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Abstract
Describe a kind of especially turn round type, for the printer to container inkjet printing, it comprises at least one printing tools for printing containers and attaches troops to a unit in the packing station with ink filling body of printing tools, filling body is can be close, thus in the continuous printing run duration filling ink of printer, and can need not stop printer.Therefore, it is possible to reduce or avoid completely to recharge ink and breaks in production in printer.
Description
Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of for the printer to the container inkjet printing provided in container flow.
Background technology
In order to the container inkjet printing transported in the container flow of continuous or pulsed, needing relatively large quantity of ink, in the ink-cases of printers in the printhead region for printing, usually there is no enough spaces to these a large amount of inks.Therefore be well known that, ink tank is fixedly placed in the region of machine base frame.Although utilize this tank can be provided for printer run needed for quantity of ink.But needing multiple this tank according to the color matching of printing part to be done, these tanks will be recharged usually on different time points.
On the one hand, this tank is often structured on inaccessible position in the machine, thus especially must dismantle protective cover or analog when rotary machine, and tank only can be changed when interrupting the container transport through printer.
On the other hand, along with the quantity of handled ink type, to increase the efficiency printing and run special limited significantly due to breaks in production frequently.This especially plays negative effect to machine availability required in beverage filling plant.
Therefore there is the demand for the printer especially turning round type, wherein, marking ink can more effectively recharge.
Utility model content
Proposing of task utilizes according to a kind of for solving the printer of the container inkjet printing provided in container flow.Correspondingly, this printer comprises at least one printing tools for printing containers and attaches troops to a unit in the packing station with filling body of this printing tools, filling body is come-at-able, thus in the continuous printing run duration filling of printer and/or ink can be recharged, and need not printer be stopped.
Therefore the dismounting to protective cover or analog during recharging ink can be saved.In addition, between the on-stream period being present in the transmission mechanism on printer for container, especially ink filling can be carried out between the on-stream period of the container platform in whirligig form.Be interpreted as according to the utility model accessibility, operating personnel such as in the periphery of container rotating device, the outside and side path preferably had in the region of monitored machine protection department outside to filling body at the machine part that together rotates.
Filling body is filling joint or analog especially, and is generally understood as device for filling, printer utilize this device for filling can with the unit for ink feed in succession, such as with moveable ink tank, supply line or analog in succession.Such as, so ink tank can import in filling body/filling joint by rights, is placed on filling body/filling joint and/or is enclosed within filling body/filling joint.Also can expect the filling body based on flexible pipe in principle, ink is sucked from provided container, tank or analog by this flexible pipe, or utilizes this flexible pipe to set up to be connected with the interim of central ink supply system.
Inkjet printing such as carries out with the ink hardened by ultraviolet radiation.The beverage bottle that container is such as beverage bottle, is especially made up of PET.Printing tools is such as paint tool, and for printing with predetermined ink type (such as specific color or specific mineral black).Therefore, continue to be attached to specific printing tools/paint tool according to packing station of the present utility model, to be provided for the ink type of the reservation of printing tools/paint tool.Comprise at least one to be connected with packing station preferably by supply line for the printing tools/paint tool exporting the printhead of particular ink type, such as, be attached thereto directly or indirectly through tank or analog.
Preferably, packing station is configured for settling and especially emptying moveable ink tank.So between removal period, ink tank is preferably filled station and such as upside down keeps in position.Ink tank is such as interpreted as case or analog, especially can the manually operated container of a coverlet personnel.
Preferably, filling body comprise be directed upwards towards and especially upwards in funnel-form expand the opening for ink tank.Therefore, moveable ink tank can be arranged in filling body by the container finish pointed to downwards.This especially makes to be emptied completely ink tank and becomes easy, and can save the suction to residual ink from ink tank.
Preferably, have in filling body for the intubate through the stopper be present on ink tank.Therefore, ink tank can imported in filling body by under the state that seals, and opens towards filling body under the condition of hydraulic seal, and comes emptying conveniently by intubate.This makes to become easy to the manual operation of ink tank, and avoid or reduces the spilling of ink in filling body region or spill.Intubate is such as medially configured in the cross section of filling body.In filling body, spicule, sword shape thing or similar blade-like object can be had equally, to pass the stopper of ink tank or suitable wall region, and open ink tank thus.
