CN104417073A - Ink cartridge - Google Patents
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The invention provides an ink cartridge, of which manufacture time can be shortened, and manufacture cost can be controlled. A light receiving portion of a jet recording device detects light emitted by a light-emitting portion of an IC chip. The ink cartridge 1A, 1B is installed on an ink jet recording device and has a reflecting plate 3 which reflects light emitted by a light-emitting portion 43 of the IC chip 4, and a reflecting plate holder 52b for holding the reflecting plate 3 and being arranged on the end face at an latch handle 51 side of an ink container 2. The IC chip 4 is configured such that the light emitted by the light-emitting portion 43 is reflected by the reflecting plate 3 and shines on a light receiving portion of the jet recording device 10.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of print cartridge being installed on ink-jet recording apparatus.
Background technology
Usually in the prior art, print cartridge is configured with in ink-jet recording apparatus, and ink-jet recording apparatus is provided with illuminating part to detect the colouring information of print cartridge on the IC chip being installed on print cartridge, is detected the luminescence of this illuminating part by the light accepting part being arranged at ink-jet recording apparatus side.
Such as, in patent document 1, disclose on the real estate configured inside print cartridge, while being provided with the 1st illuminating part for generation of visible ray such as LED, be in the light conductivity parts that the 1st head unit between illuminating part and light accepting part is provided with optical fiber etc., the light that illuminating part sends can be guided to light accepting part.
In addition, also there is such print cartridge, by being provided with light conductivity parts in addition on the bolt handle (ラ ッ チ レ バ ー) of print cartridge, the light sent by illuminating part guides to light accepting part.
In addition, patent document 2 discloses a kind of invention, just infrared emitting portion is provided with in the door bolt portion (ラ ッ チ portion) of position what be in light accepting part, this infrared emitting portion connects the connected electrode section of jack of printer carriage by flexible cord, just can omit the light conductivity parts that patent document 1 is such.
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Patent document 1: specially permit No. 3793216;
Patent document 2: JP 2013-18160 publication.
Summary of the invention
The problem that invention will solve
But, in head unit, light conductivity parts are provided with for as patent document 1, or on the bolt handle of print cartridge, be provided with the structure of light conductivity parts, light conductivity parts are absolutely necessary, light accepting part just cannot be made to detect the light of IC chip if lacked light conductivity parts, ink-jet recording apparatus just cannot work.In addition, owing to needing the light conductivity parts as separate part, therefore not only increase the number of working processes when ink-jet recording apparatus and print cartridge manufacture, manufacturing cost also can be caused to increase.
In addition, by arranging infrared emitting portion above bolt handle as patent document 2, although light conductivity parts can be omitted, but connect infrared emitting portion and electrode section because needs are flexible wired, therefore structure becomes complicated, so above-mentioned situation all not only increases the number of working processes when print cartridge manufactures, manufacturing cost also can be caused to increase, and also have wiring to hold flimsy problem.
Therefore, the object of the invention is, for solving the problem a little, to provide a kind of print cartridge, the number of working processes when print cartridge manufactures can be reduced, and control manufacturing cost, the light accepting part of ink-jet recording apparatus can be made the light that the illuminating part of IC chip sends to be detected simultaneously.
For solving the means of problem
Print cartridge of the present invention is a kind of print cartridge being installed on ink-jet recording apparatus, there is the reflecting plate of the light that reflection sends from the illuminating part of IC chip, in order to keep reflecting plate to be arranged on reflecting plate maintaining part the end face of the bolt handle side of ink tank, IC chip is configured to make to be sent by illuminating part and light through baffle reflection incides the light accepting part being arranged at ink-jet recording apparatus.
As another preferred version of the present invention, IC chip is arranged on the bottom of bolt handle, and illuminating part is exposed in reflecting plate side.
As another preferred version of the present invention, the linking part of the lower end of reflecting plate maintaining part and the lower end of bolt handle is provided with opening portion, and IC chip is installed into illuminating part and exposes to upside from opening portion.
As another preferred version of the present invention, print cartridge has the ink tank depositing ink, the IC chip holding member formed independent of this ink tank, IC chip holding member have bolt handle, for insert ink tank container insertion section, for being fixed on the container mount of ink tank, reflecting plate maintaining part is formed at the surface of the bolt handle side of container insertion section.
