CN1191996A - Toner replenishing device of image forming machine and toner cartridge for use therein - Google Patents
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Abstract
A toner replenishing device of an image forming machine comprises a toner cartridge accommodating a toner, and a toner cartridge bearer for detachably mounting the toner cartridge. A take-up shaft for taking up a sealing member for strippably closing a toner discharge opening formed in the toner cartridge is provided with a fitting convex or fitting concave non-circular in cross section. This fitting convex or fitting concave is fitted into or fitted over a fitting concave or fitting convex non-circular in cross section that is provided in or on a driving shaft disposed in the toner cartridge bearer.
Description
The present invention relates to a kind of being embedded in of developing apparatus of being used for replenishing such as the toner-adding device that has toner in the one-tenth camera of Xerox or electrostatic printer; With the toner cartridge that is used for wherein.
Such toner-adding device generally includes the toner cartridge of regulating toner and is positioned at body and has the toner cartridge that is used for removably inlaying toner cartridge thereon inlays part.This toner cartridge comprises that having toner unloads outlet and adjusting toner, can close the box body of taking away the take-up spool of seal when toner unloads the seal of outlet and is used for peel seal dividually.On the other hand, this toner cartridge carriage is positioned at body and has the toner cartridge that is used for removably inlaying toner cartridge thereon and inlays part.This toner cartridge is inserted into toner cartridge from predetermined direction of insertion and inlays part, and is fixed on the precalculated position.
Along with the be fixed in the above toner cartridge of described toner cartridge carriage of toner cartridge is inlayed on the part, take away seal in the time of take-up spool rotating stripping seal.As a result, this toner unloads to export to be not related to and closes the charging hopper that the toner that causes in the toner cartridge is fallen into the toner cartridge carriage.In order to rotate the driving take-up spool, a driven wheel is installed on the take-up spool, and this driven wheel and the driving gear engagement that is positioned at the toner cartridge carriage.
This driven wheel and driving gear are installed in respectively on toner cartridge and the toner cartridge carriage, and promptly different elements are separated from each other.Like this, when active force was transmitted between two gears, toner cartridge can unload from the fixed position.Therefore, the engagement between two gears is unclamped, and seal can not be peeled off as a result.And when the diameter of driven wheel and driving gear reduces so that entire equipment when compact, engagement seldom becomes between the tooth.Unless increase the degree of accuracy of installing, during the rotation transmission, the strength transmission fault may take place, the shortcoming that causes seal not to be stripped from thus.
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of toner-adding device that can realize being used to peel off the one-tenth camera that the rotation that can be closed in the toner that forms in the toner cartridge dividually and unload the seal of outlet the time and take away the take-up spool of seal rotates reliably; With the toner cartridge that is used in the toner-adding device.
In order to reach this purpose, the invention provides a kind of toner-adding device that becomes camera, comprising:
Toner cartridge with box body of regulating toner, the toner that this box body has in its low surface unloads outlet, can be embedded in dividually box body low lip-deep be used to close the take-up spool of taking away seal when toner unloads the seal of outlet and peel seal and
Be positioned at body and have the toner cartridge that is used for inlaying dividually toner cartridge thereon and inlay the toner cartridge carriage of part and be used to rotate the main drive shaft that drives take-up spool, wherein
The toner cartridge that is embedded in the toner cartridge carriage along with toner cartridge is inlayed on the part, and take-up spool is installed on the identical axle relative to one another with main drive shaft;
Xsect is installed is non-circular cooperation convex surface or cooperate concave surface with respect to the winding the tip of the axis of main drive shaft, when the active the tip of the axis with respect to take-up spool be equipped with xsect be non-circular cooperation concave surface or cooperate convex surface be installed in take-up spool above or the cooperating convex surface or cooperate concave surface to cooperate fully or embed wherein of inner face;
The toner cartridge carriage is equipped with the main drive shaft mobile device that moves axially main drive shaft that is used between disconnected position and cooperation position, and when main drive shaft is positioned at cooperation position by the main drive shaft mobile device, the main drive shaft inner face and above the cooperation concave surface installed or cooperate convex surface be installed in take-up spool above or the cooperating convex surface or cooperation concave surface to cooperate fully or embed wherein of inner face.
