried out by hand, therefore exists the operating personnel not shake the degree that toner is fully stirred and disassembles, and just directly toner Cartridge is installed to the situation of image processing system.
Proposed following toner Cartridge in the prior art: built-in toner mixing component even the number of times that feasible operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge is less, also can make toner fully stir and disassemble (for example with reference to Japanese patent laid-open 10-288882 communique).
But, the necessity that exists operating personnel self not recognize to shake toner Cartridge, do not shake toner Cartridge and be installed to the situation of image processing system.In this case, even use patent documentation 1 disclosed toner Cartridge, toner Cartridge does not stir substantially yet, disassembles.
And, even the operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge, being less than toner and fully stirring and disassemble required minimal when shaking number of times when shaking number of times, toner is not yet fully stirred, is disassembled.
Further, even knowing, the user should shake the required minimal number of times that shakes of toner Cartridge, the number of times that is shaken toner Cartridge by operating personnel counting also is cumbersome, and can produce miscount, forgets situation such as count results, has the situation of shaking the number of times deficiency.
Summary of the invention
The present invention produces in view of above situation, and its fundamental purpose is to provide a kind of and counts shaking number of times by constituting, and makes the operating personnel just needn't count the toner Cartridge that can count the number of times that the operating personnel shakes.
Other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of and are shaking number of times by constituting the time not count in packing, and can correctly count the toner Cartridge of the number of times that the operating personnel shakes before being installed to image processing system.
Other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of and count by constituting the number of times that oscillator is contacted with contact, and the toner Cartridge that can count with the number of times that easy structure is shaken the operating personnel.
Other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of and count by constituting the number of times that oscillator that direction is along its length shaken contacts with contact, and can be with easy structure to the operating personnel so that the toner Cartridge that the number of times that the average mode of distribution of toning dosage is shaken is counted.
Other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of and count by constitute the number of times that the oscillator that shakes is contacted with contact on a plurality of directions, and the toner Cartridge that can count with the number of times that easy structure is shaken on a plurality of directions the operating personnel.
Other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of and show the number of times that shakes by constituting, even and the operating personnel is not counted also can discern the toner Cartridge that shakes number of times.
It is a kind of by constituting the message that demonstration should be shaken when shaking number of times less than predetermined value that other purposes of the present invention are to provide, even and the necessary minimal number of times that the operating personnel is not counted and do not know to shake also can make the operating personnel discern and shake not enough toner Cartridge.
Other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of and control the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge supply to development section by constituting the number of times that is shaken according to toner Cartridge, and can will be provided to the image processing system of development section by the toner that fully stirs and disassemble, above-mentioned development section makes toner be attached on the electrostatic latent image that photosensitive surface forms and toner image is developed.
Other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of and forbid the supply of toner to development section when constituting the number of times that shakes at toner Cartridge less than predetermined value, and can prevent from undermixing and the undecomposed toner of opening are provided to the image processing system of development section.
It is a kind of by constituting the number of times that shows that toner Cartridge shakes, even and make the operating personnel not count the image processing system that also can discern the number of times that shakes toner Cartridge that other purposes of the present invention are to provide.
Further other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of message that should shake toner Cartridge that shows when constituting the number of times that shakes when toner less than predetermined value, and even the operating personnel do not counted or do not know to shake the minimal number of times of necessity of toner Cartridge, also can make the operating personnel recognize toner Cartridge and shake not enough image processing system.
Further other purposes of the present invention are to provide a kind of and have transformation component, and the savings portion of the electric power of savings conversion that the energy that shakes of toner resettlement section is transformed to electric power by constituting, and can be according to the toner Cartridge of the shaking quantity of the big secret information toner Cartridge of the electric power of putting aside in the savings portion, and the image processing system of this toner Cartridge is installed.
The present invention relates to a kind of toner Cartridge, accommodate toner, and stir the toner of accommodating, it is characterized in that having the count section that the number of times that shakes is counted by shaking.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that, also has the packing test section that detects packaged situation, detects when packaged at above-mentioned packing test section, and above-mentioned count section makes count results keep 0.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that above-mentioned count section has: oscillator, shake to a direction at least; The contact of this oscillator contact; Sum counter is counted with the number of times that above-mentioned contact contacts above-mentioned oscillator.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that, toner Cartridge be shaped as column, above-mentioned oscillator is along shaking on the direction of its length direction.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that above-mentioned oscillator shakes to a plurality of directions, and above-mentioned contact shakes the corresponding configuration of direction with above-mentioned oscillator a plurality of respectively.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have display part, shows the count results of above-mentioned count section.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have: judging part, and whether the count results of judging above-mentioned count section is more than predetermined value; And display part, when this judgement section judges for not the time, the message that demonstration should be shaken.
The present invention relates to a kind of toner Cartridge, accommodate toner, and stir the toner accommodate, it is characterized in that having by shaking: transformation component, shake relevant energy and be transformed to electric power above-mentioned; With savings portion, savings is by the electric power after this transformation component conversion.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have: test section, detect shaking quantity according to the electric power of putting aside in the above-mentioned savings portion; And display part, show the shaking quantity that detects by this test section.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that to have rotary body in inside, is supported for around predetermined turning axle to rotate freely, and above-mentioned rotary body rotates around above-mentioned turning axle by above-mentioned shaking.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that the mixing component of agitation of toner is installed on the above-mentioned rotary body.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have: driven rotary body, with respect to the driven rotation of above-mentioned rotary body; Magnet is installed on the turning axle of this driven rotary body or this driven rotary body; And coil, closely dispose with this magnet, by the rotation of above-mentioned driven rotary body, the induction electromotive force that produces in the above-mentioned coil is put aside in the above-mentioned savings portion.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that above-mentioned transformation component is the motor of double as generator, makes above-mentioned rotary body rotation by this motor.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have discharge part, makes the electric power discharge by above-mentioned savings portion savings.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that above-mentioned discharge part has switch, according to the on off state of this switch, discharge time constant is switched to different values.
The toner Cartridge that the present invention relates to is characterised in that above-mentioned switch is the pushbutton switch that comes the change-over switch state according to the state that is provided with of toner Cartridge.
The present invention relates to a kind of image processing system, it is characterized in that, have: development section is attached on the electrostatic latent image that forms on the surface of photoreceptor toner, and toner image is developed; With transfer printing portion, to be transferred on the recording materials by the toner image that this development section develops, this image processing system can be installed above-mentioned toner Cartridge with loading and unloading, and the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge with installation is provided to above-mentioned development section, this image processing system also has control part, the count results of the count section that has according to above-mentioned toner Cartridge, the control toner is to the supply of above-mentioned development section.
The image processing system that the present invention relates to is characterised in that, above-mentioned control part carries out the whether judgement more than predetermined value of above-mentioned count results, when being judged as not, forbids the supply of above-mentioned toner.
The image processing system that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have report portion, reports above-mentioned count results.
The image processing system that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have: judging part, judge that above-mentioned count results is whether more than predetermined value; With report portion, when this judgement section judges for not the time, report should be shaken the message of above-mentioned toner Cartridge.
The present invention relates to a kind of image processing system, it is characterized in that, have: development section is attached on the electrostatic latent image that forms on the surface of photoreceptor toner, and toner image is developed; Transfer printing portion will be transferred on the recording materials by the toner image that this development section develops; Installation portion can be installed above-mentioned toner Cartridge with loading and unloading; And supply portion, the toner replenishing of accommodating in the toner Cartridge of installing on this installation portion is arrived above-mentioned development section.
The image processing system that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have: test section, detect the electric power of putting aside in the above-mentioned toner Cartridge; And control part, according to the testing result of this test section, control the toner replenishing action of above-mentioned supply portion.
