CN105564037A - Liquid consuming device - Google Patents

Abstract

A liquid consuming device comprises: a tank including a plurality of liquid storage chambers configured to store liquid, a plurality of inlets through which the liquid is poured into each of the plurality of liquid storage chambers and a plurality of liquid flow channels configured to let the liquid flow therethrough from each of the plurality of liquid flow channels; and a plurality of caps respectively embedded with the plurality of inlets via elastic deformation to respectively plug the plurality of inlets; and connecting portions for connecting the plurality of the caps when the plurality of caps are configured to corresponding positions of the plurality of inlets. The connecting portions have higher rigidness than that of the plurality of caps, and are embedded with the plurality of caps in a moving manner via alignment of the plurality of caps to the corresponding positions of the plurality of inlets.

Description

Liquid consuming device

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of liquid consuming device, this liquid consuming device possesses: the case with the inlet of liquid; And the lid of the inlet of stuffer box.

Background technology

In the past, known following printer (example of liquid consuming device), this printer has the jumbo case that can supplement ink and sprays from nozzle the ink that supplied by this case and record the record head (for example, referring to Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2013-226728 publication) of image at recording paper.Case has the inlet of ink, and inlet can carry out switch by lid.Under the state eliminating lid from inlet, ink can be supplemented from inlet in case.

When user supplements ink to case, when the lid pulled down from inlet is placed on the mounting surfaces such as desk, exists due to lid rolling or fall down and cause covering the risk lost.For such problem, can consider by carrying out multiple lid to link the possibility reducing independent lid and lose.But, such as, case has the different multiple ink chambers of the color of the ink of storage, when being provided with multiple lid of the multiple inlets blocked respectively, when making any two lids link, there is user and take the position of these lids by mistake and these are covered the risk being arranged on original not corresponding inlet.That is, the risk that the mistake producing the inlet mounting cover of the ink chamber of the ink to the color storing other is installed.That cover is installed by mistake as a result, be attached to the ink covered and be mixed in the ink of different colors of ink chamber, and in ink chamber, produce the colour mixture of ink.

On the other hand, if consider, lid easily carries out being fitted to the operation of inlet and the seal of inlet, then preferably lid by rubber and such can the material of elastic deformation being pressed of elastomer.These materials are difficult to the dimensional accuracy improving formed body, and multiple lid cannot be made corresponding exactly with the spacing of multiple inlet.Therefore, the degree of spacing change between corresponding multiple lid elastic deformation can be carried out under the state that the parts linking multiple lid are preferably installed to each inlet in each cover., when the spacing between multiple lid changes in the parts generation elastic deformation of the multiple lid of link, because easy as described above, lid is installed to not corresponding inlet, so the mistake that easily generation is covered is installed.

Summary of the invention

The present invention completes in view of aforesaid situation, its objective is and can provide following mechanism: under the state linked by multiple lid, can easily install each lid to each inlet of case.

In addition, other object of the present invention to provide following mechanism: under the state making multiple lid link, and suppresses lid to be installed the mistake of each inlet of case.

In addition, other object of the present invention to provide following mechanism: user easily recognizes that lid is installed the mistake of each inlet of case.

For the means of technical solution problem

According to form of the present invention, following liquid consuming device is provided, possess: case, be formed store liquid multiple liquid storage room, for above-mentioned multiple liquid storage room each inject liquid multiple inlet and make liquid from above-mentioned multiple liquid storage room each flow out multiple liquid stream outbound paths; Multiple lid, chimeric with above-mentioned multiple inlet respectively by elastic deformation, block above-mentioned multiple inlet respectively; And connecting member, the state of the position corresponding with above-mentioned multiple inlet is configured in above-mentioned multiple cover, link above-mentioned multiple lid, above-mentioned connecting member is higher than above-mentioned multiple lid rigidity, and it is chimeric with each of above-mentioned multiple lid to be moved into the mode of aiming at the position corresponding with above-mentioned multiple inlet with each of above-mentioned multiple lid.

Because multiple lid is linked so the spacing between multiple lid does not change by the connecting member that rigidity is high.In addition, the multiple lids being fitted to connecting member can be aimed at multiple inlet to move.Thereby, it is possible to each being fitted to multiple lids of connecting member is easily mounted to the inlet corresponding with this lid.

