CN218536083U

CN218536083U - Ink box

Info

Publication number: CN218536083U
Application number: CN202222795478.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁仕超; 孙楠楠
Original assignee: Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-21
Filing date: 2022-10-21
Publication date: 2023-02-28
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-21

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ink box which can be detachably arranged in an installation part of a printer, wherein an ink supply needle is arranged in the installation part; the ink cartridge includes: the ink cartridge comprises a shell, an ink bag, a first ink storage cavity and a second ink storage cavity, wherein the ink bag is arranged in the shell and is provided with an ink storage cavity for storing ink; the ink outlet is arranged on the ink bag and is used for allowing ink to flow out of the ink storage cavity; the bubble absorbing device is arranged in the ink bag and comprises a fixing part and an absorbing part, the fixing part is fixedly connected with the ink bag, and the absorbing part is provided with a plurality of chambers for containing bubbles. The utility model discloses a bubble absorbing device is fixed to be set up on the ink bag, behind ink cartridge loader, the bubble absorbing device of fixed setting can guarantee that at least some is located out the china ink mouth top all the time, and bubble density is in the chamber of the spontaneous inflow ink bag top bubble absorbing device of meeting than water, and the normal in-process of printing consumption of ink in the ink bag, bubble can effectual storage in the device's chamber or on the surface, has reduced the bubble and has flowed into and beat printer head, and then has caused the risk that the printing quality descends.

Description

Ink box

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a printer technical field especially relates to an ink horn.

Background

Conventionally, an ink cartridge having an ink bag capable of containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet printer which ejects and consumes ink (liquid) is known. Bubbles (gas) are easily generated in the ink contained in the ink bag due to chemical changes of the ink or pressure changes in the ink bag, and if a certain amount of gas cannot be effectively stored in the ink bag, the gas may flow into the print head, damaging the printer and seriously affecting the quality of the product.

In the prior art, for example, patent document CN111216455A discloses an ink cartridge, a bubble absorbing device for storing gas is arranged in an ink bag, and the bubble absorbing device is randomly placed in the ink bag, however, when the ink cartridge is connected with a printer, bubbles with specific gravity smaller than that of ink float upward, and the bubble absorbing device randomly placed in the ink bag can not well absorb the floating bubbles along with the shaking of the ink, so that the gas can flow out from an ink outlet into a printing head, and the printer is damaged, thereby seriously affecting the quality of the product.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an ink box which can be detachably arranged in an installation part of a printer, wherein an ink supply needle is arranged in the installation part; the ink cartridge includes:

a housing;

an ink bag provided in the housing, the ink bag having an ink storage chamber for storing ink;

the ink outlet is arranged on the ink bag, and ink supply water flows out of the ink storage cavity;

the bubble absorbing device is arranged in the ink bag and comprises a fixing part and an absorbing part, the fixing part is fixedly connected with the ink bag, and the absorbing part is provided with a plurality of chambers for containing bubbles.

In some embodiments, when the ink outlet is in communication with the ink supply needle, the bubble absorbing device is at least partially located above the ink outlet in the plumb direction.

In some embodiments, the absorbent portion includes a rib disposed to intersect, one end of the rib being connected to the fixing portion.

In some embodiments, the rib is provided with a plurality of ribs at intervals, and the chambers are formed between adjacent ribs.

In some embodiments, adjacent ribs are spaced apart along the direction of extension of the ribs.

In some embodiments, the ribs are elongate sheet structures.

In some embodiments, the end of the rib remote from the fixing portion is provided with a support portion having a width greater than the width of the rib and/or fixing portion.

In some embodiments, the support portion is provided with a through hole.

In some embodiments, the fixing portion includes a substrate, and a pressing rib attached to the ink bag is provided on a surface of the substrate.

In some embodiments, the fixation portion is flat, spherical or ellipsoidal.

