CN212031919U - Developer cartridge and developer replenishing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a developer cartridge and developer replenishing device, the developer cartridge includes: the box body is internally provided with a plurality of accommodating cavities, each accommodating cavity comprises a first sealing end and a second sealing end, and the second sealing ends are unsealed under a preset condition; the box body is movably connected with the rotating shaft; an axial end cover closing the first sealing end of the receiving cavity; a pusher passing through the shaft end cover; the pushing piece is movably connected to the box body and can be opposite to any one of the accommodating cavities. Through setting up a plurality of chambeies that hold, the impeller can be released a plurality of developers that hold the chamber from the box body respectively to can set up the developer cartridge of large capacity, can avoid extravagant and reduce cost.

Description

Developer cartridge and developer replenishing device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the developer and specifically relates to a developer cartridge and developer replenishing device are related to.

Background

The developer replenishing device is used for replenishing developer to an electronic device with a developing unit, such as a printer, and is provided with a chip.

In the related art, the developer replenishing apparatus is generally provided with a chamber for accommodating the developer. When the developer is replenished, the pushing member is pushed to the farthest distance, namely all the developer is pushed out of the cavity, and the developer is wasted due to the large capacity, so that one developer replenishing device generally cannot replenish all the required developer for the printer, a plurality of developer replenishing devices are needed when the developer required by the printer is required to be filled, the operation is troublesome, and the storage cost is high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. To this end, an object of the present invention is to provide a developer cartridge having a plurality of accommodating chambers and a large capacity.

The utility model also provides a developer replenishing device who has above-mentioned developer cartridge.

According to the utility model discloses developer cartridge of first aspect embodiment, include: the box body is internally provided with a plurality of accommodating cavities, each accommodating cavity comprises a first sealing end and a second sealing end, and the second sealing ends are unsealed under a preset condition; the box body is movably connected with the rotating shaft, for example, the box body can rotate relative to the rotating shaft when receiving a rotating force; an axial end cover closing the first sealing end of the receiving cavity; a pusher passing through the shaft end cover; the pushing piece is movably connected to the box body and can be opposite to any one of the accommodating cavities.

According to the utility model discloses developer box is through being equipped with a plurality of chambeies that hold that are used for placing the developer to the impeller can be released a plurality of developers that hold the chamber from the box body respectively, thereby can set up the developer box of large capacity, can improve the utilization ratio of developer box, has avoided producing extravagant condition because of setting up the chamber that holds of large capacity, thereby can reduce cost.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the cartridge further comprises a sealing membrane closing the second sealing end, the sealing membrane being configured to rupture when squeezed.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the developer cartridge further comprises: a plurality of push plates disposed in the containing cavities, the push members being adapted to urge the push plates located in the respective containing cavities toward the sealing membrane to move between an initial position and a final position.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, the box body is cylindrical, the box body includes inner tube, urceolus and connects a plurality of baffles between the two, it is injectd jointly by adjacent baffle and inner tube, urceolus to hold the chamber, the cross section that holds the chamber is fan-shaped.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, the border of push pedal with the shape that holds the inner wall in chamber is unanimous, every it all is equipped with a plurality of distributions in to hold the intracavity the baffle the outer wall of inner tube the slide rail along axial extension on the inner wall of urceolus, the push pedal have with slide rail sliding fit's spout.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, it is cylindrical to hold the chamber, the border of push pedal has the recess that is the heliciform and extends, the inner wall that holds the chamber has the arch that is the screw thread form and extends, protruding with recess sliding fit, the impeller be suitable for with the push pedal block.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the pusher comprises a rod body, a first mounting flange and a second mounting flange provided at both ends of the rod body, at least one of the first mounting flange and the second mounting flange is detachably connected to the rod body, and the shaft end covering member has a mounting hole for the rod body to pass through.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a developer replenishing apparatus includes: the developer cartridge; and the developer cover is provided with a discharge port, the developer cover and the shaft end covering part are respectively connected to two ends of the box body, and a chip is integrated on the developer cover.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the seal membrane with a buffer chamber is defined between the developer cartridges jointly, the developer cover has a discharge pipe, the discharge pipe with the pivot is connected, the pivot with at least one of the discharge pipes has a intercommunication the buffer chamber with the breach of discharge port.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the developer cover comprises:

