EP0496642A2 - Appareil d'enregistrement à jet d'encre et cartouche amovible à jet d'encre - Google Patents

Appareil d'enregistrement à jet d'encre et cartouche amovible à jet d'encre Download PDF

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EP0496642A2
EP0496642A2 EP92300652A EP92300652A EP0496642A2 EP 0496642 A2 EP0496642 A2 EP 0496642A2 EP 92300652 A EP92300652 A EP 92300652A EP 92300652 A EP92300652 A EP 92300652A EP 0496642 A2 EP0496642 A2 EP 0496642A2
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Etsurou c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Suzuki
Yoshifumi C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Hattori
Masashi C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Kitani
Hideo C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Saikawa
Masami C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Kojima
Kenji c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Kawano
Koichi C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Tanno
Keni c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Aono
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17543—Cartridge presence detection or type identification
    • B41J2/17546—Cartridge presence detection or type identification electronically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17513—Inner structure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/1752—Mounting within the printer

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  • the present invention relates to a liquid container, an ink cartridge integrally having a recording head for ejecting ink for recording operation and an ink container, said ink cartridge being detachably mountable on a recording apparatus, and an ink jet recording apparatus usable with the ink cartridge.
  • An ink jet cartridge comprising a recording head provided with means for generating energy contributable to ejection of ink droplets and an ink container for containing the ink to be supplied to the recording head wherein the ink jet cartridge is detachably mountable to a recording apparatus, is known.
  • FIGs 15 and 16 shows an example of such an ink jet cartridge.
  • the ink jet cartridge shown in Figure 15 and disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 87242/1988 (U.S. Patent No. 4,771,295) comprises an integral recording head 300 and ink container 1100.
  • the recording head comprises a heater board 301 on which electrothermal transducer elements are formed, a top plate 302 for constituting ink passages corresponding to the electrothermal transducers, an M-shaped spring 303 for clamping the heater board 301 and the top plate 302, a connecting member 304 for constituting ink supply passage for supplying the ink from the ink container, an electrode board 305 for applying recording signals to the electrothermal transducer elements, and an aluminum plate 306 for supporting the above elements.
  • the ink container 1100 contains therein a compressed absorbing material 900 in the form of porous material impregnated with the ink.
  • such an ink jet cartridge involves a relatively large difference between the period in which the ink in the ink container is used up and the service life of the recording head.
  • the recording head cartridge should be replaced with a fresh one, the recording head of the old head cartridge is still usable. Even if the recording head can be manufactured at relatively low cost in the case of the cartridge type, it is still relatively high as compared with the manufacturing cost of the ink container attached to the recording head.
  • the recording operation may be carried out without the ink container mounted or with almost empty ink container.
  • the ink container may become empty during the continuous recording operation.
  • the ink may leak through the joint portion between the recording head and the ink container with the result of damage of the print board or the contamination of the apparatus. If the recording operation is carried out without the ink container mounted, and thereafter, the ink container is mounted, the air may be introduced with large possibility to the joint portion between the recording head and the ink container, into the ink passageway. This is not desirable because the air may be a cause of ink ejection failure.
  • the recording head In order to remove such air, a number of sucking (pumping or the like) is required as a part of ejection recovery. If the air in the form of bubbles is not removed, the liquid ejection may fail.
  • the recording head In the separable type recording head and the ink container, the recording head is provided with ink introduction cannula in the form of a needle and exposed to the outside. The cannula or needle tube is inserted into the ink outlet portion of the ink container, thus establishing communication therebetween.
  • the externally exposed needle of the recording head is not desirable from the standpoint of safety.
  • a content of the ink water content
  • the evaporation of the component results in increase of the viscosity of the ink. This may result in clogging of the ink supply pipe, and therefore, the improper communication between the ink container and the recording head. This again requires ejection recovery operation.
  • Such a printer is usually provided with pumping mechanism of in one form or another to suck and discharge the air and the ink therearound in the passage between the ink ejection outlet and the ink supply inlet of the ink jet recording head.
  • the introduction of the air is significant.
  • a pumping mechanism is inevitably required.
