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Timestamp: 2020-08-11 18:59:01
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CN1235746C - Ink box and vacuum packing product containing ink box - Google Patents
CN1235746C
CN1235746C CN 03146636 CN03146636A CN1235746C CN 1235746 C CN1235746 C CN 1235746C CN 03146636 CN03146636 CN 03146636 CN 03146636 A CN03146636 A CN 03146636A CN 1235746 C CN1235746 C CN 1235746C
CN 03146636
CN1475357A (en
2002-07-09 Priority to JP200589/2002 priority
238000007639 printing Methods 0.000 claims description 143
239000011148 porous materials Substances 0.000 claims description 29
The present invention relates to be releasably attached to the print cartridge on the ink-jet recording apparatus balladeur train, this ink-jet recording apparatus comprises and being used for by from nozzle opening ejection ink droplet, printing ink is supplied to record head, comes the record head that data such as character or image are write down.More particularly, the present invention relates to have the print cartridge of air release valve door and this print cartridge is contained in wherein vacuum packing product.
A kind of being used for comprises to the print cartridge of the record head of ink-jet recording apparatus supply printing ink: an ink chamber; An ink supplying port that is communicated with ink chamber can be supplied printing ink pin and insert in this port, supplies printing ink by this printing ink supply pin that inserts wherein to record head; And an air duct, be used for during ink consumption, along with printing ink discharge, ambient air is introduced ink chamber according to the printing ink in the ink chamber by ink supplying port.
But, because ink chamber is communicated with by air duct and print cartridge outside, so the printing ink in the ink chamber may leak into outside the print cartridge or changing qualitatively by air duct, for example, the retrogradation owing to the solvent evaporates in the printing ink.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, print cartridge comprises: a printing ink holding portion is used for printing ink is remained on wherein; An air duct, the printing ink holding portion is communicated with atmosphere by it; And valve mechanism that in air duct, provides, it comprise one can be from the air release valve door mechanism that certain direction seals the intercommunicating pore that provides dividing wall, this dividing wall will separate near the printing ink holding portion side of printing ink holding portion one side and atmospheric side near atmosphere one side, described sealing direction from printing ink holding portion side to air side; With a compacting part, it is along pushing down described air release valve door part from the direction of the described atmospheric side of described printing ink holding portion side direction, wherein, the air release valve door part is included in the part in compression that the described printing ink holding portion side of described print cartridge is compressed by described compacting part, and described air release valve door part also comprises a contact portion, described contact portion applies external force in response to what the part transmission by described printing equipment when being installed to described print cartridge on the described printing equipment came, and from described atmospheric side towards described printing ink holding portion side with described air-passage opening.Therefore, when not being installed in print cartridge on the ink-jet recording apparatus, also can inerrably the air duct of print cartridge being closed, thereby prevent that printing ink from leaking into print cartridge outside and preventing the change of ink characteristics, for example, prevent to uprise owing to the solvent evaporates that comprises in the printing ink causes viscosity.And when not being installed in print cartridge on the tape deck, the air duct of print cartridge more stably can be closed.
Air duct can comprise a bending channel and a ventilative filter that is used to repel from the liquid of atmosphere, can provide this valve mechanism between filter and printing ink holding portion.Therefore, even printing ink enters atmospheric side in the air duct by valve mechanism, this filter can prevent that also printing ink from further flowing out.
Print cartridge can also comprise a hammer, and it can move around axle, and contacts with the described contact portion of described air release valve door part and open described air duct.Therefore, under situation about print cartridge being installed on the printing equipment, can utilize this hammer that the air duct of print cartridge is inerrably opened.
This hammer can along direction with print cartridge is installed to the perpendicular direction of direction on the printing equipment and moves around axle.Like this, when being installed to print cartridge on the printing equipment, can make the distance that rotatablely moves of this hammer bigger.Therefore, under situation about print cartridge being installed on the printing equipment, can utilize this hammer more accurately with air-passage opening.
Print cartridge can also comprise an air release valve door compacting part, and it moves along the direction substantially parallel with print cartridge being installed to direction on the printing equipment, and can push down contact portion by air release valve door compacting part, with air-passage opening.Like this, under the situation of the size of not widening the print cartridge width, when being installed to print cartridge on the printing equipment, can make the move distance of air release valve door compacting part bigger.Therefore, along with the process that print cartridge is installed on the tape deck, can utilize air release valve door compacting part more accurately with air-passage opening.
The air release valve door part can have an extension that extends along the direction that print cartridge is installed on the printing equipment, and it stretches to atmospheric side from intercommunicating pore, and this extension that is constituted is pushed down by air release valve door compacting part.Like this, along with the process that print cartridge is installed on the printing equipment, can push down extension along installation direction by air release valve door compacting part.Therefore, can be more accurately with air-passage opening.