The image processing system that the present invention relates to is characterised in that also have: judging part, judge that the detected electric power of above-mentioned test section is whether more than predetermined value; Report portion, when above-mentioned judgement section judges for not the time, the message that report should make above-mentioned toner Cartridge shake.
The image processing system that the present invention relates to is characterised in that above-mentioned toner Cartridge has the toner replenishing valve, when judging that electric power that above-mentioned test section detects when predetermined value is above, opens above-mentioned toner replenishing valve by the control of above-mentioned control part.
Among the application, toner Cartridge has count section.
Toner Cartridge is accommodated toner, and the toner Cartridge that toner Cartridge is accommodated shakes toner Cartridge by the operating personnel and is stirred, disassembles.
The count section counting shakes the number of times of toner Cartridge.Therefore, operating personnel self need not to count the number of times that shakes toner Cartridge.That is, can not produce the wrong situation of shaking the toner Cartridge number of times, forgetting the number of times of counting of meter, can correctly count the number of times that toner Cartridge is shaken.
In this application, the toner Cartridge with count section also has the packing test section.
Packaged toner Cartridge for example shakes in transporting the way naturally, this shakes shaking that the toner Cartridge that is not to be used for toner Cartridge is accommodated stirs and disassemble, even and shake toner by this and disassemble, also might till being installed to image processing system, toner Cartridge pass through the long period, interior during this period toner cohesion from shaking.
On the other hand, the toner Cartridge of having removed packing is stirred and disassembles the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge by the operating personnel, and the possibility that is installed to image processing system after therefore shaking in the short time is bigger.
Therefore, to agitation of toner before toner Cartridge being installed to image processing system its number of times that shakes that disassembles is counted, shaking beyond this shakes for erroneous calculations not, the packing test section detects the packaged situation of toner Cartridge, when the packing test section detects toner Cartridge when packaged, count section makes count results keep 0.Therefore count section is not carried out and is shaken counting, or repeat the count results zero clearing at reasonable time detecting under the packaged situation of toner Cartridge.
On the other hand, when the packing test section does not detect the packaged situation of toner Cartridge when not packaged (detect toner Cartridge), the number of times that count section counting toner Cartridge shakes.Consequently, the operating personnel can correctly count toner Cartridge is installed to the number of times that shakes toner Cartridge before the image processing system.
In this application, the count section that has of toner Cartridge has: oscillator, contact, counter.
Oscillator shakes to a direction at least.Therefore, the operating personnel is when this direction is shaken toner Cartridge, and oscillator shakes to this direction.
For example, when contact had one, along with the every round trip of oscillator, oscillator and contact just contacted once, when two contacts on this direction during isolation configuration, the every round trip of oscillator, oscillator just contacts secondary with contact.
The number of times that the rolling counters forward oscillator contacts with contact.Therefore, the number of times that shakes corresponding to toner Cartridge of the count results of counter.
Consequently, utilize the simple structure of having used oscillator, contact and counter to shake the number of times of toner Cartridge with regard to the count enable operating personnel.
In this application, the count section with toner Cartridge has along the oscillator that shakes on the direction of toner Cartridge length direction, contact, and counter.Generally speaking, the length direction of the toner Cartridge of column is the length direction of post.
There is the situation of toning dosage skewness of the length direction of toner Cartridge in the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge.Average for the distribution of the toning dosage of the length direction that makes toner Cartridge, toner Cartridge is shaken to length direction.
When the operating personnel shook toner Cartridge to the length direction of toner Cartridge, oscillator shook to the direction along this length direction, contacted with contact.The number of times that the rolling counters forward oscillator contacts with contact.Therefore, the number of times that shakes in the longitudinal direction corresponding to toner Cartridge of the count results of counter.
Consequently, can be the average number of times that shakes toner Cartridge of toning dose distribution that makes the length direction of toner Cartridge by easy structure counting operating personnel.
In this application, the count section that has of toner Cartridge has: the oscillator that shakes to a plurality of directions, shake contact, and the counter of the corresponding configuration of direction with this oscillator a plurality of respectively.
Toner Cartridge is not limited to only shake to a direction.And the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge, and is only compared when a direction is shaken when a plurality of directions are shaken at toner Cartridge, easily stirs, easily disassembles.And the distribution of the amount of the toner in the toner Cartridge easily becomes average.
When the operating personnel shook toner Cartridge to a plurality of directions, oscillator shook respectively to a plurality of directions of shaking, and contacts with contact.The number of times that the rolling counters forward oscillator contacts with contact.Therefore, the count results of counter is corresponding with the number of times that toner Cartridge shakes to a plurality of directions.
Consequently, can shake the number of times of toner Cartridge by easy structure counting operating personnel to a plurality of directions.
In this application, the toner Cartridge with count section also has display part, shows count results.
The number of times that count section counting toner Cartridge is shaken, display part show count section count results, be the number of times that the operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge.
Therefore, user of service self need not count, and before toner Cartridge is installed to image processing system, just can easily discern the number of times that the operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge.
In this application, the toner Cartridge with count section also has judging part, and shows the display part of the message that shake.
The number of times that count section counting toner Cartridge shakes, the count results of judgement section judges count section, be that the operating personnel shakes the number of times of toner Cartridge whether more than predetermined value, display part (count results of judging count section less than predetermined value time) when not being judged as not, demonstration should be shaken the message of toner Cartridge.
Therefore, even not counting the number of times and the operating personnel self that shake toner Cartridge, operating personnel self do not know that toner fully stirs and disassemble required minimal number of times and relatively unnecessary minimal number of times and the count results of shaking of operating personnel, the operating personnel also can easily discern the deficiency of shaking of toner Cartridge before toner Cartridge is installed to image processing system.And, when shaking deficiency, can further shake toner Cartridge.
And, fully shake under the situation of toner Cartridge, do not show the message that shake toner Cartridge, so the operating personnel before being installed to image processing system, toner Cartridge is easy to discern self and has shaken toner Cartridge fully.
In this application, toner Cartridge has transformation component and savings portion.
Toner Cartridge is accommodated toner, and the toner that toner Cartridge is accommodated shakes toner Cartridge by the operating personnel and is stirred, disassembles.
The relevant energy that shakes of toner Cartridge is transformed to electric power by transformation component, and is put aside by savings portion.Promptly and the corresponding electric power savings portion of the shaking quantity of toner Cartridge (shaking number of times).Therefore, the size of the electric power of putting aside in the savings portion becomes the value of the shaking quantity (shaking number of times) of reflection toner Cartridge.
In this application, show the shaking quantity of toner Cartridge, so the user can judge whether the cohesion of toner fully disassembles.
In this application, be structure, so the shaking quantity of toner Cartridge is detected as the rotation amount of rotary body with the rotary body that rotates by shaking of toner Cartridge.
In this application, the toner in the agitation of toner resettlement section efficiently of shaking by toner Cartridge.
In this application, the induction electromotive force that the savings coil produces in the savings portion.
In this application, even after stopping the shaking of toner Cartridge, the driving force by motor also can continue agitation of toner.Consequently, prevent the cohesion once more of toner.
In this application, when shaking beginning, make the electric power discharge of putting aside in the savings portion, thereby in savings portion, only put aside the electric power that shakes generation that is derived from toner Cartridge.Therefore, can correctly detect the shaking quantity of toner Cartridge.
In this application, on off state switch discharges time constant according to switch, therefore the electric power of for example putting aside in the savings portion before toner Cartridge shakes discharges at short notice, after shaking through discharging after the adequate time, can correctly detect the electric power that shakes savings by such formation by toner Cartridge, and after shaking, do not use toner Cartridge and directly placement, when becoming the state that does not stir near toner once more, can not can flase drop survey to stirring and finish.
