JP3108171B2 - Recording device and cartridge - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and a cartridge, and more particularly, to a structure of a mounting section of a recording apparatus cartridge. For example, the present invention can be applied to an ink tank, an ink ribbon, a photoreceptor, a disposable recording head incorporating ink for a developing unit and a recording head unit, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional ink recording apparatus, a detachable ink cartridge is used, and when the ink cartridge is mounted on the ink recording apparatus, it is replaced when the ink runs out.
An out-of-ink condition is detected in the ink recording apparatus, and when an out-of-ink condition is detected, an alarm sound, a display and the like are activated, and the recording cannot be performed until the recording is stopped and the cartridge is replaced. FIG.
9A and 9B are diagrams for explaining a detachable cartridge used in a conventional ink recording apparatus and the mounting of the cartridge. FIG. 9A is a perspective view, and FIG. 9A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 9A, where 70 is a cartridge, 71 is a cartridge case, 72 is an ink bag, 73 is a holding member, 74 is sealing rubber, 75 is ink, and 76 is ink. Is a guide roller, 77 is a mounting switch, 78 is a holder, 79 is an ink lead-out needle, and 80 is a supply pipe.

A cartridge 70 is provided in a cubic cartridge case 71 with ink 7 to be supplied to a recording apparatus.
5 containing an ink bag 72. Ink bag 7
A holding member 73 whose outer peripheral surface is sealed and has a flow opening is fitted into one end surface of the cartridge case 71 at the opening 2, and the flow opening is sealed with a sealing rubber 74.
The cartridge 70 is guided by an appropriate guide member (not shown) that holds the cartridge 70 from above and below, and slides in the arrow F direction. When the cartridge 70 is slid to the position where the mounting is completed, the cartridge 70 cannot be slid by the stopper member (not shown), thereby defining the slide position. When the user reaches the mounting completed position, the mounting switch 77 operates to detect that the camera is in the mounted state. When the mounting of the cartridge 70 is completed, the ink lead-out needle 79 installed in the recording apparatus main body pierces the sealing rubber 74 arranged in the cartridge 70, so that the ink 75 stored in the ink bag 75 is drawn out, and is supplied through the supply pipe 80. To be supplied to a print recording head (not shown) of the recording apparatus.

[0004] The cartridge 70 is detachable, but there is a risk of contamination due to leakage of the ink 75 and the intrusion of air inside the lead-out needle 79 and through the sealing rubber member 74 when the cartridge 70 is detached. When air is mixed into the ink supply diameter, the ink supply power is reduced, and when air is mixed into the print head, the print quality may be reduced. Further, if the cartridge 70 is removed, troubles such as evaporation of the ink by the outlet needle 79 and solidification of the ink occur. In order to prevent this, it is necessary to provide a capping device or the like for preventing drying out in the lead-out needle portion 79. In many cases, these troubles are mainly caused by a user's mishandling or an excessive unnecessary attachment / detachment operation due to a careless operation. In addition, considering such an operation, it is necessary to sufficiently increase the durability and strength of the attaching / detaching portion, which leads to an increase in cost due to excessive quality and design.

[0005]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is intended to prevent an excessive and unnecessary cartridge mounting / removing operation due to a user's mishandling or careless operation after being mounted on a removable cartridge recording device. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus and a cartridge in which the occurrence of a trouble is prevented beforehand by preventing the recording apparatus and the cartridge.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides (1)
In a recording apparatus having a cartridge mounting section for mounting a replaceable cartridge, when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus, the cartridge is prevented from being detached by a lock mechanism for mounting a cartridge and a lock mechanism for taking out the cartridge. The lock mechanism for mounting the cartridge is released based on a detection signal of the detecting means for detecting the disabling, the prevention of attachment / detachment of the cartridge is released, and the locking device for removal is mounted by mounting a new cartridge.
The cartridge mounting portion has a mounting mechanism for releasing the structure , or (2) a recording apparatus having a cartridge mounting portion for mounting a replaceable cartridge,
When a detachable cartridge is mounted, the cartridge has a remounting prevention member from which a part of the cartridge is detached after the attachment, and an accommodation opening for accommodating the detached reattachment prevention member in the cartridge, or 3) A display indicating that the cartridge has been used by operating when a detachable cartridge is attached to or detached from a recording apparatus having a cartridge attaching section for attaching a replaceable cartridge. A member is provided. Hereinafter, a description will be given based on examples of the present invention.

FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C are views for explaining an embodiment of a recording apparatus and a cartridge according to the present invention. FIG. 1A is a perspective view and FIG. ), FIG.
(C) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. (A) showing before and after mounting the cartridge, respectively, wherein 1 is a cartridge, 2 is a locking portion, 3 is a locking mechanism, 4 is a solenoid,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a locking member, 6 denotes a coil spring, 7 denotes a holder, 8 denotes a supply pipe, 9 denotes an ink lead-out needle, and 10 denotes a mounting switch.

In the drawing, a concave locking portion 2 is provided in a cartridge case 1a of the cartridge 1.
A lock mechanism 3 in which a solenoid 4 and a locking member 5 are urged by a coil spring 6 is provided in a recording apparatus main body (not shown). In a normal state and in a state where the power of the recording apparatus is not input, the solenoid 4 is in a non-operating state, and the locking member 5 is urged in a direction to press the cartridge 1 by a coil spring 6 installed on the solenoid 4. When the cartridge 1 is mounted, the locking member 5 moves downward so as to compress the coil spring 6 in accordance with the sliding operation, and when the mounting is completed, the locking member 5 is urged upward by the coil spring 6 to engage. The engagement with the stopper 2 prevents the cartridge 1 from being detached. After the cartridge 1 is mounted, when the ink is consumed and the ink is exhausted, or when it is detected by the detecting means (not shown) that the supply is impossible due to some trouble, the solenoid 5 is activated based on the detection signal. It operates to move the locking member 3 downwardly against the spring force of the coil spring 6. As a result, the lock mechanism 2 of the cartridge 1 is released, and the attachment and detachment of the cartridge 1 becomes free.

In this case, the lock mechanism 3 is not released when the power is turned off to prevent the ink cartridge 1 from being left in a detached state for a long time when the power is turned off (disconnected). However, when the power is turned off and the lock mechanism 3 is in the detached state, the ink cartridge 1 can be mounted by the above-described structure even if the lock mechanism 3 is not released. When the power is turned on (turned on), the lock mechanism 2
Is released, the ink cartridge 1 is removed, and even if the lock mechanism 3 is operated in a state where it is detected that the cartridge 1 is not mounted, the cartridge 1 is mounted again and the mounting switch 10 is in the mounted state. The release of the lock mechanism 3 may be continued until the detection is made. This can be appropriately selected depending on the configuration of the lock mechanism 3. In addition, during detection of the state where the cartridge 1 is not mounted, the recording apparatus may generate an alarm sound and display to notify the user that the ink cartridge 1 is not mounted, and arouse attention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are views for explaining another embodiment of the recording apparatus and the cartridge according to the present invention. FIG. 2A is a perspective view when the cartridge is not mounted, and FIG. b) shows a perspective view at the time of mounting, in which 12 is a cartridge, 13
Is a guide groove, 14 is a convex locking portion, 15 is a guide hole, 1
6 is a guide pin, 17 is a recorder main body, 18 is a guide rail, 19 is a lock mechanism, 20 is a solenoid, 21 is a locking member, and 22 is a mounting switch.

In the drawing, a replaceable cartridge 1 is shown.
2, a plurality of parallel guide grooves 13 and guide holes 15 are provided in the cartridge case 12a, and are mounted by being guided by the guide rails 18 and the guide pins 16 of the recording apparatus main body 17. When the lock mechanism 19 installed on the recorder main body 17 detects that the mounting switch 22 is in the mounted state, the solenoid 20 operates as shown in FIG. 2B to extend the locking member 21. 2A, the locking member 21 is retracted and the locking operation is released when it is detected that it is not in the mounted state shown in FIG. As a result, the locking mechanism 19 is operated upon completion of the mounting of the cartridge 12, and the raised locking portion 14 provided on the cartridge case 12 a is moved to the locking member 2.
Locking at 1 prevents the cartridge 12 from being detached. In this case, the solenoid 20 is connected to the lock mechanism 19
When the power is not input to the recording apparatus, the lock mechanism 19 is not released.

FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C are diagrams for explaining still another embodiment of the recording apparatus and the cartridge according to the present invention, and FIG. 7A is a perspective view of the main body of the recording apparatus. FIG. 7B is a perspective view showing a state in which the cartridge is being mounted,
FIG. 7C is a side sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 7A showing a state in which the mounting of the cartridge is completed.
9 is a recording apparatus main body, 50 is a cartridge, 51 is a cartridge mounting door, 52 is a locking member, 53 is a projection, 54 is a mounting switch, 55 is a door switch, 56 is a lock mechanism,
7 is a solenoid, 58 is a locking part.

