CN220841927U - Ink box with printing head - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an ink box with a printing head. The ink box comprises a printing head shell, an ink container and a first chip; the printing head shell is provided with a mounting cavity, and the ink container is arranged in the mounting cavity and can provide ink for the printing head arranged on the printing head shell; the first chip is used for storing information of the ink container; the ink container and the printing head shell are provided with a gap, and the first chip is arranged in the gap and can form contact fit with an external contact pin so as to read and write the first chip. The gap is reserved between the printing head shell and the ink container, the first chip is arranged in the gap and can form contact fit with the external contact pin, so that on one hand, the external contact pin can directly read and write the first chip conveniently, on the other hand, the first chip can be protected, the first chip cannot be impacted by the outside, and meanwhile, the first chip is not easy to be stained with ink; the ink box has the advantages of compact structure, simple and convenient read-write operation and high practicability.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of ink-jet imaging, in particular to an ink box with a printing head.
Background
In the related art, an ink cartridge having a printhead generally includes an ink container, a printhead housing, and a chip; an ink container is provided in the head housing to supply ink to a printhead mounted in the head housing; the chip is arranged in the ink container and the printing head shell, and the chip arranged in the ink container stores information such as ink quantity, model and the like. When the chip is to be upgraded or the information stored therein is to be rewritten, the ink container is to be taken out of the head housing to rewrite and upgrade the chip, and the operation is complicated and inconvenient.
Aiming at the problems, a technical scheme that a chip contact is exposed on the outer surface of an ink box is disclosed in a patent document CN 214215199U; such as the prior art mentioned above, although realizing the convenience of rewriting and upgrading the chip, the chip contacts exposed on the outer surface of the ink box have the defect of being easily damaged by external impact; in addition, there is a problem that ink is easily stained to cause short circuit, and the practicability is poor.
Disclosure of utility model
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the utility model mainly aims to provide the ink box with the printing head, which has the advantages of compact structure and simple and convenient read-write operation.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned main object, the present utility model provides an ink cartridge with a printhead, including a printhead housing and an ink container; the printing head shell is provided with a mounting cavity, and the ink container is arranged in the mounting cavity and can provide ink for the printing head arranged on the printing head shell; the first chip is used for storing information of the ink container; the ink container and the printing head shell are provided with a gap, and the first chip is arranged in the gap and can form contact fit with an external contact pin so as to read and write the first chip.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the chip further comprises a second chip and a third chip; the third chip is arranged on the outer wall of the printing head shell and is used for contacting with the image forming equipment and realizing electric connection; one end of the second chip is arranged on the outer wall of the printing head shell and connected with the third chip, and the other end of the second chip extends into the mounting cavity and is connected with the first chip.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the first chip is fixedly mounted on the printhead housing, and the external contact pins can extend into the gap from the opening of the gap and form contact fit with the first chip; the other end of the second chip and the first chip are located on the same opposite side of the gap.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the first chip is fixedly mounted on the ink container, and the external contact pins can extend into the gap from the opening of the gap and form contact fit with the first chip; wherein the other end of the second chip spans the gap and is connected to the first chip.
Further, the printing head shell is provided with a mounting part and an elastic piece for keeping the second chip and the first chip in abutting connection; the mounting part is positioned in the gap and is respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the gap with the first chip, and the elastic piece is mounted on the mounting part.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the first chip is movably arranged in the gap and can be switched between a first position located in the gap and a second position at least partially located outside the gap; wherein the external contact pins are capable of forming a contact fit with the first chip in the second position.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the first chip is switched in a sliding manner between a first position and a second position; the printing head shell or the ink container is provided with a guide groove, and the first chip is slidably arranged in the guide groove.
Further, a holding part is arranged on the first chip, and the sliding of the holding part can drive the first chip to switch between a first position and a second position; wherein the grip portion is located outside the gap.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, at least one of the printhead housing, the ink reservoir and the first chip is provided with a positioning portion which positions the first chip when the first chip is in the second position.
Further, the positioning portion includes a positioning protrusion, and the first chip in the second position may be positioned by the positioning protrusion.
The utility model has the following beneficial effects:
the gap is reserved between the printing head shell and the ink container, the first chip is arranged in the gap and can form contact fit with the external contact pin, so that on one hand, the external contact pin can directly read and write the first chip conveniently, on the other hand, the first chip can be protected, the first chip cannot be impacted by the outside, and meanwhile, the first chip is not easy to be stained with ink; the ink box has the advantages of compact structure, simple and convenient read-write operation and high practicability.
The objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model will be more clearly described below, and the present utility model will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ink cartridge according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an ink cartridge according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an ink cartridge according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of FIG. 3 showing the first chip and the second chip mated;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an ink cartridge according to another embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an ink cartridge according to still another embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of FIG. 7 showing the first chip and the second chip mated;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the first chip of FIG. 6 in a second position;
fig. 10 is a block diagram of the first chip of fig. 6.
Detailed Description
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present utility model, but the present utility model may be practiced in other ways than those described herein, and therefore the scope of the present utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
As shown in fig. 1-2, an embodiment of the present utility model provides an ink cartridge with a printhead, including a printhead housing 1, an ink tank 2, a first chip 3, a second chip 4, and a third chip 5; wherein the printhead housing 1 has a mounting cavity in which the ink tank 2 is disposed and is capable of supplying ink to the printhead 101 mounted on the printhead housing 1; the ink cartridge in the embodiment of the present utility model may be a recycling ink cartridge, and the ink container 2 may be integrally formed with the printhead housing 1, that is, a space for containing ink (i.e., the ink container 2) is formed by the wall of the printhead housing 1, and at this time, when the ink in the space is consumed, the ink may be directly injected into the space of the printhead housing 1; alternatively, the ink container 2 may be removed from the mounting chamber of the head housing 1 and replaced when the ink in the ink container 2 is consumed, for example, by cutting the wall of the head housing 1 for forming the upper space and adding a separate ink container 2, wherein the ink container 2 is removably mounted in the mounting chamber by a snap-fit structure such as a male-female structure, and is capable of supplying ink to the head 101 mounted on the head housing 1. In other embodiments, the ink container 2 may be formed separately from the printhead housing 1 when shipped, i.e., the ink container 2 is removably mounted in the mounting cavity of the printhead housing 1, so that the ink container 2 can be directly replaced when the ink in the ink container 2 is consumed.
The first chip 3 is used for storing information of the ink container 2; wherein, a gap 102 is left between the ink container 2 and the printhead housing 1, and the first chip 3 is disposed in the gap 102 and can form contact fit with an external contact pin to perform reading and writing on the first chip 3. The third chip 5 is provided on the outer wall 103 of the head casing 1 for contacting with the image forming apparatus and making electrical connection; the second chip 4 is used for realizing the electrical connection between the first chip 3 and the third chip 5; an exemplary configuration is shown in fig. 3-4, where one end of the second chip 4 (outside the gap 102) is disposed on the outer wall 103 of the printhead housing 1 and connected to the third chip 5, and the other end of the second chip 4 (inside the gap 102) extends into the mounting cavity and is connected to the first chip 3.
In some embodiments of the utility model, the first chip 3 is fixedly mounted on the ink container 2, in particular on the outer wall of the ink container 2 facing the gap 102, and keeps the contacts of the first chip 3 facing the gap 102; when it is necessary to read or write (e.g. upgrade or rewrite information stored therein) the first chip 3, the external contact pins can extend into the gap 102 from the opening of the gap 102 and form contact fit with the first chip 3 to complete the reading or writing of the first chip 3. In the process that the external contact pins extend into the gap 102, the ink container 2 and the first chip 3 do not need to be disassembled and adjusted in position, so that the process of matching the external contact pins with the first chip 3 for reading and writing is simplified to the greatest extent, and the operation is very convenient.
The other end of the second chip 4 spans the gap 102 and is connected to the first chip 3; in order to maintain the effectiveness of the connection between the second chip 4 and the first chip 3, an elastic member 6 may also be provided in this embodiment, where the elastic member 6 is used to maintain the contact between the second chip 4 and the first chip 3 at all times. With continued reference to fig. 4, the second chip 4 has a generally U-shaped structure with a downward opening; illustratively, the portion of the second chip 4 located within the gap 102 comprises at least an abutment section 401 for forming an abutment fit with the first chip 3 and an extension section 402 for crossing the gap 102 and holding the abutment section 401 better in abutment with the first chip 3 under the action of the elastic member 6; wherein the extension 402 preferably spans the gap 102 in an oblique manner; in other embodiments, other shape designs may be used, and this is not limiting here.
