CN112764334A

CN112764334A - Developer supply device

Info

Publication number: CN112764334A
Application number: CN202011629597.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 祝金军; 李忠溪; 何家冰
Original assignee: Jiangxi Kailide Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiangxi Kailide Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-31
Filing date: 2020-12-31
Publication date: 2021-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-31
Also published as: CN112764334B

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of developer supply, in particular to a developer supply device, which comprises a shell, a sealing cover, a connecting seat, a chip, a powder inlet, a powder outlet, a first gear, a second gear, a third gear and a fourth gear, wherein the shell is internally provided with a closed accommodating cavity, the sealing cover is fixedly arranged on one side of the shell, the connecting seat is arranged at the bottom of the shell and is used for connecting a printing device, the chip is arranged in the connecting seat and is respectively arranged on the powder inlet and the powder outlet of the shell, the first gear is also arranged on one side of the shell, the second gear, the third gear and the fourth gear are arranged on one side of the sealing cover, the first gear respectively penetrates through the shell and the sealing cover through a first rotating shaft and is connected to the second gear, the fourth gear penetrates through a second rotating shaft and is connected to the inner side wall of the accommodating cavity of the shell, the, the sealing effect is good, unnecessary waste can not be caused, and the market demand can be met.

Description

Developer supply device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of developer supply, in particular to a developer supply device.

Background

A conventional image forming apparatus includes a developer supply container that contains developer therein. The image forming apparatus includes a carrier, a developing device, a developer supply container, and a storage container. If developer is supplied from the developing device to the image carrier, the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier is visualized as a developer image. The developer supply container is provided with a developer discharge port and supplies a replenishment developer to a replenishment port provided in the developing device.

However, in the conventional developer supply container, only one plastic member is used to seal the developer supply container before the developer supply container is loaded into the image forming apparatus, and the toner outlet cover is likely to be opened by mistake due to collision during actual transportation, and thus the sealing function is not achieved. In addition, the developer supply container has too many brackets for stirring the developer, too many gears, complicated production, complex structure and larger sealing difficulty.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the technical defects, the invention aims to provide the developer supply device which has the advantages of simple structure, convenient use, good sealing effect, no unnecessary waste and capability of meeting the market demand.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:

a developer supply device comprises a shell with a closed accommodating cavity inside, a sealing cover fixedly arranged on one side of the shell, a connecting seat arranged at the bottom of the shell and used for connecting a printing device, a chip arranged in the connecting seat, and a powder inlet and a powder outlet respectively arranged on the shell, a first gear is arranged on one side of the shell, a second gear, a third gear and a fourth gear are arranged on one side of the sealing cover, the first gear is connected with the second gear through a first rotating shaft respectively passing through the shell and the sealing cover, the fourth gear penetrates through the sealing cover through a second rotating shaft and is connected to the inner side wall of the accommodating cavity of the shell, the third gear is arranged on the outer side wall of the sealing cover through a connecting rod and meshed between the second gear and the fourth gear, and a powder outlet mechanism is arranged on the shell below the powder outlet.

Furthermore, a scraper is fixedly arranged on the first rotating shaft.

Furthermore, a stirring tooth block which is evenly distributed in a wave shape is fixedly arranged on the second rotating shaft.

Furthermore, go out powder mechanism mobile locate the mounting groove in, go out powder mechanism and include push pedal, push rod, connecting plate, connecting seat and gag lever post, the one end of push rod and gag lever post is fixed connection in the push pedal respectively, and the other end of push rod is downthehole through the joint that the lug card was located connecting plate one end, and on the connecting seat was located in the other end activity of connecting plate, be equipped with out the powder connector on the connecting plate, be equipped with row powder mouth on the connecting seat.

Furthermore, be equipped with connecting block and compression spring on the gag lever post, the one end of gag lever post is equipped with the screens piece, and compression spring locates between connecting block and the screens piece, connecting block fixed connection in the bottom of push rod.

The powder discharging mechanism is characterized by further comprising a pushing block positioned below the powder discharging mechanism, the pushing block is clamped in the connecting hole in the shell through lugs on two sides of one end of the pushing block, and the other end of the pushing block is a movable end.