Air release valve door compacting part can also comprise a compacting part, and it utilizes elastic force to push described air release valve door part along the described direction that described print cartridge is installed on the described printing equipment.
Print cartridge can also comprise the film between described contact portion and described hammer, wherein utilizes hammer to push down contact portion by therebetween film.Like this, hammer can push contact portion with a simple structure.
The front sealing of the part of the air release valve door compacting part that can utilize film to hold to be compressed against on the printing equipment.Like this, utilize a simple structure, can push down air from the outside of the part of holding air release valve door compacting part and open compacting part.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, a kind of vacuum packing product comprises: an above-mentioned print cartridge; And the external packing component of a bag shape, cover print cartridge, wherein, the pressure of external packing component the inside is reduced, so that print cartridge is sealed.Like this, when being contained in print cartridge in the external packing component, utilize by the pressure that makes external packing component inside to reduce the negative pressure that produced, the direction along stopping up air duct is used in masterpiece on the air release valve door.Therefore, can prevent that the air release valve door from being opened by negative pressure, thereby prevent that inerrably printing ink from spilling from print cartridge by the air release valve door.
Fig. 3 A and 3B are the perspective view that shows the process on the balladeur train of tape deck that print cartridge is installed to.
Fig. 5 A and 5B are the plane and the perspective view of the front side major part that see, that show ink chamber of ink chamber from Fig. 3 A and 3B.
Fig. 5 C is the plane from its print cartridge of seeing of bottom.
The plane that the rear side of Fig. 6 A, 6B and the 6C ink chamber from Fig. 3 A and 3B is seen; Fig. 6 A shows the state that does not comprise printing ink in the ink chamber; Fig. 6 B shows the state of the printing ink of consumption in second ink chamber; And Fig. 6 C shows the state of the printing ink of consumption in first ink chamber.
Figure 11 for from meet personally thereafter, according to the plane of the print cartridge of second embodiment of the invention.
Figure 12 for see previously from it, according to the plane of the print cartridge of second embodiment of the invention.
Figure 13 is centered around the profile that the atmosphere shown in Fig. 9-12 is opened the amplification of valve.
Figure 14 is the perspective view that comprises the vacuum packing product of print cartridge, shows vacuum-packed original state.
Figure 15 is the perspective view that comprises the vacuum packing product of print cartridge, shows the state with the opening sealing of external packing component.
Fig. 1 and 2 is for showing the perspective view according to the front and rear of the print cartridge 10 of first embodiment of the invention respectively.The print cartridge of present embodiment constitutes in such a manner, promptly, in on the balladeur train that print cartridge is installed to ink-jet recording apparatus, ink chamber's (printing ink holding portion) is communicated with the outside (air) of print cartridge 10 by air duct, printing ink can be supplied to record head thus.On the other hand, the print cartridge of present embodiment also is so constructed, and with when not being installed in print cartridge on the balladeur train, makes valve mechanism block air duct, prevents that thus printing ink from leaking into the outside and preventing solvent evaporates in the printing ink.In addition, the print cartridge 10 of present embodiment has the structure that can more stably block air duct under vacuum-packed situation with it.
The print cartridge 10 of present embodiment comprises that one is opened main body 15 with the ink chamber that is formed for holding therein printing ink at rear side, and a lid 13 that utilizes Vibration Welding, adds thermal weld or similar techniques sealing ink chamber main body 15 openings, as shown in Figure 4.In the antetheca (facewall) of ink chamber's main body 15, provide the groove of the air duct that a formation will be described later.By forming the film 11 on the whole antetheca that almost adheres to ink chamber's main body 15 as shown in Figure 1, sealed groove is so that it can play the effect of air duct.In addition, with the opening portion of another diaphragm seal ink chamber main body 15.Then, the whole zone by with lid 13 sealing ink chamber body openings limits ink chamber in ink chamber's main body 15.The ink chamber of Xian Dinging makes ink reservoir work as an independent unit like this.
In the bottom of print cartridge 10, be formed with by ink flow passage ink supplying port 14 that be communicated with ink chamber, hollow.When dress print cartridge 10, sealing film 25 is attached on the ink supplying port 14, leak to prevent printing ink.But when being installed to print cartridge 10 on the ink-jet recording apparatus, this film 25 is crashed through by printing ink supply pin.In ink supplying port 14, a valve mechanism can be provided, be used for when not being installed to print cartridge 10 on the ink-jet recording apparatus, being closed in the ink flow passage of ink supplying port.Print cartridge with this valve mechanism even when in print cartridge 10 residual ink being arranged, also can be installed to it on ink-jet recording apparatus and from ink-jet recording apparatus repeatedly and unload down.
