CN201109239Y - Chip and cartridge - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a chip and an ink box. The chip comprises a basal plate and a microcontroller installed on the basal plate, and the power supply pin of the microcontroller is connected with a power supply; the microcontroller also comprises an information area, wherein, the chip also comprises a switch apparatus connected between an I/O pin of the microcontroller and a signal terminal. The chip provided by the utility model can make the information stored in the chip be repositioned by users, and the refilled ink box can be used repeatedly.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of chip, especially a kind of print cartridge that stores the ink box chip of ink balance information and be provided with this chip.
Background technology
Ink-jet printer is common PRN device, and existing ink-jet printer uses dismountable print cartridge to load mostly and prints the ink that uses, and a chip is set on the outer wall of print cartridge, is used for carrying out communication with ink-jet printer.Existing chip comprises a substrate, one microcontroller is set on substrate, this microcontroller comprises an information area, this information area includes the installation number of times information area of ink balance information district and print cartridge, its ink inside balance information district stores print cartridge ink inside balance information, and the installation number of times information that the number of times information area stores print cartridge is installed.Before each print job, ink-jet printer reads earlier information such as ink surplus from chip, judge whether the print cartridge ink inside is sufficient, if ink cartridge low, then send the warning message of changing print cartridge, if the ink abundance then can normally print work, and after print job is finished, the information of having upgraded such as ink surplus are written in the chip, treat to read before printing next time.
Existing chip is fixedly mounted on the print cartridge mostly, and when the print cartridge ink inside exhausted, chip ink inside balance information also was recorded as " zero ", and the user abandons cartridge body mostly with chip.Cartridge body and chip all only use once, but print cartridge can irritate China ink again and utilize, if the user abandons print cartridge this moment, neither environmental protection causes waste again.Because chip is not reset, the ink balance information of storing in the information area is " zero ", even the user irritates China ink again to print cartridge, ink-jet printer reads still thinks print cartridge ink inside surplus deficiency behind the ink balance information in the chip, can not satisfy the needs of print job, ink-jet printer can't normally print work.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present utility model provides and a kind ofly can will be stored in the chip that the information in the information area resets by the user;
Another purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of reusable print cartridge in China ink back of irritating again.
For achieving the above object, the chip that provides of the utility model comprises substrate; Be installed in the microcontroller on the substrate, the power pins of this microcontroller is connected with power supply; This microcontroller comprises an information area; Wherein, this chip also comprises the switching device that is connected between microcontroller I/O pin and the signal terminal.
A specific embodiment is, this chip is arranged on the chip on the print cartridge, switching device on the chip is a toggle switch, and this signal terminal is ground, this toggle switch is connected between microcontroller I/O pin and the ground, the information area of microcontroller comprises ink balance information district, stores the information of print cartridge ink inside surplus.
By such scheme as seen, toggle switch is connected between the I/O pin and ground of microcontroller, when the user need reset the ink balance information, print cartridge can be taken off, and stir this toggle switch, after print cartridge reinstalled on the printer, microcontroller just detected toggle switch and is struck, the ink balance information is resetted, be about to the ink balance information and be rewritten as 100%.When after print cartridge is irritated China ink, being installed on the ink-jet printer once more, when reading chip ink inside balance information, ink-jet printer can think print cartridge ink inside abundance can print work.
In order to realize another above-mentioned purpose, the print cartridge that the utility model provides comprises the housing that is surrounded by a plurality of outer walls; Be arranged on a chip on the outer wall; This chip comprises substrate; Be installed in the microcontroller on the substrate, the power pins of this microcontroller is connected with power supply; Microcontroller comprises an information area; Wherein, print cartridge also comprises the switching device that is connected between microcontroller I/O pin and the signal terminal.
By above scheme as seen, an I/O pin of the microcontroller on the ink box chip is connected with switching device, the user can stir this switching device when needing information in the repositioning information district, and print cartridge is installed to that the back microcontroller can reset the information in the information area on the printer.Like this, irritate print cartridge behind the China ink when being installed to ink-jet printer, can allow ink-jet printer think and be full of ink in the print cartridge, ink-jet printer is operate as normal just.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the utility model print cartridge embodiment;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the utility model chip embodiment;
Fig. 3 is the electrical schematic diagram of the utility model chip embodiment.
The utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.
The specific embodiment
Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the utility model print cartridge embodiment.In the present embodiment, print cartridge 1 comprises the housing 2 that is surrounded by a plurality of outer walls, and housing 2 surrounds a cavity, is mounted with to print the ink that uses in cavity.An outer wall 3 of print cartridge 1 is provided with a chip 10, communicates with ink-jet printer.The diapire of print cartridge 1 is provided with an ink supply port 4, and print cartridge 1 is supplied ink by ink supply port 4 to ink-jet printer during printing.
Referring to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the utility model chip embodiment.As seen from the figure, the chip 10 of present embodiment comprises a substrate 15, and microcontroller 20 is installed on substrate 15, and is provided with five contacts 12 that are connected with microcontroller 20 below microcontroller 20.After print cartridge was installed on the ink-jet printer, five corresponding with ink-jet printer respectively contact contacts in contact 12 formed and are electrically connected, and ink-jet printer can carry out information exchange by contact 12 and microcontroller 20.Be provided with a switching device 11 above microcontroller 20, in the present embodiment, switching device 11 is a toggle switch, and is connected with microcontroller 20.Microcontroller 20 comprises an information area, stores the information such as installation number of times of ink surplus, print cartridge.
