CN105549361A - Storage element, developing cartridge employing same and image forming equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a storage element for a developing cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising the storage element and image forming equipment comprising the developing cartridge. When the developing cartridge is arranged on the image forming equipment, conduction of a grounding contact on the storage element and a corresponding contact element in a main body of the image forming equipment is before conduction of a voltage contact on the storage element and the corresponding contact element in the main body; and conduction of the voltage contact on the storage element and the corresponding contact element in the main body is before conduction of a signal contact on the storage element and the corresponding contact element in the main body. The storage element disclosed by the invention can avoid the problem that components on the storage element are damaged due to the fact that high voltages are formed on the contacts on the storage element to discharge; and furthermore, the problem that the storage element of the developing cartridge is poor in stability when working due to the fact that a plurality of contacts on the storage element and a plurality of corresponding contacts on the main body of the image forming equipment do not have a certain successive contact order can be solved.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of image forming technology, and in particular, to a storage element, a developing cartridge using the storage element, and an image forming apparatus.
Background
Printers or image forming apparatuses having a printing function (hereinafter, simply referred to as image forming apparatuses) are common office apparatuses and are also gradually becoming home electronic apparatuses. Most of existing laser printers use a detachable developing cartridge (or called a powder cartridge, a toner cartridge, or the like) to form an image on a recording medium, the developing cartridge is installed in the printer during normal use, the developing cartridge includes a storage element, the storage element is provided with a storage unit, and the storage unit can store information such as a model number, a capacity, a use area, and the like of the developing cartridge. The printer body is provided with a contact part which is contacted with the developing box storage element, for example, a plurality of springs are arranged on the printer body to be contacted with a plurality of contacts on the developing box storage element, so that the electrical connection and information interaction between the printer and the developing box storage element are realized, and the printer can acquire or rewrite the information in the developing box storage element.
However, in the existing printer, the electrical connection between the printer main body and the developing cartridge storage element is not always stable and reliable.
The developer cartridge memory element will typically include a ground contact, a voltage contact and a plurality of signal contacts thereon, and the printer body will also include a ground contact, a voltage contact and a plurality of signal contact contacts corresponding to the memory element contacts.
When the developing cartridge is mounted or dismounted in a charged state of the printer, that is, when the voltage is applied to the voltage contact on the printer main body when the developing cartridge is mounted or dismounted, if the developing cartridge storage element voltage contact is already in contact with the printer main body voltage contact and the developing cartridge storage element ground contact is not yet in contact with the printer main body ground contact, the voltage on the developing cartridge storage element contact is unstable, and a high voltage is easily formed on the storage element contact, so that the discharge occurs and the components on the storage element, such as the storage unit, are damaged.
On the other hand, in the normal use process of the printer, due to vibration, impact and the like, the contact between the developing cartridge storage element and the printer main body may be unstable, and when the developing cartridge storage element voltage contact is normally contacted with the printer main body voltage contact piece and the developing cartridge storage element grounding contact is disconnected with the printer main body grounding contact piece, the voltage on the developing cartridge storage element contact is also unstable, so that high voltage is easily formed on the storage element contact, and thus, the component on the storage element is damaged by discharging.
In addition, in the conventional printer, when the developing cartridge is mounted to or removed from the printer, there is no certain sequential contact order or disconnection order between the plurality of contacts on the developing cartridge storage element and the plurality of corresponding contacts on the printer main body, which may result in poor stability of the developing cartridge storage element.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an external circuit of a storage element when a storage element of a developing cartridge in a conventional printer operates. The storage element is provided with a voltage contact (VCC), a ground contact (GND) and signal contacts (SDA, SCL). In normal operation, a current path is formed between the voltage contact (VCC) and the signal contacts (SDA, SCL) through a plurality of components (such as capacitors, resistors, transistors, etc.) inside the memory element, and current flows from the VCC contact to the SDA contact and the SCL contact through the plurality of components inside the memory element. However, if the signal contacts (SDA, SCL) on the storage element contact the corresponding contact of the printer main body before the voltage contact (VCC) during the process of mounting the developing cartridge to the printer, a large reverse current may be formed between the voltage contact (VCC) and the signal contacts (SDA, SCL), i.e., a current may flow from the SDA contact and the SCL contact to the VCC contact through a plurality of components inside the storage element, which may affect the life of the components on the storage element, even damage the components, and affect the stability of the operation of the storage element. When the developing cartridge is taken out of the printer, if the voltage contact (VCC) on the storage element is disconnected from the corresponding contact of the printer main body before the signal contacts (SDA, SCL), the above-mentioned problem similarly occurs, which affects the stability of the operation of the storage element.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a memory element mounted on a developing cartridge, the memory element being provided with a voltage contact, a ground contact, and a signal contact; the developing cartridge is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus including a main body on which respective contact members that contact a voltage contact, a ground contact, and a signal contact on the storage element are provided, respectively; the method is characterized in that:
when the developing cartridge is mounted to the image forming apparatus, the grounding contact is conducted with the corresponding contact member in the main body earlier than the voltage contact is conducted with the corresponding contact member in the main body, and the voltage contact is conducted with the corresponding contact member in the main body earlier than the signal contact is conducted with the corresponding contact member in the main body; and/or
When the developing cartridge is taken out of the image forming apparatus, the ground contact is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the main body later than the voltage contact is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the main body, and the voltage contact is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the main body later than the signal contact is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the main body.
