CN218315865U - Waste ink collecting mechanism for printer - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model provides a waste ink collecting mechanism of printing machine, including the ink receiving dish that is used for collecting waste ink, be used for storing the main container of waste ink and be used for leading the waste ink that the ink receiving dish was collected into lead the black spare of leading of main container, the ink receiving dish bottom is equipped with the china ink hole that falls that supplies the waste ink to flow out; the ink guide piece comprises a transfer groove fixedly arranged below the ink receiving disc and keeping a preset distance with the ink receiving disc and a flow guide pipe, and two ends of the flow guide pipe are respectively communicated with the transfer groove and the main container. The embodiment of the utility model provides a through addding the transfer trough to make the transfer trough and connect the setting of china ink dish interval, when connecing the china ink dish motion, the position of transfer trough and honeycomb duct does not change, and waste ink flow process is difficult for forming the sediment in the honeycomb duct, avoids waste ink to block up the honeycomb duct, and the stability of whole waste ink collecting process is good, effectual, and in addition, the component of this mechanism is simple, workable, and the honeycomb duct is also difficult for taking place wearing and tearing, has reduced use cost.

Description

Waste ink collecting mechanism for printer

Technical Field

The embodiment of the utility model provides a printer waste ink recovery technical field especially relates to a printer waste ink collection mechanism.

Background

Waste ink is generated in maintenance operations such as moisturizing, wiping, and squeegeeing for a printer head, and the waste ink needs to be recovered.

The waste ink collecting mechanism of the prior printer comprises an ink receiving disc driven by a drag chain, a flow guide pipe communicated with the ink receiving disc and a main container connected with the flow guide pipe, wherein when the waste ink collecting mechanism is used, the ink receiving disc moves back and forth under the driving of the drag chain so as to receive waste ink flowing down from a spray head, and the waste ink collected in the ink receiving disc flows to an ink storage barrel through the flow guide pipe under the action of gravity.

The fixed connection between the flow guide pipe and the ink receiving plate of the waste ink collecting mechanism can cause certain limitations: 1. the ink receiving disc moves to enable the guide pipe to move along with the ink receiving disc, so that the guide pipe is possibly pulled out of the main container and separated, waste ink flows to a place outside the main container, and waste ink collection stability is poor; 2. the guide pipe is in flexible connection with the ink receiving disc, when the guide pipe moves along with the ink receiving disc, the flexible connection part is easy to bend to influence the flow of waste liquid, waste ink forms sediment at the bending part to further block the guide pipe, and the waste ink collecting effect is poor; 3. the drag chain is sleeved outside the flow guide pipe, the flow guide pipe is easy to rub with the drag chain when moving along with the ink receiving disc, and the flow guide pipe is seriously abraded after long use time, so that the use cost of the mechanism is increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the utility model provides a technical problem who solves provides a printing machine waste ink collection mechanism, and waste ink is collected stable good, effectual, use cost hangs down.

In order to solve the technical problem, an embodiment of the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a printer waste ink collection mechanism comprising: the waste ink collecting device comprises an ink collecting tray for collecting waste ink, a main container for storing the waste ink and an ink guide member for guiding the waste ink collected by the ink collecting tray into the main container, wherein the bottom of the ink collecting tray is provided with an ink falling hole for the waste ink to flow out; the ink guide piece comprises a transfer groove fixedly arranged below the ink receiving disc and keeping a preset distance with the ink receiving disc and a flow guide pipe, wherein two ends of the flow guide pipe are respectively communicated with the transfer groove and the main container, the transfer groove extends along the moving direction of the ink receiving disc, and the orthographic projection of the ink falling hole on the plane of the opening of the transfer groove is always positioned in the range of the opening of the transfer groove in the moving process of the ink receiving disc.

Furthermore, the bottom end of the ink falling hole of the ink receiving disc is also provided with a flow guide nozzle protruding downwards.

