The cleaning assembly of ink-jet printer
Technical field
The present invention relates to the printer module field, refer in particular to a kind of cleaning assembly of ink-jet printer.
Background technology
At present, a kind of main method of known cleaning, maintenance and maintaining ink-jet printer head adopts cleaning assembly exactly, and its operation principle is: before ink-jet printer is started working and in the course of work; When clogging appears in the spray orifice on the shower nozzle; Cleaning assembly is started working, and the mechanism kinematic on the cleaning assembly makes black stack and shower nozzle sealing, forms a cavity; The outside pump housing begins to aspirate ink; Make cavity form negative pressure, the ink in the spray orifice is so just dredged the runner in the spray orifice on the shower nozzle by sucking-off.When ink-jet printer work finishes, if under long-time idle situation, in order to keep the moistening of shower nozzle; In order to avoid ink is dry, dust in the isolated outside air makes spray orifice be difficult for stopping up; Mechanism on the cleaning assembly moves the sealing of black stack and shower nozzle once more, and the cavernous body in the black stack or absorb contains the ink that aspirate in the spray orifice in the medium of liquid, and makes whole cavity keep humidity; Nozzle surface is very near apart from sponge or dielectric surface simultaneously, makes shower nozzle be in moist environment.The applicant has had patent of invention: the stack structure of ink of ink-jet printer (patent No.: ZL 2,007 1 0156707.1) discloses strong, the easy to use stack structure of ink of a kind of anticorrosive capability of influence.
But; In the suction ink process when black stack and shower nozzle are in sealing state; The more residual inks of shower nozzle ink discharging surface meeting, these inks can stop the injection of ink in the spray nozzle, make that the ink on spray orifice surface is cumulative; Can make shower nozzle disconnected black phenomenon occur, influence the print job of shower nozzle.So after suction ink process finishes, also need the residual ink scraped clean of an action with nozzle surface, this action is called wiping, wipes the residual China ink of nozzle surface with rubber-like smooth pliable material exactly.
In addition, shower nozzle need dodge spray action, dodges spray and be exactly that spray orifice all begins to spray above the shower nozzle, and differentiates the spray orifice stopping state according to the ink that sudden strain of a muscle is gushed out.In the inkjet printing operation process, shower nozzle also needs once to dodge in the certain hour spray action simultaneously, guarantees the fluency of spray orifice.In order to receive ink that these sudden strains of a muscle gush out and it to be drained in the waste ink bottle of the useless China ink of special reception; Need a dedicated element; Be called and dodge the spray pad; Dodging the spray pad is cell body parts of having placed similar sponge material, and the ink that sudden strain of a muscle is gushed out gathers in cell body, is directed in the waste ink bottle through the pump mode of taking out then.
For the ink-jet printer that uses cleaning assembly, the quality of cleaning assembly service behaviour has directly determined the final print quality of ink-jet printer, and has determined the serviceability and the life-span of shower nozzle.But the black stack that uses at present, to dodge spray and scrape device for ink be independent structures separately, and promptly printer head slides into when cleaning above the black stack behind the suction ink, needs printer head to slide into respectively to scrape ink sheet to carry out wiping on the spray structure and dodge spray with dodging.Need the shower nozzle part various with the coordination of cleaning assembly like this, shower nozzle partly needs location for several times, and the each cleaning of shower nozzle all can occupy the plenty of time.And needing shower nozzle moving back and forth, cleaning assembly occupies the big quantity space of machine, has increased the cost cost of printer.
