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The present invention relates to an ink cartridge which comprises an ink groove, wherein an ink cartridge cover is arranged above the ink groove and forms an ink regulating chamber with the top side of the ink groove; an ink outlet is used for delivering out ink; an elastic deformable body is arranged in the ink groove, and the upside of the elastic deformable body is provided with a gas delivery pipe used for delivering outside gas into the elastic deformable body; a long pipe is connected to the top side of the ink groove. When the inside environment or the outside environment of the ink cartridge, such as pressure or temperature, is changed, the ink cartridge can prevent ink in the ink groove from leaking outside the ink cartridge by the regulating effects of the elastic deformable body and the ink regulating chamber. When ink jet printing is carried out, the pressure of the ink groove can be maintained within a definite range.
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The present invention relates to a kind of ink cartridge, particularly relate to a kind of ink cartridge that is provided with elastic deformable body.When the inside of ink cartridge or extraneous environment, when changing as pressure or temperature, the influence that therefore ink can not change and leaking to outside the ink cartridge.
Background technology
General inkjet-printing device is typically provided with an ink cartridge (ink container), and it can move around along certain track, to wait to print inkjet printing on the file one.The primary structure of this ink cartridge is made of a housing, and it contains one and is used for the ink container of storage ink and one and is connected with this ink container and is used for controlling the printhead of ink ejection.Inkjet-printing device needs a kind of controlling mechanism, so that printhead can not ooze out not making the time spent ink, and this kind controlling mechanism normally provides slight negative pressure in ink container, ooze out printhead to prevent ink.Wherein so-called negative pressure is meant and forms partial vacuum in ink container, makes ambient pressure be slightly larger than the gas pressure in the ink cartridge.The partly raising of vacuum in the ink container is represented in the increase of negative pressure, and represents the gap of the gas pressure in ambient pressure and the ink container to strengthen, and can stop ink to ooze out from printhead by negative pressure.
Can stop ink to ooze out from printhead though increase negative pressure, negative pressure can not unrestrictedly strengthen, because if negative pressure is excessive, printhead will cause the situation that can't spray ink because of overcoming negative pressure.On the other hand, ink cartridge must can be along with surrounding environment, regulates the negative pressure in its ink container automatically as pressure or variation of temperature, so that negative pressure remains in the suitable scope.For instance, when ambient pressure reduced, the ink container pressure inside just needed relatively to reduce, so that negative pressure can be not excessive and ink can't be sprayed or too little and ink leakage is gone out outside the ink cartridge.In addition, along with the consumption gradually of the ink in the ink container, will make the negative pressure value in the ink container raise, if this moment is the words of negative pressure suitably not being regulated, printhead will be subjected to negative pressure to become big influence gradually, and the most serious printhead that will make can't spray ink fully.In addition, thereby diminish suddenly when negative pressure is diminished suddenly when the air pressure in the ink cartridge external world, this moment, the ink in the ink container will be oozed out by printhead easily if the ink of ink container inside is not dredged.
Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the existing schematic diagram that is provided with the ink cartridge 10 of ink conditioning chamber 15.Fig. 1 is for being used for representing United States Patent (USP) 5,764, No. 259 disclosed " Ink feeding container " (ink feed box).There is an ink container 12 to be used for storage ink in the ink cartridge 10, a negative pressure conditioning chamber that is communicated with ambient atmosphere (negative regulating chamber) 5, and an ink conditioning chamber that is communicated with ambient atmosphere and ink container 12 (buffer chamber) 15.Negative pressure conditioning chamber 5 is to import ambient atmos by a passage 8, and above it flat board 18 is arranged, and produces negative pressure by dull and stereotyped 18 dual power, makes the stereomutation of negative pressure conditioning chamber 5, thereby regulates the pressure in the ink container 12.For example, when the ink in the ink container 12 flows out the pressure that makes outside the ink cartridges 10 in the ink container 12 when reducing by an ink hole 21, ambient atmos promptly can enter negative pressure conditioning chamber 5 via passage 8, comes the pressure of balance ink container 12.Therefore, ink cartridge 10 can be regulated negative pressure in the ink container 12 by the volume that changes negative pressure conditioning chamber 5.In addition, when the volumetric expansion of negative pressure conditioning chamber 5 at utmost and can't be again when changing volume and regulate negative pressure in the ink container 12, ambient atmos can enter into ink container 12 via an air connectivity hole 16 and a passage 25 because the negative pressure of ink container 12 is excessive, thereby makes the negative pressure of ink container 12 reduce.
