CN108859421A - Liquid injection apparatus - Google Patents

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CN108859421A
CN108859421A CN201810325767.XA CN201810325767A CN108859421A CN 108859421 A CN108859421 A CN 108859421A CN 201810325767 A CN201810325767 A CN 201810325767A CN 108859421 A CN108859421 A CN 108859421A
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小林努
落合俊之
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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
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    • 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
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The present invention provides the good liquid injection apparatus of maintainability for the waste liquid packaging container that a kind of pair of waste liquid is stored.Liquid injection apparatus (11) has:Delivery section conveys medium (M) along conveying direction (F);Balladeur train (63) can be moved back and forth in the top of the transport path (FP) of medium (M) on the scanning direction (X) intersected with conveying direction (F);Liquid ejecting head (62) is equipped on balladeur train (63), and sprays liquid to medium (M) transported on conveying direction (F);Maintaining part (90), it keeps to can store from the waste liquid packaging container (80) of liquid ejecting head (62) discharged liquid, and maintaining part (90) is configured on the position for leaning on the downstream side on conveying direction (F) against the top and with the movement routine of balladeur train (63) compared with compared with transport path (FP).

Description

Liquid injection apparatus
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of liquid injection apparatus.
Background technique
All the time, as an example of liquid injection apparatus and it has been known that there is a kind of recording device, the recording devices Have:Supply unit transports recorded medium;Record portion sprays ink to recorded medium;And framework, It stores supply unit and record portion.In such recording device, there are one kind to have waste liquid absorption piece The device of (waste liquid packaging container), the waste liquid absorption piece are carried out in upkeep operation from the discharged ink waste liquid of record portion It absorbs (for example, patent document 1).
But recording device as described above due to the rear of record portion be configured with waste liquid absorption piece this point, and The maintainability of waste liquid absorption piece is set to be easy decline.
Patent document 1:Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2006-35662 bulletin
Summary of the invention
Problem of the present invention is that providing the good liquid of maintainability for the waste liquid packaging container that a kind of pair of waste liquid is stored Injection apparatus.
Hereinafter, being illustrated to means for solving the problem and its function and effect.
The liquid injection apparatus for solving the above subject has:Delivery section conveys medium along conveying direction; Balladeur train can carry out past in the top of the transport path of the medium on the scanning direction intersected with the conveying direction It is multiple mobile;Liquid ejecting head is equipped on the balladeur train, and sprays liquid to the medium;And maintaining part, to energy Enough storages are kept from the waste liquid packaging container of the discharged liquid of the liquid ejecting head, and the maintaining part is configured in and institute State position of the transport path compared to the downstream side against the top and compared with the movement routine of the balladeur train on the conveying direction On.
According to above structure, waste liquid packaging container against the top and movement routine with balladeur train compared with the conveying direction with medium It is kept compared to maintained portion on the position of downstream.Therefore, the user of liquid injection apparatus becomes prone to fill from liquid injection The dresses such as the downstream side on the top set and conveying direction take waste liquid packaging container.As a result, the maintainability of waste liquid packaging container becomes It obtains well.
In aforesaid liquid injection apparatus, has framework, the framework is to the liquid ejecting head and the maintaining part It is stored, the framework has the outlet for medium discharge, and the maintaining part configuration is compared with the outlet On position against the top.
According to above structure, maintained portion is protected on waste liquid packaging container position against the top compared with the outlet with medium It holds.Therefore, the maintainability of waste liquid packaging container becomes more good.
In aforesaid liquid injection apparatus, preferably, has operation portion, the operation portion is carried out to from external input It accepts, the maintaining part is configured on the conveying direction between the movement routine and the operation portion.
According to above structure, waste liquid packaging container can be configured to the shifting in the balladeur train for easily becoming dead zone (dead space) In region between dynamic path and operation portion.Therefore, the enlargement of liquid injection apparatus is suppressed.
In aforesaid liquid injection apparatus, preferably, has aspirating mechanism, the aspirating mechanism is configured in and close institute It states on the opposed position of maintenance position of the first end on the scanning direction of movement routine, and from the liquid ejecting head pair Liquid is aspirated, and the waste liquid packaging container can be dismounted relative to the maintaining part, and the maintaining part has connection Portion, the interconnecting piece in a manner of the liquid that the aspirating mechanism is drawn into can be imported to the waste liquid packaging container and It is connect with the waste liquid packaging container, the interconnecting piece is arranged at described the close to the maintaining part on the scanning direction On the position of one end.
According to above structure, and interconnecting piece is positioned close to become opposite with first end on the scanning direction of maintaining part Side second end position on situation compare, shorten the distance between aspirating mechanism and interconnecting piece.That is, can shorten Waste liquid runner from aspirating mechanism until interconnecting piece.
