CN104802521B - Ink accommodating container - Google Patents
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Present invention offer is a kind of simple in structure, cheap, and can detect the ink accommodating container of ink surplus.The ink accommodating container of the present invention is the ink accommodating container 1 for storing the ink used in printing equipment 10, has chip substrate, the chip substrate has：Voltage signal obtains terminal 41a, for obtaining the voltage signal exported based on the quantity of ink used in printing equipment 10；Resistive element 42, it is connected to voltage signal and obtains terminal 41a；Ink surplus memory portion 431, for remembering workable ink margin value；Ink surplus update section 432, for the ink margin value in the resistance change of resistive element 42, remembered in renewal ink surplus memory portion 431, reduces the numerical value.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of ink accommodating container for the ink stored and used in the printing equipments such as ink-jet printer.
Background technology
Past, it is thus proposed that can show the technology of the ink surplus stored in ink accommodating container.For example, special permission the
A kind of technology is disclosed in No. 4144637 publications, it is to the piezoelectric element that is arranged on chip substrate（Press Electricity sub-primes）Apply and drive
Dynamic voltage, makes its vibration, by the vibration for measuring voltage caused by the piezoelectric effect of its residual vibration using inverse piezoelectric effect
Frequency detects ink surplus（Patent document 1）.According to the technology, above-mentioned vibration frequency is illustrated shakes jointly with piezoelectric element
The eigentone of tectosome around dynamic, and change with residual ink amount in print cartridge, therefore shaken by measuring this
Dynamic frequency can detect ink surplus.
Prior art literature
Patent document
Patent document 1：Specially permit No. 4144637 publication
The content of the invention
The subject that the invention solves
But in the invention that patent document 1 is recorded, in order to detect that ink surplus must install the pressure as sensor
Electric device.The piezoelectric element is expensive components as described above, it is necessary to apply high voltage, therefore can cause that the production cost increases
Problem.In addition, number of components can be increased using piezoelectric element, from the viewpoint of the energy and environmental protection is saved also and can not
Take.
The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, there is provided and it is a kind of simple in structure, cheap, and can detect the ink of ink surplus
Accommodating container.
Means for solving the problems
The ink accommodating container of the present invention is the ink accommodating container for storing the ink used in printing equipment, is had
Chip substrate, the chip substrate have：Voltage signal obtains terminal, for obtaining based on the ink used in the printing equipment
Water and the voltage signal exported；Resistive element, it is connected to the voltage signal and obtains terminal；Ink surplus memory portion, is used for
Ink margin value workable for memory；Ink surplus update section, in the resistance change of the resistive element, updating institute
The ink margin value remembered in ink surplus memory portion is stated, reduces the numerical value.
Preferably, the voltage signal obtains terminal, shows connect with the device side termination contact of the printing equipment greatly
Centered on contact portion, formed the ink accommodating container direction of insertion it is corresponding just upwardly extend up and down it is asymmetrical near
Like waveform.
Preferably, front end in the direction of insertion of the ink accommodating container is separately installed engaging part, the card
Closing component has the latch lever for being sticked in the printing equipment（ラッチレバー）Engaging protrusion, the engaging part have with
The corresponding color of ink color stored in the ink accommodating container.
Preferably, the resistive element is carbon element.
Invention effect
It is the configuration of the present invention is simple, cheap, and can detect ink surplus.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the embodiment of the ink accommodating container of the present invention；
Fig. 2 is the chip substrate of the present embodiment（a）Front view,（b）Right view and（c）Rearview；
Fig. 3 is the electrical structure block diagram of the present embodiment.
Description of reference numerals：
1st, ink accommodating container；2nd, cartridge body；3rd, engaging part；4th, chip substrate；10th, printing equipment；11st, device side
Terminal；12nd, control unit；13rd, display unit；21st, stent engaging protrusion；22nd, ink supply port；23rd, top slot；24th, lower section
Slot；31st, inclined plane；32nd, latch lever engaging protrusion；33rd, top holding section；34th, lower section holding section；41st, terminal group；41a, electricity
Press signal acquisition terminal；41b, data terminal；41c, contact site；42nd, resistive element；43rd, IC chip；44th, protection materials；431st, it is black
Water surplus memory portion；432nd, ink surplus update section.
Embodiment
The ink accommodating container of the present invention is illustrated below by way of attached drawing.