The present invention also provides a kind of interior toner cartridge of toner-adding device that is used to into camera,
Toner cartridge with box body of regulating toner, the toner that this box body has in its low surface unloads outlet, can be embedded in dividually box body low lip-deep be used to close the take-up spool of taking away seal when toner unloads the seal of outlet and peel seal and
The toner cartridge that can be embedded in the toner cartridge carriage that is positioned at body is dividually inlayed the toner cartridge on the part, wherein
Take-up spool is equipped with xsect to be non-circular cooperation convex surface or to cooperate concave surface being non-circularly to cooperate concave surface or cooperate convex surface to cooperate fully or embed wherein with inner face that is installed in the main drive shaft that is positioned at the toner cartridge carriage or top xsect.
The present invention also provides a kind of interior toner cartridge of toner-adding device that is used to into camera,
Toner cartridge with box body of regulating toner, this box body have toner in its low surface unload outlet, can be embedded in box body dividually than hang down lip-deep be used to close toner unload the take-up spool of taking away seal in the seal of outlet and the peel seal and
The toner cartridge that can be embedded in the toner cartridge carriage that is positioned at body is dividually inlayed the toner cartridge on the part, wherein
Take-up spool has the active Connection Element of inlaying thereon, and this active Connection Element has xsect to be non-circular cooperation convex surface or to cooperate concave surface being non-circularly to cooperate concave surface or cooperate convex surface to cooperate fully or embed wherein with inner face that is installed in the main drive shaft that is positioned at the toner cartridge carriage or top xsect.
Further feature of the present invention will become very clear from following description.
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Fig. 1 is the structural section sketch of the embodiment of the one-tenth camera of the outfit toner-adding device of formation according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the skeleton view that becomes camera among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is that the formation of taking apart is embedded in Fig. 1 and becomes the toner cartridge of the toner-adding device on the camera and the skeleton view of toner cartridge carriage;
The side view of the toner cartridge shown in Fig. 3 that Fig. 4 has dismantled for part;
Fig. 5 is being embedded in the take-up spool on the toner cartridge shown in Figure 3 and being embedded in the skeleton view of the active Connection Element on the take-up spool of taking apart;
The skeleton view of the toner cartridge that Fig. 6 is opening for the casing member shown in Fig. 3;
Fig. 7 is used to rotate the front view that drives the rotating driving device that is embedded in the take-up spool on the toner cartridge shown in Figure 3;
The sectional view of Fig. 8 for concerning between the take-up spool that has the main drive shaft that is in disconnected position that constitutes rotating driving device shown in Figure 7 and the main drive shaft;
The sectional view of Fig. 9 for concerning between the take-up spool that has the main drive shaft that is in cooperation position that constitutes rotating driving device shown in Figure 7 and the main drive shaft; With
Figure 10 is for constituting the main drive shaft mobile device skeleton view that is used for mobile main drive shaft between disconnected position and the cooperation position of being in of rotating driving device shown in Figure 7.
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The preferred implementation that is used for toner cartridge wherein that the present invention describes the toner-adding device of illustrated one-tenth camera in detail referring now to accompanying drawing and constitutes according to the present invention.
Fig. 1 has shown as the Xerox that becomes camera that is equipped with the toner-adding device that constitutes according to the present invention with Fig. 2.Illustrated Xerox has the body fuselage 2 of rectangularity parallelepipedon, on the top of body fuselage 2, the file pressing plate 5 of the file that is used to cover fixing transparent feel tabula rasa 4 and is placed on it that the fixedly transparent feel tabula rasa 4 that the file that will duplicate is placed on it is installed and can opens/close.In the almost core of body fuselage 2, photosensitive drums 6 as shown in Figure 1 is installed rotatably.This photosensitive drums 6 can be driven according to the rotation of the direction shown in the arrow 60 by the aggressive device (not shown).Around photosensitive drums 6, charging corona discharger 8, developing apparatus 10, transfer printing corona discharger 12 are installed, are peeled off corona discharger 14, clearer 16 and static and eliminate lamp 18 according to the order shown in the sense of rotation shown in the arrow 60.The diagram Xerox has the optical system that comprises the illuminating lamp that is positioned at above the photosensitive drums 6 20, first mirror 22, second mirror 24, three mirror contact lens 26, lens 28 and fourth face mirror 30.This optical system illuminates the file that is placed on the fixing transparent feel tabula rasa 4 by illuminating lamp 20, and the catoptrical image of assembling to come therefrom by first mirror 22, second mirror 24, three mirror contact lens 26, lens 28 and fourth face mirror 30 is to the peripheral surface of photosensitive drums 6.The diagram Xerox has transfer paper paper feed 32 and is used to supply transfer paper to the transfer area between transfer printing corona discharger 12 and the photosensitive drums 6.This transfer paper paper feed 32 has that transfer paper carton 34a, 34b are used to regulate that transfer paper, transfer paper send roller 36a, 36b, the roller that separates to 38a, 38b, location path 40, transfer roller to 42 and 44 and registration roller to 46.The roller separately of the transfer paper paper feed 32 of Gou Chenging is to being driven by the rotation of aggressive device (not shown) like this.Transmit the next door at the transfer paper of transfer area, the fixing roller that the defeated paper conveyor-belt apparatus 48 of transfer paper is installed, constitutes fixing device 50 is to 52 and unload paper bowl to 54.Be somebody's turn to do defeated paper conveyor-belt apparatus and roller and rotate driving by the aggressive device (not shown).In the front that is positioned at the body fuselage that has these elements 2 wherein, in the mode of open and close protecgulum 2a is installed but make fulcrum than low edge, as shown in Figure 2 with it.
