CN218838978U

CN218838978U - Ink box with stable chip electrical contact

Info

Publication number: CN218838978U
Application number: CN202222875705.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王平
Original assignee: Zhongshan Ruiyuanxiang Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhongshan Ruiyuanxiang Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-28
Filing date: 2022-10-28
Publication date: 2023-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-28

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ink horn that chip electrical property contact is stable, it includes: box body, chip seat, chip and moving part. The box body includes the main casing body and face lid, and chip holder movably sets up in the box body, and the chip sets up in the chip holder, and the chip is provided with contact portion, and moving part movably sets up in the box body, and the moving part is provided with printing apparatus and supports top and chip holder linkage portion. When the abutting part of the printing equipment is jacked, the movable part can change the position and is linked with the chip base through the chip base linkage part to change the position, so that the contact part can be jacked towards one side facing the contact part. When the ink box is installed on the printer, the printing equipment abutting part of the moving part can abut against the printer, so that the moving part is jacked to change the position, the moving part changes the position by linking the chip seat through the chip seat linkage part, the contact part of the chip can be jacked towards the electric connection part of the printer, and the contact part of the chip is in stable electric contact with the electric connection part of the printer.

Description

Ink box with stable chip electrical contact

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a printing apparatus's consumptive material, in particular to stable ink horn of chip electrical contact.

Background

In the existing ink box, a box body is provided with a chip, and the chip can record information such as ink quantity. When the ink box is installed in the printer, the contact part of the chip is contacted with the electric connection part of the printer to form electric connection, so that the printer can read and write information on the chip. According to the existing ink box, if the size precision of the ink box does not meet the design requirement or the printer moves to position and vibrates, the chip is easy to have poor electrical contact, so that the printer cannot normally read and write the data of the chip.

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 ink horn that chip electrical contact is stable.

According to the utility model discloses stable ink horn of chip electrical contact, it includes: a box body; the chip holder is movably arranged on the box body; a chip disposed on the chip holder, the chip having a contact portion; the movable part is movably arranged on the box body and is provided with a printing equipment abutting part and a chip seat linkage part; when the abutting part of the printing equipment is pressed, the movable part can change the position relative to the box body and can be linked with the position of the chip seat relative to the box body through the chip seat linkage part, so that the contact part can be pressed towards one side of the contact part facing the contact part.

According to the utility model discloses stable ink horn of chip electrical property contact has following beneficial effect at least: when the ink box is installed on the printer, the printing equipment abutting part of the moving part can abut against the printer, so that the moving part is jacked to change the position, the moving part changes the position by linking the chip seat through the chip seat linkage part, the contact part of the chip can be jacked towards the electric connection part of the printer, and the contact part of the chip is in stable electric contact with the electric connection part of the printer.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the cartridge body is provided with an ink chamber, an ink outlet passage, and an air inlet hole, the ink outlet passage is communicated with the ink chamber, the air inlet hole is communicated with the ink chamber, and the movable member is provided with a blocking portion; before the moving part is jacked, the blocking part closes the air inlet; when the abutting part of the printing equipment is pressed, the movable part can change the position and move the blocking part away to open the air inlet.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the moving part with be provided with the elastic component between the box body, the elastic component be used for applying elasticity reset force in the moving part, so that the moving part can keep in the printing apparatus top portion is by the position state before the roof pressure.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the moving part can be along the fore-and-aft direction ground swing joint in the box body, printing apparatus support the top set up in the front end of moving part, chip seat one end pin joint in the box body and pin joint axis set up along controlling the direction, when printing apparatus support the top by the roof pressure, the moving part can move backward and can pass through chip seat linkage portion will the other end jack-up of chip seat up, the chip set up in the upside of chip seat, contact portion sets up.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the contact portion is closer to the other end of the chip holder relative to the one end of the chip holder pin joint.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the chip holder the downside of the other end is provided with concave-convex structure, chip holder linkage portion be the bellying and with concave-convex structure cooperates with sliding relatively, when the moving part moves backward, the bellying can be followed concave-convex structure's relative concave part slides to relative convex part.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, concave-convex structure's relative concave part with the shape adaptation of bellying, before printing apparatus supporting portion was pushed up, the bellying holding in concave-convex structure's relative concave part.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the upper end surface of the protruding portion is an arc-shaped surface.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the box body is provided with an air inlet chamber, the air inlet hole is opened in the cavity wall of the air inlet chamber, the movable member is provided with a rod portion, the rod portion is inserted into the air inlet hole, a gap is formed between the rod portion and the hole wall of the air inlet hole, the plugging portion is fixed to the rod portion and located in the air inlet chamber, an elastic member is arranged between the movable member and the box body, and the elastic member enables the plugging portion to abut against and attach to the cavity wall of the air inlet chamber to plug the air inlet hole; when the abutting part of the printing equipment is pressed, the movable part can move along the direction of the plug rod part and enables the blocking part to deviate from the cavity wall of the air inlet cavity.

