CN112764334B

CN112764334B - Developer supply device

Info

Publication number: CN112764334B
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: 2023-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-31
Also published as: CN112764334A

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 first connecting seat, a chip, a powder inlet and a powder outlet, wherein a closed accommodating cavity is formed in the shell, the sealing cover is fixedly arranged on one side of the shell, the first connecting seat is arranged at the bottom of the shell and is used for connecting a printing device, the chip is arranged in the first connecting seat and is respectively arranged on the powder inlet and the powder outlet on the shell, a first gear is further 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 penetrates through the shell and the sealing cover respectively through a first rotating shaft and is connected with the second gear, the fourth gear penetrates through the second rotating shaft and is connected with the inner side wall of the accommodating cavity of the shell through the sealing cover, 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, and a powder outlet mechanism is arranged on the shell below the powder outlet.

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 developer supply container provided in a conventional image forming apparatus accommodates developer therein. The image forming apparatus includes a carrier, a developing device, and a developer supply container and a storage container. If the 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 includes a developer discharge port, and supplies a replenishment developer to a replenishment port provided in the developing device.

However, the conventional developer supply container is sealed by only one plastic member before the developer supply container is not mounted in the image forming apparatus, and in a practical transportation process, there is a possibility that the toner outlet cover is erroneously opened due to collision, and the sealing function is not performed. In addition, the existing developer supply container has too many brackets for stirring the developer and too many gears, so that the production is complicated, the structure is complex and the sealing difficulty is higher.

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 demands.

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

the utility model provides a developer supply device, includes the inside sealed casing that is equipped with the closed chamber that holds, set firmly in sealed lid on casing one side is located the casing bottom is used for connecting printing device's first connecting seat, locates the chip in the first connecting seat is located respectively inlet and outlet on the casing, still be equipped with first gear on one side of casing, be equipped with second gear, third gear and fourth gear on one side of sealed lid, first gear pass respectively through first pivot casing and sealed lid connect in the second gear, the fourth gear passes through the second pivot seal lid connect in on the inside wall of casing holds the chamber, the third gear is located through the connecting rod on sealed lateral wall and mesh in between second gear and the fourth gear, be equipped with out powder mechanism on the casing of outlet below.

Further, a scraping plate is fixedly arranged on the first rotating shaft.

Further, stirring tooth blocks which are uniformly distributed in a wave shape are fixedly arranged on the second rotating shaft.

Further, go out powder mechanism movable in locating the mounting groove, go out powder mechanism and include the push pedal, push rod, connecting plate, second 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 located in the joint hole of connecting plate one end through the lug card, and the other end activity of connecting plate is located on the second connecting seat, is equipped with out powder connector on the connecting plate, is equipped with the row powder mouth on the second connecting seat.

Further, 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.

Further, the powder discharging mechanism comprises a push block positioned below the powder discharging mechanism, the push block is respectively clamped in the connecting hole on the shell through lugs at two sides of one end of the push block, and the other end of the push block is a movable end.

Further, be equipped with in the first connecting seat and be used for fixing the chip mount pad of chip is equipped with on the chip mount pad and is used for installing the chip mounting groove of chip, the periphery of chip mounting groove is equipped with and is used for clamping plate and the stopper of chip location.

Further, a connecting piece for connecting the printing equipment is arranged on the outer side wall of the first connecting seat.

In summary, 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 is connected to the second gear through a first rotating shaft through a shell and a sealing cover respectively, the fourth gear is connected to the inner side wall of a containing cavity through a second rotating shaft through a sealing cover, 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.