In one embodiment, in the storage element mounted on the developing cartridge, a rotary member is provided on the developing cartridge; wherein:
in a direction parallel to the axis of the rotating element, the voltage contacts and the ground contacts on the storage element are arranged in a first row, and the signal contacts are arranged in a second row different from the first row; the distance of the first row from the axis is smaller than the distance of the second row from the axis in a developing cartridge mounting direction perpendicular to the axis;
and a height dimension of the ground contact is larger than a height dimension of the voltage contact in a third direction perpendicular to the axis and the developing cartridge mounting direction; and/or
In a third direction perpendicular to the axis and the developing cartridge mounting direction, a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the ground contact is larger than a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the voltage contact.
In one embodiment, in the storage element mounted on the developing cartridge, a rotary member is provided on the developing cartridge; wherein,
the voltage contact, the ground contact and the signal contact on the storage element are arranged in a row in a direction parallel to the axis of the rotating element;
and in a third direction perpendicular to the axis and the developing cartridge mounting direction, a height dimension of the ground contact is greater than a height dimension of the voltage contact, which is greater than a dimension of the signal contact; and/or
In a third direction perpendicular to the axis and the developing cartridge mounting direction, a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the ground contact is larger than a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the voltage contact, and the height dimension of the contact in conduction with the voltage contact is larger than a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the signal contact.
In one embodiment, the number of the storage elements provided on the developing cartridge is two among the storage elements mounted on the developing cartridge, wherein
A first storage element disposed on a housing of a powder hopper containing a developer, the first storage element storing a parameter of the developer;
a second memory element is disposed on the housing of the assembly housing the rotating element, the second memory element storing a parameter of the rotating element.
In one embodiment, in the storage element mounted on the developing cartridge, the number of the signal contacts is two, and the two signal contacts are arranged in a direction parallel to an axis of the rotary element on the developing cartridge.
The present invention also provides a developing cartridge including the storage element as described in any one of the above.
The present invention also provides an image forming apparatus including the developing cartridge as described above, and a main body on which respective contact pieces that contact a voltage contact, a ground contact, and a signal contact on the storage element are provided, respectively.
The present invention also provides a method of mounting a developing cartridge into an image forming apparatus, the method including:
a. during the process of mounting the developing cartridge to the main body of the image forming apparatus, the grounding contact of the storage element in the developing cartridge is firstly conducted with the corresponding contact in the main body;
b. after the grounding contact of the storage element in the developing box is conducted with the corresponding contact piece in the main body, the voltage contact of the storage element is conducted with the corresponding contact piece in the main body;
c. the signal contacts of the memory element are in electrical communication with the corresponding contacts in the main body only after the voltage contacts of the memory element in the cartridge are in electrical communication with the corresponding contacts in the main body.
In one embodiment, a rotary member is provided on the developing cartridge, and the method includes, before the step a, at least a part of the developing cartridge has been mounted into a main body of the image forming apparatus, and at least a part of the developing cartridge is rotatable about an axis of the rotary member;
the straight line in which the center of the voltage contact and the center of the ground contact of the memory element are located is parallel to the axis.
The present invention also provides a method of taking out a developing cartridge from an image forming apparatus, the method including:
a. during the process of taking out the developing cartridge from the image forming apparatus main body, the signal contacts of the storage element are first disconnected from the corresponding contacts in the main body;
b. after the signal contact of the memory element is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the body, the voltage contact of the memory element is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the body;
c. after the voltage contact of the memory element is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the body, the ground contact of the memory element is again disconnected from the corresponding contact in the body.
In one embodiment, a rotary member is provided on the developing cartridge, and the method includes, before the step a, at least a part of the developing cartridge is located in a main body of the image forming apparatus, at least a part of the developing cartridge being rotatable about an axis of the rotary member;
the straight line of the center of the voltage contact and the center of the grounding contact of the storage element is parallel to the axis;
and the developing cartridge axis is located at least in part later than the storage element leaves the main body of the image forming apparatus in the process of being taken out of the main body of the image forming apparatus.
According to the storage element arranged on the developing box, the height dimension of the grounding contact is larger than that of the voltage contact, so that the grounding contact is conducted with the corresponding contact in the main body earlier than the voltage contact is conducted with the corresponding contact in the main body, and the technical defect that the storage element is damaged due to discharge caused by high voltage easily formed on the storage element contact in the prior art can be overcome.
Furthermore, the distance between the voltage contact and the axis of the rotating element on the developing box is smaller than the distance between the signal contact and the axis of the rotating element on the developing box, so that the conduction between the voltage contact and the corresponding contact element in the main body is earlier than the conduction between the signal contact and the corresponding contact element in the main body, and the technical defect that the stability of the developing box storage element is poor due to the fact that a plurality of contacts on the storage element and a plurality of corresponding contact elements on the main body do not have a certain sequential contact sequence in the prior art can be overcome.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by the structure and/or process particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a memory element external circuit of a prior art printer in which the memory element of a developer cartridge operates;
fig. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a developing cartridge according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of a memory element of a developing cartridge according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a storage element of a developer cartridge according to a first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the contact sequence of the memory element contact and the body contact spring according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a storage element of a developing cartridge according to a second embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a contact arrangement of a memory device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a partial schematic view of an image forming apparatus main body according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a schematic view showing a fitting relationship of a developing cartridge storage element contact and an image forming apparatus main body contact spring according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a drum assembly according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of a powder box provided by sixth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the structure of the storage element on the drum assembly of FIG. 11;
fig. 14 is a schematic view of the storage element on the compact of fig. 12.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the drawings of the specification, it being understood that the preferred embodiments described herein are merely for purposes of illustration and explanation, and are not intended to limit the invention. And features in embodiments of the invention may be combined with each other without conflict.