Therefore in this application, according to the on off state that state switch is set of toner Cartridge, for example the on off state by switch can detect the packaged state of toner Cartridge, and the state that is opened of packing.Consequently, under packed state, can not put aside the inadequate toner that produces because of long-term microvibration and stir miss to be judged as and stir the electric power of finishing, can prevent to vibrate the circuit breakage of generating electricity and causing of crossing of generation during conveying.And under the state that packing is opened, but the discharge circuit part of physical property ground blocking-up short time discharge can be used for the electric power that shakes generation because of toner Cartridge the detection of the shaking quantity of toner.
In this application, image processing system has development section, transfer printing portion, reaches control part, and above-mentioned toner Cartridge releasably is installed to image processing system, and the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge of installation is provided to development section.
Toner Cartridge is accommodated toner, and the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge shakes toner Cartridge by the operating personnel and is stirred, disassembles.The count section counting that toner Cartridge has shakes the number of times of toner Cartridge.
When the count results of count section was big, the number of times that toner Cartridge shakes was more, thought that therefore the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge is fully stirred, disassembles.On the other hand, when the count results of count section hour, the number of times that chromatic timing powder shakes is less, thinks that therefore the toner Cartridge of accommodating in the toner Cartridge is not fully stirred and condenses.
Control part is according to the count results of count section, and the control toner is to the supply of development section.Therefore, for example, image processing system has the toner supply mechanism that the toner of will accommodate in the toner Cartridge is provided to development section, and control part is controlled the action of this toner supply mechanism, when the count results of count section is big, the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge is provided to development section.
When supplying with toner, on the electrostatic latent image that development section is attached to toner to form on the photosensitive surface, and toner image is developed, transfer printing portion will be transferred on the recording materials by the toner image that development section develops.Therefore, be provided to development section, reach transfer printing portion, on recording materials, form image by the toner that fully stirs and disassemble.
On the other hand, when the count results of count section hour, the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge is not provided to development section.Therefore, stir toner insufficient, cohesion and be not provided to development section, reach in the transfer printing portion, on recording materials, do not form image.
In this application, the control part that image processing system has judges that the count results of the count section that toner Cartridge has is whether more than predetermined value, when not being judged as not (count results of judging count section less than predetermined value time), forbid the supply of toner to development section.On the other hand, when the count results of judging count section when predetermined value is above, control part is carried out to development section and is supplied with toner.
When the count section count results when predetermined value is above, think that the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge is fully stirred, disassembles.Therefore, be provided to development section, transfer printing portion with fully stirring the toner that disassembles, and can utilize this toner on recording materials, to form image.
On the other hand, when the count results of count section during, think that the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge is not fully stirred and condenses less than predetermined value.Therefore can prevent that toner insufficient with stirring, cohesion is provided to development section, transfer printing portion, can prevent to utilize this toner to form image on recording materials.
In this application, image processing system also has report portion, the count results of the count section of report toner Cartridge.
The number of times that count section that toner Cartridge has counting toner Cartridge shakes, report portion show above-mentioned count section count results, be the number of times that the operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge.
Therefore, operating personnel itself need not count, and after toner Cartridge is installed to image processing system, also can easily discern the number of times that the operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge.
In this application, image processing system also has judging part, reaches the report portion of reporting the message that shake.
The number of times that the count section counting toner Cartridge that toner Cartridge has shakes, the count results of judgement section judges count section, be that the operating personnel shakes the number of times of toner Cartridge whether more than predetermined value, report portion (count results of judging count section less than predetermined value time) when not being judged as not, report should be shaken the message of toner Cartridge.
Therefore, even not counting the number of times and the operating personnel self that shake toner Cartridge, operating personnel self do not know that toner fully stirs and disassemble required minimal number of times and relatively unnecessary minimal number of times and the count results of shaking of operating personnel, the operating personnel also can easily discern the deficiency of shaking of toner Cartridge after toner Cartridge is installed to image processing system.And, when shaking deficiency, can temporarily toner Cartridge be taken off from image processing system, and further shake.
And, fully shake under the situation of toner Cartridge, do not show the message that shake toner Cartridge, so the operating personnel after being installed to image processing system, toner Cartridge is easy to also discern and self has shaken toner Cartridge fully.
In this application, image processing system has: development section, transfer printing portion, installed above-mentioned toner Cartridge installation portion, and the toner Cartridge that will install in the toner replenishing of accommodating to the supply portion of development section.
Put aside in the toner Cartridge and electric power that shaking quantity (shaking number of times) is corresponding, therefore when the electric power size of savings hour, it is higher not carry out the possibility that abundant number of times shakes, and therefore can urge the operating personnel to shake.Consequently, the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge can be installed toner Cartridge under the state that fully disassembles.
In this application, according to the supply action of the electric power control toner of putting aside in the toner Cartridge, when therefore the toner of only accommodating in toner Cartridge is fully disassembled, can be with toner replenishing to developing apparatus.
In this application,, can judge that the toner in the toner Cartridge is not the state that fully disassembles, therefore shake toner Cartridge, can make toner supply under the state that disassembles by urgency when the electric power of putting aside in the toner Cartridge during less than predetermined value.
In this application, when only in toner Cartridge, having put aside the electric power more than predetermined value, promptly only under the state that toner Cartridge is fully shaken, inner toner is fully disassembled, can be to developing apparatus supply toner.
In the application's toner Cartridge, operating personnel self need not to count the number of times that shakes toner Cartridge, therefore can improve operating personnel's convenience.And not accounting mistake is shaken the number of times of toner Cartridge, or forgets the number of counting, and therefore can correctly count the number of times that toner Cartridge shakes.
In the image processing system of the present invention, the number of times according to toner Cartridge shakes can provide the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge or not be provided to development section.Therefore, thus the number of times that shakes at toner Cartridge is when fully toner Cartridge is fully stirred, and can use the toner that is fully disassembled to form image.Consequently, can prevent to shake the toner that uses cohesion under the situation that number of times deficiency or toner Cartridge do not shake at toner Cartridge.
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Fig. 1 is the front view of inner structure of the image processing system of schematic representation embodiment 1.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram that the toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 1 is installed to the state of image processing system.
Fig. 3 is the longitdinal cross-section diagram of the packaged state of the toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 1.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of the count section that has of toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 1.
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram of the order handled of toner replenishing that the control part of the image processing system of expression embodiment 1 is carried out.
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of the count section that has of toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 2.
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram of the order of shaking auxiliary process carried out of the control device of the toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 2.
Fig. 8 is the side view that shakes direction of the oscillator of representing that schematically the toner Cartridge of embodiment 3 has.
Fig. 9 is the side view of distribution of schematically representing the amount of the toner Cartridge of accommodating in the toner Cartridge of embodiment 3.
Figure 10 is the front view of structure of the oscillator unit that has of toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 4.
Figure 11 is the side view of structure of the oscillator unit that has of toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 4.
Figure 12 is the front view of inner structure of the image processing system of schematic representation embodiment 5.
Figure 13 is the synoptic diagram of expression to the structure of the toner supply device of developing cell supply toner.
Figure 14 is the synoptic diagram of the state of the toner Cartridge under the expression keeping state.
Figure 15 is the synoptic diagram of the state of the toner Cartridge under the expression packed state.
Figure 16 is the circuit diagram of the structure of expression generator unit.
Figure 17 is the circuit diagram that the circuit of expression test section constitutes.
The process flow diagram of the order of the processing that image processing system was carried out when Figure 18 was expression supply toner.
Figure 19 is the circuit diagram that the circuit of the toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 6 constitutes.
Figure 20 is the synoptic diagram of structure of the toner supply device of expression embodiment 7.
Figure 21 is the circuit diagram that the circuit of expression electricity-generating circuit constitutes.
