Anti-blocking ink box and ink-jet printer
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an ink jet printing technology field, in particular to ink horn and ink jet printer.
Background
Ink jet printers are relatively common printing tools. Although laser printers are popular at present, due to the high maintenance cost and insufficient color output of laser printers, inkjet printers still have a very large market share, and particularly in places such as photo shops, photography, households, shops, offices and the like, ink cartridges, which are consumable supplies for inkjet printing, need to be replaced frequently, and the market demand is also large.
The ink box is at the printing process, along with the consumption of ink, in order to compensate the inside pressure of box body, can set up the air guide chamber on the box body usually, the air guide chamber can communicate the box body inside with the external world, reaches the effect of balanced pressure to the ink box can smoothly go out the china ink when printing.
However, the ink box is in sealed transportation way, and violent shock can appear usually in the inside ink of box body, leads to the ink in the box body to spill over in the air guide chamber easily, can lead to the inside pressure of box body too big during again the shock, in case open the air guide chamber, the ink in the box body also flows the air guide intracavity easily, blocks up the air guide chamber, treats that the ink box is installed the printer after, is difficult to smoothly go out the china ink, seriously influences printing quality.
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. Therefore, the utility model provides an anti-blocking ink box.
The utility model discloses still provide an inkjet printer of the above-mentioned ink horn of preventing blockking up.
According to the utility model discloses prevent blockking up ink horn of first aspect embodiment includes: a box body; the ink accommodating cavity is formed in the box body; the sponge accommodating cavity is formed in the box body and communicated with the ink accommodating cavity, an ink outlet is formed in the lower end of the sponge accommodating cavity, and a third air guide port is formed in the upper end of the sponge accommodating cavity; the air guide cavity is formed in the box body, a first air guide opening is formed in the lower end of the air guide cavity, a second air guide opening is formed in the upper end of the air guide cavity, and the second air guide opening is communicated with the third air guide opening; the overflow groove is formed in the box body and is configured to be in gas communication with the gas guide cavity, and the overflow groove is positioned right below the second gas guide opening; the sealing cover is used for sealing the ink outlet and the first air guide port and is detachably connected with the box body.
The method has the following beneficial effects: this ink horn sets up first gas port of leading at the lower extreme of air guide cavity, the gas port is led to the upper end setting second, and make the second lead the gas port and be linked together with the third of sponge holding chamber, can guarantee sponge holding chamber and external gas intercommunication under the normal printing condition, this ink horn sets up the overflow launder through leading under the gas port at the second, the overflow launder can the splendid attire and store the ink that the gas port spilled over is led by the second, and keep with the gas communication in air guide cavity, can not the separation second lead the gas port and lead the first gas intercommunication of leading between the gas port, thereby realize preventing the purpose of blockking up, improve the printing quality.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the second gas guiding opening extends into the overflow launder.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, be formed with the hold up tank in the box body, the hold up tank is located for left right direction one side of overflow launder, be provided with the overflow breach on one of them lateral wall of overflow launder, the overflow launder accessible the overflow breach intercommunication the hold up tank.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the air guide cavity is the shape of falling U, and two have been seted up to the lower extreme first air guide port, the second air guide port is located two for controlling the direction between the first air guide port.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the upper wall of box body is provided with the air guide passageway, the air guide passageway extends in the front and back direction, the second air guide mouth passes through the air guide passageway with the third air guide mouth intercommunication.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the rear side rotation of sealed lid is connected the box body, the front side lock in on the preceding lateral wall of box body.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the sponge holding chamber is located in front of the ink holding chamber with respect to the front-back direction, the air guide chamber and the overflow groove are located between the ink holding chamber and the sponge holding chamber with respect to the front-back direction, and the first air guide opening is located behind the ink outlet with respect to the front-back direction.
According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, install sealed the pad on the sealed lid, it is protruding to be provided with first arch and second on the sealed pad, first arch is used for the shutoff go out the china ink mouth, the second arch is used for the shutoff first gas guide mouth.
According to the utility model discloses the inkjet printer of second aspect embodiment, include according to the utility model discloses above-mentioned first aspect embodiment prevent blockking up the ink horn.
The method has the following beneficial effects: the ink-jet printer has all the beneficial effects brought by the anti-blocking ink box, and repeated description is not provided herein.
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 structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a partial schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the case according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a sectional view of the case according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the case according to the second embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a sectional view of a case according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a box body according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the sealing cover in the embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numerals: the ink box comprises a box body 1, an ink accommodating cavity 2, a sponge accommodating cavity 3, an ink outlet 31, a third air guide opening 32, an air guide cavity 4, a first air guide opening 41, a second air guide opening 42, a sealing cover 5, a sealing gasket 51, a first protrusion 52, a second protrusion 53, an overflow groove 6, an air guide channel 7, a storage groove 8 and an overflow notch 9.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated with respect to the orientation description, such as up, down, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, the first, second and third are only used for distinguishing technical features, and are not understood to indicate or imply relative importance or implicitly indicate the number of indicated technical features or implicitly indicate the precedence of the indicated technical features.
In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.
Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 5, the utility model discloses a prevent blockking up ink horn, including box body 1 and sealed lid 5, be formed with ink holding chamber 2, sponge holding chamber 3, air guide chamber 4 and overflow launder 6 in the box body 1.