Under the situation that ink in ink container 12 stops to be flowed out outside the ink cartridge 10 by ink hole 21, when the pressure outside the ink cartridge 10 diminishes, negative pressure conditioning chamber 5 can be compressed, and the ink in the ink container 12 can flow within the ink conditioning chamber 15 via passage 25, and the ink in the ink container 12 can not flowed out from ink hole 21 because of the too low and unexpected property of ambient pressure ground.
Yet, because ink conditioning chamber 15 and passage 25 are located at the below of full-water level, if the error on the manufacturing process causes the hole of passage 25 excessive, the ink in the ink container 12 enters ink conditioning chamber 15 possibly and overflows outside the ink cartridge 10 via air connectivity hole 16 when full water.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide and a kind of elastic deformable body is located at the ink cartridge of ink container top, overflow outside the ink cartridge to avoid the ink in the ink container.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this, and a kind of ink cartridge promptly is provided, and it includes: an ink container, be used for storage ink, and the top side of this ink container is provided with an opening; One ink outlet port is located at the bottom of this ink container, is used for exporting the ink in this ink container; One elastic deformable body, be located in this ink container with the opening mode that is connected in this ink container, be used for importing ambient atmos to this elastic deformable body, and what of this ink container internal pressure are this strain know from experience according to and produce deformation with self elasticity, thereby regulate the pressure in this ink container, wherein when the pressure in this ink container during less than ambient pressure, ambient atmos can be imported in the elastic deformable body of this ink cartridge, and make this strain volume expansion, when the pressure in this ink container during greater than ambient pressure, this strain is known from experience contraction with the pressure inside and outside this ink container of balance, and this elastic deformable body has the superimposed outer wall of a wrinkle shape when shrinking; And a flat board, be arranged at this elastic deformable body below, be used for when this elastic deformable body volume changes, making the distortion of this elastic deformable body generation rule.
The present invention also provides a kind of ink cartridge, and it includes: an ink container, be used for storage ink, and the top side of this ink container is provided with an opening; One ink outlet port is located at the bottom of this ink container, is used for exporting the ink in this ink container; An and ink conditioning chamber, be located on this ink container, this ink conditioning chamber is the opening that is communicated in this ink container, ambient atmos is inputed in this ink conditioning chamber, wherein, when the air pressure in this ink container is lower than the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world, the gas in this ink cartridge external world enters in this ink conditioning chamber, when the air pressure in this ink container is higher than the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world, ink in this ink container can flow in this ink conditioning chamber, with the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world of balance and the ink container.
The present invention also provides a kind of ink cartridge, and it includes: an ink container, be used for storage ink, and the top side of this ink container is provided with an opening; One ink outlet port is located at the bottom of this ink container, is used for exporting the ink in this ink container; One elastic deformable body, mode with the opening that is connected in this ink container is located in this ink container, be used for importing ambient atmos to this elastic deformable body, and what of this ink container internal pressure are this strain know from experience according to and produce deformation with self elasticity, and then regulate pressure in this ink container, wherein when the pressure in this ink container during less than ambient pressure, ambient atmos can be imported in this elastic deformable body of this ink cartridge, and make this strain volume expansion, and when the pressure in this ink container during greater than ambient pressure, this strain is known from experience contraction with the pressure inside and outside this ink container of balance, and this elastic deformable body has the superimposed outer wall of a wrinkle shape when shrinking; One ink conditioning chamber is located on this ink container, is used for air pressure when this ink cartridge external world when being lower than air pressure in this ink container, and the ink in this ink container can be flowed in this ink conditioning chamber; An and hollow elongated tube, be used for when this elastic deformable body is expanded to a predetermined extent, make the gas in this ink conditioning chamber import this ink container into, and this hollow elongated tube includes a groove near an end of this ink container bottom, be used for holding a ventilation component, this ventilation component has a pore to be communicated with this ink container bottom and this ink conditioning chamber.