Now great majority both at home and abroad the shower nozzles of brand ink-jet printers mainly be to use EPSON the 4th generation shower nozzle or the 5th generation shower nozzle and the 6th generation shower nozzle.The wherein Japanese EPSON company mainstream model on market now is EPSON the 5th generation shower nozzle type and EPSON the 6th generation shower nozzle type, and will progressively eliminate EPSON the 5th generation shower nozzle type later on.Cleaning assembly on EPSON the 5th generation shower nozzle type and EPSON the 6th generation shower nozzle type cleans action in order accurately to realize above-mentioned these apace; Designed the transmission mechanism of sophisticated; A large amount of parts that these transmission mechanisms are relevant need accurate process technology and mould of plastics manufacturing technology, and its difficulty of processing and processing cost are very big.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problem of existing printer cleaning assembly, it is a kind of simple in structure that the present invention provides, and usage space is few, and the cleaning assembly of the ink-jet printer of processing easily.Not only can reduce the time of cleaning action, improve the ink-jet printer operating efficiency, also can small lot batch manufacture, reduce the cleaning assembly production cost, and can reach identical result of use.
The technical scheme that the present invention adopted is:
A kind of cleaning assembly of ink-jet printer; Comprise support, little spray pad and scrape ink assembly, said little spray pad is slidingly mounted on two side plates of support, and little spray pad is provided with little spray groove; The said ink assembly of scraping comprises and scrapes ink sheet, scrapes ink sheet supporter and spring; Scrape ink sheet and be installed in and scrape on the ink sheet supporter, scrape the ink sheet supporter and little spray pad is rotationally connected through pin and pin-and-hole, scrape ink sheet supporter both sides and little spray pad both sides respectively are provided with buckle; Both ends of the spring catches on the buckle of scraping the ink sheet supporter and the buckle of the little spray pad of homonymy respectively, saidly scrapes that both sides respectively are provided with 1 slide bar on the ink sheet supporter; Respectively be provided with the complementary domatic convexity of 2 angles on two side plates of said support; Slide bar is domatic in domatic protruding upper edge to move to the buckle that makes the buckle of scraping the ink sheet supporter, little spray pad before the peak and pin-and-hole point-blank; Scrape the upset of ink sheet supporter thereby make, make and scrape the last plane that ink sheet is higher or lower than little spray pad.
Further, the said ink sheet supporter flip angle of scraping is 0~180 degree, does not comprise 0 and 180 degree.
Further, the said ink sheet of scraping is embedded in and scrapes on the ink sheet supporter.
Further, this cleaning assembly comprises said little spray pad and scrapes the one or more combinations of device for ink.
Further, the said ink sheet supporter of scraping is connected on the motor through driving-belt, by its horizontal movement of Electric Machine Control.
Further, also comprise the black stack component that can aspirate the shower nozzle ink, said black stack component is installed on the support base plate, moves up and down along support, and black stack component is when the top and shower nozzle bottom surface sealing.
The present invention is through black stack part vertical lifting structure, little spray pad and scrape the ink sheet level structure that seesaws, and the printer shower nozzle cleans.The invention has the beneficial effects as follows:
Guarantee under the prerequisite of original function of use that 1, the mechanism that simplifies the structure comes into plain view, and is convenient to install and use maintenance;
2, avoid shower nozzle in cleaning process, to slide, reduce and clean action, speed is faster, and efficient is higher.
3, break through the constraint of processing and manufacturing technology, significantly reduced difficulty and cost that processing is made;
4, widely used compatibility only needs to change black stack and scrape ink sheet, just can be used for the ink-jet printer of other inkjet head, as EPSON the 4th generation shower nozzle, the 5th generation shower nozzle, the 6th generation shower nozzle, the 7th generation ink-jet printer such as shower nozzle;
5, function distribution is reasonable, and only needing increases black stack part and scrape the ink sheet part according to array way, just can be applied to most amount inkjet head types, can be used for single shower nozzle, two shower nozzles and two types that shower nozzle is above.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is embodiment of the invention cleaning assembly overall structure figure;
Fig. 2 is the structure chart of little spray pad assembly of the present invention and wiping combination of components;
Fig. 3 is the decomposition chart of little spray pad assembly of the present invention and wiping combination of components;
Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are the decomposition chart of little spray pad of the present invention and wiping combination of components;
Fig. 6 is installed in the structure chart on little spray pad for the present invention scrapes ink assembly;
The structure chart of little spray pad and wiping combination of components when Fig. 7 scrapes the ink sheet level for the present invention;
Fig. 8 scrapes the structure chart of little spray pad and wiping combination of components in the ink sheet upset for the present invention;
The structure chart of little spray pad and wiping combination of components when Fig. 9 scrapes the ink sheet plumbness for the present invention;
Figure 10 is the structure chart of the present invention's China ink stack component;
Figure 11-Figure 13 is the structure chart of support of the present invention;
Figure 14 and Figure 15 are cleaning assembly of the present invention and nozzle position graph of a relation;
Figure 16-Figure 25 is overall structure rough schematic view and the motion state diagram of each time point thereof of cleaning assembly of the present invention in each working stage, and wherein, the time point of each duty is denoted as T1 respectively, T2, T3; T4, T5, T6, T7; T8, T9, T10, arrow is represented the direction of motion.
