CN219236549U

CN219236549U - Ink box

Info

Publication number: CN219236549U
Application number: CN202222544952.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 夏敬章
Original assignee: Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-26
Filing date: 2022-09-26
Publication date: 2023-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-26

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ink box, which comprises: the ink box comprises an ink box body, a first ink box and a second ink box, wherein the ink box body comprises a first wall body, a second wall body, a third wall body and a fourth wall body, the ink box body is provided with a forefront end, and the distance from the forefront end of the ink box body to the second wall body is larger than the distance from other parts of the ink box body to the second wall body; the chip board is arranged on the third wall body; the first bulge is arranged on the third wall body, the first bulge is provided with a front end, and the distance from the front end of the first bulge to the second wall body is larger than the distance from other parts of the first bulge to the second wall body; the front end of the first projection is flush with the forefront end of the cartridge body before the cartridge is loaded into the mounting portion. Compared with the prior art, the first bulge is the movable part, so that the impact force of a larger part can be buffered, the impact force is less transmitted to the ink box main body, and the ink box main body is not easy to deform, so that the ink box is protected.

Description

Ink box

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of ink-jet printers, in particular to an ink box.

Background

Printers are increasingly used in people's lives and works. Ink cartridges are also indispensable in life and work of people as one of consumables of printers.

In the prior patent number CN202010894088.1, an ink cartridge for an ink jet printer is disclosed, comprising: a housing defining a liquid storage chamber therein, the housing including a plurality of walls defining a contour of the liquid cartridge when viewed in a width direction intersecting a gravitational direction, the plurality of walls including: a pair of side walls spaced apart from each other in the width direction; a front wall having a foremost point in a depth direction perpendicular to the width direction and the gravity direction; a rear wall spaced apart from the front wall in the depth direction, the rear wall having a rearmost point in the depth direction; a top wall; and a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall in a height direction perpendicular to the width direction and the depth direction; a circuit board disposed at the top wall and including an electrode having a front edge; and a liquid supply portion provided at the housing, and having a liquid passage extending from the liquid storage chamber in the depth direction, wherein the housing further includes: a first protrusion located behind the circuit board in the depth direction, and protruding upward from the top wall; and a second protrusion that is located in front of the circuit board in the depth direction and protrudes upward from the top wall, the second protrusion extending in the depth direction and having a front end and a rear end in the depth direction, wherein, when viewed in the width direction, in a region between a first point and a second point in the depth direction of the electrode, a contour of the liquid cartridge is positioned lower than an imaginary line defined on a contour of the first protrusion, the second point is defined on a contour of the second protrusion passing through each of the first point of the first protrusion and the second point of the second protrusion, the first protrusion and the second protrusion being below the imaginary line, wherein the front edge of the electrode and the first point provide a distance in the depth direction between the front edge of the electrode and the second point, the distance in the depth direction between the front edge of the electrode and the second point is smaller than a dimension of the front edge of the protrusion and the second point in the depth direction, and the distance in the front end is greater than the front edge of the protrusion.

The second protrusion can play a role in protection and reinforcement, and the front end of the second protrusion and the foremost point of the ink box are kept at a certain distance, so that the top wall of the ink box is not protected in the range, and the top of the ink box is possibly deformed or broken when the unprotected area of the ink box is impacted, thereby influencing the use of the ink box.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide an ink box and an ink-jet printer, which are used for solving the technical problems in the prior art.

The utility model provides an ink box, which is detachably arranged in a mounting part of an ink-jet printer, comprising:

the ink box comprises an ink box main body, a first ink box and a second ink box, wherein the ink box main body comprises a first wall body, a second wall body, a third wall body and a fourth wall body, the first wall body and the second wall body are two opposite wall bodies in the length direction of the ink box main body, the first wall body faces the mounting part in the process of mounting the ink box on the mounting part, an ink containing cavity is formed in the ink box main body, and an ink outlet is formed in the first wall body; the third wall body and the fourth wall body are two opposite wall bodies in the height direction of the ink box main body, the third wall body is positioned above the fourth wall body, the ink box main body is provided with a foremost end, and the distance from the foremost end of the ink box main body to the second wall body is larger than the distance from other parts of the ink box main body to the second wall body;

the chip board is arranged on the third wall body;

the first bulge is at least partially movably arranged on the third wall body and is positioned on one side of the chip board close to the first wall body, the first bulge is provided with a front end, and the distance from the front end of the first bulge to the second wall body is larger than the distance from other parts of the first bulge to the second wall body; the front end of the first projection is flush with the forefront end of the cartridge body before the cartridge is loaded into the mounting portion.