With further reference to fig. 2 and 7, the ink accommodating chamber 2 is used for storing ink, a sponge is placed in the sponge accommodating chamber 3, the sponge can absorb ink, the sponge accommodating chamber 3 is communicated with the ink accommodating chamber 2, the lower end of the sponge accommodating chamber 3 is provided with an ink outlet 31, and the upper end of the sponge accommodating chamber is provided with a third air guide opening 32.
Wherein, first air guide port 41 has been seted up to the lower extreme of air guide chamber 4, and the upper end is provided with second air guide port 42, and second air guide port 42 is linked together with third air guide port 32, and air guide chamber 4 can communicate sponge holding chamber 3 and outside air for the ink can flow smoothly from ink outlet 31, and wherein, sealed lid 5 is used for sealed ink outlet 31 and first air guide port 41, is connected with the box body 1 is detachable, before installing the printer, needs to pull down sealed lid 5.
With further reference to fig. 4 and 6, the overflow groove 6 is configured to be in air communication with the air guide cavity 4, the overflow groove 6 is located right below the second air guide opening 42, the overflow groove 6 can contain and store ink overflowing from the second air guide opening 42, and keeps in air communication with the air guide cavity 4, and does not obstruct the air communication between the second air guide opening 42 and the first air guide opening 41, so that the purpose of preventing blockage is achieved, and the printing quality is improved.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 and 6, the second air guide opening 42 extends into the overflow groove 6, so that the ink overflowed from the second air guide opening 42 can flow into the overflow groove 6 completely, and is prevented from flowing into the air guide cavity 4, and meanwhile, the air communication between the overflow groove 6 and the air guide cavity 4 is not affected.
There are two embodiments as to the layout of the plenum 4 and the overflow launder 6:
first embodiment
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, a storage tank 8 is formed in the box body 1, the storage tank 8 is located on one side of the overflow tank 6 relative to the left-right direction, an overflow notch 9 is formed in one side wall of the overflow tank 6, the overflow tank 6 can be communicated with the storage tank 8 through the overflow notch 9, when ink in the overflow tank 6 exceeds the overflow notch 9 due to excess, the excess ink can flow into the storage tank 8 through the overflow notch 9 and cannot enter the air guide cavity 4, and the air guide cavity 4 is further prevented from being blocked.
Second embodiment
Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the air guide cavity 4 is in an inverted U shape, two first air guide ports 41 are formed at the lower end of the air guide cavity, the second air guide port 42 is located between the two first air guide ports 41 in the left-right direction, air guide is facilitated, and when one of the first air guide ports 41 is accidentally blocked, the other first air guide port 41 can be continuously used.
In some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 2, the upper wall of the box body 1 is provided with an air guide channel 7, the air guide channel 7 extends in the front-rear direction, the second air guide opening 42 is communicated with the third air guide opening 32 through the air guide channel 7, and the air guide channel 7 can play a role in communicating the air guide cavity 4 with the sponge holding cavity 3.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the rear side of the sealing cover 5 is rotatably connected to the box body 1, and the front side is fastened to the front side wall of the box body 1, when the sealing cover 5 needs to be removed, the front side of the sealing cover 5 and the front side wall of the box body 1 can be released from the fastening state, and then the sealing cover 5 is rotated to rotate the front side of the sealing cover 5 to the lower side of the box body 1, and then the sealing cover 5 is taken away.
The sponge accommodating chamber 3 is located in front of the ink accommodating chamber 2 relative to the front-back direction, the air guide chamber 4 and the overflow chamber 6 are located between the ink accommodating chamber 2 and the sponge accommodating chamber 3 relative to the front-back direction, and the first air guide opening 41 is located behind the ink outlet 31 relative to the front-back direction. So overall arrangement, can open sealed lid 5 when rotating, go out the china ink mouth 31 and ventilate with the external world earlier than first air guide port 41, because the internal pressure of sponge holding chamber 3 often is greater than ambient pressure for near the ink of going out china ink mouth 31 has the trend of outside outflow, can in time discharge the long-pending bubble of staying near the china ink mouth 31, also stopped and printed the scarce black situation that can't go out or print the reduction, further improved printing quality.
Referring to fig. 8, in some embodiments of the present invention, a sealing gasket 51 is installed on the sealing cover 5, a first protrusion 52 and a second protrusion 53 are provided on the sealing gasket 51, the first protrusion 52 is used for sealing the ink outlet 31, the second protrusion 53 is used for correspondingly sealing the first air guide opening 41, and the sealing gasket 51, the first protrusion 52 and the second protrusion 53 may be integrally formed by silica gel.
The utility model also discloses an ink jet printer, including foretell anti-clogging ink horn.
The anti-blocking ink box can firstly ensure that the sponge accommodating cavity 3 is communicated with the outside air through the air guide cavity 4 under the normal printing condition, because the overflow groove 6 is configured to be communicated with the air guide cavity 4, the overflow groove 6 is positioned under the second air guide opening 42, the overflow groove 6 can contain and store the ink overflowed from the second air guide opening 42 and keep being communicated with the air guide cavity 4, the air communication between the second air guide opening 42 and the first air guide opening 41 can not be blocked, the anti-blocking purpose is realized, and the printing quality is improved.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.