Preferably, filling body is configured for ink tank is centered, to be directed in intubate by stopper.It is suitable emptying that this is conducive to by intubate.Filling body can be surrounded container finish with being configured for liquid sealing equally.Such as, filling body can be configured to inner cone, be corresponding Outer Taper by the neck construction of ink tank, and they can move to each other liquid sealing.
Preferably, filling body is configured with the jut for mechanical coding and/or recess, thus the ink tank being only matched with mechanical coding can be directed to intubate.In a straightforward manner and reliably avoid and open the unmatched ink tank of coding and and then avoid and fill with the ink type of mistake.So filling body and ink tank are provided as corresponding auxiliary equipment each other.
Preferably, packing station comprises the protective door being especially configured to lifting moving door, and the closed condition of protective door is ensured by the lock piece of locking type ground pretension.Wherein will be understood that, lock piece is such as remained in the position of locking by spring force.So before protective door can be opened, in order to unlock the manual action such as needing operating personnel.Protective door prevent open packing station because of carelessness and cause thus especially to the pollution of filling body.
Preferably, protective door connects with air-breather, automatically to ventilate to ink tank when protective door is closed.So when protective door is closed, vented cannula such as can thrust the wall region through ink tank.Therefore vented cannula can pass air into when emptied of ink container.Preferably, have particulate filter at vented cannula input side, it stops the particle sucking infringement printing and run.
Such as also the air-breather in intubate form can be contained near suction intubate, thus two utensils are inserted in the same area on filling body.As an alternative, suction intubate and vented cannula combined type can be embodied as the intubate with two intubate arranged side by side.Also vented cannula can be set to superpressure, this can make emptying obvious quickening.
Preferably, packing station is fastened on the fixing frame element of printer, and is especially incorporated in the frame column of printer.Frame column is such as arranged in the outside of turn-around machine around turn-around machine.Therefore, according to packing station of the present utility model can with especially easily close to and joint space-efficient mode be positioned in multiple frame column.
Preferably, have the conservation tank for ink between paint tool and packing station, this ink paint tool processes.Conservation tank is used as printing the charging-tank run continuously.Therefore conservation tank constructs on a printer regularly, and is firmly connected with corresponding paint tool.Correspondingly, be case, bottle or analog according to ink tank of the present utility model, it, by time restriction ground, is only arranged in corresponding packing station to fill conservation tank.This can realize the simple especially of ink tank and the design of low cost.Conservation tank preferably includes the regulation device for monitoring its ink level.So can continuous print print run in export warning notice or similar signal in time, thus conservation tank can not interrupt print operably be filled to ensure continuous print ink feed.
Preferably, conservation tank comprises stirring tool.This is especially favourable when using precipitable ink.Stirring tool continues to stop ink deposition in conservation tank.
Preferably, printer also comprises control unit, in order to discharge/to activate the connecting line between packing station and conservation tank according to the liquid level especially utilizing liquid level sensor to measure and/or calculate of conservation tank.Liquid level such as can by each printhead running time/ink consumption calculates.For conservation tank, once define enough volumes in order to hold the ink volume such as provided in ink tank, so control unit just discharges filling.So ink is fully emptying and/or be pumped into conservation tank by packing station from ink tank.So, such as, have the pump controlled by control unit, in order to be pumped into conservation tank from packing station by ink.
Preferably, conservation tank is positioned at below filling body.So because hydrostatic fluid pressure falls, the ink recharged can flow in conservation tank.So, the additional pump for being directed into by the ink recharged in conservation tank can be saved.
Preferably, the ink receptive groove be configured in below filling body is also comprised according to packing station of the present utility model.Thus, the inkiness thing that may occur when taking out ink tank can be collected, and can be transferred in a particularly simple way and remove.
Preferably have multiple paint tool for processing different inks simultaneously and the packing station of separating for each paint tool, especially often kind of pending ink type has a packing station.Therefore, each ink type can independently of one another and recharge with satisfying the demand.In addition, by attaching troops to a unit separately for the packing station of each paint tool with the ink type of attaching troops to a unit, can avoid in printer, ink type being mixed undesirably.
Preferably, packing station comprises at least one for reading the fetch equipment of the data be stored on ink refill container.This data, such as identifying ink tank, for marking the ink type be present in refill container, carry out marking ink refill container for utilizing Expiration Date, copy protection or analog.This data such as can be stored on RFID chip, electronic chip or analog as bar code, data matrix code, QR code on refill container.
