CN102540819B - Carbon powder box - Google Patents

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CN102540819B
CN102540819B CN201210003985.4A CN201210003985A CN102540819B CN 102540819 B CN102540819 B CN 102540819B CN 201210003985 A CN201210003985 A CN 201210003985A CN 102540819 B CN102540819 B CN 102540819B
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刘泉
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The invention aims to provide a carbon powder box for preventing waste powder from easily accumulating at a waste powder inlet. The carbon powder box provided by the invention comprises a waste powder cabin for accommodating waste carbon powder, wherein the waste powder cabin is provided with the waste powder inlet and a rotating shaft; a stressed component is arranged; one end of the stressed component is a fixed end in the waste powder cabin; the lower end of the stressed component is a free end; and a mechanism for driving the free end of the stressed component to swing is arranged on the rotating shaft.

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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of cartridge of used for electronic photography image forming apparatus.
Background technology
In electrophotographic image forming, conventionally have graphics processing unit and developing cell, the developers such as carbon dust that utilize developing cell to provide, for the latent electrostatic image developing that forms on graphics processing unit to form visual picture on the media such as paper.Wherein carbon dust, as consumables, needs constantly in electrophotographic image forming, to supplement.General employing is removably mounted to having in electrophotographic image forming to be held the cartridge of a certain amount of carbon dust and provides carbon dust to electrophotographic image forming, generally has the puddle support that stirs carbon dust in carbon dust accommodation section.Meanwhile, the useless powder that graphics processing unit produces also need to take out in electrophotographic image forming.
Fig. 1 shows a kind of existing cartridge, and this cartridge is except having the powder storehouse 1 that holds new carbon dust, also have the waste powder hopper 2 that holds useless powder, after the useless powder after the new carbon dust in powder storehouse is finished or in waste powder hopper is full of, and the cartridge more renewing.In waste powder hopper 2, there is the screw rod 3 that useless powder is carried away from useless powder entrance end to waste powder hopper inside from useless powder porch.When carbon dust in waste powder hopper is more, because useless powder has certain adhesiveness, thereby useless powder sticks in the helicla flute of screw rod 3, screw rod 3 loses the ability away from useless powder inlet end powder feeding to waste powder hopper 2, the rotation of screw rod no longer makes useless powder be moved, and useless powder is deposited in the useless powder inlet end of waste powder hopper 2, causes while still having larger space to hold useless powder in waste powder hopper 2, it is full that electrophotographic image forming is designated as waste powder hopper 2, and useless powder stops up useless powder entrance.
Therefore need a kind of powder that makes to give up to be difficult for the cartridge of piling up in useless powder porch.
Summary of the invention
The object of this invention is to provide a kind of powder that makes to give up and be difficult for the cartridge of piling up in useless powder porch.
For achieving the above object, the invention provides following technical scheme:
Cartridge, comprises the waste powder hopper that holds waste carbon powder, and waste powder hopper has useless powder entrance and turning axle, is provided with primary structure member in waste powder hopper, and one end of primary structure member is stiff end, and another is force side, and force side is positioned at the below of useless powder entrance; Turning axle is provided with the force-applying piece of the force side swing that can cause primary structure member.
Swing by primary structure member force side makes difficult assembly of useless powder have mobility, have the useless powder gravitate of mobility to moving away from useless powder inlet end, thereby useless powder can not piled up in useless powder porch.
More concrete scheme is that primary structure member has ferromagnetism, and force-applying piece is magnet, and is set to the rotation along with turning axle, and the magnetic direction that magnet produces constantly changes.Due to the variation of magnetic direction, magnetic field force drive has ferromagnetic primary structure member and constantly swings, and in swing process, the useless powder in waste powder hopper is broken up, and makes it be difficult for assembling and having mobility.
Scheme is that primary structure member is sheet shaped piece or a framework more specifically.The primary structure member of sheet or framework can play in swing process to be broken up useless powder to make it be difficult for the effect of assembling.