The printhead housing 1 is provided with a mounting portion 104, the mounting portion 104 is preferably of a groove structure, the elastic member 6 is detachably disposed on the mounting portion 104, for example, the elastic member 6 is disposed on the mounting portion 104 in a clamping manner; wherein, the elastic member 6 is preferably in a U-shaped structure with an upper opening at one end inserted into the mounting portion, so as to keep the fastening fit stable. Specifically, the mounting portion 104 is located in the gap 102 and is preferably located on opposite sides of the gap 102 from the first chip 3, respectively; the elastic element 6 is in particular a sheet-like structure adapted to the extension 402, wherein the elastic element 6 can support the extension 402 integrally from below the extension 402, so that the contact section 401 is better connected to the first chip 3. Preferably, the external contact pins do not contact the extension 402 during the extension into the gap 102, so as to avoid that the external contact has an adverse effect on the connection between the first chip 3 and the second chip 4.
The elastic member 6 may be made of a metal material or a plastic material, which is not limited herein; as an alternative structure of this embodiment, the elastic member 6 is fixedly connected to the second chip 4 (specifically, the extension section 402), for example, by an adhesive manner.
As a variation of the present embodiment, the second chip 4 may also be connected to the first chip 3 by an elastic member 6 made of a conductive material; the elastic member 6 is in contact with the first chip 3 and is deformed adaptively during the mounting of the ink container 2 to always maintain the effectiveness of the electrical connection with the first chip 3.
In other embodiments of the utility model, as shown in fig. 5, the first chip 3 may also be fixedly mounted on the printhead housing 1, and the external contact pins can extend into the gap 102 from the opening of the gap 102 and form a contact fit with the first chip 3; the other end of the second chip 4 is preferably located on the opposite side of the gap 102 from the first chip 3, and the other end of the second chip 4 is directly connected to the first chip 3, so that the external contact pins do not contact or interfere with the second chip 4 during the process of extending into the gap 102, so as to avoid adverse effects of external contact on the connection between the first chip 3 and the second chip 4.
As an alternative variant, the gap 102 may also be formed directly on the ink container 2 and the first chip 3 is arranged directly on the ink container 2; at this time, when the ink container 2 is mounted on the mounting chamber of the printhead housing 1, the first chip 3 can be electrically connected to the second chip 4, for example, a corresponding notch or the like is provided in a wall provided on the first chip 3, so that the first chip 3 can be electrically connected to the second chip 4.
In further embodiments of the utility model, the first chip 3 is movably arranged within the gap 102 and is switchable between a first position within the gap 102 and a second position at least partially outside the gap 102; wherein the external contact pins are capable of forming a contact fit with the first chip 3 in the second position. When it is desired to upgrade the first chip 3 or to rewrite the information stored therein, the first chip 3 may be switched to the second position, at which time external contact pins for reading and writing information on the first chip 3 may be brought into contact engagement directly with the first chip 3.
It should be noted that, in the process of switching the first chip 3 from the first position to the second position, the first chip 3 and the second chip 4 may be electrically connected all the time, for example, the first chip 3 and the second chip 4 are connected by a deformable conductive spring structure; the first chip 3 and the second chip 4 may be electrically connected to each other between the first chip 3 and the second chip 4 in the first position, and disconnected from each other between the first chip 3 and the second chip 4 in the second position; wherein the first chip 3 may be disposed within the gap 102 either immediately adjacent to the ink container 2 or immediately adjacent to the printhead housing 1.
In the present embodiment, the first chip 3 is preferably switched in a sliding manner between a first position and a second position, for example, the gap 102 between the ink container 2 and the printhead housing 1 has a top opening and/or a side opening from which the first chip 3 can slide out; in other embodiments, the first chip 3 can also be switched in a rotational manner, where the installation space permits, without being extended.
In order to facilitate the installation of the first chip 3, as shown in fig. 10, the first chip 3 includes a chip body 301 and a chip holder 302 for carrying the chip body 301, and the chip body 301 is driven to change its position by sliding the chip holder 302; as shown in fig. 6 to 9, the printhead housing 1 is provided with a guide groove 105, and the first chip 3 (specifically, the chip holder 302) is slidably mounted in the guide groove 105; the guide groove 105 is preferably arranged in a vertical (including vertical and near vertical) manner, so as to reduce the space occupied by the gap 102, thereby making the whole structure of the ink cartridge more regular; in a variant of this embodiment, the guide slot 105 may also be provided on the ink container 2, where it is not deployed. In another variant of this embodiment, the guide slot 105 may also be in the form of a chute or a transverse slot, provided that the first chip 3 can be switched out of the gap 102 and can be mated directly with an external contact pin, and is not unfolded here.
