CN209492286U - Ink tank and ink-jet printer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a kind of ink tank and ink-jet printers.Ink tank includes ink storing chamber, atmosphere portion, refilling portion and the first blocking side wall.Atmosphere portion is arranged on the first surface of ink tank, first blocking side wall is arranged on the first surface and projects upwards, first blocking side wall limits the first barrier zones, and the projection in atmosphere portion is located at the inside of the first barrier zones, wherein first stops side wall to have the first outflux.First outflux is arranged on one of side of first surface, alternatively, the intersection of two sides of first surface is arranged in the first outflux, and the first blocking side wall is provided on two sides.Ink tank according to the present utility model stops side wall and the first outflux by the way that first is arranged on the first surface for being provided with atmosphere portion, the ink leaked from atmosphere portion is quickly flowed out along predetermined direction by the first outflux, the ink accumulated on the first surface of ink tank is thus prevented to flow down from many places and pollute surrounding enviroment.

Description

Ink tank and ink-jet printer

Technical field

The utility model relates to printing device technical fields, and in particular, to a kind of ink tank and ink-jet printer.

Background technique

Ink-jet printer 1 by from record portion (not shown) to recording medium (such as paper sheet for printing) spray ink come into Row printing.

Fig. 1 schematically shows an example of existing ink-jet printer 1.Hereinafter, for ease of description, so that User use ink-jet printer when location on the basis of, by ink-jet printer towards user direction definition be " preceding ", Direction definition is " rear " on the other hand, and the left-hand side of user is defined as " left side ", and the right-hand side of user is " right side ".

As shown in Figure 1, ink-jet printer 1 include printer body 10 and setting 10 side of printer body (such as Front side) four ink tanks 20.Printer body 10 includes frame section 11, and four ink tanks 20 are arranged in frame section 11.Wherein one The left side front of frame section 11 is arranged in a ink tank 20, before the other three ink tank 20 is arranged side by side at the right side of frame section 11 Portion.

Fig. 2 schematically illustrates the perspective view of ink tank 20.As shown in Fig. 2, ink tank 20 includes ink storing chamber 23, refilling portion 21, ink supply 24, atmosphere portion 38 and surge chamber 27.Ink storing chamber 23 is used to accommodate the ink to be supplied to record portion.Ink tank 20 have first surface 69 and second surface 70, and second surface 70 is higher than first surface 69.Refilling portion 21 is arranged in second surface On 70, for being injected for ink.Atmosphere portion 38 is arranged on first surface 69, and atmosphere portion 38 includes atmosphere connection port 39, atmosphere connection port 39 is connected to surge chamber 27.Surge chamber 27 is located at the lower section of ink storing chamber 23, and is connected to ink storing chamber 23, by This, surge chamber 27 and atmosphere Bu38Ke Shi ink storing chamber 23 are communicated with the atmosphere.Ink supply 24 is located at the top of ink storing chamber 23, and For by ink feed to record portion.

With continued reference to Fig. 2, ink tank 20 further includes atmospheric communicating pipe 80, and one end of atmospheric communicating pipe 80 is bonded to atmosphere Portion 38, the other end are fixedly fastened near the second surface 70 of ink tank 20.

Since one end of atmospheric communicating pipe 80 is set in atmosphere portion 38, when ink-jet printer 1 is for example moved Or when acutely shaking, it is easy to the case where atmospheric communicating pipe 80 falls off from atmosphere portion 38 occur, or if ink-jet is beaten The time that print machine 1 uses is longer, also causes it that the engagement in portion 38 is communicated with the atmosphere it is easy to appear 80 aging of atmospheric communicating pipe Locate damaged situation.When above situation occurs, it is easy to the ink stored in ink tank 20 be caused to be let out via atmosphere connection port 39 It drains on first surface 69.When the ink accumulated on first surface 69 is excessive, ink may be arbitrarily from first surface 69 Multiple edges flow down, to pollute surrounding enviroment.

Therefore, it is necessary to propose a kind of ink tank and ink-jet printer, it is existing in the prior art at least to be partially solved Problem above.

Utility model content

A series of concept of reduced forms is introduced in utility model content part, this will be in specific embodiment part Middle further description.The utility model content part of the utility model is not meant to attempt to limit claimed Technical solution key feature and essential features, do not mean that the guarantor for attempting to determine technical solution claimed more Protect range.