In the Xerox of above formation, rotate the corona discharger 8 that charges when driving when photosensitive drums 6 according to the direction of arrow 60 photosensitive material on the photosensitive drums 6 is charged quite equably, compare polarity number to reach one.Then, the illuminated lamp 20 of file that is placed on the fixing transparent feel tabula rasa 4 illuminates.Its reflected light image by by the exposure on the photosensitive drums 6 of first mirror 22, second mirror 24, three mirror contact lens 26, lens 28 and fourth face mirror 30 through scanning projection on photosensitive drums 6, to form electrostatic latent image.Then, the electrostatic latent image on photosensitive drums 6 develops to toner image by developing apparatus 10.On the other hand, transfer paper through regulating in the transfer paper carton 34a of transfer paper paper feed 32 or 34b sends roller 36a by transfer paper or 36b sends to location path 40, pause through moment to 46 at registration roller, and be transported to transfer area synchronously with the toner image that on photosensitive drums 6, forms.The transfer paper that is transported to transfer area have between the photosensitive drums 6 that formed toner image thereon and the transfer printing corona discharger 12 by so that toner image be transferred to above it.The transfer paper that has through the toner image of transfer printing strips down from photosensitive drums 6 by the effect of peeling off corona discharger 14, and is transported to fixing device 50 by the defeated paper conveyor-belt apparatus 48 of transfer paper.Here, transfer paper has the toner image through hot photographic fixing, and is discharged on the paper disc 56 54 by unloading paper bowl.Dispose the toner that is bonded in its peripheral surface by cleaning device 16 by the photosensitive drums 6 of finishing transfer step with upper type.And photosensitive drums 6 is removed static thus by the bright photosensitive surface of static elimination lamp 18 usefulness static elimination illumination.
The diagram Xerox has the toner-adding device 100 that is used for replenishing with toner developing apparatus 10.This toner-adding device 100 is positioned at the front upper place of developing apparatus 10, and comprises the toner cartridge 200 that contains toner and be used for the removable toner cartridge carriage 300 of turning up the soil and inlaying toner cartridge 200 thereon.On toner cartridge carriage 300, inlay collapsible positioning disk 310 and be used to locate inlaying of toner cartridge 200 and remove.
Positioning disk 310 shown in Figure 2 can tilt in the face of the position location at the horizontality place of developing apparatus 10 and positioning disk 310 upwards forward to from the position location between almost vertical with the position location folding position at positioning disk 310 and move.This positioning disk 310 will be described in detail later.
In the process of replacing toner cartridge 200, as shown in Figure 2, the open/close cap 2a that constitutes the front portion of body fuselage 2 opens it towards horizontal tilt.Along with positioning disk 310 is in the position location, the toner cartridge 200 that has been installed on the toner cartridge support 300 stretches out forward.Then, new toner cartridge 200 is embedded on the toner cartridge carriage 300 through positioning disk 310, when new toner cartridge 200 was embedded on the toner cartridge carriage 300, positioning disk 310 upwards forwarded almost vertical with position location folding position to from the illustrated position position.Then, open/close cap 2a upwards changes and closes on it rests positive identical plate with body fuselage 2.Even positioning disk 310 keeps the horizontality of position location, when closing open/close cap 2a, the open/close cap 2a that closes runs into positioning disk 310.Open/close cap 2a can arrive the folding position by rotational positioning dish 310 like this.
Below, the toner cartridge 200 that constitutes toner-adding device 100 is described with reference to Fig. 3-6.