As shown in Figure 1, circuit board 27 is installed on the right lateral surface of its print cartridge of seeing previously 10.Circuit board 27 is equipped with semiconductor memory such as EEPROM on its rear surface, be equipped with a plurality of contact terminals 28 on its front surface.These contact terminals 28 are arranged on such position, it when being installed on the ink-jet recording apparatus, print cartridge 10 is contacted with the electrode of external control device, thereby make it possible to the information of relevant printing ink is carried out read and write, for example, as required will about printing ink explanation with and the data of consumption from semiconductor storage unit, read/write.Even this feature makes print cartridge 10 is unloaded from ink-jet recording apparatus, print cartridge 10 also can keep the necessary information about printing ink.Therefore, when being installed to print cartridge 10 on the ink-jet recording apparatus once more, the information that the print cartridge 10 that can install by reading is kept realizes suitable printing control.Circuit board 27 can be arranged to and be removably mounted on the print cartridge 10.In addition, can in such a manner semiconductor memory be installed on the print cartridge 10 on the position different, that is, connect by lead semiconductor memory is connected with contact terminal 28 with circuit board 27.
In addition, as shown in Figure 1, on the leading flank of print cartridge 10, near ink supplying port 14, provide slit 16 in centre basically along print cartridge 10 widths.Slit 16 extends along the direction that printing ink supply pin 12 inserts ink supplying port 14.Described as the back with reference to Fig. 3 A and 3B, when being installed to print cartridge 10 on the balladeur train 110, slit 16 can with provided, divide 117 to mesh near the regional straight guiding projection of stretching the printing ink on the balladeur train 110 supply pin 112, thereby can regulate the direction of angulations of ink supplying port 14 by this way, promptly, before ink supplying port 14 arrived printing ink supply pin 112, the plane of the opening of ink supplying port 14 was accurately vertical with printing ink supply pin 112.Thus, under the state that pin 112 is accurately positioned, supply pin 112 with printing ink and be inserted in the ink supplying port 14.
In addition, provide the identification component 60 that constitutes by the parts that separate with ink chamber main body 15 than a jiao of lower part at print cartridge 10 front surfaces.According to the model of print cartridge 10, identification component 60 has different shapes.For example, the identification component 60 that is used for the print cartridge 10 of certain color is different with the identification component that is used for another kind of color.Identification component 60 is designed to and 118 engagements of the identification ledge on balladeur train 110 described later, as cooperating between key and the keyhole.Thus, can prevent from print cartridge 10 is inserted presumptive area zone in addition promptly wrong the insertion.The details of hammer 62 will be described afterwards, hammer 62 and identification component 62 whole casts.
Fig. 3 A and 3B are the side cut away view that shows the process on the balladeur train 110 of ink-jet recording apparatus that print cartridge 10 of the present invention is installed to.Fig. 3 A shows the state in the installation process, and Fig. 3 B shows the state when being installed to print cartridge 10 on the balladeur train 110 fully.Balladeur train 110 is placed on the axle 116 of ink-jet recording apparatus, makes balladeur train 110 to move back and forth along main scanning direction.Balladeur train 110 is arranged to and allows to be equipped with a plurality of print cartridges 10 that hold different model or kind printing ink respectively thereon.More particularly, can different hold four kinds of colors respectively with four, that is, yellow, blue or green, deep red print cartridge 10 red and black ink is installed on the balladeur train 110, to realize panchromatic printing.Note that term " printing ink of different model " is not limited to the different colours of mentioned printing ink.Though can be identical with holding color, be installed on the balladeur train 110 at a plurality of print cartridges 10 of characteristic and one-tenth different multiple model printing ink aspect grading.
When being installed to print cartridge 10 on the balladeur train 110, the user uses its thumb and forefinger promptly in the bar 18 and 19 that the right side and the left-hand face of print cartridge 10 extends out, with print cartridge 10 above balladeur train 110 always to pressing down.In this operating process, divide 116 engagements at slit 16 that forms on the surface of ink chamber's body 15 and regional upwardly extending guiding projection from balladeur train 110 near printing ink supply pin 112.This engagement prevents from along the opposite way round print cartridge 10 to be installed.When print cartridge 10 installed, engagement ledge 18A that provides on the part of locking bar 18 and mesh groove 120 engagements prevented that thus print cartridge 10 breaks away from balladeur train 110, unless push away locking bar 18 to ink chamber's body 15.In addition, when being installed in print cartridge 10 on the balladeur train 110, the printing ink supply pin 112 that is communicated with record head 119 is inserted in the ink supplying port 14 that print cartridge 10 bottoms form, and the ink chamber of print cartridge 10 is communicated with record head.In this state, be driven and when wherein spraying printing ink, the printing ink in the print cartridge 10 is supplied to record head 119 when record head 119.Although form clamping bar 19 so that the user can stably catch print cartridge 10 by enough his/her hands,, the bossing that can on balladeur train 110 and clamping bar 19, form concave portions respectively and be used for mediating with this concave portions.