In aforesaid liquid injection apparatus, preferably, the interconnecting piece is extended along the scanning direction.
According to above structure, moved in a scanning direction by the waste liquid packaging container made to configure in maintaining part, to make Waste liquid packaging container and interconnecting piece are connected.In addition, compared with the interconnecting piece situation extended along vertical direction, in waste liquid When the dismounting of packaging container, liquid (waste liquid) becomes difficult to leak downwards from interconnecting piece or waste liquid packaging container.
In aforesaid liquid injection apparatus, preferably, has operation portion, the operation portion is carried out to from external input It accepts, the maintaining part is configured on the conveying direction between the movement routine and the operation portion, the connection Portion is arranged on the conveying direction on the position of the close movement routine of the maintaining part.
According to above structure, it is arranged in the conveying direction with interconnecting piece on the position of the close operation portion of maintaining part Situation is compared, and interconnecting piece can be arranged far from the position of operation portion.Therefore, even if assuming in liquid (waste liquid) from connection In the case that portion leaks, it is also able to suppress the electrical system that such liquid reaches operation portion.
In aforesaid liquid injection apparatus, preferably, the maintaining part has substrate connecting portion, the substrate connecting portion energy It is enough to be electrically connected with the circuit substrate being arranged on the waste liquid packaging container, the substrate connecting portion on the conveying direction by It is set on the position of the close operation portion of the maintaining part.
Can intensively it be implemented according to above structure since substrate connecting portion can be arranged near operation portion To the electrical wiring of operation portion and substrate connecting portion.
In aforesaid liquid injection apparatus, preferably, have:Framework, to the liquid ejecting head and the holding It is stored in portion;And cover, the framework is covered from top, the framework is open above, and the cover can be It covers the first position of the opening of the framework and will be opened and closed between the open second position of the opening of the framework, is located at The cover of the second position exposes the maintaining part via the opening of the framework.
According to above structure, in general, by the way that configuration will be covered on first position, so as to intracorporal to frame Structure member is protected.On the other hand, by the way that configuration will be covered on the second position, so as to expose to via opening The waste liquid packaging container that maintaining part is kept is safeguarded.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of the compounding machine in the state of closing reading device.
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of the compounding machine in the state of opening reading device.
Fig. 3 is cross-sectional view when carrying out overlook view to compounding machine.
Fig. 4 is the 4-4 line regarding sectional view of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is cross-sectional view when carrying out overlook view to compounding machine.
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Hereinafter, being illustrated referring to attached drawing to an embodiment of the compounding machine for having liquid injection apparatus.This implementation The liquid injection apparatus of mode is, by spraying an exemplary ink as liquid to media such as paper to printing word Or the ink-jet printer of image.Also, in the following description, in order to make explanation it can be readily appreciated that omitting with reference to the accompanying drawings The diagram of a part of component parts, or the line kind of hatching is set as identical.
As shown in Figure 1, compounding machine 10 has:Liquid injection apparatus 11 sprays liquid to medium M;And reading device 12, text documented by original copy or image are read out.In the present embodiment, level is placed in compounding machine 10 In the state of face, the width direction of compounding machine 10 is set as " scanning direction X ", the front-rear direction of compounding machine 10 is set as " depth The short transverse of compounding machine 10 is set as " vertical direction Z " by direction Y ".Scanning direction X, longitudinal direction Y and vertical direction Z are Mutually different (orthogonal) direction.In addition, one end on the X of scanning direction is also known as " first end X1 ", it will be on the X of scanning direction The other end is known as " second end X2 ".
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, liquid injection apparatus 11 has:Framework 21 constitutes the outer of liquid injection apparatus 11 Dress;Medium M is stored in media storing portion 22;Mounting portion 24 is equipped with the liquid accommodating body stored to liquid 23;Operation portion 25 accepts input from the user;And articulated section 26, to reading device 12 to rotate freely Mode supported.As shown in Figure 3 and 4, liquid injection apparatus 11 has:Feed portion 30, from media storing portion 22 Feed is carried out to medium M;Delivery section 40 conveys medium M;Supporting part 50 supports medium M:And liquid Body injection unit 60 sprays liquid to medium M.In addition, liquid injection apparatus 11 has:Maintenance device 70 sprays liquid Unit 60 is penetrated to be safeguarded;And maintaining part 90, it gives up to storage from 60 discharged liquid (waste liquid) of liquid ejection unit Liquid packaging container 80 is kept.
Referring to Fig.1 and Fig. 2, structure involved in the appearance to liquid injection apparatus 11 is illustrated.
