KR20170062648A - Toner cartridge for preventing recycling - Google Patents

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KR20170062648A
KR20170062648A KR1020150167882A KR20150167882A KR20170062648A KR 20170062648 A KR20170062648 A KR 20170062648A KR 1020150167882 A KR1020150167882 A KR 1020150167882A KR 20150167882 A KR20150167882 A KR 20150167882A KR 20170062648 A KR20170062648 A KR 20170062648A
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강석민
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a cartridge-integrated type toner cartridge which prevents the cartridge chip from being regenerated by integrally forming a cartridge chip in the cartridge body so as not to change information stored in the cartridge chip. And an insulating block, an electronic element accommodated in the insulating block, and a circuit electrode electrically connected to the electronic element at one end and exposed to the outside of the insulating block at the other end, And a chip module.
In the toner cartridge of the present invention, the cartridge chip storing the information of the toner is formed integrally with the toner main body so that the chip can not be replaced, thereby preventing the toner cartridge from being used for reuse and reuse.

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[0001] Toner cartridge for preventing recycling [

The present invention relates to a toner cartridge, and more particularly, to a chip-integrated type toner cartridge which integrally forms a cartridge chip in a cartridge body so as not to change information stored in the cartridge chip to prevent the cartridge from being regenerated.

Generally, a printing apparatus such as a printer or a copying machine has a detachable toner cartridge. The toner cartridge is constituted by ink storing means for storing black and white or color prints for color printing and ink jetting means for ejecting ink for image formation at the request of the printing apparatus, And a cartridge chip having a built-in means.

The memory means incorporated in the cartridge chip includes a cartridge identification code for determining whether the toner cartridge mounted on the printing apparatus is suitable for the printing apparatus, a maximum number of pages that can be output from the toner cartridge, based on the ink storage capacity of the toner cartridge, Various data such as the remaining amount of ink remaining in the cartridge, the number of remaining pages that can be output according to the remaining amount of the ink, the usage history information of the toner cartridge, and the like are stored.

Such a toner cartridge is mounted on a specific printing apparatus, receives power and data from the printing apparatus, and receives data such as an ink ejection instruction, the number of output pages, and the like from the printing apparatus. At this time, the toner cartridge basically has a limit of the maximum number of output pages (i.e., the output capacity) in advance, and when the limit is exceeded, the output is not controlled even if the remaining amount of ink is present in the ink storage means. This control is performed by the cartridge chip, and the cartridge chip counts the number of output pages every time the output is performed according to the information stored in the memory means, and when the accumulated number of output pages exceeds the maximum output page count, Therefore, the user must replace the toner cartridge with a new toner cartridge.

1 is a perspective view showing a toner cartridge according to a conventional technique.

Referring to the drawings, the toner cartridge includes a main body 11, and a cartridge chip 12 fastened to one side of the main body. The main body 11 is provided with ink storing means and ink jetting means. The cartridge chip 12 is formed by exposing a circuit device 13 to be connected to the printing device and the electrodes of the printing device, And a PCB on which electronic elements (not shown) including a microprocessor are mounted for counting the number of output pages transmitted from the printing apparatus and storing various information. The cartridge chip 12 is detachably fastened to one side of the main body 11.

Meanwhile, when the toner cartridge is replaced with a new genuine product, the toner cartridge is manufactured by a company that manufactures the printing apparatus and is provided with a new cartridge chip (i.e., PCB) The counter is automatically reset and ready for printing. Therefore, if the ink cartridge is refilled with ink only in the ink storage means and the cartridge chip is not replaced, the counting of the number of output pages is not reset so that no output is made irrespective of the ink remaining amount. Use genuine toner cartridges installed.

