CN201922644U - Liquid box - Google Patents

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CN201922644U
CN201922644U CN2010205856523U CN201020585652U CN201922644U CN 201922644 U CN201922644 U CN 201922644U CN 2010205856523 U CN2010205856523 U CN 2010205856523U CN 201020585652 U CN201020585652 U CN 201020585652U CN 201922644 U CN201922644 U CN 201922644U
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神户智弘
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17513Inner structure
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/1752Mounting within the printer

Abstract

The utility model discloses a liquid box which comprises a box main body, a liquid supply part, a first protruding part and a second protruding part, wherein the box main body is formed to store liquid, the liquid supply part protrudes out of the box main body along a protruding direction, the first protruding part and the second protruding part are at two sides of the liquid supply part along a first direction vertical to the protruding direction, the dimension of the first protruding part along a second direction vertical to the protruding direction and the first direction is larger than that of the first protruding part along the protruding direction, and the dimension of the second protruding part along the second direction is larger than that of the second protruding part along the protruding direction. When the liquid box falls down in a state that the liquid supply part faces downwards, each of the protruding parts is in contact with the surface of the floor and receives the impact of the contact so as to protect the liquid supply part from the impact; and the impact resistance of each of the protruding parts are enhanced so that the broken and bent risk of the protruding parts is also reduced even when the impact is exerted on the protruding parts, thereby avoding the interference between the protruding parts and respective structures arranged on the outer surfaces of the liquid box.

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Fluid cartridge
Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of fluid cartridge, print cartridge for example, and this fluid cartridge is configured to removably be installed to the main body of the liquid injection device (for example ink-jet printer) that is configured to atomizing of liquids.
Background technology
The known print cartridge of describing in TOHKEMY 2007-196647 is configured to removably be installed to the main body of ink-jet printer, and has the ink supply portion that is configured to China ink is fed to the main body of printer.Box has a pair of extension in the both sides of ink supply portion.Ink supply portion and a pair of extension stretch out along equidirectional from an end face of box.When print cartridge fell with ink supply portion state down, this contacted with floor surface extension.Therefore, the bump that is applied to the print cartridge that falls when contacting with floor surface is not passed to ink supply portion, that is, protect ink supply portion not clashed into by a pair of extension.In addition, this plays control member at least one extension in the extension, and this control member is configured to the installation and measuring switch in the main body of operation setting at printer when print cartridge is installed in the main body of printer.
Yet, because extension is designed to be enough to the effect of control member, promptly, because they are designed to have sufficiently long length to guarantee the operation of installation and measuring switch, therefore, exist extension to break owing to the bump that falls when print cartridge and extension applies when contacting with floor surface or crooked risk.When extension broke or be crooked, the main body that ink supply portion may lose protection or printer may not determine whether to have installed print cartridge.
On the other hand, other structure example also is set at the outer surface of print cartridge as the structure that is used to detect print cartridge China and Mexico surplus.Therefore, even improved the impact resistance of extension, extension also needs to be configured to simple as far as possible to avoid the interference between extension and this structure.
The utility model content
Therefore, the demand of fluid cartridge of these and other defective of prior art appears overcoming.Technical advantage of the present utility model is that extension is to have the simple structure protection feed flow portion of higher impact resistance.
According to one side of the present utility model, a kind of fluid cartridge, described fluid cartridge is configured to removably be installed to the main body of the liquid injection device that is configured to atomizing of liquids, and described fluid cartridge comprises: box body, and described box body is configured to storage of liquids therein; Feed flow portion, described feed flow portion stretches out along stretching out direction from described box body, and is configured to be fed to the outside of described box body with being stored in liquid in the described box body; And first extension and second extension, described first extension and described second extending area be in the edge and described both sides of stretching out the vertical first direction of direction of described feed flow portion, and stretch out along the described direction of stretching out from described box body.Described first extension along described far-end that stretches out direction and described second extension along the described far-end that stretches out direction be positioned at feed flow portion along described the place ahead of stretching out direction.The edge of described first extension and described size of stretching out the direction second direction vertical with described first direction greater than described first extension along described size of stretching out direction, and described second extension along the size of described second direction greater than described second extension along described size of stretching out direction.
Because this structure; because first far-end that stretches out the far-end of direction and second extension is positioned at the place ahead that direction is stretched out on the edge of feed flow portion; so when fluid cartridge falls with feed flow portion state down; each extension contacts and accepts the bump of contact with floor surface, thereby protection feed flow portion is not impacted.Because being sized to greater than it along stretching out the size of direction of each extension along second direction, thus the impact resistance of each extension strengthen, even thereby when bump is applied to extension extension break or the risk of bending also reduces.Because the raising of the impact resistance of each extension is to realize along the simple structure of the size of stretching out direction with being sized to greater than it along second direction of each extension, thereby avoids extension and be arranged on interference between each structure on the outer surface of fluid cartridge.