The utility model has the advantages that: the utility model discloses a bubble absorbing device is fixed to be set up on the ink bag, after ink cartridge loader, the bubble absorbing device of fixed setting can guarantee that at least some is located out the china ink mouth top all the time, bubble density is in the chamber of the spontaneous inflow of ink bag top bubble absorbing device than water little, the normal in-process of printing consumption of ink in the ink bag, the bubble can effectual storage in the device's chamber or on the surface, and can not flow into and beat printer head, the bubble inflow has been reduced and has been beaten printer head, and then cause the risk of printing the decline of quality.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an angle configuration of an ink cartridge according to some embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an ink cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention, with the right surface omitted;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an ink bag of an ink cartridge according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of the bubble absorbing device of the ink cartridge according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is to be understood that the described embodiments are only some of the described embodiments of the invention, and not all of them. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless explicitly defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral connections; may be a mechanical connection; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "above," and "over" a second feature may be directly on or obliquely above the second feature, or simply mean that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature "under," "beneath," and "under" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the second feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description above, 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 are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

The present embodiment provides an ink cartridge for supplying ink to a printer, in which a mounting part (not shown) is provided, and the ink cartridge is detachably mounted in the mounting part in an upright posture, and supplies (e.g., ink) for development are stored inside the ink cartridge, and the ink in the ink cartridge is developed on a printing medium (e.g., paper) when the printer prints. One or more ink cartridges can be accommodated in the mounting portion, and a plurality of ink cartridges can be arranged in the mounting portion side by side, and can be of the same color or different colors.

The mounting portion is substantially rectangular parallelepiped in shape having an opening along which the ink cartridge is mounted, the mounting portion having a plurality of ink cartridge mounting locations, each of the ink cartridges being mounted in a corresponding one of the ink cartridge mounting locations. Each ink cartridge mounting position has an ink supply needle.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the ink cartridge of the present embodiment includes a case 1 and an ink bag 2, the ink bag 2 being disposed inside the case 1.

As shown in fig. 1, the housing 1 has a front surface a, a rear surface b, a top surface c, a bottom surface d, a left surface e and a right surface f, the rear surface b is opposite to the front surface a, the top surface c is intersected with the front surface a and the rear surface b, the bottom surface d is opposite to the top surface c, the left surface e is intersected with the front surface a, the rear surface b and the top surface c, the right surface f is opposite to the left surface e, and the front surface a, the rear surface b, the top surface c, the bottom surface d, the left surface e and the right surface f are connected with each other so that the housing 1 forms a substantially rectangular parallelepiped housing 1 structure. Wherein, one of the left surface e or the right surface f can be a split surface cover.