The present invention also provides a kind of ink cartridge, and it includes: an ink container, be used for storage ink, and the top side of this ink container is provided with an opening; One ink outlet port is located at the bottom of this ink container, is used for exporting the ink in this ink container; One elastic deformable body, mode with the opening that is connected in this ink container is located in this ink container, be used for importing ambient atmos to this elastic deformable body, and what of this ink container internal pressure are this strain know from experience according to and produce deformation with self elasticity, and then regulate pressure in this ink container, wherein when the pressure in this ink container during less than ambient pressure, ambient atmos can be imported in this elastic deformable body of this ink cartridge, and make this strain volume expansion, and when the pressure in this ink container during greater than ambient pressure, this strain is known from experience contraction with the pressure inside and outside this ink container of balance, this elastic deformable body has the superimposed outer wall of a wrinkle shape when shrinking, an and ink conditioning chamber, be located on this ink container, be used for air pressure when this ink cartridge external world when being lower than air pressure in this ink container, the ink in this ink container can be flowed in this ink conditioning chamber; Wherein be provided with an ink absorption thing in this ink conditioning chamber, when the ink in this ink container flowed into this ink conditioning chamber, this ink absorption thing can adsorb the ink that flows in this ink conditioning chamber.
The advantage of apparatus of the present invention is, its ink cartridge is to utilize the elastic deformable body with self elastic force to regulate its pressure inside; In addition, the ink conditioning chamber of ink cartridge is the top that is arranged at ink container, and when ink flowed into the ink conditioning chamber, ink can not flow out ink cartridge via passage.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, describe embodiments of the invention in detail, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the existing schematic diagram that is provided with the ink cartridge of ink conditioning chamber;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of first embodiment of the invention ink cartridge;
Schematic diagram when Fig. 3 is the strain volume expansion of Fig. 2 ink cartridge;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of Fig. 2 ink cartridge when gas enters ink container inside;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of Fig. 2 ink cartridge when gas stops to enter ink container inside;
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of Fig. 2 ink cartridge when ink enters ink conditioning chamber inside;
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram of second embodiment of the invention ink cartridge;
Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of third embodiment of the invention ink cartridge.
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Please refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of first embodiment of the invention ink cartridge 50.Ink cartridge 50 includes an ink container 52 and is used for storage ink 58, one ink box cover 62 is located at the top of ink container 52, the top side 56 of itself and ink container 52 forms an ink conditioning chamber 64, one ink outlet port 72 is located at the bottom 53 of ink container 52, be used for exporting ink 58 in the ink container 52 to form ink droplet, one elastic deformable body 82 is used for regulating the pressure in the ink container 52, and one making-up air device 92 be connected in the top side 56 of ink container 52, be used for transport gas or ink 58, wherein making-up air device 92 is made of a long tube 92.Wherein, ink container 52 is provided with an opening 54, and print cartridge 62 is provided with one first passage 66 and one second passage 68.Elastic deformable body 82 is located in the ink container 52 in the mode of the opening 54 that is connected in ink container 52, in addition, the upside of elastic deformable body 82 is provided with an appendix 76, appendix 76 is connected in the opening 54 of ink container 52 and first passage 66 on the ink box cover 62, is used for importing ambient atmos to elastic deformable body 82.When ambient atmos enters elastic deformable body 82, can make elastic deformable body 82 produce deformation, thereby and be regulated pressure in the ink container 52.In addition, the gas in the ink cartridge external world 100 also can enter ink conditioning chamber 64 via second passage 68, and is communicated with ink container 52 by long tube 92.