Example one
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall structure of an image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment. The image forming apparatus 100 includes an image forming apparatus main body 101, a developing cartridge 102, a paper feed roller 103, and a fixing assembly 104. Among them, the developing cartridge 102 is used to form an image and transfer the image onto a recording medium. The developing cartridge 102 is detachably mounted in the image forming apparatus, and the developing cartridge has mounted thereon a storage element for recording developing cartridge information and image forming control parameters. The image forming apparatus main body 101 communicates with the developing cartridge by electrically connecting with a storage element on the developing cartridge 102, for example, reading developing cartridge information and control parameters in the storage element, or writing developing cartridge use information into the storage element. The paper feed roller 103 is used for conveying a recording medium, such as a sheet of paper. The fixing member 104 serves to fix the image transferred from the developing cartridge to the recording medium on the recording medium.
The structural schematic diagram of the developing cartridge in this embodiment is shown in fig. 3. The developing cartridge 200 includes a storage member 210 on which a plurality of contacts 211 to 214 are provided, and a photosensitive drum 220 provided at one end thereof with a transmission gear 221 for receiving a driving force transmitted from a driving gear of the image forming apparatus body to drive the photosensitive drum to rotate. When the developing cartridge 200 is mounted in the image forming apparatus, the plurality of contacts 211 to 214 are respectively brought into contact with corresponding contacts in the image forming apparatus main body to achieve electrical connection of the image forming apparatus main body and the developing cartridge storage member. The contact in the main body may be a conductive post, a conductive sheet, a spring, or other conductive element, and is preferably configured as a spring in this embodiment.
When the developing cartridge is in normal operation, the transmission gear 221 inevitably causes vibration of the developing cartridge and vibration of the storage element on the developing cartridge during rotation of the driving gear receiving the driving force transmitted from the driving gear of the main body of the image forming apparatus. In this embodiment, the storage element 210 is mounted on the developing cartridge 200 at an end remote from the drum drive gear 221, which reduces the storage element shock caused during the driving force transmission process, so that the influence of the driving force transmission process on the electrical connection between the developing cartridge storage element contact and the main body contact is minimized.
A schematic plan view of the developing cartridge storage element is shown in fig. 4. The memory device 300 includes a memory device substrate 310, and a positioning notch 320 and a plurality of contacts are disposed on the memory device substrate 310 for positioning. The plurality of contacts are arranged in two rows, and when the memory element is mounted on the developing cartridge, the one row of contacts close to the axis of the photosensitive drum on the developing cartridge is a power supply contact which includes a ground contact (GND contact) 311 and a voltage contact (VCC contact) 312; the row of contacts remote from the axis of the photosensitive drum on the developing cartridge are signal contacts including a signal contact 313 and a signal contact 314. The number of signal contacts provided by the present embodiment is not limited to two in fig. 4, and may be set to 1 or more than 2. A plurality of contact springs are correspondingly provided on the image forming apparatus main body to be in contact with the plurality of contacts, respectively. The GND contact 311 described above is grounded by spring contact with the GND contact on the main body of the image forming apparatus, the VCC contact 312 receives a voltage supplied from the main body of the image forming apparatus by spring contact with the VCC contact on the main body of the image forming apparatus, and the signal contact 313 and the signal contact 314 realize reading or writing of information from or to the memory element 300 by the main body of the image forming apparatus by spring contact with two signal contacts on the main body of the image forming apparatus. In addition, the number of the signal contact springs is not limited to two, and when the number of the signal contacts on the memory element is set to 1 or more than 2, the number of the signal contact springs as the contact member in the present embodiment is also set to 1 or more than 2 accordingly.
As further shown in fig. 3, when the memory element 210 is mounted on the developing cartridge 200, the GND contact 211 (i.e., the GND contact 311 in fig. 4) is further away from the photosensitive drum driving gear 221 than the VCC contact 212 (i.e., the VCC contact 312 in fig. 4), further reducing the influence of the driving force transmission process on the electrical connection between the GND contact 211 and the main body GND contact, which is less likely to break than the contact between the VCC contact 212 and the main body VCC contact.
A perspective view of the storage element of the developing cartridge is shown in fig. 5, in which X1, Y1, and Z1 directions respectively indicate three axial directions in which the storage element is located in a rectangular coordinate system. The memory element 400 includes a memory element substrate 410, and the front surface (surface facing the image forming apparatus body contact in normal operation) of the memory element substrate 410 is located in the X1Y1 plane. The memory element substrate 410 is provided with a plurality of contacts, and the GND contact 411, the VCC contact 412, the signal contact 413, and the signal contact 414 are the same as the GND contact 311, the VCC contact 312, the signal contact 313, and the signal contact 314 in fig. 4, respectively. Among the plurality of contacts provided on the memory element substrate 410, the height of the contact portion of the GND contact 411 is set to be higher than the height of the contact portions of the other contacts (VCC contact 412, signal contact 413, signal contact 414), so that when the plurality of contacts on the memory element substrate 410 are brought into contact with the plurality of contact springs on the image forming apparatus main body, the contact of the GND contact 411 with the GND contact spring is more difficult to be broken than the contact of the other contacts with the other corresponding contact springs, and the reliability of the contact of the GND contact 411 with the GND contact spring is ensured. Preferably, the height of the contact portion of the GND contact 411 in the present embodiment is set to be higher than the height of the contact portions of the other contacts by 2 mm.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the contact portion of the storage element is a portion where the contact on the storage element contacts the contact spring on the main body when the imaging device is in normal operation, and may be a plane or a curved surface, or may be a contact point, or may be a plurality of continuous or discontinuous contact points, but is not limited thereto.