To those skilled in the art, by following the detailed description and the accompanying drawings of the present utility model, other purpose, feature and advantage will be conspicuous.
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For understand more comprehensively the utility model, its demand that satisfies, with and purpose, feature and advantage, now reference is carried out in following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the schematic plan view that is provided with according to the ink-jet printer of the print cartridge of the utility model embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of the print cartridge of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the side view of the print cartridge of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the part decomposition diagram of the print cartridge of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 (A) and Fig. 5 (B) are the side views of the print cartridge of Fig. 1, and wherein print cartridge falls and contacts with floor surface with ink supply portion state down.The far-end of first extension of print cartridge contacts with floor surface in Fig. 5 (A), and subsequently in Fig. 5 (B) far-end of second extension of print cartridge contact with floor surface.
The specific embodiment
Can be by to understand embodiment of the present utility model and their feature and advantage with reference to figure 1-5 (B), identical Reference numeral is used for the appropriate section of each accompanying drawing.
[liquid injection device]
With reference to figure 1, comprise as the ink-jet printer 1 of the example of liquid injection device being configured to by on the paper (not shown), spraying China ink the main body 2 of print image on paper.A plurality of (for example four) print cartridge 30 is configured to removably be installed on the main body 2.Print cartridge 30 has the China ink (for example, black, magenta, yellow and cyan) that is stored in different colors from one another wherein, and as the ink supply source of main body 2 usefulness.
Main body 2 comprises the pair of guide rails 4 of extending along horizontal scan direction, and balladeur train 5 is supported by guide rail 4.The ink gun 6 that sprays China ink downwards is installed in the downside of balladeur train 5.A pair of pulley 7 is separately positioned on this two ends to a guide rail in the guide rail 4, and balladeur train 5 is fixed to the belt 8 that twines and extend around pulley 7 between pulley 7.When a pulley in the pulley 7 was scanned driving of motor (not shown) and rotation, belt 8 moved pulley 7 around this, and balladeur train 5 is by being guided by guide rail 4 and moving along the scanning direction.
Main body 2 comprises shell 3 and is arranged in the box installation portion 9 of shell 3 that this box installation portion 9 is configured to be exposed to the outside of shell 3.A plurality of print cartridges 30 are configured to removably be installed to box installation portion 9.Box installation portion 9 has a plurality of installing spaces of arranging along the scanning direction, and print cartridge 30 is configured to removably be installed to respectively corresponding installing space.Box installation portion 9 comprises and the corresponding a plurality of black lead divisions 10 of each installing space, and the China ink that is stored in the print cartridge 30 that is installed in the box installation portion 9 can be supplied to black lead division 10.One end of flexible ink supply pipe 11 is connected to each black lead division of a plurality of black lead divisions 10, and the other end of ink supply pipe 11 is connected to balladeur train 5.
A piece of paper is opened and is transported to ink gun 6 belows along the horizontal feed direction vertical with the scanning direction.Main body 2 be configured to by balladeur train 5 along the scanning direction reciprocating ink gun 6 is ejected into China ink downwards on this paper and on this paper print image.When China ink was consumed by main body 2, the China ink that is stored in the print cartridge 30 was supplied to the ink gun 6 that is installed in the balladeur train 5 via black lead division 10 and ink supply pipe 11.
Black quantitative change in being stored in print cartridge 30 after a little while, the user replaces this print cartridge 30 with the new print cartridge 30 of wherein having stored sufficient China ink amount.By print cartridge 30 is inserted in the corresponding installing space of installing space along the direction of insertion parallel with throughput direction, the user can be installed to box installation portion 9 with print cartridge 30.By pulling out print cartridge 30 along the direction opposite with direction of insertion, the user also can take out print cartridge 30 from box installation portion 9.This direction of insertion is a horizontal direction.
Box installation portion 9 is constructed such that common box 30N and large 30XL optionally are installed to each installing space of the installing space of box installation portion 9, and wherein large 30XL has than the big appearance and size of common box 30N and has the black capacity bigger than common box 30N.Large 30XL is longer than common box 30N on direction of insertion.The China ink amount among the new large 30XL of being stored in is greater than the China ink amount that is stored among the new common box 30N.
Box installation portion 9 comprises sensor installation 16, color sensor 17 and surplus sensor 18.Each of each of each of sensor installation 16, color sensor 17 and surplus sensor 18 all is set to be used for a corresponding installing space of the installing space of box installation portion 9.Sensor installation 16 is set to be used for detecting the corresponding installing space whether print cartridge 30 is installed in each installing space, color sensor 17 is set to be used for the color of detection of stored at the China ink of print cartridge 30, whether is almost sky (whether the surplus of China ink that is stored in print cartridge 30 is almost nil) and surplus sensor 18 is set to be used for to detect print cartridge 30.These sensors 16-18 is electrically connected to the controller (not shown) of main body 2, and controller is electrically connected to the display unit (not shown) on the outer surface that is arranged on shell 3.When expression print cartridge 30 is not installed in signal in the installing space of box installation portion 9 by when sensor installation 16 is fed to controller, controller so shows with the prompting user display unit print cartridge 30 is installed.The signal that is almost sky (black surplus is almost nil) when expression print cartridge 30 is by when surplus sensor 18 is fed to controller, controller make display unit show print cartridge 30 be almost sky (black surplus is almost nil) with the prompting user the supply of signal after immediately or when the signal provision post consumption replacing print cartridge 30 during scheduled volume black.