In the ink cartridge of the above aspect, preferably, the third wall body is provided with a second protrusion, and the second protrusion is located on a side of the chip board facing away from the first protrusion.

In the ink cartridge of the above aspect, preferably, the third wall body is provided with a guide groove, the extending direction of the guide groove is parallel to the moving path of the first protrusion, and the first protrusion is clearance-fitted in the guide groove.

An ink cartridge as described above, wherein it is preferable that an elastic return member is further provided so that the first projection can elastically reciprocate on the moving path.

The ink cartridge according to the above aspect, preferably, the elastic restoring member includes a spring, a mounting groove is provided in the ink cartridge body, the spring is accommodated in the mounting groove, the first protrusion extends into the mounting groove, one end of the spring abuts against a groove surface of the mounting groove, and the other end of the spring abuts against the first protrusion.

The ink box comprises a first protrusion, a first adapter plate and a convex column, wherein one end of the first protrusion protrudes out of the guide groove, the other end of the first adapter plate extends into the guide groove, the first adapter plate and the convex column are contained in the mounting groove, two opposite ends of the first adapter plate are respectively connected with the first adapter plate and the convex column, and one end of the spring is sleeved on the convex column.

An ink cartridge as described above, wherein preferably, the size of the main plate satisfies a first formula;

the first formula includes:

W1<H1<L1；

wherein W1 is characterized by the width of the first bump, H1 is characterized by the height of the first bump, and L1 is characterized by the length of the first bump.

In the ink cartridge as described above, it is preferable that an abutment slope is formed at a corner of the main plate away from the third wall.

In the ink cartridge according to the above aspect, it is preferable that a stopper is provided on the third wall, and the first protrusion abuts against the stopper when the first protrusion moves to the end of the movement path.

In the ink cartridge as described above, it is preferable that the second projection is closer to the chip board than the first projection when the first projection is located at the start end of the moving path.

Compared with the prior art, the first bulge and the second bulge are arranged on the third wall body on the same side of the circuit board, the first bulge is a movable part, and the first bulge is positioned at the boundary line between the third wall body and the first wall body in the initial state, so that even if the third wall body of the ink box is impacted downwards with the ground, the first bulge is a movable part, the impact force of a larger part can be buffered, the impact force is less transmitted to the ink box main body, and the ink box main body is not easy to deform, thereby protecting the ink box.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first protrusion of an ink cartridge body of an embodiment provided herein at a beginning of a travel path;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the ink cartridge body of the embodiment provided herein with a first projection at the beginning of the travel path;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a first protrusion of the ink cartridge body of the embodiments provided herein when the first protrusion is at the beginning of the travel path;

FIG. 4 is a view A-A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a first protrusion of the ink cartridge body of the embodiments provided herein at the end of the travel path;

fig. 6 is a perspective view of a first protrusion of an embodiment provided herein.

Reference numerals illustrate:

10-ink box main body, 10 a-first wall body, 10 b-second wall body, 10 c-third wall body, 10 d-fourth wall body, 10 e-fifth wall body, 10 f-sixth wall body, 11-ink containing cavity, 12-ink outlet, 13-chip board, 14-guide groove, 15-mounting groove, 16-spring, 17-first protrusion, 171-main board, 172-adapter board, 173-protrusion, 174-abutting inclined plane, 18-second protrusion and 19-limit block.