As shown in Figure 2, long tube 92 is a tubule, and under general situation, a port 94 of long tube 92 can form a gaseous state/liquid interface with ink 58, and can be because of forming a liquid formula airtight (liquid seal) with ink 58 capillary force to each other.When the airtight formation of this liquid state formula, extraneous 100 gases of ink cartridge promptly can't enter in the ink container 52 via long tube 92, and the ink 58 in the ink container 52 can not enter in the long tube 92 yet.
In addition, elastic deformable body 82 can produce the power that contracts in one because of the elasticity of itself, and under the situation that is not subjected to external force, the volume of elastic deformable body 82 can be contracted to a predetermined extent because of the effect of the power that contracts in being somebody's turn to do.In the time of in elastic deformable body 82 places ink container 52, elastic deformable body 82 can because of should in the contract effect of power make pressure in the ink container 52 less than the atmospheric pressure in the ink cartridge external world 100, promptly elastic deformable body 82 in the power of contracting can make the small negative pressure of ink container 52 generations.When the atmospheric pressure difference between the two in the pressure in the ink container 52 and the ink cartridge external world 100 surpassed a particular value, when promptly the negative pressure in the ink container 52 surpassed a particular value, the ink 58 in the ink container 52 promptly can't be gone out by ink outlet port 72 seepages.Therefore, elastic deformable body 82 has the function of regulating the pressure in the ink container 52, and it can produce suitable negative pressure and avoid ink to flow out from ink outlet port 72.
Please refer to Fig. 2 to Fig. 6, Fig. 3 is that Fig. 2 ink cartridge 50 is when inkjet printing, schematic diagram when elastic deformable body 82 expands, Fig. 4 is that the ink cartridge 50 of Fig. 2 is when inkjet printing, the gas in the ink cartridge external world 100 enters ink container 52 schematic diagram when inner with the form of bubble 96, Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge 50 when gas stops to enter ink container 52 inside of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge 50 when ink 58 enters ink conditioning chamber 64 inside of Fig. 2.As shown in Figure 3, when the ink in the ink container 52 58 forms ink droplet 74 via ink outlet port 72 outputs gradually, can make the negative pressure in the ink container 52 raise gradually, the gas in the ink cartridge external world 100 promptly can input in the elastic deformable body 82 via appendix 76 at this moment, and makes elastic deformable body 82 expand.When elastic deformable body 82 expanded, the negative pressure in the ink container 52 promptly can reduce.Thus, can make the negative pressure in the ink container 52 maintain within the scope of being scheduled to.In addition, as shown in Figure 4, when elastic deformable body 82 is expanded to a predetermined extent, and make when elastic deformable body 82 can't be regulated negative pressure in the ink container 52 by the volume that changes itself, extraneous 100 gas promptly can enter in the ink container 52 and produces bubble 96 via second passage 68, ink conditioning chamber 64 and long tube 92, thereby makes the negative pressure in the ink container 52 reduce.As shown in Figure 5, when ink cartridge 50 stopped to export ink, extraneous 100 gas promptly stopped to enter in the ink container 52.And as shown in Figure 6, when the maximum compressibility that surpasses elastic deformable body 82, the pressure in the ink cartridge external world 100 diminishes, thereby when making the pressure of the air 98 in the ink container 52 excessive, the ink 58 of ink container 52 promptly can be pushed.When the ink in the ink container 52 58 was pushed, ink 58 can flow within the ink conditioning chamber 64 via long tube 92 greater than the flow resistance by long tube 92 places because of the fluid resistance at ink outlet port 72 places.Therefore, when the pressure in the ink cartridge external world 100 diminished, the ink 58 of ink container 52 can not leak out outside the ink cartridge 50 because of the reduction of negative pressure.In addition, when the atmospheric pressure in the ink cartridge external world 100 went up, the ink 58 in the ink conditioning chamber 64 promptly can be back in the ink container 52 via long tube 92 as shown in Figure 5 again.
