CN104768765A - Expandable waste ink receptacle for micro-fluid supply item - Google Patents

Expandable waste ink receptacle for micro-fluid supply item Download PDF

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CN104768765A
CN104768765A CN201380050375.2A CN201380050375A CN104768765A CN 104768765 A CN104768765 A CN 104768765A CN 201380050375 A CN201380050375 A CN 201380050375A CN 104768765 A CN104768765 A CN 104768765A
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罗宾·I·P·维瓦斯
米格尔·A·艾东宾果
杰弗瑞·G·阿班托
苏尔佩西奥·H·埃斯库纳
迈克尔·R·拉尔罗比斯
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17513Inner structure
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17513Inner structure
    • B41J2002/17516Inner structure comprising a collapsible ink holder, e.g. a flexible bag
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/18Ink recirculation systems
    • B41J2/185Ink-collectors; Ink-catchers
    • B41J2002/1856Ink-collectors; Ink-catchers waste ink containers

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Abstract

A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of fresh fluid for use in an imaging device. A housing defines an interior having an expandable fluid receptacle to receive waste fluid from the imaging device. As the fresh fluid depletes in the interior over time, the fluid receptacle expands as it accommodates waste fluid. In this way, a single container can both 1) supply fresh fluid and 2) retrieve waste fluid. When full of fresh fluid initially, the fluid receptacle is empty in a compressed state. Upon fresh fluid leaving the container for the imaging device, waste fluid can begin filling the receptacle. Upon depletion of fresh fluid, the container is full of waste fluid. The container is ready for disposal or recycling.