Further, the first chip 3 further includes a holding portion 303 disposed on the chip holder 302, and sliding of the holding portion 303 can drive the first chip 3 to switch between the first position and the second position; wherein the grip 303 is located outside the gap 102. When it is necessary to read or write the first chip 3, the operator can easily slide the entire first chip 3 from the first position to the second position by holding the holding portion 303 with his or her hand.
With continued reference to fig. 8-10, a positioning portion 304 is further provided on the chip holder 302, where the positioning portion 304 can position the first chip 3 when the first chip 3 is in the second position. The positioning portion 304 is specifically a positioning protrusion, and the first chip 3 at the second position can be positioned by the positioning protrusion, so that the first chip 3 cannot slide down to the first position under the influence of the dead weight of the first chip 3, thereby being beneficial to reading and writing the first chip 3 and reducing the operation difficulty. In other modified embodiments of the present embodiment, the positioning portion 304 may be provided on the ink tank 2 or the head housing 1 as long as positioning of the first chip 3 in the second position can be achieved, and is not developed here.
In the above embodiment of the present utility model, the top of the ink container 2 is preferably provided with the convex connecting portion 201, and the image forming apparatus body is provided with the clamping groove corresponding to the convex connecting portion 201, and when the ink cartridge in this embodiment is mounted on the image forming apparatus body, the convex connecting portion 201 can extend into the corresponding clamping groove on the image forming apparatus body to be clamped.
Although the utility model has been described above by way of examples, it should be understood that the above examples are illustrative only of the possible embodiments of the utility model and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model, i.e. that substitutions or variations according to the utility model will be covered by the scope of the claims of the utility model.
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1. An ink cartridge with a printhead includes a printhead housing and an ink reservoir; the printing head shell is provided with a mounting cavity, and the ink container is arranged in the mounting cavity and can provide ink for a printing head arranged on the printing head shell; the method is characterized in that:
A first chip for storing information of the ink container; and a gap is reserved between the ink container and the printing head shell, and the first chip is arranged in the gap and can form contact fit with an external contact pin so as to read and write the first chip.
2. The cartridge with printhead of claim 1, wherein: the device also comprises a second chip and a third chip; the third chip is arranged on the outer wall of the printing head shell and is used for contacting with the image forming equipment and realizing electric connection; one end of the second chip is arranged on the outer wall of the printing head shell and connected with the third chip, and the other end of the second chip extends into the mounting cavity and is connected with the first chip.
3. The cartridge with printhead of claim 2, wherein: the first chip is fixedly arranged on the printing head shell, and an external contact pin can extend into the gap from the opening of the gap and form contact fit with the first chip; the other end of the second chip and the first chip are located on the same opposite side of the gap.
4. The cartridge with printhead of claim 2, wherein: the first chip is fixedly arranged on the ink container, and an external contact pin can extend into the gap from the opening of the gap and form contact fit with the first chip; the other end of the second chip spans the gap and is connected with the first chip.
5. The cartridge with printhead of claim 4, wherein: the printing head shell is provided with a mounting part and an elastic piece for keeping the second chip and the first chip in abutting connection; the mounting part is positioned in the gap and is respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the gap with the first chip, and the elastic piece is mounted on the mounting part.
6. The cartridge with printhead of claim 1, wherein: the first chip is movably arranged in the gap and can be switched between a first position positioned in the gap and a second position at least partially positioned outside the gap; wherein the external contact pins are capable of forming a contact fit with said first chip in the second position.
7. The cartridge with printhead of claim 6, wherein: the first chip is switched between a first position and a second position in a sliding manner; the printing head shell or the ink container is provided with a guide groove, and the first chip is slidably arranged in the guide groove.
8. The cartridge with printhead of claim 7, wherein: the first chip is provided with a holding part, and the sliding of the holding part can drive the first chip to switch between a first position and a second position; wherein the grip is located outside the gap.
9. The cartridge with printhead of claim 6, wherein: at least one of the printhead housing, the ink container, and the first chip is provided with a positioning portion that can position the first chip when the first chip is in the second position.
10. The cartridge with printhead of claim 9, wherein: the positioning part comprises a positioning protrusion, and the first chip in the second position can be positioned by the positioning protrusion.
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