In addition, as shown in Figure 3, elastic deformable body 82 has a wrinkled surface 84, a plurality of inclined-planes 86 are arranged on the wrinkled surface 84, when elastic deformable body 82 shrinks because of the elasticity of self, have the superimposed outer wall of a wrinkle shape, that is to say, when elastic deformable body 82 smaller volume, a plurality of inclined-planes 86 can be close to each other, and when elastic deformable body 82 volumes became big, a plurality of inclined-planes 86 can be separated from one another, by this design, elastic deformable body 82 can have bigger volume mobility scale and regulate negative pressure in the ink container 52.
Please refer to Fig. 7, Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram of second embodiment of the invention ink cartridge 110.Ink cartridge 110 also includes an ink container 112 and is used for storage ink 128, one ink box cover 114 is located at the top of ink container 112 and is formed an ink conditioning chamber 122 with the top side 116 of ink container 112, and an elastic deformable body 142 is used for regulating the pressure in the ink container 112.The upside of elastic deformable body 142 is provided with an appendix 132, is used for importing ambient atmos to elastic deformable body 112.Wherein, one second passage 134 is arranged on the appendix 132, the ambient atmos of ink cartridge 110 can enter in the ink conditioning chamber 122 via second passage 134.Be provided with an ink absorption thing 124 (as: sponge) in the ink conditioning chamber 122 in addition, it can riddle in the ink conditioning chamber 122, when the ink in the ink container 112 128 flows into ink conditioning chamber 122, ink absorption thing 124 can absorption flows into the ink 128 in the ink conditioning chambers 122, flows out ink conditioning chambers 122 via second passage 134 or enters in the elastic deformable body 142 to prevent ink 128.In addition, long tube 144 116 places, top side that are connected in ink container 112 are provided with a raised structures 126, the below that is used for withstanding ink absorption thing 124.When the ink in the ink conditioning chamber 122 128 was back to ink container 112 via long tube 144, raised structures 126 can provide the ink absorption thing 124 capillary forces, was back in the ink container 112 and make by the ink 128 of ink absorption thing 124 absorption.
Please refer to Fig. 8, Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of third embodiment of the invention ink cartridge 150.Ink cartridge 150 in the present embodiment and the 50 topmost differences of the ink cartridge among first embodiment are to have in the long tube 152 in the ink cartridge 150 a storage ink passage 154, and elastic deformable body 168 has a planar base surface 164, and planar base surface 164 belows then are provided with a flat board 166.Long tube 152 nearly ink containers 156 include a groove 159 near an end 157 of this ink container bottom, are used for holding a ventilation component 170.Wherein, ventilation component 170 is provided with a pore 174, to be communicated with ink container 156 bottoms and ink conditioning chamber 162.When the pressure in ink cartridge 150 external worlds descended, the ink 158 in the ink container 156 just can flow in the ink conditioning chamber 162 after can filling with storage ink passage 154 earlier again.Thus, ink cartridge 150 promptly has bigger ink buffer space than ink cartridge 50.In addition, when elastic deformable body 168 volumes change, restriction and gravity effect by dull and stereotyped 166, elastic deformable body 168 can produce the comparatively distortion of rule.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equalizations of being done according to claim scope of the present invention change and modify, and all should belong to the covering scope of patent of the present invention.