  • an ink jet cartridge having a recording head portion and an ink containing portion which are detachably mountable relative to each other, wherein said recording head portion ejects ink to effect recording with the ink, comprising: a first ink container, provided in said recording head, for containing the ink; a second ink container, provided in said ink containing portion, for containing the ink; and ink communicating for establishing ink connection between said first ink container and said second ink container, wherein said ink communicating means is not externally exposed.
  • an ink jet recording apparatus comprising: an ink jet cartridge having a recording head portion and an ink containing portion which are detachably mountable relative to each other, wherein said recording head portion ejects ink to effect recording with the ink, said cartridge including a first ink container, provided in said recording head, for containing the ink; a second ink container, provided in said ink containing portion, for containing the ink; and ink connecting means for establishing ink connection between said first ink container and said second ink container, wherein said ink communicating means is not externally exposed; detecting means for detecting mounting of said ink container to said ink jet recording apparatus; control means for controlling recording operation of said ink jet recording apparatus in accordance with an output of said detecting means.
  • the ink container or the recording head can be replaced without introduction of the air.
  • Figure 1 is a sectional view of a recording head and an ink container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of a carriage of the printer usable with the ink container, according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a partial sectional view illustrating detail of the joint portion between the recording head and the ink container.
  • Figure 5 is a detailed sectional view of connected recording head and the ink container.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of a carriage of a printer usable with an ink container according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is a sectional view illustrating the joint portion between the recording head and the ink container, according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 8 is a detailed sectional view illustrating the recording head and the ink container jointed together, according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 10 is a block diagram of a system for detecting the ink container, according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 11 is an exploded view of an ink jet cartridge containing an ink absorbing material.
  • Figure 12 is an exploded view of an ink jet cartridge having rubber bladder as an ink container.
  • Figure 1 is a sectional view illustrating the feature of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of an entirety of the printer using the ink container according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of a carriage of the printer used with the ink container according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view immediately before the ink container is mounted.
  • Figure 5 is a sectional view in which the ink container is mounted.
  • the ink connecting tube 17 When the ink container is not connected to the ink jet head, the ink connecting tube 17 is entirely enclosed in the first ink container 6 and is covered with the ink. Therefore, the ink connecting tube 17 is prevented from contacting the air. For this reason, the ink jet recording head 2 is protected from air introduction thereto. Additionally, the viscosity increase of the ink in the ink connecting tube 17 and the solidification thereof are prevented. Furthermore, the leakage of the ink to the outside can be avoided.
  • the ink container of the replaceable cartridge is called second ink container 19.
  • the second ink container 19 comprises of plastic material or the like, which contains an ink bladder 20 containing the ink, an ink cap B21 made of flexible elastic material such as rubber to seal the ink bladder and the ink 22.
  • the second ink container 19 comprises an engaging portion 24 engageable with a stopper 23 for fixing the second ink container 19 when it is mounted, a joint portion 28 engageable with a cylinder 14 formed as an engaging portion on an ink jet head carriage, and a guiding portion for guiding the entirety of the second ink container 19 relative to the ink jet head carriage 1, including an ink jet head carriage 1 side guide 25b and a second ink container 19 side guide 25a.
  • the quantity of the ink contained in the second ink container 19 is approximately 20 cc.
  • the volume capacity may be properly determined depending on the shape of the second ink container and shape and/or size of the ink jet head carriage 1, and therefore, the value of the ink volume capacity is not limiting.
  • the operator pushes the second ink container 19 along the guiding portions 25a and 25b.
  • joint portion 28 is inserted into the cylinder portion 14, and a top surface 26 of the joint portion 28 of the second ink container abuts the stay 12.
  • the operator feels the spring force of the spring 13, and further pushes the second ink container, by which the central portions of the ink cap A9 and the ink cap B21 are pressed together.
  • these caps are formed into outwardly convex, as indicated by reference numerals 29 and 30, respectively.
  • the second ink container 19 is further pushed, and then, the stay 12 is pushed, so that the ink connecting tube 17 run through the ink cap A9. At this time, the ink cover 8 slacks to follow the stay 12.
  • the ink connecting tube 19 run through the ink cap B21.
  • the central portions of the ink caps A9 and B21 are press-contacted to each other, and therefore, no air is introduced into the ink connecting tube.