Sensor installation 16 is feelers.Whether in other words, be operated to contact with print cartridge 30 according to the actuator of sensor installation 16, unlike signal is supplied to controller.Surplus sensor 18 is optical pickocffs, comprise be configured to send along the scanning direction such as the illuminating part of the light L1 of visible or infrared light and be configured to receive the light receiver of the light L1 that sends from illuminating part.Light receiver is configured to whether receive light L1 according to it and supplies unlike signal to controller.Similarly, color sensor 17 is optical pickocffs, comprise be configured to send along the scanning direction such as the illuminating part of the light L2 of visible or infrared light and be configured to receive the light receiver of the light L2 that sends from illuminating part.Light receiver is configured to whether receive light L2 and supply unlike signal to controller according to it.Because the only schematically illustrated box installation portion 9 of Fig. 1, an illuminating part of color sensor 17 and an illuminating part of surplus sensor 18 only are shown.Yet, each have a plurality of color sensors 17 of illuminating part and light receiver and surplus sensor 18 be disposed in a plurality of print cartridges 30 corresponding box installation portions 9 that will be mounted in.
[fluid cartridge]
With reference to figure 2 print cartridge 30 is described.Here, large 30XL is described to print cartridge 30, represents common box 30N and large 30XL.Print cartridge 30 comprises the wherein box body 31 of storage China ink.Box body 31 comprises the combination of two housing members 32,33.The profile of box body 31 is cuboids roughly, and that this cuboid has is top 34, following 35, a pair of side 36 (one only is shown among Fig. 2), operating surface 37 and joint face 38.When print cartridge 30 is installed to box installation portion 9, print cartridge 30 with operating surface 37 towards user (promptly towards shell 3 outsides), above 34 up, below 35 down and joint face 38 inserted installing space towards the state of shell 3 inside along direction of insertion.When print cartridge 30 is installed in the box installation portion 9, above 34 and following 35 vertically be separated from each other and be oriented to and vertically overlap each other, side 36 is separated from each other and is oriented to along the scanning direction and overlaps each other along the scanning direction, and operating surface 37 and joint face 38 are separated from each other and are oriented to along direction of insertion overlapping along direction of insertion.The direction that side 36 is separated from each other is also referred to as width.Vertical direction, width and direction of insertion are heavy each other straight.
The middle part 38c vertically of contact-making surface 38 with respect to the bottom 38a of joint face 38 and top 38b towards operating surface 37 indentations.Atmosphere release portion 39 is positioned at the 38b place, top of joint face 38, and the inside that is used for the box body 31 that storage is black is discharged into atmosphere.Atmosphere release portion 39 comprises the valve 39a (see figure 4) that is positioned at box body 31 inside.Ink supply portion 40 is positioned at the 38a place, bottom of connecting portion 38, and the China ink that is used for being stored in box body 31 is fed to main body 2.Ink supply portion 40 stretches out along stretching out direction from the bottom 38a of joint face.Direction is stretched out corresponding to direction of insertion by ink supply portion 40, and vertical with vertical direction with width.Ink supply portion 40 comprises the cylindrical portion 40a that stretches out from joint face 38, and comprises the valve (not shown) of cylindrical portion 40a inside.
When print cartridge 30 was installed in the box installation portion 9 (see figure 1), the valve 39a (see figure 4) of atmosphere release portion 39 was opened, and ink supply portion 40 is connected to black lead division 10 (see figure 1)s, makes the valve of ink supply portion 40 be opened.Therefore, the inside of box body 31 is released to atmosphere and the China ink that is stored in the box body 31 can be supplied to black lead division 10.
Print cartridge 30 comprises first extension 41 and second extension 42, and this first extension 41 and second extension 42 lay respectively at the upside of ink supply portion 40 and downside and stretch out along stretching out direction from the joint face 38 of box body 31.First extension 41 and second extension 42 comprise the groove 43,44 that extends from far-end respectively.Groove 43,44 extends towards box body 31 with the side of stretching out in the opposite direction from the far-end edge of first extension 41 and second extension 42 respectively.Rib is set in the groove 43 of first extension 41.Rib extends along stretching out direction.The groove 44 of second extension 42 is configured to receive and keeps when ink supply portion 40 breaks away from black lead division 10 from ink supply portion 40 or from the China ink of black lead division 10 drippages.Second extension 42 is configured to as control member, is used for the actuator of operation sensor installation 16 when print cartridge 30 is installed to corresponding installing space.When the actuator of sensor installation 16 is operated by second extension 42, the signal that sensor installation 16 output expression print cartridges 30 are mounted.
