CN103171294A - Printing fluid cartridge and recording device utilizing same - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a printing fluid cartridge and a recording device utilizing same. The printing fluid cartridge comprises a printing fluid chamber, a printing fluid supplying portion, a displacement restrictor and a removing component. The internal of the printing fluid chamber is communicated with the external of the printing fluid chamber through the printing fluid supplying portion; the displacement restrictor is used for preventing the printing fluid cartridge from moving in a direction which is opposite to a fluid conveying direction; the removing portion is used for removing the prevention; and the displacement restrictor is aligned to the removing portion in a height direction which is orthogonal with a fluid communication direction and a width direction.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind ofly can be installed to printing fluid box and a kind of recording equipment with box mounting portion and printing fluid box that the neutralization of box mounting portion can be removed therefrom.
Background technology
A kind of known image recording equipment of so-called pipe supply system has the print cartridge on the outside that is positioned at the carrier that record head is installed thereon, and print cartridge and record head are connected via pipe.Print cartridge is configured to flatly to insert the opening of the box mounting portion of the front portion that is arranged in image recorder.Box can be inserted in the box mounting portion and be removed therefrom.When print cartridge is inserted in the box mounting portion, formed the black runner that extends to record head from print cartridge.
The box mounting portion can comprise hollow needle that is known as " tattooing needle " etc., thereby the China ink that stores in print cartridge is supplied to record head via pipe.
The mounting portion can comprise and is configured to that print cartridge is remained on the locking mechanism under its state that is mounted and is configured to biasing member towards the opening bias voltage print cartridge of box mounting portion.
In this way, the size reduction of recording equipment is subject to the layout of locking mechanism in the box mounting portion and retrains.
Summary of the invention
In view of these and other shortcoming of correlation technique, one object of the present invention is to provide a kind of less recording equipment.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of printing fluid box that comprises printing fluid chamber, printing fluid supply section, stop and releasing parts.This printing fluid supply section can be set up between the outside of the inside of printing fluid chamber and printing fluid chamber and be communicated with.This stop can prevent the printing fluid box with the direction of fluid connection opposite direction on move.These releasing parts can be removed box from preventing that box from moving in the direction with the fluid connection opposite direction.This stop can be arranged to the short transverse of flow outgoing direction and width quadrature on from removing the parts skew.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of recording equipment that is provided with the box mounting portion.When the printing fluid box was inserted in the box mounting portion along the flow outgoing direction, this box mounting portion received the printing fluid box therein.This box mounting portion can comprise attachment, and these attachment can be associated with the stop of printing fluid box.
According to following detailed description the in detail and accompanying drawing of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills, other objects, features and advantages will be obvious.
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In order more fully to understand the present invention, the needs that satisfy thus and purpose thereof, feature and advantage, carry out reference for following explanation by reference to the accompanying drawings now.
Fig. 1 illustrates to be provided with the concept cross sectional view of the internal structure of the printer of box installation unit according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of print cartridge;
Fig. 3 is the vertical section view of internal structure that the print cartridge of Fig. 2 is shown;
Fig. 4 is the vertical section view of box installation unit;
Fig. 5 A is the vertical section view that is installed in print cartridge on the box mounting portion of Fig. 4, Fig. 3, illustrates print cartridge wherein to be inserted into incipiently the state in the box installation unit;
Fig. 5 B is the vertical section view that is installed in print cartridge on the box mounting portion of Fig. 4, Fig. 3, the state of signal during wherein print cartridge is further inserted into the box installation unit after the state of Fig. 5 A;
Fig. 6 A is the vertical section view that is installed in print cartridge on the box mounting portion of Fig. 4, Fig. 3, illustrates print cartridge wherein fully to be arranged on the state in the box installation unit;
Fig. 6 B is the vertical section view that is installed in print cartridge on the box mounting portion of Fig. 4, Fig. 3, illustrates that wherein print cartridge is incipiently by the state that removes from the box installation unit;
Fig. 7 is the perspective view according to the print cartridge of the first variant of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the vertical section view of internal structure that the print cartridge of Fig. 7 is shown;
Fig. 9 A is the vertical section view that is installed in print cartridge in the box installation unit of Figure 11, Fig. 7, illustrates print cartridge wherein to be inserted into incipiently the state in the box installation unit;
Fig. 9 B is the vertical section view that is installed in print cartridge in the box installation unit, Fig. 7, the state of signal during wherein print cartridge is further inserted into the box installation unit after the state of Fig. 5 A;
Figure 10 A is the vertical section view that is installed in the print cartridge in the box installation unit, illustrates print cartridge wherein fully to be arranged on the state in the box installation unit;
Figure 10 B is the vertical section view that is installed in the print cartridge in the box installation unit, signal wherein after the state of Figure 10 A print cartridge by the state that removes from the box installation unit; And
Figure 11 is the vertical section view according to the box installation unit of the first variant of the present invention.