Furthermore, a chip mounting seat used for fixing the chip is arranged in the connecting seat, a chip mounting groove used for mounting the chip is arranged on the chip mounting seat, and a clamping plate and a limiting block used for positioning the chip are arranged on the periphery of the chip mounting groove.

Furthermore, the outer side wall of the connecting seat is provided with a connecting piece for connecting printing equipment.

In conclusion, the invention has the advantages that: the developer supply device comprises a first gear, a second gear, a third gear and a fourth gear, wherein the first gear respectively penetrates through a shell and a sealing cover through a first rotating shaft to be connected to the second gear, the fourth gear penetrates through the sealing cover through a second rotating shaft to be connected to the inner side wall of a containing cavity, the third gear is arranged on the outer side wall of the sealing cover through a connecting rod and is meshed between the second gear and the fourth gear, compared with a complex gear and rotating shaft connecting structure in the prior art, the developer supply device is simple in technical structure and convenient to use, a developer leakage prevention powder outlet mechanism is arranged below a powder outlet, a push block for pushing a toner cartridge sealing switch on a printing device is arranged below the powder outlet mechanism, the push block is pushed forwards through the developer supply device to enable the powder outlet to be matched with a toner cartridge lower powder outlet of the printing device, the sealing effect is good, a scraper blade is fixedly arranged on the first rotating shaft to prevent developer powder from being stuck on the side wall of the containing cavity, unnecessary waste can not be caused, in addition, the chip is arranged in the chip mounting groove through the clamping plate and the limiting block, the maintenance and installation of the chip are facilitated, and the market demand can be met.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is another schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is another schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a housing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the housing of FIG. 1 with the housing removed;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a powder discharging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

the powder discharging device comprises a shell, a sealing cover, a connecting seat, a powder inlet, a powder outlet, a connecting seat, a first gear, a second gear, a powder discharging mechanism, a shell, a sealing cover, a connecting seat, a powder discharging port, a connecting plate, a push rod, a connecting seat, a powder discharging connecting port, a connecting hole 607, a clamping hole, 608, a convex block, a 609, a limiting rod, 610, a compression spring, 611, a connecting block, 612, a clamping block, 7, a push block, 8, a second gear, a 9, a third gear, 10, a fourth gear, 11, a powder discharging port, 12, a connecting rod, 13, a first rotating shaft, 14, a second rotating shaft, 15, a chip, 16, a chip mounting seat, 1601, a chip mounting groove, 1602, a clamping plate, 1603, a limiting block, 17, a mounting groove, 18, a scraping plate, a 19, a stirring tooth block.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description:

example (b):

as shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, a developer supply device includes a housing 1 having a sealed accommodating chamber 100 therein, a sealing cover 2 fixedly disposed on one side of the housing 1, a connecting seat 3 disposed at the bottom of the housing 1 and used for connecting a printing device, a chip 15 disposed in the connecting seat 3 and respectively disposed at a powder inlet 4 and a powder outlet 11 of the housing 1, a first gear 5 further disposed on one side of the housing 1, a second gear 8, a third gear 9 and a fourth gear 10 disposed on one side of the sealing cover 2, wherein the first gear 5 respectively penetrates through the housing 1 and the sealing cover 2 via a first rotating shaft 13 and is connected to the second gear 8, the fourth gear 10 penetrates through the sealing cover 2 via a second rotating shaft 14 and is connected to the inner side wall of the accommodating chamber 100 of the housing 1, and the third gear 9 is disposed on the outer side wall of the sealing cover 2 via a connecting rod 12 and is engaged with the second gear 8 Between the wheel 8 and the fourth gear 10, a powder outlet mechanism 6 is arranged on the shell 1 below the powder outlet 11.

The developer supply device comprises a first gear 5, a second gear 8, a third gear 9 and a fourth gear 10, wherein the first gear 5 respectively penetrates through a shell 1 and a sealing cover 2 through a first rotating shaft 13 to be connected to the second gear 8, the fourth gear 10 penetrates through the sealing cover 2 through a second rotating shaft 14 to be connected to the inner side wall of an accommodating cavity 100, the third gear 9 is arranged on the outer side wall of the sealing cover 2 through a connecting rod 12 and is meshed between the second gear 8 and the fourth gear 10, and compared with a complex gear and rotating shaft connecting structure in the prior art, the developer supply device is simple in technical structure.