Invention effect
By print cartridge of the present invention, the number of working processes when print cartridge manufactures can be reduced, and control manufacturing cost, the light accepting part of ink-jet recording apparatus can be made the light that the illuminating part of IC chip sends to be detected simultaneously.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the stereoscopic figure of the ink-jet recording apparatus being provided with print cartridge of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of the embodiment 1 of print cartridge of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is (a) front view, (b) side view, (c) rearview of the IC chip of embodiment 1 or embodiment 2;
Fig. 4 is the partial perspective view of the print cartridge of embodiment 1;
Fig. 5 is the schematic partial sectional view of the print cartridge of embodiment 1;
Fig. 6 is the stereogram of the IC chip holding member of embodiment 1;
Fig. 7 is the exploded perspective view of the embodiment 2 of print cartridge of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the partial perspective view of the print cartridge of embodiment 2;
Fig. 9 is the schematic partial sectional view of the print cartridge of embodiment 2.
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1A, 1B print cartridge; 2 ink tanks; 21 ink supply ports; 22 holddown grooves; 23 cascaded surfaces; 24 fixed lobes; 3 reflecting plates; 4IC chip; 41 holding wires; 42 control parts; 43 illuminating parts; 5IC chip holding member; 51 bolt handles; 51a, 51b opening portion; 52 container insertion sections; 52a inserts projection; 52b reflecting plate maintaining part; 53 container mount; 53a fixing hole; 53b accommodation section; 10 ink-jet recording apparatus; 11 cartridge carrier; 12 light accepting parts.
Detailed description of the invention
Be described below by way of the embodiment of accompanying drawing to print cartridge of the present invention.
The print cartridge 1A of embodiment 1, as shown in Figure 1, be installed on ink-jet recording apparatus 10 cartridge carrier 11 on and the print cartridge 1A that uses, as shown in Figure 2, form primarily of ink tank 2, reflecting plate 3, IC chip 4, IC chip holding member 5.
Below each structure of embodiment 1 is described in detail.
Ink-jet recording apparatus 10 is by spraying the drops such as ink to carry out the printing equipment printed in the printing object such as paper, and the ink of injection supplied by the print cartridge 1A of the cartridge carrier 11 being installed on ink-jet recording apparatus 10.
The ink tank 2 of the print cartridge 1A of embodiment 1 is the container of the ink for depositing supply ink-jet recording apparatus 10, and its inside is formed with the space for depositing ink.On the bottom surface of this ink tank 2, have and form cylindric ink supply port 21 downwards, for the providing ink that will leave in ink tank 2 to ink-jet recording apparatus 10.
In addition, as shown in Figure 2, on the end face of bolt handle 51 side of ink tank 2, be formed with the holddown groove 22,22 of concavity abreast at Liang Chu, insert upward for IC chip holding member 5 and be held in ink tank 2.Then, on the bottom surface of ink tank 2, the cascaded surface 23 for installing IC chip holding member 5 is formed in the corner of the relative side of ink supply port 21, simultaneously on this cascaded surface 23, be formed with the two columned fixed lobes 24 in place, 24, make its difficult drop-off for fixing IC chip holding member 5.By these holddown groove 22,22 and fixed lobe 24,24, IC chip holding member 5 can be made relative to ink tank 2, easily install during fabrication, in use difficult drop-off.
Then, as shown in Figure 2, the reflecting plate 3 of embodiment 1 is the parts of the light that the illuminating part 43 reflecting IC chip 4 sends, and is made up and forms tabular of polyethylene terephthalate.As shown in Figure 5, by being arranged on the end face of bolt handle 51 side of print cartridge 1A by this reflecting plate 3, the light that the illuminating part 43 that can reflect IC chip 4 sends, makes light incide the light accepting part 12 being arranged at ink-jet recording apparatus 10 simply.In addition, by the easy structure of this reflecting plate 3, the number of working processes when print cartridge 1A manufactures can be reduced, and control manufacturing cost.
In addition, as shown in Fig. 3 (a)-Fig. 3 (c), a face of the IC chip 4 of embodiment 1 is furnished with holding wire 41, the control part 42 that another face is provided with the work by above-mentioned holding wire 41, the illuminating part 43 be made up of the LED of the work by above-mentioned control part 42.Then, as shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, this IC chip 4 is configured to make sent by illuminating part 43 and incided the light accepting part 12 being arranged at ink-jet recording apparatus 10 by the light that reflecting plate 3 reflects.Particularly, as shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the IC chip 4 of embodiment 1 is arranged on the bottom of bolt handle 51, and illuminating part 43 is exposed in reflecting plate 3 side.