In the drawing, a cartridge mounting door 51 is provided on the recording apparatus main body 49, and a lock mechanism is provided on the cartridge mounting door 51. That is, the present invention relates to an embodiment in which the lock mechanism is a shutter for closing the cartridge mounting opening. The cartridge mounting door 51 cooperates with a projection 53 for pressing a door switch 55 at the end and a lock mechanism 56 at the center,
A locking portion 52 for locking the cartridge mounting door 51 is provided. The door switch 55 and the mounting switch 54 are mounted on the recording apparatus main body 49.

To mount the cartridge 50, first, the cartridge door 51 is manually opened, and slide-inserted along a guide (not shown). When mounting is completed, cartridge 5
The zero end face presses the mounting switch 54 to detect the mounting state. When the cartridge mounting door 51 is closed in this state,
The protrusion 53 presses the door switch 55 and the cartridge door 5
1 is detected. Based on this detection signal, the solenoid 57 constituting the lock mechanism 56 is operated, and the locking member 52 is fitted to the locking portion 58 so that the cartridge door 51
Disable opening. As a result, the operation of attaching and detaching the cartridge 50 can be prevented. The conditions for operating the lock mechanism 56 at this time are as follows: the mounting switch 54 detects completion of mounting, the door switch 55 detects that the cartridge door 51 is closed, and
0 is a state in which the unusable state is not detected, that is, it is necessary that the usable state is detected. In the drawing, a cartridge door 51 serving as a closing shutter is shown.
Has a shape that also serves as a door that forms a part of the recording apparatus main body 30, but a separate shutter may be provided inside the recording apparatus main body 30. Also, the shape of the closing shutter can be freely used, such as a single plate, a plurality of plates, or a folding type. Further, it is not necessary to close the cartridge mounting opening on the entire surface, and any configuration may be used as long as the cartridge 50 can be prevented from being detached.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are views for explaining still another embodiment of the recording apparatus and the cartridge according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a view showing a mounting opening of a cartridge mounting portion. 3) is a perspective view, and FIGS. 3 (b), 3 (c) and 3 (d) are cross-sectional views taken along line AA in FIG. 3 (a). FIG. 4 shows the mounting opening at the mounting completion position of the cartridge mounting section.
4A is a perspective view, and FIGS. 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4E are cross-sectional views taken along the line AA in FIG. 4A.
23 is a cartridge, 24 is a re-mounting prevention member, 25 is a mounting prevention plate, 26 is a rotating shaft, 27 and 30 are coil springs, 28 is a mounting prevention plate holder, 29 is a bracket,
1 is a cutter.

In FIG. 3 (a), the mounting prevention plate holder 28 has a semicircular shape having a shaft 28a and a slit 28b in the axial direction, and is spaced apart from the cartridge 23 by a space slightly larger than the width of the cartridge 23. Bracket 2 installed in
The shaft 28a is inserted between the coil springs 9 and 29, and the coil spring 30
Is a locking holder that is urged to move in the axial direction and locks the mounting prevention plate 25 with the slit 28b. The mounting prevention plate 25 is a strip-shaped plate-shaped body that serves as a closed chain shutter of the cartridge 23, and is provided with a rotating shaft 2 on an extension of one side of a long side portion.
6 and 26, and the coil spring 27 gives a force that can rotate around the rotation shaft 26. In the illustrated state, the mounting prevention plate 25 is locked and fixed by a mounting prevention plate holder 28.

On the other hand, the cartridge 23 is provided with short-shaped remounting prevention members 24 at both end portions on the insertion port side. The re-attachment preventing member 24 has a groove 24a at a fixing portion, and is fixed to the cartridge 23 at a part 24b of a side.

When the cartridge 23 is inserted in the direction of arrow P, as shown in FIG. 3B, the re-mounting prevention member 24
Contact 4 When the insertion is further continued in the P direction, FIG.
As shown in (c), the mounting prevention holder 28 is attached to the shaft 28a.
It is pressed in the direction and moves. Thereby, the mounting prevention plate 25
Is released from the slit 28b, unlocked, and the closed state is released. In this state, the mounting prevention plate 25 is
It is rotatable about six times, and when further inserted as shown in FIG. 3D, the mounting prevention plate 25 is pressed by the ink cartridge 23 and rotates.