However, in recent years, there have been many cases in which a regenerated toner cartridge in which a manufacturer's toner cartridge is filled with ink only by using an infinite chip or a reset chip in an ink regenerating company has not been used for a specific printing apparatus. The infinite chip eliminates the limitation of the counter capacity with respect to the number of output pages. The regenerator replaces the chip of the toner cartridge with the infinite chip, replays only the ink to produce the recycled toner cartridge, and the reset chip The number of output pages stored in a genuine chip, and the remaining amount of ink, and the regenerating company produces a regenerated toner cartridge by a method of initializing a genuine chip using a resetter.

The use of such a recycled toner cartridge can reduce the cost of the printer from the viewpoint of the user, but it can lead to damage to the printing apparatus or other damage due to the use of defective products, and the manufacturer may cause problems such as a decrease in profit and leakage of technology, The manufacturer has various means for preventing the toner cartridge from being regenerated. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 10-2004-0006406 (Prior Art 1) and Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2005-0117796 (Prior Art 2) disclose apparatuses and methods for preventing the use of the recycled toner cartridge, The preceding documents are configured so that the authentication information, which can be confirmed as genuine in the toner cartridge, is transmitted to the printing device so that it can be used only when it is recognized as genuine. However, the conventional technology for preventing the use of the regenerated toner as in the above-mentioned documents has been ineffective for those who specialize in toner regeneration because the information about the regeneration of the toner is easily interpreted and grasped.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2004-0006406 (filed on Apr. 24, 2004, Toner cartridge authentication method) Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2005-0117796 (filed on December 15, 2005) discloses an apparatus and method for using recycled toner using wireless communication and encryption algorithm,

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a toner cartridge which prevents the replacement and reuse of the cartridge chip by making the cartridge chip integral with the toner body, The purpose.

In addition, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which is connected to a printing apparatus to expose a plurality of dummy electrodes which are not used for circuit electrodes exposed for communication, It is an object of the present invention to provide a toner cartridge which prevents initialization using a reset unit.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toner cartridge comprising: a cartridge body having an ink containing space; And an insulating block, an electronic element accommodated in the insulating block, and a circuit electrode electrically connected to the electronic element at one end and exposed to the outside of the insulating block at the other end, And a chip module.

The chip module further includes a dummy electrode having the same shape as that of the circuit electrode and the other end exposed to the outside of the insulation block, wherein one end of the insulation block has no electrical contact with the electronic device .

In addition, the chip module has an MID structure, and is formed integrally with the cartridge body.

In the toner cartridge of the present invention, the cartridge chip storing the information of the toner is formed integrally with the toner main body so that the chip can not be replaced, thereby preventing the toner cartridge from being used for reuse and reuse.

In addition, the present invention includes a dummy electrode in a circuit electrode exposed to the outside of the cartridge chip so as to be connected to a printing apparatus, so that it is impossible to identify an effective circuit electrode communicating with an actual printing apparatus, Thereby preventing the toner cartridge from being regenerated and reused.

1 is a perspective view showing a toner cartridge according to a conventional technique,
2 is a perspective view showing a toner cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of the chip module, which is the main part of FIG. 2,
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the internal structure of the chip module, which is the main part of FIG. 2,
5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the connection structure of the toner cartridge and the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and Fig.
6 is a plan view showing a connection structure of the toner cartridge and the printing apparatus of Fig.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. In the description of the present invention, the term " regeneration " refers to a process of recovering a genuine toner cartridge supplied from a printing apparatus manufacturer and reusing the original toner cartridge by using the ink regeneration, ink filling, infinite ink usage, Quot; chip module " refers to a configuration in which print information is referred to as a " toner chip ", " cartridge chip ", and the like. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a toner cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are views showing the internal structure of a chip module, which is a main part of 2, and a longitudinal section and a plane in a direction of I-I, respectively.

1, the toner cartridge 100 of the present invention is divided into a cartridge main body 110 having an ink storage space and a chip module 120 provided on one side of the main body 110.

Here, the main body 110 is a housing having a predetermined width and length corresponding to the mounting space of a printing apparatus (not shown). The main body 110 accommodates a predetermined amount of ink in accordance with a control signal of the chip module 120 And the chip module 120 is configured to receive power and output information from the printing apparatus and control printing to be performed according to the transmitted information. To this end, the chip module 120 is formed with a plurality of circuit electrodes 124 to be electrically connected to the printing apparatus.