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Can be by understand embodiments of the invention and their feature and advantage with reference to figure 1-12, in different accompanying drawings, similar numeral is used to similarly, corresponding part.The embodiment that is described below is only example, and can be in the situation that do not change scope of the present invention revision for execution example as required.
With reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 6 B, print cartridge 30 according to an embodiment of the invention is described.
The general introduction of＜printer 10 〉
At first, be described in reference to Fig. 1 the printer 10 that wherein holds print cartridge 30.Print cartridge 30 is corresponding to the printing fluid box.Printer 10 is corresponding to recording equipment.With hypothesis with expection use that its directed positioning printing machine 10 ground run through that this specification ground uses that term " makes progress ", " downwards ", " on ", D score, " top ", " below ", " under ", " right side ", " left side ", 'fornt', 'back' etc.
China ink is stored in print cartridge.Record head 21 can manage 20 and be connected to print cartridge 30 via China ink.Record head 21 can have therein temporarily storage and manage the secondary container 28 of the China inks of 20 supplies by China ink.Record head 21 can comprise a plurality of nozzles 29, and the China ink of supplying from secondary container 28 can optionally spray to form document image by nozzle 29.
Attention is only an example according to the general structure of the printer 10 of preferred embodiment.Obviously printer 10 can adopt other structure that uses in ink-jet printer known in the art, such as being used for presenting the diverse ways opened with feeding recordable paper and for delivery of the different shape in path.
＜black feeding mechanism 100 〉
As shown in FIG. 1, black feeding mechanism 100 is arranged in printer 10.China ink feeding mechanism 100 is used for to the record head 21 supply China inks that arrange at printer 10.China ink feeding mechanism 100 comprises the box installation unit 110 that can insert therein print cartridge 30.Fig. 1 illustrates the box installation unit 110 when print cartridge 30 is installed in wherein.
＜print cartridge 30 〉
Below, will the detailed structure of print cartridge 30 be described.As shown in FIG. 3, print cartridge 30 limits the black ink chamber 36 that is stored in wherein therein.As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, print cartridge 30 has the shell 31 of the outer cover that limits print cartridge 30.Ink chamber 36 can be limited at the inside of shell 31, perhaps can be by separating with shell 31 but the parts in shell 31 inside limit.Ink chamber 36 is corresponding to the printing fluid chamber.Shell 31 is corresponding to body and shell.
As shown in FIG. 2, shell 31 can have the rectangular shape of substantially flat, have in the direction of being illustrated by arrow 51 (hereinafter, be known as width or horizontal direction) on width, in vertical with width 51 direction by arrow 52 signals (hereinafter, be known as vertical direction or short transverse) on height and the degree of depth in vertical with vertical direction and width 51 direction (hereinafter, being known as depth direction 53) by arrow 53 signals.The degree of depth of the height of shell 31 and shell 31 each all greater than the width of shell 31.In other words, in the erection position, depth direction 53 is parallel to direction of insertion 56 and removes direction 55, and width 51 and short transverse 52 are orthogonal to respectively direction of insertion 56 and remove direction 55.
As shown in FIG. 2, shell 31 can have antetheca 40, rear wall 42, pair of sidewalls 37,38, roof 39 and diapire 41.When print cartridge 30 was inserted in box installation unit 110, antetheca 40 was positioned at the front side place of printer 10, and the rear wall 42 of print cartridge 30 is inserted in box installation unit 110, and the rear wall 42 of shell 31 is positioned on the rear side of shell 31.Antetheca 40 and rear wall 42 can be located relative to one another in (on direction of insertion 56) on depth direction 53.Four walls can separate antetheca 40 from rear wall 42: inserting with the upper wall 39 that is connected pair of sidewalls (not described) that direction 50 extends, the top edge of sidewall is connected and be connected the lower wall 41 that the lower limb with sidewall connects.Upper wall 39 and lower wall 41 are spaced from each other with distance to a declared goal on short transverse 52.Antetheca 40 is corresponding to the front side.Rear wall 42 is corresponding to rear side.Roof 39 is corresponding to upside of the present invention.
