CN103302989A

CN103302989A - Ink box recovery method

Info

Publication number: CN103302989A
Application number: CN2012100654660A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 崔洪明; 邱涌群
Original assignee: Ninestar Image Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co Ltd
Priority date: 2012-03-13
Filing date: 2012-03-13
Publication date: 2013-09-18
Anticipated expiration: 2032-03-13
Also published as: CN103302989B

Abstract

The invention relates to an ink box recovery method. An ink box comprises a holding chamber for holding ink, an ink exporting part for supplying the ink outside, and an ink filling port located on a side face of the ink exporting part, wherein a check valve is arranged in the ink exporting part. The ink box recovery method comprises the following steps: (1) breaking unidirectional performance of the check valve through the ink filling port, and enabling the check valve to be a two-way channel; (2) sealing the ink filling port; (3) filling the ink through the ink exporting part. According to the ink box recovery method, the technical problems of complex working procedures and low efficiency of the existing ink box recovery method are solved.

Description

A kind of recovery method of print cartridge

Technical field

The present invention relates to ink-jet printer cartridge, particularly a kind of recovery method of print cartridge.

Background technology

In printing equipments such as ink-jet printer, by being injected into to be printed on the thing, liquid ink prints, printing equipment, especially the domestic small printing equipment is that ink is stored in the print cartridge.Sneak in the ink in the print cartridge and the recharging of ink inferior in order to prevent air etc., usually the ink that check-valves is arranged on from the print cartridge to the printhead is derived on the path, when thereby the ink surplus reduced to the supply ink that small quantity can not be good, above-mentioned print cartridge was recovered as the print cartridge that uses up usually.

In the past, usually adopt following method in the fabrication stage of reclaiming print cartridge, namely be formed for ink is injected into ink inlet in the ink accommodating chamber at container body, and from this mouth injection ink, but make by this method under the situation of print cartridge, also need pass through to paste sealing inlets such as diaphragm seal, thereby have manufacturing process's complicated problems of print cartridge.

Therefore, recently wish when making the recovery print cartridge, not use the ink hand-hole just can be with the method in the ink accommodating chamber of being injected into of ink simple and effective, Chinese patent CN02108605.2 discloses a kind of renovation process of soft bag print cartridge, do not need to open again the ink inlet by the direct filling ink of ink supply port, this method comprises: remove one way stop peturn valve, cleaning, assemble, fill China ink, exhaust, rewriting.Singulatedly bore to the check-valves available dedicated, unload an ink supply gland earlier, take out sealing ring, valve body and valve spring successively, valve block is taken out in the destructive cover back of going up of removing one way stop peturn valve, thereby makes the check-valves forfeiture stop the ink inflow capacity, finishes ink and recharges function.Yet, this refilling method refilling complex procedures, efficient is low.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of recovery method of print cartridge, to solve complex procedures in the existing box recycling method of ink, inefficient technical problem.

In order to solve above technical problem, the technical scheme that the present invention takes is:

A kind of recovery method of print cartridge, described print cartridge comprises: the accommodating chamber that holds ink; The ink that can supply the ink lead-out of described ink to the outside and be positioned on the ink lead-out side is filled mouth, wherein is provided with check valve in the ink lead-out, may further comprise the steps:

One, fills a mouthful one-way of destroying check valve by ink, make described check valve become duplex channel;

Two, the sealing ink is filled mouth;

Three, by the ink lead-out refilling.

But described check valve comprises described valve seat, valve block and is positioned at the projection that described valve seat valve block contacts, and destroys the one-way of check valve in the described step 1 for destroying described projection.

Described step 1 is destroyed the destruction methods of described projection and be a part or the whole projection of the projection of pruning at a certain angle with the sharp blade spare of band angle from is filled mouthful insertion check valve.

Described check valve comprises valve seat, valve block, destroys the one-way of check valve in the described step 1 for destroying described valve seat.

Described print cartridge comprises housing and cover, and described ink accommodating chamber is ink bag, and described step 1 is further comprising the steps of before carrying out: A, remove described cover.

Further comprising the steps of between described step 2 and the step 3: (one) cleans described accommodating chamber.

The two ends of described leading-out portion are respectively the ink outlet port near the ink entrance of accommodating chamber end and close printer side, and described step 3 is for passing through the ink outlet port refilling.

The ink outlet port end of described leading-out portion is provided with the stop valve that comprises sealing ring, spool and spring.

After having adopted technique scheme, the regeneration of reclaiming print cartridge is achieved, thereby makes the user save the printing cost, also make environment reduce pollution simultaneously.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the ink bag STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION figure among the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the ink bag profile among the present invention.

Fig. 3 reclaims process chart for the print cartridge among the present invention.

Fig. 4 handles figure for the check-valves among the present invention.

The ink bag profile of Fig. 5 after for the processing among the present invention.

Fig. 6 fills the schematic diagram of mouth for the sealing among the present invention.

Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram of the filling ink among the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

The 1-ink bag; The 2-leading-out portion; The 3-diaphragm seal; The 4-sealing ring; The 5-spool; The 6-spring; The 7-valve block; The 8-valve seat; 9-fills mouth; The 10-ink outlet port; The 11-ink-feed channel; The 12-ink entrance; 13-point blade spare; The 14-otch; The 15-seal member; 16-refilling parts;

The specific embodiment

As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, a kind of be used to the ink bag 1 that holds ink, its top is provided with one and is used for to the leading-out portion 2 of printhead supply ink, the two ends of leading-out portion are respectively ink entrance 12 and ink outlet port 10, by the stop valve of being made up of spring 6, spool 5, sealing ring 4 and diaphragm seal 3, stop valve is opened after print cartridge is installed in printer at ink outlet port 10 ends, the ink conducting between China ink bag 1 and the printhead, after print cartridge was disembarked, stop valve closed to prevent ink leakage.Be provided with an one way stop peturn valve at ink entrance 12 1 ends, this check-valves comprises valve block 7 and valve seat 8, valve block 7 is a thin slice that can move in ink entrance 12, when valve block 7 contacts with valve seat 8, ink entrance 12 sealings, otherwise check-valves is opened, and the ink in the ink bag can flow to ink-outtake end 10 via advancing China ink end 12, and to the normal ink supply of printer, but, when by ink-outtake end 10 when advancing China ink end 12 filling inks, because the flowing pressure of ink, valve block 7 is pressed on the valve seat 8, closure of check ring has been blocked ink-feed channel 11, and ink is filled failure, for this reason, usually be provided with one in leading-out portion main body upper end and fill mouth 9,, fill the back that finishes and seal to ink bag 1 filling ink by filling mouth 9.

Fig. 3 is recovery print cartridge process chart of the present invention, as shown in the figure, after the print cartridge that will use up reclaims, at first cleaning reclaims the ghost outer surface of print cartridge, contain chip if reclaim print cartridge, then with the restorer corresponding model ink box chip that resets, the recovery print cartridge ghost that cleaning is clean is beaten sign indicating number by date of manufacture and print cartridge model, the recovery print cartridge ghost of having beaten sign indicating number with hand with label removal on the print cartridge.After this with tweezers the print cartridge cover is prized, then the useless China ink in the useless big basin-like inkstone silk floss of cover is blotted, again this cover was put into 60 ℃ of baking ovens roasting 30 minutes.

When handling the ink bag that reclaims, as shown in Figure 4, sharp blade spare 13 with a band angle inserts from filling mouth 9 at a certain angle earlier, destroys the projection that contacts with valve block 7 in the valve seat 8, the projection of namely pruning, make former valve seat jut form an otch 14, as shown in Figure 5, so valve block 7 can not contact effectively with valve seat 8, destroyed the sealing function of check valve, after this put the glue sealing and namely fill mouth with seal member 15 sealings, and placed 3 hours.

After disposing, cleaning fluid is imported in the ink bag 1, clean the foreign material such as residual China ink in the ink bag, wash cycles gets final product for 5 times.

After cleaning treatment finishes, ink bag is carried out the corresponding color ink irritate China ink, so that ink bag is used again, when filling again, ink outlet port 10 by leading-out portion 2 is filled, as shown in Figure 7, the refilling parts 16 that will contain ink insert from ink outlet port 10, sealed circle 4 sealings around the refilling parts 16, refilling parts 16 push up spool 5 from sealing ring 4 simultaneously, stop valve is in open mode, ink flows to ink-feed channel 11 via stop valve, as shown in Figure 5, valve block 7 is moved to valve seat 8 by the pressure of ink, ink channel 12 is opened, owing to contain otch 14 on the valve seat, so valve block 7 favours valve seat 8 and can not seal ink entrance 12, check-valves is equivalent to open, this moment, ink flowed to ink bag 1 via ink entrance 12, and ink takes off pumping part after filling and finishing, sealing ink outlet port 10, the ink bag cleaning of having irritated ink is clean, then ink bag is packed into drain pan and buckle cover is put into the black machine of leak detection with the print cartridge of irritating ink, and whether usefulness-90KPA vacuum detecting print cartridge ink leak, the leak detection 5 minutes time of China ink, and ink outlet port is placed 24H down check whether drip China ink, if no ink leak phenomenon, then print cartridge can normally use.

Claims

1. the recovery method of a print cartridge, described print cartridge comprises: the accommodating chamber that holds ink; The ink that can supply the ink lead-out of described ink to the outside and be positioned on the ink lead-out side is filled mouth, wherein is provided with check valve in the ink lead-out, may further comprise the steps:

Two, the sealing ink is filled mouth;

Three, by the ink lead-out refilling.

2. the recovery method of print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, but described check valve comprises described valve seat, valve block and be positioned at the projection that described valve seat valve block contacts that the one-way of destroying check valve in the described step 1 is the described projection of destruction.

3. the recovery method of print cartridge as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described step 1 is destroyed the destruction methods of described projection and be a part or the whole projection of the projection of pruning at a certain angle with the sharp blade spare of band angle from filled mouthful insertion check valve.

4. the recovery method of print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described check valve comprises valve seat, valve block, destroys the one-way of check valve in the described step 1 for destroying described valve seat.

5. the recovery method of print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described print cartridge comprises housing and cover, and described ink accommodating chamber is ink bag, and described step 1 is further comprising the steps of before carrying out: A, remove described cover.

6. as the recovery method of the described arbitrary print cartridge of claim 1-5, it is characterized in that further comprising the steps of between described step 2 and the step 3: (one) cleans described accommodating chamber.

7. as the recovery method of the described arbitrary print cartridge of claim 1-5, it is characterized in that the two ends of described leading-out portion are respectively the ink outlet port near the ink entrance of accommodating chamber end and close printer side, described step 3 is for passing through the ink outlet port refilling.

8. the recovery method of print cartridge as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, the ink outlet port end of described leading-out portion is provided with the stop valve that comprises sealing ring, spool and spring.