CN114536989B - Ink supply device, ink supply control method, and image forming apparatus - Google Patents
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The present disclosure provides an ink supply device, an ink supply control method, and an image forming apparatus. The ink supply device comprises a carriage, a working ink box, a supplementary ink box, a spray head and at least one ink supplementing pipeline; the working ink box is fixedly arranged in the carriage and is communicated with the spray head; the supplementary ink box is positioned outside the carriage; when the ink quantity in the working ink box is lower than a preset value, the carriage moves to an ink supplementing position, so that the working ink box is communicated with the ink supplementing box through an ink supplementing pipeline. The work ink box sets up in the carriage, supplements the split type design with the carriage to, for the selectivity intercommunication between supplementary ink box and the work ink box, when the work ink box needs the moisturizing, the carriage removes to the moisturizing position promptly, and the work ink box just is linked together with supplementary ink box through moisturizing pipeline this moment, so that will supplement the interior ink of ink box and introduce the work ink box through moisturizing pipeline, can greatly improve printing quantity and printing speed, and simple structure effectively reduces image forming device's cost.
Description
Technical Field
The disclosure belongs to the technical field of printing, and particularly relates to an ink supply device, an ink supply control method and an image forming device.
Background
The ink supply modes of the printer generally include an ink cartridge type, an ink cartridge type and a continuous supply type. The ink cartridge type ink supply system is simple in structure, but is high in cost and small in number of printed sheets. The ink cartridge in the ink cartridge type ink supply mode is replaceable, the cost is lower than that of a disposable ink cartridge, but the ink cartridge is arranged on a carriage, the carriage is heavy, and the printing speed and the printing number cannot be met at the same time. The ink bottle of the continuous ink supply mode has larger capacity, more printing sheets and lower cost, but the machine has complex structure, higher cost of the whole machine, separation of the ink box and the carriage, pipeline requirement and larger volume.
Disclosure of Invention
The present disclosure is directed to solving at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art, and provides an ink supply device, an ink supply control method, and an image forming apparatus.
In one aspect of the disclosure, an ink supply device is provided, the ink supply device comprising a carriage, a working ink cartridge, a replenishment ink cartridge, a spray head, and at least one replenishment ink line;
the working ink box is fixedly arranged in the carriage and is communicated with the spray head; the ink supplementing box is positioned at the outer side of the carriage, and an ink outlet of the ink supplementing box is provided with the ink supplementing pipeline;
when the ink quantity in the working ink box is lower than a preset value, the carriage moves to an ink supplementing position, so that the working ink box is communicated with the ink supplementing box through the ink supplementing pipeline.
In some embodiments, the replenishment cartridge comprises a replenishment cartridge body, a divider plate, and a back pressure mechanism;
the division board is movably arranged in the ink supplementing box body, the division board divides the ink supplementing box body into an ink supplementing cavity and a back pressure cavity, the ink supplementing cavity is communicated with the ink supplementing pipeline, and the back pressure cavity is internally provided with the back pressure mechanism.
In some embodiments, the back pressure mechanism comprises a back pressure spring;
the first end of the back pressure spring is connected with the inner wall of the ink supplementing box body, and the second end of the back pressure spring is connected with the partition plate.
In some embodiments, the ink supply device further comprises a shut-off valve disposed within the ink replenishment path of the working ink cartridge;
when the carriage moves to the ink supplementing position, the ink supplementing pipeline is abutted with the sealing valve to push the sealing valve to be opened, so that the working ink box is communicated with the ink supplementing box.
In some embodiments, a protrusion is arranged on the side of the carriage facing the supplementary ink box, and a groove is arranged on the side of the supplementary ink box facing the carriage;
the ink supply device further comprises a switch assembly, the switch assembly comprises a driving connecting rod and a blocking piece, a first end of the driving connecting rod is rotatably arranged in the ink supplementing box, a second end of the driving connecting rod is provided with the blocking piece, and the blocking piece covers the ink outlet;
when the carriage moves to the ink replenishing position, the protrusion penetrates through the groove to be abutted with the driving connecting rod, so that the blocking piece is separated from the ink outlet.
In some embodiments, the switch assembly further comprises a resilient member located on a side of the drive link facing the carriage;
the first end of the elastic piece is connected with the inner side wall of the ink replenishment box, and the second end of the elastic piece is connected with the driving connecting rod.