Ink-supplying part 43 can be positioned at the front side of print cartridge 30, for example, and on the antetheca 40 of the shell 31 of lower end.Ink-supplying part 43 can have cylindrical shape, and ink-supplying part 43 can stretch out forward at (that is, on depth direction 53) on direction of insertion 56 from antetheca 40.Ink-supplying part 43 can have and forms black delivery outlet 71 thereon so that the outer end portion 72 that is communicated with the outside of shell 31 to be provided.As shown in FIG. 3, black runner 44 can be formed on depth direction 53 from black delivery outlet 71 that the inner space by ink-supplying part 43 extends to ink chamber.Ink-supplying part 43 is corresponding to the printing fluid supply section.
As shown in FIG. 3, in ink-supplying part 43, valve 70 can be configured to be opened or closed by black delivery outlet 71.Valve 70 can be along the black runner 44 interior movement of depth direction 53 (along direction of insertion 56 and along removing direction 55) at ink-supplying part 43.Helical spring 73 can be set with towards black delivery outlet 71 bias valves 70.In the time can being applied to valve 70 without any external force, during helical spring 73 is maintained in its closed position valve 70 closely to seal black delivery outlet 71.The part around black delivery outlet 71 of the outer end portion 72 of ink-supplying part 43 is formed such as rubber by elastomeric element.This elastomeric element can flexibly be out of shape when being contacted by the valve 70 by helical spring 73 bias voltages, thereby closely seals black delivery outlet 71.In this state, the part of valve 70 can be that print cartridge 30 outsides expose to ink-supplying part 43 outsides by black delivery outlet 71.Ink-supplying part 71 is not limited to the structure that its China and Mexico's supply valve 70 opens and closes ink-supplying part 70.For example, wherein when print cartridge is inserted in box installation unit 110 film, rubber stopper etc. close the structure of black delivery outlet 70.
Tattooing needle 122 (describing afterwards) also can be positioned on box installation unit 110.When print cartridge 30 is installed in box installation unit 110, tattooing needle 122 is inserted in black delivery outlet 71, thereby helical spring 73 flexibly is out of shape and resists the biasing force of helical spring 73 and valve 70 is moved in the open position (seeing Fig. 6 A) that separates with black delivery outlet 71.Under this state, black delivery outlet 71 is opened, and the China ink in ink chamber 36 can flow in tattooing needle 122 by black runner 44.
Air is introduced the unit (not shown) and can also be arranged in shell 31.Correspondingly, when China ink was from ink chamber's 36 inflow tattooing needles 122, air was introduced the unit and is introduced in ink chamber 36 via air.Yet air is introduced not necessarily member of unit.For example, ink chamber 36 can be by black pocket structure, and when the China ink amount in ink chamber 36 reduced, the volume of China ink bag reduced.
As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, projection 32 can be positioned on lower wall 41 (in the lower end of the antetheca 40 below ink-supplying part 43).Projection 32 can be outstanding forward along direction of insertion 56, and can have than ink-supplying part 43 along the large outstanding length of the outstanding length of direction of insertion 56.
As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the roof 39 of shell 31 can be formed with coupling recess 45, and coupling recess 45 extends to rear wall 42 from the position at the center of roof 39 substantially along depth direction 53.Coupling recess 45 can be by limiting at vertical composition surface 46 and a pair of rib 45a, 45b along the front end place of direction of insertion 56.That is, composition surface 46 can occupy along the plane of width 51 and short transverse 52 extensions.When print cartridge 30 was installed in box installation unit 110, the attachment 145 of box installation unit 110 (describing afterwards) can engage with composition surface 46.Particularly, attachment 145 engage with the top of composition surface 46.The top of composition surface 46 is corresponding to stop.
As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, upper wall 39 can be arranged in the part in coupling recess 45 the place aheads as the upper surface 47 that can contact with the attachment 145 of box installation unit 110 when print cartridge 30 is inserted into box installation unit 110 along direction of insertion 56.That is, upper surface 47 can have along the plane of width 51 and depth direction 53 extensions.Top surface 47 and antetheca 40 can be connect by the inclined surface 48 with respect to top surface 47 and antetheca 40 inclinations.Inclined surface 48 is used for attachment 145 are directed to top surface 47.Yet, can should omit inclined surface 48 by structure from this.Alternately, can substitute inclined surface 48 ground settings and the similar projection of projection 32 of giving prominence to along direction of insertion 56.