In order at least be partially solved the above problem, the utility model provides a kind of ink tank, is used for ink-jet printer, institute Stating ink tank includes: ink storing chamber, and the ink storing chamber is for accommodating ink；Atmosphere portion, the atmosphere portion are arranged described On the first surface of ink tank, the atmosphere portion makes to be communicated with the atmosphere inside the ink storing chamber；Refilling portion, the refilling portion are set Set on the second surface of the ink tank and be connected to inside the ink storing chamber, the second surface is higher than first table Face；And first stop side wall, the first blocking side wall setting on the first surface and projects upwards, first resistance Gear side wall limits the first barrier zones, so that in the plane for being parallel to the first surface, the throwing in the atmosphere portion Shadow is located at the inside of first barrier zones, wherein described first stops side wall to have the first outflux, first outflow Mouth is arranged on one of side of the first surface, alternatively, the first surface is arranged in first outflux The intersection of two sides, and be provided with described first on described two sides and stop side wall.

Ink tank according to the present utility model stops side by the way that first is arranged on the first surface for being provided with atmosphere portion Wall and the first outflux enable the ink that leaks from atmosphere portion to stop side wall to stop by first, and are limited to the In one barrier zones, being limited at the ink inside the first barrier zones can quickly be flowed by the first outflux along predetermined direction Out, it thus prevents the ink accumulated on the first surface of ink tank arbitrarily to flow down from multiple edges, and leaks into external contamination Surrounding enviroment.

Optionally, the ink tank further include: second stops side wall, and described second stops side wall to be arranged in the second surface It goes up and projects upwards, the second blocking side wall limits the second barrier zones, so that being parallel to the flat of the second surface On face, the projection in the refilling portion is located at the inside of second barrier zones, wherein described second stops side wall to have second Outflux；And outflow portion, it is not connected to inside the outflow portion and the ink storing chamber, and the outflow portion is arranged in the storage Ink chamber from the side that the marginal position of the second surface extends downwardly, the outflow portion includes flow path, the second Outlet and the fluid communication.

The program by a second surface setting second stop side wall so that in refilling from black bottle drip ink or The ink that person leaks from refilling portion can stop side wall to stop by second, and be limited in the second barrier zones, be limited at Ink inside second barrier zones can be exported by second to flow out, the product on second surface so as to prevent ink tank Ink leakage is deposited to external contamination surrounding enviroment.

Optionally, first outflux and the fluid communication.What the program can to accumulate on the first surface In the flow path in ink inflow and outflow portion, so as to be further reduced pollution of the ink to surrounding enviroment of leakage.

Optionally, at least partially inclined surface of the first surface in first barrier zones, it is described first-class Outlet is located at the extreme lower position of the inclined surface.The program allows the ink accumulated on the first surface easily along inclining Inclined-plane flows to the first outflux, so as to quickly flow out convenient for the ink of accumulation.

Other side according to the present utility model provides a kind of ink-jet printer, which includes above-mentioned A kind of ink tank.

Ink-jet printer according to the present utility model, by being set on the first surface for being provided with atmosphere portion of ink tank The first blocking side wall and the first outflux are set, the ink leaked from atmosphere portion is enabled to stop side wall resistance by first Gear, and be limited in the first barrier zones, the ink being limited inside the first barrier zones can be by the first outflux edge Predetermined direction quickly flows out, and thus prevents the inkiness surrounding enviroment accumulated on the first surface of ink tank.

Detailed description of the invention

From the description with reference to the accompanying drawing to the utility model exemplary embodiment, the utility model above-mentioned and its Its aspect will become apparent and be easier to understand, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional view of existing ink-jet printer；

Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional view of the ink tank of the ink-jet printer in Fig. 1；

Fig. 3 is the three-dimensional view according to the ink tank of first preferred embodiment of the utility model；

Fig. 4 is the main view of ink tank shown in Fig. 3, wherein for the sake of clarity, part A is shown in figure with section；With And

Fig. 5 is the three-dimensional view according to the ink tank of second preferred embodiment of the utility model.