In some embodiments, a plurality of independent ink supply cavities are arranged in the working ink box, and a plurality of independent ink supplementing cavities are arranged in the supplementing ink box;
the ink supply device comprises a plurality of ink supplementing pipelines, and each ink supplementing pipeline corresponds to one ink supply cavity and one ink supplementing cavity.
In some embodiments, the plurality of ink supply chambers are juxtaposed in a width direction of the working ink cartridge.
In some embodiments, the ink supply device further comprises an ink amount detecting member;
the ink quantity detection piece is used for detecting the ink quantity in the working ink box and/or the supplementing ink box and outputting ink quantity reminding information.
In another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an ink supply control method, using the ink supply device described above, the method including:
detecting the ink quantity in the working ink box;
when the ink quantity in the working ink box is lower than a preset value, controlling the carriage to move to an ink supplementing position;
the ink replenishing pipe is used for replenishing ink to the working ink box.
In another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an image forming apparatus including the ink supply apparatus described above.
The ink supply device, the ink supply control method and the image forming device comprise a working ink box and a replenishing ink box, wherein the working ink box is arranged in a carriage, the replenishing ink box and the carriage are of a split type design, the replenishing ink box is selectively communicated with the working ink box, namely, when the working ink box needs to be replenished with ink, the carriage moves to an ink replenishing position, and at the moment, the working ink box is communicated with the replenishing ink box through an ink replenishing pipeline so as to introduce the ink in the replenishing ink box into the working ink box through the ink replenishing pipeline. The printing quantity and the printing speed can be greatly improved, the structure is simple, and the cost of the image forming device is effectively reduced.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an ink supply device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an ink supply device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure in a closed state;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an ink supply device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure in an open state;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the distribution of ink supply chambers in an ink supply device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 5 is a flowchart of an ink supply control method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
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In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the technical solutions of the present disclosure, the present disclosure will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an ink supply 100, the ink supply 100 including a carriage 110, a working ink cartridge 120, a replenishment ink cartridge 130, a spray head 140, and at least one replenishment ink line 150. The working ink cartridge 120 is fixedly arranged in the carriage 110, and the working ink cartridge 120 is communicated with the spray head 140. The replenishment cartridge 130 is located outside the carriage 110, and the ink outlet of the replenishment cartridge 130 is provided with the replenishment line 150. When the ink amount in the working ink cartridge 120 is lower than a preset value, the carriage 110 moves to the ink replenishment position, so that the working ink cartridge 120 is communicated with the replenishment ink cartridge 130 through the ink replenishment pipeline 150.
Specifically, in actual use, the carriage 110 is mounted to an image forming apparatus (such as an inkjet printing apparatus, or an inkjet copying apparatus), and the replenishment cartridge 130 is fixed to the inkjet printing apparatus side. When the image forming apparatus is turned on to print or copy, the ink stored in the working ink tank 120 is released through the nozzle 140 to complete the printing or copying operation, and when the ink amount in the working ink tank 120 is lower than a preset value, the carriage 110 is controlled to move to an ink replenishing position (such as a position of a dashed box in fig. 1) which is set according to the position of the ink replenishing tank 130, and at the same time or after the carriage 110 moves to the ink replenishing position, the working ink tank 120 and the ink replenishing tank 130 are communicated through the ink replenishing pipeline 150, so that the ink can be replenished into the working ink tank 120. After the ink replenishment, the carriage 110 is controlled to move to a working position (non-replenishment position) so that the working ink cartridge 120 is separated from the replenishment ink cartridge 130, so that the working ink cartridge 120 performs a normal printing function.