Take-up spool 220 is rotatably installed in the seal that constitutes box body 201 1 sides shown in Figure 4 and regulates in the vertical end wall 231 of part 230.The synthetic resin that has with respect to the high sliding of bearing of this take-up spool 220 usefulness such as polyacetal forms, and receptacle portion 221 integrally forms at the one end.In receptacle portion 221, form xsect and become semicircular mating holes 221a, and be inlaid with engaged claw 221b.The mating holes 221a that forms in the receptacle portion 221 of the take-up spool 220 that constitutes like this cooperates in order to transmit the rotation active force with active Connection Element 240.This active Connection Element 240 comprises inlaying part 241 and cooperating convex surface 242 in the embedding mating holes 221a, and Unitarily molded with for example having high-intensity ABS resin.The part 241 of inlaying that constitutes active Connection Element 240 has semi-circular cross-section, and has at its peripheral undercutting groove 241a that forms.Embed in the mating holes 221a of receptacle portion 221 engaged claw 221b and undercutting groove 241a engagement along with inlaying part 241.Constituting initiatively, cooperation convex surface 242 xsect in illustrated embodiment of Connection Element 240 is a triangle.This cooperates convex surface 242 xsects can be the polygon beyond the triangle, and can use any non-circular transverse cross-section, for example by splining in its periphery or making its engrail.The mating holes 221a that in receptacle portion 221, forms and constitute Connection Element 240 initiatively inlay part 241, its xsect also needs non-circular.Structure be equipped with cooperate convex surface 242 active Connection Element 240 as part separate piece from take-up spool 220, and adjust to and embed and be embedded on the receptacle portion 221 that is installed in the take-up spool 220.Like this, the active Connection Element of cooperation convex surface 242 with band varying cross-section shape is according to the toner type adjustment through regulating in the toner cartridge, so the toner cartridge device is for example according to can easily being identified with the point of destination that weather conditions are coordinated mutually.
On the low surperficial flange 203 that forms of the box body 201 that constitutes toner cartridge 200, casing member 250 is slidably inlayed.This casing member 250 as shown in Figure 6, comprises first 251 and second portion 252, and uses suitable molded of plastic material on the whole.In first 251, along the L-type ridge 251a that direction respect to one another is advanced, 251a is Unitarily molded in its opposite edges part.To L-type ridge 251a, between the upper surface of 251a and first 251, the respective edges that embeds flange 203 partly is used for the slip of the casing member 250 relevant with flange 203 and locatees at this.As shown in Figure 6 along with casing member 250 is positioned at aperture position, L-type ridge 251a, 215a and the detent 203a in the side end portion of stretching out that is installed in flange 203,203a engagement.
The second portion 252 that constitutes casing member 250 is connected in the first 251 by thin-walled portion 253, and can turn up around thin-walled portion 253 like this.In second portion 252, L-type ridge 252a respect to one another, the 252a head is Unitarily molded in its opposite edges part.To L-type ridge 252a, between the upper surface of 252a and second portion 252, the respective edges that embeds flange 203 partly is used for the slip of the casing member 250 relevant with flange 203 and locatees at this.Constitute casing member 250 the front end portion of second portion 252 in, form engaging hole 252b, 252b.
Below, with reference to Fig. 3 and 7-10 toner cartridge carriage 300 is described.
Inlay part 320 opposite edges zones at toner cartridge, installing and locating groove 321,321 forms the low surperficial flange 203 of the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200 in order to the location.Inlay the back of part 320 and the left side when the front is seen at toner cartridge, sidewall 322 and 323 is upright respectively.In the right-hand end part of the sidewall 322 when the front is seen, installing and locating concave surface 322a cooperates to divide with the other end of the take-up spool 220 that is installed in the box body 201 that constitutes toner cartridge 200.On sidewall 322 and 323, rotating driving device 340 is installed is driven take-up spool 220 in order to rotation.Rotating driving device 340 shown in Figure 7 comprises motor 341 as main power source, be embedded in active cross helical gear 343 on the rotation main drive shaft 342 of motor 341, with the driving cross helical gear 344 of cross helical gear 343 Vertical Meshing initiatively, comprise and the loose pulley 345 that drives the cross helical gear 344 whole spur gears that constitute, and the spur gear 346 that meshes of loose pulley 345 and main drive shaft 348 with the flange 347 that is installed in spur gear 346 sides.In-core at this main drive shaft 348 shown in Figure 8 is formed with pin insertion hole 348a.At the end of the main drive shaft 348 relative with take-up spool 220, also be formed with cooperate concave surface 349 be embedded in take-up spool 220 on active Connection Element 240 cooperate convex surface 242 to cooperate fully.In illustrated embodiment, this cooperates concave surface 349 xsects to be and the corresponding triangle of the xsect that cooperates convex surface 242.Main drive shaft 348 usefulness of the Gou Chenging supporting pin 350 that adheres to sidewall 323 penetrates like this, and is supported thus so that can move axially between disconnected position shown in Figure 8 and cooperation position shown in Figure 9.Between the flange 347 and sidewall 323 that the left end of main drive shaft 348 is installed, hookup wire coil spring 351 is to advance main drive shaft 348 the right in figure always in the drawings.