As shown in Fig. 2, framework 21 is in the box-like being open upwards.Framework 21 is to feed portion 30, delivery section 40, supporting part 50, the component parts of the liquid injection apparatus 11 such as liquid ejection unit 60, maintenance device 70 and maintaining part 90 is stored.? In the front surface of framework 21, it is provided with the outlet 211 that medium M is discharged.Outlet 211 is using scanning direction X as long side side To, and be open between operation portion 25 and media storing portion 22 on vertical direction Z.
Media storing portion 22 is configured in the lower part of framework 21.Media storing portion 22 is set as, can be relative to framework 21 And it is dismounted on longitudinal direction Y.Media storing portion 22 is to store to the multiple medium M being laminated on vertical direction Z Pallet or box.
Mounting portion 24 the side first end X1 on the scanning direction X of framework 21 by towards front and it is outstanding in a manner of set It sets.On mounting portion 24, the multiple liquid accommodating bodies 23 stored to different types of liquid on the X of scanning direction to arrange Mode and be mounted.Liquid accommodating body 23 either replaceable box is also possible to that the tank of liquid can be supplemented.
Operation portion 25 is before being configured in framework 21 in a manner of interval on vertical direction Z with media storing portion 22 Surface top.Operation portion 25 is in rectangular plate-like.Operation portion 25 has:Power knob 251, be used for liquid injection apparatus 11 into Row operation;And display picture 252, the various information of liquid injection apparatus 11 are shown.As long as display picture 252 is Such as the liquid crystal panel that touch surface is board-like.It is set for changing or making liquid to the various of liquid injection apparatus 11 When injection apparatus 11 works, operation portion 25 accepts the user by liquid injection apparatus 11 from external input.
Articulated section 26 is configured in the upper rear portion of framework 21.Articulated section 26 surrounds reading device 12 along scanning direction X and the rotation axis extended, and relatively rotated relative to framework 21.Specifically, articulated section 26 makes reading device 12 such as Reading device 12 shown in Fig. 1 covers " first position " of the opening 212 on the top of framework 21 and as shown in Figure 2 by framework 21 Opening 212 is rotated between open " second position ".
Next, being illustrated referring to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 to the internal structure of liquid injection apparatus 11.
As shown in figure 4, feed portion 30 has pick-up roller 31, the pick-up roller 31 will be laminated to more in media storing portion 22 The medium M positioned at the top in a medium M carries out feed to delivery section 40.Pick-up roller 31 is towards being laminated to media storing portion 22 In medium M, and exerted a force downwards.
As shown in figure 4, delivery section 40 has:First conveying roller 41 and the first driven voller 42, are configured in supporting part 50 rear;Second conveying roller 43 and the second driven voller 44, are configured in the front of supporting part 50.First conveying roller 41 with And second conveying roller 43 be configured in medium M transport path FP lower section, 44 quilt of the first driven voller 42 and the second driven voller The top for the transport path FP configured in medium M.Delivery section 40 is clipped from confession making conveying roller 41,43 and driven voller 42,44 It send portion 30 to be fed in the state of the medium M come, rotates conveying roller 41,43.In this way, delivery section 40 is by medium M direction Supporting part 50 is conveyed.Alternatively, it is also possible to will be configured in supporting part 50 front the second conveying roller 43 and second from The pressing mechanism that dynamic roller 44 is inhibited as the tilting to medium M.
As shown in Figure 3 and 4, supporting part 50 is in using scanning direction X as longitudinal direction and using longitudinal direction Y as short The rectangular plate-like of edge direction.Supporting part 50 is configured in the lower section of liquid ejection unit 60, and constitutes the transport path of medium M A part of FP.In order to make the attitude stabilization of supported medium M, supporting part 50 also can have medium M is aspirated and The structure for adsorbing it.
Here, in the liquid injection apparatus 11 of present embodiment, from media storing portion 22 until outlet 211 " the transport path FP " in the channel as medium M is inverted on longitudinal direction Y.That is, being incorporated in media storing portion 22 Medium M rearward moved by feed portion 30, and the medium M on supporting part 50 is moved forwards by delivery section 40. In the following description, by by delivery section 40, the moving direction of transported medium M is set as " conveying side on supporting part 50 To F ".That is, the upstream side on conveying direction F becomes the rear side of liquid injection apparatus 11, and the downstream side on conveying direction F becomes The front side of liquid injection apparatus 11.
As shown in Figure 3 and 4, liquid ejection unit 60 has:Liquid ejecting head 62 has the nozzle of injection liquid 61;Balladeur train 63, thereon equipped with liquid ejecting head 62;Leading axle 64 draws balladeur train 63 to the movement of scanning direction X It leads:And supply channel 65, liquid ejecting head 62 and liquid accommodating body 23 are attached.
