WO2012093230A1 - Dispositif de remplissage d'encre de cartouche d'imprimante - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
- B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
- B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
- B41J2/17506—Refilling of the cartridge
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- the present invention relates to the field of ink cartridges for ink jet printers. More particularly, the invention relates to the introduction of an ink into one of the chambers of an ink cartridge.
- the cartridges are replaceable and contain a certain amount of ink.
- These cartridges comprise one or more chambers, filled with ink, possibly with inks of different colors.
- a black ink cartridge includes a single chamber and a color cartridge includes three chambers to hold three inks such as cyan, magenta and yellow.
- a printing operation is to project very small drops of ink onto a print medium via a print nozzle of a print head located on an outlet of a chamber of the cartridge.
- Some cartridges may include the print head.
- Inkjet printing technology is non-contact and can print on media such as a sheet of paper.
- the present invention intends to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a device that facilitates the flow of ink by gravity.
- the invention provides an ink cartridge refilling device adapted to cooperate with a receiving portion of an ink cartridge or an ink cartridge refill holder, said receiving portion comprising an ink conduit. inside a recess, the filling device comprising a reservoir and a pusher cover, in which device:
- the reservoir comprises an outlet designed to cooperate with the recess of the receiving part, said outlet being closed by a cover, the reservoir also comprising an inlet closed by a cover,
- the ink cartridge refilling device has a piercing means that makes it possible to make a hole in the cap for introducing air into the reservoir and to facilitate the flow of the ink into the cartridge by gravity.
- the piercing means comprises a piercing pin, for example a piercing cone, fixed on an internal face of the lid and positioned opposite the inlet of the reservoir.
- the piercing pin will allow to pierce the lid and allow air to enter the tank.
- the technical effect is that the air entering the tank will push the ink towards the ink outlet of the tank by gravity.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise an elastic return means adapted to push the cover from the piercing position to the rest position.
- the lid is returned effortlessly to its rest position after drilling. The hole made in the lid is thus released to facilitate the introduction of air into the tank.
- the reservoir comprises a recess in which is positioned a first end of a spring
- the cover comprises a holding lug in which is positioned a second end of the spring opposite the recess,
- the pusher cover slides on the ink tank so as to have a rest position and another piercing position. In the piercing position, the ink is released into the cartridge. In this way the filling is done by gravity and not by the push of a user
- the reservoir comprises at least one lug on a sidewall of the reservoir, said lug being adapted to cooperate with a guide rail corresponding to the cover, the lug and the rail together forming the guide means of the lid.
- the guiding means ensures proper operation between the two parts of the device, that is to say ensures the sliding between the reservoir and the cover.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise a locking means adapted to maintain the pusher lid coupled to the reservoir in the rest position.
- the cover comprises at least one tongue, said tongue being adapted to cooperate with the ear, the tongue and the ear together forming the locking means.
- the locking means makes it possible not to separate the lid of the tank.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise means for sealing between the reservoir and the cartridge or the charging station when the reservoir is coupled to the cartridge or to the charging station.
- the outlet of the reservoir comprises a seal, said seal being adapted to cooperate with the conduit of the receiving part, the seal and the conduit of the receiving part together forming the sealing means.
- the seal contained in the ink outlet will make it possible to guarantee a seal between the device and the cartridge.
- the tank will not sink under the effect of gravity without action of the user.
- the use of the device according to the invention can be facilitated by a charging support which would have one or more receiver parts adapted to cooperate on the one hand with the ink cartridge filling device according to the invention and on the other hand with cartridges of different types.
- the ink filling device is suitable for several types of ink cartridges.
- FIG. 1 represents a front view of the ink filling device
- FIG. 2 represents a front sectional view which illustrates the connection between the ink reservoir and the pusher cover
- FIG. 3 represents an ink cartridge comprising a chamber, seen in section and from the front
- FIG. 4 represents the ink cartridge of FIG. 3 seen from above
- FIG. 5 represents an ink cartridge comprising three chambers seen in section and from the front
- FIG. 6 shows the ink cartridge of Figure 5 seen from above.
- FIG. 1 An ink filling device according to the invention in a preferred form, illustrated in FIG.
- This device is composed of an ink reservoir 1, a pusher cover 2.
- the reservoir comprises an ink outlet 3.
- the ink reservoir 1 is transparent so as to appreciate the amount of ink remaining.
- the ink 4 in the tank 1 is the new ink for the cartridge to be filled.
- the new ink has a color chosen according to the cartridge to be filled. For example, it can be black, cyan, magenta, or yellow.
- the ink tank 1 is for storing the ink 4 and then expelling the ink 4 contained in the ink tank 1 to the ink cartridge.
- the ink reservoir is transparent so as to be able to appreciate the amount of ink remaining during filling.
- Figure 2 illustrates the relationship between the ink tank 1 and the pusher cover 2.
- the ink tank 1 comprises on a top face a first recess 6 in which is inserted a spring 5.