The ink supply device of this embodiment, including work ink horn and supplementary ink horn, the work ink horn sets up in the carriage, and supplementary ink horn adopts split type design with the carriage to for selective communication between supplementary ink horn and the work ink horn, when the work ink horn needs the moisturizing, the carriage removes to the moisturizing position, and the work ink horn just is linked together with supplementary ink horn through the moisturizing pipeline this moment, so that will supplement the interior ink of ink horn and introduce the work ink horn through the moisturizing pipeline. The ink supply device of the embodiment can greatly improve the printing quantity and the printing speed, has a simple structure and effectively reduces the cost of the image forming device.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1, the supplementary ink cartridge 130 includes a supplementary ink cartridge body 131, a partition plate 132, and a back pressure mechanism 133. The partition plate 132 is movably disposed in the ink replenishment cartridge 131, and the partition plate 132 partitions the ink replenishment cartridge 131 into an ink replenishment chamber 131a and a back pressure chamber 131b, the ink replenishment chamber 131a communicates with the ink replenishment pipe 150, and the back pressure chamber 131b is provided with the back pressure mechanism 133 therein.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, when the ink amount in the working ink cartridge 120 is lower than the preset value, the carriage 110 moves to the ink replenishing position, the working ink cartridge 120 is communicated with the ink replenishing cartridge 130, and the negative pressure exists in the working ink cartridge 120, so that the partition plate 132 can be driven to move to the left side, and the ink in the ink replenishing cavity 131a is introduced into the working ink cartridge 120 through the ink replenishing pipeline 150. After the ink replenishment is completed, the carriage 110 is away from the ink replenishment position, the working ink cartridge 120 is separated from the replenishment ink cartridge 130, and at this time, the partition plate 132 is reset by the back pressure mechanism 133. As a specific example, the back pressure mechanism 133 may employ a back pressure spring, a first end of which is connected to the inner wall of the ink replenishment cartridge 131, and a second end of which is connected to the partition plate 132. Of course, other back pressure structures may be selected according to practical needs by those skilled in the art, and the present embodiment is not limited thereto.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the ink supply device 100 further includes a sealing valve 160, where the sealing valve 160 is disposed in the ink replenishment path of the working ink cartridge 120. When the carriage 110 moves to the ink replenishment position, the ink replenishment pipeline 150 abuts against the sealing valve 160 to push the sealing valve 160 to open, so that the working ink cartridge 120 is communicated with the replenishment ink cartridge 130.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the closing valve 160 is in a closed state at this time, when the working ink cartridge 120 needs to be replenished with ink, the carriage 110 moves rightward, the ink replenishing pipeline 150 enters the ink replenishing channel, and when the carriage 110 moves to the ink replenishing position, as shown in fig. 3, the ink replenishing pipeline 150 abuts against the closing valve 160 to push the closing valve 160 to open, so that the working ink cartridge 120 is communicated with the ink replenishing cartridge 130, and the ink is replenished into the working ink cartridge 120. After replenishment, the carriage 110 moves to the left, and the replenishment line 150 is disengaged from the shut-off valve 160, so that the shut-off valve 160 is again in a closed state.
It should be noted that, in another embodiment, the closing valve may also be opened and closed by an electrical signal control manner, for example, the closing valve is a normally closed electromagnetic valve, a position sensor is disposed at the ink replenishing position, when the carriage 110 moves to the ink replenishing position, the position sensor sends a detection signal to a control unit on the inkjet printing apparatus, and after receiving the detection signal, the control unit controls the closing valve to be opened, so that the working ink cartridge 120 is communicated with the ink replenishing cartridge 130.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2, a protrusion 111 is provided on a side of the carriage 110 facing the supplementary ink cartridge, and a recess 134 is provided on a side of the supplementary ink cartridge 130 facing the carriage 110. The ink supply 100 further includes a switch assembly 170, the switch assembly 170 including a drive link 171 and a stop 172. The first end of the driving link 171 is rotatably disposed in the replenishment cartridge 130, the second end of the driving link 171 is provided with the blocking member 172, and the blocking member 172 covers the ink outlet of the replenishment cartridge 130. When the carriage 110 moves to the ink replenishing position, the protrusion 111 passes through the groove 134 to abut against the driving link 171, so that the blocking member 172 is separated from the ink outlet.