Liquid ejecting head 62 is mounted in such a way that the opening that nozzle 61 is open is facing towards the direction of supporting part 50 On balladeur train 63.Balladeur train 63 is configured on position against the top compared with transport path FP (supporting part 50).In addition, 63 quilt of balladeur train It is set as, can be moved back and forth on the X of scanning direction by mobile mechanism (not shown).Supply channel 65 is can be with The flexible pipe for moving and being deformed of balladeur train 63.Supply channel 65 be configured on conveying direction F balladeur train 63 with Between maintaining part 90.
Also, liquid ejection unit 60 makes balladeur train 63 while being moved on the X of scanning direction, from liquid ejecting head 62 spray ink towards medium M.In the following description, the path also passed through balladeur train 63 when moving on the X of scanning direction Referred to as " movement routine ".In addition, will also be equipped on the liquid ejecting head on balladeur train 63 62 in movement routine with supporting part 50 Opposed position is known as " eject position ".Eject position refers to, cunning when liquid ejecting head 62 can spray liquid towards medium M The position of frame 63.
As shown in figure 3, maintenance device 70 be configured on the X of scanning direction compared with supporting part 50 by the side first end X1 and On position on conveying direction F compared with mounting portion 24 rearward.That is, maintenance device 70 is configured on the X of scanning direction On the position adjacent with supporting part 50.Maintenance device 70 has:Lid 71, is open above;Waste liquid runner 72, upstream end with Lid 71 connects;Suction section 73 is arranged at the midway of waste liquid runner 72;Wiper member 74, can be to liquid ejecting head 62 opening face is wiped;Sliding part 75 keeps lid 71;And pedestal 76, to sliding part 75 with being capable of phase Mobile mode is supported.Suction section 73 in a manner of being able to carry out the suction action aspirated to the inside of lid 71 and It is configured.Sliding part 75 has engaging protrusion 751 outstanding upwards at the first end X1 on the X of scanning direction.
In maintenance device 70, when towards first end X1 and the balladeur train 63 of movement with engaging protrusion 751 and engaging when, sliding part 75 are moved obliquely upward with the movement of balladeur train 63.The opening face contact of lid 71 and liquid ejecting head 62 as a result, thus The space that nozzle 61 is open becomes enclosure space.In this way, the movement that lid 71 forms enclosure space referred to as " is covered ".In Fig. 3 In, the position of the lid 71 and sliding part 75 when covering is indicated by double dot dash line.
In addition, will also be equipped on the liquid ejecting head on balladeur train 63 62 it is opposed with maintenance device 70 in movement routine when Balladeur train 63 position be known as " maintenance position ".Maintenance position refers to, the balladeur train 63 when liquid ejecting head 62 is covered by lid 71 Position, and the position of the first end X1 on the X of scanning direction for the movement routine of balladeur train 63.
Also, if suction section 73 cover when driven, can pass through nozzle 61 and in liquid ejecting head 62 into Row suction.In this way, suction section 73 is passed through nozzle 61 and implements to aspirate and aspirate the liquid in liquid ejecting head 62 Movement is known as " suction cleaning ".In the present embodiment, " suction machine is constituted in a manner of comprising lid 71 and suction section 73 One example of structure ".
As shown in figure 3, maintaining part 90 is configured in and 211 (medium of transport path FP and outlet on vertical direction Z Incorporating section 22) compared on position against the top.Maintaining part 90 is configured under the movement routine of balladeur train 63 on conveying direction F Swim the upstream side of side and operation portion 25.Maintaining part 90 has:Bracket 91 gives up caused by cleaning etc. to that can store because aspirating The waste liquid packaging container 80 of liquid is kept;Interconnecting piece 92 is communicated with the downstream of waste liquid runner 72;And substrate connecting portion 93, it can be electrically connected with waste liquid packaging container 80.
Bracket 91 has:First wall portion 911 and the second wall portion 912, are configured in defeated in a manner of interval It send on the F of direction;With third wall portion 913 and fourth wall 914, to the first wall portion 911 and the second wall on conveying direction F Portion 912 is linked.First wall portion 911 is configured in the upstream side on conveying direction F, and the second wall portion 912 is configured in conveying Downstream side on the F of direction.Third wall portion 913 is to the first end X1 and the second wall portion 912 on the scanning direction X of the first wall portion 911 Scanning direction X on first end X1 linked each other.Lower end and second wall portion of the fourth wall 914 to the first wall portion 911 912 lower end is linked each other.In this way, the first wall portion 911, the second wall portion 912 and third wall portion 913 constitute bracket 91 Side wall, fourth wall 914 constitute the bottom wall of bracket 91.In addition, though in the present embodiment, on the X of scanning direction, the first wall Portion 911 and the second wall portion 912 are shorter compared with fourth wall 914, but can also be by the first wall portion 911 and the second wall Portion 912 is set as the length with 914 equal extent of fourth wall.