Description of symbols

1: ink-jet printer 10: printer body

20/120/220: ink tank 23/123/223: ink storing chamber

38/138/238: atmosphere portion 69/169/269: the first surface of ink tank

21/121/221: refilling portion 70/170/270: the second surface of ink tank

Stop side wall 172/272: the first barrier zones at 171/271: the first

173/273: the first outflux 174/274: the second stops side wall

175/275: the second barrier zones, 176/276: the second outflux

177/277: outflow portion 179/279: flow path

178/278: side 39/139: atmosphere connection port

80: atmospheric communicating pipe 11: frame section

24: ink supply 27/127/227: surge chamber

Specific embodiment

In the following description, a large amount of concrete details are given more thoroughly to manage in order to provide to the utility model Solution.It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the utility model embodiment may not need one or more These a details and be carried out.In other examples, in order to avoid obscuring with the utility model embodiment, for Some technical characteristics well known in the art are not described.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrated referring to the drawings.It should be noted that institute herein Term " on ", "lower" and the similar statement used for illustrative purposes only, not limits.

Herein, such as ordinal number of " first " and " second " cited in the application is only to identify, without having There are any other meaning, such as specific sequence etc..Moreover, for example, term " first component " itself does not imply that " second The presence of part ", term " second component " do not imply that the presence of " first component " in itself.

The ink-jet printer of preferred embodiment according to the present utility model is described more fully below.According to the utility model Ink-jet printer have the construction roughly the same with the ink-jet printer 1 according to background technique.Spray described in the utility model Black printer can also have the function of the various function such as image scanner, facsimile function, copy function in addition to printing function Energy.About printing function, the dual-side image writing function in the double-sided recording modes image of recording medium can have.Certainly, for Whether have the function of being arbitrary other than printing function.

As shown in Figure 1, ink-jet printer 1 includes printer body 10 and ink tank 20.

Printer body 10 is generally in rectangular shape.It is provided in printer body 10 for providing recording medium Paper feeding cassette and Output Tray for recording medium to be discharged.The record for example including multiple nozzles is additionally provided in printer body 10 Portion, record portion can be to recording medium jet inks.Pivotable behaviour is also provided in the front surface of printer body 10 Make panel, is configured on the operation panel for showing the display panel of various information and setting content and various for executing The operation button of operation or input setting content.In some embodiments, display panel can also be not provided with, and only setting unit Divide operation button, these operation buttons can be set in the suitable position of printer body 10, such as on upper surface.

Ink-jet printer 1 preferably includes 4 ink tanks 20, before the left side of printer body 10 is arranged in one of ink tank 20 Portion is commonly used for accommodating black ink, and the right front of printer body 10 is arranged in the other three ink tank 20, from a left side to The right side be respectively used to accommodate three kinds of cyan, magenta and yellow color inks, thus ink-jet printer 1 can be used black, cyan, The ink-mist recording color image of four kinds of colors of magenta and yellow.It will be appreciated, of course, that according to actual needs, also can be set The ink tank 20 of other quantity, and ink tank 20 also can be set at the other positions of printer body 10.In addition, according to reality It needs, ink tank 20 can be fixedly mount to printer body 10, also can be configured to be detachably mounted to printer body 10。

First embodiment

Ink tank 120 according to first embodiment is described in detail below with reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4.

As shown in figure 3, ink tank 120 includes refilling portion 121, ink storing chamber 123, atmosphere portion 138 and surge chamber 127.Storage Ink chamber 123 is used to accommodate ink to be supplied to record portion, surge chamber 127 be located at the lower section of ink storing chamber 123 and with ink storing chamber 123 Connection.Ink tank 120 has first surface 169 and second surface 170, and first surface 169 and second surface 170 are substantially in staged Arrangement.The top of surge chamber 127 is arranged in first surface 169, and atmosphere portion 138 is arranged on first surface 169.Atmosphere Interconnecting part 138 includes atmosphere connection port 139, and surge chamber 127 is communicated with the atmosphere in atmosphere connection port 139, so that ink storing chamber 123 are communicated with the atmosphere.Second surface 170 is the roof of ink tank 120, and refilling portion 121 is arranged on second surface 170.

With continued reference to Fig. 3, it is additionally provided with the first blocking side wall 171 and second in ink tank 120 and stops side wall 174, hereafter divides It is not described in greater detail.