To better explain the components of the ink cartridge, a three-dimensional rectangular coordinate system XYZ axis is established, the housing 1 is set to a Z axis direction in a vertical direction in a use state (a state of being mounted to the mounting chamber in an upright posture), a direction in which the top surface c points toward the bottom surface d is a-Z direction (a plumb direction), a horizontal direction is an X direction, that is, a direction in which the rear surface b points toward the front surface a is a + X direction, which is a mounting direction of the ink cartridge and a length direction of the housing 1, -the X direction is a taking-out direction of the ink cartridge, a width direction of the housing 1 is a Y direction, and a direction in which the left surface e points toward the right surface f is a + Y direction. The front direction is along the direction of the + X axis, the back direction is along the direction of the-X axis, the up direction is along the direction of the + Z axis, the down direction is along the direction of the-Z axis, the right direction is along the direction of the + Y axis, and the left direction is along the direction of the-Y axis; the movement in the back-and-forth or up-and-down direction or the movement in the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions in the embodiment are not limited to the movement in the vertical, horizontal, or parallel direction, and the movement having an inclination angle may be included as long as there is a component movement in the direction.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the ink bag 2 includes a flexible bag body 21, an ink outlet 22, and a bubble absorbing device 23, an ink storage chamber is formed inside the flexible bag body 21, the ink bag 2 has a length in the X direction, a width in the Y direction, and a height in the Z direction when the flexible bag body 21 stores ink and expands the ink, and the ink bag 2 is substantially close to the inner wall of the housing 1 when the ink bag 2 is mounted in the housing 1. The ink outlet 22 is provided at the front end (one end in the + X axis direction) of the flexible bag 21, and the ink outlet 22 is fixedly provided in the flexible bag 21 and is located at a position substantially in the middle of the flexible bag 21 in the height direction. As shown in fig. 1, the front surface a of the housing 1 is provided with a first hole 11, and when the ink bag 2 is mounted in the housing 1, the ink outlet 22 is positioned to correspond to the first hole 11 and to be exposed through the first hole 11. When the ink cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion of the printer, the ink supply needle passes through the first hole 11 and then is inserted into the ink outlet 22 to communicate the ink storage chamber with the printer, thereby supplying ink. The ink outlet 22 and the flexible bag 21 can be connected by hot pressing. The outer surface of the ink outlet 22 may be provided with a groove, and the inner wall of the housing 1 may be provided with a bayonet fitting with the groove, so that when the ink bag 2 is mounted to the housing 1, the position of the ink outlet 22 is limited to be aligned with the first hole 11, thereby facilitating the insertion of an ink supply needle.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the bubble absorbing device 23 includes a fixing portion 231, an absorbing portion 232, and a supporting portion 233, the fixing portion 231 is fixedly connected to the ink bag 2, specifically, fixed to the front end (one end in the + X axis direction) of the ink bag 2, when the ink cartridge is mounted in the mounting portion and the ink outlet 22 communicates with the ink supply needle, the bubble absorbing device 23 is at least partially located above the ink outlet 22 (i.e., on the + Z axis side) in the plumb direction, preferably, the entire bubble absorbing device 23 is located above the ink outlet 22, that is, the bubble absorbing device 23 is fixed to the front end of the ink bag 2 near the upper edge by the fixing portion 231, and the fixing portion 231, the absorbing portion 232, and the supporting portion 233 are sequentially arranged in the-X direction.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the fixing portion 231 may have any one of a flat shape, a circular shape, an elliptical shape, and the like, or may have other combined shapes, and preferably, the fixing portion 231 has a flat shape; the fixing portion 231 and the ink bag 2 can be connected in a hot-pressing and attaching mode, the fixing portion 231 comprises a substrate 2311, the length direction of the substrate 2311 extends along the Z-axis direction, the substrate 2311 is provided with a pressing rib 2312 attached to the ink bag 2 on the surface, the pressing rib 2312 extends along the Z-axis direction, the pressing rib 2312 can be multiple, the pressing ribs 2312 are distributed on the substrate 2311 at intervals along the X-axis direction, and the pressing rib 2312 is arranged to enable the connection between the bubble absorption device 23 and the flexible bag body 21 to be firmer and not easy to leak.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the absorbing portion 232 has a plurality of chambers 2323 for accommodating air bubbles, and specifically, the absorbing portion 232 includes intersecting ribs 2321, preferably two intersecting ribs 2321, or a greater number of ribs 2321. The rib 2321 has a long sheet-like structure, a longitudinal direction of which extends in the X-axis direction, one end of the rib 2321 is fixedly connected to the fixing portion 231, and the rib 2321 may be integrally formed with the fixing portion 231 or may be a separate structure and fixedly connected by means of engagement, adhesion, welding, or the like. The ribs 2321 are provided with a plurality of protruding ribs 2322 at intervals on the surface, a chamber 2323 for containing air bubbles is formed between the adjacent protruding ribs 2322, the chamber 2323 is not a completely closed chamber, but an open chamber with three sides closed by the adjacent protruding ribs 2322 and the ribs 2321, air bubbles can enter the chamber 2323 from the unclosed side, the surface area of the absorbing part 232 can be enlarged by arranging the absorbing part 232 in a manner that the ribs 2323 are combined with the protruding ribs 2322, so that the air bubbles can be attached to the