CN201385466Y

CN201385466Y - Ink box

Info

Publication number: CN201385466Y
Application number: CN200920053074U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何永刚; 姚和刚
Original assignee: Print Rite Unicorn Image Products Co Ltd
Current assignee: Print Rite Unicorn Image Products Co Ltd
Priority date: 2009-03-16
Filing date: 2009-03-16
Publication date: 2010-01-20
Anticipated expiration: 2019-03-16

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ink box which comprises a box body, an ink outlet, a light transmitting part and a floater; wherein, the box body is provided with a shell body and a surface cover, the shell body at least forms part of the ink storage cavity for storing ink; the ink outlet is arranged on the front wall of the shell body and communicated with the ink storage cavity; the light transmitting part is positioned at the upper part of the ink outlet and extended out from the front wall of the shell body; the floater is mounted in the ink storage cavity and can move up and down along a preset rail. The ink box has simple structure, low cost and complete function.

Description

Print cartridge

Technical field

The utility model relates to the print cartridge that inside fills ink, especially for the print cartridge of ink-jet printer.

Background technology

Known ink-jet printer comprises ink jet print head and the mounting portion that print cartridge is installed.When print cartridge was mounted to the mounting portion of ink-jet printer, ink-jet printer was configured to and will distributes ink from a plurality of nozzles, with document image on paper.

CN 200710159948.1 discloses a kind of print cartridge, mainly comprises housing and movable sheath.By being installed in the compression spring between movable sheath and housing, movable sheath can move between the primary importance and the second place with respect to housing.For cooperating the photoelectric sensor of ink-jet printer inside, this print cartridge is provided with transmittance section, light shield portions in the front surface outside of sheath, is provided with the lever float sensor in the housing.

Though above-mentioned print cartridge has the user installation of convenience and dismounting, multiple functions such as ink surplus detection are discerned, can be carried out to the machine of going up, shortcoming is that complex structure, parts are many, assembling is difficult, causes material and production cost height.

Summary of the invention

It is many that the technical problems to be solved in the utility model provides a kind of function, but simple in structure, material and the low print cartridge of production cost.

For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the technical scheme that the utility model provides is: box body, have housing and cover, and wherein said housing forms the part of the ink storage chamber of storage ink at least; Ink outlet port is located at the antetheca of housing, communicates with ink storage chamber; The transmittance section is positioned at the top of ink outlet port, and is protruding from the antetheca of housing; Float is installed in the ink storage chamber, can move up and down along a predetermined track, and the one end can stretch in the described transmittance section.

Better scheme is that the transmittance section is protruding from the spherical concave surface at housing antetheca middle part.

Not bad scheme is that print cartridge further comprises: occlusion part is located at the front upper part of cover; Prism is formed on the front end of transmittance section.

Better to be occlusion part leave cover from the front upper part of cover to scheme stretches out forward.

Good again scheme is the wall that the spherical concave surface at housing antetheca middle part forms ink storage chamber.

The utility model by the transmittance section is directly arranged in the antetheca of housing, the float that can move up and down in planned orbit is set in ink storage chamber, occlusion part be set at the front upper part of cover, front end is provided with measures such as prism in the transmittance section, not only make the print cartridge designs simplification, and make print cartridge have multiple functions such as last machine identification, the detection of ink surplus simultaneously.Than prior art, the utility model print cartridge has essentially identical function, but number of components minimizing, material and production cost are low.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the utility model print cartridge;

Fig. 2 is the assembling schematic diagram of the utility model print cartridge;

Fig. 3 is the structural representation of the utility model print cartridge;

Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the utility model print cartridge and printer optoelectronic induction partial action.

Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments the utility model is described in detail.

The specific embodiment

In the utility model, preceding forward and backward all front and rear directions with the print cartridge installation direction of addressing following print cartridge in one's power are identical.

Referring to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, print cartridge 100 mainly comprises box body 1, ink outlet port 2, transmittance section 3, float 4.

Box body 1 mainly is made of housing 11, cover 12 and film 13.Its middle shell 11 is a framework that is impaled by antetheca 111, rear wall 112, upper wall 113,114 4 wall portions of lower wall, one side of this framework is by cover 12 sealings, opposite side is by film 13 sealing, thereby forms an ink storage chamber 14 that holds ink between housing 11, cover 12 and film 13.Framework inside is provided with many partition walls 15, and ink storage chamber 14 is separated into a plurality of spaces.The middle part of housing 11 antethecas 111 concaves, and forms a spherical concave surface 1111, and this sphere concave surface 1111 constitutes the part of a wall of ink storage chamber 14 at least.The top of housing 11 antethecas 111 also is provided with an ink filling port 5, and this ink filling port 5 finishes the back by plug 51 sealings in refilling, also has one deck to seal air guide film 7 before using.Be provided with an occlusion part 121 near the far-end of cover 12 front upper parts or the far-end, this occlusion part 121 leaves cover 12 and stretches out forward, in the time of in print cartridge is mounted to printer, and the light path of corresponding position in this occlusion part printer capable of blocking.Be provided with air connectivity hole 122 in the side of cover 12, this intercommunicating pore 122 constitutes the part of the gas passage that connects ink storage chamber 14 and atmosphere at least, and it covers by sealing air guide film 7 parts.When print cartridge was worked, atmosphere entered in the ink storage chamber from gas passage.