Diagram toner cartridge carriage 300 comprises the main drive shaft mobile device 360 that is used for moving to the left side of Fig. 8 and 9 by means of the elastic force of coil spring 351 main drive shaft 348.Main drive shaft mobile device 360 has moving member shown in Figure 10 361.Moving member 361 has groove 361a to guarantee the to-and-fro movement form in the one end parts.In the other end part of moving member 361, provide the slit 361 of elongation along the vertical direction.The end of groove 361a in an end parts of the moving member 361 that constitutes like this, lobe plate 362 is attached thereto together by screw 363,363.This lobe plate 362 also is equipped with groove 362a to guarantee the to-and-fro movement form in the one end parts.In reciprocating member, inclined surface 362b is installed, 362b, and these inclined surfaces 362b, 362b adjust to and mesh the flange 347 that is installed on the main drive shaft 348.The movement parts 361 of Gou Chenging is installed in toner cartridge and is inlayed the support of positioning supporting part 324 (see figure 3)s of part 320 so that can move along the direction shown in arrow X and the Y among Figure 10 like this.Positioning supporting part 324 has the arc pilot hole 324a of formation in order to location moving pin (back will be described).
Main drive shaft mobile device 360 in the illustrated embodiment has travel mechanism 364 in order to edge and the arrow X of mobile corresponding Figure 10 of positioning disk 310 and the reciprocating moving member 361 of direction of Y.This travel mechanism 364 comprise with the rotation axis 311 integrally formed carrier wheels 365 of positioning disk 310, with the driven wheel 367 of carrier wheel 365 engagements, with the carriage release lever 368 of driven wheel 367 integral installations and with the moving pin 369 of carriage release lever 368 integral installations.Moving pin 369 is embedded in the slit 361b in the other end part that is installed in moving member 361, and positioning supporting part 324 in formation pilot hole 324a.State shown in Figure 10 is the state of positioning disk 310 when being in the horizontal location position, moving pin 369 be positioned slit 361b than low side.In this state, moving member 361 moves along the direction of the arrow X of Fig. 8 and 10, and the inclined surface 362b of lobe plate 362,362b and flange 347 engagements.As a result, main drive shaft 348 shown in Figure 8 relies on the elastic force of coil spring 351 to be in the disconnected position that moves on to the figure left side.On the other hand, positioning disk 310 from Fig. 8 and the state shown in 10 upwards turn to almost with Figure 10 the almost vertical folding position of state shown in 2 chain lines.During moving like this, the carrier wheel 365 that is installed on the rotation axis 311 of positioning disk 310 rotates along the direction shown in 2 chain arrows of Figure 10.Rotate according to the direction shown in 2 chain arrows among Figure 10 with the driven wheel 367 of carrier wheel 365 engagement.Like this, also rotate with the carriage release lever 368 of driven wheel 367 integral installations, thus with the moving pin 369 of carriage release lever 368 integral installations also along the pilot hole 324a rotation that positioning supporting part 324 in, forms.The result, embedding moving pin 369 moves in the moving member 361 that has slit 361b along the direction of the arrow Y in Fig. 9 and 10 (element 361 that moved shows with 2 chain lines in Figure 10), so the inclined surface 362b of lobe plate 362,362b separates with the engagement of flange 347.Because this disengaging engagement of lobe plate 362 and flange 347, main drive shaft 348 shown in Figure 9 is by the elastic force of coil spring 351 and to the right-hand motion of figure.On the cooperation concave surface 349 that is installed in its front end takes to and cooperates concave surface 349 and be embedded in toner cartridge 200 and be in the cooperation position that cooperates convex surface 242 to cooperate fully of the take-up spool 220 in precalculated position.
