CN220280936U

CN220280936U - Ink replenishing container

Info

Publication number: CN220280936U
Application number: CN202321912784.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄硕功; 林泽富; 黄家彪
Original assignee: Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-01-09
Filing date: 2023-07-19
Publication date: 2024-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-19

Abstract

The present application relates to the field of printing technology, and more particularly, to an ink replenishment container. The ink replenishment container is capable of supplying ink to the image forming apparatus in cooperation with an ink supply accommodating chamber on the image forming apparatus, and includes: a container body part for containing ink, wherein the container body part is provided with an extraction part and a stop part; when the ink replenishing container is matched with the ink supplying accommodating cavity, the extracting part can be arranged opposite to the opening, the container main body part is provided with a top and a bottom, the stopping part is sunken from the bottom to the direction of the top, and in the process that the ink replenishing container is separated from the ink supplying accommodating cavity, the stopping part can expose the ink supplying accommodating cavity so as to prevent the ink replenishing container from being separated from the ink replenishing container continuously. According to the ink bottle taking device, the extracting part and the stopping part are arranged on the container main body part, so that a user can take out the ink bottle in two sections, the ink supplementing container can be stably taken out, and the problem that ink splashes due to the fact that the ink bottle is ejected under the action of the ink supply needle is overlong and the elastic valve is effectively solved.

Description

Ink replenishing container

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of printing technology, and more particularly, to an ink replenishment container.

Background

The ink bottle is a container for containing ink, is usually used for serving as an ink tank to supplement and provide ink for the printer, so that the printer can normally perform printing work, the ink bottle enters an ink supply containing cavity of the printer and is connected with an ink supply needle, when the ink in the ink bottle is used up, a new ink bottle is replaced, the ink bottle serves as the ink tank, so that the ink supply needle on the printer is longer, and when the ink bottle is pulled out, the ink bottle is ejected due to the longer ink supply needle and the elastic moving valve core, so that the ink is splashed and leaked, and the ink supply containing cavity is polluted, so that a user has bad use experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an ink replenishing container, and aims to solve the problem that ink splashes caused by the fact that the ink replenishing container is ejected out due to the fact that an ink supply needle is overlong and an elastic moving valve acts on the ink replenishing container.

The application provides an ink replenishment container, ink replenishment container can with the confession ink accommodation chamber on the image forming device cooperate to image forming device supplies ink, image forming device is equipped with the casing, the lateral wall of casing is equipped with the opening, the bottom of casing is equipped with the confession ink concave part, the inside wall of confession ink concave part is equipped with the bellying, the center of confession ink concave part has the confession ink needle, ink replenishment container includes:

a container main body part for containing ink, wherein the container main body part is provided with an extraction part and a stop part;

when the ink replenishing container is matched with the ink supply accommodating cavity, the extracting part can be arranged opposite to the opening, the container main body part is provided with a top and a bottom, the stopping part is sunken from the bottom to the direction of the top, and in the process that the ink replenishing container is separated from the ink supply accommodating cavity, the stopping part can be exposed out of the ink supply accommodating cavity so as to prevent the ink replenishing container from being separated from the ink supply accommodating cavity continuously.

In one possible design, the stop is provided with an abutment surface;

the abutment surface is capable of being abutted to limit the ink supply needle from being completely separated from the ink replenishment container when the abutment surface moves to be level with the upper end surface of the housing during the separation of the ink replenishment container from the ink supply accommodation chamber.

In one possible design, the perpendicular distance between the abutment surface and the upper end surface of the housing is less than or equal to the length of insertion of the ink supply needle into the ink supply container when the ink supply container is mated with the ink supply accommodating chamber.

In one possible design, the ink replenishment container further includes a container lid portion detachably connected to the container main body portion, the container lid portion being for engagement with the ink supply recess;

the outer side wall of the container cover body is provided with a clamping part, and the clamping part is used for being matched with the protruding part.

In one possible design, the extraction portion is configured to be pushed until the snap-fit portion disengages the projection portion to enable the ink refill container to disengage the ink supply receiving chamber.

In one possible design, after the extracting portion pushes the clamping portion to disengage from the protruding portion, the abutment surface can be moved to be abutted so as to complete a first stroke of the ink supply needle from the ink replenishment container;

the extracting portion can be pushed again until the ink replenishment container is completely separated from the ink supply accommodating chamber to complete a second stroke of the ink supply needle from the ink replenishment container.