Description

Easily extensible for microfluid supplies discards ink container
Technical field
The present invention relates to microfluidic applications, such as inkjet printing.The invention particularly relates to supplies container, the accommodating fresh fluid of this supplies container, and pass emptying in time along with fresh fluid and double as disposal fluids container.Easily extensible fluid container makes enforcement more convenient.
Background technology
People are comparatively familiar with the image printing technology adopting micro-fluidic technologies.Replaceable or (partly) permanent type injector head can obtain Local or Remote fluid (such as, ink) supply.Fluid is ejected into print media by the pattern of pixels of printed drawings picture from jeting area to correspond to.
In industrial or Large Copacity printer, a large amount of discarded ink is in period accumulations such as head maintenances.Although these printers have the equipment holding discarded ink, but often kind of equipment has it self deficiency.Some printers utilize felt or other materials to absorb discarded ink and to allow discarded ink pass in time and evaporate.Some printers utilize useless print cartridge, and useless print cartridge is placed on appropriate location, replaces, empties by user during safeguarding, process etc., will to discard ink acquisition in special container.The former is cumbersome (messy).And a large amount of absorbing materials is also required in Large Copacity printer.The latter is inconvenient and also cumbersome similarly.
Need to process discarded ink better in art technology.These needs are not only conveniently property and clean process, also in order to simplicity and economic cause.And other benefit and selection can be obtained.
Summary of the invention
Discarded the container of ink container by the easily extensible had for microfluidic applications, above and other problem is resolved.This container doubles as the source of the fresh fluid of imaging device and the container of disposal fluids that expends for same imaging device.
A kind of consumed supplies for imaging device, the initial of the fresh fluid used in accommodating imaging device maybe can recharge volume.Housing limits an inner space (interior), and this inner space has easily extensible fluid container (receptacle), in order to receive the disposal fluids from imaging device.Along with the fresh fluid in inner space is passed and emptying in time, fluid container is expanded along with accommodation disposal fluids.In this way, single container can be supplied fresh fluid and can fetch disposal fluids from imaging device again.When being full of fresh fluid at the beginning, the fluid container be under compressive state is empty.When fresh fluid leaves container for imaging device, disposal fluids can enter this container.When fresh fluid is emptying, this container is full of disposal fluids.This container gets out processed or recirculation.
Other embodiments consider the hydrophobic membrane in fluid container, this hydrophobic membrane air permeable, with the pressure during use along with described fluid container filling disposal fluids in balanced described fluid container.Other structures that described container is polymer film or can be compressed at the beginning, be expanded afterwards.The impermeable fluid of this film.Folded plastic foil and the elastomer being deflated or having crumpled are the typical cases of original state.Other films can consider polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
In other embodiments, fluid port is positioned on housing, is communicated with the fluid source of the inner space with hull outside that make housing or air-source.First port is fresh fluid discharge port, for the volume of described fresh fluid is supplied to imaging device.Second port is breather port, ventilates to described inner space for utilizing the air from described hull outside.3rd port is disposal fluids entrance, for receiving the disposal fluids from described imaging device.These ports have any type, can consider that the ball bias voltage utilizing spring is closed (ball biased shut).
These and other embodiments are set forth in the following description.The person skilled in the art will easily understand their advantage and feature.Specific restriction has been set forth in claim.
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Figure 1A is the schematic diagram of the container with fresh fluid, and this container is with the easily extensible fluid container for discarded ink;
Figure 1B is the view being similar to Figure 1A, and wherein lower the and fluid container of the liquid level of fresh fluid has been partially filled disposal fluids;
Fig. 1 C is the schematic diagram of the port of the container be connected with imaging device;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the hydrophobic membrane in container in easily extensible fluid container;
Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B is the view that the easily extensible fluid container being in compressive state and extended mode is shown; And
Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B is the view of the embodiment being similar to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B.
Detailed description of the invention
With reference to accompanying drawing in the following detailed description, label similar in the accompanying drawings represents similar details.Fully describe in detail embodiment, can the present invention be put into practice to make those skilled in the art.Should be appreciated that and also can use other embodiments, and can change without departing from the present invention.Thus, the following detailed description should not considered from the angle of restriction, and scope of the present invention is only limited by claims and equivalency range thereof.According to feature of the present invention, container has the imaging device reception disposal fluids that easily extensible fluid container uses from microfluidic applications.
With reference to Figure 1A and Figure 1B, the supplies container 10 used in an imaging device comprises housing 12.This housing defines inner space 14, and the initial of this accommodating fresh fluid in inner space 14 (such as ink 16) maybe can recharge supply.This fluid can be any kind, but typical fluid is water color ink, such as those ink of filling a prescription based on dyestuff or pigment.This fluid also represents shades of colour, such as, and blue-green, carmetta, yellow, black etc.In many application of such as inkjet printing and so on, this supplies is useful, but certainly in administration, formation circuit patterns, Food processing, chemistry manufacture etc., adopts other fluids to be also useful.
During use, the volume of ink downwardly basal surface 18 in enclosure interior space and emptying on the direction of gravity G.This basal surface normally flat or tilt so that ink is derived outside (funnel) to inner space in funnel mode.Ink flows to imaging device by fresh fluid discharge port 20.Breather port 22 provides the suction to around recirculation air or other air, to overcome the counter-pressure in the inner space 14 that increases during imaging operation.These ports can be any kind, typically column tube 24, and this column tube 24 cuts out (Fig. 1 C) by internal ball 26 and spring 28 bias voltage.They coordinate with the barrier film pin 30 from imaging device.This pin is inserted into overcome the bias voltage of spring in these ports, and this ball slides backward.When fully inserting, the opening in port is communicated with pin 32,34, and fluid passage is opened between the inner space 14 and pin of housing.Fluid passage can be air duct or fluid passage.
Inside inner space 14, easily extensible fluid container 50 receives the disposal fluids 52 from hull outside, and along with in inner space the volume of fresh fluid 16 pass emptying in time, the size expansion of easily extensible fluid container 50.Discarded ink is from imaging device, and it accumulates during the time period of head maintenance etc.Discarded disposal fluids entrance 40 place that ink is being connected to easily extensible fluid container is received by housing.This disposal fluids entrance identical with other ports (see Fig. 1 C).
See Fig. 2, fluid container 50 comprises the hydrophobic membrane 54 of air permeable.The air chamber 60 of this face internally in space 14, to fill the pressure of disposal fluids and this easily extensible fluid container inside balanced along with fluid container.Conversely, this air chamber is connected to breather port 22, and the pressure of fluid container inside equals atmospheric condition.The lower surface 56 of this film can the attached outer surface 58 to fluid container, and to cover/another opening portion of fluid-encapsulated container 50.Alternatively, this film can be welded to this container.This film is thin as far as possible, but can limit the thickness of at least several mil (mil).Representational film can be considered to use polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (PTFE) or other materials.Such film is referred to as " ventilation " mouth (" breather " vent) sometimes.
This container self is polymer film, or can be compressed at the beginning and other structures be expanded afterwards.The impermeable fluid of this film.With reference to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, container 50 is along broken line 51 folded (3A), the plastic foil expanding (3B) afterwards due to discarded ink 52 under its initial contraction (collapsed) state.In Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, container 50 is the elastomers being deflated or having crumpled (4A) under its initial contraction state, expanded (4B) afterwards due to discarded ink 52.Representational film can consider polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride or poly tetrafluoroethylene in each case.
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During use, the polymer film in container is used for fresh ink supply to separate with discarded ink.When container is new, fresh ink almost occupies whole volumes of interior of the container, is only this film and leaves very little volume, and in this film, emptying or this film of discarded ink is compressed.When 75% of container is filled with fresh ink, the volume of inner space can hold now the expansion of polymer film and discarded ink reaches 25%.When fresh fluid in container reaches 50%, the volume up to 50% in container may be used for the expansion of film and discarded ink.This situation continued, until emptying in the calm device of fresh ink (or major part is emptying, because maintenance is trapped in container bottom by remaining fresh ink), and easily extensible fluid container is filled (or part is full of, because imaging device is not will inevitably produce discarded ink according to it to the precise proportions between the expending of fresh ink).When the emptying fresh ink of container self, container and discarded ink thereof can be processed, recirculation etc.
No matter what design is, should be noted that the common restriction for container.Such as, expect that housing is the container of any kind for accommodating fluid.It can be typically plastics, glass, metal etc.It can be recycled and maybe cannot be recycled.It can consider simplicity or complexity.Production technology is variable, but blow molding (blow molding), injection moulding etc. are considered usually at this.By blow molding, housing 12 can be made integrative-structure to limit inner space 14.It is also contemplated that welding, rivet hot (heat-staking), engage (bonding), punch die (dies) etc.The material of housing, structure, transport, deposit, in easness, durability or other business that design standard also can be conceived to such as cost, manufacture by use etc.Its shape is almost hard-core.The selection relating to it is good engineering practice, such as, consider wherein will to use the larger imaging circumstances of this housing.In given design, the port end 41 of housing usually from its rear end 39 to it is microscler.Along with user promotes rear end, this port end is inserted into forward in imaging device.Shape also considers that the place of interface cohesion portion between port and imaging device can obtain the sealing and barrier film etc. of design applicability.
Show various scheme of the present invention above.But this is not exhaustive.But have selected and provide the preferably signal for principle of the present invention and practical application thereof can use the present invention to make those skilled in the art.All remodeling and change can be considered in the scope of the present invention that claims are determined.The Feature Combination of the one or more feature comprised each embodiment and other embodiments of relatively significantly retrofiting.