The contact portion height in the present embodiment refers to the maximum distance between the portion (plane, curved surface, contact point or points) of the contact on the memory element that contacts the corresponding contact spring on the main body and the front surface of the memory element substrate in the Z1 axis direction.
The following describes a process of mounting the developing cartridge to the image forming apparatus.
As shown in fig. 3, a straight line L1 indicates the axis of the photosensitive drum 220 as a rotating member on the developing cartridge, and the transmission gear 221 receives the driving force of the main body driving gear to drive the photosensitive drum 220 to rotate about the axis L1 when the developing cartridge is normally operated. The rotating member is not limited to the photosensitive drum, and may be a developing roller or a projection or the like provided at both ends of the developing cartridge in other embodiments.
First, the developing cartridge 200 is inserted into the image forming apparatus in the mounting direction α shown in the drawing until both ends of the developing cartridge 200 are respectively brought into contact with the developing cartridge accommodating portions provided in the main body of the image forming apparatus, i.e., the projection 230 on the end cap at one end of the developing cartridge is brought into contact with the corresponding projection accommodating portion in the main body, and the projection (not shown in the drawing) on the end cap at the other end of the developing cartridge (the end provided with the transmission gear 221) is brought into contact with the corresponding projection accommodating portion in the main body, at which time the developing cartridge reaches a predetermined mounting position. The developing cartridge is then rotated about the photosensitive drum axis L1 in the direction indicated by ω in the drawing until the plurality of contacts on the developing cartridge storing member 210 are brought into contact with the plurality of contact springs on the image forming apparatus main body, respectively, to complete the mounting.
The contact sequence of the memory element contacts with the body contact springs is schematically illustrated in fig. 6. In the figure, the storage element 510 includes a GND contact 511, a VCC contact 512, a signal contact 513 and a signal contact 514 thereon, the image forming apparatus main body 520 includes a GND contact spring 521, a VCC contact spring 522, a signal contact spring 523 and a signal contact spring 524 thereon, and a straight line L2 in the figure indicates the axis of the photosensitive drum as a rotary element on the developing cartridge.
Since the GND contact 511 and the VCC contact 512 are closer to the photosensitive drum axis L2 than the signal contact 513 and the signal contact 514 among the plurality of contacts of the storage element 510, the GND contact 511 and the VCC contact 512 on the storage element 510 come into contact with the GND contact spring 521 and the VCC contact spring 522 on the image forming apparatus main body 520 prior to the signal contact 513 and the signal contact 514 in the process of rotating the developing cartridge about L2 in the direction indicated by ω in the figure. Also, since the contact portion of the GND contact 511 among the plurality of contacts of the memory element 510 is higher than the contact portions of the other contacts, the GND contact 511 on the memory element 510 comes into contact with the GND contact spring 521 on the image forming apparatus main body before the VCC contact 512 in the process of rotating the developing cartridge around L2.
That is, during the mounting of the developing cartridge, the GND contact 511 among the plurality of contacts of the storage element 510 is first brought into contact with the GND contact spring 521 on the main body 520, the VCC contact 512 on the storage element 510 is brought into contact with the VCC contact spring 522 on the main body 520 after a certain period of time t _1 (t _1 is small, but t _1 is necessarily present, and t _1> 0), and the signal contacts 513 and 514 on the storage element 510 are brought into contact with the signal contact springs 523 and 524 on the main body 520 after a certain period of time t _2 (t _2 is small, but t _2 is necessarily present, and t _2>0, and t _1 and t _2 may be the same or different). Therefore, it is possible to avoid the problem that the discharge occurs to damage the components on the memory element due to the high voltage formed on the memory element contact by the developing cartridge memory element GND contact 511 not being grounded, and further, it is possible to avoid the problem that the reverse large current is formed between the memory element contacts to affect the stability of the operation of the memory element due to the signal contact 513 and the signal contact 514 coming into contact with the corresponding contacts on the main body before the VCC contact 512.
As will be readily understood by those skilled in the art, when the developing cartridge is removed from the image forming apparatus, the disconnection sequence between the plurality of contacts on the developing cartridge storage member and the corresponding contacts on the image forming apparatus main body is reverse to the above-described contact sequence when the developing cartridge is mounted, that is, the signal contact on the storage element is first disconnected from the signal contact spring on the main body, the voltage contact (VCC contact) on the storage element is then disconnected from the voltage contact spring on the main body, and the ground contact (GND contact) on the storage element is finally disconnected from the ground contact spring on the main body, so that it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a problem that a high voltage is formed on the storage element contact when the developing cartridge is taken out of the image forming apparatus to cause discharge to damage the components on the storage element, and further, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a problem that a reverse large current is formed between the storage element contacts to affect the stability of the operation of the storage element.