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1. ink cartridge, it includes:
One ink container is used for storage ink, and the top side of this ink container is provided with an opening;
One ink outlet port is located at the bottom of this ink container, is used for exporting the ink in this ink container;
One elastic deformable body, be located in this ink container with the opening mode that is connected in this ink container, be used for importing ambient atmos to this elastic deformable body, and what of this ink container internal pressure are this strain know from experience according to and produce deformation with self elasticity, thereby regulate the pressure in this ink container, wherein when the pressure in this ink container during less than ambient pressure, ambient atmos can be imported in the elastic deformable body of this ink cartridge, and make this strain volume expansion, when the pressure in this ink container during greater than ambient pressure, this strain is known from experience contraction with the pressure inside and outside this ink container of balance, and this elastic deformable body has the superimposed outer wall of a wrinkle shape when shrinking; And
One flat board is arranged at this elastic deformable body below, is used for making the distortion of this elastic deformable body generation rule when this elastic deformable body volume changes.
2. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, it comprises an ink conditioning chamber in addition, is located on this ink container, when the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world was lower than air pressure in this ink container, the ink in this ink container can flow in this ink conditioning chamber.
3. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 2, it comprises an ink box cover in addition, is located at the top of this ink container, the top side of itself and this ink container forms this ink conditioning chamber.
4. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 2 wherein has a passage on this ink conditioning chamber, and the gas in this ink cartridge external world can enter in this ink conditioning chamber via this passage, and this ink conditioning chamber is communicated with this ink container.
5. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 2 wherein is provided with an ink absorption thing in this ink conditioning chamber, and when the ink in this ink container flowed into this ink conditioning chamber, this ink absorption thing can adsorb the ink that flows in this ink conditioning chamber.
6. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 5 wherein is provided with a raised structures in this ink conditioning chamber, is used for withstanding the below of this ink absorption thing.
7. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 2 also comprises a making-up air device, and when this elastic deformable body was expanded to a predetermined extent, the gas in this ink conditioning chamber can enter this ink container via this making-up air device.
8. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 7, when the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world is lower than air pressure in this ink container, ink in this ink container can flow in this ink conditioning chamber via this making-up air device, when the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world went up, the ink in this ink conditioning chamber can be back to this ink container via this making-up air device.
9. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 8, wherein this making-up air device includes a storage ink passage, and when the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world was lower than air pressure in this ink container, the ink in this ink container can be filled with this storage ink passage earlier and flow in this ink conditioning chamber again.
10. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 7, wherein this making-up air device is a long tube, and a pore is arranged to be communicated with this ink container bottom and this ink conditioning chamber on this long tube.
11. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 7, wherein this making-up air device is a hollow elongated tube, and this hollow elongated tube includes a groove near an end of this ink container bottom, is used for holding a ventilation component, and this ventilation component has a pore to be communicated with this ink container bottom and this ink conditioning chamber.
12. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein this elastic deformable body has a wrinkled surface, and a plurality of inclined-planes are arranged on this wrinkled surface, when this elastic deformable body smaller volume, these a plurality of inclined-planes can be close to each other, and when this elastic deformable body volume became big, these a plurality of inclined-planes can be separated from one another.
13. an ink cartridge, it includes:
One ink container is used for storage ink, and the top side of this ink container is provided with an opening;
One ink outlet port is located at the bottom of this ink container, is used for exporting the ink in this ink container; And
One ink conditioning chamber, be located on this ink container, this ink conditioning chamber is the opening that is communicated in this ink container, ambient atmos is inputed in this ink conditioning chamber, wherein, when the air pressure in this ink container is lower than the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world, the gas in this ink cartridge external world enters in this ink conditioning chamber, when the air pressure in this ink container is higher than the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world, ink in this ink container can flow in this ink conditioning chamber, with the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world of balance and the ink container.
14. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 13, it comprises an ink box cover in addition, is located on this ink container, and it is to form this ink conditioning chamber in the top side of this ink container.
15. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 13 wherein is provided with an ink absorption thing in this ink conditioning chamber, when the ink in this ink container flowed into this ink conditioning chamber, this ink absorption thing can adsorb the ink that flows in this ink conditioning chamber.
16. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 15 wherein is provided with a raised structures in this ink conditioning chamber, is used for withstanding the below of this ink absorption thing.
17. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 13 also comprises a making-up air device, is used for importing the gas in this ink conditioning chamber into this ink container.
18. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 17, when the air pressure in this ink container is higher than the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world, ink in this ink container can flow in this ink conditioning chamber via this making-up air device, when the air pressure in this ink container was lower than the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world, the ink in this ink conditioning chamber can be back to this ink container via this making-up air device.
19. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 18, wherein this making-up air device includes a storage ink passage, and when the air pressure in this ink container was higher than the air pressure in this ink cartridge external world, the ink cartridge in this ink container was filled with this storage ink passage earlier and flowed in this ink conditioning chamber again.
20. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 17, wherein this making-up air device is a long tube, and a pore is arranged to be communicated with this ink container bottom and this ink conditioning chamber on this long tube.
21. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 17, wherein this making-up air device is a hollow elongated tube, and this hollow elongated tube includes a groove near an end of this ink container bottom, is used for holding a ventilation component, and this ventilation component has a pore to be communicated with this ink container bottom and this ink conditioning chamber.
22. an ink cartridge, it includes:
One ink container is used for storage ink, and the top side of this ink container is provided with an opening;
One ink outlet port is located at the bottom of this ink container, is used for exporting the ink in this ink container;
One elastic deformable body, mode with the opening that is connected in this ink container is located in this ink container, be used for importing ambient atmos to this elastic deformable body, and what of this ink container internal pressure are this strain know from experience according to and produce deformation with self elasticity, and then regulate pressure in this ink container, wherein when the pressure in this ink container during less than ambient pressure, ambient atmos can be imported in this elastic deformable body of this ink cartridge, and make this strain volume expansion, and when the pressure in this ink container during greater than ambient pressure, this strain is known from experience contraction with the pressure inside and outside this ink container of balance, and this elastic deformable body has the superimposed outer wall of a wrinkle shape when shrinking;
One ink conditioning chamber is located on this ink container, is used for air pressure when this ink cartridge external world when being lower than air pressure in this ink container, and the ink in this ink container can be flowed in this ink conditioning chamber; And
One hollow elongated tube, be used for when this elastic deformable body is expanded to a predetermined extent, make the gas in this ink conditioning chamber import this ink container into, and this hollow elongated tube includes a groove near an end of this ink container bottom, be used for holding a ventilation component, this ventilation component has a pore to be communicated with this ink container bottom and this ink conditioning chamber.
23. an ink cartridge, it includes:
One ink container is used for storage ink, and the top side of this ink container is provided with an opening;
One ink outlet port is located at the bottom of this ink container, is used for exporting the ink in this ink container;
One elastic deformable body, mode with the opening that is connected in this ink container is located in this ink container, be used for importing ambient atmos to this elastic deformable body, and what of this ink container internal pressure are this strain know from experience according to and produce deformation with self elasticity, and then regulate pressure in this ink container, wherein when the pressure in this ink container during less than ambient pressure, ambient atmos can be imported in this elastic deformable body of this ink cartridge, and make this strain volume expansion, and when the pressure in this ink container during greater than ambient pressure, this strain is known from experience contraction with the pressure inside and outside this ink container of balance, and this elastic deformable body has the superimposed outer wall of a wrinkle shape when shrinking, and
One ink conditioning chamber is located on this ink container, is used for air pressure when this ink cartridge external world when being lower than air pressure in this ink container, and the ink in this ink container can be flowed in this ink conditioning chamber;
Wherein be provided with an ink absorption thing in this ink conditioning chamber, when the ink in this ink container flowed into this ink conditioning chamber, this ink absorption thing can adsorb the ink that flows in this ink conditioning chamber.
24. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 23 wherein is provided with a raised structures in this ink conditioning chamber, is used for withstanding the below of this ink absorption thing.
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