CN203600783U - Chip of consumables and container of consumables - Google Patents

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CN203600783U
CN203600783U CN201320772696.0U CN201320772696U CN203600783U CN 203600783 U CN203600783 U CN 203600783U CN 201320772696 U CN201320772696 U CN 201320772696U CN 203600783 U CN203600783 U CN 203600783U
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The utility model provides a chip of consumables and a container of consumables. The chip comprises a substrate. A communication unit and an electronic module in electrical connection with the communication unit are on the substrate. The electronic module includes a controller and a memory in electrical connection with the controller. A corrosion unit is also arranged on the substrate. At least a part of the corrosion unit wraps the memory, and corrosion liquid capable of flowing to the memory is held in the corrosion unit. The container comprises a shell, and the chip is arranged on an outer wall of the shell. It is convenient for a user to clean data stored in the chip by the user to prevent leakage of relevant data, so that data security of the chip and the container is improved.

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Consumable chip and consumable container
Technical field
The utility model relates to printing consumables field, especially relates to a kind of consumable chip and uses the consumable container of this consumable chip.
Background technology
Printer is as common office equipment, for modern office provides great convenience.Existing printer is divided into ink-jet printer and laser printer, and ink-jet printer uses the print cartridge that accommodates ink to spray ink as consumable container to paper, to form the word or the pattern that need printing on paper; Laser printer uses the cartridge that accommodates carbon dust on medium, to form the word or the pattern that need printing as consumable container.
Referring to Fig. 1, existing a kind of color inkjet printer has casing 11, and the ink-jet printer shown in Fig. 1 has omitted the supporting plate of casing 11.In casing 11, be provided with the movement 12 of ink-jet printer, and be provided with a slide bar 10, print word car 14 and move back and forth along slide bar 10 under the drive of motor (invisible in Fig. 1).Print in word car 14 and be provided with keyset (invisible in Fig. 1), keyset communicates by winding displacement 13 and movement 12.
Print on word car 14 multiple print cartridges 15 are removably installed, in different print cartridges 15, accommodate the ink of different colours.As shown in Figure 2, print cartridge 15 has housing 16 to the structure of print cartridge 15, and housing 16 surrounds the cavity that holds ink, and the lower end of cavity is provided with ink outlet port 17, and the ink in cavity flows out by ink outlet port 17, and to the confession tattooing needle ink supply of printing word car 14.
On the outer wall of print cartridge 15 housings 16, chip piece 18 is installed, chip 18 has substrate, and a side of substrate is provided with multiple electric contacts 19, for being electrically connected with keyset.The opposite side of substrate is provided with the electronic module (invisible in Fig. 2) being electrically connected with electric contact 19.
In existing electronic module, be typically provided with controller and memory, controller is generally special chip (ASIC) or single-chip microcomputer (MCU) etc., for communicating with printer, and the work of control chip.Memory is for storing the data relevant to print cartridge 15, and residual ink amount etc. in ink-jet printer model as applicable in the model of print cartridge, print cartridge, ink color, print cartridge also may be stored some and user-dependent information.And memory can, by controller access, as the data in read-write memory, comprise current print cartridge residual ink amount is written in memory.
Print cartridge 15 is installed to after inkjet printing, ink-jet printer is by the data of storing in electric contact read memory, judge that whether print cartridge model is suitable, and judge that in print cartridge, whether remaining quantity of ink is sufficient, if ink surplus is inadequate in print cartridge, send alarm signal, user just can print operation after changing print cartridge.
Because user is after in print cartridge, ink is exhausted, conventionally to be abandoned or transfer to reclaim producer and reclaimed, the data that user is difficult to chip 18 to be stored conventionally are before this carried out clear operation.Once the data that chip 18 is stored are read out, the usage data that causes user is revealed, cause great inconvenience to user, cause the security performance of chip 18 not high.
Referring to Fig. 3, existing cartridge has housing 21, and housing 21 surrounds the cavity that holds carbon dust, and the outer wall of housing is provided with a chip installation position 22, and consumable chip 23 is installed on chip installation position 22.Similar with the consumable chip of print cartridge, the consumable chip 23 of cartridge also has substrate, and substrate is provided with electric contact 24, for carrying out exchanges data with laser printer.
Consumable chip 23 is also provided with electronic module (invisible in Fig. 3), the electronic module that electronic module is provided with communication control unit and is connected with communication control unit, electronic module has a controller and memory, controller is electrically connected with memory and can reference to storage, memory stores has the data relevant to cartridge, comprises that the initial print time, upper one of carbon dust surplus, toner color, cartridge in cartridge is printed the data such as operating time.
Similar to the chip 18 that is used in print cartridge, user is difficult to remove the data that chip 23 is stored before the chip 23 of cartridge is scrapped, and brings great hidden danger to user's information security.
