JPH055476U - Printer ribbon cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] In printer ribbon cartridges,
Replacing each ribbon cartridge is eliminated by supplying ink by the cartridge method or the dropper method. A ribbon cartridge of a printer is characterized by including an ink replenishment chamber 5 and inserting liquid ink in a cartridge system or replenishing it repeatedly in a dropper system. [Effect] Because each ribbon cartridge is not replaced,
It has the effect of saving resources and contributing to environmental destruction.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

  The present invention relates to the structure of a ribbon cartridge of a printer.

[0002]

[Prior art]

  A conventional ribbon cartridge for an impact dot printer is shown in FIG. As described above, by mainly providing the ink replenishment chamber 15 and replenishing the ink to the ribbon R, On-carriage type that can print endless ribbon R as many times as you like As shown in FIG. 5, although there is no ink supply chamber, the ribbon R1 is There is a stationary type that is many times longer than a ditype.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

  In the stationary type shown in FIG. 5, the ink is attached to the ribbon R1. When it is gone, and for the on-carriage type, the ribbon and Replace the ribbon cartridge when ink runs out in the ink supply chamber 15. There is a need.

[0004]   However, replacement of each ribbon cartridge requires a large ribbon cartridge. Therefore, there is a problem that resources are wasted and that it leads to environmental damage.

[0005]   The purpose of the present invention is to replace ribbon cartridges that are difficult to replace. It is to avoid doing it.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

  In order to achieve the above object, the ribbon cartridge of the present invention is installed in an ink supply chamber. Further, an ink replenishing section for replenishing ink is provided.

[0007]

[Action]   According to the ribbon cartridge of the present invention, the ink is replenished by the ink supply unit. Since it can be supplied to the ink supply chamber, the ribbon cartridge is rarely replaced. You don't have to.

[0008]

【Example】

  The details of the present invention will be described below based on the illustrated embodiments.

[0009]   FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a ribbon cartridge according to the present invention and its ink supply section. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an ink cartridge to be inserted.

[0010]   The ribbon cartridge 2 has an ink replenishing chamber 5 and an ink replenishing chamber 5. And an ink replenishment section 10 for replenishing ink. In this example, the The cartridge 1 is inserted into the ink supply portion 10 of the ribbon cartridge 2. This As a result, the protrusion 3 specially provided on the ribbon cartridge 2 is changed as shown in FIG. , Push the ball 4 attached to the ink cartridge 1 in the direction of the arrow, The ink contained in the ink cartridge 1 flows into the ink supply chamber 5. This way By just replacing the ink cartridge 1, the ink supply chamber 5 Ink is supplied.

[0011]   FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the ribbon cartridge and the ribbon cartridge to be inserted into the ink supply section. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an ink cartridge.

[0012]   The ribbon cartridge 2 includes an ink supply chamber 5 and an ink supply unit 11. . In this embodiment, the dropper type ink cartridge 6 is replaced by the ribbon cartridge 2 Insert into the ink replenishing section 11. This allows the ribbon cartridge 2 to be specially installed. The ink cartridge 6 has the scraped protrusions 3, for example, the lid 7 The ink in the ink cartridge 6 to the ink supply chamber 5 Pour in. By doing this, just replace the ink cartridge 6, Ink is supplied to the ink supply chamber 5.

[0013]   The ink cartridge 6 has a small amount of ink remaining due to the characteristics of the dropper type. To cleanly feed the ink into the ink supply chamber 5, an air hole 8 is provided in the direction opposite to the lid 7. It is also possible to press it with your finger and push it in the direction of arrow 9.

[0014]

[Effect of device]

  In the present invention, an ink replenishing section for replenishing ink is further provided in the ink replenishing chamber. Since it is possible to replace the ribbon cartridge, you can save resources and It has the effect of contributing to the destruction of the environment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a ribbon cartridge according to a first embodiment of the present invention and a diagram before an ink cartridge is inserted.

FIG. 2 is a diagram after a ribbon cartridge and an ink cartridge are inserted.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a second embodiment of the ribbon cartridge and a diagram before the ink cartridge is inserted.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a conventional on-carriage type ribbon cartridge.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of a conventional stationery type ribbon cartridge.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ink cartridge 2 Ribbon cartridge 3 protrusions 4 balls 5 Ink supply room 6 Ink cartridge (dropper type) 7 Lid

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ribbon cartridge for a printer, comprising: an ink replenishing chamber for replenishing the ribbon with ink; and an ink replenishing section for further replenishing the ink in the ink replenishing chamber. 2. The ribbon cartridge for a printer according to claim 1, wherein an ink cartridge for replenishing ink is inserted into the ink replenishing section.