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the closing valve 160 in the ink replenishing channel of the working ink cartridge 120 is in a closed state, and the outside ink cannot enter the working ink cartridge 120. Meanwhile, the blocking member 172 in the replenishment cartridge 130 covers the ink outlet, and the ink in the replenishment cartridge 130 cannot flow out. When the working ink box 120 needs to be replenished with ink, the carriage 110 moves rightward, on one hand, the ink replenishing pipeline 150 enters the ink replenishing channel and finally abuts against the sealing valve 160, and the sealing valve 160 is pushed to be opened; on the other hand, the protrusion 111 on the carriage 110 passes through the groove 134 to abut against the driving link 171, thereby pushing the driving link 171 to rotate to the right, and further disengaging the blocking member 172 from the ink outlet, and finally allowing the working ink cartridge 120 to communicate with the replenishment ink cartridge 130, as shown in fig. 3. After the replenishment, the carriage 110 moves leftwards, and on the one hand, the ink replenishment pipeline 150 is separated from the sealing valve 160, so that the sealing valve 160 is in a closed state again; on the other hand, the protrusion 111 on the carriage 110 is separated from the recess 134 on the replenishment cartridge 130, and the drive link rotates to the left so that the stopper 172 again covers the ink outlet of the replenishment cartridge 130.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2, the switch assembly 170 further includes an elastic member 173, and the elastic member 173 is located at a side of the driving link 171 facing the carriage 110. The first end of the elastic member 173 is connected to the inner sidewall of the supplementary ink cartridge 130, and the second end of the elastic member 173 is connected to the driving link 171. After the ink replenishment of the working ink cartridge 120 is completed, the elastic member 173 can drive the driving link 171 to rotate leftwards, so that the blocking member 172 covers the ink outlet of the replenishment ink cartridge 130.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, four independent ink supply chambers 121 are disposed in the working ink cartridge 120, and the four ink supply chambers 121 can store C, M, Y and K colors of ink, respectively, to achieve printing of various colors. Correspondingly, four independent ink supplementing cavities 131a are also arranged in the ink supplementing box 130, and the four ink supplementing cavities 131a also respectively store C, M, Y and K color ink. The ink supply device 100 includes four ink supply lines 150, and each ink supply line 150 corresponds to one ink supply chamber 121 and one ink supply chamber 131a.
It should be noted that, the working ink box and the replenishing ink box may be designed with other ink supplying cavities and replenishing ink cavities, and the ink colors stored in the ink supplying cavities and replenishing ink cavities may be the same or different, and may be specifically set according to actual needs, which is not limited in this embodiment.
For example, as shown in fig. 4, the ink supply chambers 121 are arranged in parallel along the width direction of the working ink cartridge 120, that is, as shown in fig. 1, the ink supply chambers 121 are arranged in parallel along the direction perpendicular to the paper surface, so that the arrangement mode of the ink supply lines 150 can be simplified, and when the carriage 110 moves to the ink supply position, the ink supply chambers 121 can be simultaneously communicated with the corresponding ink supply lines 150 to realize simultaneous ink supply.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1, the ink supply device 100 further includes an ink amount detecting member (not shown). The ink amount detecting member is used to detect the amount of ink in the working ink cartridge 120 and the replenishment ink cartridge 130 and output an ink amount warning message.
The specific structure of the ink amount detecting member is not limited, and for example, the ink amount detecting member may use a counter to indirectly obtain the amounts of ink in the working ink tank and the replenishment ink tank by counting the number of printed sheets, and may use a physical detection method to detect the height of ink to intuitively obtain the amounts of ink in the working ink tank and the replenishment ink tank, instead of this.
In another aspect of the disclosure, as shown in fig. 5, an ink supply control method S100 is provided, where the ink supply device described above may be used, and the ink supply device may be specifically described with reference to the foregoing related description, which is not repeated herein. The method S100 includes:
s110, detecting the ink quantity in the working ink box.
And S120, controlling the carriage to move to an ink supplementing position when the ink quantity in the working ink box is lower than a preset value.
S130, the ink supplementing box supplements ink to the working ink box through the ink supplementing pipeline.
The ink supply control method of the embodiment adopts the ink supply device described in the foregoing, and comprises a working ink box and a replenishment ink box, wherein the working ink box is arranged in a carriage, the replenishment ink box and the carriage adopt a split type design, and the replenishment ink box is selectively communicated with the working ink box, namely, when the working ink box needs to be replenished with ink, the carriage moves to an ink replenishing position, and at the moment, the working ink box is communicated with the replenishment ink box through an ink replenishing pipeline, so that the ink in the replenishment ink box is introduced into the working ink box through the ink replenishing pipeline. The printing quantity and the printing speed can be greatly improved, the structure is simple, and the cost of the image forming device is effectively reduced.
