Self-adaptive pressure balance ink box
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of ink-jet printing, in particular to an ink box.
Background
An ink jet printer is an apparatus using a rapid prototyping technique, which ejects a color liquid ink onto a printing paper through a print head as fine particles through a nozzle, wherein an ink cartridge is an important component of the ink jet printer, and stores the ink to provide the printer head with the ink required for printing.
After the ink box is installed in a printer and enters a printing state, negative pressure is formed in the ink outlet cavity along with ink consumption, the internal pressure and the external pressure of the ink box need to be kept balanced to ensure that printing cannot be interrupted, and in order to avoid the bad phenomenon that printing is interrupted when ink is not exhausted, the air pressure balance performance and the sealing performance of the ink box need to be improved.
The existing ink box is like the utility model patent of the utility model with the publication number of "CN 212332167U", the patent name is "pressure regulating unit and have its ink box", utilize the diaphragm of deformable intracavity deformation to close deformable intracavity intercommunication portion, the check valve that closes or open along with the expansion or shrink of deformable chamber, can supply ink and pressurization for the ink chamber with this, realize the play black function of the ink box that is provided with this pressure regulating unit, however, because the deformable chamber is supplied ink for the ink chamber continuously, cause the pressure in the ink chamber too big very easily, the internal and external pressure of ink box is still unbalanced, the ink supply system anomaly will appear, the ink easily overflows, too big can lead to lacking the look in the printing process, pressure reveals and can lead to appearing the colour mixture when printing and stewing, thereby make printing performance unstable, unreliable, print quality is relatively poor.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the utility model provides the self-adaptive pressure balance ink box which can maintain the balance of the internal pressure and the external pressure of the cavity of the ink box, has stable printing quality and prevents the phenomenon of ink leakage.
The adaptive pressure balancing ink cartridge according to the embodiment of the utility model comprises: the ink storage cavity is communicated with the deformable cavity through an ink supplementing channel, the deformable cavity can be communicated with the ink outlet cavity through the one-way check valve, and one end of the ink outlet cavity is provided with an ink outlet; the ink replenishing channel is arranged on the side, which is surrounded by the membrane, of the deformable cavity, the membrane can deform to compress or expand the deformable cavity, when the membrane compresses the deformable cavity, the membrane can block the ink replenishing channel, ink in the deformable cavity is extruded to pass through the one-way check valve and enter the ink outlet cavity, and when the membrane expands the deformable cavity, the deformable cavity can suck ink in the ink storage cavity through the ink replenishing channel; the ink outlet cavity can be communicated with the variable cavity through the one-way pressure reducing valve, and the flow directions of the one-way pressure reducing valve and the one-way check valve are opposite.
The method has the following beneficial effects: this ink horn takes place deformation in order to compress or the variable chamber of inflation through the diaphragm, open simultaneously or close and mend the black passageway, because one-way check valve's setting, can realize that the ink is storing up the chamber, the flow in proper order between variable chamber and the play black chamber, thereby reach and continue to go out the purpose that the black chamber supplies ink by variable chamber, in case go out the pressure of black intracavity too big, opening pressure through rationally setting up one-way relief pressure valve, make one-way relief pressure valve play a role when the pressure of going out the black intracavity is too big, with the partial ink backward flow of going out the black intracavity to the deformable intracavity, thereby slow down the pressure of going out the black intracavity, reach the effect that self-adaptation maintains the internal and external pressure balance of black intracavity, prevent that the excessive and beat printer head ink seepage's phenomenon of ink outlet from appearing, it is also more stable to print, print quality.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, an ink supply channel is disposed between the deformable chamber and the ink outlet chamber, the ink outlet chamber is provided with a first connection hole and a second connection hole, which are communicated with the ink supply channel, and the one-way pressure reducing valve and the one-way check valve are disposed on the first connection hole and the second connection hole, respectively.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the one-way pressure reducing valve is a flexible member and includes a first connecting rod fixedly connected to the ink outlet chamber and a first valve flap disposed at one end of the first connecting rod, and the first valve flap covers a side of the first connecting hole close to the ink supply channel.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the one-way check valve is a flexible member and includes a second connecting rod fixedly connected to the ink outlet chamber and a second valve flap disposed at one end of the second connecting rod, and the second valve flap covers a side of the second connecting hole close to the ink outlet chamber.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, an inflation cavity is further arranged in the box body, the diaphragm is one side which is enclosed to form the inflation cavity, the diaphragm movably separates the inflation cavity from the deformable cavity, an inflation opening is formed in one end of the inflation cavity, the inflation cavity can be inflated through the inflation opening, and the inflated gas can push the diaphragm to deform.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the deformable chamber and the inflation chamber are alternatively provided with an elastic return element, one end of which is connected to the box and the other end of which is connected to the membrane.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the elastic return element is a compression spring, arranged in the deformable cavity.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the ink replenishing channel extends to the bottom of the deformable cavity and is formed with an ink replenishing opening, the diaphragm is provided with a plug on a side facing the ink replenishing opening, the diameter of the plug is gradually reduced in a direction away from the diaphragm, and the plug can block the ink replenishing opening when the diaphragm compresses the deformable cavity.