In one possible design, the extraction portion is convex toward a direction perpendicular to an installation direction of the ink replenishment container.

In one possible design, the extraction portion is on the same side of the container body portion as the stop portion.

In one possible design of the device,

the extraction portion is provided on a side wall facing the opening when the ink replenishment container is mated with the ink supply accommodating chamber.

In one possible design, the container body includes a first side wall and a second side wall disposed adjacent to each other, and the stopper is located at a position where the first side wall is connected to the second side wall.

In this application, through set up extraction element and stop part on container main part, the user can take out in two sections when taking out ink replenishment container through extraction element and stop part, makes the buckle structure separate by the extraction element, makes the ink feed needle break away from container main part that can be stable by the stop part, also ensures that ink replenishment container can be steady when taking out, reduces because of the elasticity of valve body and the existence of buckle spring out when taking out ink replenishment container, leads to the risk that ink splashes.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of an ink supply containment chamber of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an ink-feed containment chamber of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an overall exploded view of the ink refill container of the present application;

FIG. 4 is an overall view of a container top of the ink refill container of the present application;

FIG. 5 is another perspective view of a container top of the ink refill container of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a valve assembly of an ink refill container according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an ink refill container of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a container body portion of the ink refill container of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the other view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of a container body portion of the ink refill container of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view of an ink refill container of the present application mated with an ink supply receiving chamber;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of an ink refill container of the present application mated with an ink-feed containment chamber;

fig. 13 is a perspective view of an ink refill container of the present application separated from an ink supply receiving chamber.

Reference numerals:

1. a container cover body; 1a, a clamping part; 11. a first opening; 12. a guide surface; 13. a clamping surface; 14. an abutment rib; 15. an inner wall; 16. a first thread; 161. a top contact surface; 2. a valve assembly; 21. a gasket; 22. a rubber plug; 22a an annular recess; 22b, a second opening; 23. moving the valve core; 24. an elastic member; 25. a mounting cylinder; 25a, a barrel bottom; 25b, ink openings; 3. a container body; 31. a third opening; 32. a second thread; 33. a stop portion; 33a, stop surfaces; 33b, a filling surface; 34. an extraction unit; 35. a stopper; 35a, an abutment surface; 4. an ink supply accommodating chamber; 41. a housing; 41a, openings; 42. an ink supply recess; 43. a first engaging recess; 44. a boss; 44a, a clamping surface; 44b, clamping inclined surfaces; 45. an ink supply needle; 46. a partition plate; 47. the second engaging recess.

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the application and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

Detailed Description

For a better understanding of the technical solutions of the present application, embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the described embodiments are merely some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, based on the embodiments herein, which would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used in this application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one relationship describing the association of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, may represent: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

It should be noted that, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like in the embodiments of the present application are described in terms of the angles shown in the drawings, and should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application. In the context of this document, it will also be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on" or "under" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element through intervening elements.

As shown in fig. 1 to 2, the ink supply accommodating chamber 4 of the present application includes a housing 41, the housing 41 forms a large chamber, a plurality of partition boards 46 are provided in the middle, the partition boards 46 partition the large chamber into a plurality of small chambers to accommodate ink replenishment containers 1 (bk\c\m\y) containing inks of different colors during ink supply, an opening 41a is provided at a side wall of each small chamber, an ink supply concave portion 42 is provided at a bottom of each small chamber, an ink supply needle 45 is provided at a center of the ink supply concave portion 42, ink in the ink replenishment container enters the printing apparatus through the ink supply needle 45, a peripheral wall of the ink supply concave portion 42 has a first engagement concave portion 43, the first engagement concave portion 43 is in a strip shape, and two engagement concave portions 43 are provided in one ink supply concave portion 42, and a certain distance is provided therebetween, the convex portion 44 is provided in the middle of the engagement concave portion 43, can cooperate with the ink replenishment container of the present application, a bottle body is fixed, and a second engagement concave portion 47 is further provided at a flat bottom of the housing 41 with an end of the ink supply needle 45.