Wherein, a scraper 18 is fixedly arranged on the first rotating shaft 13. The blade 18 serves to prevent the developer powder from sticking to the side wall of the accommodating chamber 100 without causing unnecessary waste. The thickness of the scraper 18 is 0.1-0.3mm, the scraper 18 is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) type scraper, the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) type scraper has excellent physical and mechanical properties in a wide temperature range, the long-term use temperature can reach 120 ℃, the electric insulation property is excellent, even under high temperature and high frequency, the electric property is still good, but the corona resistance is poor, the creep resistance, the fatigue resistance, the friction resistance and the dimensional stability are strong. The material can prevent scraping and abrasion of the scraper 18 to the side wall of the containing cavity 100.

Wherein, the second rotating shaft 14 is fixedly provided with a stirring tooth block 19 which is distributed uniformly in a wave shape. It is used to prevent the developer powder from caking in the accommodating chamber 100, so that the powder discharge is uniform.

The powder discharging mechanism 6 is movably arranged in the mounting groove 17, the powder discharging mechanism 6 comprises a push plate 601, a push rod 604, a connecting plate 603, a connecting seat 605 and a limiting rod 609, one end of the push rod 604 and one end of the limiting rod 609 are respectively and fixedly connected to the push plate 601, the other end of the push rod 604 is clamped in a clamping hole 607 at one end of the connecting plate 603 through a bump 608, the other end of the connecting plate 603 is movably arranged on the connecting seat 605, a powder discharging connecting port 606 is arranged on the connecting plate 603, and a powder discharging port 602 is arranged on the connecting seat 605.

After the device is installed on the printing equipment, the push plate 601 is pushed, so that the push rod 604 drives the connecting plate 603, the connecting plate is enabled to slide forwards on the connecting seat 605, the powder outlet connecting port 606 is enabled to be communicated with the powder outlet 11 and the powder discharge port 602, the developer powder placed in the accommodating cavity 100 of the shell 1 falls into the printing equipment from the communicating port, and the structure enables the sealing effect of the device to be better.

The limiting rod 609 is provided with a connecting block 611 and a compression spring 610, one end of the limiting rod 609 is provided with a clamping block 612, the compression spring 610 is arranged between the connecting block 611 and the clamping block 612, and the connecting block 611 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the push rod 604.

Through the arrangement of the compression spring 610 and the connecting block 611, the powder discharging mechanism 6 is stably arranged in the mounting groove 17 and is prevented from moving outwards. The limiting rod 609 is kept flush with the push plate 601 under the action of the compression spring 610, and the powder outlet mechanism 6 is kept in a stable and motionless state because the push rod 604 is connected with the limiting rod 609 through the connecting block 611.

The powder discharging mechanism comprises a powder discharging mechanism 6, a push block 7 and a connecting hole 20, wherein the push block 7 is positioned below the powder discharging mechanism 6, the push block 7 is respectively clamped in the connecting hole 20 on the shell 1 through lugs 22 on two sides of one end of the push block, and the other end of the push block 7 is a movable end.

A push block 7 for pushing a toner cartridge sealing switch on the printing equipment away is arranged below the toner discharging mechanism 6 and is pushed forwards by the device, so that the toner discharging port 602 is overlapped with a toner cartridge discharging port of the printing equipment, and the sealing effect is good.

Wherein, be equipped with in connecting seat 3 and be used for fixing chip 15's chip mounting seat 16 is equipped with on chip mounting seat 16 and is used for the installation chip 15's chip mounting groove 1601, the periphery of chip mounting groove 1601 is equipped with and is used for the joint board 1602 and the stopper 1603 of chip 15 location.

Wherein, the outer side wall of the connecting seat 3 is provided with a connecting piece 21 for connecting a printing device.