Preferably, in filling body/on also there is a kind of mechanism, it is configured for locking according to the data utilizing fetch equipment to read and discharging filling body.Such as, only have and work as read data when showing that ink tank is matched with corresponding packing station according to the rules, and/or when the authenticity of ink tank and the shelf-life of its inclusion are guaranteed, dead locking deadbolt is just released, such as, be pulled.
Preferably, the whirligig for transmission container in the region of printing tools is also comprised according to printer of the present utility model.Therefore relate to the printer of revolution type, it especially can realize extra high productivity ratio when whirligig rotates continuously.But the pulsed operation with container transport static in short-term in printing tools region is also feasible.It equally also can be the linear transfer mechanism for container in printing tools region.
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Fig. 1 illustrates the schematic plan according to printer of the present utility model; With
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Detailed description of the invention
As can be seen from Fig. 1, in preferred implementing form, comprise according to printer 1 of the present utility model: for the whirligig 2 of annular delivery container 3 (such as beverage bottle or analog) to be printed; And the groups of printers 4 that such as two fixing, it respectively has one for utilizing the ink 6 of the first ink type (such as a kind of specific color/pigment type) and utilizing the ink 7 of the second ink type (such as another color/pigment type) to carry out the printing tools 5 of printing containers 3.Groups of printers 4 is preferably for the ink-jet printer of the ink 6,7 hardened when applying ultraviolet.Container 3 is transferred in pending container flow 3 ', and container 3 remains on continuous circular shape ground circumferentially in the equally distributed clamping station of whirligig 2 on whirligig 2, and aims at predetermined turned position.This mode itself is known, and has not therefore both been shown specifically and does not also describe in detail.As an alternative, groups of printers 4 also can be fastened on whirligig 2.
Packing station 8 is corresponding attaches troops to a unit in printing tools 5, and packing station is configured to settle moveable ink tank 9 temporarily.Packing station 8 is connected with printing tools 5 with the conservation tank 11 for corresponding pending ink 6,7 preferably by supply line 10.Conservation tank 11 is such as arranged in the region below whirligig 2 or groups of printers 4, and at run duration, that is when whirligig 2 rotates, is outwards covered in case the interference of operating personnel by machine protective baffle plate 12 or analog.
Correspondingly, packing station 8 is arranged in the region of machine protective baffle plate 12 outside that Fig. 1 schematically shows.Therefore, according to printer 1 run duration of the present utility model, that is when whirligig 2 rotates, packing station 8 is for can be close in outside operating personnel.Preferably, packing station 8 is fastened in the frame element 13 especially in cylindricality/on, and/or be fastened on machine protective baffle plate 12 or analog in outside.Advantageously, viewpoint ergonomically and/or be of value to outward appearance ground, by fastening for packing station 8 and/or be incorporated in frame column, protection post or analog.In addition in order to integrality, also underframe 14 shown in Figure 1, whirligig 2 is rotatably supported on this underframe, and frame element 13 especially in cylindricality is stable is connected with this underframe securely.
In addition schematically show in FIG optional and can according to pending ink 6,7 settle arbitrarily as lower component: for the liquid level sensor 11a of conservation tank 11; For stirring the stirring tool 11b of the ink of precipitation; For ink being transported to the pump 10a in conservation tank 11; And for such as discharging/activate the control unit 10b of supply line 10 by connecting pump 10a.Such as, control unit 10b on purpose assesses the ink consumption of the signal of liquid level sensor 11a and/or the expectation of printing tools 5, each printhead or analog.
Fig. 2 schematically shows according to the packing station 8 with ink tank 9 of the present utility model.Ink tank 9 is such as reserve tank, deposit bottle or analog, and is configured to moveable: ink tank can by operating personnel especially singlehanded be arranged in packing station 8.Packing station 8 comprises the filling body 15 especially in ink filling joint form, and it is preferably open upwards, thus ink tank 9 can be imported in ink filling joint with its mouth with pointing to downwards.
Subsequently, for the joint of application concept filling simplifiedly concept filling body/ink filling joint.But filling body also realizes by other functionally corresponding mouth/interface of supply line 10 or similar device.