  • the second ink container 19 abuts projections 27 of the ink jet head carriage 1, and substantially simultaneously, the stopper 23 and the locking portion 24 are engaged, so that the second ink container 19 is fixed.
  • first ink container 6 and the second ink container 19 are connected properly to permit character or image recording using the large capacity second ink container 19, without the necessity for the air venting pumping action or the like at the time of connecting operation.
  • the operator When the second ink container 19 is used up, the operator lowers the stopper 23 to release the second ink container 19 from the carriage. Then, the ink connecting tube 17 moves back relative to the ink cap B21 by the spring 13, and returns to the inside of the first ink container filled with the ink. Simultaneously, the second ink container 19 is pushed out by the spring 13 to a position for easy demounting on the ink jet head carriage 1. Then, the operator is permitted to easily takes the second ink container 19 out.
  • the ink connecting tube 17 is at the fixed side, and the force applied to the second ink container 19 by the operator is used in which the ink cap A9 and the ink cap B21 are movable.
  • the ink connecting tube 17 may be provided on the movable side.
  • FIG. 6 there is shown a carriage of a printer having an ink container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is a sectional view showing the feature of the second embodiment.
  • Figure 8 is a detailed sectional view in which the ink container according to the second embodiment is mounted on the carriage.
  • An ink jet recording head 102 is fixed on the ink jet head carriage 101, which moves in engagement with a carriage driving shaft 103 and a carriage guiding shaft 104 of a main assembly of the printer.
  • the ink jet head carriage 101 comprises an ink supply pipe 105 for supplying the ink to the ink jet recording head 102 and a first ink container 106.
  • the first ink container 106 in this embodiment has a volume capacity of approximately 1 cc. The volume capacity is determined from the standpoint that the size of the ink jet head carriage 1 is made sufficiently small, and it can contain a sufficient amount of the ink even when the ink container is mounted for the ink jet head 102. However, the volume capacity of the first ink container 106 may be changed depending on the specifications of the main assembly of the printer, and therefore, the value of the capacity is not limiting.
  • the ink container 106 is sealed by an ink cap A 109 made of flexible or deformable elastic material such as rubber.
  • the ink cover A109 is fixed on a stay 112.
  • the stay 112 is fixed on the ink jet head carriage 101.
  • An ink connecting tube 117 is provided in the first ink container 106 of the ink jet head carriage 101.
  • the ink connecting tube 117 is in the form of a hollow cylinder, and an end thereof adjacent the ink cap A109 is cut inclined as in an injection cannula to permit easy piercing of the ink cap A109.
  • the second ink container 119 comprises a housing made of plastic resin material or the like, which contains an ink bladder 120 containing the ink, an ink sealing cap B121 made of flexible elastic material such as rubber and the ink 122.
  • the ink capacity of the second ink container 119 is approximately 20 cc, but the capacity may be changed depending on the configuration of the second ink container 119, the configuration and the size of the ink jet head carriage 101. Therefore, this value is not limiting.
  • the projection 130 of the second ink container 119 further pushes the driving lever 131, the ink connecting tube 117 is moved by the driving lever 131 to run through the ink cap A109, and substantially simultaneously therewith, the central portions of the ink cap A109 and an ink cap B121 are press-contacted to each other. So as to assure the press-contact at the central portions thereof between them, the central portions of the ink caps A109 and B121 are convexed toward each other.
  • the ink connecting tube 117 run through the ink cap B121.
  • the central portions of the ink cap A109 and the ink cap B121 are press-contacted to each other, and therefore, no air is introduced into the ink connecting tube 117.
  • the second ink container abuts the stay 112 of the ink jet head carriage 1, and substantially simultaneously, the engagement is established between the stopper 121 and the locking portion 124, so that the second ink container 119 is fixed on the carriage.
  • the apparatus of the first or second embodiment is provided with an element for detecting presence and/or absence of the ink container mounted on the recording head or mounted on the carriage.
  • the detecting element is effective to additionally detect the property of the ink container.
  • the permitting signal can be transmitted to the main assembly when it is mounted on the main assembly.
  • Figure 9 is a block diagram of a ink amount detecting circuit for detecting the ink container and for detecting the amount of the remaining ink, using the detecting contacts 1380 and detecting pins 1360.