Figure 22 is the synoptic diagram of structure of the toner supply device of explanation embodiment 8.
Figure 23 is the synoptic diagram of the rotary body of expression toner Cartridge inside.
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Following accompanying drawing according to the expression embodiment describes the application in detail.
Fig. 1 is the front view of the image processing system inner structure of schematic representation embodiment 1.500A is an image processing system among the figure, and image processing system 500A in above-below direction central portion configuration image formation portion 540, at bottom configuration paper feed part 550, has copy function and printing function at top configuration image reading part 530.The one-piece construction of image processing system 500A below at first is described.
On image processing system 500A, be provided with Vitrea document board 531 with light transmission.Document board 531 is provided with the original copy lid 523 that is used for original copy is pressed into document board 531.
The 1st scanning element 532 is equipped with: to the light source lamp unit 501 of original copy face exposure and make from the reflected light image of original copy the 1st catoptron 502 to the predetermined direction reflection.
The 2nd scanning element 533 is equipped with the 2nd catoptron 525 and the 3rd catoptron 524, will be directed to CCD line sensor 504 by the reflected light image from original copy of the 1st catoptron 502 reflections.
The view data of the image that CCD line sensor 504 reads is sent to image forming part 540.
Be provided with in the image forming part 540: photosensitive drums 510; Charged device 505 makes that photosensitive drums 510 is charged to be predetermined potential; Laser scan unit 503, the view data according to from manuscript reading section 530 or external device (ED) transmission penetrates laser, forms electrostatic latent image on photosensitive drums 510; Developer 528, the electrostatic latent image that forms on photosensitive drums 510 via developer roll 522 provides toner, is toner image and develop; And transfer printing device 513, the toner image that forms on the photosensitive drums 510 is transferred on the recording chart S as recording materials.
The toner Cartridge 1 that embodiment 1 relates to has the column outward appearance, under the fore-and-aft direction that length direction the is configured to image processing system 500A posture of (with the vertical direction of paper among Fig. 1), releasably be installed to developer 528, provide toner to developer 528.And, the not shown concentration sensor that is used to detect the toner concentration in the developer 528 is installed near developer 528.
Further, on image forming part 540, be provided with fixation unit 541, to transfer printing the recording chart S of toner image heat and pressurize, and with toner image to recording chart S.Fixation unit 541 has backer roll 509 pair of rolls of the warm-up mill 508 and the downside of upside.Warm-up mill 508 has well heater, and the temperature of warm-up mill 508 detects the trip temperature control of going forward side by side by temperature sensor.
By fixation unit 541 photographic fixing the recording chart S of toner image transmit by exit roller 506,507, be discharged to paper disc 527.
In above-mentioned image processing system 500A, photosensitive drums 510 plays a role as photoreceptor, and developer 528 plays a role as development section, and transfer printing device 513 plays a role as transfer printing portion.
The structure of toner Cartridge 1 then is described.Below will be called image processing system 500A main body except the image processing system 500A the toner Cartridge 1.
Wherein, in image processing system 500A main body, as following shown in Figure 2, have: connector 17; Toner quantity sensor 24; Control part 28, its one has CPU, ROM, RAM and I/O; Display part 29 uses liquid crystal panel to constitute; Toner transmits motor 205; Toner stirring motor 207; Installation and measuring sensor 208; And motor driver 209,210.
Fig. 2 is illustrated in the block diagram that the state of toner Cartridge is installed on the image processing system of embodiment 1.
And Fig. 3 is the longitdinal cross-section diagram of the packaged state of toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 1, and Fig. 4 is the block diagram of the count section that has of the toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 1.
Among the figure, the 1st, toner Cartridge.In the basket 1a of toner Cartridge 1, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, be built-in with: the toner container 22 of accommodating toner; Be provided with the agitating roller 23 of blade 23a, 23a at the periphery upper process; Transfer roller 25 and distributing roller 26.In basket 1a, be formed with toner supply mouth 27.
By the rotation of agitating roller 23, the toner of accommodating in blade 23a, the 23a agitation of toner container 22, transfer roller 25 is sent to toner container 22 outsides with the toner that stirs.Distributing roller 26 will be discharged to developer 528 through toner supply 27 by the toner that transfer roller 25 transmits.
When dispatching from the factory, be pasted with the seal 21 that stops up toner supply mouth 27 on the toner supply 27.Sealing part 21 is manually removed by the operating personnel after toner Cartridge 1 is installed to image processing system 500A main body.
And, in toner Cartridge 1, be provided with count section 206, this count section 206 is used for toner Cartridge 1 is installed to toner Cartridge 1 self is shaken before the image processing system 500A main body number of times (promptly, before toner Cartridge 1 is installed to image processing system 500A, the operating personnel shakes the number of times of toner Cartridge 1, hereinafter referred to as shaking number of times) count.Further, be provided with reset switch 100 in the toner Cartridge 1, be used for the count results of count section 206 is reset to " 0 ".
The leading section of test section 98 is usually by built-in not shown spring energized in the basket 99, and outside outstanding to basket 1a from basket 99.Under this state, reset switch 100 disconnects.
At this, apply external force to test section 98, and when being pressed into test section 98 in the basket 99, reset switch 100 becomes connection.
That is, whether packaged packing test section plays a role reset switch 100 as detecting toner Cartridge 1, becomes connection when packaged, becomes disconnection when not packaged.
As shown in Figure 3, during by package member P packing toner Cartridge 1, the test section 98 packaged parts P of reset switch 100 push, and be pressed in the basket 99, so reset switch 100 become connection.
On the other hand, as shown in Figure 2, spring energized by in the basket 99 of the unwrapp of toner Cartridge 1, when package member P is removed, the test section 98 that the pushing of package member P is disengaged, and outstanding from basket 99, so reset switch 100 becomes disconnection.
That is, remove package member P to the operating personnel when toner Cartridge 1 dispatches from the factory till, reset switch 100 is for connecting.And after the operating personnel had removed package member P, even toner Cartridge 1 is installed on the image processing system 500A main body, reset switch 100 also was to disconnect.
As shown in Figure 4, toner Cartridge 1 also has the battery 97 to count section 206 power supplies.And count section 206 has oscillator unit 101, counter 102.
When reset switch 100 is connection,, so can not produce pulse in the reset switch 100 from the power supply short circuit of 97 pairs of counters 102 of battery.Therefore, no matter whether hammer body 93b contacts with contact 94, does not carry out the step-by-step counting of counter 102.That is, become connection, the count results of counter 102 is remained " 0 " by reset switch 100.
When toner Cartridge 1 was installed to image processing system 500A main body, the connector 17 that is provided with on counter 102 and the image processing system 500A main body was connected (with reference to Fig. 2).
Toner shown in Figure 2 transmits motor 205 rotations and drives transfer roller 25 and distributing roller 26, and 207 rotations of toner stirring motor drive agitating roller 23.Control part 28 is control maincenters of the action of control image processing system 500A main body, transmits separately driving of motors 205 and toner stirring motor 207/stop by motor driver 209,210 control toners.Further specifically, motor driver 209 (or motor driver 210) is by control part 28 controls, transmit that motor 205 (or toner stirring motor 207) provides required electric power or by stopping power supply to toner, transmit motor 205 (or toner stirring motor 207) or make it to stop thereby driving toner.
Transmit the spinning movement of motor 205 and toner stirring motor 207 each self-driven each roller 23,25,26 that causes by toner, and make toner charged, and, make an amount of toner be provided to developer 28 from toner supply mouth 27 at any time by the rotational speed of control part 28 each roller 23,25,26 of control, the sequential that rotation begins/stops etc.That is, control part 28 control toners are to the supply of developer 528.