a first cover covering the cover, the discharge pipe being formed on the first cover, an end of the discharge pipe being formed as the discharge port;

the second cover body is detachably connected with the first cover body; and

and the third cover body is used for blocking the discharge port.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a developer replenishing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective-split view of a developer replenishing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a cartridge according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a shaft and shaft end cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a developer cover according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

a developer cartridge 100; a developer replenishing device 200;

a case 10; a housing chamber 11; a slide rail 111; a sealing film 12; an inner cylinder 13; an outer tub 14; a partition 15;

a rotating shaft 20; a notch 21;

a shaft end covering 30; mounting holes 32;

a pusher member 40; a lever body 41; a first mounting flange 42; a second mounting flange 43;

a push plate 50; a chute 51;

a developer cover 110; a discharge port 1101; a discharge pipe 1102; a first cover 1103; a second cover 1104; a third cover 1105;

a buffer chamber 120.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, and the embodiments described with reference to the drawings are exemplary.

A developer cartridge 100 according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5. The developer cartridge 100 may be applied to the developer replenishing apparatus 200.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, a developer cartridge 100 according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention includes a cartridge body 10, a rotary shaft 20, a shaft-end cover 30, and a pushing member 40.

Specifically, the box body 10 defines a plurality of accommodating cavities 11 arranged in a ring shape, and the accommodating cavities 11 include a first sealing end and a second sealing end (not shown), and the second sealing end is unsealed under a preset condition. The rotation shaft 20 may pass through the case 10, and the case 10 may rotate with respect to the rotation shaft 20. That is, the case 10 is movably connected to the rotation shaft 20, for example, the case 10 can rotate relative to the rotation shaft 20 when receiving a rotation force. The shaft end cover 30 is fixed to one end of the rotary shaft 20 and closes the first sealed end of the accommodation chamber 11. The pusher 40 passes through the shaft-end cover 30 and is movable in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction with reference to fig. 2) of the cartridge 10, and the cartridge 10 is rotated with respect to the rotary shaft 20 so that the pusher 40 is selectively opposed to any one of the plurality of accommodating chambers 11.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the box body 10 is provided with a shaft hole extending along the length direction, the shaft hole is disposed at the center of the box body 10 in the circumferential direction, the rotating shaft 20 can be inserted into the shaft hole, and the box body 10 can rotate with the rotating shaft 20 as the axis. The accommodating chamber 11 is used for accommodating a developer, and a plurality of accommodating chambers 11 are arranged in a ring shape (ring arrangement means ring distribution) in the box body 10. The shaft end cover 30 is provided at an end portion of one end of the rotation shaft 20, and when the rotation shaft 20 is mounted in the shaft hole, the shaft end cover 30 is located at an outermost side of one end of the case 10 to seal the first sealed end of the case 10. The pushing member 40 of the cartridge 10 can pass through the shaft end covering member 30 and move along the length direction (for example, the left-right direction in fig. 2) of the cartridge 10, when the pushing rod pushes the developer in the accommodating chamber 11 to move and contact to the second sealing end, the second sealing end is released from being closed after being pressed, so that the developer in the cartridge 10 can be pushed out from the accommodating chamber 11, the cartridge 10 can rotate around the rotating shaft 20, and the plurality of accommodating chambers 11 are provided in the cartridge 10, so that the pushing members 40 can respectively push out the developer in the plurality of accommodating chambers 11.

According to the utility model discloses developer cartridge 100, through adopting foretell box body 10, pivot 20, axle head covering 30 and impeller 40, can make be equipped with a plurality of chambeies 11 that hold that are used for placing the developer in the box body 10, impeller 40 can be released a plurality of developers that hold chamber 11 from the box body 10 respectively, the condition that the impeller in the correlation technique can only once be pushed out with the developer that holds the intracavity can be avoided, thereby can set up the developer cartridge 100 of large capacity, can improve developer cartridge 100's utilization ratio, the chamber 11 that holds because set up the large capacity has been avoided, impeller 40 can push out the developer in developer cartridge 100 is whole and produce extravagant condition, thereby can reduce cost.