The protruding portion 44 has a locking surface 44a and an abutment inclined surface 44b, the locking surface 44a being parallel to the bottom of the housing 41, the abutment inclined surface 44b being hemispherical, and being capable of abutting against the guide surface 12 and the locking surface 13 of the protruding portion being abutted against the locking surface 44a when the ink replenishment container is mated with the ink supply accommodating chamber 4.

As shown in fig. 3 to 6, the ink replenishment container of the present application includes a container lid 1, a first opening 11 is provided at a top end of the container lid 1, the first opening is engageable with an ink supply needle 45 of an ink supply chamber 4, an abutment rib 14 is provided on an outer peripheral wall, the abutment rib 14 penetrates through an outer wall of the entire container lid 1, an end portion of the abutment rib 14 has a guide surface 12 provided obliquely, an engagement surface 13 is formed between the guide surface 12 and the abutment rib 14, and the engagement surface 13 is radially parallel to the container lid 1.

The inner wall 15 of the container lid 1 is further provided with a first screw thread 16, and the first screw thread 16 has an engagement surface 44a on the side close to the container body 3, the engagement surface 44a being axially parallel to the container lid 1.

The ink replenishing container is further provided with a valve assembly 2, the valve assembly 2 comprises a gasket 21 and a rubber plug 22, the rubber plug 22 is provided with an annular concave portion 22a for installing the gasket 21, the valve assembly 2 further comprises a movable valve core 23, an elastic component 24 and an installation cylinder 25, the installation cylinder 25 is provided with a cylinder bottom 25a, an ink opening 25b is further formed in the cylinder wall, one end of the movable valve core 23 is in butt joint with the bottom of the rubber plug 22, one end of the movable valve core is sleeved in the elastic component 24, the elastic component 24 is arranged in the installation cylinder 25, and the other end of the movable valve core is in butt joint with the cylinder bottom 25a of the installation cylinder 25.

The rubber plug 22 is also provided with a second opening 22b, when the valve assembly 2 is successfully installed, one end of the elastic component 24 is abutted with the cylinder bottom 25a, and the other end is abutted with the movable valve core 23, so that the movable valve core 23 is abutted with the rubber plug 22 under the action of the elastic component 24, the ink opening 25b on the cylinder wall of the installation cylinder 25 is further at a certain distance from the end part of the installation cylinder 25, and the movable valve core 23 is positioned above the ink opening 25b before ink supply and is used for sealing an ink replenishing container.

The ink replenishment container further has a container main body portion 3, the container main body portion 3 is capable of containing ink, an end portion thereof has a third opening 31, an upper peripheral wall of the third opening 31 has a second screw thread 32, the second screw thread 32 has a stopper 33 on a side away from the opening 41a in the axial direction, the stopper 33 is located at a start point of the second screw thread 32 on a side away from the third opening 31, the stopper 33 is provided with a stopper surface 33a toward the second screw thread 32, and the stopper 33 has a filling surface 33b on a side away from an outer wall of the third opening 31, when the container lid portion 1 is screwed with the third opening 31 on the container main body portion, the stopper surface 33a on the first screw thread 16 can abut against the stopper surface 33a on the stopper 33 so that the container lid portion is not excessively screwed, and after the container lid portion 1 is screwed with the third opening 31 on the container main body portion, the filling surface 33a on the stopper 33 can be abutted against an inner wall 15 of the container lid portion 1 so that the container lid portion 1 is not shaken left and right, and the container lid portion is not screwed tightly.

The second screw thread 32 on the container body 3 can be connected with the first screw thread 16 on the container body 1, the valve assembly 2 can be matched and installed at the third opening 31 on the container body 3, the installation cylinder 25 stretches into the container body 3, when the container body 1 and the container body 3 are completely matched with each other through the first screw thread 16 and the second screw thread 32, the container body 1 can squeeze the gasket 21, the gasket 21 can squeeze the rubber plug 22, the valve assembly 2 is installed on the third opening 31 of the container body 3, and when the container body 1 and the third opening 31 of the container body 3 are completely matched, the abutting surface 161 on the first screw thread 16 can be abutted with the stop surface 33a on the stop surface 33, so that excessive screwing of the container body 1 and the second screw thread 32 on the container body 3 can be prevented, and the filling surface 33b on the stop surface 33 is abutted with the inner wall 15 of the container body 1 when the container body 1 and the third opening 31 on the container body 3 are matched with each other, so that the container body 1 can be prevented from shaking in the left-right direction.

