CN103240998A - Method for injecting ink into ink box - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a method for injecting ink into an ink box. The ink box comprises an accommodating cavity, an ink outlet, a supplying cavity, a buffer cavity connected with the supplying cavity, a passage arranged between the accommodating cavity and the buffer cavity and a filling port, wherein the method for injecting ink comprises the followings: 1, sealing the ink box, and carrying out negative pressure pumping to the ink box through the filling port; second, injecting ink with ink quantity which is smaller than the accommodating volume of the box body of the ink box into the ink box by using an ink injecting box through the filling port; third, after ink filling is finished, the ink injecting unit is extracted; and 4, sealing the filling port. During the transport process of liquid containers, in case of temperature variation, liquid inside the accommodating cavity flows into the buffer cavity due to thermal expansion and contraction, leakage is prevented, and when printing is stopped, liquid is prevented from leakage from the ink outlet under the siphon action of capillary passage.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method of injecting ink in the cartridge of ink-jet printer.
Background technology
Existing print cartridge primary structure for ink-jet printer comprises for the ink storage chamber of storage ink, keeps the air admission hole of air pressure balance with external environment condition, to ink outlet port and the negative pressure mechanism of the printhead ink supply of printer.
China utility model CN03207733.5 discloses a kind of back pressure type print cartridge, and this print cartridge inside is provided with an air duct, and its upper end links to each other with atmosphere as the air inlet of print cartridge, and the lower end is in the ink storage chamber bottom of print cartridge.When printer is worked, the ink of ink storage chamber is taken away a part, form negative pressure to a certain degree in the print cartridge, end by air duct enters print cartridge inside to air from the external world immediately, because the other end of air duct is immersed in the ink, and is in the bottom of ink storage chamber, air must overcome certain hydraulic pressure and just can enter, cause covering the volume of air in the ink storage chamber, always less than the ink volume of being taken away by printer, thereby make print cartridge inside be in negative pressure state all the time.The ink storage chamber of this print cartridge directly is communicated to ink supply port, forms siphonage during printing easily, and ink is constantly leaked out from ink supply port.
Yet, print cartridge in print procedure along with the minimizing of quantity of ink, the ink level of ink storage chamber constantly reduces, negative pressure in the ink storage chamber can be more and more littler, lower end up to air duct is exposed ink level fully, do not have negative pressure in the ink storage chamber, at this moment remaining ink can ooze from ink supply port in the ink storage chamber, thereby influences print quality and pollute printer.And when temperature changed, the ink in the ink storage chamber expanded with heat and contract with cold, and makes ink flow to cover from air duct and forms ink leak.
A kind of existing ink method for implanting, can application reference number be the Chinese patent of CN201010219358.5, the present invention relates to a kind of method of injecting ink in the cartridge of ink-jet printer, may further comprise the steps: one, ink is introduced in the ink storage chamber and spongocoel of print cartridge; Two, shift out unnecessary ink in the spongocoel, make that the quantity of ink in the spongocoel is unsaturated amount;
Three, seal described print cartridge.
Yet there is a problem in technique scheme: the method that shifts out ink unnecessary in the spongocoel is by unnecessary ink in the described ink filling port pumpback spongocoel.This fill method causes complex process, and cost increases.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of method to print cartridge injection ink, to solve existing process from method print cartridge transportation after injecting ink of ink to print cartridge that inject, when temperature changed, the ink in the container cavity caused the problem of ink leakage owing to expanding with heat and contract with cold.
A kind of method to print cartridge injection ink, described print cartridge comprises: the container cavity that is used for holding ink; Ink outlet port; The supply chamber, inside be provided with the negative pressure holding element and by described ink outlet port with ink feed to the consumption of ink device; The cushion chamber that is connected with the supply chamber; Be arranged on the passage between container cavity and the cushion chamber; And filling mouth; Described method to print cartridge injection ink comprises:
One, seals described print cartridge, by described filling mouth described print cartridge is taken out negative pressure;
Two, will be injected in the print cartridge less than the ink of the quantity of ink of the receiving volume of print cartridge box body by described fill mouthful with the refilling unit;
Three, after ink is filled and finished, the refilling unit is extracted out.