Whether installation and measuring sensor 28 detects toner Cartridges 1 and is installed on the image processing system 500A main body, and when detecting when installing, the installation and measuring signal that will expression toner Cartridge 1 be installed on the image processing system 500A main body offers control part 28.
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram of the order handled of toner replenishing that the control part of the image processing system of expression embodiment 1 is carried out.
At this moment, accommodated the toner of enough amounts in the toner container 22 of toner Cartridge 1, therefore the toner of enough amounts is provided to developer 528 from toner Cartridge 1, has enough toners to be provided from developer 528 to photosensitive drums 510.Further, in transfer printing device 513, be transferred to recording chart S by the toner image that will form on the photosensitive drums 510, and high-quality image is formed on the recording chart S.
As the residual quantity of toners of toner container 22 inside during (S11 for not) less than scheduled volume, because of the toner quantity not sufficient of accommodating in the toner container 22, so control part 28 makes display part 29 demonstrations urge the operating personnel toner Cartridge of installing (promptly becoming empty toner Cartridge 1) to be replaced by the message (S212) of new toner Cartridge 1.Further, control part 28 judges whether to provide installation and measuring signal (S13) from installation and measuring sensor 208, when the installation and measuring signal is provided (S13 is for being), become empty toner Cartridge 1 and also be installed on the image processing system 500A main body, therefore repeat the processing of S13.
Form even carry out image under this state, the toner that does not also have enough amounts is provided to photosensitive drums 510 from toner Cartridge 1 via developer 528.Consequently, recording chart S goes up the deterioration of the image that forms.
After the operating personnel has shown that in display part 29 message of toner Cartridge 1 is changed in urgency, open the not shown door of image processing system 500A main body, take out the toner Cartridge of installing on the image processing system 500A main body 1.And, prepare new toner Cartridge 1, remove the package member P of this toner Cartridge 1 after, shake toner Cartridge 1.But remove at this moment, the seal 21 of the toner supply mouth 27 that stops up toner Cartridge 1 as yet.
By the removal of package member P, in toner Cartridge 1, reset switch 100 becomes disconnection, can be by counter 102 count pulses of count section 206.
When the operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge 1, when hammer body 93b is contacted with contact 94,94, in counter 102, produce pulse, the number of the pulse that counting produces.That is, the count results of counter 102 is corresponding to the number of times that shakes of toner Cartridge 1.
Even because of the toner Cartridge 1 long-time toner that causes in the toner Cartridge 1 of placing condenses, before toner Cartridge 1 being installed to image processing system 500A main body, fully shake toner Cartridge 1 the operating personnel, toner in the toner Cartridge 1 is stirred, and the toner Cartridge of cohesion disassembles.
And after the toner Cartridge 1 of not removing package member P fully shaken, as not being installed to immediately on the image processing system 500A main body and also there is the danger of the toner cohesion in the toner Cartridge 1 in long-time the placement.Therefore, in the toner Cartridge 1 before package member P is removed, reset switch 100 can not be carried out the step-by-step counting in the counter 102 for connecting.
That is, the count results of counter 102 will be installed to toner Cartridge 1 number of times that image processing system 500A main body is shaken toner Cartridge 1 before corresponding to the operating personnel.When this number of times when predetermined value is above, the toner in the toner Cartridge 1 is fully stirred, is disassembled.
The operating personnel who shakes who finishes toner Cartridge 1 is installed to this toner Cartridge 1 on the image processing system 500A main body.
When not when installation and measuring sensor 208 provides the installation and measuring signal (S13 for not), because toner Cartridge 1 takes off from image processing system 500A main body, so control part 28 makes display part 29 show the message (S14) of urging operating personnels that toner Cartridge 1 is installed.
After the finishing dealing with of S14, control part 28 judges whether to provide installation and measuring signal (S15) from installation and measuring sensor 208, when not providing (S15 is for denying),, therefore repeat the processing of S15 because new toner Cartridge 1 is not installed on the image processing system 500A main body as yet.Under this state, formation that certainly can't carries out image.
When installation and measuring sensor 208 provides the installation and measuring signal (S15 is for being), because new toner Cartridge 1 has been installed on the image processing system 500A main body, therefore control part 28 is obtained the count results (S16) of the counter 102 of count section 206 via connector 17, judges that the count results that obtains is whether more than predetermined value (S17).
When counting 102 count results that obtain (S17 for not) less than predetermined value, toner Cartridge 1 shake deficiency, toner in the toner Cartridge 1 may also condense, therefore control part 28 makes display part 29 show count results and the predetermined value (S18) that obtains from counter 102, further, owing to the deficiency of shaking of toner Cartridge 1, therefore the message that will urge the operating personnel to shake toner Cartridge 1 is shown to display part 29 (S19), handles turning back to S13.In addition, in S18 and S19, poor by the count results that shows predetermined value and obtain from counter 102 also needs to shake several times after operating personnel's report.
Urged the operating personnel who shakes toner Cartridge 1, temporarily taken off the new toner Cartridge 1 that just has been installed on the image processing system 500A main body, after fully shaking, be installed to once more on the image processing system 500A main body.
At this, control part 28 does not make toner transmit motor 205 and 207 actions of toner stirring motor till the finishing dealing with of following S20～S23.Therefore, can't provide toner to developer 528, can not form image from the toner Cartridge 1 that does not fully shake as yet.
Therefore, when toner Cartridge 1 shake deficiency the time, image processing system 500A warns demonstration to the operating personnel, and forbids providing toner from the toner Cartridge 1 that does not fully shake as yet to developer 528, so the operating personnel can recognize the necessity of shaking toner Cartridge 1 conscientiously.And the operating personnel need not the number of times that shakes of own correct counting toner Cartridge 1.In addition, by the count results that shows on the Visual Confirmation display part 29 and predetermined value (being operating personnel's number of times of shaking toner Cartridge 1, the number of times that bottom line should shake), need shake toner Cartridge 1 with what kind of degree after as can be known.
On the other hand, when the count results (S17 is for being) when predetermined value is above that obtains from counter 102, toner Cartridge 1 is fully shaken, toner in the toner Cartridge 1 disassembles, so the message that control part 28 will urge the operating personnel to remove the seal 21 that stops up toner supply 27 is shown to display part 29 (S20).
Urged the operating personnel who removes seal 21 to remove seal 21 from toner Cartridge 1, closing image forms the door of device 500A main body.The switch of the door of image processing system 500A main body is detected by not shown switch sensor, and testing result is provided to control part 28.
After the door of image processing system 500A main body was closed, control part 28 drove toner respectively by motor driver 209,210 and transmits motor 205 and toner stirring motor 207 (S21).At this moment, transmitted various rollers 23,25,26 rotations of motor 205 and the 207 rotation drivings of toner stirring motor respectively by toner, toner is provided to developer 528 from toner Cartridge 1.
When the toning dosage in the developer 529 is enough (S22 is for being), control part 28 stops toner respectively by motor driver 209,210 and transmits motor 205 and toner stirring motor 207 (S23), makes to handle to turn back to S11.
Handle by carrying out above-mentioned toner replenishing, toner replenishing to image processing system 500A, is provided to photosensitive drums 510 via developer 528 with toner from toner Cartridge 1 afterwards, form image.
At this, reset switch 100 plays a role as the packing test section.
Embodiment 2
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of the count section that has of toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 2.The toner Cartridge 1 of present embodiment is different with the toner Cartridge of embodiment 1, also has control device 95 and display panel 96 by battery 97 power supplies and action.
In addition, the part with embodiment 1 correspondence is marked with identical label and omits its explanation.
The predetermined value n0 of number of times is shaken in storage in advance among the ROM of control device 95, as toner Cartridge 1 shake number of times more than predetermined value n0, think that then the toner in this toner Cartridge 1 is fully stirred, disassembles.