The ink accommodating container 1 of the present embodiment is installed on the printing equipments 10 such as ink-jet printer and uses, as shown in Figure 1,
With storage ink cartridge body 2, installed in the cartridge body 2 front end engaging part 3, installed in the engaging
Chip substrate 4 in the inclined plane of component 3.Each several part is described in detail below.
The storage of cartridge body 2 is used for the ink for supplying printing equipment 10, detachably installed in printing equipment 10
Cartridge carrier（カートリッジホルダ）（It is not shown）On.In the present embodiment, cartridge body 2 mainly has：Printed for engaging
The stent engaging protrusion 21 of the cartridge carrier of device 10, the ink supply port 22 for supplying ink, for engaging engaging part 3
Square slot 23 and lower section slot 24.There is opening on one side of the top slot 23 and lower section slot 24, from
The side can be inserted into by sliding.
Cartridge body 2 is sticked in the latch lever of printing equipment 10 by engaging part 3（It is not shown）On.Such as Fig. 1 institutes of engaging part 3
Show, bent along the front end of cartridge body 2, there is inclined plane 31.The upper end of the inclined plane 31 is formed with for engaging
The latch lever engaging protrusion 32 of the latch lever.In addition, the upper end of engaging part 3 constitutes the top slot with cartridge body 2
The top holding sections 33 of 23 engagings, under the bottom of engaging part 3 engages formed with the lower section slot 24 with cartridge body 2
Square holding section 34.
In addition, in the present embodiment, mistake is installed on printing equipment 10 in order to prevent, and engaging part 3 has to be received with ink
Receive the corresponding color of ink color stored in container 1.For example, for the printing equipment 10 using 6 kinds of color inks, difference
It is prepared with the engaging part 3 of the colors such as black, blue or green, pinkish red, yellow, shallow blue or green, shallow magenta.
In addition, in the present embodiment, in order to simplify the installation exercise of chip substrate 4, manufacture cost is reduced, prevents hand as far as possible
Upper grease is attached on terminal, and engaging part 3 is made of separate part.But be not restricted to that it is described composition or
Composition is integrated with cartridge body 2.In addition, engaging part 3 is with corresponding with the ink color stored in ink accommodating container 1
Color, but be not limited to the composition or sticked on cartridge body 2 and be printed on color corresponding with ink color
Label adhesive paper etc..
Chip substrate 4 is used to remember surplus of ink etc. and detects whether ink accommodating container 1 is correctly installed.This reality
Apply in example, chip substrate 4 as shown in Figures 2 and 3, has：Obtain terminal 41a's and data terminal 41b etc. comprising voltage signal
Terminal group 41, the resistive element 42 for being connected to voltage signal acquisition terminal 41a, the IC of the available ink surplus of management
（Integrated Circuit）Chip 43.In addition, chip substrate 4 is as shown in Figure 1, be fixed on the inclined plane 31 of engaging part 3,
Terminal group 41 is set to expose end face side forward.
Terminal group 41 is arranged at the surface of chip substrate 4, is contacted with the device side terminal 11 for being arranged at printing equipment 10, hands over
Change various signals and data.In terminal group 41, voltage signal obtains terminal 41a as shown in figure 3, obtaining the control from printing equipment 10
The voltage signal that portion 12 processed exports.The voltage signal is the letter intermittently exported based on the quantity of ink used in printing equipment 10
Number.In addition, data terminal 41b is connected to ink surplus memory portion 431 described later, ink is read according to the requirement of printing equipment 10
Water surplus.
In addition, in the present embodiment, as other terminal groups 41, the peace of the installation of detection ink accommodating container 1 is further included
Dress detection terminal, the reseting terminal for receiving the reset signal for being supplied to IC chip 43, reception are supplied to the clock of IC chip 43 to believe
Number clock terminal, receive the power supply terminal for the supply voltage for being supplied to IC chip 43, receive and be supplied to the ground connection of IC chip 43
Ground terminal of voltage etc., amounts to 9 terminals.
In addition, in the present embodiment, several device side terminals 11 for being arranged at 10 side of printing equipment are configured to fork staggeredly
Finger-type shape.Therefore, voltage signal obtains each terminal such as terminal 41a and data terminal 41b such as Fig. 2（a）It is shown, show greatly and each dress
Centered on the contact site 41c for putting the contact of side terminal 11, in direction up and down corresponding with the direction of insertion of ink accommodating container 1
Upper extension, the asymmetrical approximate waveform for bending to the mutual gap of filling.