Above-mentioned multiple lid at least comprises the first lid, the second lid and the 3rd lid, above-mentioned first lid, above-mentioned second lid and above-mentioned 3rd lid can arrange with this order by above-mentioned connecting member point-blank, and link above-mentioned first lid, above-mentioned second lid and above-mentioned 3rd lid, above-mentioned first lid with above-mentioned second lid between the first spacing cover from above-mentioned second and the above-mentioned 3rd cover between the second spacing different.

Because utilize the connecting member that rigidity is high, the first spacing and the second spacing are difficult to variation, so the mistake of the first lid, the second lid and the 3rd lid can be suppressed to install.

Above-mentioned multiple liquid storage room stores the liquid of the four kinds of mutually different colors comprising black respectively, above-mentioned multiple lid is corresponding with four liquid storage room of liquid storing above-mentioned four kinds of colors four and covers, above-mentioned four lids arrange and link by above-mentioned connecting member point-blank, one beyond the above-mentioned black lid of gap ratio between black lid and the lid adjacent with this black lid cover and and this cover beyond adjacent above-mentioned black lid other cover between spacing wide, above-mentioned black lid is corresponding with the liquid storage room of the liquid storing black.

Because utilize the connecting member that rigidity is high, the spacing between black lid and the lid adjacent with this black lid is difficult to change, so black cover can be suppressed to be installed to the inlet of the liquid storage room of the liquid of the color storing other by mistake.

Also possessing can not the closed position close to above-mentioned multiple lid and can relative to the cover of above-mentioned case movement between the open position close to above-mentioned multiple lid, and above-mentioned cover is hindered from above-mentioned open position to the movement of above-mentioned closed position by the above-mentioned connecting member of the state that is not suitable for of the part only part in above-mentioned multiple lid being fitted to above-mentioned multiple inlet.

In an open position by cover, thus user can close to lid.Pull down lid by the inlet from case, thus user can to liquid make-up in case.When user is under being set to connecting member the state of being not suitable for, when cover is moved from open position to closed position, the connecting member being not suitable for state will hinder the movement of cover.Thus, user can identify that cover is installed by mistake.

According to the present invention, because the high connecting member of multiple cover rigidity linked, so under the state linked by multiple lid, easily each lid can be installed to each inlet of case.

In addition, according to the present invention, because the spacing between multiple lids that the connecting member high by rigidity links is difficult to variation, so lid can be suppressed to install the mistake of each inlet of case.

In addition, according to the present invention, when connecting member is improper state, because cover cannot be made to move to closed position, so user is easy to recognize that the mistake of lid is installed.

Accompanying drawing explanation

The stereoscopic figure of Figure 1A to be the stereoscopic figure of the compounding machine covering on closed position, Figure 1B be compounding machine covering on open position.

Fig. 2 is the longitudinal sectional view of the internal structure schematically showing printing portion.

Fig. 3 is the top view of the configuration representing balladeur train and ink cassette.

Fig. 4 is the front stereogram of ink cassette.

Fig. 5 is the rear perspective view of ink cassette.

Fig. 6 is the cross-sectional perspective view of the VI-VI line of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is the sectional view of ink cassette.

Fig. 8 is the sectional view of the VIII-VIII line of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 A is the stereoscopic figure of lid, connecting member and seal member, Fig. 9 B is decomposed the exploded perspective view of lid 113 from Fig. 9 A.

Figure 10 is the exploded perspective view of lid, connecting member and seal member.

Figure 11 A is the sectional view of the XIA-XIA line of Fig. 9 B, and Figure 11 B is the sectional view of the XIB-XIB line of Fig. 9 A, and Figure 11 C is the sectional view of the XIC-XIC line of Fig. 9 A.

Figure 12 covers on open position and the stereoscopic figure of the compounding machine of state that pulls down of cover.

Figure 13 covers on closed position and cover is arranged on the expansion sectional view of the compounding machine of the state of the inlet of ink cassette.

Figure 14 covers on open position to be and cover is installed to the expansion sectional view of the compounding machine of the state of the inlet of ink cassette.

Figure 15 is connecting member is the stereoscopic figure being not suitable for state and covering the compounding machine for open position.

Figure 16 A is the stereoscopic figure of the variation that compounding machine is shown, Figure 16 B illustrates that ink cassette is by the sectional view of the XVIB-XVIB line of state of accommodating, Figure 16 C is the sectional view of the XVIB-XVIB line that the state that ink cassette is drawn out is shown, Figure 16 D illustrates because connecting member is be not suitable for state to hinder cover to the sectional view of the XVIB-XVIB line of the state of the movement of closed position.