Detailed Description

The following wall body details embodiments of the present utility model, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described by referring to the drawings are exemplary only for explaining the present utility model and should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, an embodiment of the present utility model provides an ink cartridge including an ink cartridge body 10, a chip board 13, and a first protrusion 17, wherein:

the ink cartridge body 10 is substantially rectangular parallelepiped in shape having a function of accommodating ink, the ink cartridge body 10 is detachably mounted in a mounting portion (not shown) of the ink jet printer, the mounting portion has a recessed structure having an opening so that the ink cartridge body 10 can be attached and detached, the ink cartridge body 10 includes a first wall 10a, a second wall 10b, a third wall 10c, a fourth wall 10d, a fifth wall 10e, and a sixth wall 10f, the first wall 10a and the second wall 10b are two walls opposed in a longitudinal direction of the ink cartridge body 10, the first wall 10a is disposed facing the mounting portion during mounting of the ink cartridge to the mounting portion, an ink accommodating chamber 11 is provided inside the ink cartridge body 10, the ink accommodating chamber 11 is formed with an ink outlet 12 in the first wall 10a, an ink needle (not shown) is provided in the mounting portion, and ink as a printing material accommodated in the ink cartridge body 10 is supplied to the ink jet printer after being sent out to the ink needle via the ink outlet 12.

The third wall 10c and the fourth wall 10d are two opposite walls in the height direction of the ink cartridge body 10, the third wall 10c is located above the fourth wall 10d, the ink cartridge body 10 has a foremost end, the distance from the foremost end of the ink cartridge body 10 to the second wall 10b is greater than the distance from the other parts of the ink cartridge body 10 to the second wall 10b, in one possible embodiment, the surface of the first wall 10a is formed with a stepped surface, the ink outlet 12 is provided on the innermost side (i.e., the stepped surface closest to the second wall 10 b), and in the case of impact on the ink cartridge body 10 during use or transportation, since the ink outlet 12 is recessed in the surface of the ink cartridge, it is not easily damaged by external impact, and the surface of the third wall 10c intersects with the stepped surface of the outermost side (i.e., the furthest from the second wall 10 b) to form the foremost end of the ink cartridge body 10.

The chip board 13 is provided on the third wall body 10c, and in a state where the ink cartridge main body 10 is mounted to the mounting portion, the wafer on the chip board 13 is electrically connected to the contact pins in the mounting portion. Preferably, the contact pins are made of a conductive steel sheet material with elasticity. The wafer stores information about the ink cartridge, such as the date of manufacture of the ink cartridge, the color of the ink, the remaining amount of ink in the ink cartridge, etc. When printing, the control unit of the ink-jet printer reads information such as the residual ink in the wafer, judges whether the ink box stores enough ink or not, and if the ink box is found to be insufficient, sends warning information of insufficient ink to a user to remind the user of needing to replace a new ink box.

The first protrusion 17 is also arranged on the third wall body 10c and is positioned on one side of the chip board 13, which is close to the first wall body 10a, the first protrusion 17 can serve as a positioning member, the first protrusion 17 plays a role in positioning during the process of mounting the ink cartridge main body 10 into the mounting cavity, the first protrusion 17 is provided with a front end, and the distance from the front end of the first protrusion 17 to the second wall body 10b is greater than the distance from other parts of the first protrusion 17 to the second wall body 10 b; before the ink cartridge is loaded into the mounting portion, the front end of the first projection 17 is flush with the forefront end of the cartridge body 10.

In the embodiment provided by the application, the moving path of the first protrusion 17 extends along the length direction of the ink box main body 10, in the initial state, the edge of one side of the first protrusion 17 far away from the chip board 13 is flush with the foremost end of the ink box main body, that is, the surface of one side of the first protrusion 17 far away from the chip board 13 is the continuation of the step surface of the outermost side (that is, the furthest side away from the second wall body 10 b) of the first wall body 10a, the two parts are located in the same plane, after the first protrusion 17 falls onto the ground or the desktop, the edge of the first protrusion 17 located on the third wall body 10c enables the ink box main body 10 not to be directly impacted, the ink box main body 10 is not easy to be damaged, the first protrusion 17 is acted by external force, moves towards the circuit board along the moving path of the first protrusion 17, the first protrusion 17 is far away from the first wall body 10a, the impact force of a larger part can be buffered, the impact force is less transmitted to the ink box main body 10, and the ink box main body 10 is not easy to deform, so that the ink box is protected.

Meanwhile, since the first projection 17 is farther from the second wall 10b than the ink outlet 12, when the ink cartridge body 10 falls onto the ground, the pivoting amount (angular rotation amount) of the ink cartridge body 10 is small, so that the rotational moment exerted on the ink outlet 12 at the time of collision with the ground can be reduced, thereby reducing the risk of leakage of ink through the ink outlet 12.