As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, pivotable member 60 is arranged in coupling recess 45.Pivotable member 60 has the twisted plate shape and extends along depth direction 53.Particularly, pivotable member 60 axle 63 that has the first arm 61, the second arm 62 and extend along width 51.But axle 63 is supported with the pivotable move mode by roof 39 at the place, rear portion of composition surface 46.The first arm 61 can be near composition surface 46 or thereon along radially extending from axle 63 forward.The second arm 62 also can be on rear wall 42 from axle 63 backward along radially extending.Utilize this structure, pivotable member 60 can pivotally move around axle 63.Notice that shell 31 and pivotable member 60 can be integrally formed.Pivotable member 60 is corresponding to removing parts and lever.
In external force (afterwards describe) in the time of can being not applied to pivotable member 60, the first arm 61 can due to it deadweight or biasing member for example the biasing force of helical spring (not shown) contact the basal surface 49 of coupling recess 45.On the other hand, when the second arm 62 can be resisted weight or biasing force and when being pushed down, pivotable member 60 can be along the counter clockwise direction in Fig. 3 around axle 63 pivotables, and the first arm 61 is left basal surface 49 ground and moves thus.
＜box installation unit 110 〉
As shown in FIG. 4, box installation unit 110 can have the housing 101 of the box-like outer cover that forms it.Housing 101 has opening 112.Print cartridge 30 can be inserted in housing 101 or be removed therefrom by opening 112.Housing 101 can hold a plurality of print cartridges 30, for example corresponding to four print cartridges 30 of cyan, magenta, yellow and black color.Yet in the accompanying drawings, box installation unit 110 is so illustrated, makes housing 101 can hold only print cartridge 30.
Can form by a part that hollows out end surfaces 102 with cylindrical shape maintaining part 121 in the end surfaces 102 of housing 101.Tattooing needle 122 can coaxially be arranged on maintaining part 121 places and can be run through along direction of insertion 56 sidewall of the housing 101 with end surfaces 102.When print cartridge 30 can be installed in box installation unit 110, as on meaning ground as shown in Fig. 6 A, cylindrical shape ink-supplying part 43 can be inserted in cylindrical shape maintaining part 121 hermetically.At this moment, the exterior circumferential surface of ink-supplying part 43 can closely contact and adhere with the surface that limits maintaining part 121.When ink-supplying part 43 was inserted in maintaining part 121, tattooing needle 122 also was inserted in the black delivery outlet 71 that forms in ink-supplying part 43.The biasing force of the tattooing needle 122 opposing helical springs 73 that insert by black delivery outlet 71 and valve 70 is moved to its open position from its closed position.Correspondingly, the China ink that stores in ink chamber 36 can outwards flow out now.The China ink that flows out ink chamber 36 can be owing to being delivered to record head 21 in the inflow tattooing needles 122 such as head difference and via China ink pipe 20.
As shown in FIG. 4, attachment 145 can be positioned on housing 101.Attachment 145 can remain on print cartridge 30 under its state that is mounted in box installation unit 110.Attachment 145 can be located in housing 101 position of opening 112 tops that form.Attachment 145 are corresponding to attachment.
But attachment 145 can support to housing 101 in the pivotable mode by supported axle 147.Back shaft 147 can be arranged on leaving the nearest end place of mouth 112 and can being installed on housing 101 of attachment 145.Utilize this structure, supported in the pivotable mode but attachment 145 can and be adjacent to this place above the opening 112 of housing 101, thereby and approach or leave opening 112 around back shaft 147 pivotables.Abutting end 146 can be formed on the other end opposite with back shaft 147 of attachment 145.Abutting end 146 can engage with the composition surface 46 of the coupling recess 45 that forms in print cartridge 30.By engaging with composition surface 46, abutting end 146 can be resisted the biasing force (describing afterwards) that applies from housing 101 and with respect to housing 101, print cartridge 30 be remained on being mounted the position of it.The position (seeing Fig. 6 A) of attachment 145 will be known as " latched position " when abutting end 146 is engaged with composition surface 46, and another position (seeing Fig. 6 B) of attachment 145 will be known as " unlocked position " when abutting end 146 does not engage in composition surface 46.
Abutting end 146 can be due to the biasing force of it self weight or helical spring (not shown) by biased downward with at latched position place's contact the first arm 61.Yet when the first arm 61 pivotally moved up, attachment 145 also pivotally moved up around back shaft 147, thereby move to unlocked position from latched position.In addition, although do not illustrated in the drawings, thereby can being restricted attachment 145, the range of pivot of attachment 145 can not move further downwards than latched position (state shown in Figure 4).Note, attachment 145 are not must be by biased downward.Even not biased, attachment 145 also can pivotally move down due to its deadweight to realize it and the engaging of the composition surface 46 of print cartridge 30.