Further, the water conservancy diversion mouth includes thin fixed part relatively and the location portion that is thick relatively, the fixed part insert in the china ink hole and with china ink hole pore wall fixed connection falls, the top face of fixed part is less than fall the top drill way of china ink hole or with top drill way parallel and level, location portion external diameter is greater than fall china ink hole aperture and with the terminal surface butt that leans on location portion one end in connect on the ink dish bottom surface.

Furthermore, the bottom of the transfer tank is provided with an ink discharge pipe joint, and the flow guide pipe is connected with the ink discharge pipe joint.

Furthermore, an avoiding notch is further formed at least one tail end of the transit groove.

Furthermore, the middle of the ink receiving disc is high, two sides of the ink receiving disc are low, the ink falling holes are formed in low-lying areas close to two sides in the ink receiving disc, and the transfer grooves are formed below the low-lying areas of the ink receiving disc respectively.

Furthermore, the disc surface of the ink receiving disc comprises a convex arc surface part which is positioned in the middle of the disc surface and the middle of which is convex relative to the upward arcs on two sides and plane parts which are connected with two opposite sides of the convex arc surface part, and the ink falling hole is formed in the plane part.

Furthermore, the disc surface of the ink receiving disc comprises two inclined surface parts which are positioned in the middle of the disc surface and symmetrically extend downwards from the middle of the disc surface to two sides in an inclined manner, and plane parts which are respectively connected with the bottom edges of the corresponding inclined surface parts, and the ink falling hole is formed in the plane parts.

Furthermore, the honeycomb duct is made of flexible materials.

Further, the flexible material is a plastic material.