Interconnecting piece 92 is in needle-shaped.Interconnecting piece 92 is being located in the third wall portion 913 of the first end X1 of maintaining part 90, from sweeping The first end X1 retouched on the X of direction is extended towards second end X2.Interconnecting piece 92 is arranged at and second on conveying direction F Wall portion 912 is compared to more on the position of the first wall portion 911.In other words, interconnecting piece 92 is arranged on and maintaining part 90 (bracket 91) Conveying direction F on downstream side end compare closer to upstream side end position on.Also, interconnecting piece 92 pass through by Be inserted into the inside of waste liquid packaging container 80, thus by from the waste liquid that maintenance device 70 is supplied to the inside of waste liquid packaging container 80 into Row imports.
Substrate connecting portion 93 is set in such a way that electric contact is towards the first wall portion 911 in the second wall portion 912.That is, base In the second wall portion 912 that plate interconnecting piece 93 is arranged close to operation portion 25 in the first wall portion 911 and the second wall portion 912.
As shown in figure 3, waste liquid packaging container 80 is in substantially rectangular parallelepiped.Waste liquid packaging container 80 is, to passing through maintenance device 70 Suction action and container that discharged waste liquid (for example, waste ink) is stored.Preferably, in the inside of waste liquid packaging container 80 Configuration can be to the absorber that waste liquid is absorbed.
On the side of waste liquid packaging container 80 intersected with longitudinal direction, it is provided with the introduction part connecting with interconnecting piece 92 81.Preferably, introduction part 81 is sealed using O-ring etc., so that when interconnecting piece 92 is plugged, waste liquid will not be leaked out.
On the side of waste liquid packaging container 80 extended along longitudinal direction, it is provided with and is connect with the substrate of maintaining part 90 The circuit substrate 82 that portion 93 connects.Circuit substrate 82 be laminar IC chip, and in such a way that electric contact is towards outside and It is set.In circuit substrate 82, for example, information relevant to the specification of waste liquid packaging container 80 etc. can both be stored in advance, The waste liquid amount being incorporated in waste liquid packaging container 80 can successively be stored.That is, liquid injection apparatus 11 is based on being deposited The information being stored in circuit substrate 82, and whether can be suitable useless to the waste liquid packaging container 80 being installed in maintaining part 90 Liquid packaging container 80 is judged.
Waste liquid packaging container 80 is when relative to maintaining part 90 and from the second end X2 on the X of scanning direction towards first end X1's When being moved on direction, it can be installed in maintaining part 90.It is connected with interconnecting piece 92 and interconnecting piece 92 that is, becoming introduction part 81 Top is located at the state of the inside of waste liquid packaging container 80.It is connect with substrate connecting portion 93 in addition, becoming circuit substrate 82 to liquid Body injection apparatus 11 can obtain the state of the information of waste liquid packaging container 80.On the other hand, waste liquid packaging container 80 is when relative to guarantor Portion 90 is held in the first end X1 from the X of scanning direction towards when moving on the direction of second end X2, can be unloaded from maintaining part 90 Under.In this way, maintaining part 90 keeps waste liquid packaging container 80 in a manner of removable.
Also, preferably, in maintaining part 90 and waste liquid packaging container 80, setting for waste liquid packaging container 80 relative to The structure that the installation relation of maintaining part 90 is defined.For example, it is also possible to using such as flowering structure, that is, by maintaining part 90 with And recess portion is set on a side of waste liquid packaging container 80 and protrusion is set on another party, to prevent from giving up on vertical direction Z Liquid packaging container 80 with from original different direction and be installed in maintaining part 90.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, reading device 12 has:Document board 121, is placed with original copy thereon;And document cover 122, document board 121 is covered.The part for being at least placed with original copy of document board 121 is made of the glass plate of light transmission. In the lower section of document board 121, it is provided with and the image scanner that the original copy being placed on document board 121 is read out (is not schemed Show).Document cover 122 is relatively rotated by articulated section 26 relative to document board 121.Specifically, document cover 122 is being covered It is rotated between the position of lid document board 121 and the position for exposing document board 121.
As already mentioned above, opening of the reading device 12 relative to liquid injection apparatus 11 and in covering framework 21 It 212 first position and will be rotated between the open second position of opening 212 of framework 21.That is, in the present embodiment, Reading device 12 is equivalent to an example of " cover " on this point the opening 212 to framework 21 is opened and closed.Such as Fig. 2 institute Show, in the case where reading device 12 is configured on the second position, maintaining part 90 and the waste liquid being installed in maintaining part 90 Packaging container 80 exposes via the opening 212 of framework 21.
Next, being illustrated to the effect of the liquid injection apparatus 11 of present embodiment.