Four, the described filling mouth of sealing.
Described passage is a circuitous labyrinth capillary channel.
When described step 2 is carried out, act on the described mouthful atmospheric pressure at place of filling the cushion chamber ink inside is clamp-oned in the container cavity, and make negative pressure holding element formation non-saturated region and saturation region in the supply chamber.
Described filling mouth is positioned at top, supply chamber.
The sealing print cartridge is the ink outlet port of the described print cartridge of sealing in the described step 1.
Described print cartridge also comprises the through hole that is communicated with atmosphere, and the sealing print cartridge also comprises the through hole that the described atmosphere of sealing is communicated with in the described step 1.
After having adopted technique scheme, because the cushion chamber volume causes the volume that is out of shape greater than liquid in the container cavity owing to expand with heat and contract with cold, when in print cartridge, injecting ink, vacuumize the ink that reinjects earlier, wherein the quantity of ink of Zhu Ruing is less than the saturation of print cartridge box body, after ink is filled and is finished, because negative pressure is contained in print cartridge inside, after extracting the refilling unit out, fill mouthful atmospheric pressure at place and liquid in the cushion chamber is clamp-oned to make cushion chamber in the container cavity be empty, and make the negative pressure holding element form saturation region and non-saturated region, in the process of liquid container transportation, when temperature changes, liquid in the container cavity flow in the cushion chamber owing to expanding with heat and contract with cold, prevent from revealing, this is external when stopping to print, and reveals from ink outlet port because the siphonage of capillary channel can prevent liquid.
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Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of toner cartridge main body of the present invention;
Structural representation when Fig. 2 vacuumizes for print cartridge of the present invention;
The structural representation of Fig. 3 when injecting ink to print cartridge among the present invention;
Fig. 4 is that print cartridge is extracted structural representation behind the refilling unit out among the present invention;
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The 1-print cartridge; The 2-container cavity; 3-supplies the chamber;
The 4-ink outlet port; 5-labyrinth capillary channel 6-cushion chamber;
7-fills mouth; 8-first intercommunicating pore; 9-second intercommunicating pore;
The 10-aspirator; 11-refilling unit; The 12-non-saturated region;
The 13-saturation region;
The specific embodiment
Be illustrated in figure 1 as the cutaway view that the present invention relates to print cartridge; This print cartridge 1 comprises: ink container cavity 2 is used for storing the ink that is supplied to image processing system; Supply chamber 3, it contains porous member absorbing material (not shown); Ink is filled mouth 7, is positioned on the cover of supply 3 tops, chamber, is used for suction air and filling ink; Labyrinth capillary channel 5 arranges that by U-shaped bending the one end is communicated with first intercommunicating pore 8 of described ink container cavity 2 bottoms, and the other end is communicated with described cushion chamber 6; Second connected entrance 9, cushion chamber 6 is communicated with supply chamber 3, wherein the volume of cushion chamber 6 causes the volume that is out of shape owing to expanding with heat and contract with cold greater than the ink of print cartridge inside, in print procedure with the ink feed in the ink container cavity 2 to supplying chamber 3, and under nature, the ink in the ink container cavity 2 can not flow to supply chamber 3; Ink outlet port 4 is positioned at the bottom in supply chamber 3, with the ink feed in the print cartridge 1 to image processing system.
As shown in Figure 2, structural representation when vacuumizing in the print cartridge 1 for the present invention, wherein supply and be filled with negative pressure holding element such as sponge in the chamber 3, in the present embodiment, can utilize aspirator 10 to bleed as vavuum pump, the print cartridge inner chamber body is evacuated to certain vacuum, the vacuum as 90%, the air that extracts in the print cartridge specifically can be: utilize aspirator 10 from supply chamber 3 extracting airs of 7 pairs of print cartridges of filler opening.Bleed and effectively to simplify the operation of whole refilling by filling mouthfuls 7, improve refilling efficient, simultaneously, before bleeding, also the ink outlet port 4 on the print cartridge and the through hole that is communicated with atmosphere should be sealed, thereby guarantee before refilling, can take out negative pressure normally.