First blocking side wall 171 is arranged on the first surface 169 for being provided with atmosphere portion 138 of ink tank 120, and first Stop side wall 171 to be arranged around atmosphere portion 138 and is projected upwards from first surface 169.First blocking side wall 171 limits First barrier zones 172, so that the projection in atmosphere portion 138 is located at the first resistance in the plane for being parallel to first surface 169 Keep off the inside in region 172.In this way, the ink leaked from atmosphere portion 138 can be stopped by the first blocking side wall 171, and limit It is scheduled in the first barrier zones 172.First stops side wall 171 to have the first outflux 173, is limited at the first barrier zones Ink inside 172 can be flowed out by the first outflux 173, and the ink of leakage is thus prevented to trickle everywhere and pollute periphery Environment.

With continued reference to Fig. 3, in the present embodiment, a side of first surface 169 is arranged in the first outflux 173 On 178.It is appreciated that the first outflux 173 also can be set on some other side of first surface 169.

Second blocking side wall 174 be arranged in ink tank 120 be provided with refilling portion 121 second surface 170 (i.e. roof, such as It is upper described) on, the second blocking side wall 174 is arranged around refilling portion 121 and projects upwards from second surface 170.Second stops side Wall 174 limits the second barrier zones 175, so that in the plane for being parallel to second surface 170, the projection position in refilling portion 121 In the inside of the second barrier zones 175.In this way, being leaked in refilling from the ink dripped in black bottle or from refilling portion 121 Ink can be stopped by the second blocking side wall 174, and be limited in the second barrier zones 175.Second stops side wall 174 to have the Two outfluxes 176, being limited at the ink inside the second barrier zones 175 can be flowed out by the second outflux 176, so as to Prevent the ink of leakage from fleeing and polluting the environment on periphery everywhere.

With continued reference to Fig. 3, ink tank 120 further includes outflow portion 177, is not connected to inside outflow portion 177 and ink storing chamber 123, and And outflow portion 177 is arranged on the side that the marginal position of the slave second surface 170 of ink storing chamber 123 extends downwardly.Outflow portion 177 Including the flow path 179 being formed between opposite side wall, flow path 179 is connected to the second outflux 176.From the second outflux 176 The ink of outflow can be discharged along flow path 179.

In order to be reduced as far as pollution of the ink of leakage to surrounding enviroment, it is preferable that as shown in figure 3, the first outflow Mouth 173 is connected to flow path 179.In this way, the ink accumulated on first surface 169 can also be flowed into via the first outflux 173 In outflow portion 177, to be discharged via flow path 179.Program structure is simple, convenient for manufacture and at low cost.

Preferably, settable at the position that the lower section of ink tank 120 corresponds to ink outflow region in ink-jet printer 1 Absorber, such as be made of perforated foams, with the ink for absorbing leakage.

Further, at least partially inclined surface of the first surface in the first barrier zones.Specifically, in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 Shown in embodiment, all inclined surface in the first barrier zones 172 of first surface 169, the first outflux 173 is located at The extreme lower position of the inclined surface.The program can allow the ink accumulated in the first barrier zones 172 to be easy and quickly It is flowed out via inclined surface by the first outflux 173 on ground.The ink that the program can be conducive to accumulate quickly be discharged, and structure it is simple, Cost is relatively low.

Although being appreciated that in the shown embodiment, all inclined surface of first surface 169, this field skill Art personnel only can also set inclined surface for part of the first surface 169 in the first barrier zones 172 according to actual needs. The program can equally be such that leak ink rapidly flows out via inclined surface by the first outflux 173, to avoid ink Accumulate.

Ink tank 120 according to the present utility model, by being arranged on the first surface 169 for being provided with atmosphere portion 138 First stops side wall 171 and the first outflux 173, and the ink leaked from atmosphere portion 138 is stopped by first Side wall 171 stops, and is limited in the first barrier zones 172, and being limited at the ink inside the first barrier zones 172 can lead to It crosses the first outflux 173 quickly to flow out along predetermined direction, thus prevents the ink accumulated on the first surface 169 of ink tank 120 It leaks everywhere and pollutes surrounding enviroment.