The operating personnel is after having shown on the display part 29 of image processing system 500A main body that the message of toner Cartridge 1 is changed in urgency, the same during with the toner Cartridge 1 that uses embodiment 1, open the door of image processing system 500A main body, take off the toner Cartridge of installing on the image processing system 500A main body 1, prepare new toner Cartridge 1.Then, behind the package member P of the toner Cartridge 1 that removal is prepared, shake toner Cartridge 1.But remove at this moment, the seal 21 of the toner supply mouth 27 that stops up toner Cartridge 1 as yet.
Finish the operating personnel that shakes toner Cartridge 1 and this toner Cartridge 1 is installed to before the image processing system 500A main body display panel 96 of Visual Confirmation toner Cartridge 1.
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram of the order of shaking auxiliary process carried out of the control device of the toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 2.
When n＞n1 (S32 is for being), after the finishing dealing with of last S31 once, shaken toner Cartridge 1, therefore control device 95 is updated to count results n and shakes frequency n 1 and store (S33) among the RAM into, further judges and shakes more than the predetermined value n0 whether frequency n 1 store in the ROM of control device 95 (S34).
When n1＜n0 (S34 for not), toner Cartridge 1 shake the number of times deficiency, so control device 95 calculates number of times (hereinafter referred to as the residue degree) n2 (S35) that should further shake toner Cartridge 1.Particularly, the result that control device 95 deducts n1 with n0 is updated to residue degree n2 and (is n2 ← n0-n1), and stores among the RAM.
Further, control device 95 will shake frequency n 1 and residue degree n2 is shown to display panel 96 (S36), and, owing to the deficiency of shaking of toner Cartridge 1, therefore the message that will urge the operating personnel to shake toner Cartridge 1 is shown to display panel 96 (S37), makes to handle to turn back to S31.In addition, in S36, also can only show residue degree n2.
Urged the operating personnel shake toner Cartridge 1 to shake n1 and residue degree n2, further shaken toner Cartridge 1 with reference to what show in the display panel 96.
Thereby, when toner Cartridge 1 shake deficiency the time, 1 couple of operating personnel of toner Cartridge warns demonstration, so the operating personnel can recognize the necessity of shaking toner Cartridge 1.And the operating personnel need not self correct number of times that shakes toner Cartridge 1 of counting.
On the other hand, when n1 〉=n0 (S34 is for being), toner Cartridge 1 is fully shaken, toner in the toner Cartridge 1 disassembles, therefore control device 95 makes the indication operating personnel that the message that toner Cartridge 1 is installed to image processing system 500A main body is shown to display panel 96 (S38), finishes to shake auxiliary process.
Be instructed to toner Cartridge 1 is installed to the operating personnel of image processing system 500A main body, after toner Cartridge 1 is installed to image processing system 500A main body, remove the seal 21 of the toner supply mouth 27 that stops up toner Cartridge 1, closing image forms the door of device 500A main body.
After the door of image processing system 500A main body was closed, the control part 28 of image processing system 500A main body drove toner respectively by motor driver 209,210 and transmits motor 205 and toner stirring motor 207.At this moment, rotate various rollers 23,25,26 rotations that drive respectively by toner transmission motor 205 and toner stirring motor 207, toner is provided to developer 528 from toner Cartridge 1.That is, toner is provided to image processing system 500A.
The control device 95 that shakes the above-mentioned toner Cartridge 1 in the auxiliary process plays a role as judging part, and display panel 96 plays a role as display part.
When using above-mentioned toner Cartridge 1, the operating personnel recognizes the necessity that toner Cartridge 1 shakes before toner Cartridge 1 is installed to image processing system 500A main body.Therefore, when toner Cartridge 1 shakes deficiency, saved and taken off toner Cartridge 1 that temporarily is installed to image processing system 500A and the time of after shaking, installing once more.
Fig. 8 is the side view that shakes direction of the oscillator of representing that schematically the toner Cartridge of embodiment 3 has, and Fig. 9 is the side view of distribution of schematically representing the amount of the toner of accommodating in this toner Cartridge.
The toner Cartridge 1 of present embodiment has the toner Cartridge 1 essentially identical structure with embodiment 1,2, but as shown in Figure 8, oscillator 93 is along the length direction (direction of arrow among Fig. 8 of toner Cartridge 1, hereinafter referred to as length direction) direction shake, two contacts 94,94 are isolation configuration in the longitudinal direction.
Further specifically, oscillator 93 is the center with fulcrum 93a, and is round mobile in direction along its length from the hammer body 93b that fulcrum 93a is sagging, contacts alternately with contact 94,94.In addition, also guide portion can be set in the oscillator unit 101, guiding hammer body 93b shakes, so that coming and going of hammer body 93b moved the direction that is limited in alongst.
In addition, the part with embodiment 1,2 correspondences is marked with identical label and omits its explanation.
Because contact 94,94 is isolation configuration in the longitudinal direction, even therefore oscillator 93 can shake to a plurality of directions, when shaking toner Cartridge 1 in the longitudinal direction oscillator 93 shaken in the longitudinal direction by the operating personnel, hammer body 93b and contact 94 butts, counting toner Cartridge 1 shake number of times.And when shaking on the direction (for example vertical with length direction direction) of toner Cartridge 1 beyond length direction, the count results of counter 102 can not increase.
In toner Cartridge 1, shown in Fig. 9 (a), the toner T that accommodates is uneven sometimes in the distribution of the toning dosage of length direction.When the skewness of the toning dosage of length direction, toner quantity sensor 24 can't correctly detect the residual quantity of toners of toner container 22 inside, perhaps the toner T that is provided to developer 528 from toner Cartridge 1 becomes uneven in the toning dose distribution of length direction, and recording chart S goes up the image quality aggravation of the image that forms.In order to suppress this problem, need shake toner Cartridge 1 in the longitudinal direction.
The operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge 1 in the longitudinal direction, reaches predetermined value when above when shaking number of times, and shown in Fig. 9 (b), the toner T that toner Cartridge 1 is accommodated becomes average in the distribution of the toning dosage of length direction.
Figure 10 is the front view of structure of the oscillator unit that has of toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 4, and Figure 11 is the side view of the structure of the oscillator unit that has of the toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 4.
The toner Cartridge 1 of present embodiment has the toner Cartridge 1 essentially identical structure with embodiment 1,2, but replaces the oscillator unit 101 of embodiment 1, and uses oscillator unit 88.
In addition, the part with embodiment 1,2 correspondences is marked with identical label and omits its explanation.
As described in the embodiment 3, in the toner Cartridge 1, there is the toner of accommodating situation at the skewness of the toning dosage of length direction (direction of arrow among Figure 11), therefore need shake in the longitudinal direction.
And toner condenses because of deadweight, therefore need shake in above-below direction (the hollow arrow direction among Figure 10).
Therefore, the operating personnel shakes toner Cartridge 1 respectively on length direction and above-below direction.
Disconnect and fulcrum 90a and contact 91 or contact 92 when conducting in reset switch 100, produce pulse, the pulse that counter 102 countings produce.Therefore, the summation of the number of times that on above-below direction and length direction, shakes corresponding to toner Cartridge 1 of the count results of counter 102.When the count results of counter 102 when predetermined value is above, the distribution of the toning dosage of length direction becomes on average, and, think that toner is fully stirred, disassembles.
In addition, also can constitute, count the number of times that shakes that shakes number of times and length direction of above-below direction separately, judge that each count results is whether more than predetermined value.
Embodiment 5
In embodiment 1～4, it is the structure that toner Cartridge 1 releasably is installed to developer 528, also following structure: have the toner supply device to an amount of toner of developer 528 supply at any time, toner Cartridge is installed on this toner supply device.