Intubate 16 in a tubular form or analog is had in filling joint 15.It constructs as follows: when ink tank 9 drops in filling joint 15 completely, intubate through be positioned at the mouth of ink tank 9/on stopper 9a (such as resilient plug and/or burn-on/stickup on film), and open ink tank 9 thus.As an alternative, it is also contemplated that, through the spicule of stopper 9a, spear or sword shape thing.
The combination of the resilient plug be such as made up of rubber, silica gel, synthetic material or analog and intubate 16 can open ink tank 9 with realizing liquid sealing in a particularly simple way, its method is, stopper 9a elastic enclosed type ground surrounds intubate 16, and ink 6,7 can be flowed out by intubate 16 simultaneously.The region being positioned at below of packing station 8 and filling joint 15 can be avoided thus as much as possible to be polluted by the ink 6,7 overflowed.Filling joint 15 and/or intubate 16 preferably construct as follows: enter into ink tank 9 intubate 16 liquid sealing.Especially, when filling joint construction is inner cone and the mouth region of ink tank 9 is configured to the Outer Taper (not shown) matched, ink tank 9 also can abut on filling joint 15 liquid sealing.
In order to make ink tank 9 become easy to the importing in filling joint 15, filling joint can have the opening 15a of the upwards expansion in funnel-form of the mouth for ink tank 9 or similar guiding servicing unit.In the lower zone of filling joint 15, mouth and stopper 9a guides to intubate 16 front with being especially centered by this mouth.
Intubate 16 is connected with supply line 10, thus ink tank 9 is emptied in conservation tank 11 by supply line 10.For this object, packing station 8 is preferably arranged in such a way above conservation tank 11: due to hydrostatic Pressure Drop, and ink 6,7 flows to conservation tank 11 from ink tank 9 automatically.So, can save for the additional pump 10a that ink 6,7 is transferred to conservation tank 11 from ink tank 9, but also can additionally exist in principle.
Between according to printer 1 continuous operating period of the present utility model, packing station 8 is closed by the protective door 18 being especially configured to lifting moving door, and preferably prevents from opening absent-mindedly by lock piece 19.Lock piece 19 such as comprises kayser hook 19a or the analog of spring pre-tightening, on the engaging of its locking type ground and/or the jut 18a acting on protective door 18 and/or recess.In addition have operating element 19b (such as slide block), kayser hook 19a can utilize operating element to remove the effect with protective door 18, to be unlocked by this protective door.At this, can such as operating element 19b be configured to engage in its unlocked position, thus can unlock and open protective door 18 by operating element 19b and handle 18b successively with a hand.
Protective door 18 is preferably bearing on linear guide apparatus 20.This linear guide apparatus such as by the elevating lever 20a fixed (track or analog) with move thereon, the slide plate 20b that is connected with protective door 18 forms.Preferably, slide plate 20b is configured with the air-breather 21 for ink tank 9.Air-breather 21 preferably includes for the vented cannula 21a be inserted in the ink tank 9 and particulate filter 21b be connected with the opposite end of vented cannula 21a.When emptied of ink container 9, air 22 flows into by air-breather 21.Therefore, avoiding ink tank by the negative pressure obstruction in ink tank 9 can being avoided equally emptying while the particle contamination that flows to.
Air-breather 21 is preferably connected with protective door 18 as follows: the ventilation of ink tank 9 triggers by closing protective door 18.At this, shown protective door 18 by the form of implementation of vertical linearity guiding device 20, for will be particularly advantageous according to packing station 8 of the present utility model is incorporated in frame column or analog.But also can expect in principle with the lifting moving door shown in the replacement of rotary door, turning device or analog.This turning device or analog also can be connected with air-breather 21, thus make ink tank 9 ventilation when turning device or analog are closed.
Air-breather 21 also can be configured to the unit of operation separately, and it is such as manually manipulated after being arranged in filling joint 15 according to the rules by ink tank 9.In addition, operating personnel reduce by the spring traction assisting device 23 that schematically shows or analog in order to the lifting force opened protective door 18 and apply.Then, protective door 18 is also stayed open by spring traction piece.