Example two
As shown in fig. 7, the memory element 600 in the present embodiment includes a memory element substrate 610, and a positioning notch 620 and a plurality of contacts are provided on the memory element substrate 610 for positioning. Unlike the first embodiment, the plurality of contacts on the storage element substrate in the present embodiment are arranged in a row parallel to the axis of the photosensitive drum, and include a GND contact 611, a VCC contact 612, a signal contact 613, and a signal contact 614. The number of signal contacts provided by the present embodiment is not limited to two in fig. 7, and may be set to 1 or more than 2.
Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a contact arrangement of the memory element in this embodiment. The contact portion height of the GND contact 711 is higher than that of the other contacts, and the contact portion height of the VCC contact 712 is lower than that of the GND contact 711 but higher than that of the signal contacts 713 and 714. Preferably, in the present embodiment, the height of the contact portion of the GND contact 711 is set to be 1mm higher than the height of the contact portion of the VCC contact 712, and the height of the contact portion of the VCC contact 712 is set to be 1mm higher than the height of the contact portions of the signal contact 713 and the signal contact 714.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the contact portion of the storage element is a portion where the contact on the storage element contacts the contact spring on the main body when the imaging device is in normal operation, and may be a plane or a curved surface, or may be a contact point, or may be a plurality of continuous or discontinuous contact points, but is not limited thereto.
The significance of the height of the contact portion in this embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment.
Therefore, in the process of rotationally mounting the developing cartridge to the image forming apparatus about the photosensitive drum axis, the GND contact on the storage element is first brought into contact with the GND contact on the main body, then the VCC contact on the storage element is brought into contact with the VCC contact on the main body, and finally the signal contact on the storage element is brought into contact with the signal contact on the main body. The contact on the main body may be a conductive column, a conductive sheet, a spring, or other conductive elements, and is preferably configured as a spring in this embodiment. The number of the signal contact contacts on the main body is not limited to two, and when the number of the signal contacts on the memory element is set to 1 or more than 2, the number of the signal contact springs as the signal contact contacts in the present embodiment is set to 1 or more than 2 accordingly.
Meanwhile, since the contact portion of the GND contact 711 is provided higher than the contact portions of the other contacts, the reliability of spring contact of the GND contact 711 with the image forming apparatus main body GND contact is ensured.
EXAMPLE III
Fig. 9 is a partial schematic view of the main body of the image forming apparatus in this embodiment. As shown in the figure, a straight line L3 indicates the axis of the photosensitive drum as a rotating member in the developing cartridge when the mounting of the developing cartridge in the image forming apparatus is completed. The rotating member is not limited to the photosensitive drum, and may be a developing roller or a projection or the like provided at both ends of the developing cartridge in other embodiments. The X2, Y2, and Z2 directions in the drawing respectively indicate three axial directions in which the image forming apparatus main body is located in a rectangular coordinate system.
The image forming apparatus main body 800 is provided with a plurality of contact contacts which contact the developing cartridge storage element, and the plurality of contact contacts are arranged in two rows. The contact may be a conductive post, a conductive sheet, a spring, or other conductive element, and is preferably configured as a spring in this embodiment. Among them, the GND contact spring 801 and the VCC contact spring 802 are disposed in a row close to L3, and the signal contact spring 803 and the signal contact spring 804 are disposed in a row far from L3. The number of signal contact springs on the main body provided by the present embodiment is not limited to two in fig. 9, and may be set to 1 or more than 2.
Plane 810 in fig. 9 refers to a mounting plane of the above-described plurality of contact springs on the image forming apparatus main body, and plane 810 is located in the X2Y2 plane.
In the present embodiment, the contact portion height of the GND contact spring 801 is set higher than the contact portion height of the other contact springs (VCC contact spring 802, signal contact spring 803, signal contact spring 804). Preferably, the height of the contact portion of the GND contact spring 801 in the present embodiment is set to be higher than the height of the contact portions of the other contact springs by 2 mm.
It should be noted that the contact spring contact portion in this embodiment refers to a portion where the contact spring on the main body contacts the contact on the storage element during normal operation of the imaging device, and may be a plane or a curved surface, or may be a single contact point, or may be multiple continuous or discontinuous contact points, but is not limited thereto.
The contact portion height in the present embodiment refers to the maximum distance between the contact portion (flat surface, curved surface, contact point or points) and the flat surface 810 in the Z2 axis direction when the contact spring on the main body contacts the corresponding contact on the developing cartridge storage element.
Since the GND contact spring 801 and the VCC contact spring 802 are closer to the developing cartridge axis L3 than the signal contact spring 803 and the signal contact spring 804 among the plurality of contact springs of the image forming apparatus main body, the GND contact spring 801 and the VCC contact spring 802 come into contact with the GND contact and the VCC contact on the developing cartridge storage element prior to the signal contact spring 803 and the signal contact spring 804 in the process of rotationally mounting the developing cartridge about the axis to the image forming apparatus. Also, since the contact portion of the GND contact spring 801 is provided higher than the contact portions of the other contact springs, the GND contact spring 801 comes into contact with the GND contact on the developing cartridge storage element prior to the VCC contact spring 802 in the process of rotationally mounting the developing cartridge to the image forming apparatus about the photosensitive drum axis.