Figure 12 is the front view of inner structure of the image processing system of schematic representation embodiment 5.The image processing system 500B of present embodiment and image processing system 500A shown in Figure 1 are basic identical.In Figure 12, the inscape identical with image processing system 500A is marked with identical label, and omits its explanation.
The developer 528 of image processing system 500B is connected with toner supply device 4.Accommodate the toner of scheduled volume in this toner supply device 4.Toner in the toner supply device 4 is stirred, and the supply at any time of an amount of toner is to developer 528.And, when the toner in the toner supply device 4 reduces because of printing waits,, toner Cartridge 3 is installed on the toner supply device 4 in order to replenish toner.Figure 12 represents that toner Cartridge 3 is installed to the form of toner supply device 4.
Figure 13 is the synoptic diagram of expression to the structure of the toner supply device 4 of developer 528 supply toners.The image processing system 500B of present embodiment has toner supply device 4, is used for to developer 528 supply toners.In this toner supply device 4, be consumed, when inner toner reduces, toner Cartridge 3 be installed by the operating personnel because of printing causes toner.This toner Cartridge 3 only is installed to toner supply device 4 when the supply toner, do not install in common image forms.
Form toner at the upper surface of toner supply device 4 and be taken into mouthfuls 42, the toner replenishing mouth 31a of itself and toner Cartridge 3 is chimeric, by pushing and opening in the horizontal direction.In order to prevent that when toner Cartridge 3 is not installed to toner supply device 4 foreign matter is blended into the inside of toner supply device 4, and be provided with toner replenishing baffle plate 40, it is closed under the bounce effect of baffle plate spring 41 in the mode that the obstruction toner is taken into mouth 42, when toner Cartridge 3 has been installed, toner replenishing mouth 31a by toner Cartridge 3 pushes, and makes toner be taken into mouthful 42 openings.
The amount that is filled into the toner T in the toner Cartridge 3 is by following setting: the internal capacity with respect to toner Cartridge 3 self has certain affluence, can guarantee the space in toner Cartridge 3 inside.
Be provided with toner mixing component 32 and core shift hammer 33 in the inside of toner Cartridge 3.The cross section of toner mixing component 32 roughly forms the L font, and being bent into roughly, the support portion of the shorter end face of L font is fixed on the turning axle 34 that is provided with on the cylindrical center of toner Cartridge 3.And turning axle 34 connects toner Cartridge 3, at the outer side of toner Cartridge 3, the inner support swing pinion 35 of generator unit 30.Turning axle 34 is by to prevent that the bearing 34a that mode that the inner toner T that fill of toner Cartridge 3 leak shields is supported on the toner Cartridge 3, makes that toner mixing component 32 and core shift hammer 33 is the center spinning movement with turning axle 34.
In the inside of generator unit 30, follower gear 36 is supported in the mode that is connected engagement with above-mentioned swing pinion 35.The number of teeth of follower gear 36 is less than swing pinion 35, the spinning movement of swing pinion 35 relatively, the rotation of the multiple of the gear ratio of follower gear 36 acquisition swing pinions 35 and follower gear 36.Follower gear 36 is supported on the same axle, is rotated action so that formed the permanent magnet 37 of the S utmost point and the N utmost point respectively in the diagonal side position along with the rotation of follower gear 36.Inductive coil 38 is configured near the rotation round of permanent magnet 37, is electrically connected also supported with the generator unit substrate 39 that is supported by generator unit 30.
The contact terminal 18 of the rubber-like conductive connection part 17 that is electrically connected with the test section 16 of image processing system 500B side is set near the supply mouth 31a of toner Cartridge 3, and along the toner Cartridge side, connect between the output and contact terminal 18 of generator unit substrate 39 by conductor 19, thereby, constitute connecting circuit so that the output voltage of generator unit substrate 39 is directed to the mode of the test section 16 of image processing system 500B side.
And, having pushbutton switch 300 in the generator unit substrate 39, it has the operating portion of freely advancing and retreat inside and outside the box basket.This pushbutton switch 300 carries out the contact contact when operating portion is depressed.Figure 14 and Figure 15 are respectively the synoptic diagram of the state of the toner Cartridge 3 under expression keeping state and the packed state.As shown in figure 14, under the keeping state, be pressed into the operating portion of pushbutton switch 300 by the ground of site of storage.Equally, when packing transmits, as shown in figure 15, in packing case P0, reach fixedly wrappage P1, the P2 of toner Cartridge 3, be pressed into the operating portion of pushbutton switch 300 by protection.
As shown in figure 14, toner Cartridge 3 is placed on upside with toner replenishing mouth 31a when keeping, when under this state, placing for a long time, and the toners cohesion in the toner Cartridge 3.When condensing, toner has near fixing character, under the state that is fully disassembled, has character near liquid, therefore for the toner T in the toner Cartridge 3 is added to toner supply device 4, need disassemble the toner of cohesion, to obtain the original characteristic of toner, especially mobile.
Therefore, the installation exercise personnel of toner Cartridge 3 are as the operation that toner Cartridge 3 is installed to before the toner supply device 4, the action that toner Cartridge 3 is rocked from side to side up and down.At this moment, the mixing component 32 of toner Cartridge 3 inside and core shift hammer 33 are that the center is rotated action by shaking the inertia of generation with the turning axle 34 that supports self.Disassemble the toner of cohesion gradually by the rotation of mixing component 32, obtain good flowability, make toner T revert to particle state.But the operation of shaking of toner Cartridge 3 is only undertaken by manpower, therefore can occur shaking insufficient or shakes the situation of operation, so need to confirm whether carried out shaking fully.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, before being installed to toner supply device 4, can detect and whether carry out shaking fully operation, therefore toner Cartridge 3 self has the generator unit that shakes generating 30 by toner Cartridge 3, and image processing system 500B has: detect the toner Cartridge installation and measuring sensor 15 of toner Cartridge 3 these situations has been installed; Detect the test section 16 of the amount of agitation of toner by the generated energy of generator unit 30; Display part 12 by control part 11 controls; Drive toner replenishing threshold switch motor 13 grades (with reference to Figure 13) of the replenish valve 31 of toner Cartridge 3.
The detection method of the shaking quantity of toner Cartridge 3 below is described.Figure 16 is the circuit diagram of the structure of expression generator unit 30.In the present embodiment, utilization makes swing pinion 35 rotations by the inertia that shakes operation generation in mixing component 32 and core shift hammer 33, make follower gear 36 engagements of the number of teeth less than swing pinion 35, the spinning movement of swing pinion 35 relatively, the rotation of the multiple of the gear ratio of follower gear 36 acquisition swing pinions 35 and follower gear 36.
By the electric power that inductive coil 38 obtains, the induction that rotating magnetic field obtained because of causing by the permanent magnet rotation becomes AC wave shape.Therefore, be transformed to the all-wave waveform, the storage circuit 302 that is made of electric capacity is charged by the rectification circuit 301 that constitutes by diode bridge.Storage circuit 302 and discharge circuit 303 and the splicing ear 304 that presents the charging voltage of storage circuit 302 are connected in parallel.
On the other hand,, obtain the charging voltage of the storage circuit 302 of toner Cartridge 3, judge by test section 16 from conductor coupling portion shown in Figure 12 17 in image processing system 500B one side.Figure 17 is the circuit diagram of the circuit structure of expression test section 16.Test section 16 has comparator circuit 320, the relatively charging voltage of the storage circuit of obtaining from connector contact 321 302, and the benchmark voltage that obtains of the reference power supply 322 in testing circuit, judge whether it is charging voltage, testing result is sent to control part shown in Figure 12 11 from lead-out terminal 323 greater than benchmark voltage.