Detailed description of the invention

Below, embodiments of the present invention are described.In addition, an embodiment only example of the present invention illustrated below, in the scope not changing purport of the present invention, can carry out suitable change to embodiments of the present invention certainly.In the following description, the state (state of Figure 1A, 1B) being set to by compounding machine 10 to use is recited as " using state ".In addition, compounding machine 10 is set to can use posture (posture of Figure 1A, 1B) be recited as " use posture ".Using state or use posture are defined above-below direction 7 as benchmark.The side being provided with the opening 13 of compounding machine 10 is defined fore-and-aft direction 8 as nearby side (above).Observe compounding machine 10 from nearby side (above) and define left and right directions 9.Being upwards a composition of above-below direction 7, is also downwards a composition of above-below direction 7.Be reverse each other up and down.Equally, be the composition, reverse each other of left and right directions 9 left and to the right respectively.Forward and backward a composition of fore-and-aft direction 8, reverse each other respectively.In addition, in the present embodiment, above-below direction 7 is equivalent to vertical, and fore-and-aft direction 8 and left and right directions 9 are equivalent to horizontal direction.

The overall structure > of < compounding machine 10

As shown in Figure 1A, 1B, compounding machine 10 is roughly formed as cuboid.The bottom of compounding machine 10 is provided with the printing portion 11 of ink-jet recording at the upper record image of paper 12 (with reference to Fig. 2).As shown in Figure 2, printing portion 11 possesses feed portion 15, feed pallet 20, discharge tray 21, transfer roller portion 54, recording unit 24, distributing roller portion 55, platen 42 and ink cassette 100 (example of case).Compounding machine 10 has the various function such as facsimile function and printing function.Compounding machine 10 is examples for liquid consuming device.

Guidance panel 17 is provided with above opening 13 in the antetheca 14A of the housing 14 of printing portion 11.Load button 17A and liquid crystal display 17B is provided with on the surface of guidance panel 17.Guidance panel 17 is formed by width at left and right directions 9, and its surface is towards oblique upper.Guidance panel 17 is configured in above ink cassette 100 described later.

< feed pallet 20, discharge tray 21 >

As shown in Figure 1A, 1B, at the front surface of compounding machine 10 and the central portion of left and right directions 9 forms opening 13.Feed pallet 20 also 8 is plugged relative to compounding machine 10 through opening 13 along the longitudinal direction by user.Feed pallet 20 can support multiple stacked paper 12.Discharge tray 21 is configured at the top of feed pallet 20, is plugged together with feed pallet 20.Discharge tray 21 supports by distributing roller portion 55 from the paper 12 of discharging between recording unit 24 and platen 42.

< feed portion 15 >

Feed portion 15 by the paper 12 that supported by feed pallet 20 to transfer path 65 feed.As shown in Figure 2, feed portion 15 possesses feed roller 25, feed arm 26 and axle 27.Feed roller 25 is supported in the tip side of feed arm 26 in the mode that can rotate.Feed roller 25 by transmit motor (not shown) reversion and along by paper 12 to transmit towards 16 transmit towards rotating.Below, by feed roller 25, transfer roller 60 and distributing roller 62 along by paper to transmit towards 16 transmit being recited as " rotating forward " towards the situation of carrying out rotating.Feed arm 26 is rotatably supported in the axle 27 by the frame supported of printing portion 11.By the elastic force of the deadweight or spring etc. of feed arm 26 and to feed arm 26 to feed pallet 20 side rotation urging.

< transfer path 65 >

As shown in Figure 2, transfer path 65 be rear side from from the rearward end of feed pallet 20 to printing portion 11 extend, the rear side of printing portion 11 extend upward from below and U-shaped revolution, space between recording unit 24 and platen 42 arrive the path of discharge tray 21.The part of transfer path 65 is by the space formed with the relative guided outside parts 18 of predetermined space and inner side guide member 19 in the inside of printing portion 11.And as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the part of transfer path 65 between transfer roller portion 54 and distributing roller portion 55 is arranged at the substantially central portion of the left and right directions 9 of compounding machine 10, and 8 extensions along the longitudinal direction.In addition, the transmission of the paper 12 in transfer path 65 is illustrated by the arrow of single dotted broken line in fig. 2 towards 16.