Drawings

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

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

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

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

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

wherein, 1, a shell, 2, a sealing cover, 3, a first connecting seat, 4, a powder inlet, 5, a first gear, 6, a powder discharging mechanism, 601, a push plate, 602, a powder discharging port, 603, a connecting plate, 604, a push rod, 605, a second connecting seat, 606, a powder discharging connecting port, 607, a clamping hole, 608, a bump, 609, a limiting rod, 610, a compression spring, 611, a connecting block, 612, a clamping block, 7 and a push block, 8, a second gear, 9, a third gear, 10, a fourth gear, 11, a powder outlet, 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, 19, a stirring tooth block, 20, a connecting hole, 21, a connecting piece, 22, a lug, 100 and a containing cavity.

Detailed Description

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

examples

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, fig. 5, fig. 6, fig. 7 and fig. 8, a developer supply device includes a housing 1 having a sealed housing 100 inside, a sealing cover 2 fixedly disposed on one side of the housing 1, a first connecting seat 3 disposed at the bottom of the housing 1 and used for connecting a printing device, a chip 15 disposed in the first connecting seat 3 and disposed on a powder inlet 4 and a powder outlet 11 on the housing 1 respectively, a first gear 5 is disposed on one side of the housing 1, a second gear 8, a third gear 9 and a fourth gear 10 are disposed on one side of the housing 1, the first gear 5 is connected to the second gear 8 by penetrating through the housing 1 and the sealing cover 2 respectively through a first rotating shaft 13, the fourth gear 10 is connected to an inner side wall of the housing 1 housing 100 by penetrating through the sealing cover 2 through a second rotating shaft 14, the third gear 9 is disposed on an outer side wall of the sealing cover 2 and engaged with the second gear 8 and the fourth gear 10, and a powder outlet mechanism 6 is disposed on the housing 1 below the fourth gear 10.

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

Wherein, the first rotating shaft 13 is fixedly provided with a scraping plate 18. The scraper 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 scraping plate 18 is 0.1-0.3mm, the scraping plate 18 is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) scraping plate, the PET scraping plate has excellent physical and mechanical properties in a wider temperature range, the long-term use temperature can reach 120 ℃, the electrical insulation property is excellent, the electrical property is better even under high temperature and high frequency, but the corona resistance is poor, the creep resistance, the fatigue resistance and the friction resistance are strong, and the dimensional stability is strong. The use of this material prevents the scraper 18 from scratching and wearing the side walls of the receiving chamber 100.

Wherein, stirring tooth blocks 19 which are uniformly distributed in a wave shape are fixedly arranged on the second rotating shaft 14. Which serves to prevent the agglomeration of developer powder in the accommodating chamber 100 so that the powder is uniformly discharged.

Wherein, 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 second connecting seat 605 and a limiting rod 609, one ends of the push rod 604 and the limiting rod 609 are respectively fixedly connected with 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 convex block 608, the other end of the connecting plate 603 is movably arranged on the second 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 second 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 to slide forwards on the second connecting seat 605, the powder outlet connecting port 606 is communicated with the powder outlet 11 and the powder outlet 602, and the developer powder in the accommodating cavity 100 of the shell 1 falls into the printing equipment from the communicating port.

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.

The compression spring 610 and the connection block 611 are provided to stably locate the powder discharge mechanism 6 in the installation groove 17, thereby preventing the powder discharge mechanism from moving outwards. The limit rod 609 keeps flush with the push plate 601 under the action of the compression spring 610, and the powder discharging mechanism 6 keeps a stable and motionless state because the push rod 604 is connected with the limit rod 609 through the connecting block 611.

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

A pushing block 7 for pushing the selenium drum sealing switch on the printing equipment is arranged below the powder discharging mechanism 6, and is pushed forward through the device, so that the powder discharging port 602 is overlapped with the selenium drum powder discharging port of the printing equipment, and the sealing effect is good.

The first connecting seat 3 is provided therein with a chip mounting seat 16 for fixing the chip 15, the chip mounting seat 16 is provided with a chip mounting groove 1601 for mounting the chip 15, and a clamping plate 1602 and a limiting block 1603 for positioning the chip 15 are provided around the chip mounting groove 1601.