Another more concrete scheme is that force-applying piece is cam, and cam can periodically contact with force side in rotation process.Thereby the force side that causes primary structure member in cam rotation process swings so that useless powder is broken up and makes it be difficult for assembling.
Another more concrete scheme is that force-applying piece is bent axle, and bent axle can periodically contact with force side in rotation process.By the rotation of bent axle, realize the swing of primary structure member force side, so that useless powder is broken up, make it be difficult for assembling.
Wherein primary structure member can be flexure strip, and the elastic recovery by flexure strip is to initial position.Also can in cartridge, be provided with elastic mechanism, elastic mechanism forces primary structure member to be positioned at initial position, and its primary structure member can be a framework.
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Fig. 1 is the structural drawing of existing cartridge;
Fig. 2 is the stereographic map of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the structural drawing of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the A-A cut-open view of turning axle in Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is the structural drawing of first embodiment of the invention primary structure member;
Fig. 6 is the structural drawing of second embodiment of the invention.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with each embodiment and accompanying drawing thereof, the present invention is elaborated.
The first embodiment
As shown in Figures 2 and 3, cartridge has the powder storehouse 1 that holds new carbon dust and the waste powder hopper 2 that holds useless powder, 1 bottom, powder storehouse is provided with to the meal outlet 11 of the developing cell supply toner in electrophotographic image forming, the able to turn on or off meal outlet 11 of gate 12, puddle support 13 is positioned at 1 inside, powder storehouse for stirring new carbon dust.Waste powder hopper 2 ends are provided with the opening by lid 21 sealings, and this opening extends from end to waste powder hopper 2 is inner, and forms cylindrical part 22, and the bottom of cylindrical part 22 has the useless powder entrance 23 that useless powder enters waste powder hopper 2 inside.In addition, waste powder hopper 2 ends are also provided with gear 24 to drive turning axle 25 and puddle support 12, and the top of turning axle 25 is provided with primary structure member 26, and the upper end of primary structure member 26 is that stiff end is rotatably mounted on the axle 27 being connected with cylindrical part 22 in waste powder hopper 2.
Fig. 4 shows the cut-open view of turning axle, as shown in Figure 4, turning axle 25 comprises axle center part 251 and lays respectively at two blocks of magnet 252 as force-applying piece of its both sides, on two blocks of magnet 252, all arrange porosely, and coordinate magnet 252 is arranged on axle center part 251 with projection on axle center part 251 by hole.Fig. 3 show along turning axle 25 axially, the polarity of two magnet 252 ends is contrary, thus along with the rotation of turning axle 25, the magnetic field that magnet 252 produces constantly changes.Be understandable that, the set-up mode of magnet 252 is not limited to this, needs only the rotation along with turning axle 25, and the magnetic field that magnet 252 produces can constantly change.
Fig. 5 shows the structural drawing of primary structure member, as shown in Figure 5, primary structure member 26 is by having that ferromagnetic material is made and being a framework, and the ring 261 by upper end is that stiff end primary structure member 26 is rotatably mounted on axle 27, and primary structure member 26 lower ends are that free end is force side.There is ferromagnetic material and refer to that this material can idiopathicly magnetize, as materials such as iron, can be by magnet magnetization, thus be subject to the impact in the magnetic field that magnet produces.
While working in cartridge is mounted to electrophotographic image forming, Rotary grate 12 makes it to open meal outlet 11, carbon dust in powder storehouse 1 is supplied to the developing cell in electrophotographic image forming via meal outlet, the projection with useless powder escape hole in electrophotographic image forming promotes to cover 21 and moves to cylindrical part 22 is inner, thereby open useless powder entrance 23, useless powder enters in waste powder hopper 2 through useless powder escape hole and useless powder entrance 23.Gear 24 is accepted driving force and is rotated, and driven rotary axle 25 and puddle support 13 rotate.Rotation along with turning axle 25, the magnetic field that magnet 252 produces constantly changes, have ferromagnetic primary structure member 26 moves under the effect of magnetic force, because the upper end of primary structure member 26 is fixed on axle 27, its lower end swings with the variation in magnetic field, thereby constantly the useless powder that enters waste powder hopper through useless powder entrance 23 is broken up and made it be difficult for assembly and have mobility.There is the impact that the useless powder of mobility can gravitate and away from the end of useless powder entrance, move in waste powder hopper 2, can not cause useless powder in the accumulation at useless powder entrance 23 places.
