JP3111624U - Eco cartridge IC chip - Google Patents

Abstract

Kind Code: A1 A kind of eco-cartridge IC chip capable of continuing to recycle a cartridge until the IC chip breaks down and achieving the purpose and effect of environmental protection is provided.
An IC chip 3 is mainly composed of a CPU control circuit, a data bus, and a plurality of storage bodies. The IC chip 3 is installed on a cartridge 1. The IC chip 3 communicates information with a printer via a data bus. A virgin cartridge ink amount, a cartridge ink amount recovery point, a recovery ink amount value after reaching the recovery point, and the like are separately provided.
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Description

 The present invention relates to a kind of eco-cartridge IC chip, and more particularly to an IC chip (3) capable of continuing to recycle a printer cartridge (1).

As shown in FIG. 1, a general conventional cartridge (100) has a sponge (200) in the cartridge (100), and a stable amount of ink is applied to the print head of the printer by the capillary phenomenon of the sponge (200). Although it can be supplied, the used cartridge (100) has been discarded. If you inject ink into the cartridge (100) and try to reuse it many times, the sponge (200) in the cartridge (100) is slowly corroded by the injected ink, affecting the print quality. Cannot continue to be used repeatedly. The used cartridge (100) must be discarded, which is a problem of environmental pollution.

The inventor tackles the above issues, engages in the development and design of related products, focuses on the above goals, conducts research, makes the design more precise, repeats testing and evaluation, and finally has utility The present invention has been completed.

The present invention provides a kind of eco-cartridge IC chip, and the IC chip (3) mainly comprises a CPU control circuit (31), a data bus (32), and a plurality of storage bodies, on the cartridge (1). The IC chip (3) communicates information with the printer via the data bus (32), and each storage unit separately receives the virgin cartridge ink amount, cartridge ink amount recovery point, recovery ink amount value after reaching the recovery point, etc. With the above structure, the cartridge (1) can be continuously recycled until the IC chip (3) breaks down, and the purpose and effect of environmental protection can be achieved.

The invention of claim 1 mainly includes a CPU control circuit (31), a data bus (32), and a plurality of storage bodies, and one end of the data bus (32) is connected to the CPU control circuit (31). The other end is in contact with the printer, and each storage body separately provides an virgin cartridge ink amount, a cartridge ink amount recovery point, a recovery ink amount value after reaching the recovery point, etc. .

The invention of claim 2 is the eco-cartridge IC chip according to claim 1, wherein the IC chip (3) is first attached to the IC chip seat (2) and then fitted into the cartridge (1). It is.

Furthermore, the invention of claim 3 is the eco-cartridge IC chip according to claim 1, wherein the storage body (33) for providing the virgin cartridge ink amount has a storage amount of 256K or more.

1. The original ink amount calculation function can be maintained.
2. A warning mark for replenishment can be displayed by setting the recovery point of the ink amount.
3. The amount of each ink can be recovered and the cartridge (1) can be reused.
4). Regardless of whether the power is on or off, the ink volume record can be maintained, and the printer printhead damage due to printing in the out-of-ink state caused by the loss of the ink volume record when the power is turned on or off. Can be prevented.

The features of the structure of the present invention and the effects thereof will be described below in detail with reference to examples, diagrams corresponding to the embodiments, and detailed description.

As shown in FIG. 2, an IC chip seat (2) having an IC chip (3) is attached to the protrusion (111) of the cartridge (1) plastic outer shell (11) of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the IC chip (3) has a CPU control circuit (31), a data bus (32), a virgin cartridge ink amount storage (33), a cartridge ink amount recovery point storage (34), and after the recovery point is reached. The recovery ink amount value storage body (35) of the data bus (32) is connected to the CPU control circuit (31) at one end and the printer and the IC chip (3) are connected to the printer at the other end. Information is transmitted between the two. The three storage bodies are separately connected to the CPU control circuit (31), and among them, the virgin cartridge ink amount storage body (33) has a storage amount of 256K or more.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the IC chip (3) of the cartridge (1) of the present invention first sets an ink amount recovery warning point before using the printer in step 10.
In step 20, an ink amount recovery value is set.
In step 30, the cartridge (1) is ready for printing and printing is performed.
In step 40, it is determined whether the ink amount of the cartridge (1) has reached the recovery point. If not, the process returns to step 30, and the cartridge (1) can be continuously used to continue printing.
When the ink amount reaches the recovery point, the process proceeds to step 50, and a warning mark “!” Appears.
In step 60, the presence or absence of ink in the cartridge (1) is checked.
The presence or absence of ink can also be checked visually by turning off the cartridge (1) replacement button or the (printer) switch and removing the cartridge (1).
After refilling the cartridge (1) with ink,
In step 70, the IC chip (3) of the cartridge (1) automatically recovers the ink amount value. Returning to Step 30, the cartridge (1) can be continuously used and printing can be continued.

The above is a specific explanation of the technology and features of the present invention for the inventive embodiments of the present invention, and it is within the scope of the present author's rights even if a skilled engineer performs correction work on the extension of the present work.

It is sectional drawing of the conventional cartridge. It is sectional drawing of this invention. It is a block of the present invention. It is a flowchart of the Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

Conventional code:
100 cartridges
200 Sponge Design Code:
1 cartridge
11 Plastic outer shell
111 protrusion
12 Top cover
2 IC chip seat
3 IC chip
31 CPU control circuit
32 data bus
33 Virgin cartridge ink storage
34 Cartridge ink recovery point memory
35 Recovered ink amount value storage after reaching recovery point

Claims (3)

It mainly includes a CPU control circuit (31), a data bus (32) and a plurality of storage bodies, one end of the data bus (32) is connected to the CPU control circuit (31), and the other end is in contact with the printer, An eco-cartridge IC chip characterized in that each storage unit separately provides a virgin cartridge ink amount, a cartridge ink amount recovery point, a recovery ink amount value after reaching the recovery point, and the like. The eco-cartridge IC chip according to claim 1, wherein the IC chip (3) is first attached to the IC chip seat (2) and then fitted into the cartridge (1). The eco-cartridge IC chip according to claim 1, wherein the storage body (33) for providing the virgin cartridge ink amount has a storage amount of 256K or more.

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