Can evenly transmit the flat toner casket and the toner paddle thereof of toner
Technical field
The invention provides a kind of flat toner casket and toner paddle thereof, the particularly a kind of flat toner casket and toner paddle thereof that can evenly transmit toner.
Background technology
Electrophotographic imaging forming apparatus as duplicating machine and printer, is to utilize the electrophotographic image forming printing technique, with in recording medium, as forming image on the paper.Standard electronic photographing imaging print routine includes charging (charging), exposure (exposing), development (developing), transfer printing (transferring), photographic fixing (fusing), removes (cleaning), and except that electricity basic steps such as (erasing), and the standard colour print of color electrophotographic image forming apparatus has more comprised the mutual chromatography use between multiple different colours toner, and for example four color look toner imaging devices are to use the toner casket of yellow (yellow), magenta (magenta), cyan (cyan) and black (black).
See also Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of prior art one laser print apparatus 10, and laser print apparatus 10 can be laser printer or multifunctional office machine etc.Laser print apparatus 10 comprises a casing 12, be used for coating the inner member of laser print apparatus 10, laser print apparatus 10 main elements comprise a sensitization band (photoconductive belt) 14, one charge member (charger) 16 is in order to charging on sensitization band 14, one exposure device (exposing device) 18 is in order to exposure sensitization band 14, so that form sub-image (latent image) on the sensitization band 14, one developing apparatus (developer) 20, it comprises a plurality of toner caskets, stored toner can be incident upon on the sub-image to form toner image (toner image) in the toner casket, one transfer roll (transfer roller) 24 is in order to be transferred to the toner image on the recording medium 30, fen-ting image device of the same colour (toner fuser) 26 in order to the toner photographic fixing on recording medium 30 and finish the printing of image, one cleaning device 22 is removed in order to the toner that will remain on the sensitization band 14, and a neutralizer (discharge unit) 28 is in order to remove the remaining electric charge on the sensitization band 14.
Because laser print apparatus need be used the toner casket toner of printing usefulness is provided, and well whether the flow design of toner in the toner casket, can influence the service efficiency of the print quality and the toner of laser printer, then can cause the image printing bad and can't use stored toner in the toner casket efficiently if the toner flow design is bad, and cause the usefulness of laser printer to give full play to.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of flat toner casket and toner paddle thereof that can evenly transmit toner, to solve the above problems.
The present invention discloses a kind of toner paddle that is installed in the flat toner casket and is used for stirring toner, it includes a rotating shaft, an and sheet works, it is connected in this rotating shaft, the flexible rigidity of the middle body of this schistose texture thing is less than the flexible rigidity of side part, so that this rotating shaft drives the rotation of this schistose texture thing when advancing to drive toner, the deformation of the middle body of this schistose texture thing is flowed toward middle body greater than the deformation of side part and the toner side part by this schistose texture thing.
The present invention also discloses a kind of flat toner casket, it includes a housing, which is provided with an opening and inside and be formed with a toner storage area, this toner storage area is used for storing toner, be formed with one first outstanding structure and one second outstanding structure on the inboard of this housing, have a difference in height between this first outstanding structure and this second outstanding structure; One developer roll, this opening and the part that are installed in this housing are exposed to outside this opening; One supply roller is installed in this housing and is contacted with this developer roll, is used for transmitting toner to this developer roll; And a toner paddle mechanism, be installed in this toner storage area, in order to transmit toner to this supply roller.
Description of drawings
The simple declaration of accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of prior art laser print apparatus.
Fig. 2 is the schematic appearance of the flat toner casket of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the side-looking diagrammatic cross-section of the flat toner casket of the present invention.
Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are respectively the schematic appearance of the first toner paddle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the stressed synoptic diagram between schistose texture thing of the present invention and toner.
