KR200151937Y1 - Recycle apparatus of inkjet print head cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a recycling apparatus of an inkjet printhead cartridge, comprising: an ink stand pipe and an ink, which includes an ink elastomer for storing ink and forms an ink supply flow path for supplying ink stored in the mounted ink elastomer; By disposing the ink ejection apparatus on the bottom of the housing in which the vias are integrally formed, the use of the ink ejection apparatus and the replacement of only the ink cartridges can reduce the user's use cost, and the recycling of the ink ejection apparatus ( Recycle) has the effect of reducing environmental pollution.

Description

Recycle unit for inkjet printhead cartridges

The present invention relates to a recycling apparatus of an inkjet printhead cartridge, and in particular, to recycle inkjet printhead cartridges for reusing the ink ejection apparatus when ink is consumed by ejecting ink in an inkjet printer to which an inkjet printhead cartridge is applied ) Relates to the device.

In general, an inkjet printhead cartridge used in an inkjet printer will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional inkjet printhead cartridge 1 includes an ink cover 1a for preventing the leakage of ink stored in the inkjet printhead cartridge 1, and a seal on the ink cover 1a. A housing 1b integrally formed with an ink stand pipe 2b-1 and an ink via 1b-2, which are bonded through a sealing operation and form an ink jet passage, and the housing (1c) is installed in the (Housing) (1b) for storing the ink and adhered to the upper surface of the ink stand pipe (1a-1) formed integrally with the housing (1b) The ink stand pipe 1b-1 and the ink filter 1d for filtering the ink supplied from the ink storage elastic agent 1c, and the ink supplied through the ink ink filter 1d are filtered. It is supplied through the ink via 1b-1 to form a drop of ink. In forming an image it consists of ink-jet apparatus (1e).

An operation of forming an ink drop according to such a configuration will be described below.

First, an inkjet printer (not shown) receiving print data generated from a system (not shown) generating print data generates a print control signal according to the applied print data to drive the inkjet printhead cartridge 1. .

The inkjet printhead cartridge 1 receives electrical energy from the ink ejecting apparatus 1e according to the applied print control signal. The ink jetting device 1e that is applied with the electrical energy heats the initially supplied ink according to the applied electrical energy to form a bubble. The formed ink bubble is contracted due to the interruption of the supply of electrical energy applied to the ink ejection apparatus 1e, thereby forming and ejecting an ink drop.

At this time, negative pressure is generated in the ink ejecting apparatus 1e by the contracting force due to the ink drop. Due to the generated negative pressure, the ink stored in the ink storage elastic agent 1c is supplied to the ink filter 1c by a capillary phenomenon. The ink filter 1d receiving the ink supplied from the ink storage elastic agent 1c filters the impurities contained in the supplied ink to filter the ink stand pipe 1b-1 and the ink vias 1b-2. The ink is supplied to the ink ejecting apparatus 1d through.

The ink supplied to the ink ejecting apparatus 1d forms an ink drop according to the supply and interruption of electrical energy, and attaches an image to the green body to perform a printing operation. When the ink is exhausted through this repetitive work, the inkjet printhead cartridge 1 is replaced and the inkjet printhead cartridge 1 which has run out of ink is disposed of.

Such a conventional inkjet printhead cartridge 1 is replaced with a new inkjet printhead cartridge when a certain amount of ink is consumed, thereby causing environmental waste contamination caused by disposal of the inkjet printhead cartridge. Manufacturers require post-processing costs to be recovered, and the long-life ink jetting device is disposed of according to ink consumption.

There is a problem that the user burden of the inkjet printhead cartridge is increased.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a recycling apparatus of an inkjet printhead cartridge for separating and recycling an inkjet device from an inkjet printhead cartridge to separate and recycle the ink when the ink is consumed in order to solve the above problems. do.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a housing in which an ink stand pipe and an ink via are integrally formed with an ink elastic agent for storing ink and an ink supply flow path for supplying ink stored in the mounted ink elastic agent. Characterized in that the ink ejection device is detachable on the bottom of the.

1 is a side cross-sectional view of a conventional inkjet printhead cartridge,

2 is a cross-sectional view of the inkjet printhead cartridge according to the present invention;

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the inkjet printhead cartridge shown in FIG. 2 is mounted in a capping apparatus;

Figure 4 is a front view showing a carriage transport structure equipped with an inkjet printhead according to the present invention,

5 is a cross-sectional view of an inkjet printer equipped with an inkjet printhead according to the present invention.

When the present invention having this feature is described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as follows.