Print cartridge 10 has and is used to air duct that ink chamber is communicated with atmosphere.Air duct is divided into printing ink wing passage 30 that is communicated with ink chamber and the atmospheric side passage 40 that is communicated with atmosphere, atmospheric side passage 40 by its with atmosphere between the air release valve door (air release valve door part) that provides 70 be communicated with atmosphere.
Fig. 4 is the decomposition diagram of the print cartridge 10 seen from the front side.Fig. 5 A is the plane of ink chamber's main body 15 of seeing from its front side, wherein, and with film 11, lamina membranacea valve 308 and the cover 303 that matches with circular depressed part 310 and be placed on lamina membranacea valve 308 and the helical spring 306 that covers between 303 unloads; The perspective view of Fig. 5 B for therein lamina membranacea valve 308, cover 303 and helical spring 306 also being unloaded; And Fig. 5 C is the plane from its print cartridge 10 of seeing of bottom.Fig. 6 A, 63 and 6C show the back of ink chamber's main body 15, wherein front cover 13 is unloaded.
At first, the ink flow passage is described.Shown in Fig. 5 A and 5B, tubulose ink supplying port 14 is communicated with an end of groove 302 by boring (bore) 301 that forms on the inwall of ink supplying port 14.The other end of groove 302 is communicated with the groove 304 that forms on the surface of cover 303.Cover 303 has a through hole 305 in the central.The diaphragm valve of being made by flexible material such as synthetic rubber 308 has a centre bore 309.It is relative with the extension 312 as hermetic unit that forms in circular depressed part 310 bottoms that centre bore 309 is formed.By making centre bore 309 and extension 312 contact with each other and they are separated from each other, being communicated with between ink chamber's side of control diaphragm valve 308 and the ink supplying port side.More particularly, when record head 119 did not have ink jet, centre bore 309 contacted with each other with extension 312, thus the ink flow passage is stopped up.On the other hand, when record head 119 ink jets, the pressure on the printing ink supply valve side of close printing ink supply valve 14 1 sides of diaphragm valve 308 reduces, and then, when predetermined pressure, makes diaphragm valve 308 distortion by predetermined pressure (negative pressure).This distortion of diaphragm valve 308 is moved centre bore 309 and is separated with extension 312, is communicated with thereby make between the both sides of diaphragm valve 308, so that the printing ink in the ink chamber is supplied to ink supplying port 14.Above-mentioned circular depressed part 310 has two holes 314 on its end, the back that extend up to print cartridge 10 in these holes 314.
Be communicated with the sunk part 330 that in first ink chamber 322, provides, define in two holes 314 of ring-shaped depression part 310 bottoms by first ring wall 326 and second ring wall 328 higher than first ring wall 326.The top edge of first ring wall 326 is set to be lower than the top edge of second ring wall 328, and the top edge of first ring wall 326 is designed, so that can form dish type filter or analog thereon.Second ring wall 328 has a breach 332, and by it, sunk part 330 is communicated with the hole of extending previously 334 to print cartridge 10.Shown in Fig. 5 A, by sunk part 338 with globule shape and the hole of being defined by the wall 336 that the front side at print cartridge 10 forms 340, hole 334 turns back to the back of print cartridge 10.The filter 342 that sunk part on print cartridge 10 back, that be communicated with hole 340 is provided at wherein fills up.In addition, by filter 342, breach 343 and the extending flute 346 that formed by outer wall 320 and the dividing wall 347 highly identical with outer wall 320, hole 340 is communicated with first ink chamber 322.
In the lower right corner of first ink chamber 322, be formed with the hole 350 that arrives print cartridge 10 fronts, by the communication groove 351 shown in Fig. 5 A, hole 350 is communicated with the hole 352 shown in Fig. 5 C that forms in print cartridge 10 bottoms, as.By sunk part 354, hole 352 arrives breach 356.This breach 356 extends to second ink chamber 324 that forms on print cartridge 10 back sides.
With the film (not shown) sunk part 354 is sealed, thereby formation is as the space of the part of air duct.