If user wishes, from being about to the data dump that chip 23 stores, to need to use programmable device to carry out read-write operation to chip 23.But the programmable device for chip 23 is not sold on Vehicles Collected from Market, therefore user need to write relative program voluntarily to realize the operation clearing data, and this user's operation brings great inconvenience.
Therefore, the Chinese invention patent application that is CN101954797A as publication number discloses a kind of method of removing consumable chip data, the method is to use mechanical method that ink box chip or carbon powder box chip are destroyed, but this consumable chip need to being taken off from consumable container, and use special instrument to process, and consumable chip is only to destroy by physical means, the data of its storage are failed essence and are eliminated.This application also discloses by the memory to chip and has loaded higher voltage by the data dump of memory, but this method need to be used power supply to provide a higher voltage to chip, and chip circuit structure complexity, causes the production cost of chip higher.
The Chinese invention patent application that and for example publication number is CN101954796A discloses the method for another kind of removing consumable chip data, the method is used volatile memory stores data, in the time that needs clear data, disconnect being connected between volatile memory and power supply, thereby remove the data that are stored in volatile memory.But this method need to arrange volatile memory on consumable chip, not only increased the production cost of consumable chip, and the data storage stability of volatile memory is poor, have influence on the stability of the data storage of consumable chip.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present utility model is to provide a kind of person easy to use removes the consumable chip of stored data voluntarily.
Another object of the present utility model is to provide the good consumable container of a kind of information security performance.
For realizing above-mentioned main purpose, the consumable chip that the utility model provides comprises substrate, the electronic module that has communication unit on substrate and be electrically connected with communication unit, the memory that electronic module has controller and is electrically connected with memory, wherein, on substrate, be also provided with erosion unit, at least a portion of erosion unit is wrapped in outside memory, and the corrosive liquid that can flow to memory is housed in erosion unit.
From such scheme, after the consumptive material holding in the consumable containers such as print cartridge is exhausted, when the consumable items allowance data of the memory record of consumable chip is lower, the corrosive liquid that user can control in erosion unit carries out corrosion treatment to memory, thereby by the data dump of memory.Like this, user can be about to the data dump that consumable chip is stored certainly, avoids data to reveal, and increases the security of data that consumable chip is stored.
A preferred scheme is, erosion unit has the corrosion box being wrapped in outside memory and the fluid storage box being communicated with corrosion box, and corrosive liquid is stored in fluid storage box.
As can be seen here, corrosive liquid is stored in fluid storage box, corrosive liquid is guided in corrosion box in the time that needs are removed data and memory is carried out to corrosion treatment, the corrosion of avoiding being corroded in the normal use procedure of consumable chip.
Further scheme is, is also provided with the button that flows to memory for controlling corrosive liquid on substrate, and corrosive liquid is wrapped in fluid bag, button be connected for the pricker that punctures fluid bag.
Visible, user pushes button and can drive pricker to puncture fluid bag, and corrosive liquid can flow to memory and memory is corroded, easy to operate.
For realizing another above-mentioned object, the consumable container that the utility model provides comprises housing, housing surrounds a cavity that holds consumptive material, cavity is provided with a consumptive material outlet, and the outer wall of housing is provided with a consumable chip, consumable chip comprises substrate, the electronic module that has communication unit on substrate and be electrically connected with communication unit, the memory that electronic module has controller and is electrically connected with memory, wherein, on substrate, be also provided with erosion unit, at least a portion of erosion unit is wrapped in outside memory, and the corrosive liquid that can flow to memory is housed in erosion unit.
From such scheme, after consumptive material in consumable container is exhausted, corrosive liquid is introduced to memory outer by memory corrosion, can realize the removing to the data in memory, thereby avoid the data that consumable chip is stored to reveal, ensure the data security of consumable chip storage.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of existing ink-jet printer.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of existing a kind of print cartridge.
Fig. 3 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION figure of existing a kind of cartridge.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of the utility model consumable chip embodiment.
Fig. 5 is the structure chart at another visual angle of the utility model consumable chip embodiment.
Fig. 6 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION figure of the utility model consumable chip embodiment.
Fig. 7 be in Fig. 4 A-A to cutaway view.
Fig. 8 is the flow chart of this application utility model consumable chip embodiment data clearing method.
Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the utility model is described in further detail.
The specific embodiment
The utility model consumable container can be both the print cartridge that is installed to ink-jet printer, can be also the cartridge that is installed to laser printer, as embodiment, the utility model was described below using print cartridge.
Print cartridge embodiment:
The present embodiment is releasably attached in ink-jet printer, and identical with existing print cartridge, the present embodiment has housing, and housing surrounds the cavity that holds ink, and the below of cavity is provided with an ink outlet port, and on housing outer wall, consumable chip is installed.