After the technical scheme is adopted, the embodiment of the utility model provides an at least, following beneficial effect has: the embodiment of the utility model provides a through addding the transfer trough, and make the transfer trough and connect the china ink dish interval to set up, when connecing the china ink dish to remove to connect the china ink, the position of transfer trough and honeycomb duct does not change along with connecing the china ink dish motion, so guarantees waste ink and is connecing the smoothness nature of china ink dish flow direction main container process, and waste ink flow process is difficult for forming the sediment in the honeycomb duct, avoids waste ink to block up the honeycomb duct, and the process stability that whole waste ink was collected is good, effectual. In addition, the components of the mechanism are simple and easy to process, the connecting piece is not easy to wear, and the use cost of the mechanism is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an alternative embodiment of a waste ink collecting mechanism for a printing press according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a waste ink collection mechanism for a printing press according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of an ink receiving tray along a central axial plane of an ink drop hole in an alternative embodiment of a waste ink collecting mechanism of a printing press according to the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view at a of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of an ink receiving tray along another central axis of an ink drop hole in an alternative embodiment of a waste ink collecting mechanism for a printing press according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is another perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a waste ink collection mechanism for a printing press according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the following drawings and specific examples. It is to be understood that the following illustrative embodiments and description are only intended to illustrate the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and features in the embodiments and examples may be combined with each other in the present application without conflict.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, an alternative embodiment of the present invention provides a waste printer ink collecting mechanism comprising: the waste toner collecting device comprises a toner collecting tray 10 for collecting waste toner, a main tank 20 for storing waste toner, and a toner guide 30 for guiding waste toner collected by the toner collecting tray 10 into the main tank 20. The bottom of the ink receiving tray 10 is provided with an ink dropping hole 110 for the waste ink to flow out, the ink guiding member 30 includes a transfer slot 310 fixedly disposed below the ink receiving tray 10 and keeping a predetermined distance from the ink receiving tray 10, and a guide tube 320 having two ends respectively communicated with the transfer slot 310 and the main container 20, the transfer slot 310 is configured to extend along the moving direction of the ink receiving tray 10, and the orthographic projection of the ink dropping hole 110 on the notch plane of the transfer slot 310 during the movement of the ink receiving tray 10 is always located within the notch range of the transfer slot 310.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through addding transfer groove 310, mounting of transfer groove 310 bottom welding makes transfer groove 310 fix in the printing machine on the position that machinery does not take place the motion, and transfer groove 310 with connect ink plate 10 to keep predetermined interval, when connecing ink plate 10 to remove to connect the china ink, the position of transfer groove 310 and honeycomb duct 320 does not change along with connecing ink plate 10 motion. Therefore, the fluency of the process that the waste ink flows to the main container 20 in the ink receiving disc 10 is ensured, the waste ink flowing process is not easy to form precipitates in the guide pipe 320, the waste ink is prevented from blocking the guide pipe 320, and the whole waste ink collection stability is good and the effect is good. In addition, the components of the mechanism are simple and easy to process, the honeycomb duct 320 is not easy to wear, and the use cost of the mechanism is reduced.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the bottom end of the ink dropping hole 110 of the ink receiving tray 10 is further provided with a flow guiding nozzle 120 protruding downward. The diversion nozzle 120 has a hollow channel for flowing waste ink in the ink receiving tray 10, the diversion nozzle 120 is sleeved in the ink falling hole 110, and the diversion nozzle 120 extends out of the hole of the ink falling hole 110. In the present embodiment, the diversion nozzle 120 is installed in the ink drop hole 110, and the portion of the diversion nozzle 120 extending out of the ink drop hole 110 reduces the distance for the waste ink in the ink receiving tray 10 to flow to the transfer slot 310, so that the waste ink in the ink receiving tray 10 can better flow to the transfer slot 310. In addition, the protruding portion of the diversion nozzle 120 can prevent waste ink in the ink receiving tray 10 from flowing to the bottom surface of the ink receiving tray 10, so that the waste ink can better flow to the intermediate transfer slot 310 below the diversion nozzle 120, and the waste ink between the ink receiving tray 10 and the intermediate transfer slot 310 can flow smoothly.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, in order to further illustrate the specific structure of the flow guiding nozzle 120, the flow guiding nozzle 120 includes a relatively thin fixing portion 121 and a relatively thick positioning portion 122, the fixing portion 121 is inserted into the ink dropping hole 110 and is fixedly connected to the hole wall of the ink dropping hole 110, the top end surface of the fixing portion 121 is lower than the top end hole opening of the ink dropping hole 110 or is flush with the top end hole opening, and the outer diameter of the positioning portion 122 is greater than the hole diameter of the ink dropping hole 110 and abuts against the bottom surface of the ink receiving tray 10 with the end surface near one end of the positioning portion 122. In this embodiment, the fixing portion 121 and the positioning portion 122 have a hollow channel for flowing the waste ink in the ink receiving tray 10, and the top end surface of the fixing portion 121 is lower than or flush with the top end opening of the ink drop groove 110 during actual installation, so that the waste ink in the ink receiving tray 10 can smoothly pass through the hollow channel and then fall into the transfer slot 310. It should be noted that the fixing portion 121 may be installed in the ink dropping hole 110 in different manners, for example, the outer end of the fixing portion 121 and corresponding threads are disposed in the ink dropping hole 110 for screw-threaded connection, or the fixing portion 121 is adhesively connected in the ink dropping hole 110 by fixing glue, or the fixing portion 121 is connected in the ink dropping hole 110 by interference fit, and the specific fixing manner is not described herein again.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, to further illustrate the specific structure of the transfer slot 310, as shown in fig. 1, the upper portion of the transfer slot 310 has an opening, and the waste ink of the ink receiving tray 10 flows from the ink falling hole 110 to the opening of the transfer slot 310. In this embodiment, the transfer slot 310 is a structure with an opening at the upper part of a rectangle, the opening is opened at one end of the transfer slot 310 close to the ink receiving tray 10, the opening of the transfer slot 310 is right opposite to the ink falling hole 110, when in use, the waste ink flows to the opening of the transfer slot 310 through the ink falling hole 110 under the action of gravity and finally falls on the transfer slot 310, it should be noted that, the ink receiving tray 10 moves, and the position change of the ink falling hole 110 is always in the opening of the transfer slot 310, so as to avoid the waste ink from leaking out of the transfer slot 310.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, an ink discharging pipe connector 311 is disposed at the bottom of the transferring trough 310, and the guiding pipe 320 is connected to the ink discharging pipe connector 311. Further, in this embodiment, a connection member 313 having a structure similar to that of the flow guiding nozzle is installed in the ink discharging pipe joint 311, and stepped platforms with different diameters are provided inside the connection member 313, in practical applications, the flow guiding pipe 320 is inserted into the connection member 313, that is, the top wall of the flow guiding pipe 320 abuts against the smaller stepped platform inside the connection member 313, and meanwhile, the outer wall of the flow guiding pipe 320 is in interference fit with the larger stepped platform inside the connection member 313. Still further, the draft tube 320 is made of a flexible material, the flexible material is a plastic material, and further, the draft tube 320 may be a hose, and the hose is conveniently separated from the main container 20. In order to make the structure of the mechanism more compact, the flexible flow guide tube 320 may be a Y-shaped hose, two liquid inlet ends at the upper part of the Y-shaped hose may be respectively communicated with the ink discharge tube connectors 311 on the two ink dropping grooves 2, and a liquid outlet end at the lower part of the Y-shaped hose is connected with one main container 20.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, an avoidance gap 312 is further disposed at least one end of the transit slot 310. In this embodiment, the avoidance notch 312 is disposed at one end of the transit slot 310 close to the ink receiving tray 10, and the distance between the transit slot 310 and the ink receiving tray 10, that is, the safety distance therebetween, is increased by providing the avoidance notch 312, so that the risk of collision between the ink receiving tray 10 and the transit slot 310 when a displacement error occurs can be effectively reduced, and the fault tolerance of the mechanism is improved.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, in order to improve the ink dropping efficiency of the ink receiving tray 10, the middle of the ink receiving tray 10 is high and both sides are low, the ink dropping hole 110 is disposed in the low-lying area near both sides in the ink receiving tray 10, and one transfer groove 310 is disposed below both sides of the ink receiving tray 10. In this embodiment, the ink receiving tray 10 with a high middle and low sides is provided, so that when the ink receiving tray 10 moves to receive ink, waste ink firstly flows to a low-lying area through a high surface in the ink receiving tray 10, and then the waste ink flows out of the ink falling hole 110 more quickly, thereby reducing the flow time of the waste ink in the ink receiving tray 10, and further improving the waste ink collecting efficiency of the mechanism.