On illustrated toner cartridge carriage 300, toner cartridge device 370 is installed in order to transport toner in the charging hopper 330 that is contained in toner cartridge carriage 300 to developing apparatus 10.Toner conveying device 370 can be one of known screw transmission strap type by the transmission of motor (not shown).
Toner-adding device 100 in illustrated embodiment is made of above.The operation of inlaying toner cartridge 200 on toner cartridge carriage 300 will be described below.
Inlay on toner cartridge carriage 300 in the process of toner cartridge 200, the open/close cap 2a that constitutes body fuselage 2 front surface portion opens it towards horizontal tilt, and as shown in Figure 2, and positioning disk 310 is in the position location of level, as shown in Figure 3.After positioning disk 310 was in the position location, the casing member 250 of new toner cartridge 200 was inserted in the location groove 312,312 in the opposite edges zone that is installed in positioning disk 310 from the front.Casing member 250 slides and is drawn into the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200.When casing member 250 has been positioned on the positioning disk 310, be installed in the engaging hole 252b of the second portion 252 that constitutes casing member 250, the 252b engagement is installed in the joggle piece 313,313 on the positioning disk 310, and the mobile of casing member 250 suffers restraints as a result.When the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200 further was drawn into along with casing member mobile suffers restraints, flange 203 is inserted at toner cartridge to be inlayed in the location groove 321,321 that the opposite edges zone of part 320 forms.Along with flange 203 is positioned during inserting, box body 201 moves, and takes the precalculated position that toner cartridge is inlayed part 320 to.At this moment, another petiolarea that is embedded in the take-up spool 220 on the box body 201 is embedded into and is installed in toner cartridge and inlays in the alignment concavity 322a on the sidewall 322 of part 320.Like this, box body 201 is positioned at the precalculated position.
When the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200 is embedded in toner cartridge when inlaying the precalculated position of part 320 in the above described manner, is embedded in take-up spool 220 on the box body 201 and is positioned on the identical axle of shown in Figure 8 and main drive shaft 348.In this state, positioning disk 310 is in the position location, i.e. horizontality.Like this, moving member 361 moves along the direction of arrow X among aforesaid Fig. 8.The main drive shaft 348 that the flange 347 of engagement with cams plate 362 is installed is in main drive shaft shown in Figure 8 348 and relies on the disconnected position of the elastic force of coil spring to the position of the left side of Fig. 8 motion.Therefore, the cooperation concave surface 349 that is installed in main drive shaft 348 front end regions not exclusively be embedded in toner cartridge 200 on take-up spool 220 cooperate convex surface 242 cooperations.
When toner cartridge 200 is embedded in toner cartridge when inlaying the precalculated position of part 320, positioning disk 310 rotates up around rotation axis 311.At this moment, constituting the second portion 252 that is positioned the casing member 250 on the positioning disk 311 also upwards turns up around thin-walled portion 253.As a result, positioning disk 310 forwards to and the almost vertical folding position of level from level with the second portion 252 that constitutes casing member 250.
Forward the folding position up to positioning disk 310 to from the position location, the carriage release lever 368 that the moving pin 369 that whole and carriage release lever 368 are installed is installed by the carrier wheel 365 on the rotation axis 311 that is installed in positioning disk 310, with the driven wheel 367 of carrier wheel 365 engagements and whole and driven wheel 367 is along the pilot hole 324a rotation of formation positioning supporting part 324 in.Like this, moving member 361 moves along the direction of the arrow Y of Fig. 9 and 10, and moving pin 369 embeds among the slit 361b of moving member 361.As a result, be embedded in the inclined surface 362b of the lobe plate 362 on the moving member 361,362b and flange 347 break away from engagement.Main drive shaft 348 takes the cooperation position that move on its right in Fig. 9 to by the elastic force of coil spring shown in Figure 9 351.Therefore, be installed in main drive shaft 348 front end region cooperation concave surface 349 fully be embedded in toner cartridge 200 on and the convex surface 242 that cooperates that is in the take-up spool 220 in precalculated position cooperate, so main drive shaft 348 and take-up spool 220 actives link together.By positioning disk 310 such motion from the position location to the folding position, promptly toner cartridge 200 inlay operation, main drive shaft 348 and take-up spool 220 can initiatively link together reliably.After positioning disk 310 forwarded the folding position to from the position location, the open/close cap 2a that constitutes the front surface portion of body fuselage 2 upwards rotated and closes it.The motor 341 that constitutes rotation aggressive device 340 is activated, and main drive shaft 348 and take-up spool 220 initiatively link together in a manner described simultaneously.Final active force passes to rotation main drive shaft 342, active cross helical gear 343, drives cross helical gear 344, loose pulley 345 and spur gear 346, and main drive shaft 348 is by spur gear 346 rotations.Therefore, initiatively be connected to take-up spool 220 rotations of main drive shaft 348.Because being stripped from and being pulled away to open toner, the rotation of take-up spool 220, seal 210 unload outlet 202.Like this, in the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200, fall into the charging hopper 330 that is installed in the toner cartridge carriage 300 through the toner of regulating.
