JPS58107348A - Ink bottle for ink jet recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a titled recorder which can prevent the contamination of the recorder and hand due to ink leakage at the exchanging time by providing a water absorbing member at the periphery of the hole of an ink bottle body. CONSTITUTION:An ink absorbing member 13 which is composed of a water absorbing member is bonded via a bonding agent to the periphery of the hole 11 of an inner cover 9. An ink bottle 8 is mounted on the supply port 15 of an ink tank 14, and the member 13 is pressed by the opposite surface 14' of the port 15 of the tank 14. When the bottle 8 is removed, the member 13 increases the volume, thereby absorbing the ink.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an ink bottle for an inkjet recording device that does not cause ink dripping.

A conventional inkjet ink bottle is constructed as shown in FIG. In Figure 1, 1 is a bottle;
2 is an inner lid provided at the mouth of the bottle 1, 3 is a collar provided on the outside of the mouth of the bottle 1, 4 is a guide, 5 is a knife provided at the bottom of the guide, and 6 is a transparent penetrating the knife 5. The hole 7 is an outflow port, and when the bottle 1 is inserted into the guide 4, the inner cover 2 is cut with the knife 5 of the guide 4, and the ink in the bottle 1 flows out from the outflow lower into the ink tank.

However, in the conventional example configured in this way, even if the ink in the bottle 1 runs out, ink remains between the mouth of the bottle 1 and the knife 5, and when the bottle 1 is replaced, The drawback was that the ink often dripped and stained the equipment, hands, desk, floor, etc.

In order to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional example, the present invention is characterized by providing a water-absorbing member around the opening of the ink bottle main body, and its purpose is to prevent the device and hands from getting dirty due to ink dripping when replacing the ink bottle. An object of the present invention is to provide an ink bottle for an inkjet recording device that can be used in an inkjet recording apparatus. Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of an ink bottle according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 8 is an ink bottle, 9 is an inner lid, 10 is a plug that closes the opening 11 of the inner lid 9, and 12 is a plug 10. It is an ink absorbing member that is attached to the shaft 1σ and consists of a spring that presses the stopper 10 into the opening 11, and a water absorbing member provided around the opening of the inner lid.This ink absorbing member 13 contracts when force is applied. The ink absorbing member 13 is made of a flexible foam member such as a sponge, and the ink absorbing member 13 is made of a flexible foam member such as a sponge.
One side is fixed with adhesive.

The ink bottle of this embodiment configured in this way is
As shown in the figure, when the plug 10 is attached to the supply port 15 of the ink tank 14, the pin 17 that stands upright in the ink supply path 16 of the ink tank 14 presses the stopper 10, opening the opening 11, and filling the ink bottle 1. of ink flows into the ink supply path. Here, the ink absorbing member 13 is pressed by the supply port 150 facing 14' of the ink tank 14 and its volume is reduced.
Almost no ink is absorbed. but,
This ink absorbing member 13 faces 15 of the ink supply port 15.
If it comes into close contact with the supply port 1', there will be no air inlet necessary for sending out the ink, so an air inlet tank 18 is provided on the opposite side 15' of the supply port 1'5. Air flows through 18 into the opening 11 of the ink bottle. Therefore, when the ink bottle is installed, ink flows into such a space, so the ink tank 14
Even if the ink level inside drops, ink remains in this space, which causes ink dripping when the ink bottle 8 is replaced. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the ink bottle 8 is removed, the ink absorbing member 13 is configured to absorb ink by increasing its volume.
Ink bottles can be replaced without staining the device or hands with ink dripping.

Note that the configuration for causing ink to flow out of the ink bottle is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and any configuration may be used as long as it can supply ink when the ink bottle is attached.

As explained above, according to the present invention, the water-absorbing member is provided around the opening of the ink bottle, so that when replacing the ink bottle, ink drips can stain the device and the hands. The advantage is that there is no

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a conventional ink bottle and ink tank, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an ink bottle according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 0 is a cross-sectional view of the ink tank attached. 8...Ink bottle, 9... Inner lid, 10-... Stopper,
11--opening, 12--spring, 13--ink absorbing member, 14--ink tank, 15--supply port, 16--
- Ink supply path, 17 - pin, 18... air inflow groove. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] An ink bottle for an inkjet recording device that supplies ink by attaching the ink bottle body to the device, characterized in that a water-absorbing member is provided around an opening of the ink bottle body. Bottle.