First extension 41 stretches out from the upper end of joint face 38, and second extension 42 stretches out from the lower end of joint face 38.Because first extension 41 and second extension 42 are arranged in such a way so that vertically be separated from each other as far as possible, guarantee joint face 38 large scale vertically.Therefore, ink supply portion 40, atmosphere release portion 39, transmittance section 51 (back description) and light-blocking part 53 (back description) can be disposed on the joint face 38, and be vertically aligned with each other.
First extension 41 top is 34 continuous smoothly above box body 31, and the side of first extension 41 is also continuous smoothly from the side 36 of box body 31.Therefore, the size X1 that first extension 41 has broad ways, the size of the size of this size and top 34 broad ways and the broad ways of joint face 38 is about equally.The size y1 that direction is stretched out on the edge of first extension 41 is the distance of stretching out the far-end of direction from the top 38b of joint face 38 to the edge of first extension 41.Along stretching out the size x1 (that is, x1/y1>1) of the size y1 of direction less than broad ways.
Following and the side of second extension 42 respectively below box body 31 35 and side 36 continuous smoothly.The size x2 that second extension 42 has broad ways, the size of the size of this size x2 and following 35 broad ways and the broad ways of joint face 38 also roughly equates (x2 ≈ x1) with the size x1 of the broad ways of first extension 41 about equally.The size y2 that direction is stretched out on the edge of second extension 42 is the distance that the bottom 38a from joint face 38 stretches out the far-end of direction to the edge of second extension 42, and less than the size x2 (that is x2/y2>1) of broad ways.
In this embodiment, second extension 42 has tapered shape, and the size of the broad ways of the far-end of second extension 42 is less than the size of the broad ways of the other parts of second extension, promptly less than x2.The size of the broad ways of far-end is the minimum dimension of the broad ways of second extension 42, is x2 '.The size x2 ' of the size y2 of direction less than the broad ways of far-end stretched out on the edge of second extension 42, and this size x2 ' is the minimum dimension of the broad ways of second extension 42.Incidentally, common box 30N and large 30XL stretch out on the size y2 of direction different on the edge of second extension 42, and the size y2 of second extension 42 of large 30XL is less than the size y2 of second extension 42 of common box 30N.Yet, in any print cartridge 30, kept the edge of second extension 42 to stretch out the size y2 of direction less than the size x2 (being x2/y2>1) of broad ways and also less than the fact of the size x2 ' (being x2 '/y2>1) of width.
With reference to figure 3, owing to the setting of first extension 41 and second extension 42, stretch out the place ahead of direction on the edge of print cartridge 30, print cartridge 30 is formed with and is the depression 45 of U-shaped in side view.The upper surface of U-shaped depression 45 lower surfaces by first extension 41, joint face 38 and second extension 42 limits.The place ahead of direction is stretched out on the edge that the far-end that direction is stretched out on the edge that the far-end of direction and second extension 42 are stretched out in the edge of first extension 41 all is positioned at ink supply portion 40.Though ink supply portion 40 stretches out from joint face 38, the lower surface of the upper surface of first extension 41 and second extension 42 above box body 31 with rectangular shape 31 and below 35 continuous smoothly.Therefore, ink supply portion 40 is positioned at the zone that is occupied by first extension 41 when vertically seeing print cartridge 30, and is positioned at the zone that is occupied by second extension 42 when vertically seeing print cartridge 30.The place ahead of direction is stretched out on the edge that the far-end that direction is stretched out on the edge that the far-end of direction and second extension 42 are stretched out in the edge of first extension 41 all is positioned at atmosphere release portion 39, transmittance section 51 (back description) and light-blocking part 53 (back description).
With reference to figure 4, wherein omitted the diagram of housing member 32, box body 31 comprises the black means of storage 60 that is positioned at housing member 32,33 inside.China ink means of storage 60 comprises framework 61, and this framework 61 is limited with the black chamber 62 that is used for storing therein China ink.Framework 61 is in the both ends open of its broad ways.Yet in order to limit the black chamber 62 of sealing, the film (not shown) is adhered to the both end sides of the broad ways of framework 61.
Atmosphere release portion 39 and ink supply portion 40 stretch out along stretching out direction from the end face 63 of framework 61.The end of direction is stretched out on the edge that end face 63 is positioned at framework 61.Stretch out along stretching out direction from end face 63 transmittance section 51 with flat rectangular shape.Stretch out from the vertical middle part of end face 63 transmittance section 51.Transmittance section 51 is made by the material that allows the light of visible or infrared light for example to pass through and wherein is hollow.The inner space of transmittance section 51 is communicated with black chamber 62, and the China ink in the box body 31 also can be stored in the inner space of transmittance section 51.