Particularly, in the toner cartridge 100 of the present invention, the chip module 120 is integrally coupled to the cartridge body 110 in a detachable manner. At this time, the circuit electrode 124 formed on the surface of the chip module 120, 110). ≪ / RTI > Since the chip module 120 is integrated with the cartridge main body 110 as described above, it is impossible to replace only the chip module 120 with the cartridge main body 110 separately. As a result, 100 can not be reproduced. In addition, since the circuit electrode 124 of the chip module 120 is covered with the structure of the cartridge main body 110, the contact portion is not exposed to the outside of the toner cartridge 100, and initialization using the reset unit becomes impossible.

3 and 4, the chip module 120 includes an insulation block 121 in which a predetermined space 122 is formed, and a mounting part 122 in the space part 122 of the insulation block 121. [ And a circuit electrode 124 which penetrates through the insulation block 121 and is exposed to the surface of the insulation block 121.

The insulating block 121 is made of an insulating material. The insulating block 121 includes a space portion 122 in which an electronic device 123 is mounted and a chip module 120 in which a circuit electrode 124 is formed. Can be formed.

The electronic device 123 is configured to control the ink injection of the toner cartridge 100 according to information transmitted from the printing apparatus, and may be composed of various functional elements including a microprocessor and the like. These electronic devices 123 are mounted on the insulating block 121 in the space portion 122 in the form of an IC chip. At this time, the electronic device 123 may be mounted on the insulating block 121 in the space portion 122, but may be accommodated in the insulating block 121 while being sealed.

The circuit electrode 124 is configured to transmit an external signal such as power and output information of the printing apparatus to the electronic device 123 inside the insulating block 121. The conductive metal penetrates the insulating block 121, Lt; / RTI > The circuit electrode 124 is divided into an internal electrode 124a connected to the electronic element 123 inside the insulating block 121 and a surface electrode 124b connected to the printing apparatus outside the insulating block 121 And the internal electrode 124a and the surface electrode 124b are electrically connected to each other through a via hole formed in the insulating block 121. [ At this time, the circuit electrode 124 may be a single electrode in which the internal electrode 124a and the surface electrode 124b are integrally connected. In addition, a plurality of circuit electrodes 124 are formed according to functions and structures of the printing apparatus and the toner cartridge.

In the chip module 120 having the above-described structure, the electronic element 123 is mounted in the insulating block 121, and the connection between the internal electrode 124a and the surface electrode 124b, which form the circuit electrode 124, Holes of the block 121, it is possible to prevent arbitrary alteration or manipulation of each component, such as replacement of electronic elements or change of connection of electrodes.

In particular, the chip module 120 of the present invention further includes a dummy electrode 124 'together with the circuit electrode 124. 4, a plurality of electrodes 124 and 124 'are formed on the surface of the insulating block 121, and a part of the electrodes 124 and 124' And the other part constitutes an imaginary dummy electrode 124 'which is not connected to the electronic device 123 inside the insulating block 121. The dummy electrode 124' Therefore, the dummy electrode 124 'is composed only of the surface electrode formed on the surface of the insulating block 121 to be connected to the printing apparatus.

The number of the dummy electrodes 124 'may be appropriately selected in consideration of the number of the circuit electrodes 124. The number of the dummy electrodes 124' have. In addition, the plurality of circuit electrodes 124 and the dummy electrodes 124 'are arranged in a random order with respect to each other, and the positions of the electrodes are predetermined in manufacturing the chip module 120.

In the chip module 120 having the above-described structure, the imaginary dummy electrode 124 'is formed in addition to the circuit electrode 124 to which information is effectively transferred to the outside, thereby making it impossible to initialize the chip module 120 using the reset unit And eventually makes the reproduction of the toner cartridge impossible.