Further, the number of the ink dropping holes 110 is two, and the two ink dropping holes 110 are respectively provided in the depressed areas on both sides in the ink receiving tray 10. The number of the transfer slots 310 is correspondingly two, and the two transfer slots 310 are opposite to the two ink dropping holes 110; the number of the flow guide pipes 320 is correspondingly set to two, one end of each of the two flow guide pipes 320 is connected with the ink discharge pipe connectors 311 on the two ink falling grooves 2, and the other end of each of the two flow guide pipes 320 is connected with the two main containers 20, so that waste ink collection can be simultaneously carried out by arranging two groups of members, and the waste ink collection efficiency of the mechanism is further improved.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, the disc surface of the ink receiving disc 10 includes a convex arc surface portion 130 located in the middle of the disc surface and having a middle portion protruding upward relative to the two sides, and a plane portion 140 connected to the two opposite sides of the convex arc surface portion 130, and the ink falling hole 110 is opened on the plane portion 140. In the present embodiment, the relay groove 310 is located below the planar portion 140, the relay groove 310 and the planar portion 140 are arranged in parallel, the ink receiving track of the planar portion 140 is consistent with the length direction of the relay groove 310, and the length direction of the relay groove 310 is always in the ink receiving track of the ink receiving tray 10.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 6, the disk surface of the ink receiving disk 10 includes two inclined surface portions 150 located in the middle of the disk surface and symmetrically inclined and downwardly extending from the middle of the disk surface to both sides, and two plane portions 140 respectively connected to the bottom edges of the inclined surface portions 150, and the ink falling hole 110 is disposed on the plane portion 140. In the present embodiment, the relay groove 310 is located below the planar portion 140, the relay groove 310 and the planar portion 140 are arranged in parallel, an ink receiving track of the planar portion 140 is consistent with a length direction of the relay groove 310, and the length direction of the relay groove 310 is always in the ink receiving track of the ink receiving tray 10.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the main container 20 is a cylinder with an opening at the upper part, and the flow guide tube 320 is connected to the opening of the cylinder. In this embodiment, the waste ink flows out to the main container 20 through the flow guide tube 320, and during the use, the main container 20 is full of the waste ink, and the flow guide tube 320 is separated from the main container 20, so as to finally pour the waste ink in the main container 20 out of the corresponding waste material area.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, which are only illustrative and not restrictive, and those skilled in the art can make many forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and these forms are within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A waste ink collecting mechanism of a printing machine comprises an ink receiving disc for collecting waste ink, a main container for storing the waste ink and an ink guide member for guiding the waste ink collected by the ink receiving disc into the main container, wherein the bottom of the ink receiving disc is provided with an ink falling hole for the waste ink to flow out; the ink guide device is characterized in that the ink guide piece comprises a transfer groove fixedly arranged below the ink receiving disc and keeping a preset distance with the ink receiving disc and a flow guide pipe, wherein two ends of the flow guide pipe are respectively communicated with the transfer groove and the main container, the transfer groove extends along the moving direction of the ink receiving disc, and the orthographic projection of the ink falling hole on the plane of the opening of the transfer groove is always positioned in the opening range of the transfer groove in the moving process of the ink receiving disc.