Sensor arm 64 is positioned at 62 inside, black chamber, and sensor arm 64 the China ink amount in being stored in black chamber 62 of being configured to descends with the black liquid level in the inking chamber 62 when reducing and pivots around the axis that broad ways is extended.Sensor arm 64 is roughly extended along direction of insertion, and the pivot center roughly is positioned at the center along direction of insertion of sensor arm 64, makes sensor arm 64 pivot with over-over mode up and down.The first end 64a of sensor arm 64 is positioned at 62 inside, black chamber, and is configured to move down with the black liquid level decline in the inking chamber 62.The second end 64b of sensor arm 64 is positioned at the inside of transmittance section 51, and is configured to move up when first end 64a moves down.Moving of sensor arm 64 described in TOHKEMY 2008-254194 and TOHKEMY 2009-56668 in more detail.
Circular open 38e, 38d are formed the bottom 38a and the top 38b of the joint face 38 that runs through housing member 33 respectively.Atmosphere release portion 39 is positioned at the opening 38d of top 38b.Ink supply portion 40 is inserted in the opening 38e of bottom 38a, and the cylindrical portion 40a of ink supply portion 40 stretches out from opening 38e.
Opening 52 is formed the middle part 38c that runs through joint face 38.The also continuous side in a pair of side 36 of opening 52.Having flat rectangular-shaped rib 54 stretches out along stretching out direction from the middle part 38c of joint face 38.Stretch out along stretching out direction the end of stretching out direction from the edge of rib 54 for the frame section 55 of U-shaped in the side view, and rib 54 and frame section 55 are formed on the window 56 that has rectangular shape in the side view.When print cartridge 30 was seen in the opposite direction with the side of stretching out in the edge, visual angle in the place ahead of stretching out direction from the edge that is positioned at print cartridge 30, opening 52 was by rib 54 and frame section 55 broad ways separated into two parts.
When black means of storage 60 was arranged in housing member 33, as shown in Figure 2, the transmittance section 51 of black means of storage 60 was arranged in opening 52, and the place ahead of direction is stretched out on rib 54 and frame section 55 edge that is positioned at transmittance section 51.Opening 52 is by transmittance section 51 broad ways separated into two parts.Rib 54 and frame section 55 are made by the material that does not allow the light of visible or infrared light for example to pass through, and constitute light-blocking part 53.Therefore, when the user stretches out direction the place ahead from the edge that is positioned at print cartridge 30 visual angle when observing print cartridge 30 in the opposite direction with the side of stretching out, be difficult to see transmittance section 51, because transmittance section 51 is blocked by rib 54 and frame section 55.And, when the user when print cartridge 30 is observed downwards in print cartridge 30 tops, be difficult to see transmittance section 51, because transmittance section 51 is blocked by top 34 and first extension 41.Similarly, when the user when print cartridge 30 is upwards observed in the below of print cartridge 30, be difficult to see transmittance section 51, because transmittance section 51 is blocked by following 35 and second extension 42.Yet, because the opening 52 that exposes transmittance section 51 from joint face 38 continuously to the side 36, so the user can broad ways see transmittance section 51 via opening 52.Because transmittance section 51 is made by the material that allows the light of visible or infrared light for example to pass through, when user's broad ways is observed transmittance section 51 and the second end 64b that finds sensor arm 64 when being arranged in transmittance section 51, the user can know that black surplus in the print cartridge 30 is more than or equal to scheduled volume.In another embodiment, print cartridge 30 can not comprise sensor arm 64.Yet, also in this case, transmittance section 51 is made by the material that allows the light of visible or infrared light for example to pass through, and be configured to store therein China ink, observe transmittance section 51 when finding in the transmittance section 51 the storage China ink when user's broad ways, the user can know that the surplus of print cartridge 30 China and Mexico is more than or equal to scheduled volume.
Transmittance section 51 is set to be used for the controller of main body 2 to determine whether print cartridge 30 is almost sky (whether the surplus of the China ink of print cartridge 30 storages is almost nil).When print cartridge 30 is installed in the box installation portion 9, the illuminating part of surplus sensor 18 and light receiver enter two parts of being separated by transmittance section 51 broad ways of opening 52 respectively, and transmittance section 51 is between illuminating part that is placed in surplus sensor 18 on the width and light receiver.The light L1 of the broad ways of sending from the illuminating part of surplus sensor 18 is directed on the transmittance section 51.If the surplus of the China ink in the print cartridge 30 is enough, and the second end 64b of sensor arm 64 is arranged in transmittance section 51, and then light L1 is stopped by the second end 64b of sensor arm 64.Therefore, the light receiver of surplus sensor 18 does not receive light L1.If the surplus of the China ink in the print cartridge 30 is almost nil and the second end 64b of sensor arm 64 moves up out transmittance section 51, then light L1 is by transmittance section 51.Therefore, the light receiver of surplus sensor 18 receives light L1.Because whether receive light L1 and difference from the signal of surplus sensor 18 outputs according to light receiver, so controller can be according to determining from the signal of surplus sensor 18 whether the surplus of print cartridge 30 China and Mexico is almost nil.