The specific embodiment
In conjunction with accompanying drawing 1-13; A kind of cleaning assembly of ink-jet printer; Comprise support 1, little spray pad 7, scrape ink assembly and black stack 2, said little spray pad 7 is provided with little spray groove 7c, and little spray pad 7 is fixed on (shown in Fig. 2-3) on the gripper shoe 5 that sliding sleeve 6 is installed; Sliding sleeve 6 is installed on two side plates 13,14 of support 1; Little spray groove 7 can slide along support level, and said scrape that ink assembly comprises that rubber processes scrape ink sheet 9, scrape ink sheet supporter 8 and spring 10 scraped draw-in groove 8d that ink sheet 9 scrapes ink sheet supporter 8 through embedding and be installed in and scrape on the ink sheet supporter 8; The pin 8a that scrapes ink sheet supporter 8 both sides is rotationally connected with the pin-and-hole 7a of little spray pad 7 both sides respectively; Scrape that ink sheet supporter 8 both sides are provided with buckle 8b and little spray pad 7 both sides are provided with buckle 7b, spring 10 two ends are caught on the buckle 8b that scrapes the ink sheet supporter and the buckle 7b of little spray pad respectively, and said ink sheet supporter 8 both sides of scraping respectively are provided with 1 slide bar 8c; Respectively be provided with 2 angles complementary domatic protruding S1, S2 on two side plates of said support 1; Slide bar 8c at buckle 7b and pin-and-hole 7a that domatic protruding S1 or S2 upper edge are domatic to make the buckle 8b that scrapes the ink sheet supporter, little spray pad before moving to peak point-blank; Scrape 8 upsets of ink sheet supporter thereby make, make and scrape the last plane that ink sheet 9 is higher or lower than little spray pad 7.
Shown in Fig. 4-6, vulcanite scraper ink sheet 9 is fixed on the vulcanite scraper ink sheet supporter 8, and the pin 8a of vulcanite scraper ink sheet supporter 8 is connected with the pin-and-hole 7a of little spray pad 7 pin, and vulcanite scraper ink sheet supporter 8 is that rotate in the axle center with pin-and-hole 7a;
Extension spring 10 two ends are caught on the buckle 8b of vulcanite scraper ink sheet supporter 8 and the bayonet socket 7b of little spray pad 7 respectively; The bayonet socket 7b of little spray pad 7 and pin-and-hole 7a in same in the heart; When little spray pad 7 moves on Y1 and Y2 direction; Under the effect of spring 10, the slide bar 8c of vulcanite scraper ink sheet supporter 8 contacts and rotates with domatic protruding S1 or S2.
Shown in Fig. 7-9, scraping ink sheet 9 can pin-and-hole 7a be the center upset, with little spray pad 7 at a horizontal plane, or make and scrape the last plane that ink sheet 9 is higher than little spray pad 7.Fig. 7 is horizontal for scraping ink sheet 9; Fig. 9 scrapes ink sheet 9 and is in vertical position.Scrape ink sheet 9 and be limited in angular turn such as Fig. 8 between duty 1 and the duty 2; This angle is 90 degree in the ink-jet printer cleaning assembly structure of embodiment.Present technique field personnel also can scrape the shape that ink sheet supporter 8 contacts with little spray pad 7 or scrape distance and angle between buckle 8b, 7b and the pin-and-hole 7a of ink sheet supporter 8 and little spray pad 7 that to regulate the maximum rotation angle big or small through qualification, can be between the 0-180 degree.
