EP2570265B1 - Ink cartridge filling apparatus - Google Patents

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EP2570265B1
EP2570265B1 EP11780084.7A EP11780084A EP2570265B1 EP 2570265 B1 EP2570265 B1 EP 2570265B1 EP 11780084 A EP11780084 A EP 11780084A EP 2570265 B1 EP2570265 B1 EP 2570265B1
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Lei Qin
Bing NIE
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/22—Defoaming liquids in connection with filling
    • 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
    • B41J2/17506—Refilling of the cartridge
    • 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
    • B41J2/17566—Ink level or ink residue control
    • 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
    • B41J2/19—Ink jet characterised by ink handling for removing air bubbles
    • 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
    • B41J2/17566—Ink level or ink residue control
    • B41J2002/17583—Ink level or ink residue control using vibration or ultra-sons for ink level indication

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  • the present invention relates to the technical field of inkjet printers, in particular to an ink cartridge refilling device for ink refilling under negative pressure.
  • An inkjet printer is driven by a print signal to eject ink to a recording medium such as a piece of paper via a nozzle of a printhead to complete the recording of characters or graphics.
  • a print signal to eject ink to a recording medium such as a piece of paper via a nozzle of a printhead to complete the recording of characters or graphics.
  • the volume of the inkjet printer is smaller and smaller.
  • the volume of the ink cartridge as an ink storage container is also limited. Therefore, a user needs to replace the ink cartridge continuously and discard a used ink cartridge.
  • the ink cartridge contains plastics and other parts which cannot be naturally degraded, which would cause resource waste and environmental pollution. Consequently, there are a plurality of ink cartridge refilling devices for refilling ink into ink cartridges on the market, in which the ink cartridges do not need to be replaced again but are refilled with ink for reuse.
  • the device may comprise an ink container for receiving ink for refilling, a suction channel and a needle cylinder for suction and pressure reduction.
  • an ink cartridge to be refilled can be placed on the ink container; the needle cylinder is connected with the suction channel and stretched by hand to suck air, so that the volume of air in the ink cartridge can be reduced; and ink in the ink container can be injected into the ink cartridge due to the action of gas-pressure balance after the hand is let go.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device also has the disadvantages that: a piezoelectric transducer is usually arranged inside the ink cartridge to detect whether there is ink in the ink cartridge in order to remind a user of the in-time replacement of the ink cartridge and prevent the printhead from being burned down due to empty print. Due to the reasons such as the refilling speed and the ink performance, air bubbles tend to gather on the upper part of the piezoelectric transducer after the ink cartridge is fully refilled. When the ink cartridge is installed on a printer at the moment, the piezoelectric transducer cannot convey a normal response signal to the printer, and then the printer cannot identify the ink cartridge, and consequently a user cannot print.
  • the objective of the present invention is to provide an ink cartridge refilling device to effectively remove air bubbles gathering on the upper part of a piezoelectric transducer in an ink cartridge and guarantee the identification effect of a printer.
  • the present invention provides an ink cartridge refilling device, which comprises an ink container, an air inlet channel and a suction channel, wherein the ink container is used for storing ink to be refilled into an ink cartridge; an ink injection channel communicated with an ink injection opening of the ink cartridge is formed on the ink container; the air inlet channel is communicated with the ink container and used for introducing outside air into the ink container; and the suction channel is communicated with the ink cartridge and connected with an aspirator to suck air in the ink cartridge.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device also comprises a re-suction channel which is communicated with an ink outlet of the ink cartridge and connected with the aspirator to suck ink at the ink outlet after the ink cartridge is refilled.
  • one end of the suction channel is directly connected with the ink outlet of the ink cartridge.
  • the air inlet channel and the suction channel are coaxially arranged.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device also comprises a valve component which is arranged on the air inlet channel and used for controlling the on-off of the air inlet channel.
  • the valve component comprises a valve seat, an elastic component and a seal ring, wherein the valve seat is arranged on a sucking opening of the suction channel; the elastic component is sleeved on the outerwall of the suction channel; the seal ring is arranged between the valve seat and the elastic component; and one end of the seal ring is engaged with the elastic component and the other end of the seal ring is engaged with the valve seat.
  • the valve component also comprises a bushing having an engagement section and a sliding section, wherein the engagement section is engaged with the seal ring; the diameter of the engagement section is equal to that of the seal ring; the sliding section is connected with the engagement section; the diameter of the sliding section is more than that of the suction channel; and the sliding section is used for sliding along the outerwall of the suction channel.