< transfer roller portion 54 >

As shown in Figure 2, transfer roller portion 54 is configured to than recording unit 24 by transmitting towards the upstream side of 16.Transfer roller portion 54 has transfer roller 60 respect to one another and pinch roll 61.Transfer roller 60 is driven by transmission motor.Pinch roll 61 rotates along with the rotation of transfer roller 60.Paper 12 is clamped by the transfer roller 60 of just transferring positive rotation and pinch roll 61 by transmitting motor and transmits towards 16 to transmission.

< distributing roller portion 55 >

As shown in Figure 2, distributing roller portion 55 is configured to than recording unit 24 by transmitting towards the downstream of 16.Distributing roller portion 55 has distributing roller 62 respect to one another and fluted disc 63.Distributing roller 62 is driven by transmission motor.Fluted disc 63 rotates along with the rotation of distributing roller 62.Paper 12 is clamped by the distributing roller 62 of just transferring positive rotation and fluted disc 63 by transmitting motor and transmits towards 16 to transmission.

< recording unit 24 >

As shown in Figure 2, recording unit 24 is configured in and transmits towards the transfer roller portion 54 on 16 with between distributing roller portion 55.And recording unit 24 is oppositely disposed on above-below direction 7 across transfer path 65 and platen 42.That is, recording unit 24 is configured to more relative to transfer path 65 top of above-below direction 7 than transfer path 65.Recording unit 24 possesses balladeur train 23 and record head 39.

As shown in Figure 3, balladeur train 23 is supported in guide rail 43,44, and this guide rail 43,44 is 9 extended in left-right direction separately in 8 points of positions of opening along the longitudinal direction.Guide rail 43,44 is supported in the framework of printing portion 11.Balladeur train 23 is connected with the known mechanism that is with being arranged at guide rail 44.Band mechanism is driven by carriage motor (not shown).The balladeur train 23 be connected with band mechanism 9 is moved back and forth in left-right direction by the driving of carriage motor.As shown in the single dotted broken line of Fig. 3, the moving range of balladeur train 23 on left and right directions 9 throughout to the right of transfer path 65 and left.

Extend ink barrel 32 and flexible flat cable 33 from balladeur train 23, ink cassette 100 is connected with record head 39 by this ink barrel 32, and the control substrate and record head 39 that are provided with control part (not shown) are electrically connected by this flexible flat cable 33.Ink barrel 32 will be stored in the providing ink of ink cassette 100 to record head 39.In more detail, four ink barrels 32B, 32M, 32C, 32Y of the circulation of black, magenta, cyan, yellow ink extend from ink cassette 100, and these ink barrels are connected with balladeur train 23 under the state of harness.Sometimes four ink barrels 32B, 32M, 32C, 32Y are referred to as " ink barrel 32 ".The control signal exported from control part is delivered to record head 39 by flexible flat cable 33.

As shown in Figure 2, record head 39 is equipped on balladeur train 23.Multiple nozzle 40 is formed at the lower surface of record head 39.The top, top of multiple nozzle 40 is exposed from the lower surface of record head 39 and the balladeur train 23 that carries record head 39.Below, sometimes the face on the top of exposing nozzle 40 is recited as " nozzle face ".Record head 39 sprays ink from nozzle 40 in the mode of small ink droplet.In the process of balladeur train 23 movement, record head 39 sprays ink droplet towards the paper 12 supported by platen 42.Thus, paper 12 records image.

< platen 42 >

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, platen 42 is configured in and transmits towards the transfer roller portion 54 on 16 with between distributing roller portion 55.Platen 24 configures in the mode relative with recording unit 24 at above-below direction 7, supports the paper 12 transmitted by transfer roller portion 54 from downside.

< ink cassette 100 >

As shown in Figure 1, ink cassette 100 is contained in the inside of housing 14.Ink cassette 100 is fixed on this compounding machine 10 in the mode that can not easily pull down from compounding machine 10.

The front surface of ink cassette 100 is exposed on the outside of compounding machine 10 by the opening 22 of the antetheca 14A being formed at housing 14.Opening 22 is adjacent with opening 13 on left and right directions 9.Be provided with can covering the cover 70 rotated between the closed position (with reference to Figure 1A) of opening 22 and the open position (with reference to Figure 1B) that opening 22 is exposed at housing 14.Cover 70 is supported by housing 14 in the lower end side of above-below direction 7 can be with the turning cylinder 70A extended at left and right directions 9 with rotating.When opening 22 closed by cover 70 (state shown in Figure 1A), turning cylinder 70A is arranged on the position (with reference to Figure 13) near lower end 72 compared with the upper end 71 of cover 70.