Then, the IC chip holding member 5 of the print cartridge 1A of embodiment 1 as shown in Figure 2, is formed independent of this ink tank 2, by bolt handle 51, for insert ink tank 2 container insertion section 52, form for the container mount 53 being fixed on ink tank 2.
The bolt handle 51 of embodiment 1 is the snap portions of the cartridge carrier 11 for print cartridge 1A being detachably installed on ink-jet recording apparatus 10, forms the summary bending that elastic deformation can occur.Further, as shown in Figure 2, on the bottom of this bolt handle 51, be formed with the opening portion 51a for installing IC chip 4, IC chip 4 is installed into illuminating part 43 and exposes to reflecting plate 3 side from this opening portion 51a.
In addition, as shown in Figure 6, the container insertion section 52 of embodiment 1 is for IC chip holding member 5 being inserted ink tank 2 and the part of installing, and is formed with insertion protruding 52a, the 52a that section is convex abreast from the lower end of container insertion section 52 to upside at Liang Chu.Then, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4, this insertion protruding 52a, 52a inserts upward and is arranged on the holddown groove 22 on the end face of bolt handle 51 side being formed at ink tank 2, in 22.
Further, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 6, on the face of bolt handle 51 side, there is the reflecting plate maintaining part 52b for keeping reflecting plate 3 the container insertion section 52 of embodiment 1.In embodiment 1, reflecting plate maintaining part 52b is provided with the hook-shaped holding claws 52b of in opposite directions a pair, and 52b, at this holding claws 52b, between 52b, reflecting plate 3 inserts from top and keeps.
In addition, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 6, the container mount 53 of embodiment 1 forms slightly tabular, is connected with the lower end of container insertion section 52 with the lower end of bolt handle 51.Container mount 53 be installed on ink tank 2 cascaded surface 23 and IC chip holding member 5 is fixed on the part of ink tank 2.In embodiment 1, container mount 53 is formed with two places for being fixed on the fixing hole 53a on ink tank 2,53a, this fixing hole 53a, 53a engage with the fixed lobe 24,24 being formed at ink tank 2 and fix.
Then, the effect of the print cartridge 1A of embodiment 1 is described.
When manufacturing print cartridge 1A, first in ink tank 2, fill ink.On the other hand, in the IC chip holding member 5 formed independent of ink tank 2, reflecting plate 3 is fixed on the end face of its bolt handle 51 side by reflecting plate maintaining part 52b, makes reflecting plate 3 be right against the inner surface of bolt handle 51.In addition, IC chip 4 is arranged on the 51a place, opening portion of the bottom being formed at bolt handle 51, and its illuminating part 43 is exposed in reflecting plate 3 side.Therefore, reflecting plate 3 and illuminating part 43 are configured to state in opposite directions.
When reflecting plate 3 and IC chip 4 are installed to IC chip holding member 5, the upper end of insertion protruding 52a, the 52a of IC chip holding member 5 is upwards inserted from the lower end of the holddown groove 22,22 of ink tank 2 and keeps.Now, be arranged at the fixing hole 53a of container mount 53, the fixed lobe 24,24 of 53a and ink tank 2 engages, and the upper surface of container mount 53 abuts with the cascaded surface 23 of ink tank 2 simultaneously, and IC chip holding member 5 is fixed in ink tank 2.Like this, in the manufacturing engineering of print cartridge 1A, by IC chip holding member 5 and ink tank 2 individually being assembled, IC chip 4 is reduced by the chance that operator touches, IC chip 4 can be reduced by operator grease attachment on hand, the risk of IC chip damage, reduce fraction defective.
Then, when using print cartridge 1A, when print cartridge 1A is installed on the cartridge carrier 11 of ink-jet recording apparatus 10, the holding wire 41 of IC chip 4 contacts with the contact of cartridge carrier 11 side, and both realize electrical connection.Then, IC chip 4 and the ink-jet recording apparatus 10 of print cartridge 1A are electrically connected, and the control part 42 of IC chip 4 makes illuminating part 43 luminous.As shown in Figure 5, the light that this illuminating part 43 sends is reflected by reflecting plate 3, incides the light accepting part 12 being arranged at ink-jet recording apparatus 10.Then, incide light accepting part 12 by light, ink-jet recording apparatus 10 identifies print cartridge 1A and connects.