Referring to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the ink box chip of the present embodiment has a substrate 30, is provided as multiple electric contacts 31 of communication unit on substrate 30.Certainly,, if ink-jet printer and ink box chip are wireless communications mode, communication unit is antenna, for carrying out radio communication with ink-jet printer.
On substrate 30, be also provided with the electronic module being electrically connected with electric contact 31, the memory that electronic module has a controller 32 and is electrically connected with controller 32, as shown in Figure 6, controller 32 is all positioned at the same side of substrate 30 with memory 35, and is positioned at the side that electric contact 31 is relative.Ink box chip is installed to after the outer wall of print cartridge, and a side that is furnished with electric contact 31 arranges outwardly, and controller 32 and memory 35 are near a side of print cartridge outer wall.
Controller 32 is electrically connected with electric contact 31, and communicates by electric contact 31 and the controller of printer, the order sending as received the controller of printer, or to the controller return data of printer etc.Memory 35 stores print cartridge and prints relevant data, as the data such as printing duration, printing times of residual ink amount, print cartridge in the model of print cartridge, ink color and print cartridge.And controller 32 is electrically connected with memory 35, controller 32 can reference to storage 35, and the data of storing as read memory 35 or the order sending according to the controller of printer are to memory 35 data writings etc.
When interior the stored ink surplus data of memory 35 that read when controller 32 are lower, judge that in print cartridge, ink is exhausted, and print cartridge meets the condition of scrapping, the data of storing for fear of memory 35 are revealed, need to remove the data that memory 35 is stored, now for meeting data dump condition.
The data of storing in order to remove memory 35, the present embodiment uses corrosive liquid that memory 35 is corroded, and causes the data that controller 32 cannot read memory 35, thereby realizes the object of data dump.In the present embodiment, substrate 30 is provided with erosion unit 40, the corrosion box 43 that comprises a fluid storage box 41 and be communicated with fluid storage box 41, and corrosion box 43 is wrapped in outside memory 35, and corrosion box 43 and substrate 30 surround an airtight cavity.
Fluid storage box 41 is for storing corrosive liquid, and is communicated with by two conduits 42 between fluid storage box 41 and corrosion box 43, and as shown in Figure 7, the corrosive liquid in fluid storage box 41 can be flowed through in corrosion box 43 through conduit 42.
In the present embodiment, in corrosion box 43, hold and have or not brochanite powder, in fluid storage box 41, be placed with a fluid bag, water is housed in fluid bag.Because anhydrous cupric sulfate does not have corrosivity, when normally working, chip can not corrode memory 35, and memory 35 can normally be accessed by controller 32.Flow to after corrosion box 43 when the water trickle bag in fluid bag and by conduit 42, anhydrous cupric sulfate powder dissolution, in water, forms copper-bath.Because copper-bath is acid, can corrode the memory 35 of being made by semiconductor devices, cause memory 35 storages to damage and partly accessed by controller 32.
On substrate 30, be also provided with LED lamp 33, LED lamp 33 is electrically connected with controller 32, and controls luminous by controller 32.Preferably, LED lamp 33 can send red light and green light, and controller 32 judges that the ink surplus data of memory 35 interior storages are lower, while meeting data dump condition, control LED lamp 33 and send ruddiness as index signal, reminding user need to be removed the data that memory 35 is stored.
In addition, be also provided with button 34 on substrate 30, button 34 is connected with a root thorn pin, and the end of pricker can be inserted in fluid storage box 41, and can pierce through fluid bag.In the time that button 34 is pressed, drive thorn needle movement, thus fluid bag is punctured, the water in fluid bag flows out from fluid bag, and flows to corrosion box through conduit 42.
Certainly, the mode that button 34 is controlled current direction in fluid storage box 41 corrosion box 43 has the mode that not only can use pricker, can also be at the interior magnetic valve that arranges of conduit 42, and fluid bag is not set in fluid storage box 41, water is directly contained in fluid storage box 41.After button 34 is pressed, send the control signal of unlatching to magnetic valve, magnetic valve is opened, and the water in fluid storage box 41 flows to corrosion box 43 through magnetic valve.
Preferably, the shell of fluid storage box 41 is transparent housing, shell is provided with scale mark, user can understand the interior remaining water yield of fluid storage box 41 by observing scale mark, and then whether understanding pricker punctures fluid bag, or understand magnetic valve and whether open, to understand the water yield that flows to corrosion box 43.
Erosion unit 40 is not necessarily made up of fluid storage box 41 and corrosion box 43, also can be a box body, fluid bag is set in box body, corrosive liquid is housed in fluid bag, when user pushes button, pricker punctures fluid bag, corrosive liquid flows out memory is corroded from fluid bag, and such change also can realize the purpose of this utility model.