That is, in the process of mounting the developing cartridge to the image forming apparatus, the GND contact spring of the plurality of contact springs of the image forming apparatus body is first brought into contact with the GND contact on the storage element, then the VCC contact spring on the body is brought into contact with the VCC contact on the storage element, and finally the signal contact spring on the body is brought into contact with the signal contact on the storage element. The number of signal contacts on the memory element is not limited to two, and when the number of signal contact springs on the main body is set to 1 or more than 2, the number of signal contacts on the memory element is set to 1 or more than 2 accordingly in the present embodiment.
Meanwhile, since the contact portion of the GND contact spring 801 is set higher than the contact portions of the other contact springs, the reliability of the contact of the GND contact spring 801 with the developing cartridge storage element GND contact is ensured.
Example four
As shown in fig. 10, which is a schematic view of the fitting relationship of the developing cartridge storage element contact and the image forming apparatus main body contact spring in the present embodiment, a straight line L4 in the figure indicates the axis of the photosensitive drum as a rotating element in the developing cartridge when the mounting of the developing cartridge in the image forming apparatus is completed. The rotating member is not limited to the photosensitive drum, and may be a developing roller or a projection or the like provided at both ends of the developing cartridge in other embodiments.
In this embodiment, the memory element 900 is provided with a plurality of contacts in two rows, and the plurality of contacts include a GND contact 901, a VCC contact 902, a signal contact 903, and a signal contact 904. Here, the number of signal contacts is not limited to two in fig. 10, and may be set to 1 or more than 2. Among them, the GND contact 901 and the VCC contact 902 are disposed at positions close to L4, and the signal contact 903 and the signal contact 904 are disposed at positions far from L4.
Among the plurality of contacts, the GND contact 901 is provided to have a higher contact portion than the other contacts (VCC contact 902, signal contact 903, and signal contact 904). Preferably, the height of the contact portion of the GND contact 901 in this embodiment is set to be higher than the height of the contact portion of the other contacts by 1 mm.
The significance of the height of the contact portion of the contact is the same as that of the first embodiment.
The image forming apparatus main body 910 is provided with a plurality of contact contacts in two rows, including a GND contact 911, a VCC contact 912, a signal contact 913, and a signal contact 914, corresponding to the plurality of contacts on the memory element 900. Here, the number of the signal contact springs is not limited to two in fig. 10, and when the number of the signal contacts on the memory element is set to 1 or more than 2, the number of the signal contact springs on the main body is set to 1 or more than 2 accordingly in the present embodiment. Among them, the GND contact spring 911 and the VCC contact spring 912 are disposed at a position close to L4, and the signal contact spring 913 and the signal contact spring 914 are disposed at a position far from L4.
Among the plurality of contact springs, the GND contact spring 911 is provided to have a higher contact portion height than the other contact springs (the VCC contact spring 912, the signal contact spring 913, and the signal contact spring 914). Preferably, the height of the contact portion of the GND contact spring 911 in this embodiment is set to be higher than the height of the contact portions of the other contact springs by 1 mm.
The significance of the height of the contact portion of the contact spring described above is the same as in the third embodiment.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the contact portion of the storage element is a portion where the contact on the storage element contacts the contact spring on the main body when the imaging device is in normal operation, and may be a plane or a curved surface, or may be a contact point, or may be a plurality of continuous or discontinuous contact points, but is not limited thereto.
The contact spring contact portion refers to a portion where the contact spring on the main body contacts the contact on the storage element during normal operation of the imaging device, and may be a plane or a curved surface, a contact point, or a plurality of continuous or discontinuous contact points, but is not limited thereto.
As will be readily understood by those skilled in the art, since the GND contact and the VCC contact on the storage element are closer to the developing cartridge axis than the signal contact, and the GND contact spring and the VCC contact spring are closer to the developing cartridge axis than the signal contact spring on the main body of the image forming apparatus, during the process of rotationally mounting the developing cartridge to the image forming apparatus about the photosensitive drum axis, the GND contact and the VCC contact on the storage element come into contact with the GND contact spring and the VCC contact spring on the main body first, and the signal contact on the storage element comes into contact with the signal contact on the main body later.
Further, since the GND contact portion of the plurality of contacts on the memory element is disposed higher than the contact portions of the other contacts, and the contact portion of the GND contact spring of the plurality of contact springs of the main body is disposed higher than the contact portions of the other contact springs, the GND contact on the memory element and the GND contact spring on the main body come into contact with the VCC contact spring on the main body prior to the VCC contact on the memory element in the process of rotationally mounting the developing cartridge about the axis to the image forming apparatus.
That is, during the mounting of the developing cartridge, the GND contact of the plurality of contacts of the storage element is first brought into spring contact with the GND contact on the main body, then the VCC contact on the storage element is brought into spring contact with the VCC contact on the main body, and finally the signal contact on the storage element is brought into spring contact with the signal contact on the main body.
Meanwhile, since the contact portion of the GND contact on the memory element is provided higher than the contact portions of the other contacts and the contact portion of the GND contact spring on the main body is provided higher than the contact portions of the other contact springs, the reliability of the contact of the GND contact on the memory element with the GND contact spring on the main body is ensured.
EXAMPLE five
The present embodiment further optimizes the structure of the developing cartridge on the basis of the foregoing embodiments. As shown in fig. 11 and 12, the developing cartridge in this embodiment is provided in a separate structure, that is, a cartridge 1200 for storing developer and a drum assembly 1100 for mounting a photosensitive drum are detachably engaged.