In the embodiment provided by the application, the second protrusion 18 is disposed on the third wall body 10c and is located at one side of the chip board 13 away from the first protrusion 17, the second protrusion 18 is a locking member and is used for being abutted with a combining member on the mounting cavity, so that the ink cartridge is fixed in the mounting cavity, meanwhile, the highest point of the second protrusion 18 and the highest point of the first protrusion 17 form a virtual plane together, no matter where the first protrusion 17 is located in the moving path, the chip board 13 is always located below the virtual plane, and the chip board 13 can be protected, so that the chip board 13 is prevented from direct impact. In order to better protect the chip board 13, referring to fig. 2, when the first protrusion 17 is located at the start of the moving path of the first protrusion 17, the second protrusion 18 is closer to the chip board 13 than the first protrusion 17.

Referring to fig. 1, 4 and 6, the third wall body 10c is provided with a guide groove 14, the extending direction of the guide groove 14 is parallel to the moving path of the first protrusion 17, the first protrusion 17 is in clearance fit in the guide groove 14, so that the first protrusion 17 moves along the moving path of the first protrusion 17, the guide groove 14 plays a guiding role on one hand, and plays a limiting role on the first protrusion 17, so that the movement of the first protrusion 17 along the radial direction of the guide groove 14 is limited, and when the first protrusion 17 receives an impact force, the component force of the impact force in the radial direction of the guide groove 14 is resisted by the wall surface of the guide groove 14, so that the first protrusion 17 can only move along the direction of the guide groove 14.

In the embodiment provided in this application, an elastic restoring member is further disposed in the ink cartridge body 10, so that the first protrusion 17 can elastically reciprocate on the moving path of the first protrusion 17, when the ink cartridge body 10 is in an initial state, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first protrusion 17 is always located at the beginning end of the moving path of the first protrusion 17, that is, at the junction of the first wall 10a and the third wall 10c, when the first protrusion 17 receives an external force, the first protrusion 17 is pushed to move along the direction of the guide slot 14 by the force component of the external force in the length direction of the ink cartridge body 10, at this time, the elastic restoring member accumulates the elastic restoring force, as shown in fig. 6, when the first protrusion 17 moves to the end of the moving path of the first protrusion 17, the elastic restoring force is accumulated to the maximum value, after the external force is removed, the elastic restoring force is released, the driving ink cartridge body 10 is returned to the original position, and the elastic restoring member can also play a role of buffering impact force, so as to avoid the hard collision between the first protrusion 17 and the ground, thereby also protecting the structural integrity of the ink cartridge body 10.

In one possible embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the elastic restoring member includes a spring 16, a mounting groove 15 is provided in the ink cartridge body 10, the spring 16 is accommodated in the mounting groove 15, the mounting groove 15 is communicated with the guide groove 14, one end of the first protrusion 17 protrudes from the guide groove 14, the other end of the first protrusion 17 extends into the mounting groove 15, one end of the spring 16 abuts against a groove surface of the mounting groove 15, the other end of the spring 16 abuts against the first protrusion 17, and the spring 16 can reciprocate along a direction of a moving path of the first protrusion 17 to accumulate elastic restoring force and send the first protrusion 17 to a home position and buffer impact force borne by the first protrusion 17.

Referring to fig. 5, in the embodiment provided by the application, the first protrusion 17 includes a main plate 171, an adapter plate 172 and a protruding column 173, one end of the main plate 171 protrudes from the guide groove 14, the other end of the main plate 171 extends into the guide groove 14, the adapter plate 172 and the protruding column 173 are both accommodated in the mounting groove 15, the outer contour surface of the adapter plate 172 is adapted to the inner contour surface of the mounting groove 15, the adapter plate 172 and the mounting groove 15 form a clearance fit to guide the movement of the adapter plate 172 along the movement path of the first protrusion 17, the opposite ends of the adapter plate 172 are respectively connected with the main plate 171 and the protruding column 173, one end of the spring 16 is sleeved on the protruding column 173 and is abutted to the adapter plate 172, the first protrusion 17 is acted by an external force, the component force in the length direction of the ink cartridge body 10 pushes the first protrusion 17 to move along the direction of the guide groove 14, the spring 16 is pushed by the adapter plate 172, and the elastic restoring force of the spring 16 is released after the external force is eliminated, and the elastic restoring force is released to drive the first protrusion 17 to the original position.