Preferably, packing station 8 also comprises at least one fetch equipment 24, in order to read the data store 25 be present on ink tank 9, such as, prints part, stickers or analog.Therefore such as can check whether and the ink tank 9 with correct ink type has been arranged in packing station 8.Can read data equally, these data include authenticity, lot number information or the similar information of originating about shelf-life, container.Fetch equipment 24 such as can be configured to bar code laser device, data matrix code laser instrument, QR code laser instrument, RFID chip laser instrument, electronic chip laser instrument or analog.Such as can control dead locking deadbolt 26 by suitable data evaluation unit (not shown), dead locking deadbolt when settled not according to the rules and/or mistake is attached troops to a unit ink tank 9 stop and open and/or break a seal.The locked position of coupler of the corresponding immigration of dead locking deadbolt 26 is shown in broken lines in fig. 2.So dead locking deadbolt 26 only allows the ink tank 9 used according to the rules to advance towards intubate 16, and especially stopper 9a is pierced.Dead locking deadbolt 26 such as can be regulated by cylinder 26a, electromagnetic switch or analog.
Graphical representation of exemplary in the Fig. 1 with the printing tools 5 be configured in independent groups of printers 4 is only for understanding the independent ink feed to each printing tools 5 better.Printing tools also can be configured in public printer group 4 or to be distributed in multiple groups of printers 4 in arbitrary mode in principle.Printing tools 5 is such as interpreted as attaches troops to a unit in the printhead of particular ink type or color or the printing head group of attaching troops to a unit like this.Importantly, each printhead 5 is attached troops to a unit at least one packing station 8, and the ink 6,7 that only will be processed by corresponding printing tools 5 is filled in this packing station.It is also contemplated that, when relating to identical color/ink type, supply multiple printing tools by a packing station.
Between according to printer 1 continuous operating period of the present utility model, namely when whirligig 2 rotates, can realize utilizing ink 6,7 to fill/recharge according to packing station 8 of the present utility model.Therefore need not in order to recharge conservation tank 11 and breaks in production.This is particularly advantageous because for the various ink types usually needing different amount printing, so and the tank 11 of attaching troops to a unit constantly recharge at different time points.Therefore, compared to conventional printer, can design less according to the utility model conservation tank 11, in traditional printer, all ink types must keep with larger amount simultaneously, in order to reduce for necessary productions interruption filling.
As described above, correctly attaching troops to a unit of the relatively each packing station 8 of ink tank 9 can check by fetch equipment 24.It is also contemplated that, for ink tank 9 and packing station 8 are encoded with color.Equally it is conceivable that, the filling joint 15 of each packing station 8 constructs the different mechanical coding such as in jut and/or recess form, these mechanical codings and the jut matched on ink tank 9 (its corresponding ink type of having attached troops to a unit) and/recess is corresponding, to make only having this ink tank 9 can be opened in filling joint 15.The filling joint 15 of mutual coupling and ink tank 9 such as can mating reactions in the meaning of lock & key.
Utilize and such as can work as follows according to printer 1 of the present utility model.
Utilizing the printing run duration according to printer 1 of the present utility model, whirligig 2 continued circling operates.In a per se known manner, by importing type star polygon work or analog, container 3 to be printed is sent in whirligig 2, container 3 along fixing groups of printers 4 and its printing tools 5 directed and be printed at this.The container 3 printed is sent from according to printer 1 of the present utility model again by derivation type star polygon work or analog in known manner.
If the liquid level sensor 11a be present in corresponding on conservation tank 11 such as makes notice at ink 6,7 lower than during minimum level, so will send warning signal, the ink type that need be recharged by this caution signal teaching process personnel.So operating personnel can unlock/open protective door 18 between the continuous operating period of printer 1, and settle the ink tank 9 of coupling.At this preferably, such as check whether it is the ink tank 9 of the ink type of attaching troops to a unit according to the rules with suitable build date, manufacturer logos or analog by packing station 8, thus avoid with not being that ink according to the rules recharges.
After successfully/results verification is correct data query, ink tank 9 can import in filling joint 15 by operating personnel completely, and opens ink tank 9 at this.So ink 6,7 preferably flows to when making ink tank 9 ventilate in attached troops to a unit conservation tank 11 automatically.After being emptied completely ink tank 9, this ink tank can being extracted from packing station 8 again, and close packing station.So packing station 8 again by locking in case open absent-mindedly, and to be protected in case dirty or analog enters.
Preferably, packing station 8 can be opened with a hand by operator, thus can when not putting down ink tank with another hand-held ink tank 9 and being arranged in packing station 8.By by by ink tank 9 liquid sealing that seals to be placed in filling joint 15/above can reliably avoid the stream of the ink 6,7 in packing station 8 to spill/overflow.Therefore can carry out recharging ink 6,7 under condition of work clean especially.