2. The printer waste ink collecting mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ink receiving tray is further provided with a flow guide nozzle protruding downward at a bottom end of the ink drop hole.

3. The waste printer ink collecting mechanism of claim 2, wherein the deflector nozzle includes a relatively thin retainer portion inserted into the drop hole and fixedly connected to the wall of the drop hole, and a relatively thick retainer portion having a top end surface lower than or flush with the top end opening of the drop hole, and having an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the drop hole and abutting against the bottom surface of the ink receiving tray with an end surface near one end of the retainer portion.

4. The waste ink collecting mechanism for printing press as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a duct connector is provided at the bottom of said transfer chute, and said duct is connected to said duct connector.

5. The waste printer ink collection mechanism of claim 1 in which an escape notch is also provided at least one end of said transfer slot.

6. The waste ink collecting mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ink receiving plate is high in the middle and low on both sides, the ink dropping hole is provided in a depressed area on both sides in the ink receiving plate, and one of the transfer grooves is provided below the depressed area on both sides of the ink receiving plate.

7. The waste ink collecting mechanism as claimed in claim 6, wherein the plate surface of the ink receiving plate includes a convex arc surface portion in the middle of the plate surface and having a central portion protruding upward in an arc shape with respect to both sides, and flat surface portions joined to both sides of the convex arc surface portion, and the ink drop hole is opened in the flat surface portions.

8. The waste ink collecting mechanism as claimed in claim 6, wherein the plate surface of the ink receiving plate includes two inclined surface portions located at a center of the plate surface and extending obliquely downward from the center of the plate surface symmetrically to both sides, and flat surface portions respectively engaging bottom edges of the inclined surface portions, and the ink drop hole is opened in the flat surface portions.

9. The printer waste ink collection mechanism of claim 1, wherein the flow conduit is made of a flexible material.

10. The printer waste ink collection mechanism of claim 9, wherein the flexible material is a plastic material.

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