As described above, by making the termination width of each terminal extend in the lateral direction, it can be ensured that with device side terminal 11
There is larger contact surface, prevent the short circuit between malfunction and each terminal.In addition, by making the terminal of each terminal to upper and lower
To extension, avoid the need for forming the conducting wire beyond terminal on the surface of chip substrate 4.Therefore, the surface of chip substrate 4 can be with
Simplify, manufacturing engineering can also simplify, and reduce manufacture cost.
Resistive element 42 is used to detect whether printing equipment 10 outputs voltage signal.Resistive element 42 such as Fig. 2（c）It is shown, by
The carbon element for forming banding is formed, and voltage signal is connected at the back side of chip substrate 4 and obtains terminal 41a.Therefore, from the electricity
When pressing signal acquisition terminal 41a application voltage signals, resistance value can change.In addition, the material of resistive element 42 is not limited to carbon
Material, as long as by the way that the changed material of resistance value can use during voltage signal as defined in application.
IC chip 43 is used to manage available ink margin value.IC chip 43 such as Fig. 2（b）、（c）It is shown, it is arranged at core
The back side of plate base 4, is coated with defined protection materials 44.In addition, IC chip 43 is as shown in figure 3, have：Ink surplus is remembered
Portion 431, for remembering workable ink margin value；Ink surplus update section 432, for the resistance value change in resistive element 42
During change, the ink margin value remembered in ink surplus memory portion 431 is updated, reduces the numerical value.
Ink surplus memory portion 431 is arranged on the EPROM in IC chip 43（Erasable Programmable Read
Only Memory）And EEPROM（Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory）Etc. can
In erasable region.In the present embodiment, as initial setting, ink surplus has been remembered in ink surplus memory portion 431 to represent
Fill it up with the ink margin value of state.
Ink surplus update section 432 passes through the CPU in IC chip 43（Central Processing Unit）Execution has been write
Enter the control program of EPROM and EEPROM and work.In the present embodiment, ink surplus update section 432 can often monitor resistance
The resistance value of body 42.Then, the voltage signal that the control unit 12 of printing equipment 10 applies becomes the resistance value of resistive element 42
During change, the ink margin value remembered in ink surplus memory portion 431 is updated, gradually decreases the numerical value.For example, with initial
Fill it up with state for 100% when, in each time point of resistance change, as 90% → 75% → 60% → 50% → 40% →
30% → 15% → 5% → 0% so aperiodically updates.
Next the effect to the ink accommodating container 1 of the present embodiment illustrates.
First, when manufacturing the ink accommodating container 1 of the present embodiment, chip substrate 4 is installed in engaging part 3.At this moment,
Since engaging part 3 and cartridge body 2 are each different components, the installation exercise of chip substrate 4 can be made to simplify, drop
Low manufacture cost.In addition, the chance of operator contact chip substrate 4 is reduced, therefore grease is attached on terminal, damages end on hand
Sub- equivalent risk also reduces, and can reduce fraction defective.
Then, the engaging part 3 for being provided with chip substrate 4 is installed on to the front end of cartridge body 2.At this moment, top card
Conjunction portion 33 and lower section holding section 34 are inserted into sideways through slip relative to top slot 23 and lower section slot 24,
Therefore installation exercise can be made simple and quickly completed.The ink accommodating container 1 of the present embodiment can be manufactured by above-mentioned engineering.
When the ink accommodating container 1 of the present embodiment is installed on printing equipment 10, engaging part 3, which has to store with ink, to be held
The identical color of the ink color stored in device 1.Therefore, in printing equipment 10, for being specified by various particular colors
Cartridge carrier, can install the mistake of ink accommodating container 1 of different colours to avoid user, prevent bad wait of work from influencing.
Then, when ink accommodating container 1 being installed on printing equipment 10, voltage signal obtains terminal 41a and data terminal
Each terminal such as 41b is contacted with device side terminal 11.At this moment, each terminal of terminal group 41 is formed, due to termination width right to the left
To extension, it is hereby ensured that have larger contact surface with device side terminal 11.Therefore, when can eliminate installation it is small partially
Difference, prevents that the identification of printing equipment 10 is bad and works bad.