  • a sealing component is arranged on the end part of the ink injection channel and comprises a rubber plug and a sleeve connected with the rubber plug.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device also comprises a positioning component which is connected with the ink container and used for fixing the ink cartridge.
  • the positioning component comprises a holding section formed on the outerwall of the positioning component.
  • the air inlet channel and the suction channel are separately arranged.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device has the advantage that: as the re-suction channel is formed on the ink cartridge refilling device and communicated with the ink outlet on the ink cartridge, air bubbles can be prevented from being attached to the upper part of the piezoelectric transducer near the ink outlet, and then the phenomenon that a user cannot print as the ink cartridge after refilling cannot be identified when installed on a printer can be avoided.
  • 11- ink container 12- air inlet channel; 13- suction channel; 14- re-suction channel; 15- ink injection channel; 16- sealing element; 17- gasket; 18- silicone gasket; 19- sucking opening; 20- valve seat; 21- seal ring; 22- elastic component; 23- engagement section; 24- sliding section; 25- rubber plug; 26- sleeve; 27- positioning component; 28- holding section; 29- ink cartridge; 30- aspirator.
  • a re-suction channel is formed on an ink cartridge refilling device and communicated with an ink outlet on an ink cartridge and can be connected with an aspirator to suck a small amount of ink at the ink outlet from the ink cartridge after the ink cartridge is refilled, so that air bubbles can be prevented from being attached to the upper part of a piezoelectric transducer near the ink outlet, and then the phenomenon that a user cannot print as the ink cartridge after refilling cannot be identified when installed on a printer can be avoided.
  • the ink cartridge is made of plastics; an ink storage cavity for receiving ink supplied to the printer can be formed inside the ink cartridge; and the ink cartridge is also provided with an ink outlet engaged with an ink supply needle of the printer to convey ink to a printhead of the printer, an ink injection opening used for replenishing ink to the ink storage cavity, and an elastic handle engaged with a corresponding structure on the printer to fix the ink cartridge on the printer.
  • a one-way membrane valve is arranged on an ink flow channel between the ink storage cavity and the ink outlet and can be selectively opened or closed according to the pressure difference between the ink storage cavity and the ink outlet.
  • a piezoelectric transducer is also arranged near the ink outlet on the ink cartridge, so that the ink level in the ink cartridge can be known in real time and a user can be reminded of the replacement of the ink cartridge in time when the ink is out, and consequently the phenomenon that the printhead of the printer is burned down due to empty print can be avoided.
  • the piezoelectric transducer is mainly made of piezoelectric ceramics and produces different vibration frequencies based on a fluid attached thereto. That is to say, the vibration frequency produced by the piezoelectric transducer is different when the fluid is ink or air attached on it. Therefore, the consumption condition of the ink in the ink cartridge at the moment can be determined simply by the identification of the vibration frequency produced by the piezoelectric transducer.
  • Fig. 1 is an overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the embodiment of the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device of the embodiment can comprise an ink container 11, an air inlet channel 12, a suction channel 13 and a re-suction channel 14.
  • the ink container 11 is used for storing ink to be refilled into the ink cartridge; an ink injection channel 15 connected with an ink injection opening on the ink cartridge to inject ink into the ink cartridge can be formed on the ink container 11, for example, on the top of the ink container 11; and the air inlet channel 12 and the suction channel 13 can be arranged inside the ink container 11.
  • the air inlet channel 12 can be communicated with the ink container 11 and used for introducing outside air into the ink container 11 to adjust the internal pressure of the ink container 11; and the suction channel 13 can be communicated with the ink cartridge and connected with an aspirator to suck air in the ink cartridge, so that negative pressure can be formed in the ink cartridge.
  • the main characteristic of the ink cartridge refilling device of the embodiment is the arrangement of the re-suction channel 14.
  • the re-suction channel 14 can be formed on the ink container 11 and communicated with the ink outlet on the ink cartridge, and a silicone gasket 18 can be arranged between the re-suction channel 14 and the suction channel 13 to seal the ink container 11.
  • the aspirator can be connected to suck a small amount of ink in the ink cartridge after the ink cartridge is refilled, so that air bubbles can be prevented from gathering on the upper part of the piezoelectric transducer near the ink outlet of the ink cartridge, and then the phenomenon that the user cannot print as the ink cartridge after refilling cannot be identified when installed on the printer can be avoided.
  • a sealing component can be arranged on the end part of the re-suction channel 14. More specifically, a sealing element 16 can be arranged.