As shown in FIG. 4, the inner space of box installation unit 110 can enlarge along direction of insertion 56 under end surfaces 102.In the space of this expansion, slide unit 123 can be set movably.Slide unit 123 can and remove direction 55 (flatly) along direction of insertion 56 and slide.Slide unit 123 can have basic rectangular shape.Slide unit 123 can have prodger 124 from its top surface that projects upwards.Erect in the insertion path of projection 32 that prodger 124 can be on being arranged on print cartridge 30, thereby when print cartridge 30 was installed in box installation unit 110, projection 32 can be resisted against on prodger 124.
Can hold therein the expansion space of slide unit 123 by limiting along direction of insertion 56 end surfaces 125 respect to one another and front surface 127.Slide unit 123 can be between end surfaces 125 and front surface 127.Helical spring 126 can be under compressive state between end surfaces 125 and slide unit 123 and along removing direction 55 bias slide parts 123.When external force was not applied to slide unit 123, due to the biasing force of helical spring 126, slide unit 123 can be configured to contact with front surface 127.Front surface 127 can limit slippage parts 123 leaves the range of movement of end surfaces 125.In the time of in after the projection 32 contact prodgers 124 at print cartridge 30, print cartridge 30 is inserted box installation unit 110 further, slide unit 123 can be mobile together with prodger 124 towards end surfaces 125, thus compression helical spring 126.
Be noted that and can be or not print cartridge 30 places, projection 32 be set.In the situation that without projection 32, during print cartridge 30 is installed to process in box installation unit 110, because print cartridge 30 is provided with the helical spring 73 that is arranged in ink-supplying part 43, so can still apply along the biasing force that removes direction 55 effects print cartridge 30.
＜installation print cartridge 〉
Below, describe to be used for print cartridges 30 being installed and removing the operation of print cartridge 30 from box installation unit 110 at box installation unit 110 with reference to Fig. 5 A to Fig. 6 B.
As shown in Fig. 5 A, make antetheca 40 sides of print cartridge 30 previously, print cartridge 30 can be inserted in box installation unit 110 by opening 112.When print cartridge 30 is inserted in box installation unit 110, the inclined surface 48 contact attachment 145 of shell 31.When print cartridge 30 is inserted in box installation unit 110 further, attachment 145 along inclined surface 48 upward slidings to upper surface 47.Correspondingly, attachment 145 can be in Fig. 5 A pivotable widdershins, thereby move to unlocked position from latched position.
When print cartridge 30 was installed in box installation unit 110, ink-supplying part 43 can contact maintaining part 121, and tattooing needle 122 can be inserted in the black delivery outlet 71 of ink-supplying part 43, as on the ground of meaning as shown in Fig. 5 B.At this moment, attachment 145 not yet engage in the coupling recess 45 of shell 31.The tattooing needle 122 that is inserted in black delivery outlet 71 can contact valve 70.When print cartridge 30 can move further along direction of insertion 56, valve 70 was pushed by tattooing needle 122, thus the biasing force of opposing helical spring 73 and move to its open position from its closed position, as on the ground of meaning as shown in Fig. 6 A.Ink-supplying part 43 be inserted in maintaining part 121 and tattooing needle 122 be further inserted into black delivery outlet 71 in after, print cartridge 30 can be installed in it, in the assigned address (being mounted the position) with respect to box installation unit 110.Although not shown in the drawings, formed black import on the end of tattooing needle 122.Correspondingly, the China ink in ink chamber 36 can flow through black runner 44 and flow in tattooing needle 122 via this China ink import.
When print cartridge 30 reaches shown in Fig. 6 A, it be mounted the position time, the composition surface 46 that forms on the coupling recess 45 of shell 31 has passed through the abutting end 146 of attachment 145 along direction of insertion 56.Therefore, because the abutting end 146 of attachment 145 no longer is supported on the top surface 47 of shell 31, so in the situation that the abutting end 146 contact composition surfaces 46 of attachment 145, attachment 145 can be pivoted in coupling recess 45 in Fig. 6 A clockwise.The attachment 145 that engage in composition surface 46 can resist the biasing force of helical spring 73 and helical spring 126 and print cartridge 30 is remained on it be mounted the position.Under this state, the top of composition surface 46 is arranged to along short transverse 52 from the first arm 61 skews.Completed like this operation that is used at box installation unit 110 installation print cartridges 30.