The main element symbol description
10 laser print apparatus, 12 casings
14 sensitization bands, 16 charge members
18 exposure devices, 20 developing apparatuss
22 cleaning devices, 24 transfer rolls
26 toner fixing devices 28 remove electric device
30 recording mediums
50 flat toner casket 52 housings
54 openings, 56 developer rolls
58 toner storage areas, 581 first toner accumulator tanks
582 second toner accumulator tanks 583 the 3rd toner accumulator tank
60 first outstanding structure 62 second outstanding structures
64 supply rollers, 66 toner paddle mechanisms
661 first toner paddles, 662 second toner paddles
68 rotating shafts of 663 the 3rd toner paddles
70 schistose texture things, 701 middle bodies
702 side parts, 703 lower surfaces
72 first perforates of 704 notches
74 second perforates, 76 toners
Embodiment
See also Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the schematic appearance of a flat toner casket 50 of one embodiment of the present invention, flat toner casket 50 can be installed in the casing of a laser print apparatus, flat toner casket 50 includes a housing 52, be used for coating inner member and ccontaining toner, be formed with an opening 54 on the housing 52, flat toner casket 50 includes a developer roll 56 in addition, the opening 54 and the part that are installed in housing 52 are exposed to outside the opening 54, be used for transmitting stored toner to a photo-sensitive cell (as photosensitive drums or sensitization band etc.) in the housing 52, developer roll 56 can be a cylinder mechanism and constitutes, it for example is a tubular metal mechanism, or the tubulose mechanism that forms by elastic material, wherein the surface of this developer roll 56 can comprise that an external coating layer maybe can carry out in sandblast place.See also Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the side-looking diagrammatic cross-section of the flat toner casket 50 of the present invention, the inside of the housing 52 of flat toner casket 50 is formed with a toner storage area 58, it is used for storing toner, be formed with one first outstanding structure 60 and one second outstanding structure 62 on the bottom side, inside of housing 52, wherein the first outstanding structure 60 and second outstanding 62 on the structure have a difference in height, the first outstanding structure 60 and the second outstanding structure, 62 separation toner storage areas 58 are one first toner accumulator tank 581 thus, one second toner accumulator tank 582, and one the 3rd toner accumulator tank 583.Flat toner casket 50 includes a supply roller (supply roller) 64 in addition, is installed in the housing 52 and is contacted with developer roll 56, is used for transmitting toner to developer roll 56, and supply roller 64 can be the cylinder mechanism by foam material constituted.Flat toner casket 50 includes a toner paddle mechanism 66 in addition, is installed in the toner storage area 58, is used for stirring the transmission toner.Preferably, each toner accumulator tank setting powder paddle of the same colour at least, for example toner paddle mechanism 66 includes one first toner paddle 661, be arranged in the first toner accumulator tank 581, one second toner paddle 662, be arranged in the second toner accumulator tank 582, and one the 3rd toner paddle 663, be arranged in the 3rd toner accumulator tank 583.As shown in Figure 3, the first toner paddle 661 of toner paddle mechanism 66, the second toner paddle 662, and 663 meetings of the 3rd toner paddle be rotated with the counter clockwise direction shown in the arrow, the first toner paddle 661 can be sent to the second toner accumulator tank 582 by the first toner accumulator tank 581 with toner, the second toner paddle 662 can be sent to the 3rd toner accumulator tank 583 by the second toner accumulator tank 582 with toner, and the 3rd toner paddle 663 can be sent to supply roller 64 places by the 3rd toner accumulator tank 583 with toner, and supply roller 64 is sent to developer roll 56 with the toner that is transmitted again afterwards.Utilize toner paddle mechanism 66 between different toner accumulator tanks, to transmit the mechanism design of toner to supply roller 64, can make flat toner casket 50 face shapings more be tending towards flat, and reduce the height of flat toner casket 50 effectively, to save the internal mechanism space of laser print apparatus.Because toner is constantly transmitted toward supply roller 64 ends by toner paddle mechanism 66, so will cause toner is piled up in influences the toner projection near supply roller 64 ends usefulness, so the bottom design first outstanding structure 60 and the second outstanding structure 62 in housing 52 inside, wherein this first outstanding structure 60 and second outstanding 62 on the structure have difference in height, make the toner accumulator tank 581 of winning, the second toner accumulator tank 582,583 sections of having of the 3rd toner accumulator tank are poor, the purpose of this section difference is to use so that toner can be back to the accumulator tank away from supply roller 64 ends effectively, and make toner can evenly stir distribution, can specificly not concentrate on certain section in the toner storage area 58.For instance, when the second toner accumulator tank, 582 stored toners exceeded the first outstanding structure 60, the second toner accumulator tank, 582 stored toners can be back to the first toner accumulator tank 581, excessively are piled up in the second toner accumulator tank 582 to avoid toner; In like manner, when the 3rd toner accumulator tank 583 stored toners exceeded the second outstanding structure 62, the 3rd toner accumulator tank 583 stored toners can be back to the second toner accumulator tank 582, excessively are piled up in the 3rd toner accumulator tank 583 to avoid toner.Also can avoid thus if do not have between each accumulator tank when section is poor to be designed, toner is easy to generate the situation that triangular shape is piled up.
In addition, can form a plurality of outstanding structures on the bottom side, inside of housing 52 of the present invention, and not only be confined to two outstanding structures of the foregoing description, toner storage area 58 is divided into the toner accumulator tank of corresponding quantity with difference in height.