In the present embodiment, primary structure member 26 also can be made by having ferromagnetic flaky material, and its upper end can be provided with hole, then by iron wire etc., is enclosed within on axle 27 and is fixed, and lower end is free end, and is subject to the magnetic fields that magnet 252 produces and swings.
The second embodiment
In the present embodiment, in the structure of cartridge and the first embodiment, the structure of cartridge is similar, and just in waste powder hopper, the structure of force-applying piece and primary structure member is different from the first embodiment.
As shown in Figure 6, cartridge has the powder storehouse 1 that holds new carbon dust and the waste powder hopper 2 that holds useless powder, on turning axle 28 in waste powder hopper 2, be provided with the cam 281 as force-applying piece, primary structure member 291 is set to flexure strip, and wherein primary structure member 291 upper ends are that stiff end is fixed in cylindrical part 23.
While working in cartridge is mounted to electrophotographic image forming, rotation along with turning axle 28, cam 281 is that force side contacts with the free end of primary structure member 29, and promote primary structure member 29 and move, because its lower end generation elastic deformation is fixed in the upper end of primary structure member 29, further rotation along with turning axle 28, cam 281 disengages with primary structure member 29, primary structure member 29 elastic recoverys are to initial position, thereby the rotation along with turning axle 28, cam 281 periodically contacts with the free end of primary structure member, the free end of primary structure member 29 is constantly swung, and then the useless powder that enters waste powder hopper through useless powder entrance is broken up and made it be difficult for assembly and have mobility, the useless powder with mobility can be to moving away from the end of useless powder entrance under Action of Gravity Field, can not cause useless powder in the accumulation of useless powder porch.
In the present embodiment, primary structure member 29 also can be set to as the framework in the first embodiment, and if the ring set arranging by upper end in the first embodiment is on the axle being connected with cylindrical part 23, the spring that lower end and is arranged in waste powder hopper is connected, its medi-spring one end is fixed in waste powder hopper, thereby the other end is connected and makes primary structure member 29 remain on an initial position with the lower end of primary structure member.When cam 281 turns to 29 times end in contact of primary structure member, cam promotes primary structure member 29 lower ends and overcomes spring restoring force and move, at cam 281, turn to while not contacting with primary structure member 29, the restoring force of spring makes primary structure member 29 return back to initial position, thereby the rotation along with turning axle 28, cam 281 periodically contacts with the lower end of primary structure member, and the lower end of primary structure member is constantly swung.
Be more than preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention includes but be not limited to this, as turning axle can be set to bent axle, the fixed form of primary structure member is also not limited to above enumerating, and the technical scheme of the modes such as all employing equivalent transformations all drops in protection scope of the present invention.

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1. cartridge, comprises
The waste powder hopper that holds waste carbon powder, described waste powder hopper has useless powder entrance and turning axle;
It is characterized in that:
In described waste powder hopper, be provided with and there is ferromagnetic primary structure member, one end of described primary structure member is stiff end, described stiff end is provided with ring, thereby making described primary structure member be rotatably mounted to described useless powder divides on an interior axle, the other end away from described stiff end of described primary structure member is force side, and described force side is positioned at the below of described useless powder entrance;
Described turning axle is provided with the magnet that can cause described force side to swing, and along with the rotation of described turning axle, the magnetic direction that described magnet produces periodically changes.
2. cartridge according to claim 1, is characterized in that:
Described primary structure member is sheet shaped piece.
3. cartridge according to claim 1, is characterized in that:
Described primary structure member is a framework.
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