Further, the size of the main board 171 satisfies the first formula;

the first formula includes:

W1<H1<L1；

where W1 is characterized by the width of the first bump 17, H1 is characterized by the height of the first bump 17, and L1 is characterized by the length of the first bump 17.

When the main plate 171 satisfies the first formula, the main plate 171 is formed as a long and narrow flat plate structure, which can reduce the impact transmitted to the third wall body 10c when the main plate 171 collides with the ground, and improve the strength, so that the main plate 171 is difficult to be damaged.

Referring to fig. 5, the corner of the main plate 171 far from the third wall 10c is formed with an abutment slope 174, and after the abutment slope 174 contacts the ground, the impact force transmitted from the ground is decomposed to form a component force extending along the length direction of the ink cartridge body 10 and a component force extending along the height direction of the ink cartridge body 10, wherein the component force extending along the length direction of the ink cartridge body 10 drives the first protrusion 17 to travel along the guide groove 14, presses the spring 16, the spring 16 accumulates elastic restoring force, and when the external force is removed, the elastic restoring force is released to return the first protrusion 17 to the original position; the component force extending along the height direction of the ink cartridge body 10 is borne by the adapter plate 172 and the mounting groove 15, the area of the adapter plate 172 is large, and the pressure given to the unit area of the mounting groove 15 is small, so that the ink cartridge body 10 can bear large acting force and is not easy to damage.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 6, a stopper 19 is disposed on the third wall 10c, the stopper 19 is located between the first protrusion 17 and the chip board 13, when the first protrusion 17 moves to the end of the moving path of the first protrusion 17, the first protrusion 17 abuts against the stopper 19, the stopper 19 is used for limiting the movement of the first protrusion 17, so as to avoid the first protrusion 17 from colliding with the chip board 13 and damaging the chip board 13 when moving, and the spring 16 plays a role of buffering in the spring, so that the hard collision between the first protrusion 17 and the stopper 19 is reduced, and the third wall 10c is prevented from being damaged due to overlarge impact force.

The foregoing detailed description of the construction, features and advantages of the utility model will be presented with reference to the embodiments of the utility model illustrated in the drawings, but the utility model is not limited to the embodiments illustrated by the drawings, and is intended to cover all modifications, variations and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. An ink cartridge detachably mountable in a mounting portion of an ink jet printer, comprising:

the chip board is arranged on the third wall body;

2. The ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein: the third wall body is provided with a second bulge, and the second bulge is positioned on one side of the chip board, which is away from the first bulge.

3. The ink cartridge as in claim 1, wherein the third wall body is provided with a guide groove, an extending direction of the guide groove is parallel to a moving path of the first protrusion, and the first protrusion is clearance fit in the guide groove.

4. An ink cartridge according to claim 3, wherein: an elastic return is also provided to allow the first projection to elastically reciprocate on the path of travel.

5. The ink cartridge as in claim 4, wherein: the elastic return piece comprises a spring, a mounting groove is formed in the ink box main body, the spring is contained in the mounting groove, the first protrusion extends into the mounting groove, one end of the spring is abutted to the groove surface of the mounting groove, and the other end of the spring is abutted to the first protrusion.

6. The ink cartridge according to claim 5, wherein: the first bulge comprises a main board, an adapter board and a convex column, one end of the main board protrudes out of the guide groove, the other end of the main board extends into the guide groove, the adapter board and the convex column are contained in the mounting groove, two opposite ends of the adapter board are respectively connected with the main board and the convex column, and one end of the spring is sleeved on the convex column.

7. The ink cartridge as in claim 6, wherein: the size of the main plate satisfies a first formula;

the first formula includes:

W1<H1<L1；

8. The ink cartridge as in claim 6, wherein: and an abutting inclined plane is formed at the corner end of the main board far away from the third wall body.

9. The ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein: and a limiting block is arranged on the third wall body, and when the first protrusion moves to the tail end of the moving path, the first protrusion is abutted with the limiting block.

10. The ink cartridge according to claim 2, wherein: when the first protrusion is located at the start end of the moving path, the second protrusion is closer to the chip board than the first protrusion.