Then, will the structure of air duct be described.Seen at Fig. 5 A, in the front of ink chamber's main body 15,, make this groove have such size and length by forming passage 52 with film shown in Figure 4 11 sealing screw grooves, promptly can suppress the printing ink volatilization.One end of passage 52 is opened, as atmosphere opening 54.The other end 370 of passage 52 with have the rectangular depression part 372 that a bottom by sunk part 372 extends to the hole 48 at ink chamber's main body 15 back sides and be communicated with.In sunk part 372, arrange filter 50 (see figure 4)s of making by the anti-ink material of breathable, be located at the centre position of sunk part 372, sunk part 372 is divided into chamber that is communicated with passage 52 and the chamber that is communicated with hole 48 thus.Dust and moisture that this filter 50 is removed in the atmosphere, and prevent that printing ink from leaking into the outside from ink chamber's side.Flow to the air of the outside at ink chamber's main body 15 back sides by hole 48,, arrive the front of ink chamber's main body 15 again by the groove 47 that surrounds by the outer wall shown in Fig. 6 A 374 with in the hole 46 that the end of groove 47 forms.The groove 45 that provides in the front is provided in hole 46.At the other end of groove 45, be formed with the hole 44 that extends to ink chamber's main body 15 back sides.Because on the whole zone of ink chamber's main body that film 11 has been placed in the front, therefore, film 11 has also sealed groove 45.Like this, the independent air duct of air by constituting by hole 46, groove 45 and hole 44, air flows to the back side once more thus.Hole 44 extends through longitudinal fluting 43, arrives the hole 42 that forms in groove 43 bottoms, and extends to the front once more.In the front of ink chamber's main body 15, hole 42 is communicated with about intercommunicating pore 26 by groove 41.About intercommunicating pore 26 is communicated with hole 35 by the sunk part 36 on ink chamber's main body 15 back sides.Shown in Fig. 5 A, by groove 34, hole 35 is communicated with hole 33.As shown in Figure 6A, hole 33 is communicated with groove 380 that be communicated with the top of second ink chamber's main body 324 by the groove 381 that extends downwards, upwardly extending.
Turn back to Fig. 4, in ink chamber's main body 15, be formed with printing ink wing passage 30 and atmospheric side passage 40, be respectively applied for realize between printing ink holding portion and the about intercommunicating pore 26 be communicated with and about intercommunicating pore 26 and atmosphere between be communicated with.By passage 30 and 40 is communicated with each other, form an independent air duct, so that atmospheric air is incorporated into the printing ink holding portion from atmosphere.In the print cartridge 10 of present embodiment, arrange the valve mechanism that is used to close and open about intercommunicating pore 26.
As shown in Figure 4, the air release valve 70 that constitutes this valve mechanism comprises body portion 72 and extension 74, and body portion 72 and extension 74 are according to the diameter of the extension 74 mode whole cast less than the diameter of body portion 72.From the back side of print cartridge 10, that is, the back from Fig. 4 is inserted into extension 74 in the about intercommunicating pore 26.Extension 74 has such length, i.e. its end outstanding front of stretching to print cartridge 10 from about intercommunicating pore 26.
Push down air release valve door 70 by the compacting part 80 that the sheet spring of bending constitutes from the back side of print cartridge.Therefore, under normal condition, the side of close about intercommunicating pore 26 1 sides of air release valve door 70 body portions 72 is contacted with wall, wherein, the mode according to sealing by applying elastic force by compacting part 80, forms about intercommunicating pore 26.Compacting part 80 is not limited to the sheet spring.For example, can constitute compacting part 80 by helical spring or resin-elastomer.Constitute compacting part 80 by this way, that is, an end of sheet spring 82,84 is fixed on ink chamber's main body 15, and the other end 86 is pushed down air release valve door 70.Like this, under normal condition, the within and without of ink chamber is not communicated with.Therefore, when not being installed to print cartridge 10 on the ink-jet recording apparatus, can prevent that printing ink from spilling and preventing the solvent evaporates in the printing ink ink chamber from ink chamber.As schematically shown in Figure 7 shown in the property, in the part 22 of the inwall of print cartridge 10 and space 212 between the film 88, provide compacting part 80.This space 212 is as the part of air duct.
Identification component 60 is contained in the front of air release valve door holding portion 20, by body portion 66, from body portion 66 extend and can be with the mate 67 of the part engagement of air release valve door holding portion 20, constitute identification component 60 with the groove 64 of identification ledge 118 engagements on ink-jet recording apparatus balladeur train 110 and at the elastic force hammer 62 that an end of groove 64 provides.When identification component 60 being contained on the air release valve door holding portion 20, hammer 62 is positioned on the position facing to the extension 74 of air release valve door 70.In other words, with extension 74 as by receiving along the external force of direction contact portion with air-passage opening from atmospheric side to ink chamber's side.
For example, the film of being made by polypropylene 68 is between the hammer 62 of the extension 74 of air release valve door 70 and identification component 60, in air-locked mode,, form thus from by the air duct as sealed space of hole 42 peripheral seal of about intercommunicating pore 26 from the front of print cartridge 10 to about intercommunicating pore 26.