As shown in fig. 11 and 12, in order to explain the technical solution in the present embodiment more clearly, front, rear, left, right, up, and down are defined in the directions of fig. 11 and 12, respectively. Wherein, the front-to-back direction is the mounting direction of the developing cartridge.
As shown in fig. 11, the drum assembly 1100 is provided with a cartridge mounting portion 1101 for mounting the cartridge 1200, locking portions 1106, 1107 for locking the cartridge, a photosensitive drum 1102, and a waste toner bin 1103 for accommodating waste toner. And a right side end portion of the photosensitive drum 1102 is provided with a driving portion 1105 for receiving power, and a waste toner discharging port 1108 for discharging waste toner is provided on a right side wall of the waste toner hopper 1103. The drum assembly 1100 is further provided with a first storage component 1104, the first storage component 1104 comprises a storage unit, the storage unit can be an EEPROM, and the storage parameters in the storage unit at least comprise at least one of the rotation period of the photosensitive drum, the old and new drum assemblies, the maximum waste powder amount which can be accommodated in the waste powder bin, and the waste powder amount which is already accommodated in the waste powder bin. The first storage element 1104 is disposed on the upper surface of the waste toner hopper 1103 at a position closer to the left side than the axial position of the photosensitive drum 1105, so that the contact of the first storage element 1104 can be used as the waste toner outlet 1108 in the waste toner hopper 1103, and the first storage element 1104 is prevented from being contaminated during the waste toner discharge process.
As shown in fig. 12, the powder cartridge 1200 includes abutting portions 1201, 1202 respectively engaging with locking portions 1106, 1107 in the drum assembly 1100, a holding portion 1203 for facilitating user installation, a powder feed roller 1206 for supplying the toner in the powder cartridge 1200 to the developing roller 1205, and the developing roller 1205 is capable of supplying the toner in the powder cartridge 1200 to the surface of the photosensitive drum 1102 when the powder cartridge 1200 is installed to the drum assembly 1100; a second storage element 1204 is provided on the lower surface of the compact 1200, the second storage element 1204 is installed on the compact 1200 at a position close to the front surface and the right surface of the compact, and a storage unit including at least one of the parameters of the maximum amount of waste powder that the compact can contain, the amount of waste powder that the compact has contained, the freshness of the compact, the manufacturer, the date of production, and the like is also provided in the second storage element. Since the second storage element 1204 is close to the front surface and is far away from the developing roller 1205, the carbon powder on the surface of the developing roller can not fly to the surface of the second storage element 1204, and the second storage element can be prevented from being polluted; and the second storage element 1204 is arranged on the bottom surface of the powder box, and compared with the design that the storage element is arranged on the right side wall, the second storage element 1204 can be prevented from touching a high-voltage contact used for supplying power to the powder box side wall on the printer body during the installation process of the powder box.
It should be noted that the first storage element and the second storage element are only used for making the present invention more clearly understood by those skilled in the art, and are not limited to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and the storage element 1204 on the powder box may also be referred to as a first storage element, and the storage element 1104 on the drum assembly may also be referred to as a second storage element. In addition, the connection manner of at least one storage element contact of the two storage elements in the present embodiment and the main body contact in the printer may adopt any one of the first to fourth embodiments. Further, the compact and drum assembly in the present embodiment is not limited to the split structure in fig. 11 and 12, and may be provided as an integral structure.
As shown in fig. 12, the compact 1200 further includes two pressed portions 1206 and 1207 cooperating with the printer main body, and the two pressed portions 1206 and 1207 are protrusions extending from the plane of the left and right side walls of the printer to the left and right sides of the compact, respectively; after the toner cartridge 1200 and the drum assembly 1100 are mounted to the printer body, the pressed portions 1206, 1207 may receive downward pressure from the printer body. And the pressed portion 1207 on the right side of the toner cartridge receives a force (first force) from the printer main body, and can cancel a part of the elastic force (second force) received by the storage element 1204 from the printer contact member upward, so that the toner cartridge can be stably mounted in the printer. It should be noted that the extension of the pressed portions 1206 and 1207 from the plane of the left and right side walls of the compact includes not only the extension directly from the plane of the left and right side walls as the root portion, but also the extension from the upper surface of the compact case to the left and right sides through the space surface corresponding to the plane of the left and right side walls.
Preferably, the first force and the second force are in opposite directions in the up-down direction in fig. 12. It should be noted that the opposite direction here is not a direction of exactly 180 °, but is an approximately, approximately opposite direction.
As shown in fig. 13, the contacts 1104a, 1104b, 1104c, 1104d on the first memory element are arranged in a row, and the distance between the center of the portion where each contact abuts the printer contact portion is d 1. As shown in fig. 14, the contacts 1204a, 1204b, 1204c, 1204d on the second memory element are arranged in two rows, and the distance between the center of the portion of the contact 1204c that abuts the printer contact portion and the center of the portion of the contact 1204d that abuts the printer contact portion in the photosensitive drum axial direction (left and right) is d 3; the distance between the centers of the portions of the contacts that abut against the printer contact portion in the front-rear (perpendicular to the photosensitive drum axis and substantially parallel to the cartridge side wall) direction is d 2; and d1> d2, d1> d 3. This has the advantage that when the drum assembly is installed in the printer, the contacts of the first memory element have room to make the conductive portions of the contacts larger, so that the drum assembly 1100 can be installed with a good assurance that the first memory element is connected to the contacts in the printer even if the clearance in the printer with which the drum assembly fits is large; in the process of installing the powder box to the drum assembly 1200, because the guide rail for guiding the installation of the powder box is arranged on the drum assembly, the deviation of the powder box in the left-right direction is small, and even if the contact conducting part on the second storage element is small, the contact part in the printer can be well contacted with the contact on the second storage element; and after the powder box is installed, because the fit clearance between the drum assembly and the powder box is small, the moving range of the powder box is small in the front-back direction, and the distance of d2 is smaller than d1, so that electric shock stable contact can be met.