In the liquid injection apparatus 11 of present embodiment, in the case where being replaced to waste liquid packaging container 80, user Make the configuration of reading device 12 on the second position, so that the constituent element of liquid injection apparatus 11 be made to expose.Then, user makes With the waste liquid packaging container 80 finished in the first end X1 from the X of scanning direction towards moving on the direction of second end X2.In this way, making It is removed with the waste liquid packaging container 80 finished from maintaining part 90.Later, as shown in figure 5, user stores by not used waste liquid In the state that body 80 is packed on the bracket 91 of maintaining part 90, make waste liquid packaging container 80 from the second end X2 court on the X of scanning direction It is moved on the direction of first end X1.Then, waste liquid packaging container 80 is installed in maintaining part 90.In this way, according to this embodiment party Formula, since the maintaining part 90 of installation waste liquid packaging container 80 is arranged on the nearby side of liquid injection apparatus 11, user can Easily implement the maintenance of waste liquid packaging container 80.Also, maintenance said here refers to following operation etc., that is, receives to waste liquid Body 80 of receiving is replaced, perhaps confirm waste liquid packaging container 80 whether can normally store waste liquid or confirmation be incorporated in it is useless Waste liquid amount in liquid packaging container 80.
According to the implementation described above, following effects can be obtained.
(1) movement routine by the configuration of maintaining part 90 compared with the transport path FP with medium M against the top and with balladeur train 63 On position compared to the downstream (front) on conveying direction F.Therefore, the user of liquid injection apparatus 11 becomes prone to from liquid The dresses such as the top and the downstream side on conveying direction F of body injection apparatus 11 take waste liquid packaging container 80.As a result, waste liquid is stored The maintainability of body 80 becomes good.
(2) maintained portion 90 is kept on the position against the top compared with the outlet 211 with medium M of waste liquid packaging container 80. Therefore, the maintainability of waste liquid packaging container 80 becomes more good.In addition, attached in the outlet 211 that medium M gets lodged in transport path FP In the case where close, the blocking of medium M can be released under conditions of not interfering waste liquid packaging container 80.
(3) the easy change that waste liquid packaging container 80 can be configured between the movement routine and operation portion 25 of balladeur train 63 is utilized At this point in the region of dead zone (dead space), it is able to suppress the enlargement of liquid injection apparatus 11.In addition, mobile road Region between diameter and operation portion 25 is easily made into the longer region on the X of scanning direction, so as to by waste liquid packaging container 80 Longitudinal direction on length be set as close to movement routine length.That is, becoming prone to make 80 high capacity of waste liquid packaging container.
(4) by being arranged in interconnecting piece 92 on the position of the first end X1 on the scanning direction X of maintaining part 90, thus Compared with situation about being arranged on the position by second end X2, shorten between lid 71 (aspirating mechanism) and interconnecting piece 92 away from From.That is, the waste liquid runner 72 from lid 71 until interconnecting piece 92 shortens, so as to reduce the risk of leakage of waste liquid.In addition, It can be improved the maintainability of waste liquid runner 72.
(5) by make interconnecting piece 92 along scanning direction X and be extended, and by make waste liquid packaging container 80 with even The contrary direction that is extended of socket part 92 is moved, so as to connect to waste liquid packaging container 80 and interconnecting piece 92 It connects.In addition, in the dismounting of waste liquid packaging container 80, giving up with interconnecting piece 92 along vertical direction Z and compared with extended situation Liquid becomes difficult to leak downwards from interconnecting piece 92 or waste liquid packaging container 80.
(6) due on the position for the close movement routine that interconnecting piece 92 is set to maintaining part 90 on conveying direction F, because Compared with the situation on the position for being positioned close to operation portion 25, interconnecting piece 92 is configured in the position far from operation portion 25 for this On.Therefore, even if assuming also to be able to suppress such liquid in the case where liquid is leaked from interconnecting piece 92 and reach operation portion 25 Electrical system.
(7) by the way that substrate connecting portion 93 to be set to the position of the close operation portion 25 of maintaining part 90 on conveying direction F On, so that substrate connecting portion 93 shortens at a distance from operation portion 25.As a result, can intensively implement to operation portion 25 and base The electrical wiring of plate interconnecting piece 93.In addition, the maintainability of wiring becomes good.
(8) compounding machine 10 has reading device 12, and the reading device 12 carries out between the first location and the second location Rotation.Therefore, the configuration of reading device 12 can protect the structure member in framework 21 when on first position.Separately On the one hand, it is configured when on the second position by reading device 12, it can be to the waste liquid packaging container 80 exposed via opening 212 It is safeguarded.
(9) turned centered on the articulated section 26 at rear of the reading device 12 to be arranged at liquid injection apparatus 11 It is dynamic.Therefore, by by the configuration of reading device 12 on the second position, thus make the front of liquid injection apparatus 11 significantly by It is open.Therefore, the maintainability for being configured in the waste liquid packaging container 80 of the nearby side of liquid injection apparatus 11 becomes more good.