In addition, each terminal of terminal group 41 is formed, need not be in chip substrate 4 due to also vertically extending
Surface on formed terminal beyond conducting wire.Therefore, manufacturing process can simplify, while reduce manufacture cost.Further, since
Conducting wire need not be formed on the surface of chip substrate 4, therefore can also reduce imprudence causes the operations such as conducting wire breakage to be slipped up.
Further, since each terminal forms asymmetrical approximate waveform, even if voltage signal obtains the attachment above such as terminal 41a
Ink and grease etc. or fine foreign matter are mixed on hand, the short circuit being also possible to prevent between malfunction and each terminal.
Then, when being printed using the printing equipment 10 for being provided with ink accommodating container 1, the control unit of printing equipment 10
12 based on used quantity of ink come output voltage signal.Thus, resistive element 42 by voltage signal due to obtaining terminal 41a quilts
Apply voltage signal, therefore resistance value changes.Then, when ink surplus update section 432 detects the change, ink can be made
Numerical value as defined in the ink margin value reduction remembered in surplus memory portion 431.
When there is voltage signal to be exported from printing equipment 10, ink surplus update section 432 by repeat the above come according to
Secondary renewal ink margin value.Therefore, ink surplus is read by the control unit 12 of printing equipment 10 by ink surplus memory portion 431
Go out and shown by display unit 13, and reduced with the used ink amount in printing equipment 10.
As described above, the ink accommodating container 1 of the present embodiment need not use expensive piezoelectric element, pass through cheap one
As resistive element 42 can detect ink surplus.Therefore, it is possible to reduce number of components and reduction production cost, are saving the energy
Make contributions with terms of environmental protection.
Above-described embodiment has following beneficial effect.
1st, it is simple in structure, cheap by using resistive element 42, and can detect ink surplus.
2nd, by increasing the width on the terminal left and right directions such as voltage signal acquisition terminal 41a, can prevent from filling in printing
The identification put when being installed on 10 caused by deviation is bad bad with action.
3rd, by increasing the height on the terminal above-below directions such as voltage signal acquisition terminal 41a, chip is thus no longer needed
Conducting wire on the surface of substrate 4, it is possible to reduce manufacturing engineering and reduction manufacture cost, moreover it is possible to reduce operation error.
4th, it since engaging part 3 is separate part, can simplify the installation exercise of chip substrate 4, reduce terminal
On be attached with grease on hand or damage terminal equivalent risk.
5th, since the color of engaging part 3 is corresponding with ink color, the installation on printing equipment 10 can be reduced
Mistake, prevents bad wait of work from influencing.
Above-described embodiment is intended merely to be easier to understand the present invention, is not intended to limit the ink accommodating container of the present invention
1.In the case of without departing from present inventive concept, appropriate conversion or modification can be made to the present invention, such equivalent forms are same
Fall under the scope of the present invention.
For example, in above-described embodiment, it is assumed that printing equipment 10 is ink-jet printer, but is not limited to that, as long as
Being can be applicable come all printing equipments 10 of output voltage signal according to the printing material used.
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1. a kind of ink accommodating container, for storing the ink used in printing equipment, it is characterised in that there is chip substrate, institute
Stating chip substrate has：
Voltage signal obtains terminal, for obtaining the voltage signal exported based on the quantity of ink used in the printing equipment；
Resistive element, it is connected to the voltage signal and obtains terminal, and the material of the resistive element is voltage signal as defined in application
When resistance value can changed material；
Ink surplus memory portion, for remembering workable ink margin value；
Ink surplus update section, remembers in the resistance change of the resistive element, updating in the ink surplus memory portion
The ink margin value recalled, reduces ink margin value.
2. ink accommodating container according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：The voltage signal obtains terminal, with institute
Centered on the contact site of device side terminal for stating printing equipment, the direction of insertion for forming the ink accommodating container is corresponding up and down
The asymmetrical waveform that right and left projects upwards.
3. ink accommodating container according to claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that：The insertion side of the ink accommodating container
Upward front end is separately installed engaging part, and the engaging part has the engaging for the latch lever for being sticked in the printing equipment
Projection, the engaging part have the corresponding color of ink color with being stored in the ink accommodating container.
4. ink accommodating container according to claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that：The resistive element is carbon element.
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