The electrical schematic diagram of chip as shown in Figure 3.In the present embodiment, microcontroller 20 has 8 pins, comprise 4 specific function pins and 4 I/O pins, wherein, power pins P5 in the specific function pin is connected with power supply VCC, other specific function pin P6, P7 are connected with chip selection signal line CS with data signal line DAT, clock cable CLK respectively with P8, and are connected with ink-jet printer by these holding wires and communicate.And one of them I/O pin P2 of microcontroller 20 is connected with an end of switching device 11, the other end ground connection of switching device 11, and just the signal terminal in the present embodiment is ground.Simultaneously, pin P2 also is connected with power supply VCC by resistance 13, with to pin P2 loading level signal.When switching device 11 disconnected, power supply VCC loaded high level signal by resistance 13 to pin P2, and when switching device 11 closures, power supply VCC, resistance 13, switching device 11 form the loop with ground, and it is low level signal that pin P2 goes up detected signal.
After print cartridge is installed to ink-jet printer and starts working, microcontroller 20 will detect the state of pin P2, judge whether the level signal be carried on the pin P2 changes, if when detecting the level signal that is carried on the pin P2 and not changing, and operate as normal then; Change if detect the level signal that is carried on the pin P2, then the information that will be stored in the information area resets, in the present embodiment, microcontroller resets the ink balance information in ink balance information district, this is written as 100% to be about to the ink balance information, and print cartridge is installed number of times information also reset, print cartridge is installed number of times should be 0 time.
When the user uses print cartridge of the present utility model, after the ink in the print cartridge exhausts, can irritate China ink again to print cartridge, and when taking off ink, stir toggle switch, change the state of toggle switch, after print cartridge was installed on the printer once more, chip was just installed number of times information with ink balance information, print cartridge and is resetted.When ink-jet printer reads information in the information area, chip with the ink surplus be 100% information and print cartridge number of times is installed is that 0 information is delivered on the ink-jet printer, ink-jet printer is just thought has sufficient ink in this print cartridge, can normally print work.
This shows that the user can reset canned data in the chip of the present utility model easily, make ink-jet printer can use the print cartridge of irritating China ink again to print work.Like this, after the print cartridge ink inside exhausted, the user irritated China ink again and stirs and just can continue behind the toggle switch to use, effectively avoid print cartridge to use once after just by the waste of abandoning and causing.
Certainly, above-mentioned only is an embodiment of the present utility model, the utility model is actual should to also have more distortion in the process, as the signal terminal that is connected with switching device is another I/O pin of power supply VCC or microcontroller, like this, switching device is to be connected between microcontroller I/O pin and the power supply VCC, perhaps is connected between two I/O pins, as long as the user presses switching device, can change the height of an I/O pin incoming level signal; And for example use toggle switch, toggle switch or thin film switch as switching device; Or switching device is arranged on the outer wall of print cartridge or the like, these all can be used as other embodiment of the present utility model.
In addition, chip of the present utility model also is not limited to use the chip on print cartridge, other printing consumables container, and the chip that uses as cartridge, developer box all can use chip of the present utility model to realize the recycling of consumable container.
It is emphasized that at last the utility model is not limited to above-mentioned embodiment, also should be included in the protection domain of the utility model claim such as the change of canned data in the microcontroller, the minor variations such as change of chip installation site.
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1, chip comprises
Substrate;
Be installed in the microcontroller on the described substrate, the power pins of described microcontroller is connected with power supply;
Described microcontroller comprises an information area;
It is characterized in that:
Be connected the switching device between described microcontroller I/O pin and the signal terminal.
2, chip according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described signal terminal is ground;
Described switching device is connected between described microcontroller I/O pin and the ground.
3, chip according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described signal terminal is a power supply;
Described switching device is connected between described power supply and the described microcontroller I/O pin.
4, chip according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described signal terminal is another I/O pin of microcontroller;
Described switching device is connected between two I/O pins of described microcontroller.
5, according to each described chip of claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that:
Described switching device is a kind of in press button or toggle switch or toggle switch or the thin film switch.
6, chip according to claim 5 is characterized in that:
The described information area comprises ink balance information district;
Described ink balance information district stores the ink balance information.
7, print cartridge comprises
The housing that surrounds by a plurality of outer walls;
Be arranged on a chip on the outer wall;
Described chip comprises
Substrate;
Be installed in the microcontroller on the described substrate, the power pins of described microcontroller is connected with power supply;
Described microcontroller comprises an information area;
It is characterized in that:
Be connected the switching device between described microcontroller I/O pin and the signal terminal.
8, print cartridge according to claim 7 is characterized in that:
Described switching device is arranged on the substrate of described chip.
9, print cartridge according to claim 7 is characterized in that:
Described switching device is arranged on the outer wall of described print cartridge.
10, according to each described print cartridge of claim 7 to 9, it is characterized in that:
Described switching device is connected between described microcontroller I/O pin and the ground.
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