As shown in FIG. 4 and 5, ink cassette 100 has the profile of roughly cuboid.Ink cassette 100 has antetheca 101, right wall 102, left wall 103, upper wall 104 and lower wall 105.These walls 101 ~ 105 have that observe from the outside of ink cassette 100 can the light transmission of degree of ink in visual ink chamber 111 described later.Antetheca 101 by the wall 101A extended in roughly vertical direction 7 from lower wall 105 and be connected with the upper end of wall 101A and formed relative to the inclined wall 101B that above-below direction 7 and fore-and-aft direction 8 tilt.In addition, the upper surface forming the lower wall 105 of the bottom surface of ink chamber 111 tilts in the mode reduced on right side.On the other hand, ink cassette 100 is open below.The rear end face of right wall 102, left wall 103, upper wall 104 and lower wall 105 is deposited with film 106, being sealed below of ink cassette 100.Film 106 forms the rear wall of ink cassette 100.

< ink chamber 111 >

As shown in Figure 5, multiple next doors 107,108,109 that zoning goes out inner space are provided with in the inside of ink cassette 100.Next door 107,108,109 separately along the vertical direction 7 and fore-and-aft direction 8 extended, be connected with antetheca 101, upper wall 104, lower wall 105 and film 106.And next door 107 ~ 109 is provided separately on left and right directions 9.Consequently, the inner space of ink cassette 100 is become four ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C, 111Y adjacent on left and right directions 9 by zoning.Ink chamber 111 is examples for the liquid storage room storing the ink sprayed from nozzle 40.

Ink chamber 111B is the space gone out by antetheca 101, right wall 102, upper wall 104, lower wall 105, film 106 and next door 107 zoning.Ink chamber 111M is the space gone out by antetheca 101, upper wall 104, lower wall 105, film 106 and next door 107,108 zoning.Ink chamber 111C is the space gone out by antetheca 101, upper wall 104, lower wall 105, film 106 and next door 108,109 zoning.Ink chamber 111Y is the space gone out by antetheca 101, left wall 103, upper wall 104, lower wall 105, film 106 and next door 109 zoning.

Below, for ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C, 111Y, be sometimes referred to as and be designated as " ink chamber 111 ".And, for four inscapes arranged accordingly with each ink chamber 111, give the reference number that the letter (B, M, C, Y) at only end is different, sometimes omit this when being referred to as these inscapes and state alphabetically.

The ink comprising four mutually different colors of black is stored respectively in each ink chamber 111.Specifically, in ink chamber 111B store black ink, store cyan at ink chamber 111C, at ink chamber 111M stock red ink, store yellow ink at ink chamber 111Y.Color inks is an example of liquid.But the quantity of ink chamber 111 and the color of ink are not limited to above-mentioned example.Ink chamber 111 is 9 configurations in left-right direction.And in four ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C, 111Y, ink chamber 111B is configured at the rightmost side, and ink chamber 111Y is configured at the leftmost side.In addition, the volume of other ink chamber of volumetric ratio 111M, 111C, 111Y of ink chamber 111B is large.

< inlet 112 >

At the inclined wall 101B of ink cassette 100, left and right directions 9 is provided with inlet 112B, 112M, 112C, the 112Y for injecting ink to each ink chamber 111 with forming a line.As shown in figure 12, the spacing between gap ratio inlet 112M and 112C that be separated of inlet 112B and the inlet 112M adjacent with inlet 112B and the spacing between inlet 112C and 112Y wide.

The through inclined wall 101B of inlet 112 through-thickness, by the ink chamber 111 of correspondence and the ft connection of ink cassette 100.Faced by the inner surface of inclined wall 101B and ink chamber 111, the exterior face pair of its outer surface and ink cassette 100.Therefore, inlet 112 makes ink chamber 111 and the outside of ink cassette 100 direct-connected continuous logical.Between inlet 112 and ink chamber 111, there is not sectional area ratio inject young and bending stream.