Consumable chip data clearing method embodiment:
The data clearing method of ink box chip is described below in conjunction with Fig. 8.First, controller judges that the data of the ink surplus of storing in memory, whether lower than predetermined value, as lower than 2%, perform step S1.In this way, perform step S2, control LED lamp burn red, send index signal to user.
User receives after index signal, pushes button, and current direction in fluid storage box corrosion box, and anhydrous cupric sulfate in dissolved corrosion box forms copper-bath, and memory is corroded.Now, controller execution step S3, starts timing after certainly controlling LED lamp burn red, and through the scheduled time, after 5 minutes, the data of read memory, perform step S4.As memory has been corroded completely, controller cannot reference to storage, data that also just cannot read memory.Therefore, controller execution step S5, the data that can judgement read memory, as can not reading out data, represent that data have removed completely, execution step S6, controls LED lamp glow green, removes index signal.As controller still can read memory data, the data of expression memory are not removed complete, return to execution step S2, again control LED lamp burn red, namely again send index signal, remind user to need in time the data dump of ink box chip.
Certainly, controller can be controlled LED lamp flashing as index signal, removes that to control LED lamp when index signal not luminous, or the glow frequency of the glow frequency of LED lamp when sending index signal is inconsistent.
Cartridge embodiment:
The present embodiment has a housing, and housing surrounds the cavity that holds carbon dust, and the outer wall of housing is provided with a consumable chip, and consumable chip has a substrate, and a side of substrate is provided with the electric contact as communication unit, and is provided with a button and LED lamp.The opposite side of substrate is provided with an electronic module, electronic module is provided with controller and memory, the access of controller control storage, memory is provided with erosion unit outward, erosion unit has the corrosion box being wrapped in outside memory and the fluid storage box being communicated with corrosion box, after button is pressed, be stored in the current direction corrosion box in fluid storage box and memory is corroded.
Visible, when user need to remove the data that memory stores, only need to push button, simple to operation, and can improve the Information Security that consumable chip is stored, avoid data leakage.
Certainly, above-described embodiment is only preferably embodiment of the utility model, when practical application, can also have more variation, for example, copper-bath is stored in fluid storage box, and after button is pressed, copper-bath directly flows to corrosion box and corrodes memory; Or, using other to there is acid solution and substitute copper-bath as corrosive liquid etc., these change can realize the purpose of this utility model equally.
The variations such as the change of the change of erosion unit structure, LED lamp index signal illumination mode finally it is emphasized that the utility model is not limited to above-mentioned embodiment, as also should being included in the protection domain of the utility model claim.

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1. consumable chip, comprises
Substrate, the electronic module that has communication unit on described substrate and be electrically connected with described communication unit, the memory that described electronic module has controller and is electrically connected with described memory;
It is characterized in that:
On described substrate, be also provided with erosion unit, at least a portion of described erosion unit is wrapped in outside described memory, and in described erosion unit, the corrosive liquid that can flow to described memory is housed.
2. consumable chip according to claim 1, is characterized in that:
Described erosion unit has the corrosion box being wrapped in outside described memory and the fluid storage box being communicated with described corrosion box, and described corrosive liquid is stored in described fluid storage box.
3. consumable chip according to claim 2, is characterized in that:
Described corrosive liquid is water, in described corrosion box, accommodates corrosive agent powder.
4. according to the consumable chip described in claims 1 to 3 any one, it is characterized in that:
On described substrate, be also provided with the button that flows to described memory for controlling described corrosive liquid.
5. consumable chip according to claim 4, is characterized in that:
Described corrosive liquid is wrapped in fluid bag, described button be connected for the pricker that punctures described fluid bag.
6. according to the consumable chip described in claim 2 or 3, it is characterized in that:
Described fluid storage box has transparent shell, and described shell is provided with scale mark.
7. consumable container, comprises
Housing, described housing surrounds a cavity that holds consumptive material, described cavity is provided with a consumptive material outlet, and the outer wall of described housing is provided with a consumable chip, described consumable chip comprises substrate, the electronic module that has communication unit on described substrate and be electrically connected with described communication unit, the memory that described electronic module has controller and is electrically connected with described memory;
It is characterized in that:
On described substrate, be also provided with erosion unit, at least a portion of described erosion unit is wrapped in outside described memory, and in described erosion unit, the corrosive liquid that can flow to described memory is housed.
8. consumable container according to claim 7, is characterized in that:
Described erosion unit has the corrosion box being wrapped in outside described memory and the fluid storage box being communicated with described corrosion box, and described corrosive liquid is stored in described fluid storage box.
9. consumable container according to claim 8, is characterized in that:
Described corrosive liquid is water, in described corrosion box, accommodates corrosive agent powder.
10. according to the consumable container described in claim 7 to 9 any one, it is characterized in that:
On described substrate, be also provided with the button that flows to described memory for controlling described corrosive liquid.
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