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 perspective view 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 perspective view of a chip holder according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a movable member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the embodiment of the present invention after the cover is removed;

fig. 6 is a partial structural view of fig. 5.

Reference numerals:

a box body 100, a main shell 101, a face cover 102, an ink cavity 110, an ink outlet channel 120, an air inlet hole 130 and an air inlet cavity 140;

a chip holder 200, a concave-convex structure 210, a pivot shaft 220;

chip 300, contact portion 310;

the movable member 400, the printing apparatus abutting portion 410, the chip holder linkage portion 420, the plugging portion 430, and the insertion rod portion 440;

the elastic member 500.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the 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 functions 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, a plurality of means are one or more, a plurality of means are two or more, and the terms greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood as not including the number, and the terms greater than, less than, within, etc. are understood as including the 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 there is an explicit limitation, the terms such as setting, installing, connecting, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention by combining the specific contents of the technical solution.

The ink cartridge referring to fig. 1 to 6 includes: a cartridge body 100, a chip holder 200, a chip 300, and a movable member 400. The box body 100 comprises a main shell body 101 and a face cover 102, the chip holder 200 is movably arranged on the box body 100, the chip 300 is arranged on the chip holder 200, the chip 300 is provided with a contact portion 310, the moving member 400 is movably arranged on the box body 100, and the moving member 400 is provided with a printing device abutting portion 410 and a chip holder linkage portion 420. When the abutting portion 410 of the printing apparatus is pressed, the movable member 400 can move relative to the case 100 and can move relative to the case 100 by the linking portion 420, so that the contact portion 310 can be pressed toward the side facing the contact portion 310. In the embodiment, the contact portion 310 faces upward, so that the side facing the contact portion 310 is the upper side of the contact portion 310, which is substantially the side of the printer where the electrical connection portion for electrically contacting the contact portion 310 is located.

When the ink cartridge is installed in a printer, the printing device abutting portion 410 of the movable member 400 abuts against the printer, so that the movable member 400 is pressed to change the position, and when the movable member 400 changes the position, the chip holder linkage portion 420 is linked with the chip holder 200 to change the position, so that the contact portion 310 of the chip 300 can abut against the electrical connection portion of the printer, and the contact portion 310 of the chip 300 is in stable electrical contact with the electrical connection portion of the printer.

In the embodiment, there are four contact portions 310 on the chip 300, and it is understood that the contact portions 310 on different chips 300 are not limited to four.

In the embodiment, the cartridge body 100 is provided with the ink chamber 110, the ink outlet passage 120, and the air inlet hole 130, the ink outlet passage 120 is communicated with the ink chamber 110, the air inlet hole 130 is communicated with the ink chamber 110, and the movable member 400 is provided with the blocking portion 430; before the movable member 400 is pressed, the blocking portion 430 closes the air inlet 130; when the pressing portion 410 of the printing apparatus is pressed, the movable member 400 can move to move the blocking portion 430 away to open the air inlet 130.

When the ink cartridge is installed in the printer, the air inlet 130 can be opened synchronously by the position change of the movable member 400, so that the ink chamber 110 can be filled with air to balance the air pressure, thereby allowing the ink to be output from the ink outlet channel 120. When the ink cartridge is not mounted to the printer, the air intake holes 130 are in a closed state, thereby reducing the possibility of ink leakage from the ink cartridge in a non-use state.

In an embodiment, an elastic member 500 is disposed between the movable member 400 and the case 100, and the elastic member 500 is used for applying an elastic restoring force to the movable member 400, so that the movable member 400 can be maintained in a position state before the abutting portion 410 of the printing apparatus is pressed. By providing the elastic member 500, the movable member 400 can be maintained in an initial inactivated state by the elastic member 500, and the movable member 400 can be restored to the initial state by the elastic member 500 when the ink cartridge is removed.

In an embodiment, the movable member 400 is movably connected to the case 100 in a front-back direction, the printing apparatus abutting portion 410 is disposed at a front end of the movable member 400, one end of the chip holder 200 is pivoted to the case 100, and the pivot axis is disposed in a left-right direction, when the printing apparatus abutting portion 410 is pressed, the movable member 400 can move back and can lift up the other end of the chip holder 200 through the chip holder linkage portion 420, the chip 300 is disposed on an upper side of the chip holder 200, and the contact portion 310 is disposed upward. The above-mentioned structure for realizing the linkage between the movable member 400 and the chip holder 200 is simple and easy to implement, and the force for pushing the contact portion 310 to the side is large, so that the electrical contact is more reliable.