Fig. 3 injects the structural representation of ink in the print cartridge for the present invention, after print cartridge 1 inner chamber body is evacuated to certain vacuum, print cartridge is fixed, can utilize refilling unit 11 to inject inks by filling mouth 7 to the supply chamber 3 in the print cartridge 1, inject quantity of ink less than total ink saturation of print cartridge, wherein total ink saturation refers to that print cartridge inside can hold the container cavity of ink, cushion chamber, the heap(ed) capacity sum of supply chamber and other cavity, it is the whole volume that total ink saturation is print cartridge inside, and the injection quantity of ink is to guarantee the undersaturated preset value of print cartridge negative pressure maintaining part, and preset value is less than total ink saturation, be that print cartridge internal ink amount is unsaturated, thereby make print cartridge inside can keep certain negative pressure, therefore in the ink injection process, ink can be full of supply chamber 3 successively, cushion chamber 6, labyrinth capillary channel 5 and most of ink container cavity 2.
Fig. 4 is that print cartridge is extracted structural representation behind the refilling unit out among the present invention, as shown in Figure 4, after ink is filled and is finished, refilling unit 11 is extracted out, because the print cartridge inner sustain has certain negative pressure, therefore the atmospheric pressure that acts on liquid filling mouthful 7 places pushes to the sponge of supplying in the chamber 3 rapidly, wherein the adsorbed ink part of upside sponge is clamp-oned in the cushion chamber 5 by second intercommunicating pore 9, and the ink in cushion chamber 6 and the labyrinth capillary channel 5 clamp-oned in the container cavity 2, another part ink then moves to the bottom sponge, the negative pressure holding element has formed non-saturated region 12 and saturation region 13 in the supply chamber 3 thereby make, after this by film or plug ink is filled mouthful 7 sealings, ink is filled and is finished.
According to the present invention, as shown in Figure 4, in the process of print cartridge 1 transportation, when temperature changes, ink in the container cavity 2 expands with heat and contract with cold, because the volume of cushion chamber 6 is greater than the volume of ink distortion, and cushion chamber is empty, therefore owing to the ink that causes being out of shape that expands with heat and contract with cold will flow in the cushion chamber 6, prevent that ink from forming leakage from cover, this is external when stopping to print, and stops under the back pressure effect of ink in box body to ink outlet port 4 outputs, reveals from ink outlet port 4 because the siphonage of labyrinth capillary channel 5 can prevent ink.
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1. one kind is injected the method for ink to print cartridge, and described print cartridge comprises: the container cavity that is used for holding ink; Ink outlet port; The supply chamber, inside be provided with the negative pressure holding element and by described ink outlet port with ink feed to the consumption of ink device; The cushion chamber that is connected with the supply chamber; Be arranged on the passage between container cavity and the cushion chamber; And filling mouth; Described method to print cartridge injection ink comprises:
One, seals described print cartridge, by described filling mouth described print cartridge is taken out negative pressure;
Two, will be injected in the print cartridge less than the ink of the quantity of ink of the receiving volume of print cartridge box body by described fill mouthful with the refilling unit;
Three, after ink is filled and finished, the refilling unit is extracted out.
Four, the described filling mouth of sealing.
2. the method for injecting ink in the print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described passage is a circuitous labyrinth capillary channel.
3. the method for injecting ink in the print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that,
When described step 2 is carried out, act on the described mouthful atmospheric pressure at place of filling the cushion chamber ink inside is clamp-oned in the container cavity, and make negative pressure holding element formation non-saturated region and saturation region in the supply chamber.
4. inject the method for ink according to claim 1 in the print cartridge, it is characterized in that, described fillings mouth is positioned at above the supply chamber.
5. inject the method for ink according to claim 1 in the print cartridge, it is characterized in that, the sealing print cartridge is the ink outlet port of the described print cartridge of sealing in the described step 1.
6. as injecting the method for ink as described in the claim 5 in the print cartridge, it is characterized in that described print cartridge also comprises the through hole that is communicated with atmosphere, the sealing print cartridge also comprises the through hole of the described atmosphere connection of sealing in the described step 1.
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