As shown in Figure 1B, by making cover 70 be positioned at open position, the lid 113 making inclined wall 101B and be installed in the inlet 112 being arranged on inclined wall 101B is exposed to the outside of compounding machine 10 by opening 22.In the present embodiment, ink cassette 100 posture (injection posture) when injecting ink by inlet 112 to ink chamber 111 is consistent with the posture that compounding machine 10 is in the ink cassette 100 when using posture.When compounding machine 10 is in and uses posture, inject ink by inlet 112 to ink chamber 111.

Because inlet 112 is formed in the inclined wall 101B of ink cassette 100, so in the outside of housing 14 and towards oblique upper.In other words, comprise the imaginary plane of inlet 112 along inclined wall 101B, relative above-below direction 7 and fore-and-aft direction 8 tilt.Further, orthogonal with imaginary plane and are oblique uppers from inlet 112 towards the direction in the outside of ink cassette 100.

The inlet 112 of ink cassette 100 is provided with the lid for blocking these inlets 112.Lid has can be installed and lid 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y of unloading respectively relative to inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112M, and these is covered the connecting member 91 that 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y link under the state that these lids 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y are configured in the position corresponding with inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112M respectively.As shown in Figure 13 and Figure 14, lid 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y of installing respectively at inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y are adjacent to the periphery of inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y respectively and inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y are blocked.On the other hand, as shown in figure 12, lid 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y of pulling down from inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y make inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y open respectively.Under the state making cover 70 be positioned at open position, lid 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y can install relative to inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y and unload.By lid 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y being unloaded from inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y, ink can be injected into ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C and 111Y respectively.

< ink outflow path and air connectivity hole >

As shown in FIG. 4 and 5, ink outflow path 117B, 117M, 117C and the 117Y of an example as liquid stream outbound path is connected at ink chamber 111B ~ 111Y.Ink outflow path 117B, 117M, 117C and 117Y are the streams making the ink being stored in corresponding ink chamber 111 flow out to the outside of ink cassette 100.Ink outflow path 117B, 117M, 117C and 117Y are formed in ink cassette 100.Ink outflow path 117B, 117M, 117C are connected with corresponding ink chamber 111 with one end of 117Y, are connected with corresponding ink barrel 32 at the other end of ink outflow path 117B, 117M, 117C and 117Y.Thus, the ink stored by ink chamber 111 is fed into record head 39 via ink outflow path 117B, 117M, 117C, 117Y of correspondence and ink barrel 32.

In addition, air connectivity hole 132B, 132M, 132C and 132Y is respectively arranged with at ink chamber 111B ~ 111Y.Air connectivity hole 132B, 132M, 132C and 132Y make corresponding ink chamber 111 be communicated with air.Thus, the internal pressure of each ink chamber 111 is maintained atmospheric pressure.Consequently, the adverse current etc. of the ink caused by the surplus supply because of the ink caused by the rising of the internal pressure of ink chamber 111 or the minimizing because of the internal pressure of ink chamber 111 can be suppressed.Pellicle 133B, 133M, 133C and the 133Y for suppressing ink leakage is pasted with at air connectivity hole 132B, 132M, 132C and 132Y.

[next door 135]

As shown in Figure 6, next door 135B, 135M, 135C, the 135Y of expansion on fore-and-aft direction 8 and left and right directions 9 is respectively arranged with in the inside of ink chamber 111B ~ 111Y.The next door 135 of present embodiment is extended roughly in the horizontal direction, but next door 135 towards being not limited thereto.Such as, also can be, next door 135 with in front-rear direction 8 rear towards decline mode tilt.

Next door 135B is connected with wall 101A, right wall 102, film 106 and next door 107.Next door 135M is connected with wall 101A, film 106 and next door 107,108.Next door 135C is connected with wall 101A, film 106 and next door 108,109.Next door 135Y is connected with wall 101A, left wall 103, film 106 and next door 109.Next door 135 is arranged on the below of the inlet 112 of the inside of ink chamber 111 respectively.The ink chamber 111 of correspondence separates by next door 135 respectively partly on above-below direction 7.Next door 135 is separated from upper wall 104 with lower wall 105, Existential Space above and below the above-below direction 7 of next door 135.The shape of next door 135B, 135M, 135C, 135Y is roughly common, therefore, explains next door 135M referring to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8.