But also can at the below of filling joint 15 structure ink receptive groove 27 in packing station 8.Be isolated relative to the machine part circulated in the region of whirligig 2 according to packing station 8 of the present utility model, thus the continuous operation of printer 1 need not be interrupted.Therefore, can avoid to recharge ink 6,7 and breaks in production according to the utility model.In addition simplify the manual operation to ink 6,7 when recharging, and can work under condition of work clean especially.
Be particularly advantageous according to packing station 8 of the present utility model in the printer 1 of revolution type, but when fixing and/or pulsed ground printing containers 3, it can be placed in linear machine equally.
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1. printer (1), it is for the container provided in container flow (3 ') (3) inkjet printing, it is characterized in that, described printer comprises at least one for printing the printing tools (5) of described container and attaching troops to a unit in the packing station (8) with filling body (15) of at least one printing tools, described filling body is can be close, thus the continuous printing run duration filling ink (6,7) of described printer, and can need not stop described printer.
2. printer according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described packing station (8) is configured for holding mobile ink tank (9).
3. printer according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described filling body (15) comprises the filling opening (15a) be directed upwards towards.
4. printer according to claim 2, is characterized in that, has for the intubate (16) through the stopper (9a) be present on described ink tank (9) in filling body (15).
5. printer according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, described filling body (15) is configured for described ink tank (9) is centered, to be directed in described intubate (16) by described stopper (9a).
6. the printer according to claim 4 or 5, it is characterized in that, described filling body (15) comprises jut for mechanical coding and/or recess, thus the ink tank (9) being only matched with mechanical coding can be directed to described intubate (16).
7. printer according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described packing station (8) comprises protective door (18), and the closed condition of described protective door is ensured by the lock piece (19) of locking type ground pretension.
8. printer according to claim 7, is characterized in that, described protective door (18) connects with air-breather (21), automatically to ventilate to described ink tank (9) when described protective door is closed.
9. printer according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described packing station (8) is fastened on the fixing frame element (13) of described printer.
10. printer according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, between described printing tools (5) and described packing station (8), have the conservation tank (11) for ink (6,7), the described printing tools of described ink processes.
11. printers according to claim 10, is characterized in that, described conservation tank (11) is positioned at described filling joint (15) below.
12. printers according to claim 10, is characterized in that, described conservation tank comprises stirring tool (11b).
13. printers according to claim 10, it is characterized in that, described printer also has control unit (10b), in order to discharge/to activate the connecting line (10) between described packing station (8) and described conservation tank (11) according to the liquid level of described conservation tank (11).
14. printers according to claim 13, it is characterized in that, described printer also has and described control unit (10b) pump in succession (10a), in order to be pumped into described conservation tank (10) from described packing station (8) by described ink (6,7).
15. printers according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described packing station (8) comprises the ink receptive groove (27) being configured in described filling body (15) below.
16. printers according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, have multiple printing tools (5) for processing different inks (6,7) simultaneously and attach troops to a unit dividually in the packing station (8) of described printing tools.
17. printers according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described packing station (8) comprises at least one for reading the fetch equipment (24) of the data be stored on ink refill container (9).
18. printers according to claim 17, it is characterized in that, in described filling body (15)/and above there is dead locking deadbolt (26), the data that described dead locking deadbolt is configured to according to utilizing described fetch equipment (24) to read lock/discharge described filling body.
19. printers according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described printer also has transmission mechanism, in order to transmit described container (3) in the region of described printing tools (5).
20. printers according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described packing station (8) is configured for emptying mobile ink tank (9).
21. printers according to claim 3, is characterized in that, described filling body (15) is configured to filling joint.
22. printers according to claim 3, is characterized in that, described filling opening (15a) upwards expands in funnel-form.
23. printers according to claim 7, is characterized in that, described protective door (18) is in lifting moving door form.
24. printers according to claim 9, is characterized in that, described packing station (8) is incorporated in the frame column of described printer.
25. printers according to claim 13, is characterized in that, described liquid level utilizes liquid level sensor (11a) to measure and/or calculate.
26. printers according to claim 16, is characterized in that, often kind of pending ink type has a packing station.
27. printers according to claim 19, is characterized in that, described transmission mechanism is whirligig (2) or linear unit.
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