Further, the ink replenishment container may further comprise an outer cover and a base (not shown in the drawings), the outer cover may accommodate the container main body 3, the convex portion on the base may be engaged with the concave portion on the bottom of the container main body 3, so as to fix the container main body 3 in the outer cover, the outer cover may further comprise a corresponding removal protrusion and a corresponding stopper recess, and the outer cover may be disposed at the same position as the removal protrusion and the stopper recess on the container main body.

When the ink replenishment container is mated with the ink supply accommodating chamber 4, the ink supply needle 45 passes through the first opening 11 on the container cover body 1, then passes through the second opening 22b on the rubber plug 22, abuts against the movable valve spool 23, applies a force to the movable valve spool 23 away from the ink supply accommodating chamber 4, causes the movable valve spool 23 to move in a direction away from the ink supply accommodating chamber 4 under the force, and presses the elastic member 24, when the ink replenishment container is fully mated with the ink supply accommodating chamber 4, the movable valve spool 23 moves to the middle of the ink opening 25b on the mounting cylinder 25 at this time, the ink opening 25b is opened, and ink enters the printing apparatus through the ink supply needle 25.

When the ink replenishing container and the ink supplying cavity 4 start to be matched for supplying ink, the container cover body 1 and the container main body 3 are in a screwing state, at the moment, the container cover body 1 firstly enters the ink supplying concave part 42, the guide surface 12 on the clamping part 1a on the container cover body 1 is firstly abutted with the convex part 44, when the ink replenishing container is continuously matched with the ink supplying cavity 4, the abutting inclined surface 44b on the convex part 44 passes through the guide surface 12 and enters a gap at the end part of the abutting rib 14, the clamping surface 44a on the convex part 44 is clamped with the clamping surface 13, at the moment, the ink replenishing container and the ink supplying cavity 4 are matched, and the ink replenishing container is fixed in the ink supplying cavity 4 through the clamping of the clamping surface 44a and the clamping surface 13, so that the phenomenon of ink leakage caused by unstable contact of the ink replenishing container is effectively prevented.

The ink replenishing container and the ink supplying accommodating cavity 4 are matched and clamped, so that the ink replenishing container can be matched and stable with the ink supplying accommodating cavity 4 and cannot be ejected, and when the ink replenishing container is replaced, the ink replenishing container can be ejected when the ink replenishing container is pulled out due to the fact that the clamping is stable.

In order to solve the problem that the ink replenishment container is ejected when the ink replenishment container is replaced, as shown in fig. 8 to 10, the container main body 3 further has a first side wall a and a second side wall b adjacent to the first side wall a, the first side wall a being a width side surface of the ink replenishment container, the second side surface b being a long side surface of the ink replenishment container, and defining the container main body 3 as a bottom of the container main body 3 in the WA direction and as a top of the container main body 3 in the WB direction.

As shown in fig. 7 to 11, the side wall of the container main body 3 further has an extracting portion 34 and a stopper 35, and when the ink replenishment container is mated with the ink supply accommodation chamber, the extracting portion 34 can be disposed opposite to the opening 41a, and the user can push the extracting portion 34 along the opening 41a to disengage the engaging portion 1a from the protruding portion 44, so that the ink replenishment container can be disengaged from the ink supply accommodation chamber 4. Specifically, the extracting portion 34 protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the installation direction of the ink replenishment container, but the extracting portion 34 does not extend out of the ink supply accommodating chamber 4 to avoid occupying the internal space of the image forming apparatus. The extracting portion 34 is disposed on a first sidewall a opposite to the opening 41a so as to push the extracting portion 34.