Also, above embodiment can also be changed in mode as follows.
Liquid injection apparatus 11 can also have a liquid containing portion, and the liquid containing portion is in order to maintain liquid injection First 62 liquid injection performance and accommodated from the liquid that liquid ejecting head 62 is regularly sprayed.In this case, waste liquid Packaging container 80 can also store the liquid (waste liquid) that liquid containing portion is accommodated.
Maintaining part 90 may not possess substrate connecting portion 93.In this case, waste liquid packaging container 80 can not also have Standby circuit substrate 82.
Compounding machine 10 may not possess reading device 12.In such a situation it is preferred that being, liquid injection apparatus 11 has The cover that the opening 212 of framework 21 is covered.Cover both can be by rotating to open opening 212 relative to framework 21 It closes, it can also be by relative to framework 21 sliding that opening 212 is opened and closed.
Waste liquid packaging container 80 may not be scanning direction X relative to the installation direction of maintaining part 90.For example, waste liquid is received Receive body 80 relative to the installation direction of maintaining part 90 be also possible to lower section.In such a situation it is preferred that being (the 4th wall of maintaining part 90 Portion 914) there is interconnecting piece extended upwards, and waste liquid packaging container 80 has introduction part on the lower surface thereof.Accordingly, Only by moving waste liquid packaging container 80 downwards, waste liquid packaging container 80 will be installed in maintaining part 90.
Maintaining part 90 may be to be kept in a manner of it can not dismount to waste liquid packaging container 80.Even if such In the case of, it is easy to carry out the waste liquid packaging container 80 that maintained portion 90 is kept this point that dress takes using user, can also improves useless The maintainability of liquid packaging container 80.Maintenance said here refers to, confirmation waste liquid packaging container 80 whether can normally store waste liquid, Or confirm the operation etc. for the waste liquid amount being incorporated in waste liquid packaging container 80.
Liquid injection apparatus 11 is also possible to install the so-called balladeur train loading type of liquid accommodating body 23 on balladeur train 63 Liquid injection apparatus 11.In this case, it can also be provided with to be arranged in the region of mounting portion 24 in the present embodiment and protect Hold portion 90.Accordingly, this point to be become larger using the range that can configure liquid accommodating body 23 on the X of scanning direction, can make liquid 23 high capacity of body packaging container.
The shape of waste liquid packaging container 80 may not be approximately cuboid.Waste liquid packaging container 80 can also be sprayed according to liquid The space of the inside of injection device 11 and suitably change shape.
Maintaining part 90 can also have the test section that the lifting rate stored to waste liquid packaging container 80 is detected.According to This, has become prone to the replacement period of liquid waste solution packaging container 80.Preferably, test section is arranged on and is arranged in maintaining part 90 The first end X1 for having interconnecting piece 92 is on the second end X2 of opposite side.
Liquid injection apparatus 11, which can also have, only covers the waste liquid packaging container 80 being installed in maintaining part 90 The shielding portion of lid.In such a situation it is preferred that being shielding portion disassembly ease relative to framework 21.Accordingly, even if dress will be read 12 configurations are set in the state of on the second position, user is also able to suppress and inadvertently touches waste liquid packaging container 80.
Preferably, interconnecting piece 92 is set on vertical direction Z on the top position of maintaining part 90.Accordingly, energy Enough the waste liquid being accommodated in waste liquid packaging container 80 is inhibited to flow backwards via interconnecting piece 92.
Preferably, part of the waste liquid packaging container 80 under the installation condition relative to maintaining part 90 as bottom is in long side It is tilted downwards on direction with separate from introduction part 81.Accordingly, waste liquid packaging container 80 is fed to via introduction part 81 In liquid become prone to flow to second end X2.That is, being able to suppress the suction that waste liquid is only provided the inside of waste liquid packaging container 80 A part of acceptor absorbs.
Waste liquid packaging container 80 can also have handle part at an upper portion thereof.Accordingly, handle part is held by user, So as to easily realize dismounting of the waste liquid packaging container 80 relative to maintaining part 90.Handle part is set on waste liquid packaging container 80 In the case where, preferably, it is positioned close on the position of the first end X1 on the scanning direction X of maintaining part 90.Accordingly, it is transporting When from the waste liquid packaging container 80 that maintaining part 90 unloads, this point upward is become prone to using introduction part 81, liquid can be made Body is difficult to leak from introduction part 81.