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 an exploded view of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of one side of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a diaphragm in an embodiment of the utility model.
Reference numerals: the ink filling device comprises a box body 1, an ink storage cavity 2, a variable cavity 3, an ink outlet cavity 4, an ink outlet 41, a first connecting hole 42, a second connecting hole 43, an ink filling channel 5, an ink filling port 51, a one-way check valve 6, a second connecting rod 61, a second valve flap 62, a membrane 7, a plug 71, a one-way pressure reducing valve 8, a first connecting rod 81, a first valve flap 82, an ink supply channel 9, an inflation cavity 10, an inflation port 11 and an elastic resetting element 12.
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 or similar 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 accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and more than, less than, more than, etc. are understood as excluding the present number, and more than, less than, etc. are understood as including the present number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the utility model discloses a self-adaptive pressure balance ink box, which comprises a box body 1, a membrane 7 and a one-way pressure reducing valve 8, wherein an ink storage cavity 2, a deformable cavity 3 and an ink outlet cavity 4 are formed in the box body 1 in a separated manner.
With further reference to fig. 3 and 4, in which the ink storage cavity 2 communicates with the deformable cavity 3 through the ink replenishing channel 5, and the deformable cavity 3 communicates with the ink outlet cavity 4 through the one-way check valve 6, it can be understood that since the one-way check valve 6 has single-direction fluidity, ink can only flow from the deformable cavity 3 to the ink outlet cavity 4 through the one-way check valve 6, and ink in the ink outlet cavity 4 can not flow back to the deformable cavity 3 through the one-way check valve 6.
An ink outlet 41 is formed at one end of the ink outlet chamber 4, and ink in the ink outlet chamber 4 can flow to the print head through the ink outlet 41, so that ink is supplied to the print head.
Referring to fig. 2, the diaphragm 7 is one side that encloses the deformable cavity 3, the diaphragm 7 can deform to compress or expand the deformable cavity 3, when the diaphragm 7 compresses the deformable cavity 3, the diaphragm 7 can block the ink replenishing channel 5, so that the ink storage cavity 2 is isolated from the deformable cavity 3, and ink in the deformable cavity 3 is extruded to pass through the one-way check valve 6 and enter the ink outlet cavity 4; when the diaphragm 7 expands the deformable cavity 3, the diaphragm 7 can open the ink replenishing channel 5, so that the ink storage cavity 2 is communicated with the deformable cavity 3, and the ink in the ink outlet cavity 4 cannot flow back to the deformable cavity 3 through the one-way check valve 6, so that the deformable cavity 3 can suck the ink in the ink storage cavity 2 through the ink replenishing channel 5, the effect of replenishing the ink to the deformable cavity 3 is achieved, and the ink is continuously supplied to the ink outlet cavity 4 by the deformable cavity 3 next time.
