JP2013163372A5

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Publication number: JP2013163372A5
Application number: JP2013002629A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2013-01-10
Publication date: 2013-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 2033-01-10

Claims

Removably attached to the cartridge attachment part of the printing device,
The cartridge mounting portion includes a printing material supply pipe, a device-side terminal, a lever, a first device-side locking portion, and a second device-side locking portion corresponding to each cartridge so that a plurality of cartridges can be mounted. Each is provided,
The printing material supply pipe has a tip portion connected to the cartridge,
An axis parallel to the central axis C of the printing material supply pipe is a Z axis, a direction in which the printing material supply pipe and the apparatus-side terminal are arranged and a direction orthogonal to the Z axis is an X axis, the Z axis, and the The axis orthogonal to the X axis is the Y axis, the + Z axis direction from the proximal end portion of the printing material supply pipe toward the distal end portion, and the opposite is the −Z axis direction, and the device side terminal side from the printing material supply pipe When the + X-axis direction toward
The device-side terminal has a device-side contact portion that comes into contact with the cartridge, and is elastically deformed around the + Z-axis direction side and the + X-axis direction side as a rotation center relative to the device-side contact portion, and the + Z-axis direction The cartridge is configured to be electrically connectable with the cartridge by making contact with the cartridge while applying an urging force including the component of
The first device-side locking portion is configured as a part of the lever so that the cartridge can be locked on the + Z-axis direction side and the + X-axis direction side with respect to the device-side terminal.
The second device side locking portion is configured to be able to lock the cartridge on the + Z axis direction side and the −X axis direction side of the printing material supply pipe,
The lever moves from the locking position to the + X-axis with the + Z-axis direction side and the + X-axis direction side as the rotation center from the locking position where the first device-side locking portion locks the cartridge. The cartridge is configured such that the cartridge can be locked and unlocked by the first device side locking portion by rotating so that the first device side locking portion moves in the direction. Because
When the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis with respect to the cartridge in a state of being mounted on the cartridge mounting portion are axes on the cartridge,
Two surfaces facing each other in the Z-axis direction, a first surface located on the −Z-axis direction side and a second surface located on the + Z-axis direction side;
A second surface that intersects the first surface and the second surface and faces in the X-axis direction, a third surface located on the + X-axis direction side, and a fourth surface located on the −X-axis direction side; ,
A second surface that intersects the first to fourth surfaces and opposes in the Y-axis direction, a fifth surface located on the + Y-axis direction side and a sixth surface located on the −Y-axis direction side;
An inclined surface provided at a corner portion connecting the first surface and the third surface, and inclined toward the −Z axis direction and the + X axis direction;
A printing material supply port provided on the first surface and configured to be connectable to the printing material supply pipe;
Provided on the inclined surface, and in contact with the device side terminal while receiving an urging force including the component in the + Z-axis direction from the device side terminal in a state where the cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion. A cartridge side terminal electrically connected to the apparatus side terminal;
A first cartridge side locking portion provided on the third surface;
A second cartridge side locking portion provided on the fourth surface,
The first cartridge side latching portion has a first latching surface facing the + Z-axis direction, and the first latching surface is in a state where the cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion. Locked to the first device side locking portion;
The second cartridge side latching portion has a second latching surface facing the + Z-axis direction, and the second latching surface is in a state where the cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion. Locked to the second device side locking portion;
The cartridge side terminal has a cartridge side contact portion that comes into contact with the device side terminal in a state where the cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion,
The cartridge, wherein the cartridge side contact portion is provided on the −Z axis direction side with respect to the second locking surface.

The cartridge according to claim 1,
The second cartridge side locking portion functions as a rotation fulcrum of the cartridge with respect to the cartridge mounting portion by engaging with the second device side locking portion when the cartridge is attached to and detached from the cartridge mounting portion. Consists of a cartridge.

3. The cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the first locking surface is provided closer to the −Z-axis direction than the second locking surface.

The first locking surface and the second locking surface are provided at positions intersecting with a plane parallel to the Z axis and the X axis through the center of the width of the cartridge in the direction along the Y axis. The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein
The first cartridge side locking portion further has a third locking surface facing the + X axis direction, and the third locking surface is in a state where the cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion. A cartridge that is locked to the first device side locking portion.

The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the printing material supply port is provided at a position closer to the fourth surface than the third surface.

The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein
The fifth surface and the sixth surface have a pair of side surfaces configured to be engageable with the cartridge mounting portion.

The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:
A seventh surface provided between the first surface and the third surface and extending from the first surface to the + Z-axis direction side;
An eighth surface provided between the first surface and the third surface, and connected to the seventh surface and the third surface;
The cartridge, wherein the inclined surface is provided on the eighth surface.

The cartridge according to claim 8, wherein
Furthermore, each of the seventh surface is provided with a pair of projecting portions that protrude from the side portions in the + Y-axis direction and the −Y-axis direction, and face each other in the Y-axis direction,
The pair of projecting portions is configured to be engageable with a fitting portion provided in the cartridge mounting portion.

The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein
The cartridge side terminal and the apparatus side terminal are plural, and the plurality of cartridge side terminals are arranged corresponding to each of the plural apparatus side terminals,
Each cartridge-side contact portion of the plurality of cartridge-side terminals is a cartridge provided on the −Z-axis direction side with respect to the second locking surface.

The cartridge according to claim 10, wherein
One of the plurality of cartridge side terminals is a cartridge side ground terminal configured to be electrically connectable to a device side ground terminal connected to a ground line among the plurality of device side terminals,
The cartridge-side ground terminal is provided at the center of the width of the cartridge in the direction along the Y-axis, and when the cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion, the other cartridge in the plurality of cartridge-side terminals. A cartridge configured to contact the device-side ground terminal prior to contact with the device-side terminal by a side terminal.

A printing material supply system,
A printing apparatus having a cartridge mounting portion;
The cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the cartridge is detachably mounted on the cartridge mounting portion.
In the cartridge mounting portion, a plurality of the cartridges can be mounted, corresponding to each cartridge, a printing material supply pipe, a device side terminal, a lever, a first device side locking portion, and a second device side locking portion. Are provided,
The printing material supply pipe has a tip portion connected to the cartridge,
An axis parallel to the central axis C of the printing material supply pipe is a Z axis, a direction in which the printing material supply pipe and the apparatus-side terminal are arranged and a direction orthogonal to the Z axis is an X axis, the Z axis, and the The axis orthogonal to the X axis is the Y axis, the + Z axis direction from the proximal end portion of the printing material supply pipe toward the distal end portion, and the opposite is the −Z axis direction, and the device side terminal side from the printing material supply pipe When the + X-axis direction toward
The device-side terminal has a device-side contact portion that comes into contact with the cartridge, and is elastically deformed around the + Z-axis direction side and the + X-axis direction side as a rotation center relative to the device-side contact portion, and the + Z-axis direction The cartridge is configured to be electrically connectable with the cartridge by making contact with the cartridge while applying an urging force including the component of
The first device-side locking portion is configured as a part of the lever so that the cartridge can be locked on the + Z-axis direction side and the + X-axis direction side with respect to the device-side terminal.
The second device side locking portion is configured to be able to lock the cartridge on the + Z axis direction side and the −X axis direction side of the printing material supply pipe,
The lever moves from the locking position to the + X-axis with the + Z-axis direction side and the + X-axis direction side as the rotation center from the locking position where the first device-side locking portion locks the cartridge. The cartridge is configured such that the cartridge can be locked and unlocked by the first device-side locking portion by rotating so that the first device-side locking portion moves in the direction. Material supply system.