When the device is operated and used, the device is fixedly arranged on a printing device through a connecting seat 3 and a plurality of connecting pieces 21 on the outer side wall of the connecting seat, a push block 7 for pushing a toner cartridge sealing switch on the printing device is arranged below a toner outlet mechanism 6, the push block is pushed forwards through the device, a toner outlet 602 is combined with a toner cartridge lower powder port of the printing device, then a push plate 601 is pushed, so that a push rod 604 drives a connecting plate 603 to slide forwards on a connecting seat 605, a toner outlet connecting port 606 is communicated with a toner outlet 11 and the toner outlet 602, developer powder is sent into a closed accommodating cavity 100 in a shell 1 from a toner inlet 4, when the printing device is started, a first gear 5 rotates under the power provided by the printing device, a second gear 8 rotates through a first rotating shaft 13, the second gear 8 drives a fourth gear 10 to rotate through a third gear 9 meshed with the second gear 8, so that a scraper 18 on the first rotating shaft 13 rotates in the accommodating cavity 100, the stirring tooth block 19 rotates along with the second rotating shaft 14, so that the phenomenon of agglomeration of the developer powder in the accommodating cavity 100 is prevented, the developer powder is uniformly discharged, and the developer powder is smoothly input into the printing equipment from the powder outlet 11, the powder outlet connecting port 606 and the powder discharging port 602.

The printing apparatus of the present invention is a copying machine, a facsimile machine, a printer, or a multifunction machine having two or more of these functions.

In conclusion, the sealing device has the advantages of simple structure, convenience in use, good sealing effect, no unnecessary waste and capability of meeting the market demand.

Various other changes and modifications to the above embodiments and concepts will become apparent to those skilled in the art, and all such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a developer supply device, includes inside casing (1) that is equipped with the closed chamber (100) that holds, set firmly in sealed lid (2) on casing (1) one side are located connecting seat (3) that casing (1) bottom is used for connecting printing device locate chip (15) in connecting seat (3) are located respectively advance powder mouth (4) and go out powder mouth (11) on casing (1), its characterized in that: still be equipped with first gear (5) on one side of casing (1), be equipped with second gear (8), third gear (9) and fourth gear (10) on one side of sealed lid (2), first gear (5) pass through first pivot (13) respectively casing (1) and sealed lid (2) connect in second gear (8), fourth gear (10) pass through second pivot (14) sealed lid (2) connect in on the inside wall that casing (1) held chamber (100), third gear (9) are located through connecting rod (12) on the lateral wall of sealed lid (2) and mesh in between second gear (8) and fourth gear (10), be equipped with powder outlet mechanism (6) on casing (1) of powder outlet (11) below.

2. A developer supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: and a scraper (18) is fixedly arranged on the first rotating shaft (13).

3. A developer supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: and the second rotating shaft (14) is fixedly provided with stirring tooth blocks (19) which are uniformly distributed in a wave shape.

4. A developer supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: go out powder mechanism (6) movably and locate in mounting groove (17), go out powder mechanism (6) including push pedal (601), push rod (604), connecting plate (603), connecting seat (605) and gag lever post (609), the one end of push rod (604) and gag lever post (609) is fixed connection in push pedal (601) respectively, the other end of push rod (604) is located in joint hole (607) of connecting plate (603) one end through lug (608) card, the other end activity of connecting plate (603) is located on connecting seat (605), be equipped with out powder connector (606) on connecting plate (603), be equipped with on connecting seat (605) and arrange powder mouth (602).

5. A developer supplying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: the limiting rod (609) is provided with a connecting block (611) and a compression spring (610), one end of the limiting rod (609) is provided with a clamping block (612), the compression spring (610) is arranged between the connecting block (611) and the clamping block (612), and the connecting block (611) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the push rod (604).

6. A developer supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the powder discharging mechanism is characterized by further comprising a pushing block (7) located below the powder discharging mechanism (6), the pushing block (7) is clamped in a connecting hole (20) in the shell (1) through lugs (22) on two sides of one end of the pushing block respectively, and the other end of the pushing block (7) is a movable end.

7. A developer supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: be equipped with in connecting seat (3) and be used for fixing chip mount pad (16) of chip (15), be equipped with on chip mount pad (16) and be used for the installation chip mounting groove (1601) of chip (15), the periphery of chip mounting groove (1601) is equipped with and is used for joint board (1602) and stopper (1603) that chip (15) were fixed a position.

8. A developer supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: and a connecting piece (21) for connecting printing equipment is arranged on the outer side wall of the connecting seat (3).