Specifically, one end of the cartridge body 10 is provided with a plurality of sealing films 12 closing the respective accommodating chambers 11, the sealing films 12 closing the second sealing ends, the sealing films 12 being configured to be ruptured when the developer inside the accommodating chambers 11 is pressed. The other side of the cartridge 10 in the longitudinal direction (the left-right direction in fig. 2) is provided with a plurality of sealing films 12 that seal the accommodating chambers 11, and the sealing films 12 are pressed by the pushers 40 to be ruptured, so that the pushers 40 can push out the developers in the accommodating chambers 11.

The utility model discloses an in some optional embodiments, seal membrane 12 can be paper membrane or plastic film, and every holds chamber 11 and can correspond and set up a seal membrane 12 or a plurality of holding tank is equipped with a seal membrane 12, promotes one of them seal membrane 12 that holds chamber 11 and correspond when the push rod, can not influence the sealed effect of all the other seal membranes 12. When the developer in the housing chamber 11 is used up, the housing chamber 11 may be filled with the developer and sealed again by the sealing film 12, so that the developer cartridge 100 can be reused.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the developer cartridge 100 further includes a plurality of push plates 50, the plurality of push plates 50 being provided in the accommodating chambers 11, and the pushing members 40 being adapted to push the push plates 50 located in the respective accommodating chambers 11 toward the sealing film 12 to move between the initial position and the final position. One push plate 50 is provided for each accommodation chamber 11. Each of the push plates 50 may be configured to coincide with the cross-sectional area of the accommodating chamber 11 in the up-down direction of fig. 2, and thus arranged to effectively push out the developer in its entirety when the pushing member 40 pushes the developer.

According to some optional embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 2 to 3, the box 10 may be cylindrical, the box 10 includes an inner cylinder 13, an outer cylinder 14 and a plurality of partition boards 15 connected therebetween, the accommodating cavity 11 is defined by the adjacent partition boards 15 together with the inner cylinder 13 and the outer cylinder 14, and a cross section of the accommodating cavity 11 along the left-right direction of fig. 2 is a sector. The two ends of the partition plate 15 in the radial direction of the cartridge body 10 are respectively arranged on the inner cylinder 13 and the outer cylinder 14, the cartridge body 10 can be uniformly divided into a plurality of accommodating cavities 11 by arranging the plurality of partition plates 15, and the developers in the plurality of accommodating cavities 11 can be respectively pushed out of the cartridge body 10, so that the capacity of the developer cartridge 100 can be improved.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, the circumference of the push plate 50 is in accordance with the shape of the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 11, a plurality of axially extending slide rails 111 distributed on the partition 15, the outer wall of the inner cylinder 13 and the inner wall of the outer cylinder 14 are disposed in each accommodating cavity 11, and the push plate 50 has a slide groove 51 in sliding fit with the slide rails 111. The push plate 50 can be uniformly lowered or raised by the matching of the slide rail 111 and the slide groove 51, so that when the developer cartridge 100 is used, all the developer in the accommodating cavity 11 can be discharged out of the accommodating cavity 11, and the utilization rate of the developer cartridge 100 can be improved.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, the accommodating cavity 11 may be cylindrical, the edge of the push plate 50 has a groove extending in a spiral shape, the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 11 has a protrusion extending in a spiral shape, the protrusion and the groove are in sliding fit, and the pushing member 40 is detachably engaged with the push plate 50. The combination of the plurality of receiving chambers 11 in the case 10 may form a cylindrical shape. By the engagement of the grooves and the projections, the developer in the accommodating chamber 11 can be uniformly pushed out from the accommodating chamber 11. Also, such an arrangement can make filling more convenient when filling the accommodating chamber 11 with the developer.