surfaces of the chamber 2323 and the absorbing part 23, and the plurality of chambers 2323 can be stably attached to the absorbing part 23 and prevent the air bubbles from being separated from the absorbing part 23. The ribs 2322 arranged on the ribs 2321 can influence the ink flow to play a role in stirring the ink in the ink storage cavity, and the ribs 2321 arranged in an intersecting manner can also play a role in stirring the ink. In this embodiment, along the extending direction (X-axis direction) of the rib 2321, the adjacent protruding ribs 2322 are arranged in a staggered manner, that is, the projections of the adjacent protruding ribs 2322 in the X-axis direction do not overlap, alternatively, along the extending direction of the rib 2321, the adjacent protruding ribs 2322 may also be arranged in a non-staggered manner (that is, arranged oppositely), and the projections in the X-axis direction overlap, or the adjacent protruding ribs 2322 are arranged in a partially staggered manner, that is, the projections in the X-axis direction overlap.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the support part 233 is provided at one end of the absorbing part 232 away from the fixing part 231, the support part 233 is fixedly connected to the rib 2321, and the support part 233 may be integrally formed with the rib 2321 or may be a separate structure and fixedly connected by means of engagement, adhesion, welding, or the like. The support portion 233 is used to support the flexible bag 21, so as to prevent the remaining ink in the ink storage chamber from flowing out smoothly due to the adhesion of the flexible bag 21 after the ink in the flexible bag 21 is sucked out. The support part 233 includes an intermediate plate 2331, the intermediate plate 2331 may be connected to the rib 2321, the intermediate plate 2331 extends along the XZ plane, a width of the intermediate plate 2331 in the Z axis direction is greater than a width of the rib 2321 in the Z axis direction and is also greater than a width of the fixing part 231 in the Z axis direction, support protrusions 2332 are provided on both side surfaces of the intermediate plate 2331, the support protrusions 2332 extend in the Y axis direction from the surface of the intermediate plate 2331, a width of the support protrusions 2332 in the Y axis direction is greater than a width of the rib 2321 in the Y axis direction and is also greater than a width of the fixing part 231 in the Y axis direction, when the flexible bag body 21 is deformed, the support protrusions 2332 can support the flexible bag body 21 and form a space for ink to flow around the support part 233, further ensuring smooth flow of ink. The support protrusions 2332 have an arc-shaped plate shape, and may be provided in plurality, and are distributed along the circumference of the intermediate plate 2331, and preferably, the support protrusions 2332 are provided in four.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the supporting portion 233 is further provided with a through hole 2333, the through hole 2333 is specifically provided at a central position of the middle plate 2331 and is surrounded by the plurality of supporting protrusions 2332, the through hole 2333 penetrates the middle plate 2331, and ink can flow through the through hole 2333, so that ink can smoothly flow between different regions in the ink bag 2, and an ink stirring function can be performed.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, when the ink cartridge is inserted into the mounting portion along the mounting direction (+ X axis direction), the ink supply needle passes through the first hole 11 on the housing 1 and communicates with the ink outlet 22, the bubble absorption device 23 is at least partially located above the ink outlet 22 in the plumb direction (-Z axis direction), and since the density of the bubbles is smaller than that of the ink, the bubbles in the ink storage cavity spontaneously flow upward and are absorbed by the bubble absorption device 23 located above the ink outlet 22, and during normal printing consumption of the ink cartridge, the bubbles can be effectively stored in the chamber 2323 on the surface of the bubble absorption device 23, and do not flow out from the ink outlet 22 and then flow to the print head (structure of the printer), so that the risk of the bubbles entering the print head to cause the degradation of printing quality is reduced.

What has been described above are only some embodiments of the invention. For those skilled in the art, without departing from the inventive concept, several modifications and improvements can be made, which are within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. An ink cartridge detachably mountable to a mounting portion of a printer, the mounting portion being provided with an ink supply needle; characterized in that the ink cartridge comprises:

a housing;

2. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bubble absorbing means is located at least partially above said ink outlet in a plumb direction when said ink outlet communicates with said ink supply needle.

3. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 2, wherein the absorption portion includes a rib disposed to intersect, one end of the rib being connected to the fixing portion.

4. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 3, wherein the rib is provided with a plurality of ribs at intervals, and the chambers are formed between adjacent ribs.

5. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 4, wherein adjacent ones of the ribs are spaced apart in a direction in which the ribs extend.

6. The ink cartridge as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein said rib has a long sheet-like structure.

7. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 6, wherein an end of the rib remote from the fixing portion is provided with a support portion having a width larger than a width of the rib and/or the fixing portion.

8. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 7, wherein the support portion is provided with a through hole.

9. The ink cartridge as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said fixing portion comprises a base plate having a pressing rib provided on a surface thereof to abut against said ink bag.

10. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 9, wherein the fixing portion is flat, spherical or ellipsoidal.