Shown in figure 10, black stack component 2 is installed on the support base plate 11 with black stack sliding sleeve 4 through black stack gripper shoe 3; Shown in Figure 11-13, the support 1 of ink-jet printer cleaning assembly structure is by base plate 11, left plate 13, and right panel 12, upper plate 14, back plate 15 is formed;
So like Fig. 1, what little spray pad and wiping chip module can be on Y1 and Y2 both directions moves, black stack component can moving on Z1 and Z2 both direction, and said moving has multiple kind of drive realization, and present embodiment passes through belt transmission.Shown in Fig. 1 and Figure 11-13, little spray pad and wiping chip module are implemented in the fast moving on Y1 or the Y2 direction through belt P2 transmission and transmission slide bar H2, sliding sleeve 6; The China ink stack component is implemented in moving on Z1 or the Z2 direction through screw rod L1, nut L2 and slide bar H1, black stack sliding sleeve 4.
Like Figure 14-15, the dolly that is loading shower nozzle 11 moves along X1 or X2 direction and prints operation.In the print job process; Dolly is got back to the cleaning assembly position at a distance from a period of time and is cleaned; This moment, the duty of cleaning assembly was in the T7 stage (like Figure 15 and shown in Figure 23), and black stack component is at lowest order, and the vulcanite scraper ink sheet 9 of scraping ink assembly is horizontal.
In conjunction with accompanying drawing 16-25, in the print procedure, cleaning assembly needs following step to accomplish a cleaning maintenance action:
The first step: shower nozzle 11 is driven by dolly and gets back to cleaning positions.Like Figure 15, shower nozzle 11 get back to along the X2 direction cleaning assembly structure of the present invention little spray pad 7 directly over, at this moment, cleaning assembly is in T1 state (like Figure 16); When printer system feedback dolly confirmed to get back to the cleaning assembly position, dolly stopped to move.
Second step: little spray pad 7 beginnings are moved along the Y2 direction, before the arrival T8 state, are installed in the vulcanite scraper ink sheet of scraping on the ink sheet supporter 89 and are horizontal always.
The 3rd step: scrape ink sheet 9 and be turned to the upright position from horizontal level.Like Figure 17, when the T2 state, scrape slide bar 8c on the ink sheet supporter 8 begin with domatic protruding 1a on gradient face S1a sliding-contact; When little spray pad 7 continues when the Y2 direction moves, scraping ink sheet supporter 8 is that rotate along the R2 direction in the axle center with the 7a on little spray pad 7, like Figure 18; When this state of T3; On the same straight line that extension spring 10 belongs to through the buckle 7b that scrapes the buckle 8b of ink sheet supporter, little spray pad and pin-and-hole 7a just, at this moment, scrape ink sheet supporter 8 and be in the rotation critical point; When little spray pad 7 continues to move along the Y2 direction, scrape ink sheet supporter 8 along the R2 direction as long as rotate minute angle, under the tension of spring 10, scrape 8 moments of ink sheet supporter to turn to the T4 state, like Figure 19.At this moment, being installed in the vulcanite scraper ink sheet of scraping on the ink sheet supporter 89 is in vertical position.
The 4th step: little spray pad 7 is got back to original position.Little spray pad 7 continues to move along the Y2 direction, senses the induction point 5a (like Fig. 3,13) on the gripper shoe 5 up to sensor C2, stops to move, and the state of this moment is T5, like Figure 20.
The 5th step: black stack component 2 seals with the bottom surface 11a of shower nozzle 11.China ink stack component 2 begins to move up along the Z1 direction at lowest order, is in sealing state up to the bottom surface 11a of black stack component 2 and dolly upper nozzle 11, and black stack component 2 stops to move; The ink suction pump device brings into operation, and aspirates the action of shower nozzle ink.The state of this moment is T6, like Figure 21.