Second embodiment

Fig. 5 schematically shows the ink tank 220 of second embodiment according to the present utility model.In addition to the first outflux Setting position except, according to the ink tank 220 of second embodiment have and the substantially phase of ink tank 120 according to first embodiment Same construction, wherein the structure of identity function is endowed similar appended drawing reference.For simplicity, here, only to first The relevant structure of outflux is described in detail.

As shown in figure 5, in the present embodiment, two sides 278 of first surface 269 are arranged in the first outflux 273 Intersection, and the first blocking side wall 271 is provided on two sides 278.In this way, being limited to the first barrier zones 272 Interior ink can be discharged via the first outflux 273 of the intersection for two sides 278 that first surface 269 is arranged in.It should Scheme equally can be avoided the ink accumulated on first surface 269 and leak everywhere and pollute surrounding enviroment.

In addition, the utility model additionally provides a kind of ink-jet printer comprising above-mentioned ink tank.For the tool of the ink tank Body structure, has had a detailed description above, for sake of simplicity, details are not described herein.

It is to be appreciated that preferred embodiments of the present invention are only described in detail above, the utility model is not limited to Above-mentioned preferred embodiment, without departing from the scope of the invention, those skilled in the art can be to above-mentioned realities The mode of applying carries out combination appropriate, modification and variation, such as those skilled in the art can flow out to first according to actual needs The setting position of mouth changes.

Unless otherwise defined, the technology of technical and scientific term used herein and the technical field of the utility model The normally understood meaning of personnel is identical.Term used herein is intended merely to describe specifically to implement purpose, it is not intended that limit The utility model processed.Terms such as herein presented " components " can both indicate single part, can also indicate multiple The combination of part.The terms such as herein presented " installation ", " setting " can both indicate that a component was attached directly to separately One component can also indicate that a component is attached to another component by middleware.Herein in one embodiment The feature of description can be applied in combination another embodiment individually or with other feature, unless this feature is another at this It is not suitable for or is otherwise noted in a embodiment.

The utility model is illustrated by above embodiment, but it is to be understood that, above embodiment It is only intended to the purpose illustrated and illustrated, and is not intended to limit the invention within the scope of described embodiment.This Outside it will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the utility model is not limited to above embodiment, according to the utility model Introduction can also make more kinds of variants and modifications, it is claimed that these variants and modifications all fall within the utility model Within range.

Claims (5)

1. a kind of ink tank, it to be used for ink-jet printer, which is characterized in that the ink tank includes:

Ink storing chamber, the ink storing chamber is for accommodating ink；

Atmosphere portion, the atmosphere portion are arranged on the first surface of the ink tank, and the atmosphere portion makes described It is communicated with the atmosphere inside ink storing chamber；

Refilling portion, the refilling portion be arranged on the second surface of the ink tank and be connected to inside the ink storing chamber, it is described Second surface is higher than the first surface；And

First stops side wall, and the first blocking side wall is arranged on the first surface and projects upwards, and described first stops Side wall limits the first barrier zones, so that in the plane for being parallel to the first surface, the projection in the atmosphere portion Positioned at the inside of first barrier zones, wherein described first stops side wall to have the first outflux,

First outflux is arranged on one of side of the first surface,

Alternatively, the intersection of two sides of the first surface, and described two sides is arranged in first outflux On be provided with it is described first stop side wall.

2. ink tank according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the ink tank further include:

Second stops side wall, and the second blocking side wall is arranged on the second surface and projects upwards, and described second stops Side wall limits the second barrier zones, so that the projection in the refilling portion is located in the plane for being parallel to the second surface The inside of second barrier zones, wherein described second stops side wall to have the second outflux；And

It is not connected to inside outflow portion, the outflow portion and the ink storing chamber, and the ink storing chamber is arranged in the outflow portion From the side that the marginal position of the second surface extends downwardly, the outflow portion includes flow path, second outflux with The fluid communication.

3. ink tank according to claim 2, which is characterized in that first outflux and the fluid communication.

4. ink tank according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the first surface in first barrier zones extremely Small part is inclined surface, and first outflux is located at the extreme lower position of the inclined surface.

5. a kind of ink-jet printer, which is characterized in that including ink tank such as of any of claims 1-4.