In an embodiment, the contact portion 310 is pivoted to the chip holder 200 at one end closer to the other end of the chip holder 200, so that the contact portion 310 can have a larger movement range when the movable member 400 is moved, thereby ensuring the stability of the electrical contact of the chip 300.

In an embodiment, the concave-convex structure 210 is disposed on the lower side of the other end of the chip holder 200, the chip holder linkage part 420 is a convex part and is slidably engaged with the concave-convex structure 210, and when the movable member 400 moves backward, the convex part can slide from the relatively concave part to the relatively convex part of the concave-convex structure 210, so as to jack up the other end of the chip holder 200. In an embodiment, the shape of the concave-convex portion and the shape of the convex portion of the concave-convex structure 210 are matched, and the convex portion is accommodated in the concave-convex portion of the concave-convex structure 210 before the abutting portion 410 of the printing apparatus is pressed, so that the position of the movable member 400 in the initial state before the non-operation is stable. In an embodiment, the upper end surface of the protrusion is an arc surface, so that the relative sliding fit between the protrusion and the concave-convex structure 210 is smoother. It is also conceivable that the printing apparatus abutting portion 410 is not limited to a projection, and may be a wedge, for example, by which the other end of the chip holder 200 is abutted when the movable member 400 is operated.

In an embodiment, the box 100 may be provided with a sliding slot adapted to the moving member 400, the sliding slot extends forward and backward, and the moving member 400 is slidably disposed in the sliding slot, so as to realize the forward and backward movement of the moving member 400. Certainly, a sliding hole and a sliding shaft extending forward and backward may be correspondingly disposed on the box body 100 and the moving member 400, and the forward and backward movement of the moving member 400 is specifically realized through the sliding fit of the sliding hole and the sliding shaft. It is conceivable that there are many embodiments in the art that implement the movement of one member relative to another member in a predetermined direction, and those skilled in the art can configure the embodiments according to the actual situation.

In an embodiment, a pivot shaft 220 is disposed at one end of the chip holder 200, a pivot hole is correspondingly disposed on the case 100, and the pivot shaft 220 is rotatably disposed in the pivot hole, so as to pivotally connect the chip holder 200. It is conceivable that the box 100 is provided with a pivot shaft, and the chip holder 200 is provided with a corresponding pivot hole to realize the pivot connection of the chip holder 200.

It is conceivable that in other embodiments, the movable member 400 is not limited to move back and forth, for example, the movable member 400 may be rotatably disposed on the case 100, and when the abutting portion 410 of the printing apparatus is pressed, the movable member 400 rotates and pushes up the chip holder 200 through the chip holder linkage portion 420; the chip holder 200 is not limited to a pivot structure, and may be a structure that slides in the vertical direction, for example, so that the movable member 400 lifts up the chip holder 200 when it operates; the chip holder linkage part 420 is not limited to the jacking linkage of the chip holder 200, and may be a pulling linkage, for example. The chip holder linkage part 420 is not limited to be directly linked with the chip holder 200, and the chip holder linkage part 420 may indirectly link the chip holder 200 via a linkage mechanism, for example.

In an embodiment, the box body 100 is provided with the air intake cavity 140, the air intake hole 130 is opened on the cavity wall of the air intake cavity 140, the moving member 400 is provided with the insertion rod portion 440, the insertion rod portion 440 is inserted into the air intake hole 130, a gap is formed between the insertion rod portion 440 and the hole wall of the air intake hole 130, the blocking portion 430 is fixed on the insertion rod portion 440 and is located in the air intake cavity 140, and the elastic member 500 arranged between the moving member 400 and the box body 100 enables the blocking portion 430 to abut against and attach to the cavity wall of the air intake cavity 140 to block the air intake hole 130; when the pressing portion 410 of the printing apparatus is pressed, the movable member 400 can move along the direction of the insertion rod portion 440 and make the blocking portion 430 deviate from the wall of the air inlet chamber 140, so that air outside the ink cartridge can enter the ink cartridge through the air inlet hole 130. The structure is adopted to realize the function of opening the air inlet 130 when the movable piece 400 acts, and the structure is simple, easy to implement and stable and reliable in action.