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1. a container, maybe can recharge volume for the initial of accommodating fresh fluid, comprise:
Housing, limits an inner space, in order to hold the volume of fresh fluid; And
Easily extensible fluid container, is in described interior, in order to receive the disposal fluids from described hull outside.
2. container according to claim 1, wherein, described easily extensible fluid container has the hydrophobic membrane of air permeable, to fill described disposal fluids along with described fluid container and pressure in balanced described easily extensible fluid container.
3. container according to claim 1, wherein, described housing also comprises fresh fluid discharge port, and described inner space is oriented during use with the volume towards the emptying described fresh fluid of described fresh fluid discharge port.
4. container according to claim 1, wherein, described housing also comprises breather port, ventilates to described inner space in order to the air from described hull outside.
5. container according to claim 1, wherein, described housing also comprises disposal fluids entrance.
6. container according to claim 1, wherein, described housing also comprises three ports, to make the ft connection of the inner space of described housing and described housing; First port is fresh fluid discharge port, for the volume of described fresh fluid is supplied to imaging device; Second port is breather port, ventilates to described inner space for utilizing the air from described hull outside; 3rd port is disposal fluids entrance, for receiving the described disposal fluids from described imaging device.
7. a container, maybe can recharge volume for the initial of accommodating fresh fluid, comprise:
Housing, limits an inner space, in order to hold the volume of fresh fluid; And
Easily extensible fluid container, be in described interior, in order to receive the disposal fluids from described hull outside, and along with the volume of described fresh fluid is passed in described inner space emptying in time, described fluid container fills described disposal fluids and size expansion, makes described disposal fluids and described fresh fluid keep separating simultaneously.
8. container according to claim 7, wherein, described easily extensible fluid container is in a contracted state by the polymer film of the impermeable fluid of initial configuration in described inner space.
9. container according to claim 8, wherein, described contraction state comprises folded plastic foil.
10. container according to claim 8, wherein, described contraction state comprises the elastomer being in venting or crumpling state.
11. containers according to claim 8, wherein, described polymer film comprises polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
12. containers according to claim 7, wherein, described easily extensible fluid container comprises the hydrophobic membrane of air permeable, to fill described disposal fluids along with described fluid container and pressure in balanced described easily extensible fluid container.
13. containers according to claim 12, wherein, described hydrophobic membrane is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or blow vent.
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