FIG. 4 shows a case where the mounting operation is further continued from the mounting opening of the mounting section for recording mounting shown in FIG. In the recording apparatus main body, rectangular plate-shaped cutters 31, 31 are arranged at a predetermined interval on the same plane as the remounting prevention member 24b. Further, the interval is set to the re-attachment preventing members 24,
4 is smaller than the distance between them.

When the mounting operation of the cartridge 23 is further continued than in the state shown in FIG. 3, the remounting preventing member 24 approaches the cutting device 31 and then comes into contact with the cutting device 31 as shown in FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c). To complete the installation. Remount prevention member 24
Is provided with a slit 24a extending in the insertion direction, and is held weakly only by the base portion 24b. FIG.
As shown in (d) and (e), the cartridge 23 has an accommodating opening 23 large enough to accommodate the re-attachment preventing member 24.
a is provided to accommodate the detached re-attachment preventing member 24. FIGS. 4D and 4E are diagrams of FIG.
By the mounting operation similar to the cases of (b) and (c), the remounting prevention member 24 is brought into contact with the cutting device 31, and the remounting prevention member 24 is cut and separated by the time the mounting operation of FIG. I do. The remounting prevention member 24 separated from the main body of the cartridge 23 is housed in the opening of the receiving opening 23a disposed below the remounting prevention member 24. As described above, the remounting prevention member 24 is deformed or detached by the time the mounting operation is completed.

In this state, the cartridge 23a is
After being removed from use due to wear, deterioration, failure, etc., after being removed, as shown in FIG. 3B, the re-installation preventing member 24 cannot abut against the attachment preventing plate holder 28 and cannot be pressed. Since the closed state of 25 is not released, re-attachment is prevented. Here, the remounting prevention member 24 has sufficient strength to move the mounting prevention holder 28 urged by the coil spring 30, but is easily deformed and detached by the contact movement of the cutter 31. The re-attachment prevention member 24 and the re-attachment prevention mechanism are designed. In addition, it is preferable that the accommodation opening 23 a be a minimum opening necessary for accommodating the remounting prevention member 24. Further, a shielding plate may be provided inside the opening.
As a result, it is possible to prevent the separated re-attachment preventing member 24 housed in the ink cartridge 23 from being released to the outside.

When the cartridge becomes unusable due to wear, deterioration, failure, or the like and is removed, it is difficult to determine whether the cartridge is usable or unusable. Therefore, it is determined that the unusable state is visually displayed. Is done. FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D show still another embodiment of the recording apparatus cartridge according to the present invention. FIG. 5A shows a state where the cartridge is not used. Perspective partial cross-sectional view for explaining a display mechanism for displaying
5B is a perspective partial cross-sectional view for explaining a display mechanism for displaying a used display, FIG. 5C is a perspective external view of FIG. 5A, and FIG. FIG. 5B shows a perspective view of the outer appearance, in which 32 is a cartridge, 33 is a guide groove, 34
Is a locking member, 35 is a pressing rod, 36 is a display member, 37 is a guide, 38 is a coil spring, 39 is a holding bracket, 40
Is a stopper, 41 is a display window, and 42 is a window hole.

As shown in FIG. 5A, inside the cartridge 32, a guide member 36 in the form of a plate parallel to the upper surface of the case is provided in a direction perpendicular to the mounting direction.
7 and 37 are movably mounted. Display member 36
At one end, a stopper 40 bent in a direction perpendicular to the surface
Is provided. When not in use, the stopper 40 is in contact with a locking member 34 fixed in the cartridge 32 to lock the display member 36. At this time, the display member 36
One end of the display member 36 is urged by a coil spring 38 fixed to a holding fitting 39. Display member 36
In FIG. 5C, for example, the indications of “valid period” and “used” of the ink indicating the unused state of the cartridge 32 are displayed side by side. In FIG. 5C, the “valid period” is displayed in the display window 41. , Indicating that it is unused.

In FIG. 5B, a pressing rod 35 installed on the main body of the recording apparatus is inserted into a window hole 42 of the cartridge 32, and a locking member 34 provided inside the cartridge 32 is provided.
, And the locking member 34 is displaced as shown in FIG. When the locking member 34 is displaced from the locking position of the stopper 40, the display member 36 is guided by the guide 37 by the spring force of the coil spring 38, slides, and the content displayed on the display window 41 changes. “Used” is displayed as shown in FIG. At this time, the locking member 3
4 may only be displaced or may be broken apart.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are views for explaining still another embodiment of the cartridge for a recording apparatus according to the present invention, in which 43 is a cartridge, 44 is a guide groove, and 45 is a guide groove.
Is a projection, 46 is a display window, 47 is a display member, and 48 is a pressing plate.