Of course, in other examples, the sliding rail 111 and the sliding groove 51 may be arranged in a straight shape, and both of the above manners are selected by those skilled in the art based on the related design.

In some optional embodiments of the present invention, the number of the push plates 50 is 1, and the cross-sectional area of the push plates 50 is the same as that of one accommodating chamber 11. The push plate 50 is integrally formed with the pusher member 40, and when the pusher member 40 moves toward the push plate 50, the push plate 50 corresponds to the corresponding accommodating chamber 11, and the push plate 50 can slide together with the pusher member 40 in the length direction of the developer cartridge 100, so that the developer in the corresponding accommodating chamber 11 can be pushed out. The shaft end cover 30 has a positioning groove (not shown) for receiving and positioning the push plate 50. When the push rod moves to the position farthest away from the sealing film 12, the push plate 50 can be accommodated in the positioning groove, and the positioning groove can limit the push plate 50, so that the push plate 50 can be prevented from interfering with the box body 10 when the box body 10 rotates.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the pushing member 40 includes a rod 41, and a first mounting flange 42 and a second mounting flange 43 provided at both ends of the rod 41, and at least one of the first mounting flange 42 and the second mounting flange 43 is detachably connected to the rod 41, so that the pushing member 40 can be detachably connected to the shaft-end covering member 30, and the installation and removal can be facilitated.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the shaft end cover 30 has a mounting hole 32 through which the shaft body 41 passes, the cross-sectional area of the first mounting flange 42 may be larger than the diameter of the mounting hole 32, and the shaft body 41 may slide in the length direction of the shaft body 41 within the mounting hole 32. When the pushing member 40 pushes the developer out of the accommodating chamber 11, the first mounting flange 42 pushes the pushing plate 50 to move away from the second mounting flange 43, thereby pushing the developer out of the accommodating chamber 11. The pushing members 40 can push out all of the developers in the plurality of accommodating chambers 11, respectively, so that the accommodating chambers 11 of large capacity can be provided and waste is effectively avoided.

The developer replenishing apparatus 200 according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a developer cartridge 100 and a developer cover 110, the developer cover 110 has a discharge port 1101 formed thereon, the developer cover 110 and a shaft end cover 30 are respectively connected to both ends of the cartridge body 10, and a chip (not shown) is integrated on the developer cover 110. After the developer replenishing apparatus 200 is installed in an electronic device, such as a printer, which needs to be replenished with developer, the printer verifies the chip, and after the verification is completed, the developer replenishing apparatus 200 can replenish the printer with developer. The developer cover 110 is also provided with a control switch for controlling the communication state of the chip and the printer.

According to the utility model discloses developer replenishing device 200 is through setting up a plurality of chambeies 11 that hold in box body 10 to impeller 40 can be many times will hold the inside developer in chamber 11 and release from holding the chamber 11 inside respectively, can set up the developer replenishing device 200 of large capacity, and every holds chamber 11 and can be the capacity of one or two printer capacity values. Thus, the capacity of the developer replenishing apparatus 200 can be increased, the utilization rate can be increased, and the waste caused by the arrangement of the large-capacity accommodating chamber 11 can be avoided, so that the cost can be effectively reduced.

Specifically, the seal film 12 and the developer cartridge 100 together define a buffer chamber 120 therebetween, the developer cover 110 has a discharge pipe 1102, the discharge pipe 1102 is connected to a rotary shaft 20, and at least one of the rotary shaft 20 and the discharge pipe 1102 has a notch 21 communicating the buffer chamber 120 and the discharge port 1101. The developer in the cartridge 10 passes through the gap 21, passes through the discharge port 1101, is accommodated in the buffer chamber 120, and is replenished to the printer. In the example of fig. 4, a notch 21 is provided at one end of the rotation shaft, the plurality of accommodating chambers 11 and the discharge port 1101 may communicate through the notch 21, and the plurality of accommodating chambers 11 may be respectively made to correspond to the notches 21 by rotating the cartridge body 10, so that the developer in the plurality of accommodating chambers 11 may be replenished to the printer through the discharge port 1101.