Ink outlet port 2 is located at antetheca 111 bottoms of housing 11, communicates with ink storage chamber 14, is used for ink is guided to print cartridge 100 outsides, to realize printing.For preventing that ink from leaking from ink outlet port 2, also is equipped with self-closing sealing ring 21 in this ink outlet port 2.

Transmittance section 3 is positioned at the top of ink outlet port 2, and is protruding from the spherical concave surface 1111 at housing 11 antethecas 111 middle parts.Transmittance section 3 is prepared by transparent material, and communicates with ink storage chamber 14.To guarantee the space of ink storage chamber.When print cartridge 100 was installed in the printer, this transmittance section 3 was positioned on printer one light path, so that it can allow light to enter ink storage chamber 14.3 the leading section in the transmittance section is provided with prism 6, and in the time of in print cartridge is mounted to printer, prism 6 reflections can reach the purpose of induction, thereby the machine that is printed are discerned by the light that the printer side photoelectric sensor sends.The spherical concave design at housing 11 antethecas 111 middle parts has guaranteed the volume of ink storage chamber and the space of float most possibly when guaranteeing to make transmittance section 3 can be arranged in the light path of printer.

Float 4 is installed in the space that is formed by spherical concave surface 1111, transmittance section 3 and partition wall 15 in the ink storage chamber 14, can move up and down along a predetermined track.When being full of ink in the print cartridge, it is one high-order relatively that float is in, and this moment, float can stop the light that photoelectric sensor sends in the printer.When the consumption of ink in the print cartridge after certain degree, float is along with the liquid level of ink descends and descends, thereby is in a low level, forms a path thereby the light that photoelectric sensor sends in this moment printer can pass the transmittance section.By the residing position of the monitoring float of the photoelectric sensor in the printer, can detect the ink that whether still has q.s in the inking chamber.

Describe the utility model print cartridge in detail below in conjunction with Fig. 4 and install and use the process that is printed machine identification in the process.The part that does not belong to the utility model print cartridge among Fig. 4 is shown in broken lines.

As shown in Figure 4, when print cartridge was packed the print cartridge mounting portion 201 of printer into, the occlusion part 121 of cover far-end sheltered from the light that printer side photoelectric sensor 202 sends before this.Subsequently, when print cartridge continued to be pushed into, the prism on the housing antetheca arrived another photoelectric sensor 203 places of printer, and by this photoelectric sensor 203.In this process, prism 6 is to reflect by the light that photoelectric sensor 203 is sent, and makes photoelectric sensor be moved induction.By photoelectric sensor 203 and after making its action induction, print cartridge continues to be pushed at prism 6, and final float 5 arrives photoelectric sensor 203, and photoelectric sensor is moved once more.These three times a series of induction actions make printer discern print cartridge, and show the qualified relevant information of machine on the print cartridge.

Technical conceive of the present utility model is not limited in the foregoing description, can also obtain many different concrete schemes according to design of the present utility model, and change that these are small and equivalent transformation all should be included within the described scope of claim.

Claims

1, print cartridge comprises:

Box body has housing and cover, and wherein said housing forms the part of the ink storage chamber of storage ink at least;

Ink outlet port is located at the antetheca of housing, communicates with described ink storage chamber;

It is characterized in that:

The transmittance section is positioned at the top of described ink outlet port, and is protruding from the antetheca of described housing;

Float is installed in the described ink storage chamber, can move up and down along a predetermined track, and the one end can stretch in the described transmittance section.

2, according to the described print cartridge of claim 1, it is characterized in that:

Described transmittance section is protruding from the spherical concave surface at described housing antetheca middle part.

3, according to the described print cartridge of claim 2, it is characterized in that:

Described print cartridge further comprises:

Occlusion part is located at the front upper part of described cover;

Prism is formed on the front end of described transmittance section.

4, according to the described print cartridge of claim 3, it is characterized in that:

Described occlusion part leaves cover and stretches out forward from the front upper part of described cover.

5, according to each described print cartridge of claim 2 to 4, it is characterized in that:

The spherical concave surface at described housing antetheca middle part constitutes the part of a wall of described ink storage chamber at least.

6, according to the described print cartridge of claim 5, it is characterized in that:

Described housing is a framework, and an one side is sealed by described cover, and another side relative with this side is by diaphragm seal.

7, according to the described print cartridge of claim 5, it is characterized in that:

Described print cartridge further comprises:

Sealing ring is installed in the described ink outlet port, is used to seal ink outlet port.

8, according to the described print cartridge of claim 5, it is characterized in that:

Described cover is provided with air connectivity hole, and described intercommunicating pore constitutes the part of the gas passage that connects ink storage chamber and atmosphere at least.