Light-blocking part 53 is set, combines with first extension 41, the controller identification that is used for main body 2 is stored in the color of the China ink of print cartridge 30.As mentioned above, color sensor 17 is set at the color (see figure 1) that is used to discern China ink in the box installation portion 9.Color sensor 17 is positioned such that the rib that is arranged in the groove 43 of first extension 41 with light L2 irradiation.Surplus sensor 18 is formed at print cartridge 30 and is inserted into during the box installation portion 9 edge that is positioned at transmittance section 51 with light L1 irradiation and stretches out the light-blocking part 53 in the place ahead of direction, and the effect of the sensor that is used from the black color of identification of cooperate with color sensor 17.More specifically, to be stored in the color of the China ink in the print cartridge 30 be black or the color that is different from black (magenta, yellow or cyan) for controller identification.When the print cartridge 30 of certain colors of ink of storage is installed to the different installing space of the installing space that should be mounted with this print cartridge 30 mistakenly, may in ink gun 6 blend of colors take place.When the blend of colors that takes place in ink gun 6 between magenta ink, yellow ink and the cyan ink, by cleaning ink gun 6 quite few time after print cartridge 30 is reinstalled to the tram, the mixed ink in the ink gun 6 can be replaced by monochromatic China ink.On the contrary, when black ink was mixed with magenta ink, yellow ink or cyan ink, ink gun 6 may need to clean quite repeatedly so that replace mixed ink in the ink gun 6 with monochromatic China ink.In this embodiment, the color that is stored in the China ink in the print cartridge 30 by controller identification be black or the color that is different from black (magenta, yellow and cyan) and if the installing space that should be installed by the wrong print cartridge 30 that is installed to China ink of the print cartridge 30 that wherein stores black ink then report to the police to the user with the color that is different from black, prevent from ink gun 6, to take place mixing of black ink and other colors of ink.
During print cartridge 30 is inserted into box installation portion 9, the illuminating part of color sensor 17 and light receiver enter in the groove 43 of first extension 41, and are arranged on rib in the groove 43 of first extension 41 between illuminating part that is placed in color sensor 17 on the width and light receiver.During print cartridge 30 was inserted into box installation portion 9, light-blocking part 53 was between illuminating part that is placed in surplus sensor 18 on the width and light receiver.
When the rib in the groove 43 that is arranged on first extension 41 entered the irradiation area of the light L2 that sends from the illuminating part of color sensor 17, light L2 was stopped by rib, and the light receiver of color sensor 17 can not receive light L2.When the light L1 that sends when the illuminating part from surplus sensor 18 was directed into the frame section 55 of light-blocking part 53 or rib 54, light L1 was stopped by frame section 55 or rib 54, so the light receiver of surplus sensor 18 can not receive light L1.The light L1 that sends when the illuminating part from surplus sensor 18 is by towards window 56 guiding the time, and light L1 is by window 56, and therefore the light receiver of surplus sensor 18 can receive light L1.Storing the print cartridge 30 of tusche therein and wherein store color and be different between the print cartridge 30 of China ink of black, the size along direction of insertion of frame section 55, is the size difference along direction of insertion of window 56.Particularly, the size along direction of insertion of frame section 55, the size along direction of insertion that is window 56 is set by this way, make the print cartridge 30 that ought store tusche therein be inserted into during the box installation portion 9, be set at rib in the groove 43 of first extension 41 from the light L2 of color sensor 17 when stopping for the first time, light L1 from surplus sensor 18 is stopped by frame section 55, and ought store the print cartridge 30 that color is different from the China ink of black therein is inserted into during the box installation portion 9, be set at rib in the groove 43 of first extension 41 from the light L2 of color sensor 17 when stopping for the first time, from the light L1 of surplus sensor 18 by window 56 and arrive the light receiver of surplus sensor 18.Therefore, whether receive light L1 by the light receiver that detects surplus sensor 18 when the light L2 from color sensor 17 is stopped for the first time, it is black or the color that is different from black that controller can be discerned the color that is stored in the China ink in the print cartridge 30.In JP-A-2008-246999, describe the method for utilizing two sensors to detect information about print cartridge 30 information of black color (in the present case about) in detail.
In this embodiment, detect about the transmittance section 51 of the required part of information of print cartridge 30 and light-blocking part 53 as main body 2 and be arranged in the depression 45 that the upper surface by lower surface, joint face 38 and second extension 42 of first extension 41 centers on.In other words, the place ahead of direction is stretched out on the far-end that the stretches out direction edge that is positioned at transmittance section 51 and light-blocking part 53 in the edge of stretching out the far-end of direction and second extension 42, the edge of first extension 41.