The External Force Acting that attention is produced by helical spring 126 is on the projection 32 that arranges on antetheca 40 sides at shell 31.Substitute helical spring 73 ground that are used to open and close valve 70, can be used as external force helical spring is arranged on the outside of shell 31.This helical spring can be positioned such that its end can contact the end surfaces 102 of box installation unit 110, photoelectric sensor etc., and along removing direction 55 bias voltage print cartridges 30.
When black depleted in the ink chamber 36 of print cartridge 30, the user removes print cartridge 30 and new print cartridge 30 is installed from box installation unit 110.
In order to remove print cartridge 30 from box installation unit 110, the user pushes the second arm 62 of pivotable member 60 downwards.Because the second arm 62 of pivotable member 60 be positioned at rear wall 42 along the downstream part that removes direction 55, so the user can be from the rear wall 42 sides operations pivotable member 60 of print cartridge 30.When the user pushed the second arm 62 of pivotable member 60 downwards, the first arm 61 moved up to separate with the basal surface 49 of coupling recess 45, as anticipating ground as shown in Fig. 6 B.By the movement that the first arm 61 makes progress, attachment 145 can be pushed upwardly.By this operation, attachment 145 can be in Fig. 6 B counterclockwise pivotable until abutting end 146 separate with composition surface 46.That is, attachment 145 can pivotally move to unlocked position from latched position, thereby remove its maintenance on print cartridge 30.
When the abutting end 146 of attachment 145 separates with composition surface 46, be applied to the external force (biasing force of helical spring 73 and/or helical spring 126 particularly) of shell 31 along removing direction 55 mobile shells 31.Yet at this moment, pivotable member 60 is touched by the user.Correspondingly, user's hand absorbs the biasing force of helical spring 73 and 126 by biasing force or its deadweight and pivotable member 60.
The effect of＜embodiment 〉
When user's pivotable pivotable member 60, the joint between attachment 145 and composition surface 46 is disengaged and print cartridge 30 can be due to external force, for example helical spring 73 or 126 biasing force and moved along removing direction 55.Yet in an embodiment, the pivotable member 60 that is used for making the joint between composition surface 46 and attachment 145 to break away from is not arranged on box installation unit 110 places, but is arranged on print cartridge 30 places.Therefore, when removing direction 55 and move, pivotable member 60 (the second arm 62) is by the contact of user's hand, and user's hand has reduced the speed of print cartridge 30 when print cartridge 30.As a result, when being removed from box installation unit 110, can prevent that print cartridge 30 from falling by the opening of printer 10, when changing print cartridge 30, can prevent that China ink from oozing from tattooing needle 122 thus.
In addition, the user's functional unit that is used for operation attachment 145 does not need to be arranged on box installation unit 110, thereby makes the compacter printer of production 10 become possibility.
In addition, the second arm 62 be positioned at the first arm 61 along the downstream part that removes direction 55.Therefore, whether the user can be easily be bonded with each other based on location confirmation composition surface 46 and the attachment 145 of the second arm 62.
Joint between print cartridge 30 and box installation unit 110 is carried out by composition surface 46 and attachment 145.Pivotable member 60 only is used to remove the joint between composition surface 46 and attachment 145.In other words, pivotable member 60 is arranged discretely with composition surface 46.Therefore, even if pivotable member 60 distortion, the joint between composition surface 46 and attachment 145 is also kept.
The variant of＜embodiment 〉
Although describe the present invention in detail with reference to embodiment, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that and to make therein various changes and modification in the situation that do not depart from spirit of the present invention.
For example, as shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, this a pair of rib 45a, 45b can extend to surround axle 63 along removing direction 55 from composition surface 46.
In addition, as shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 (A)-10 (B), the top of the first arm 61 and be no more than this a pair of rib 45a, give prominence to 45b preferably.
In addition, as shown in Fig. 7-10 (B), the second arm 62 of pivotable member 60 can be provided with reclinate bend 62a.The thickness of the second arm 62 (bend 62a especially) greater than the thickness of the first arm 61 so that high rigidity to be provided.
In addition, as shown in Figure 11, housing 101 can be formed with the first guiding groove 108 and the second guiding groove 109.Be formed on the top surface of housing 101 along the first guiding groove 108 that removes direction 55 and direction of insertion 56 extensions, and be formed on the basal surface of housing 101 along the second guiding groove 109 that removes direction 55 and direction of insertion 56 extensions.When print cartridge 30 was installed in mounting portion 110, this a pair of rib 45a, 45b were by guiding groove 108 guiding of housing 101.Print cartridge 30 is guided along direction of insertion 56 by the first guiding groove 108 and this a pair of rib 45a, 45b.Notice that the basal surface 41 of shell 31 is by guiding groove 109 guiding of housing 101.