Then, with reference to Fig. 5 A, 5B and 5C, in order, the ink flow from ink supplying port 14 to ink chamber is described.When being installed to print cartridge 10 on the balladeur train 110 and ink-jet recording apparatus when having begun printing, printing ink is provided to record head 119 from ink supplying port 14.Ink supplying port 14 is with the boring 301, groove 302, the groove 304 that are communicated with ink supplying port 14 and cover 303 hole 305 and the hole 309 of diaphragm valve 308 constitutes independent ink flow passage, makes this oil ink passage finally arrive the inside of circular depressed part 310.For circular depressed part 310, supply printing ink by two holes 314 from the zone, the back side of ink chamber's main body 15 (seeing Fig. 6 A-6C).In the zone, the back side of ink chamber's main body 15, printing ink is 334 supplies from the hole, flow through breach 332, cross the top edge of the first lower ring wall 326 of above-mentioned height then, to arrive two holes 314.By groove 338, the hole 340 that arrives ink chamber main body 15 back sides, filter 342 and the extending flute 346 in the patchhole 340, arrive the printing ink in hole 334 from 322 supplies of first ink chamber.
As mentioned above, because air duct only is communicated with second ink chamber 324, therefore, the printing ink in ink chamber is according to reducing in the following manner.At first, the printing ink in second ink chamber 324 reduces.Then, the printing ink in second ink chamber 324 has run out of by after the air replacement, and the printing ink in first ink chamber 322 begins to reduce.From as the breach 356 of outlet, flowing out along gravity direction than the printing ink in the second low ink chamber 324 of first ink chamber 322, alternately pass the positive zone of ink chamber's main body 15 and zone, the back side then arriving first ink chamber 322, and passing the circular depressed part 310 that diaphragm valve 308 wherein is provided after final arrival ink supplying port 14.
Fig. 8 is the fragmentary cross-sectional view that shows near the zone air release valve holding portion 20, and it has explained the operation of print cartridge 10 when being installed to print cartridge 10 on the ink-jet recording apparatus.When being installed to print cartridge 10 on the ink-jet recording apparatus, in ink-jet recording apparatus, provide, enter the groove 64 of identification component 60 as the meshing flake 69 of the part of above-mentioned identification ledge 118, will hammer 62 thus into shape and be pressed against on the film 68.The hammer 62 of pressurized makes film 68 strains and the left side of air release valve door 70 in Fig. 8 is moved, the power that opposing is applied by compacting part 80.Therefore, the front and back of about intercommunicating pore 26 becomes and communicates with each other, and the inside of second ink chamber 324 is communicated with the outside of print cartridge 10 by about intercommunicating pore 26.In such a manner, air can be introduced the inside of second ink chamber 324, and can supply printing ink by printing ink supply pin 112 to ink-jet recording apparatus from ink supplying port 14.
Fig. 9-13 is for being used to explain the figure of the second embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 9 is from the decomposition diagram of its print cartridge of seeing previously 500; The decomposition diagram of Figure 10 for seeing from behind; Figure 11 is the plane from meeting personally thereafter; And Figure 12 is from its plane of seeing previously.In addition, Figure 13 is the profile that shows near the amplification in the zone of the air release valve door shown in Fig. 9-12.
A plurality of ledges 712 are provided in the side of toner cartridge main body 520.On the other hand, the circuit board 710 that has been equipped with memory device 711 thereon is installed on the circuit board accomodating unit 700.By the sunk part 713 and ledge 712 engagements that make circuit board accomodating unit 700, with respect to toner cartridge main body 520, circuit board accomodating unit 700 is fixed.In the inside of ink supplying port 716, provide the valve mechanism that constitutes by spring 414, seal member 412 and valve body 415.In the time of on the balladeur train that print cartridge 500 is not installed to ink-jet recording apparatus, this valve mechanism is blocked in the flow channel in the ink supplying port 716, leaks to prevent printing ink.In addition,, adhere to the opening of ink supplying port 716, thus ink supplying port 716 is closely sealed with film 501 when dress during print cartridge 500.When the user is installed to print cartridge 500 on the ink-jet recording apparatus, locking bar 580 is operated by the user.When print cartridge 500 is arranged in ink-jet recording apparatus, the part engagement of locking bar 580 and balladeur train, thus prevent that print cartridge 500 breaks away from from balladeur train.
As on the sunk part 730 of an air duct part, that filter 728 is adhered thereto.Filter 728 is identical with filter 50 among first embodiment aspect structure and material.In addition, an end that is designed to as the curling passage in labyrinth is connected with sunk part 730.The other end of passage is formed to atmosphere to be opened.
To be assemblied in by the printing ink supply control section 550 that cover 550A, diaphragm valve 550B and spring 550C constitute in the circular depressed part 732 as an ink flow passage part.