In another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an image forming apparatus including the ink supply apparatus described above.
The image forming device of the embodiment is provided with the ink supply device, the ink supply device comprises the working ink box and the supplementing ink box, the working ink box is arranged in the carriage, the supplementing ink box and the carriage adopt a split type design, the supplementing ink box is selectively communicated with the working ink box, namely, when the working ink box needs to supplement ink, the carriage moves to an ink supplementing position, and at the moment, the working ink box is communicated with the supplementing ink box through the ink supplementing pipeline, so that the ink in the supplementing ink box is led into the working ink box through the ink supplementing pipeline. The image forming device of the embodiment can greatly improve the printing quantity and the printing speed, has a simple structure and effectively reduces the cost.
It is to be understood that the above embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments employed to illustrate the principles of the present disclosure, however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Various modifications and improvements may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and substance of the disclosure, and are also considered to be within the scope of the disclosure.
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1. An ink supply device is characterized by comprising a carriage, a working ink box, a supplementary ink box, a spray head and at least one ink supplementing pipeline;
the working ink box is fixedly arranged in the carriage and is communicated with the spray head; the ink supplementing box is positioned at the outer side of the carriage, and an ink outlet of the ink supplementing box is provided with the ink supplementing pipeline;
when the ink quantity in the working ink box is lower than a preset value, the carriage moves to an ink supplementing position so that the working ink box is communicated with the ink supplementing box through the ink supplementing pipeline,
the ink cartridge is characterized in that a bulge is arranged on one side of the carriage facing the supplementary ink cartridge, and a groove is arranged on one side of the supplementary ink cartridge facing the carriage;
the ink supply device further comprises a switch assembly, the switch assembly comprises a driving connecting rod and a blocking piece, a first end of the driving connecting rod is rotatably arranged in the ink supplementing box, a second end of the driving connecting rod is provided with the blocking piece, and the blocking piece covers the ink outlet;
when the carriage moves to the ink replenishing position, the protrusion penetrates through the groove to be abutted with the driving connecting rod, so that the blocking piece is separated from the ink outlet.
2. The ink supply of claim 1, wherein the replenishment cartridge comprises a replenishment cartridge body, a separation plate, and a back pressure mechanism;
the division board is movably arranged in the ink supplementing box body, the division board divides the ink supplementing box body into an ink supplementing cavity and a back pressure cavity, the ink supplementing cavity is communicated with the ink supplementing pipeline, and the back pressure cavity is internally provided with the back pressure mechanism.
3. The ink supply of claim 2, wherein the back pressure mechanism comprises a back pressure spring;
the first end of the back pressure spring is connected with the inner wall of the ink supplementing box body, and the second end of the back pressure spring is connected with the partition plate.
4. An ink supply according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a shut-off valve disposed within the ink replenishment path of the working ink cartridge;
when the carriage moves to the ink supplementing position, the ink supplementing pipeline is abutted with the sealing valve to push the sealing valve to be opened, so that the working ink box is communicated with the ink supplementing box.
5. The ink supply of claim 1, wherein the switch assembly further comprises a resilient member located on a side of the drive link facing the carriage;
the first end of the elastic piece is connected with the inner side wall of the ink replenishment box, and the second end of the elastic piece is connected with the driving connecting rod.
6. An ink supply according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a plurality of independent ink supply chambers are provided in the working ink cartridge, and a plurality of independent ink replenishment chambers are provided in the replenishment ink cartridge;
the ink supply device comprises a plurality of ink supplementing pipelines, and each ink supplementing pipeline corresponds to one ink supply cavity and one ink supplementing cavity.
7. The ink supply apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the plurality of ink supply chambers are juxtaposed in a width direction of the working ink cartridge.
8. An ink supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an ink amount detecting member;
the ink quantity detection piece is used for detecting the ink quantity in the working ink box and/or the supplementing ink box and outputting ink quantity reminding information.
9. An ink supply control method, characterized by employing the ink supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, comprising:
detecting the ink quantity in the working ink box;
when the ink quantity in the working ink box is lower than a preset value, controlling the carriage to move to an ink supplementing position;
the ink replenishing pipe is used for replenishing ink to the working ink box.
10. An image forming apparatus comprising the ink supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
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