See also Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are respectively the schematic appearance of the first toner paddle 661 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.As Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5, the first toner paddle 661 includes a rotating shaft 68, and a sheet works 70, and it is connected in rotating shaft 68.Rotating shaft 68 is connected in a Power Drive Unit (not being shown among the figure), stirs the transmission toner so as to being driven to rotate to drive sheet works 70.This schistose texture thing 70 can be made up of vibrin (mylar) material, the flexible rigidity of one middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 is divided 702 flexible rigidity less than two flanking parts, that is the flexible rigidity numerical value of this schistose texture thing 70 divides 702 to increase progressively by middle body 701 toward two flanking parts.For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 4, be the purpose of dividing 702 flexible rigidity with the width W 1 of the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 divides the means of 702 width W 2 to reach the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 greater than two flanking parts flexible rigidity less than two flanking parts; That is a lower surface 703 of this schistose texture thing 70 is an arc external form.See also Fig. 4 again, wherein can be on this schistose texture thing 70 non-isometric a plurality of notches 704 be set, by the difference of schistose texture thing 70 its sizes of segmentation, the flexible rigidity that reaches the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 is divided the purpose of 702 flexible rigidity less than two flanking parts.Wherein this schistose texture thing 70 also can be made up of several schistose texture things that varies in size.And in embodiment shown in Figure 5, schistose texture thing 70 is provided with a plurality of openings, be provided with one first perforate 72 as middle body 701, two flanking parts of schistose texture thing 70 divide 702 to be respectively arranged with one second perforate 74, wherein the area of first perforate 72 is greater than the area of second perforate 74, and first perforate 72 and 74 of second perforates optionally are provided with a plurality of perforates, perforated area the closer to the perforate of middle body 701 is then big more, is perforated area with the perforate of the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 divides the means of the perforated area of 702 perforate to reach the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 greater than two flanking parts flexible rigidity is divided 702 flexible rigidity less than two flanking parts purpose in this embodiment.As mentioned above; when 70 rotations of rotating shaft 68 drive schistose texture things are advanced to drive toner; the deformation meeting of the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 is greater than the deformation of side part 702; this is because the flexible rigidity of the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 is divided 702 flexible rigidity less than two flanking parts; therefore the flexible rigidity of the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 is divided the structural design of 702 flexible rigidity less than two flanking parts, the category that all belongs to the present invention and protected.See also Fig. 6, Fig. 6 is the stressed synoptic diagram between schistose texture thing 70 of the present invention and toner, when schistose texture thing 70 direction shown in arrow among the figure is advanced when driving toner 76 and advance, two flanking parts of schistose texture thing 70 divide 702 can bestow toner 76 1 positive force N1, and the middle body 701 of schistose texture thing 70 can be bestowed toner 76 1 positive force N2.Positive force N1 can be decomposed into the FX of directions X and FY two component of Y direction, the component FY of Y direction can drive toner 76 and advance in the Y direction, meaning promptly transmits toner between different toner accumulator tanks, and the component FX of directions X can drive toner 76 and flowed toward middle bodies 701 by the side part 702 of schistose texture thing 70, just can concentrate the middle body 701 of toner thus in schistose texture thing 70, because the required toner of image printing middle body can be more than the required toner in marginal portion usually, and this design can allow toner focus mostly in the middle body of toner casket, so can make the utilization of toner more efficient.In addition, the second toner paddle 662 of toner paddle mechanism 66 and the structural design of the 3rd toner paddle 663 also can be same as the structural design of the aforementioned first toner paddle 661, just no longer describe in detail at this.
In sum, the outstanding structure Design of the enclosure interior bottom side section of the having difference of the flat toner casket of the present invention, can make between each toner accumulator tank the section of having poor, so toner can be back to the accumulator tank away from the supply roller end effectively, and make toner can evenly stir distribution, can specificly not concentrate on certain section in the toner storage area; Moreover, the structural design of the flexible rigidity of dividing less than two flanking parts by the flexible rigidity of the middle body of the schistose texture thing of toner paddle, it is mobile toward middle body by the side part of schistose texture thing to drive toner, just can allow toner focus mostly on thus in the middle body of toner casket, and then make the utilization of toner more efficient, so the structural design of flat toner casket of the present invention and toner paddle thereof can be optimized the utilization factor of mobile efficient of toner and lifting toner.
Compared to prior art, toner paddle of the present invention and relevant flat toner casket can improve toner and be piled up in problem between the toner accumulator tank, and can allow toner focus mostly in the middle body of toner casket, so can make the utilization of toner more efficient, and then greatly promote the print quality and printing usefulness of laser print apparatus.
The above only is the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and is all according to equalization variation and modification that the present invention did, all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.