To explain below if the toner-out that the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200 includes is taken away the operation of toner cartridge 200 from toner cartridge carriage 300.
Taking away the process of toner cartridge 200 from toner cartridge carriage 300, the open/close cap 2a that constitutes the front surface portion of body fuselage 2 opens it to horizontal tilt, and as shown in Figure 2, and positioning disk 310 forwards position location shown in Figure 3 to from the folding position.By such rotation, with the moving pin 369 of carriage release lever 368 integral installations by the carrier wheel 365 on the rotation axis 311 that is installed in positioning disk 310, with the driven wheel 367 of carrier wheel 365 engagements and with the carriage release lever 368 of driven wheel 367 integral installations along the pilot hole 324a rotation that positioning supporting part 324 in, forms.Like this, moving member 361 moves along the direction of the arrow X of Fig. 8 and 10, and moving pin 369 embeds among the slit 361b of moving member 361.As a result, the inclined surface 362b of lobe plate 362,362b and flange 347 engagements.Because this engagement, main drive shaft 348 rely on the elastic force of coil spring 351 shown in Figure 8 to the motion of Fig. 8 left side, and therefore are brought to disconnected position.Therefore, the cooperation concave surface 349 that is installed in main drive shaft 348 front end regions breaks away from engagement with the convex surface 242 that cooperates of take-up spool 220 on being embedded in toner cartridge 200, and the active between main drive shaft 348 and take-up spool 220 connects and unclamps thus.By positioning disk 310 such rotation from the folding position to the position location, the second portion 252 that constitutes casing member 250 also rotates around thin-walled portion 253, and gets back to horizontality shown in Figure 6.
Then, being embedded in toner cartridge inlays the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200 of the pre-position of part 320 and is drawn forward, the result, the flange 203 that constitutes the low surface of box body 201 moves forward, at this moment by the location groove 321 that forms in the opposite edges zone of inlaying part 320 at toner cartridge, 321 location are positioned on the casing member 250 that is positioned on the positioning disk 310 up to it.When the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200 was further drawn forward, casing member 250 can be removed from the positioning disk 310 with the box body 201 of toner cartridge 200.
When the present invention is basis when being described with the illustrated embodiment, be appreciated that the present invention is not subjected to the restriction of these embodiments, and can do within the scope of the invention to change and modify in a large number.In these illustrated embodiments, for example, when cooperating concave surface 349 to be installed in the main drive shaft 348 that is positioned at toner cartridge carriage 300, cooperate convex surface 242 to be installed on the take-up spool 220 that is positioned on the toner cartridge 200.In any case, when cooperating convex surface can be installed on the main drive shaft 348, cooperate concave surface can be installed in the take-up spool 220.
According to the toner-adding device of imager of the present invention and toner cartridge wherein Purposes such as above-mentioned formation. Like this, they present following effect and effect:
According to the present invention, can be closed in dividually the toner that forms in the toner cartridge and draw off The winding axle that is used for taking away the sealing part of mouth, it is non-circular cooperation convex surface that cross section is installed Or cooperation concave surface. This cooperation convex surface or cooperation concave surface embed or be matched with cross section fully is non-Circular the cooperation concave surface or the cooperation that are installed in the driving shaft that is positioned at the toner cartridge carriage Convex surface. Different from the conventional gears transmission mechanism, therefore, the present invention does not have during the rotary actuation The energy transmission loss that takes place, and reliable rotary actuation winding axle.
Also according to the present invention, and the toner cartridge carriage has the location of inlaying thereon Dish, this positioning disk can be located toner cartridge to the toner card of toner cartridge carriage at it Position location and positioning disk that box is inlayed part upwards forward to and the position location from the position location Almost mobile between the vertical folding position. With positioning disk, driving shaft is at disconnected position And mobile between the cooperation position. Like this, driving shaft is connected with the winding axle that active connects and is initiatively connected Unclamping of connecing can realize by inlaying with disagglutinating action of toner cartridge.