The cartridge for a recording apparatus shown in the drawing is another embodiment in which the same operation as that of the cartridge for a recording apparatus shown in FIG. 5 is performed.
Is determined by the position of In a part of the display member 47,
A projection 45 is provided for sliding a groove 43 a provided in parallel with the guide groove 44 of the cartridge 43 so that the display member 47 can be moved in the mounting direction of the cartridge 43. On the other hand, a pressing plate 48 is provided on the recording apparatus main body, and when the cartridge 43 is mounted on the recording apparatus main body, the pressing plate 48 abuts and presses the protrusion 45. The display member 47 is moved by this pressing, and changes the display content on the display window 46. The protrusion 45 is provided in the groove 4 of the cartridge case.
Since it is in the fitted state to 3a, it does not move unless it is pressed from the outside such as pressing and pressing the pressing plate 48.

The direction of engagement between the projection 45 and the groove 43a of the cartridge case is given, and
7 may be easily moved only in one direction, for example, in the direction shown in FIG. 6 (a) → FIG. 6 (b). In the embodiment of FIG. 6, it is preferable that the cartridge is used in combination with a lock mechanism that is prevented from being detached after the cartridge according to the embodiment shown in the above-described embodiment is attached, and is released after the unusability is detected. According to this method, the display of the unusable state is immediately performed at the time of mounting, and it is clarified that the unusable state is used. When the lock mechanism is not used, when the unusable state of the cartridge 43 is detected. The pressing rod 35 shown in FIG. 5 and the pressing plate 48 shown in FIG. 6 may be operated by an electric device such as a motor or a solenoid based on the detection signal. As described above, the power for moving the display members 36 and 47 includes the manual sliding force when the cartridge is mounted or removed, and the sliding force by the electric device. Also,
The operation by the electric device after the unusable state is detected can be used in combination with the above-described lock mechanism, re-attachment prevention mechanism, and the like. Here, it should be noted that the operation of the display members 36 and 47 does not operate little by little in analog in conjunction with the consumption state of the ink in the cartridge.

FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C are views for explaining still another embodiment of the recording apparatus and the cartridge according to the present invention. FIG. 8A is a perspective external view and FIG. 8 (b)
Is an arrow AA in FIG. 8A for showing a normal mounting state.
FIG. 8C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 8A for showing a state where the new cartridge is being mounted.
Denotes a recording apparatus main body, 60 denotes a cartridge mounting door, and 61 and 6.
2 is a lock mechanism, 63 is a cartridge removal door, 64 is a mounting switch, 65 is an old cartridge, 66 is a new cartridge, and 67 and 68 are fulcrums.

In the drawing, a cartridge mounting door 60 is provided on a recording apparatus main body 59 so as to be pivotally supported at a fulcrum 67. As shown in FIG. 8B, in a normal use state (attached state), the cartridge door 60 is closed by the lock mechanism 61 as described above. At this time, the mounting switch 64 detects that the old cartridge 65 is mounted. In the depth direction where the old cartridge 65 is mounted, a cartridge removal door 63 is supported by a fulcrum 68, and the other end is locked by a lock mechanism 62 similar to that described above. As shown in FIG.
When it is detected that the old cartridge 65 is in the unusable state, the lock of the lock mechanism 61 is released based on the detection signal, the cartridge door 60 is opened, and the new cartridge 66 is inserted. The new cartridge 66 pushes out the old cartridge 65, and the pushed out old cartridge 65
Opens the cartridge removal door 63 and protrudes out of the recording device 59 to remove it. At this time, the mounting of the new cartridge 66 is completed at the same time .

When the cartridge door 60 is opened, a handle is not provided on the cartridge 66 or the recording device main body 59 itself so that the cartridge 66 cannot slide in the direction opposite to the mounting direction (the direction of the arrow). It is preferable to provide a check slide mechanism. In this embodiment, when the new cartridge 66 is mounted, the old cartridge 65 is manually pushed out, and the old cartridge 65 is pushed out to replace the cartridge. This operation is automatically performed by another power source such as an electric power. You may. Further, the present invention is not limited to the case where the old cartridge 65 is taken out by the "push-out" operation.
Can be taken out. Also in this embodiment, it is desirable that the replacement operation is performed at the time of power input, and the release of the lock mechanism 61 is preferably operated only at the time of power input.
Although the effects can be obtained by implementing each of the above-described embodiments independently, the effects can be further improved by using them in various combinations.