This ink horn takes place deformation in order to compress or the variable chamber 3 of inflation through diaphragm 7, opens simultaneously or closes and mends black passageway 5, because one-way check valve 6's setting, can realize the ink and store up the flowing in proper order between ink chamber 2, variable chamber 3 and the black chamber 4 of play to reach and continue to supply the purpose of ink to the black chamber 4 of play by variable chamber 3.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the ink outlet chamber 4 may communicate with the deformable chamber 3 through a one-way relief valve 8, the flow direction of the one-way relief valve 8 and the one-way check valve 6 being reversed. Once the pressure in the ink outlet cavity 4 is too big, opening pressure through the one-way relief pressure valve 8 of reasonable setting, make the one-way relief pressure valve 8 play a role when the pressure in the ink outlet cavity 4 is too big, return some ink in the ink outlet cavity 4 to the deformable cavity 3 in, thereby slow down the pressure in the ink outlet cavity 4, reach the effect that self-adaptation maintained the interior outer pressure balance of ink outlet cavity 4, prevent that the phenomenon that ink outlet 41 overflows and beat printer head and ooze the china ink, it is also more stable to print, print the high quality.
Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 4, in some embodiments of the present invention, an ink supply channel 9 is disposed between the variable chamber 3 and the ink outlet chamber 4, a first connection hole 42 and a second connection hole 43 communicating with the ink supply channel 9 are disposed on the ink outlet chamber 4, and a one-way pressure reducing valve 8 and a one-way check valve 6 are respectively disposed on the first connection hole 42 and the second connection hole 43, it is conceivable that both the first connection hole 42 and the second connection hole 43 can communicate the ink supply channel 9 and the ink outlet chamber 4, i.e., communicate the variable chamber 3 and the ink outlet chamber 4, before the one-way pressure reducing valve 8 and the one-way check valve 6 are not installed.
Referring to fig. 2, the one-way pressure reducing valve 8 is a flexible member and includes a first connecting rod 81 fixedly connected to the ink outlet chamber 4 and a first valve flap 82 disposed at one end of the first connecting rod 81, the first valve flap 82 covers a side of the first connecting hole 42 close to the ink supply channel 9, when the first valve flap 82 receives a large pressure from the side of the first connecting hole 81 close to the ink outlet chamber 4, the first valve flap 82 can be opened to connect the first connecting hole 42, and the ink can flow from the ink outlet chamber 4 to the deformable chamber 3.
In addition, the one-way check valve 6 is also a flexible member and includes a second connecting rod 61 fixedly connected to the ink outlet chamber 4 and a second valve flap 62 disposed at one end of the second connecting rod 61, the second valve flap 62 covers the side of the second connecting hole 43 close to the ink outlet chamber 4, and similarly, when the second valve flap 62 receives a large pressure from the side of the second connecting hole 43 close to the ink supply channel 9, the second valve flap 62 can be opened to connect the second connecting hole 43, and the ink can flow from the deformable chamber 3 to the ink outlet chamber 4.
Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments of the present invention, in order to realize the deformation action of the membrane 7, an inflation cavity 10 is further disposed in the box body 1, the membrane 7 is a side that encloses the inflation cavity 10, the membrane 7 movably separates the inflation cavity 10 from the deformable cavity 3, an inflation opening 11 is disposed at one end of the inflation cavity 10, the inflation cavity 10 can be inflated through the inflation opening 11, and the inflated gas can push the membrane 7 to deform.
In addition, an elastic return element 12 is provided alternatively to the deformable chamber 3 and to the inflation chamber 10, the elastic return element 12 being connected at one end to the case 1 and at the other end to the membrane 7. Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, the elastic restoring element 12 is a compression spring, and is disposed in the deformable cavity 3, when the inflation inlet 11 stops inflating the inflation cavity 10, the diaphragm 7 can automatically recover under the action of the elastic restoring element 12, and the elastic restoring element 12 pushes the diaphragm 7 to expand the deformable cavity 3, so that the deformable cavity 3 can suck ink in the ink storage cavity 2 through the ink replenishing channel 5.
Referring to fig. 2 and 5, in some embodiments of the present invention, the ink replenishing channel 5 extends to the bottom of the deformable cavity 3 and is formed with an ink replenishing port 51, the diaphragm 7 is provided with a plug 71 on a side facing the ink replenishing port 51, the diameter of the plug 71 gradually decreases in a direction away from the diaphragm 7, when the diaphragm 7 compresses the deformable cavity 3, the plug 71 can be gradually inserted into the ink replenishing port 51, and the purpose of being capable of plugging the ink replenishing port 51 to isolate the deformable cavity 3 from the ink storage cavity 2 is achieved, and the sealing effect is good.
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 within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.