Shown in Figure 11 and 13, form valve accommodating chamber 669 by film 722 and toner cartridge main body 520.Film 722 is with 669 sealings of valve accommodating chamber.In the outside of film 722, additional outer wall 724 breaks to prevent film 722.Be formed with atmosphere connected component 624 in the bottom of valve accommodating chamber 669.In valve accommodating chamber 669 the insides, air release valve door part 650 is inserted with helical spring 656.Air release valve door part 650 by relatively harder material such as polyacrylic core with provide around this core, constitute by relative softer material such as elastomeric elastomer.So integrally form the core and the elastomer of air release valve door part 650.With elastic type, air release valve door part 650 is pressed against the outer peripheral areas of atmosphere connected component 624, with the elastic force that applies that utilizes helical spring 656 with these part 624 sealings.The end of the smaller-diameter portion of air release valve door part 650 stretches out from atmosphere connected component 624 in the lower end.Can make this end that stretches out and an end in contact that is contained in the air release valve door compacting part 654 in the compacting part accommodating chamber 652 that is disposed in below the valve accommodating chamber 669.With the film 480 that is used to seal compacting part accommodating chamber 652 bottoms, the other end of air release valve door compacting part 654 is sealed in the compacting part accommodating chamber 652.When on the balladeur train that print cartridge 500 is installed to ink-jet recording apparatus, the part of balladeur train (extension) is upwards pushed down air release valve door part 650 by air release valve door compacting part 654, opens atmosphere connected component 624 thus.
When atmosphere connected component 624 was assumed to be the border, toner cartridge main body 520 comprised an atmospheric side passage, and it is by constituting with the lower part: the compacting part accommodating chamber 652 that is communicated with atmospheric side; An air duct 622 is used for being communicated with compacting part accommodating chamber 652; A hole 618 is used to realize being communicated with between air duct 622 and the sunk part 730; And one design the passage 731 as tortuous labyrinth, be used for being communicated with sunk part 730.By sealing with film 720, passage 731 becomes an independent passage.
Second ink chamber 690 is communicated with ink supplying port 716 by printing ink supply control section 550.
Below wall 672, provide first ink chamber 670 (atmospheric side printing ink holding portion), its mid portion on the vertical direction of toner cartridge main body 520, stretch along horizontal direction basically.As mentioned above, the top at atmospheric side printing ink holding portion 670 is connected to intercommunicating pore 642.
On wall 672, provide second ink chamber (supply side printing ink holding portion) 690.Supply side printing ink holding portion 690 comprises first holding portion 692 that is connected to atmospheric side printing ink holding portion 670 and extends along its vertical direction by hole 674.Supply port printing ink holding portion 690 also comprises second holding portion 694 that is arranged on the atmospheric side printing ink holding portion 670.Second holding portion 694 is connected to first holding portion 692 by the hole 676 that provides in its underpart.Supply side printing ink holding portion 690 also comprises the ink supply passage 696 that is designed to by 694 encirclements of second holding portion.Printing ink feed lines 696 is communicated with second holding portion 694 by the hole 678 that provides in ink supply passage 696 bottoms, and is communicated with printing ink supply control section 550 by passage 698 and filter accommodating chamber 699.Utilize the flow channel of the groove 753 that comprises hole 750, groove 751, hole 752 in order and on the front of toner cartridge main body 520, form, printing ink supply control section 550 is connected to each other with ink supplying port 412.
Figure 14 is the vacuum-packed original state that shows the vacuum packing product 150 that comprises print cartridge.Vacuum packing product 150 comprises print cartridge 10 and external packing component 160.Print cartridge 10 is described owing to above, therefore omits description here print cartridge 10.Wanting packaged print cartridge 10 can be to be full of the print cartridge that the print cartridge of printing ink or the printing ink in print cartridge are refilled printing ink after being used in manufacture process.
External packing component 160 is approximate prismatic bags, and under the state before being inserted into print cartridge 10 in the external packing component 160, it is included in the opening 162 of a side and at the hermetic unit 164 of opposite side.In the present embodiment, external packing component 160 is by airtight material, and for example aluminium constitutes.In the present embodiment, external packing component 160 is remained opening 162 up.
Then, the pressure with external packing component 160 the insides of the print cartridge 10 that is inserted in wherein is reduced.In the present embodiment, the external packing component 160 that will have insertion print cartridge 10 wherein is placed in the decompressor, and by making air be discharged to the outside of the opening 162 of external packing component 160, the pressure of external packing component 160 the insides is reduced.
Figure 15 be show the opening 162 of external packing component 160 of vacuum packing product 150 sealed perspective view.Under the state that the pressure of external packing component 160 the insides that will have insertion print cartridge 10 wherein reduces, with opening 162 sealings of external packing component 160.For example, in the present embodiment, finish this sealing by adding thermal weld.
After this sealing, the external packing component 160 that will have insertion print cartridge 10 wherein takes out from decompressor, produces the inside of external packing component 160 and the pressure difference between the outside thus.Thus, external packing component 160 shrinks, and print cartridge 10 is sealed with negative pressure in airtight mode.