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is only for the convenience of understanding the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A storage element for use on a developing cartridge, the storage element having a voltage contact, a ground contact and a signal contact disposed thereon; the developing cartridge is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus including a main body on which respective contact members that contact a voltage contact, a ground contact, and a signal contact on the storage element are provided, respectively; the method is characterized in that:
when the developing cartridge is mounted to the image forming apparatus, the grounding contact is conducted with the corresponding contact member in the main body earlier than the voltage contact is conducted with the corresponding contact member in the main body, and the voltage contact is conducted with the corresponding contact member in the main body earlier than the signal contact is conducted with the corresponding contact member in the main body; and/or
When the developing cartridge is taken out of the image forming apparatus, the ground contact is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the main body later than the voltage contact is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the main body, and the voltage contact is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the main body later than the signal contact is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the main body.
2. A memory element as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the developing box is provided with a rotating element;
in a direction parallel to the axis of the rotating element, the voltage contacts and the ground contacts on the storage element are arranged in a first row, and the signal contacts are arranged in a second row different from the first row; the distance of the first row from the axis is smaller than the distance of the second row from the axis in a developing cartridge mounting direction perpendicular to the axis;
and a height dimension of the ground contact is larger than a height dimension of the voltage contact in a third direction perpendicular to the axis and the developing cartridge mounting direction; and/or
In a third direction perpendicular to the axis and the developing cartridge mounting direction, a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the ground contact is larger than a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the voltage contact.
3. A memory element as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the developing box is provided with a rotating element;
the voltage contact, the ground contact and the signal contact on the storage element are arranged in a row in a direction parallel to the axis of the rotating element;
and in a third direction perpendicular to the axis and the developing cartridge mounting direction, a height dimension of the ground contact is greater than a height dimension of the voltage contact, which is greater than a dimension of the signal contact; and/or
In a third direction perpendicular to the axis and the developing cartridge mounting direction, a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the ground contact is larger than a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the voltage contact, and the height dimension of the contact in conduction with the voltage contact is larger than a height dimension of the contact in conduction with the signal contact.
4. A memory element as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the number of the storage elements arranged on the developing box is two, wherein a first storage element is arranged on a shell of a powder bin for containing developer, and the first storage element stores parameters of the developer;
a second memory element is disposed on the housing of the assembly housing the rotating element, the second memory element storing a parameter of the rotating element.
5. A memory element as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:
the number of the signal contacts is two, and the two signal contacts are arranged in a direction parallel to an axis of a rotary member on the developing cartridge.
6. A developing cartridge characterized by comprising the storage element according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
7. An image forming apparatus comprising the developing cartridge according to claim 6, further comprising a main body on which respective contact pieces that contact a voltage contact, a ground contact, and a signal contact on the storage element are provided, respectively.
8. A method of mounting a developing cartridge into an image forming apparatus, characterized by comprising:
a. during the process of mounting the developing cartridge to the main body of the image forming apparatus, the grounding contact of the storage element in the developing cartridge is firstly conducted with the corresponding contact in the main body;
b. after the grounding contact of the storage element in the developing box is conducted with the corresponding contact piece in the main body, the voltage contact of the storage element is conducted with the corresponding contact piece in the main body;
c. the signal contacts of the memory element are in electrical communication with the corresponding contacts in the main body only after the voltage contacts of the memory element in the cartridge are in electrical communication with the corresponding contacts in the main body.
9. A method according to claim 8, wherein a rotary member is provided on the developing cartridge, and prior to said step a, at least a part of the developing cartridge has been mounted into a main body of the image forming apparatus, and at least a part of the developing cartridge is rotatable about an axis of the rotary member;
the straight line in which the center of the voltage contact and the center of the ground contact of the memory element are located is parallel to the axis.
10. A method of taking out a developing cartridge from an image forming apparatus, characterized by comprising:
a. during the process of taking out the developing cartridge from the image forming apparatus main body, the signal contacts of the storage element are first disconnected from the corresponding contacts in the main body;
b. after the signal contact of the memory element is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the body, the voltage contact of the memory element is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the body;
c. after the voltage contact of the memory element is disconnected from the corresponding contact in the body, the ground contact of the memory element is again disconnected from the corresponding contact in the body.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein a rotary member is provided on the developing cartridge, and prior to said step a, at least a portion of the developing cartridge is located in a main body of the image forming apparatus, and at least a portion of the developing cartridge is rotatable about an axis of the rotary member;
the straight line of the center of the voltage contact and the center of the grounding contact of the storage element is parallel to the axis;
and the developing cartridge axis is located at least in part later than the storage element leaves the main body of the image forming apparatus in the process of being taken out of the main body of the image forming apparatus.
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