  • the sealing element 16 is made of silicone, on which a small hole can be formed; the diameter of the small hole is equal to that of a needle tube of the aspirator; and the aspirator can pass through the sealing element 16 via the small hole and be connected with the re-suction channel 14.
  • a gasket 17 can be also arranged above the sealing element 16 and used for fixing the sealing element 16 and preventing the sealing element 16 from being pulled out when the aspirator is removed.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device of the embodiment also improves the suction channel. More specifically, the suction channel 13 can be set to pass across the ink container 11 and be directly connected with the ink outlet of the ink cartridge. That is to say, the suction channel 13 is positioned inside the ink container 11 and not communicated with the ink container 11 but only communicated with the ink cartridge.
  • the suction channel 13 is directly communicated with the ink cartridge rather than the ink container, only air in the ink cartridge is sucked and air in the ink container 11 is not sucked when the suction channel is used for suction, and thus the amount of air sucked when the ink cartridge is refilled for a plurality of times can be guaranteed to be constant, namely the amount of ink refilled each time can be guaranteed to be constant, and consequently stable user operation can be guaranteed.
  • air inlet channel 12 and the suction channel 13 can be separately arranged at different positions of the ink container 11 and can also be coaxially arranged as illustrated in the embodiment, and then simple structure and simplified manufacturing technique can be achieved.
  • valve component when the air inlet channel and the suction channel are coaxially arranged, a valve component can be arranged at a sucking opening 19 in the suction channel 13, so that the on-off of the air inlet channel 12 can be controlled by the valve component.
  • Two specific application structures are given below to illustrate the structural forms of the valve component. However, the structure of the valve component is not limited by the two forms.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the off state of a first embodiment of the valve component for the air inlet channel in the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the on state of the first embodiment of the valve component for the air inlet channel in the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention.
  • the valve component is arranged on the air inlet channel and can comprise a valve seat 20, a seal ring 21 and an elastic component 22, wherein the elastic component 22 can be a spring; the valve seat 20 is positioned at the sucking opening 19 of the suction channel; the elastic component 22 is sleeved on the outerwall of the suction channel; the seal ring 21 is positioned between the valve seat 20 and the elastic component 22; one end of the seal ring 21 is engaged with the elastic component 22 and the other end of the seal ring 21 is engaged with the valve seat 20; and the valve component can selectively open or close the air inlet channel.
  • the elastic component 22 can be a spring
  • a downward acting force is produced due to the engagement of the aspirator and the sucking opening 19 and is more than the elastic force of the elastic component 22, so that the elastic component 22 is driven to be deformed and move down, and then the seal ring 21 is driven to move down and be disengaged from the valve seat 20, namely the valve component is driven to move down to open the air inlet channel, so that outside air is replenished into the ink container along a track as illustrated in the figure.
  • the downward acting force produced is canceled.
  • the seal ring 21 is tightly engaged with the valve seat 20 again under the action of the elastic component 22, and the air inlet channel is closed again, and then the ink leakage can be avoided.
  • FIG. 5 is a structure diagram of a second embodiment of the valve component for the air inlet channel in the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention.
  • the difference between the valve component in this structure and the valve component in the above structure is the additional arrangement of a component, namely a bushing.
  • the bushing can comprise an engagement section 23 and a sliding section 24, wherein the engagement section 23 is engaged with the seal ring 21; the diameter of the engagement section 23 is equal to that of the seal ring 21; the sliding section 24 is used for sliding along the outerwall of the suction channel; and the diameter of the sliding section 24 is slightly more than that of the suction channel 13.
  • the seal ring 21 is tightly engaged with the valve seat 20; the bushing is engaged with the seal ring 21; and the bushing can slide along the suction channel 13.
  • the bushing can be made of engineering plastics and the seal ring can be made of rubber or silicone.
  • the seal ring 21 may be disengaged from the valve seat 20 under the action of the acting force produced due to the engagement of the aspirator and the sucking opening.
  • the bushing and the seal ring 21 are also engaged with each other, the bushing also moves down along the suction channel 13.
  • the valve component is opened at the moment and the air can enter into the ink container to adjust the pressure in the ink container.
  • the seal ring when only the seal ring is adopted, as the seal ring is made of materials such as rubber and silicone, the seal ring has large elasticity and tends to be greatly deformed when the aspirator is inserted, and then the phenomenon that both sides of the seal ring are deformed and the air inlet channel is difficult to open tends to occur.