The liquid that liquid ejecting head 62 is sprayed is not limited to ink, such as is also possible to the particle for example by functional material Disperse or be mixed in liquid and form liquid body etc..For example, liquid ejecting head 62, which can also use, sprays following liquid The structure of body, the liquid body is in the form that disperses or dissolves and containing being used for liquid crystal display, organic EL (Electro Luminescence:Electroluminescent) display or surface light-emitting display (Field Emission Display, FED) system The materials such as the electrode material made etc. or color material (pixel materials).
Medium M is not limited to paper, either plastic film or relatively thin plate, are also possible to dyeing and printing device etc. Used in cloth and silk.In addition, medium M either the arbitrary shape such as T-shirt clothing etc., be also possible to tableware or stationery Etc arbitrary shape stereoscopic article.
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10 ... compounding machines;11 ... liquid injection apparatus;12 ... reading devices;121 ... document boards;122 ... document covers;21… Framework;211 ... outlets;212 ... openings;22 ... media storing portions;23 ... liquid accommodating bodies;24 ... mounting portions;25 ... operations Portion;251 ... power knobs;252 ... display pictures;26 ... articulated sections;30 ... feed portions;31 ... pick-up rollers;40 ... delivery sections; 41 ... first conveying rollers;42 ... first driven vollers;43 ... second conveying rollers;44 ... second driven vollers;50 ... supporting parts;60 ... liquid Body injection unit;61 ... nozzles;62 ... liquid ejecting heads;63 ... balladeur trains;64 ... leading axles;65 ... supply channel;70 ... maintenances Device;71 ... lids (example of aspirating mechanism);72 ... waste liquid runners;73 ... suction sections (example of aspirating mechanism); 74 ... wiper members;75 ... sliding parts;751 ... engaging protrusions;76 ... pedestals;80 ... waste liquid packaging containers;81 ... introduction parts;82… Circuit substrate;90 ... maintaining parts;91 ... brackets;911 ... first wall portions;912 ... second wall portions;913 ... third wall portions;914… Fourth wall;92 ... interconnecting pieces;93 ... substrate connecting portions;F ... conveying direction;FP ... transport path;M ... medium;The scanning side X ... To;X1 ... first end;X2 ... second end;Y ... longitudinal direction;Z ... vertical direction.

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1. a kind of liquid injection apparatus, which is characterized in that have:
Delivery section conveys medium along conveying direction;
Balladeur train, can be enterprising in the scanning direction intersected with the conveying direction in the top of the transport path of the medium Row moves back and forth;
Liquid ejecting head is equipped on the balladeur train, and sprays liquid to the medium;And
Maintaining part is kept to that can store from the waste liquid packaging container of the discharged liquid of the liquid ejecting head,
The maintaining part is configured in leans on institute compared with the transport path against the top and compared with the movement routine of the balladeur train On the position for stating the downstream side on conveying direction.
2. liquid injection apparatus as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that
Having framework, the framework stores the liquid ejecting head and the maintaining part,
The framework has the outlet for medium discharge,
The maintaining part is configured on position against the top compared with the outlet.
3. liquid injection apparatus as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that
Having operation portion, the operation portion is accepted to from external input,
The maintaining part is configured on the conveying direction between the movement routine and the operation portion.
4. the liquid injection apparatus as described in any one of claim 1 to claim 3, which is characterized in that
Has aspirating mechanism, the aspirating mechanism is configured in and first on the scanning direction of the movement routine On the opposed position of the maintenance position at end, and liquid is aspirated from the liquid ejecting head,
The waste liquid packaging container can be dismounted relative to the maintaining part,
The maintaining part has interconnecting piece, and the interconnecting piece is given up with the liquid that can be drawn into the aspirating mechanism to described Mode that liquid packaging container is imported and connect with the waste liquid packaging container,
The interconnecting piece is arranged on the position of the first end of the maintaining part on the scanning direction.
5. liquid injection apparatus as claimed in claim 4, which is characterized in that
The interconnecting piece is extended along the scanning direction.
6. liquid injection apparatus as claimed in claim 4, which is characterized in that
Having operation portion, the operation portion is accepted to from external input,
The maintaining part is configured on the conveying direction between the movement routine and the operation portion,
The interconnecting piece is arranged on the conveying direction on the position of the close movement routine of the maintaining part.
7. liquid injection apparatus as claimed in claim 6, which is characterized in that
The maintaining part has substrate connecting portion, and the substrate connecting portion can be with the electricity that is arranged on the waste liquid packaging container Base board electrical connection,
The substrate connecting portion is arranged on the conveying direction on the position of the close operation portion of the maintaining part.
8. liquid injection apparatus as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that have:
Framework stores the liquid ejecting head and the maintaining part;And
Cover, covers the framework from top,
The framework is open above,
The cover can be in the first position and the second position that the opening of the framework is open for covering the opening of the framework Between be opened and closed,
The cover on the second position exposes the maintaining part via the opening of the framework.
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