The 6th step: black stack component 2 is got back to minimum original position.When the action of suction shower nozzle ink finishes, black stack component 2 is directed downwards mobile along Z2, senses the induction point 3a of black stack gripper shoe 3 up to sensor C1, and black stack component 2 stops to move (like Fig. 1).The state of this moment is T7, like Figure 22.
The 7th step: wiping action.Because in the suction shower nozzle ink course of action in the 5th step, the bottom surface 11a of shower nozzle 11 can more residual inks, must scraped clean, could let the smooth and easy injection of spray orifice on the bottom surface 11a of shower nozzle 11.Little spray pad 7 beginnings are moved along the Y1 direction, scrape ink sheet 9 top sections and contact with shower nozzle 11 bottoms, blow the residual ink of shower nozzle bottom off.Like Figure 23, with shower nozzle 11 bottoms contact (wiping action) preceding structural representation for scraping ink sheet 9 top sections this moment, and this moment, state was T8; Like Figure 24, this moment, this moment, state was T9 in order to scrape the structural representation ink sheet 9 top sections contact (wiping action) with shower nozzle 11 bottoms after.
The 8th step: scrape ink sheet 9 and be turned to horizontal level from the upright position.Scrape slide bar 8c and the gradient face S1a sliding-contact on the domatic protruding S1 on the ink sheet supporter 8; When little spray pad 7 continues when the Y1 direction moves, scraping ink sheet supporter 8 is that rotate along the R1 direction in the axle center with the pin-and-hole 7a on little spray pad 7, like Figure 25; When this state of T10; On the same straight line that extension spring 10 belongs to through the buckle 7b that scrapes the buckle 8b of ink sheet supporter, little spray pad and pin-and-hole 7a just, at this moment, scrape ink sheet supporter 8 and be in the rotation critical point; When little spray pad 7 continues to move along the Y1 direction, scrape ink sheet supporter 8 and need only the rotation minute angle, under the tension of spring 10 along the R1 direction; Scraping 8 moments of ink sheet supporter turns to the T1 state; Like Figure 16, at this moment, be installed in the vulcanite scraper ink sheet of scraping on the ink sheet supporter 89 and be horizontal.
In real work, because of the cleaning maintenance mode is different, can be divided into slight cleaning, moderate is cleaned, and severe is cleaned; Reach result of use possibly just needing the above-mentioned cleaning maintenance action of repeated several times this moment.
If printer is in not user mode always, then need be with shower nozzle 11 and black stack component 2 sealings, to keep shower nozzle moistening.Before printer is started working, also need once clean sometimes, be in T6 state shown in figure 21 this moment, the runner in the spray orifice on the ink mediation shower nozzle 11 in the outside pump housing suction spray orifice; Black then stack 2 moves down, and little spray pad 7 slides and drives the wiping sheet to shower nozzle 11 wipings.Promptly clean, get into again and print action according to accompanying drawing T6-T7-T8-T9-T10-T1 time state.Also can repeatedly clean according to the cleaning procedure in the print state more as required.
Wherein during the T1 state of accompanying drawing 16, can make spray nozzle dodge spray as required and handle, carry out the smooth and easy maintenance of spray nozzle, dodge the ink that gushes out and just in time be sprayed in little spray groove 7C of little spray pad 7.
It is that rotate in the axle center that vulcanite scraper ink sheet 9 of the present invention is fixed on the vulcanite scraper ink sheet supporter 8 with 7a; At spring, have the domatic protruding S1 and the S2 of gradient characteristic, three's acting in conjunction realizes the wiping rotary movement.The bayonet socket 7b of little spray pad 7 and pin-and-hole 7a in the heart, on the same straight line that extension spring 10 belongs to through the buckle 7b that scrapes the buckle 8b of ink sheet supporter, little spray pad and pin-and-hole 7a just, scrape ink sheet supporter 8 and are in the rotation critical point in same.So the height of domatic protruding S1 and S2 is higher than the rotation critical point, but in order to raise the efficiency, should be high more not too many than rotating critical point.