[0031]

[Effects] As is clear from the above description, the following effects can be obtained. (1) Effect corresponding to the first aspect: After mounting the cartridge, it is possible to prevent the user from being unnecessarily attached or detached due to mishandling or careless operation, thereby preventing trouble from occurring. In addition, there is no need to repeatedly attach / detach with one cartridge, and there is no need to sufficiently increase the durability and strength of the attaching / detaching portion, and it is not necessary to design an excessively high quality. . Further, conventionally, in the mounting mode of the cartridge in which the mounting / removing operation is simply performed after the mounting, it is impossible to detect the unusable state. However, in the present invention, the mounting / removing operation is not repeated with one cartridge. The unusable state of the cartridge can be detected by accumulating the operation time, operation amount, consumption amount, and the like from the time of mounting on the memory. Et al. Is,
Since the replacement of the cartridge is performed simultaneously with the removal of the old cartridge and the installation of the new cartridge, it is possible to prevent troubles that occur when the cartridge is removed for a long period of time when not in use for a long time. Further, since it is not necessary to design the cartridge in consideration of the long-term removal state of the cartridge, the cost does not increase . (2) Effect corresponding to the second aspect : Since the used cartridge is not re-attached to the recording apparatus, it is possible to prevent a user from mishandling or an unnecessary unnecessary attaching / detaching operation due to an careless operation, thereby causing trouble. The occurrence can be prevented. Further, mosquito over <br/> cartridge re attachment preventing member is disengaged which is disposed in the withdrawal and waste accommodated in the cartridge, since it is discarded at the same time as the disposal of the cartridge, waste in the recording device There is no accumulation of things. (3) Effect according to the third aspect : a cartridge is mounted on a recording device.
The cartridge has been used in conjunction with the operation
Can be displayed,
There is no need to detect the status, and a very simple configuration
You can call attention to the user. In addition, since the user is alerted to prevent the used cartridge from being re-attached to the recording apparatus, it is possible to prevent the user from mishandling or careless operation, thereby preventing trouble from occurring.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of a recording apparatus and a cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining another embodiment of a recording apparatus and a cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining still another embodiment of a recording apparatus and a cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining still another embodiment of a recording apparatus and a cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the recording apparatus cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining still another embodiment of the cartridge for a recording apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining still another embodiment of the recording apparatus and the cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining still another embodiment of the recording apparatus and the cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a completely attachable cartridge used in a conventional ink recording apparatus and the mounting of the cartridge.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... cartridge, 2 ... locking part, 3 ... lock mechanism, 4 ...
Solenoid, 5: locking member, 6: coil spring, 7: holder, 8: supply pipe, 9: ink lead-out needle, 10: mounting switch.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-128848 (JP, A) JP-A-3-227692 (JP, A) JP-A-59-212272 (JP, A) JP-A-2-108551 (JP) JP-A-3-213349 (JP, A) JP-A-3-278963 (JP, A) JP-A-2-165954 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB Name) B41J 2/175 B41J 29/54

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] In a recording apparatus having a cartridge mounting section for mounting a replaceable cartridge, when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus, the cartridge is prevented from being detached by a cartridge mounting lock mechanism and an ejection lock mechanism. , on the basis of the detection signal of the detection means for detecting the unavailability of said cartridge cartridge
Di mounting the lock mechanism is released detachable prevention of the cartridge is released, preparative said by the mounting of a new cartridge
A recording apparatus comprising: a mounting mechanism for releasing an output lock mechanism in the cartridge mounting unit. 2. A member for preventing re-attachment, wherein when a detachable cartridge is attached to a recording apparatus having a cartridge attaching portion for attaching a replaceable cartridge, a part of the cartridge is detached after the attachment, and And an accommodation opening for accommodating the re-attachment prevention member in the cartridge. 3. A detachable cartridge to be mounted on a recording apparatus having a cartridge mounting section for mounting a replaceable cartridge, is operated when the cartridge is mounted on or demounted from the recording apparatus, and is used. A cartridge for a recording apparatus, comprising a display member for displaying.