The stopper 35 is provided at the bottom of the container body 3 and is located at a position where the first side wall a and the second side wall b are connected, and the stopper 35 is recessed from the bottom toward the top. In the process that the ink replenishing container is separated from the ink supplying and accommodating cavity 4, the stopping part 35 can expose the ink supplying and accommodating cavity 4, and a user can stop the ink replenishing container from being separated from the ink supplying and accommodating cavity 4 by abutting against the stopping part 35, so that the ink supplying needle 45 is limited to be completely separated from the ink replenishing container.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 8 to 10 and 12, the stopper 35 is provided with an abutment surface 35a, and the abutment surface 35a can be abutted by a user to restrict the ink supply needle 45 from completely coming out of the ink replenishment container when the abutment surface 35a moves to be flush with the upper end surface of the housing 41 during the process of the ink replenishment container coming out of the ink supply accommodation chamber 4. Wherein, the vertical distance between the abutting surface 35a and the upper end surface of the housing 41 is smaller than or equal to the length of the ink supply needle 45 inserted into the ink replenishment container, so that the ink supply needle 45 is not separated from the ink replenishment container when the abutting surface 35a moves to be level with the upper end surface of the housing 41.

More specifically, the stopper 35 and the extracting portion 34 may be provided one each, and when the ink replenishment container is mounted, it is noted that the stopper 35 and the extracting portion 34 are provided on the outer side of the image forming apparatus opposite to each other for easy operation. Alternatively, two stopper portions 35 and extraction portions 34 may be provided, each, the stopper portions 35 being provided on opposite corners of the bottom of the container body portion 3, the extraction portions 34 being provided on the second side wall b of the container body portion 3, and the extraction portions 34 being provided opposite to each other on the second side wall b of the container body portion 3.

As shown in fig. 11 to 13, in this embodiment, the main body of the container is matched with the ink supply chamber 4, and the replacement process after the ink supply is completed is specifically as follows: when the ink supply of the container main body part is finished, the user hooks the extracting part 34 on the container main body part 3, a WA direction force is provided for the ink replenishing container 3, so that the ink replenishing container is separated from the ink supplying containing cavity 4, the ink replenishing container is controlled by the stopping part 35 when the stopping part 35 on which the ink replenishing container is sprung is flush with the upper end surface of the shell of the ink supplying containing cavity 4, so that the ink replenishing container is not sprung any more, at the moment, the ink supplying needle 45 is separated from the valve assembly 2 by the force of the extracting part 34 in the WA direction, and when the ink supplying needle 45 is separated from the valve assembly 2, the ink replenishing container can be lifted up by the extracting part 34 or the stopping part 35 for two times, and the ink replenishing container can be continuously and conveniently pulled out of the ink replenishing container by the stopping part 35 when the ink replenishing container is not sprung up, and the ink replenishing container is not splashed up by the stopping part 35, and the ink replenishing container can be continuously pulled up by the spraying part 45 when the ink replenishing container is not sprung up by the stopping part 34.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the same, but rather, various modifications and variations may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An ink replenishment container capable of supplying ink to an image forming apparatus in cooperation with an ink supply accommodating chamber on the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus being provided with a housing, a side wall of the housing being provided with an opening, a bottom of the housing being provided with an ink supply recess, an inner side wall of the ink supply recess being provided with a convex portion, a center of the ink supply recess being provided with an ink supply needle, characterized in that the ink replenishment container comprises:

2. The ink refill container according to claim 1 wherein the stopper is provided with an abutment surface;

3. The ink replenishment container according to claim 2, wherein a vertical distance between the abutment surface and an upper end surface of the housing is smaller than or equal to a length of insertion of the ink supply needle into the ink replenishment container when the ink replenishment container is mated with the ink supply accommodation chamber.

4. The ink replenishment container as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a container lid section detachably connected to the container main body section, the container lid section being for engagement with the ink supply recess;

5. The ink refill container of claim 4, wherein the extraction portion is configured to urge the snap-fit portion away from the projection portion to enable the ink refill container to be disengaged from the ink supply receiving chamber.

6. The ink refill container of claim 5 wherein the abutment surface is movable to be abutted to complete a first stroke of the ink feed needle out of the ink refill container after the extraction portion is pushed until the engagement portion disengages the projection portion;

7. The ink replenishment container according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the extraction portion is convex in a direction perpendicular to an installation direction of the ink replenishment container.

8. The ink replenishment container according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the extraction portion and the stopper portion are located on the same side of the container main body portion.

9. The ink replenishment container according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the extraction portion is provided to a side wall facing the opening when the ink replenishment container is mated with the ink supply accommodating chamber.

10. The ink refill container of claim 9, wherein the container body portion includes first and second sidewalls disposed adjacent one another, the stop being located where the first sidewall joins the second sidewall.