In some optional embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 5, the developer cover 110 includes a first cover 1103, a second cover 1104, and a third cover 1105, the first cover 1103 covers the cartridge body 10, a discharge pipe 1102 is formed on the first cover 1103, and an end of the discharge pipe 1102 is formed as a discharge port 1101; the second cover 1104 is detachably connected to the first cover 1103, and the third cover 1105 closes the discharge port 1101. A control switch is provided on the second cover 1104 and is adapted to be in electrical communication with the chip, and the control switch can be used to control the communication or connection of the chip to the printer, so that the developer replenishing apparatus 200 can replenish the printer with developer. The third cover 1105 may be rotated to open or close the discharge port 1101. When the developer replenishing apparatus 200 replenishes the printer with developer, the third cover 1105 opens the discharge port 1101 by rotating by a predetermined angle. Of course, the third lid 1105 may be rotated by an external force to open the discharge port 1101, and the developer replenishing apparatus 200 may be reused by opening the third lid 1105 and filling the plurality of housing chambers 11 with the developer.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. A developer cartridge, comprising:

the box body is internally provided with a plurality of accommodating cavities, each accommodating cavity comprises a first sealing end and a second sealing end, and the second sealing ends are unsealed under a preset condition;

the box body is movably connected with the rotating shaft;

an axial end cover closing the first sealing end of the receiving cavity;

a pusher passing through the shaft end cover; the pushing piece is movably connected to the box body and can be opposite to any one of the accommodating cavities.

2. The developer cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge body further comprises a sealing film closing the second sealing end, the sealing film being configured to rupture when squeezed.

3. The developer cartridge according to claim 2, wherein the developer cartridge further comprises:

a plurality of push plates disposed in the containing cavities, the push members being adapted to urge the push plates located in the respective containing cavities toward the sealing membrane to move between an initial position and a final position.

4. The developer cartridge according to claim 3, wherein the cartridge body is cylindrical and comprises an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder and a plurality of partitions connected therebetween, the accommodating chamber is defined by the adjacent partitions together with the inner and outer cylinders, and the cross section of the accommodating chamber is fan-shaped.

5. The developer cartridge according to claim 4, wherein the push plate has a peripheral edge conforming to the shape of the inner wall of the accommodating chamber, and a plurality of axially extending slide rails are provided in each of the accommodating chambers and distributed on the partition plate, the outer wall of the inner cylinder, and the inner wall of the outer cylinder, and the push plate has a slide groove slidably engaged with the slide rails.

6. The developer cartridge according to claim 3, wherein the accommodating chamber is cylindrical, the push plate has a groove extending in a spiral shape at an edge thereof, the accommodating chamber has a protrusion extending in a spiral shape at an inner wall thereof, the protrusion is in sliding fit with the groove, and the pusher is adapted to be engaged with the push plate.

7. The developer cartridge according to claim 3, wherein the pusher member comprises a rod body, and a first mounting flange and a second mounting flange provided at both ends of the rod body, at least one of the first mounting flange and the second mounting flange being detachably connected to the rod body, and the shaft end cover has a mounting hole through which the rod body passes.

8. A developer replenishing apparatus, comprising:

the developer cartridge according to any of claims 1-7; and

the developer cover is provided with a discharge port, the developer cover and the shaft end covering part are respectively connected to two ends of the box body, and a chip is integrated on the developer cover.

9. The developer replenishing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein one end of the cartridge body is provided with a plurality of sealing films which close the respective accommodating chambers, a buffer chamber is defined between the sealing films and the developer cartridge, the developer cover has a discharge pipe connected to the rotary shaft, and at least one of the rotary shaft and the discharge pipe has a notch which communicates the buffer chamber and the discharge port.

10. The developer replenishing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said developer cover comprises:

a first cover covering the cover, the discharge pipe being formed on the first cover, an end of the discharge pipe being formed as the discharge port;

the second cover body is detachably connected with the first cover body; and

and the third cover body is used for blocking the discharge port.

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