Further according to the present invention, the winding axle has the active Connection Element of inlaying thereon, This active Connection Element has cross section to be non-circular cooperation convex surface or to cooperate concave surface with embedding Enter or be matched with fully be installed in the driving shaft that is positioned at the toner cartridge carriage or on Cooperate concave surface or cooperate convex surface. Like this, have with the cooperation convex surface of varying cross-section shape or The active Connection Element that cooperates concave surface is according to the toner through regulating in toner cartridge Model is fixed, and such toner cartridge device is for example according to coordinating mutually with the weather condition The shipping destination can be identified easily.
Claims (5)
1. toner-adding device that becomes camera comprises:
Toner cartridge with box body of regulating toner, the toner that described box body has in its low surface unloads outlet, can be embedded in dividually box body low lip-deep be used to close the take-up spool of taking away seal when toner unloads the seal of outlet and peel seal and
Be installed in the body and also have the toner cartridge that is used for inlaying dividually toner cartridge thereon and inlay the toner cartridge carriage of part and be used to rotate the main drive shaft that drives take-up spool, wherein
The toner cartridge that is embedded in the toner cartridge carriage along with toner cartridge is inlayed on the part, and take-up spool is installed on the identical axle relative to one another with main drive shaft;
Xsect is installed is non-circular cooperation convex surface or cooperate concave surface with respect to the winding the tip of the axis of main drive shaft, when the active the tip of the axis with respect to take-up spool be equipped with xsect be non-circular cooperation concave surface or cooperate convex surface be installed in take-up spool above or the cooperating convex surface or cooperate concave surface to cooperate fully or embed wherein of inner face;
Described toner cartridge carriage is equipped with the main drive shaft mobile device that moves axially main drive shaft that is used between disconnected position and cooperation position, and when main drive shaft is positioned at cooperation position by the main drive shaft mobile device, the main drive shaft inner face and above the cooperation concave surface installed or cooperate convex surface be installed in take-up spool above or the cooperating convex surface or cooperation concave surface to cooperate fully or embed wherein of inner face.
2. the toner-adding device of one-tenth camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein said toner cartridge carriage has the positioning disk of inlaying on it, described positioning disk can its locate toner cartridge inlay to the toner cartridge of toner cartridge carriage the position location of part and positioning disk upwards forward to from the position location with almost vertical folding position, position location between move, and described main drive shaft mobile device is adjusted to positioning disk and is moved.
3. the toner cartridge in the toner-adding device that is used to into camera,
Described toner cartridge with box body of regulating toner, the toner that described box body has in its low surface unloads outlet, can be embedded in dividually box body low lip-deep be used to close the take-up spool of taking away seal when toner unloads the seal of outlet and peel seal and
The toner cartridge that can be embedded in the toner cartridge carriage that is positioned at body is dividually inlayed the described toner cartridge on the part, wherein
Described take-up spool is equipped with xsect to be non-circular cooperation convex surface or to cooperate concave surface being non-circularly to cooperate concave surface or cooperate convex surface to cooperate fully or embed wherein with inner face that is installed in the main drive shaft that is positioned at described toner cartridge carriage or top xsect.
4. the toner cartridge in the toner-adding device that is used to into camera,
Described toner cartridge with box body of regulating toner, the toner that described box body has in its low surface unloads outlet, can be embedded in the low lip-deep seal that toner unloads outlet that is used to close of described box body dividually, take away in the time of with peel seal seal take-up spool and
The toner cartridge that can be embedded in the toner cartridge carriage that is positioned at body is dividually inlayed the described toner cartridge on the part, wherein
Described take-up spool has the active Connection Element of inlaying thereon, and described active Connection Element has xsect to be non-circular cooperation convex surface or to cooperate concave surface being non-circularly to join concave surface or cooperate convex surface to cooperate fully or embed wherein with inner face that is installed in the main drive shaft that is positioned at the toner cartridge carriage or top xsect.
5. the interior toner cartridge of toner-adding device that is used to into camera as claimed in claim 4, the receptacle portion that wherein has xsect and be non-circular mating holes is installed in described winding the tip of the axis, and xsect is that the part of inlaying of the described mating holes of non-circular embedding is installed in the described active Connection Element.
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