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

When the device is in operation and use, the device is fixedly arranged on printing equipment through the first connecting seat 3 and the plurality of connecting pieces 21 on the outer side wall of the first connecting seat, and the push block 7 for pushing the selenium drum sealing switch on the printing equipment is arranged below the powder outlet mechanism 6, the device is pushed forward to enable the powder outlet 602 to be combined with the selenium drum lower powder opening of the printing equipment, then the push plate 601 is pushed so that the push plate 604 drives the connecting plate 603 to enable the connecting plate 603 to slide forward on the second connecting seat 605, the powder outlet connecting port 606 is communicated with the powder outlet 11 and the powder outlet 602, then developer powder is sent into the closed containing cavity 100 in the shell 1 from the powder inlet 4, when the printing equipment is started, the first gear 5 rotates under the power provided by the printing equipment, the second gear 8 is driven to rotate through the first rotary shaft 13, the fourth gear 10 is driven to rotate through the third gear 9 meshed with the first gear 8, so that the scraper 18 on the first rotary shaft 13 rotates in the containing cavity 100, the scraper is used for preventing developer powder from being stuck on the side wall of the containing cavity 100, the developer powder can not cause unnecessary to rotate in the powder inlet 14, namely, the developer powder can be smoothly discharged from the powder outlet 14 and the developer powder can be smoothly discharged from the powder inlet 14 and the powder outlet 100, namely the developer powder can be prevented from being uniformly flowing out of the powder containing port 14 and the powder inlet 100.

The printing apparatus described in the present invention is a copying machine, a facsimile machine, a printer, or a multifunction machine having two or more functions which are apparatuses.

In conclusion, the invention has the advantages of simple structure, convenient use, good sealing effect, no unnecessary waste and capability of meeting market demands.

Various other corresponding changes and modifications will occur to those skilled in the art from the foregoing disclosure and are intended to be within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a developer supply device, includes inside casing (1) that is equipped with closed and holds chamber (100), set firmly in sealed lid (2) on casing (1) one side are located casing (1) bottom is used for connecting printing device's first connecting seat (3), locates chip (15) in first connecting seat (3), locates respectively inlet (4) and outlet (11) on casing (1), its characterized in that:

a first gear (5) is further arranged on one side of the shell (1), a second gear (8), a third gear (9) and a fourth gear (10) are arranged on one side of the sealing cover (2), the first gear (5) respectively penetrates through the shell (1) and the sealing cover (2) through a first rotating shaft (13) to be connected with the second gear (8), the fourth gear (10) penetrates through a second rotating shaft (14) to be connected with the inner side wall of the accommodating cavity (100) of the shell (1), 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 a powder discharging mechanism (6) is arranged on the shell (1) below the powder discharging opening (11);

the utility model discloses a powder discharging mechanism, including installation groove (17) and powder discharging mechanism, in installation groove (17) are located to powder discharging mechanism (6) movable, powder discharging mechanism (6) include push pedal (601), push rod (604), connecting plate (603), second connecting seat (605) and gag lever post (609), one end of push rod (604) and gag lever post (609) is fixed connection respectively in push pedal (601), the other end of push rod (604) is located in joint hole (607) of connecting plate (603) one end through lug (608) card, on second connecting seat (605) are located in the other end activity of connecting plate (603), be equipped with out powder connector (606) on connecting plate (603), be equipped with on second connecting seat (605) and arrange powder mouth (602).

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

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

4. A developer supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: be equipped with connecting block (611) and compression spring (610) on gag lever post (609), the one end of gag lever post (609) is equipped with screens piece (612), and compression spring (610) are located between connecting block (611) and screens piece (612), connecting block (611) fixed connection in the bottom of push rod (604).

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

6. A developer supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: be equipped with in the first 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 clamping plate (1602) and stopper (1603) of chip (15) location.

7. A developer supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the outer side wall of the first connecting seat (3) is provided with a connecting piece (21) for connecting printing equipment.