Action when below toner replenishing being described.The process flow diagram of the order of the processing that image processing system 500B carried out when Figure 18 was the expression toner replenishing.The control part 11 of image processing system 500B judges according to the output that the supply mouth 31a of toner supply device 4 goes up the toner Cartridge installation and measuring sensor 15 that is provided with whether toner Cartridge 3 is mounted (step S41).When toner Cartridge 3 is not installed in judgement (S41 is for denying), standby till toner Cartridge 3 is installed.
When according to the output judgement of toner Cartridge installation and measuring sensor 15 toner Cartridge 3 being installed (S41 is for being), control part 11 judges according to the testing result of test section 16 whether inner toner is fully stirred (S42) by shaking of toner Cartridge 3.When judging that toner is not fully stirred (S42 is for denying), when promptly having notified the inadequate testing result of generated energy that the charging voltage of storage circuit 302 is lower than benchmark voltage, generator unit 30 by test section 16, control part 11 control display parts 12, thus toner is stirred indicated number to display part 12 (step S43).
And, when judging that toner is fully stirred (S42 is for being), promptly the charging voltage of having notified storage circuit 302 by test section 16 is more than benchmark voltage, during the sufficient testing result of generated energy of generator unit 30, control part 11 drive controlling toner replenishing threshold switch motors 13 are opened toner Cartridge replenish valve 31 (step S44).
Then, control part 11 judges whether the supply of toner finishes (step S45).The judgement whether supply of toner is finished is by judging that beginning whether to have passed through the schedule time from toner replenishing carries out.When the supply of judging toner imperfect tense (S45 for not), standby till the supply of toner is finished.
When the supply of judging toner is finished (S45 is for being), control part 11 drive controlling toner replenishing threshold switch motors 13 cut out toner Cartridge replenish valve 31 (step S46).And information that toner replenishing is finished and the information that should take off toner Cartridge 3 are presented at display part 12 (step S47), the toner replenishing action among the process ends figure.
In addition, in the present embodiment, when judging that toner Cartridge 3 does not fully stir, carry out the demonstration of display part 12, thereby urge shaking of toner Cartridge 3, but output unit such as sound also is set, report the formation of this information by voice output.
Embodiment 6
In embodiment 5, after toner Cartridge 3 is installed to toner supply device 4, whether detect is to be mounted under by well-beaten state at inner toner T, when judgement is not fully stirred, the message that should shake toner Cartridge 3 once more is presented at the display part 12 of image processing system 500B, but also self display part is set, and the formation that shows at this display part at toner Cartridge 3.
Figure 19 is the circuit diagram of circuit structure of the toner Cartridge of expression embodiment 6.The toner Cartridge of present embodiment has in order to show shaking quantity: display part 314, and it comprises AD transducer 311, display control unit 322 and display panel 313; With battery 315, provide electric power to this display part 314.
The both end voltage of the storage circuit 302 that will illustrate in embodiment 5 outputs to display control unit 312 with 311 conversion of AD transducer.Display control unit 312 is the monokaryon CPU with not shown CPU, ROM, RAM, I/O etc.The value of display control unit 312 after according to the AD conversion, with both end voltage with as the pairing value of difference of the both end voltage (the pairing voltage of the shaking quantity of necessity when carrying out the toner replenishing operation) of benchmark or shake number of times and be shown to display panel 313.The operating personnel who carries out the replenishment operation of toner passes through to need how to shake after can discerning with reference to current demonstration, can implement shake operation till becoming necessary shaking quantity.
Embodiment 7
Figure 20 is the synoptic diagram of structure of the toner supply device 4 of expression embodiment 7, and Figure 21 is the circuit diagram that the circuit of expression electricity-generating circuit constitutes.Among the figure, the 350th, the generator motor of holding concurrently is installed on the toner mixing component 32.Power converter is carried out in the generator action that 350 pairs in motor shakes the toner mixing component 32 that causes of holding concurrently.The electric power of conversion is put aside in the storage circuit shown in Figure 21 302.
And the generator motor 350 of holding concurrently is connected with control part 11 via driver 400, after toner Cartridge 3 is installed to toner supply device 4, to generator motor 350 power supplies of holding concurrently, makes 32 rotations of toner mixing component via driver 400.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, after stopping the shaking of toner Cartridge 3, also can continue agitation of toner, prevent that toner from condensing once more by the hold concurrently driving force of motor 350 of generator.
Embodiment 8
In embodiment 5～7, its structure is to have toner mixing component 32 in the inside of toner Cartridge 3, but also can stir inner toner by shaking of toner Cartridge 3, therefore not necessarily leaves no choice but to have toner mixing component 32.In the present embodiment, the mode with toner mixing component 32 is described.
Figure 22 is the synoptic diagram of structure of the toner supply device 4 of explanation embodiment 8.In the present embodiment, has the rotary body that rotates according to shaking of toner Cartridge 3 in the inside of toner Cartridge 3.Figure 23 is the synoptic diagram of the rotary body of expression toner Cartridge 3 inside.Figure 23 (a) is the side view of rotary body, and Figure 23 (b) is the planimetric map of rotary body.This rotary body has: disk 70, be installed on the turning axle 34, and this turning axle 34 rotates freely the swing pinion 35 in the earth's axis support generator unit 30; With eccentric weight 33,33, be installed in the end of the circumferencial direction of this disk 70.
The rotary body of this structure rotates by shaking of toner Cartridge 3.In the present embodiment, the rotation of rotary body is detected as the induction electromotive force that produces in the inductive coil 38, thereby can correctly detect the shaking quantity (number of revolutions of rotary body) of toner Cartridge 3.
Claims (11)
1. a toner Cartridge is accommodated toner, and stirs the toner of accommodating by shaking, and it is characterized in that, has the count section of being counted by the number of times of hand shaken toner Cartridge before installing at toner Cartridge.
2. toner Cartridge according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also has the packing test section that detects packaged situation, detects when packaged at above-mentioned packing test section, and above-mentioned count section makes count results keep 0.
3. toner Cartridge according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned count section has: oscillator, shake to a direction at least; The contact of this oscillator contact; Sum counter is counted with the number of times that above-mentioned contact contacts above-mentioned oscillator.
4. toner Cartridge according to claim 3 is characterized in that, toner Cartridge be shaped as column, above-mentioned oscillator is along shaking on the direction of its length direction.
5. toner Cartridge according to claim 3 is characterized in that above-mentioned oscillator shakes to a plurality of directions, and above-mentioned contact shakes the corresponding configuration of direction with above-mentioned oscillator a plurality of respectively.
6. toner Cartridge according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also has display part, shows the count results of above-mentioned count section.
7. toner Cartridge according to claim 1 is characterized in that also having: judging part, and whether the count results of judging above-mentioned count section is more than predetermined value; And display part, when this judgement section judges for not the time, the message that demonstration should be shaken.
8. an image processing system is characterized in that,
Have: development section is attached on the electrostatic latent image that forms on the surface of photoreceptor toner, and toner image is developed; With transfer printing portion, will be transferred on the recording materials by the toner image that this development section develops,
This image processing system can be installed any described toner Cartridge in the claim 1 to 7 with loading and unloading, and the toner of accommodating in the toner Cartridge of installing is provided to above-mentioned development section,
This image processing system also has control part, the count results of the count section that has according to above-mentioned toner Cartridge, and the control toner is to the supply of above-mentioned development section.
9. image processing system according to claim 8 is characterized in that, above-mentioned control part carries out the whether judgement more than predetermined value of above-mentioned count results, when being judged as not, forbids the supply of above-mentioned toner.
10. image processing system according to claim 8 is characterized in that, also has report portion, reports above-mentioned count results.
11. image processing system according to claim 8 is characterized in that, also has: judging part, judge that above-mentioned count results is whether more than predetermined value; With report portion, when this judgement section judges for not the time, report should be shaken the message of above-mentioned toner Cartridge.
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