2 is a cross-sectional view of the inkjet printhead cartridge according to the present invention. As shown, a housing 11 in which an ink stand pipe 11-1 and an ink via 11-2, which form an ink supply flow path, are integrally formed, and ink for storing ink. The storage elastic agent 12-1 is stored and integrally formed in the stored ink storage elastic agent 12-1 to supply ink according to the air supplied through the air inlet 12-2a during initial ink supply. Cantilever actuator 12-3 and pumping means 12-2 are integrally formed and supplied by pumping formed cantilever actuator 12-3 and pumping means 12-2. An ink reservoir 12 formed integrally with the ink cartridge opening 12-4, which is a supply path of the ink to be fitted into the housing 11, and an ink stand pipe 11-1 formed in the housing 11; It is adhered to the upper portion and fitted in the ink cartridge opening 12-4 formed in the ink reservoir 12, The ink filter 13 for filtering the ink supplied from the enteric elastic agent 12-1 and the ink stand pipe 11-1 and the ink via 11-2 integrally formed in the housing 11 are attached and detached. The electrical energy supplied from the electrical connection means 14a to the ink supplied through the ink stand pipe 11-1 and the ink via 11-2 so as to fit the ink supplied through the ink filter 13. Ink jetting device 14 for jetting ink to form the chloroplast image, and capping for removing ink impurities attached to the ink jetting device 14 after a printing operation of the ink jetting device 14. ), A carriage locking device (16) attached to an upper surface of the housing (11) to secure the inkjet printhead cartridge (10) to a carriage (not shown), and the carriage Mounted on the lock 16 and the housing 11 Consists of an ink reservoir 12 to the supporting and fixing the ink reservoir locking device 17 for.

The state in which the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 is mounted on the inkjet printhead cartridge capping apparatus during such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the inkjet printhead cartridge capping device 21 inserts a fixed tip portion 21a for fixing the inkjet printhead 10 and an elasticizer 15 for capping. The fixing groove 21b for fixing is formed. In the inkjet printhead cartridge capping device 21, the fixed tip portion 21a is connected to the carriage lock 16 formed on the inkjet printhead cartridge 10, and the fixing groove 21b is an elastic agent for capping. It is configured to insert the 15 so as to cap the ink ejecting apparatus 14 during the capping operation of the inkjet printhead cartridge 10.

The ink ejection operation according to such a configuration is as follows.

Initially, the ink ejection apparatus 10 is separated from the ink reservoir 12, but in close contact with the ink reservoir 12 in the process of fixing the ink reservoir 12 to the housing 11 by the ink reservoir lock 17. It is done. At this time, the pressure state of the ink reservoir 12 and the ink ejection apparatus 14 maintains the atmospheric pressure.

In this state, the ink flows into the ink cartridge opening 12-4 due to the ink flow path finely formed in the ink storage elastic agent 12-1 by the air inlet 12-2a formed in the ink reservoir 12. Entry is possible, but is not supplied to the ink stand pipe 11-1 and the ink via 11-2.

Therefore, when a constant pressure is applied to the pumping means 12-2, pressure is applied to the cantilever actuator 13-2 by the pumping operation of the pumping means 12-2.

The cantilever actuator 13-2, which is applied with a constant pressure by the pumping means 12-2, is applied to the ink storage elastic agent 12-1 stored in the ink reservoir 12 by the applied pressure. A constant pressure is applied. The ink storage elastomer 12-1, which is applied with a constant pressure, supplies ink to the ink cartridge opening 12-4, the ink stand pipe 11-1, and the ink via 11-2 by the applied pressure. Done.

Ink supplied through the ink supply flow path formed by the ink stand pipe 11-1 and the ink via 11-2 passes through an opening (not shown) formed in the nozzle plate of the ink ejection apparatus 14 by capillary action. It is made to flow through the ink ejection device 14 by the pumping pressure of the pumping means 12-2 while forming a minicus (Meniscus) shape.

The ink flowing through the ink ejecting device 14 is absorbed into the capping elastomer 15 mounted in the fixing groove 21b formed in the inkjet printhead cartridge capping device 21. Then, the carriage lock device 16 of the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 is connected to and fixed to the fixed tip portion 21a formed in the inkjet printhead cartridge capping device 21.

In this way, when the ink stored in the ink storing elastomer 12-1 in the initial state is supplied to the ink ejection apparatus 14, the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 prints the print data generated by the print data generating apparatus (not shown). Is applied to an applied ink jet printer (not shown). The inkjet printer receiving the print data generates a print control signal according to the applied print data to control the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 through a head driver (not shown).

The head driver supplies electrical energy to the ink jetting device 14 in accordance with the applied printed data signal. The ink jetting apparatus 14, which has received electrical energy output from the head driver, heats the ink supplied in the initial state. Ink applied with electrical energy is changed into a bubble state.

The bubble contracts due to the blocking of electrical energy applied to the ink ejecting apparatus 4 to form a drop. The formed drop is sprayed through an opening (not shown) of the nozzle plate to form an image on the green body to perform a printing operation. At this time, the ink is contracted in the bubble (Bubble) state, the shrinkage force is generated in the ink ejection device 14 during the process of changing the shape to the drop (Drop).