In general, initialization of a cartridge chip for reproduction uses a reset unit having a pin electrode having the same structure as that of a circuit electrode formed on a cartridge chip, and a program built in the reset unit contacts a pin electrode corresponding to each circuit electrode, As shown in FIG.

However, according to the present invention, it is difficult for the chip module to contact the pin electrode of the reset unit because the contact portion of the circuit electrode is covered by the housing of the main body of the cartridge, and the pin electrode of the reset unit is connected to each circuit electrode of the chip module by a number of dummy electrodes It is impossible to initialize using the resetting unit. In addition, even if a reset unit having the same number of pin electrodes as the electrodes of the chip module is used, since the position of the dummy electrode can not be confirmed without damaging the chip module, initialization using the reset unit becomes impossible.

Meanwhile, the chip module 120 having the above-described structure can be manufactured by a MID (Molded Interconnection Device) process and an LDS (Laser Direct Structuring) process. In the chip module 120 of the present invention, the electronic device 123 is mounted in the internal space of the insulating block 121, and the circuit electrode 124 is electrically connected to the inside of the insulating block 121 through the via- Thereby electrically connecting the electronic element 123 of the printing apparatus to an external printing apparatus.

More specifically, a three-dimensional insulating block 121 having a space portion 122 therein is manufactured by molding using an insulating resin, and the inner surface of the space portion of the insulating block 121 on which the circuit electrode 124 is to be formed, The surface is irradiated with a laser to modify the surface in advance. And the conductive metal is plated along the laser modified surface to form the circuit electrode 124. At this time, Au which is excellent in electrical conductivity can be used for the metal, and an electroplating method in which plating of a minute width is easy can be used as the plating method. The chip module 120 is completed by mounting the electric element 123 in the space 122 of the insulating block 121 in which the circuit electrode 124 is formed so as to be electrically connected to the internal electrode 124a. The surface mount technology (SMT: Surface Mounting Technology) may be used for mounting the electric device 123.

The chip module 120 manufactured in the above process is fastened to one side of the cartridge main body 110 to complete the toner cartridge 100. At this time, the chip module 120 is not separated from the cartridge main body 110 Must be concluded,

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a connection structure between the toner cartridge and the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a connection structure of the toner cartridge and the printing apparatus in FIG.

 5, the toner cartridge 100 of the present invention has a structure in which the chip electrode 120 is coupled to the cartridge body 110 so that the circuit electrode 124 is covered by the housing of the cartridge body 110, 120 and the main cartridge body unit 110 as shown in FIG. When the toner cartridge 100 having the above electrode structure is mounted on the printing apparatus 200, the connection electrode 210 formed on the printing apparatus 200 is inserted into the gap between the cartridge main body 110 and the chip module 120 And contacts with the circuit electrode 124 while being inserted.

On the other hand, the printing apparatus 200 has pin electrodes 210 and 210 'having the same number and arrangement as the surface electrodes 124 and 124' of the toner cartridge 100. 6, the electrode of the printing apparatus 200 is connected to the circuit electrode 124 of the toner cartridge 100 and is connected to the dummy electrode 124 of the toner cartridge together with the effective connecting electrode 210 for transmitting information ') Connected to the imaginary connecting electrode 210'. At this time, the electrodes corresponding to each other should be disposed at the same position.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments.

100: Toner cartridge
110:
120: Chip module 121: Insulation block
122: space part 123: electronic element
124: circuit electrode 124 ': dummy electrode

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A cartridge body having an ink containing space; And
An insulating block, an electronic element accommodated in the insulating block, and a circuit electrode electrically connected to the electronic element at one end and exposed to the outside of the insulating block at the other end, And a chip module. The chip module according to claim 1,
Further comprising a dummy electrode having the same shape as the circuit electrode and having the other end exposed to the outside of the insulating block and the one end inside the insulating block having no electrical contact with the electronic device. . The chip module according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the toner cartridge has a MID structure. The chip module according to claim 3,
Wherein the cartridge body is integrally formed with the cartridge body.
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