Therefore, different according to the present invention with afore-mentioned, do not need to be provided with the pressure of compacting part 80 bigger, enough to prevent air release valve door 70 to be opened printing ink is spilt.Particularly, even constituting by spring under the situation of compacting part 80, also can prevent to produce slippage (creep) along the direction that makes the pressure be used to push down air release valve door 70 diminish as the sheet spring.Otherwise under vacuum-packed state, the masterpiece that is applied by negative pressure is used on the air release valve door 70, and therefore, air release valve door 70 can more stably be closed air duct.In addition, because can be littler so that be used to push down the pressure of air release valve door 70, therefore can simplify the structure of compacting part 80, thereby reduce cost as the sheet spring.Therefore, when not being installed to print cartridge 10 on the ink-jet recording apparatus, can inerrably air duct be closed, prevent that thus printing ink from spilling or preventing that ink characteristics from changing, and for example, prevents to uprise owing to the solvent evaporates that comprises in the printing ink makes viscosity.
Can make amendment to the foregoing description in such a manner, promptly if desired, porous material is included in the ink chamber absorbing printing ink, thereby ink chamber is placed negative pressure state.
By as seen above-mentioned, according to the present invention, when not being installed to print cartridge on the ink-jet recording apparatus, can inerrably air duct be closed, prevent that thus printing ink from spilling and preventing that ink characteristics from changing, and for example, prevents to uprise owing to the solvent evaporates that comprises in the printing ink makes viscosity.
1. print cartridge, described print cartridge can be releasably attached on the inkjet-printing device, and described print cartridge comprises:
A printing ink holding portion is used to keep printing ink;
An air duct, described printing ink holding portion is communicated with atmosphere by described air duct;
A valve mechanism, be arranged in the described air duct, this valve mechanism comprises an air release valve door part, described air release valve door part can seal an intercommunicating pore that provides dividing wall from certain direction, this dividing wall will separate near the printing ink holding portion side of described printing ink holding portion one side and atmospheric side near atmosphere one side, described sealing direction from described printing ink holding portion side to described atmospheric side; With
A compacting part, it is along pushing down described air release valve door part from the direction of the described atmospheric side of described printing ink holding portion side direction,
Wherein said air release valve door part is included in the part in compression that the described printing ink holding portion side of described print cartridge is compressed by described compacting part, and described air release valve door part also comprises a contact portion, described contact portion applies external force in response to what the part transmission by described printing equipment when being installed to described print cartridge on the described printing equipment came, and from described atmospheric side towards described printing ink holding portion side with described air-passage opening.
2. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described air duct comprises a bending channel and repulsion ventilative filter from the liquid of atmosphere, and
3. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 also comprises a hammer, and described hammer can move around axle, and contacts with the described contact portion of described air release valve door part and open described air duct.
4. print cartridge as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described hammer moves around described axle along the direction perpendicular with described print cartridge being installed to direction on the described printing equipment.
5. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 also comprises air release valve door compacting part, and it moves along the direction substantially parallel with described print cartridge being installed to direction on the described printing equipment, and
6. print cartridge as claimed in claim 5, wherein, described air release valve door part has an extension, it extends along the described direction that described print cartridge is installed on the described printing equipment, and from described intercommunicating pore, stretch to described atmospheric side, constitute described extension to be pushed down by described air release valve door compacting part.
7. print cartridge as claimed in claim 5 also comprises a compacting part, and described compacting part utilizes elastic force to push down described air release valve door part along the described direction that described print cartridge is installed on the described printing equipment.
8. print cartridge as claimed in claim 3 also comprises the film between described contact portion and described hammer, wherein, pushes down described contact portion by described hammer by therebetween film.
9. print cartridge as claimed in claim 5 wherein, will hold the front sealing of the part that is compressed against the described air release valve door compacting part on the described printing equipment with a film.
10. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:
The space that forms at described printing ink holding portion side place, described space holds the part of described valve mechanism parts therein; And
The oil ink passage that connects described space and described printing ink holding portion.
11. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1 also comprises ink supplying port,
Wherein, described air duct comprises that the control air is communicated with the part at place with atmosphere, and described part is positioned at and described ink supplying port same side.
12. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described compacting part forms with resin.
13. print cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein, the described part of described valve mechanism is described compacting part.
14. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described compacting part contacts described air release valve door part at the primary importance place, the described contact portion of described air release valve door part is positioned at second place place, and described primary importance is than the more close described printing ink holding portion of the described second place.
15. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein, with respect to the described sealing direction of described atmospheric side from described printing ink holding portion side direction, described compacting part is positioned at after the described air release valve door part.
16. print cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the area of the described part in compression of described air release valve door part is greater than the area of its described contact portion.
17. a vacuum packing product comprises:
The external packing component of a bag shape covers described print cartridge, wherein, the pressure of described external packing component the inside is reduced, so that described print cartridge is sealed.
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