In addition, can the alternative joints parts 145 ground use the attachment that can move along above-below direction.
In addition, pivotable member 60 can be not directly but via another parts moving joint part 145.
In the above-described embodiments, when print cartridge 30 was installed in box installation unit 110, helical spring 73 and 126 applied external force along removing 55 pairs of print cartridges 30 of direction.Substitute helical spring 73 and 126 ground, can function be used under the state that is mounted at it, print cartridge 30 being applied external force at the biasing member that arranges on print cartridge 30.For example, the helical spring that extends along direction of insertion 56 can be arranged on the antetheca 40 of shell 31.When print cartridge 30 was installed in box installation unit 110, the end surfaces 102 of helical spring contact housing 101 and compression were to apply external force along removing 55 pairs of shells 31 of direction.
In this embodiment, omitted the test section of the residue China ink amount that is configured to detect in print cartridge 30, this test section can be arranged on print cartridge 30.This test section can be arranged on the middle part of antetheca 40 of print cartridge 30 and be 40 outstanding along the direction of leaving ink chamber 36 from antetheca.This test section is formed by light-transmissive resin.Can watch ink chamber 36 with manual type by the test section, perhaps utilize optical sensor automatically, detect the China ink amount in the ink chamber 36 of print cartridge 30.When using photoelectric sensor, the distance between the pair of sidewalls that consists of the test section is set to less than in the photocell of photoelectric sensor and the gap between light receiving element.The light shielding plate that moves based on the China ink amount can be arranged in the test section.Alternately, can utilize can be by based on the China ink amount reflection in ink chamber 36, diffraction or the decay whole or a part of device instead of optical barricades that reduce the light quantity of arrival light receiving element from the light of photocell emission.
Although preferred embodiment is described as printing fluid at the China ink that is used for by print cartridge 30 storages of ink-jet printer 10 uses, printing fluid is not limited to China ink.The present invention can also be applied to the box that for example toner used in electrophotographic image forming as printing fluid.
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1. printing fluid box comprises:
The printing fluid chamber, described printing fluid chamber is configured to storage print liquid;
Printing fluid supply section, described printing fluid supply section are formed to set up between the outside of the inside of described printing fluid chamber and described printing fluid chamber and are communicated with;
Stop, described stop are configured to prevent that described printing fluid box from moving on the direction opposite with the flow outgoing direction; With
Remove parts, described releasing parts are configured to remove described preventing,
Wherein said stop with the short transverse of described flow outgoing direction and width quadrature on align with described releasing parts.
2. according to claim 1 printing fluid box, wherein said stop does not align with described releasing parts on described short transverse.
3. according to claim 1 printing fluid box, wherein said stop is arranged on described flow outgoing direction and described width from described releasing parts skew.
4. according to claim 3 printing fluid box, wherein said stop is not overlapping with described releasing parts on described short transverse.
5. according to claim 1 printing fluid box, further comprise wall and lever, and described wall has the described stop at an end place that is positioned at described wall, and described lever has the described releasing parts at an end place that is positioned at described lever,
Wherein said wall and described lever are oriented to face with each other.
6. according to claim 5 printing fluid box, wherein said releasing parts comprise and being configured to around at the other end of described lever and the lever of the axis oscillating between described releasing parts.
7. according to claim 6 printing fluid box, the other end of wherein said releasing parts is adjacent to described stop or is positioned on described stop on described flow outgoing direction.
8. according to claim 6 printing fluid box, wherein when described stop prevented that described printing fluid box from moving on the direction opposite with described flow outgoing direction, a described end of described releasing parts left the location, periphery ground of described printing fluid box.
9. according to claim 8 printing fluid box, a described end of wherein said releasing parts are positioned on the described periphery of described printing fluid box or are adjacent to the described periphery of described printing fluid box.
10. according to claim 1 printing fluid box, further comprise body, and described body has:
The front side, described printing fluid supply section is positioned at described front side;
Rear side, described rear side leave described location ventrally; With
Upside, described upside are formed between the upper end of the upper end of described front side and described rear side and extend,
Wherein said stop and described releasing parts are positioned on described upside.
11. printing fluid box according to claim 10, wherein said releasing parts have the plate shape, are positioned on described upside, and are included in a pair of projection outstanding on the direction vertical with described width.
12. printing fluid box according to claim 6, the other end of wherein said releasing parts is positioned to lower than the upper end of described stop.
13. printing fluid box according to claim 10, wherein said stop be positioned on described flow outgoing direction from described rear side than described releasing parts away from described rear side.