  • a current detecting circuit 5200 detects the current depending on connection or disconnection between the detecting contact 1380 and the detecting pin 1360 and depending on the ink amount, and the result of the detection is transmitted to the discriminating circuit 5300 which discriminates the presence or absence of the ink container and discriminates whether the sufficient amount of ink remains or not.
  • the control circuit 5400 actuates a display device 5600 to display the results of the discriminating circuit 5300.
  • the current detecting circuit 5200 and the discriminating circuit 5300 are provided in the main assembly of the recording apparatus, but this may be provided in the recording head cartridge.
  • Figures 7 and 10 show another embodiment, in which detecting contact 1360 for detecting presence or absence of the ink container are provided in the carriage 1.
  • detecting contact 1360 for detecting presence or absence of the ink container are provided in the carriage 1.
  • the presence or absence of the ink container and/or the ink is detected when the head cartridge is mounted on the carriage.
  • the amount of the ink can be detected on the basis of the electric connection.
  • the typical structure and the operational principle are preferably the ones disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,723,129 and 4,740,796.
  • the principle and structure are applicable to a so-called on-demand type recording system and a continuous type recording system.
  • it is suitable for the on-demand type because the principle is such that at least one driving signal is applied to an electrothermal transducer disposed on a liquid (ink) retaining sheet or liquid passage, the driving signal being enough to provide such a quick temperature rise beyond a departure from nucleation boiling point, by which the thermal energy is provided by the electrothermal transducer to produce film boiling on the heating portion of the recording head, whereby a bubble can be formed in the liquid (ink) corresponding to each of the driving signals.
  • the recording head mountable may be a single corresponding to a single color ink, or may be plural corresponding to the plurality of ink materials having different recording color or density.
  • the present invention is effectively applicable to an apparatus having at least one of a monochromatic mode mainly with black, a multi-color mode with different color ink materials and/or a full-color mode using the mixture of the colors, which may be an integrally formed recording unit or a combination of plural recording heads.
  • the ink has been liquid. It may be, however, an ink material which is solidified below the room temperature but liquefied at the room temperature. Since the ink is controlled within the temperature not lower than 30 °C and not higher than 70°C to stabilize the viscosity of the ink to provide the stabilized ejection in usual recording apparatus of this type, the ink may be such that it is liquid within the temperature range when the recording signal is the present invention is applicable to other types of ink. In one of them, the temperature rise due to the thermal energy is positively prevented by consuming it for the state change of the ink from the solid state to the liquid state. Another ink material is solidified when it is left, to prevent the evaporation of the ink.
  • the ink jet recording apparatus may be used as an output terminal of an information processing apparatus such as computer or the like, as a copying apparatus combined with an image reader or the like, or as a facsimile machine having information sending and receiving functions.
  • the ink container can be mounted without introduction of the external air into the ink passage from the ink container to the ink jet recording head. Therefore, the pumping mechanism is not required for discharging the air introduced at the time of connection of the ink container to the apparatus or to the recording head. Therefore, the running cost is reduced by saving the wasteful ink discharged by the air discharging pumping operation.
  • the structure of the main assembly of the printer may be simplified and can be reduced in the size. In addition, the cost thereof may be lowered. Since the connecting tube is not exposed, and therefore, the safety is further assured. Simultaneously, the ink is prevented from externally leaking through the connecting tube. Furthermore, the increase in the viscosity of the ink and the resultant clogging of the connecting tube, can be avoided.
  • the recording operation of the ink jet recording apparatus is disables when the ink container is not mounted, and therefore, the shortage of the ink during the recording operation can be avoided.
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JP7761/91 1991-01-25
JP7770/91 1991-01-25
JP777091A JPH04247961A (ja) 1991-01-25 1991-01-25 インクジェット記録装置に用いられるインクタンク及びインクジェット記録装置
JP7769/91 1991-01-25
JP7759/91 1991-01-25
JP7760/91 1991-01-25
JP776991 1991-01-25
JP775991 1991-01-25
JP776191 1991-01-25
JP776091 1991-01-25
EP92300588 1992-01-23
EP92300588A EP0496620B1 (fr) 1991-01-25 1992-01-23 Appareil d'enregistrement à jet d'encre et cartouche à encre pour cet appareil
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