By the print cartridge 1A of the above embodiments 1, following effect can be obtained.
1, by the reflecting plate 3 of simple structure, the number of working processes when print cartridge 1A manufactures can be reduced, and control manufacturing cost, the light accepting part 12 of ink-jet recording apparatus 10 can be made the light that the illuminating part of IC chip 4 sends to be detected simultaneously.
2, in the manufacturing engineering of print cartridge 1A, by IC chip holding member 5 and ink tank 2 are individually assembled, IC chip 4 is reduced by the chance that operator touches, and can reduce IC chip 4 by operator grease attachment on hand, the risk of IC chip damage, reduce fraction defective.
Then, the embodiment 2 of print cartridge of the present invention is described.In the structure of the print cartridge 1B of embodiment 2, to represent with same symbol with the same or equivalent structure of previous embodiment 1 and no longer illustrate.
As shown in Figure 7, the print cartridge 1B of embodiment 2 is formed primarily of ink tank 2, reflecting plate 3, IC chip 4, IC chip holding member 5.
As shown in figs. 7 to 9, in embodiment 2, the linking part place of the lower end of the reflecting plate maintaining part 52b of IC chip holding member 5 and the lower end of bolt handle 51 is provided with opening portion 51b, and the container mount 53 of IC chip holding member 5 is provided with the accommodation section 53b for holding IC chip 4.Then, as shown in Figure 9, IC chip 4 is installed into its illuminating part 43 and exposes to upside from this opening portion 51b.Now, as shown in Figure 9, the control part 42 of IC chip 4 is contained in the accommodation section 53b of container mount 53.
As embodiment 2, even if IC chip 4 is not arranged at bolt handle 51 place, but when being arranged at container mount 53, as long as the IC chip of print cartridge 1B 4 and ink-jet recording apparatus 10 are electrically connected, reflecting plate 3 just can the light that sends of Refl-Luminous portion 43 make light incide the light accepting part 12 of ink-jet recording apparatus 10.
Because the print cartridge 1B of embodiment 2 has said structure, even the ink-jet recording apparatus 10 that therefore connecting point position is different from IC chip 4, the effect same with the print cartridge 1A of embodiment 1 also can be realized.
In addition, print cartridge of the present invention is not limited to above-described embodiment, also can do suitable change.
Such as, although reflecting plate 3 employs the plate-shaped member that polyethylene terephthalate is made in the present embodiment, as long as but the light that sends of the illuminating part 43 that can reflect IC chip 4 parts that light incides the light accepting part 12 of ink-jet recording apparatus 10 can be used, be not limited in this.Such as, reflecting paper also can be used as reflecting plate 3, be directly attached on the end face of bolt handle 51 side of container insertion section 52.
In addition, although ink tank 2 and IC chip holding member 5 form separately separately in the present embodiment, also can be that ink tank 2 and IC chip holding member 5 one are formed.Now, reflecting plate maintaining part 52b is arranged on the end face of bolt handle 51 side of ink tank 2, and reflecting plate 3 is directly held in ink tank 2.Then, IC chip 4 is arranged at the bottom of bolt handle 51, or the linking part of the bottom of bolt handle 51 and ink tank 2, and the light sent by reflecting plate 3 Refl-Luminous portion 43 also makes light incide light accepting part 12.
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1. one kind is installed on the print cartridge of ink-jet recording apparatus, it is characterized in that: have and reflect the reflecting plate of light, the reflecting plate maintaining part in order to keep described reflecting plate to be arranged on the end face of the bolt handle side of ink tank that send from the illuminating part of IC chip, described IC chip is configured to make to be sent by described illuminating part and light through described baffle reflection incides the light accepting part being arranged at described ink-jet recording apparatus.
2. print cartridge according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described IC chip is arranged on the bottom of described bolt handle, and described illuminating part is exposed in described reflecting plate side.
3. print cartridge according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the linking part of the lower end of described reflecting plate maintaining part and the lower end of described bolt handle is provided with opening portion, and described IC chip is installed into described illuminating part and exposes to upside from described opening portion.
4. the print cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: described print cartridge has the ink tank depositing ink, the IC chip holding member formed independent of this ink tank, described IC chip holding member have described bolt handle, for insert described ink tank container insertion section, for being fixed on the container mount of described ink tank, described reflecting plate maintaining part is formed at the surface of the described bolt handle side of described container insertion section.
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