Large 30XL has been described to represent common box 30N and large 30XL print cartridge 30.Omission is to the description of common box 30N, because except the box body 31 of common box 30N along little than large 30XL of the size of direction of insertion, and the size y2 of second extension 42 of common box 30N is than beyond large 30XL big, and common box 30N has and large 30XL identical construction.
Shown in Fig. 5 (A) and Fig. 5 (B), when print cartridge 30 falls with ink supply portion 40 state down and contacts with floor surface G, the far-end of first extension 41 that stretches out the place ahead of direction along the edge that ink supply portion 40 is stretched out and be positioned to the direction identical with ink supply portion 40 contacts with floor surface G, shown in Fig. 5 (A).Next, shown in Fig. 5 (B), the far-end of second extension 42 contacts with floor surface G.Print cartridge 30 broad ways upset then, and the side 36 of box body 31 contacts with floor surface G.
In Fig. 5 (B), the line between the far-end of floor surface G and the far-end that connects first extension 41 and second extension 42 is consistent.Ink supply portion 40 and light-blocking part 53 are than the more close operating surface 37 of this line.Therefore, even the user, also prevents ink supply portion 40 and floor surface G collision because mistake falls print cartridge 30 with ink supply portion 40 state down.Therefore, prevent that the cylindrical portion 40a of ink supply portion 40 or valve (not shown) from damaging, or prevent in the box body 31 China ink since valve because be applied to bump on it accident open and leak into print cartridge 30 outsides.Similarly, also protect atmosphere release portion 39, transmittance section 51 and light-blocking part 53 not to be damaged.
When contacting with floor surface G, bump is applied to first extension 41 and second extension 42.Yet, the size of the broad ways of first extension 41 and second extension 42 is stretched out the size of direction greater than its edge, first extension 41 has relative bigger intensity with second extension 42, even and therefore bump be applied to and prevent also on it that they are damaged.Therefore, utilize first extension 41 to carry out black color identification safely, and utilize second extension 42 to carry out the operation of sensor installation 16 safely.
The part of first extension 41 that print cartridge 30 can be enough stretches out from box body 31 and simple structure protection such as ink supply portion 40, atmosphere release portion 39, transmittance section 51 and the light-blocking part 53 of second extension 42.And, the size of the broad ways by making first extension 41 and second extension 42 greater than it along the simple setting of stretching out the size of direction, the impact resistance of first extension 41 and second extension 42 strengthens, and prevents from first extension 41 and second extension 42 and be set between each structure on the joint face 38 to interfere.
Incidentally, because between common box 30N and large 30XL, the size y2 difference of second extension 42 is so between common box 30N and large 30XL, the distance that actuator moves when second extension 42 is operated the actuator of sensor installations 16 is different.Sensor installation 16 is configured to export unlike signal according to the difference of actuator displacement to controller.It is common box 30N or large 30XL that controller is configured to according to the print cartridge of installing from the signal identification of sensor installation 16 30.Have the amount that stores among the jumbo large 30XL, so its weight is correspondingly heavier than Da Mo.Therefore, it is correspondingly bigger to be applied to the bump of first extension 41 and second extension 42 when large 30XL falls and contacts floor surface.Be set at little than common box 30N by the size y2 that the edge of second extension 42 of large 30XL is stretched out direction, the intensity of second extension 42 that can guarantee jumbo large 30XL is high as far as possible, even the possibility minimizing that second extension 42 damages when making bump when being applied to it on increase.
First extension 41 and second extension 42 stretch out from the top and bottom of joint face 38 respectively, and extension is not arranged on the end of the broad ways of joint face 38.Suppose also in the end of the broad ways of joint face 38 other extension is set that the combination of this other extension, first extension 41 and second extension 42 is fully around the outer peripheral face of joint face 38.If other extension, first extension 41 and second extension 42 are set by this way, when the user wished to observe the structure that is arranged on the joint face 38, the user need stretch out the edge, visual angle in the place ahead of direction from the edge that is positioned at print cartridge 30 and observe print cartridge 30 in the opposite direction with the side of stretching out.Yet, because light-blocking part 53 is set at the place ahead that direction is stretched out on the edge of transmittance section 51, so transmittance section 51 is invisible.On the contrary, according to this embodiment, can broad ways observe transmittance section 51, and can observe the surplus that is stored in the China ink in the print cartridge 30.
