The print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of print cartridge, particularly a kind of print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism of printing raw material that provides for ink-jet printer.
Background technology
Number of patent application is that CN200710006265.2 and number of patent application are two China's patent application of CN200810087258.4, discloses a kind ofly to form print cartridge by container cavity, ink supply port.In order to show the ink capacity in the print cartridge, can a long-armed floating part be set in print cartridge, floating part mid point hinge is connected in the container cavity, and floating part can rotate around fulcrum with the size of quantity of ink.Simultaneously be provided with a transparent indicating window on print cartridge, an end of floating part is arranged in the indicating window, makes the external world can obtain the information of the situation of print cartridge use according to the position of floating part in the indicating window.Come round in this design indicating window and container cavity inside, to having relatively high expectations of material requirements and manufacturing.Because indicating window is less, the position of floating part swing is limited easily simultaneously, and the swing that the bubble that the process that print cartridges such as transportation move produces also can influence floating part has some setbacks, and causes accuracy of identification not high, can't react the ink capacity in the print cartridge accurately.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is provides a kind of production cost low for the deficiency that solves above-mentioned technology, can be effectively, conveniently cooperate with printer, and accurately show the ink consumption, and the high print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism of reliability.
In order to achieve the above object, the print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism that the present invention is designed, it mainly comprises box body and the ink outlet port that cooperates with printer, be provided with the container cavity of storage ink in the box body, described box body is provided with the steering wheel adjacent with container cavity, described steering wheel is fixed on the print cartridge by the hinges fixing fixed point, is provided with direction control piece, ink identifying hole and ink detection hole on steering wheel.Wherein said direction control piece is arranged on a side and the close container cavity of hinges fixing fixed point; Described ink identifying hole is arranged on the opposite side relative with the direction control piece of hinges fixing fixed point; Described ink detection hole is arranged between ink identifying hole and the hinges fixing fixed point, and described ink detection hole and ink identifying hole are separate or crossing.Described ink detection hole can also be arranged on the top or the bottom of ink identifying hole simultaneously, or in the top and the bottom of ink identifying hole the ink identifying hole is set all.The advantage of this design is, induction part is separated with container cavity, has effectively avoided the interference of the ink of container cavity to steering wheel, and the ink surplus can accurately be shown.Simultaneously, can make printer effectively detect the print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism, and the ink surplus, guarantee to have in the print cartridge of steering wheel detection mechanism and be printed machine identification for the design in ink identifying hole and ink detection hole.
Further scheme is, for rotation direction and the amplitude that reaches effective restriction steering wheel, described steering wheel edge is provided with spacing shelves, and box body is provided with the limited block that cooperates with spacing shelves.By the cooperation between spacing shelves and the limited block, the rotation of restriction steering wheel.
Further scheme is, cooperate in order to adapt to various difform print cartridges, described steering wheel be shaped as circle or triangle or quadrangle or pentagon or hexagon or heptagon or abnormity.
Further scheme is again, described container cavity inwall is provided with a fulcrum, the fulcrum upper hinge is connected with indication piece, described indication piece is with ink level swing in the container cavity, end at the close steering wheel of indication piece spare is provided with induction pieces, induction pieces is corresponding mutually with the direction control piece, and induction pieces is by the rotation of induction force controlling party to control piece.
In order to make indication piece be outward extended with rocker piece on the described indication piece with the rotation of ink level sensitivity.
The resulting print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism of the present invention, container cavity is separated with steering wheel, and ink identifying hole and ink detection hole on steering wheel, have reasonably been designed, effectively avoided the defective of print cartridge, omitted the thin-walled design that the existing print cartridge front end that has steering wheel detection mechanism protrudes, make print cartridge profile rule more, also reduced production cost.Interlock by induction pieces designs simultaneously, feasible inner indication piece and the effective interlock of steering wheel, accurately reactive ink surplus.In sum, the print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism that the present invention is designed has reasonable in design, the profile rule, production cost is low, can accurately cooperate with printer, and can be effectively the accurate advantage of reactive ink information.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the print cartridge front view that the embodiment of the invention 1 has steering wheel detection mechanism;
Fig. 2 is the embodiment of the invention 2 steering wheel arrangement schematic diagrames.
The specific embodiment
The invention will be further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings below by embodiment.
Embodiment 1:
As shown in Figure 1, the print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism that present embodiment is described, the ink outlet port 2 that it mainly comprises box body 1 and cooperates with printer, be provided with the container cavity 3 of storage ink in the box body 1, described box body 1 is provided with the steering wheel 7 adjacent with container cavity 3, is provided with indication piece 5 in the container cavity 3, and indication piece 5 can change and move along with the inks in the container cavity 3, and indication piece 5 one ends are equipped with induction pieces 6, and induction pieces 6 is close in the steering wheel 7 adjacent with container cavity 3.Steering wheel 7 is separate respectively with the indication piece 5 in the container cavity 3, and steering wheel 7 is provided with direction control piece 8, ink identifying hole 9 and ink detection hole 10, direction control piece 8 is corresponding with the induction pieces 6 of indication piece 5 in being installed in container cavity 3, and the below of ink identifying hole 9 is provided with a described ink detection hole 10.
Be provided with hinges fixing fixed point 11 on box body 1, steering wheel 7 hinges are connected on the hinges fixing fixed point 11, and direction control piece 8 is arranged on a side of hinges fixing fixed point 11, and near container cavity 3; Ink identifying hole 9 is arranged on a relative side with the direction control piece of hinges fixing fixed point 11; Ink detection hole 10 is located between ink identifying hole 9 and the hinges fixing fixed point 11; And described ink identifying hole 9 and ink detection hole 10 are communicated with, and ink identifying hole 9 is grooves of strip.
Steering wheel 7 edges are provided with spacing shelves 13, and box body 1 is provided with and described spacing shelves 13 limited blocks that cooperate 4, described steering wheel 7 of while be shaped as circle
Be provided with fulcrum 12 in the container cavity 3, indication piece 5 hinges are connected on the fulcrum 12, and indication piece 5 middle parts are outward extended with rocker piece 14.
Wherein said induction pieces 6 and direction control piece 8 all are that magnetic material constitutes, and pass through magnetic force interlocking between the two.
During work, the print cartridge that will have steering wheel detection mechanism is fit in the printer, and the checkout gear of printer detects ink identifying hole 9 earlier, and after detecting ink identifying hole 9, the printer demonstration recognizes ink; Detect ink detection hole 10 then, under the full ink state of print cartridge, the position in ink detection hole 10 is not corresponding with the position of printer checkout gear, and then printer is thought the state that print cartridge is in has ink to use.Use along with printer, ink level in print cartridge slowly descends, indication piece 5 in the container cavity 3 is under the gravity effect of buoyant mass 14, also clockwise rotating slowly, the rotation of indication piece 5 has driven the displacement of induction pieces 6, in direction control piece 8, direction control piece 8 drives steering wheel 7 and rotates induction pieces 6 under the effect of magnetic force by magneticaction.When ink was used up, steering wheel 7 turned to the position of the checkout gear correspondence of ink detection hole 10 and printer, and the checkout gear of printer detects ink detection hole 10, showed that then ink uses up.
Embodiment 2
The print cartridge that has steering wheel detection mechanism that present embodiment is described, its described steering wheel 7 is tetragonal, described ink identifying hole 9 and ink detection hole 10 are separate, and ink detection hole 10 is arranged on the top of ink identifying hole 9.