In an embodiment, the movable member 400 moves back and forth, and when the movable member 400 presses against the abutting portion 410 of the printing apparatus, the movable member 400 moves back to make the blocking portion 430 deviate from the wall of the air inlet chamber 140. In an embodiment, the elastic member 500 is a spring, and two ends of the spring are abutted against the cavity wall of the air inlet cavity 140 and the blocking portion 430. It is conceivable that the elastic member 500 is not limited to the use of a spring, and an elastic member such as a torsion spring, a leaf spring, or the like may be used.

It is also conceivable that the above-mentioned structure is not limited to the function of opening the air inlet 130 when the movable member 400 is operated, for example, a sealing member may be movably disposed on the case 100, the sealing member seals the air inlet 130 in an initial state, and the movable member 400 pushes the sealing member when operated, so as to open the air inlet 130.

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

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.

Claims

1. An ink cartridge with stable chip electrical contact, comprising:

a case (100);

a chip holder (200) movably disposed on the cartridge body (100);

a chip (300) provided on the chip holder (200), the chip (300) being provided with a contact portion (310);

the movable piece (400) is movably arranged on the box body (100), and the movable piece (400) is provided with a printing equipment abutting part (410) and a chip holder linkage part (420);

when the abutting part (410) of the printing equipment is pressed, the movable part (400) can change the position relative to the box body (100) and can be linked with the position of the chip base (200) relative to the box body (100) to change the position through the chip base linkage part (420), so that the contact part (310) can be pressed towards one side, facing the contact part (310).

2. The ink cartridge of claim 1, wherein the ink cartridge comprises: the box body (100) is provided with an ink cavity (110), an ink outlet channel (120) and an air inlet hole (130), the ink outlet channel (120) is communicated with the ink cavity (110), the air inlet hole (130) is communicated with the ink cavity (110), and the movable piece (400) is provided with a blocking part (430); before the movable piece (400) is pressed, the blocking part (430) closes the air inlet hole (130); when the abutting part (410) of the printing equipment is pressed, the movable part (400) can change the position and enables the blocking part (430) to move away to open the air inlet hole (130).

3. A chip contact stabilized ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein: an elastic element (500) is arranged between the movable element (400) and the box body (100), and the elastic element (500) is used for applying elastic reset force to the movable element (400) so that the movable element (400) can be kept in a position state before the abutting part (410) of the printing equipment is pressed.

4. The ink cartridge of claim 1, wherein the ink cartridge comprises: the movable part (400) can be movably connected to the box body (100) in a front-back direction in a moving mode, the printing equipment abutting part (410) is arranged at the front end of the movable part (400), one end of the chip base (200) is pivoted to the box body (100) and the pivoting axis is arranged in the left-right direction, when the printing equipment abutting part (410) is jacked, the movable part (400) can move backwards and can jack the other end of the chip base (200) upwards through the chip base linkage part (420), the chip (300) is arranged on the upper side of the chip base (200), and the contact part (310) is arranged upwards.

5. The ink cartridge of claim 4, wherein the ink cartridge comprises: the one end of the contact portion (310) pivotally connected to the chip holder (200) is closer to the other end of the chip holder (200).

6. The ink cartridge of claim 4, wherein the ink cartridge comprises: the downside of the other end of chip seat (200) is provided with concave-convex structure (210), chip seat linkage portion (420) be the bellying and with concave-convex structure (210) cooperation of slidable relatively, when moving part (400) backward moved, the bellying can be followed concave part to the relative bulge of concave-convex structure (210).

7. The ink cartridge of claim 6 in which the chip is electrically contact stabilized, wherein: the relative concave part of the concave-convex structure (210) is matched with the shape of the convex part, and the convex part is accommodated in the relative concave part of the concave-convex structure (210) before the abutting part (410) of the printing equipment is jacked.

8. The ink cartridge of claim 6 in which the chip is electrically contact stabilized, wherein: the upper end face of the protruding portion is an arc-shaped face.

9. The ink cartridge of claim 2 in which the chip is electrically contact stabilized, wherein: the box body (100) is provided with an air inlet cavity (140), the air inlet hole (130) is arranged on the cavity wall of the air inlet cavity (140), the movable piece (400) is provided with a plug rod part (440), the plug rod part (440) is inserted into the air inlet hole (130), a gap is formed between the plug rod part (440) and the hole wall of the air inlet hole (130), the blocking part (430) is fixed on the plug rod part (440) and is positioned in the air inlet cavity (140), an elastic piece (500) is arranged between the movable piece (400) and the box body (100), and the elastic piece (500) enables the blocking part (430) to abut against and be attached to the cavity wall of the air inlet cavity (140) to block the air inlet hole (130); when the abutting part (410) of the printing device is pressed, the movable part (400) can move along the direction of the plug rod part (440) and enables the blocking part (430) to deviate from the wall of the air inlet cavity (140).