As shown in Figure 3, when print cartridge 30 by when factory transports, print cartridge 30 is packaged in the film 70, and reduces pressure in the inside of film 70.By this way, when print cartridge 30 was packaged in the film 70 under the condition of decompression, because decompression, power F affacted on the extension 41,42.Suppose that other as mentioned above extension, first extension 41 and second extension 42 are configured to the periphery around joint face 38, film 70 can not be stretched over the inside of other extension, first extension 41 and second extension 42, for example, can not be stretched over the downside of first extension 41 and the upside of second extension 42.Therefore, power F only affacts the outer surface of other extension, first extension 41 and second extension 42, for example, only affact the upper surface of first extension 41 and the lower surface of second extension 42, therefore other extension, first extension 41 and second extension 42 can be curved inwardly by power F and therefore can be damaged.For other extension, first extension 41 and second extension 42 being provided enough intensity damage to prevent other extension, first extension 41 and second extension 42, the thickness of extension (for example size vertically of first extension 41 and second extension 42) needs thickening.Yet the thickening of extension thickness causes the print cartridge size to become big.On the contrary, in this embodiment, because extension 41,42 only is set at the top and bottom of joint face 38, film 70 can be stretched over each upper surface side and lower face side of first extension 41 and second extension 42.Therefore, affacting the power F of upper surface of first extension 41 and the power F that affacts the lower surface of first extension 41 offsets.Equally, affacting the power of upper surface of second extension 42 and the power that affacts the lower surface of second extension 42 offsets.Therefore, extension 41,42 is difficult to because decompression is damaged, and has reduced to be provided with and have first extension 41 of thickness and the necessity of second extension 42 greatly.And; because first extension 41 and second extension 42 are set at the top and bottom of joint face 38; excessive power does not affact ink supply portion 40, atmosphere release portion 39, light-blocking part 53 and the transmittance section 51 that is arranged between first extension 41 and second extension 42, the influence of the power that therefore yet can protect these parts not reduced pressure to produce.
Though described the utility model in conjunction with different example structure and illustrative embodiment, those skilled in the art should understand that under the situation that does not deviate from the utility model scope, can carry out other variation and modification to said structure and embodiment.To those skilled in the art, consider specification of the present utility model disclosed herein or practice, further feature and embodiment will be conspicuous.Intention is that the example of specification and description is illustrative, and actual range of the present utility model is defined by the following claims.

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1. a fluid cartridge (30), described fluid cartridge (30) is configured to removably be installed to the main body (2) of the liquid injection device (1) that is configured to atomizing of liquids, and described fluid cartridge (30) comprising:
Box body (31), described box body (31) is configured to storage of liquids therein;
Feed flow portion (40), described feed flow portion (40) stretches out along stretching out direction from described box body (31), and is configured to be fed to the outside of described box body (31) with being stored in liquid in the described box body (31); And
First extension (41) and second extension (42), described first extension (41) and described second extension (42) are positioned at the edge and described both sides of stretching out the vertical first direction of direction of described feed flow portion (40), and stretch out along the described direction of stretching out from described box body (31), wherein
Described first extension (41) along described far-end that stretches out direction and described second extension (42) along the described far-end that stretches out direction be positioned at described feed flow portion (40) along described the place ahead of stretching out direction, and
The edge of described first extension (41) and described size of stretching out the vertical second direction of direction and described first direction greater than described first extension (41) along described size of stretching out direction, and described second extension (42) along the size of described second direction greater than described second extension (42) along described size of stretching out direction.
2. fluid cartridge as claimed in claim 1 (30), wherein said box body (31) comprises end face (38), described end face (38) has first end and be positioned at second end of the opposition side of described first end on described first direction, described feed flow portion (40), described first extension (41) and described second extension (42) stretch out along the described direction of stretching out from the described end face (38) of described box body (31), and described first extension (41) and described second extension (42) stretch out from described first end and described second end of described end face (38) respectively.
3. fluid cartridge as claimed in claim 1 (30), wherein said box body (31) comprises transmittance section (51), described transmittance section (51) is configured to be penetrated by the illumination of sending from the optical pickocff that is positioned at described main body (2), and described transmittance section (51) are being positioned on the described first direction between described first extension (41) and described second extension (42), and
Wherein said transmittance section (51) is exposed to the outside of described box body (31) under situation about not stopped by described first extension (41) and described second extension (42) on the described second direction.
4. fluid cartridge as claimed in claim 3 (30) also comprises light-blocking part (53), described light-blocking part (53) be positioned at described transmittance section (51) along described the place ahead of stretching out direction, and aim at described transmittance section (51) described stretching out on the direction.
5. fluid cartridge as claimed in claim 1 (30), wherein said box body (31) comprises transmittance section (51), by described transmittance section (51), the inside of described box body (31) to small part as seen, and described transmittance section (51) are being positioned on the described first direction between described first extension (41) and described second extension (42), and
Wherein said transmittance section (51) is exposed to the outside of described box body (31) under situation about not stopped by described first extension (41) and described second extension (42) on the described second direction.
6. fluid cartridge as claimed in claim 5 (30) also comprises light-blocking part (53), described light-blocking part (53) be positioned at described transmittance section (51) along described the place ahead of stretching out direction, and aim at described transmittance section (51) described stretching out on the direction.
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