  • the bushing by adoption of the bushing, as the bushing is made of engineering plastics, the bushing cannot be subjected to elastic deformation but directly slides down when the aspirator is inserted after a force is conveyed to the bushing via the seal ring.
  • a sealing component for sealing can also be arranged on the end part of the ink injection channel 15, so that the ink leakage during the conveying can be avoided. More specifically, as illustrated in Fig. 2 , the sealing component can be arranged at one end of the ink injection channel 15, which is connected with the ink injection opening on the ink cartridge.
  • the sealing component can comprise a rubber plug 25 and a sleeve 26, wherein the sleeve 26 is made of engineering plastics; the rubber plug is made of rubber or silicone; and the sleeve 26 is engaged with the rubber plug and is easy to assemble and disassemble.
  • the arrangement of the sleeve 26 is for the miniaturization of the ink cartridge refilling device.
  • the space on the upper part of the ink cartridge refilling device, for receiving the ink cartridge is relatively narrow, if only the rubber plug 25 is used for sealing, a user needs to stretch a hand into the narrow space to take out the rubber plug when the ink cartridge refilling device is used, which is very troublesome.
  • the sleeve 26 can be integrated into a whole with the rubber plug 25 and the length of the sleeve 26 is relatively long but slightly less than that of the ink cartridge. Therefore, the user can pull out the rubber plug 25 by pulling out the sleeve 26 when the ink cartridge refilling device is used, and then the ink injection channel 15 can be opened, and thus the operation is simple and convenient.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device of the embodiment can also comprise a positioning component 27 which can have a cavity for receiving the ink cartridge to be refilled.
  • a positioning component 27 which can have a cavity for receiving the ink cartridge to be refilled.
  • a holding section 28 can be further arranged on the outerwall of the positioning component 27 and can be formed by a plurality of grooves parallel to the outerwall of the device.
  • the holding section 28 can be also used as a connecting section between adjacent ink cartridge refilling devices.
  • a lug (not illustrated in the figure) of which the shape is matched with that of the grooves is only required to be formed outside another refilling device, and then convenience is provided for the user to connect a plurality of refilling devices for receiving ink with different colors.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device of the embodiment can be placed on a plane; the sealing component on the ink injection channel 15 is pulled out; and the ink cartridge is placed in the positioning component of the ink cartridge refilling device.
  • the elastic handle of the ink cartridge is engaged with the positioning component to fix the ink cartridge, and the ink outlet and the ink injection opening of the ink cartridge are respectively connected with the suction channel 13 and the ink injection channel 15 of the ink cartridge refilling device.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the use state I of the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention
  • the overall fixed ink cartridge and ink cartridge refilling device are inverted, so that the ink container 11 is positioned above the ink cartridge 29.
  • the aspirator 30 prepared in advance is connected with the sucking opening 19 of the suction channel 13 to suck air at the ink outlet.
  • the one-way membrane valve in the ink cartridge 29 is opened herein, and air in the ink storage cavity is also sucked, namely vacuum is produced in the ink cartridge 29.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the use state I of the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention
  • the ink in the ink container 11 is refilled into the ink cartridge 29; the valve component positioned at the sucking opening 19 of the suction channel 13 is opened; and outside air can enter into the ink container 11 via the air inlet channel 12, so that constant pressure in the ink container 11 can be guaranteed.
  • the ink cartridge 29 is fully refilled and can be used for printing.
  • the aspirator 30 must be removed first, and the valve component can close the air inlet channel 12 to seal the ink container 11 under the elastic force of the spring.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the use state I I of the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention
  • the ink cartridge 29 and the ink cartridge refilling device are inverted again, so that the ink cartridge 29 is positioned above the ink container 11.
  • the aspirator 30 is connected with the re-suction channel 14 to suck a small amount of ink in the ink cartridge 29.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating the use state III of the ink cartridge refilling device provided by the present invention
  • the ink cartridge is removed; the aspirator 30 is connected with the ink injection channel 15; residual ink sucked in the above step is injected into the ink container 11; and the aspirator 30 is removed at last, and the original sealing component is used for sealing the ink injection channel 15.
  • the ink cartridge refilling device of the embodiment has the advantage that: as the re-suction channel is formed on the ink cartridge refilling device and communicated with the ink outlet on the ink cartridge, air bubbles can be prevented from being attached to the upper part of the piezoelectric transducer near the ink outlet, and then the phenomenon that the user cannot print as the ink cartridge after refilling cannot be identified when installed on the printer can be avoided. Therefore, the printing effect can be fully guaranteed and the use cost of users can be greatly reduced.

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