14. printing fluid box according to claim 1 further comprises the upper end on described short transverse that is positioned at described printing fluid box or a pair of plate of lower end, described releasing parts are arranged between described a pair of plate.
15. printing fluid box according to claim 14, wherein said a pair of plate is guided along guide member, and described guide member is arranged in recording equipment and on described flow outgoing direction and extends.
16. printing fluid box according to claim 1, wherein said stop and described releasing parts with the width of described flow outgoing direction quadrature on be arranged in the bonding part.
17. a printing fluid box, described printing fluid box can be arranged on the flow outgoing direction in the box mounting portion of recording equipment, described printing fluid box comprises:
The printing fluid chamber, described printing fluid chamber is configured to storage print liquid;
Printing fluid supply section, described printing fluid supply section are formed to set up between the outside of the inside of described printing fluid chamber and described printing fluid chamber and are communicated with;
Stop, described stop are configured to prevent that described printing fluid box from moving on the direction opposite with the flow outgoing direction; With
Remove parts, described releasing parts are configured to remove described preventing,
Wherein said stop, described releasing parts and described printing fluid supply section are positioned such that described stop, described releasing parts and described printing fluid supply section and the first crossing on the same level,
Wherein said printing fluid box has at the width on width, in the height on short transverse and the degree of depth on depth direction, and
Wherein said depth direction is parallel with described flow outgoing direction, and described the first plane is all parallel with described depth direction with described short transverse.
18. printing fluid box according to claim 17, wherein said releasing parts are configured to allow described printing fluid box to move on the direction opposite with described flow outgoing direction.
19. printing fluid box according to claim 17, wherein said releasing parts are configured to limit the movement of described printing fluid box on the direction opposite with described flow outgoing direction.
20. a printing fluid box, described printing fluid box can be arranged on first direction in the box mounting portion of recording equipment, described printing fluid box comprises:
Shell, described shell holds printing fluid, and described shell has the liquid supply section, and described liquid supply section can be connected to and be supplied the liquid part, so that described printing fluid is fed to described recording equipment;
The bonding part, described bonding part engages with attachment; With
Remove parts, described releasing parts are removed the joint between described attachment and described bonding part.
21. printing fluid box according to claim 20, wherein said shell has first surface, described first surface described first direction and with the second direction of described first direction quadrature on all extend, described releasing parts are arranged on described first surface, and
Wherein said releasing parts have axle, the first arm and the second arm, described axle extends upward in described second party, described the first arm and described the second arm are from described axle along radially extending, when described attachment and described bonding part are engaged with each other, described the first described attachment of arm contact, described releasing parts pivotally move around described axle, to remove the joint between described attachment and described bonding part.
22. printing fluid box according to claim 21, wherein when described attachment and described bonding part are engaged with each other, described the first arm from described first surface than described the second arm close to described first surface.
23. printing fluid box according to claim 22, wherein when described the second arm is closed to described first surface, described the first arm moves away described first surface, and along with described the first arm moves away described first surface, the joint between described attachment and described bonding part is disengaged.
24. a recording equipment, according to claim 1 to 23, the printing fluid box of any one can be arranged on described recording equipment, and described recording equipment comprises attachment, and described attachment are configured to be associated with the described stop of described printing fluid box,
Wherein said releasing parts are configured to allow described attachment to move away described stop.
25. recording equipment according to claim 23 further comprises biasing member, described biasing member is formed at the described printing fluid box of bias voltage on the direction opposite with described flow outgoing direction,
Wherein when described releasing parts were removed described stop and described attachment related, described biasing member is mobile described printing fluid box on the direction opposite with described flow outgoing direction.
26. recording equipment, the printing fluid box can be arranged on described recording equipment, and described printing fluid box comprises: body, and described body holds printing fluid, described body has liquid supply section, bonding part and releasing parts, and described recording equipment comprises:
What can be connected to described liquid supply section is supplied the liquid part, and when being supplied liquid and partly being connected to described liquid supply section, described printing fluid is supplied to described recording equipment when described;
Biasing member, when described liquid supply section is connected to describedly when being supplied the liquid part, described biasing member provides to point to and is used for being supplied from described the pushing force that liquid is partly dismantled the first direction of described liquid supply section; With
Attachment, when described liquid supply section is connected to describedly when being supplied the liquid part, described attachment engage with described bonding part, to resist described pushing force.
27. recording equipment according to claim 26, wherein said attachment comprise axle, and when described joint is provided and when removing described joint, described attachment pivotally move around described axle.
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