- the pusher cover 2 comprises a lug 21 cooperating with the recess 6 to guide the spring along a longitudinal axis of the recess 6.
- the ink tank 1 also includes a second recess 7 positioned on the top face of the ink tank 1 and extending in a direction parallel to the axis of the first recess.
- This recess is closed by a cover such as a plastic film 8a in order to retain the ink inside the ink tank 1.
- the plastic film 8a is pierced by a piercing pin 9 fixed inside the pusher cover 2 and adapted to cooperate with the recess 7.
- the plastic film 8a thus pierced allows air to penetrate inside the recess.
- the recess 7 has at its bottom an orifice 20 of the order of one millimeter which allows the air to enter the ink tank 1 when the plastic film 8a is pierced.
- the ink tank 1 is provided with two lateral lugs 10 intended to guide the pusher cover 2 by means of two guide rails 12 positioned on lateral inner faces of the lid.
- the side lugs 10 and the guide rails 12 cooperate to have two positions of the device. The first position is a piercing position and the second position is a rest position.
- the lid 2 is provided with two tabs 13 on the inner side faces of the lid.
- the tabs 13 cooperate with the ink tank 1 so as not to separate the lid of the tank. In this way the tabs 13 form a locking means of the lid on the tank.
- the ink tank 1 is provided with a tubular ink outlet 3 covered with a cap such as a plastic film 8b above a seal 14.
- the ink outlet is circular, so as not to impose on the user a direction of insertion of the device.
- This seal 14 is made of an elastic material such as rubber. The center of the seal 14 is empty in order, first, to let the ink contained in the reservoir and, secondly, to receive the conduit of the receiving part described below.
- the ink cartridges 18 and 19 are provided with one or more receiving portions 15a, 15b, 15c and 15d depending on the type of cartridge.
- the cartridges are arbitrary, and a support comprising one or more receiving portions 15a, 15b, 15c and 15d is used to interface one or more cartridges with the filling device according to the invention.
- the receiving portions of the cartridges or holder serve to couple the reservoir of the filling device to the cartridges or the support.
- the cartridge 18 includes a single chamber 17a, and a receiving portion 15a associated with said chamber and for cooperating with a cartridge ink filling device containing a single chamber.
- the cartridge 19 comprises three chambers. Two chambers 17b and 17d are shown in FIG. 5, the third 17c is not visible in FIGS. 5, 6. Each of the three chambers is associated with a receiving part 15b, 15c or 15d intended to cooperate with a filling device three-chamber cartridge ink.
- the receiving part 15c is shown in FIG. 6 but is not visible in FIG. 5.
- Each receiving portion 15a, 15b, 15c or 15d includes a recess of suitable shape for receiving a tubular outlet 3 from the reservoir of the filling device and, within said recess, an ink conduit 16a, 16b, 16c and 16d.
- ink conduits 16a, 16b, 16c and 16d are adapted to pierce the lid 8b of a tank of the filling device and convey the ink 4 from a chamber of the tank 1 to an associated chamber of a cartridge.
- the filling operation is carried out as follows.
- the ink filling device is positioned above the cartridge to be filled 18 or 19 so that the ink outlet 3 cooperates with one of the corresponding receiving portions 15a, 15b, 15c or 15d of the cartridge 18 or 19.
- the seal 14 seals with the ink conduit 16a, 16b, 16c or 16d of the receiving portion 15a, 15b, 15c or 15d.
- the spring 5 relaxes and pushes the pusher cover 2 upwards.
- the cap 8a With the cap 8a being pierced, the air from outside the ink tank 1 is sucked inwardly through the orifice 20 of the duct 7.
- the reservoir is then slightly depressed and let air into the ink tank 1.
- the incoming air is going expelling the ink 4 to the interior of the chamber (s) 17a, 17b, 17c and 17d of the cartridge 18 or 19 via the ink outlet.
- the ink 4 is found inside the chamber or chambers 17a, 17b, 17c and 17d.
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EP0655335A2 (fr) * | 1993-11-29 | 1995-05-31 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Méthode et dispositif de recharge en encre pour cartouche à encre |
EP0704308A1 (fr) * | 1994-09-24 | 1996-04-03 | PMS GmbH, Produktion + Recycling von Büromaschinenzubehör | Tête d'imprimante pour une imprimante à jet d'encre et dispositif pour le réemplissage d'une telle tête |
WO1997045269A1 (fr) * | 1996-05-29 | 1997-12-04 | Dataproducts Corporation | Procede et appareil de remplissage des cartouches pour imprimante a jet d'encre |
US5967196A (en) * | 1997-04-14 | 1999-10-19 | Pelikan Produktions Ag | Refill device for an ink jet print head |
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EP0704308A1 (fr) * | 1994-09-24 | 1996-04-03 | PMS GmbH, Produktion + Recycling von Büromaschinenzubehör | Tête d'imprimante pour une imprimante à jet d'encre et dispositif pour le réemplissage d'une telle tête |
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