Negative pressure is generated inside the ink ejection apparatus 14 by the generated shrinkage force, and ink stored in the storage elastic agent 12-1 is generated through the ink cartridge opening 12-4 due to the generated negative pressure. It is supplied through the ink stand pipe 11-1 and the ink via 11-2 which are filtered through the filter 13 to form an ink supply flow path. The supplied ink is again heated and contracted by supplying and blocking electric energy applied to the ink ejection apparatus 14 to form an image on the chloroplast.

When the ink stored in the ink storing elastomer 12-1 is almost consumed through this continuous printing process, the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 is replaced. The replaced inkjet printhead cartridge 10 separates the ink ejection apparatus 14. That is, the ink ejection apparatus 14 detachably attached to the ink stand pipe 12-1 and the ink via 12-2 formed integrally with the housing 11 is separated.

The ink jetting device 14 is recycled by being fixed and inserted into a new inkjet printhead cartridge 10 for removing and replacing the ink jetting device 14, which is a core component, and mounted in an inkjet printer.

As described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the mounting structure of the inkjet printhead to which the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 according to the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 4, the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 is mounted through the carriage transfer belt 24 to generate a rotational force generated from the rotating motor 23 according to a motor control signal applied from a motor control driver (not shown). One inkjet printhead cartridge capping device 21 is delivered.

At this time, the carriage transfer belt 24 is connected to the pulley 22 to rotate according to the rotational force of the motor 23 to perform the left and right reciprocating motion of the inkjet printhead cartridge 10. In addition, the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 is guided to the carriage shaft 25 to reciprocate, and the carriage shaft 25 is supported and fixed to the frame 26.

The inkjet printer to which the structure in which the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 is mounted is applied will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in Fig. 5, the lock body stored in the cassette 31 is fed by a Pickup roller 32. The above-mentioned lock body fed by the pickup roller 32 is fed to the bottom surface of the ink ejection apparatus 10 of the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 with its tip aligned by the register roller 33.

The loaded green body is printed by attaching an image to the green body by ink drops ejected from the ink ejection apparatus 14 (shown in FIG. 2) of the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 according to the print data. Will be In addition, the rotational force generated by the motor 23 according to the print data is received through the carriage transfer belt 24 to perform a print job according to the width of the lock body.

After the printing operation is completed through this repetitive process, the chloroplast is discharged through the discharge roller 34 and stored in the chloroplast discharge tray 35. If the ink stored in the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 is almost consumed during such a print job, the user stops the print job, disconnects the inkjet printhead cartridge 10, and then ejects ink from the inkjet printhead cartridge 10. The device 14 (shown in FIG. 2) will be disconnected.

The separated ink ejection apparatus 14 is mounted on the inkjet printhead cartridge 10 to be newly replaced for reuse.

As described above, the present invention can reduce the use cost of the user by continuously using the ink jetting apparatus and replacing only the ink cartridges, and reducing the environmental pollution due to the recycling of the ink jetting apparatus. have.

Claims (5)

An inkjet printhead cartridge for storing ink and ejecting the stored ink to form in the green body. The ink ejection device is configured to be attached to or detached from a bottom surface of the housing integrally formed with an ink stand pipe and an ink via, which are equipped with an ink elastomer for storing ink and form an ink supply flow path for supplying ink stored in the mounted ink elastomer. A recycling apparatus for an inkjet printhead cartridge, characterized in that. An inkjet printhead cartridge for storing ink and ejecting the stored ink to form in the green body. An ink stand pipe forming an ink supply path and a housing in which ink vias are integrally formed, and an ink storage elastic agent for storing ink and integrally formed in the stored ink storage elastic agent To integrally form a cantilever actuator and a pumping means which have a pumping function during initial ink supply, and to integrate the ink cartridge opening which is a supply path of ink supplied by pumping the formed cantilever actuator and pumping means. An ink filter formed of an ink reservoir and fitted into the housing, and an ink filter bonded to an upper portion of the ink stand pipe formed in the housing and fitted into an ink cartridge opening formed in the ink reservoir to filter ink supplied from an elastomer for storing ink. And ink stand pipes and ink vias integrally formed in the housing. And an ink ejecting device which is fitted to be detachable and injects ink supplied through the ink filter through an ink stand pipe and ink vias, wherein the ink jetting device is recycled. The method of claim 2, The housing is recycled to the inkjet printhead cartridge, characterized in that the carriage lock is attached to the upper side to secure the inkjet printhead cartridge to the carriage (carriage). The method of claim 2, And the ink reservoir is provided with an ink reservoir lock device for supporting and fixing the carriage lock and the housing. The method of claim 2, And the pumping means is provided with an air inlet for injecting air into the housing.