As shown in Figure 7, next door 135M is at least arranged at intersection region.As an example, intersection region can be defined as with by inlet 112M and the region that intersects of the dummy line orthogonal with inclined wall 101B (dotted line of Fig. 7).As another example, intersection region can be defined as the region intersected with the dummy line extended by inlet 112M and along the through direction of inlet 112M.As another example, intersection region can be defined as with from entering ink chamber 111 by inlet 112M and the region intersected from the outflow direction of the ink flowed out by the supply port 137 of ink bottle 136 of locating.That is, next door 135M is arranged at the region passed through for the ink flowing into ink chamber 111M by inlet 112M.In other words, the major part being injected into the ink of ink chamber 111M by inlet 112M touches next door 135M.

And as shown in Figure 8, next door 135M is arranged at than the whole region of intersection region by the front side of fore-and-aft direction 8.That is, next door 135M is arranged at the whole region of the side close with inlet 112M in horizontal direction.In other words, next door 135 than forward side, intersection region to extend continuously with the mode that wall 101A and next door 107,108 are seamlessly connected.Ink chamber 111M separates in the whole region of side more forward than intersection region by next door 135M on above-below direction 7.And next door 135M also extends to than the rear side of intersection region by fore-and-aft direction 8.That is, next door 135M also extends to the side that the inlet 112M apart from horizontal direction is far away.But, than a part of opening of the intersection region next door 135M of side rearward.The area (in the example of fig. 8, the A/F of left and right directions 9) being arranged at the opening of next door 135M is far away then larger apart from inlet 112M.The shape of opening is relative to along symmetrical towards the rear of fore-and-aft direction 8 (that is, towards) away from inlet 112M of next door 135M.The shape of the opening in present embodiment makes summit isosceles triangle toward the front.

< covers 70>

As shown in Figure 1A, Figure 1B and Figure 12, cover 70 is arranged to be formed in opening 22 opening and closing of the antetheca 14A of framework 14.The cover 70 moving axis 70A that rotates rotates, and this turning cylinder 70A extends on the direction of the mounting surface 6 (reference Figure 13,14) along mounting compounding machine 10, specifically extends along left and right directions 9.Cover 70 be have the size corresponding with opening 22 profile and be the box shape of opening 22 side opening.Cover 70 rotates between the open position shown in the closed position shown in Figure 1A and Figure 13 and Figure 1B and Figure 14 centered by turning cylinder 70A.Cover 70 covers wall 101A and the inclined wall 101B of the antetheca 101 of ink cassette 100 in closed position.Cover 70 is positioned at closed position, thus can not from the outside of compounding machine 10 close to lid 113.On the other hand, cover 70 in open position, makes the wall 101A of the antetheca 101 of ink cassette 100 and inclined wall 101B to the outer exposed of housing 14.Cover 70 is positioned at open position, thus can from the outside of compounding machine 10 close to lid 113.Here, said close to referring to, because the installation of lid 113 and the action unloaded, user contacts with lid, or because to the supplementary action of the ink chamber 111 of ink, ink bottle 136 is inserted into inlet 112.As shown in Figure 13,14, cover 70 has the outer surface 70B of the part of the antetheca 14A forming framework 14 on closed position and inner surface 70C relative with ink cassette 100 on closed position.The side, upper end 71 of the cover 70 in open position is provided with from the inner surface 70C holding section 73 outstanding to framework 14 side.As shown in figure 13, holding section 73 by be formed in framework 14 opening 22 upper end near engaged part 83 engage and cover 70 be maintained in its closed position.

As shown in figure 13, in cover 70 in the closed position, form fenestrate 74 in the central authorities of above-below direction 7 and left and right directions 9.Window 74 is at the chien shih light transmission of the outer surface 70B side of cover 70 and inner surface 70C side.Window 74 such as by embed opening, the transparent material that makes visible light-transmissive forms.Window 74 has following size: can look from the antetheca 14A sidelong glance of framework 14 the wall 101A confirming the antetheca 101 of ink cassette 100 on above-below direction 7 with lower end than top side and inclined wall 101B with upper end than on the lower, and can part beyond the left end of visual confirmation antetheca 101 on left and right directions 9 and right-hand member.

In addition, window 74 also can be only made up of opening.In this case, window 74 preferably has when cover 70 is positioned at closed position not by the size of window 74 close to the lid 113 blocked by the inlet 112 of ink cassette 100.Such as, when window 74 is only made up of opening, window 74 preferably has can from the ratio upper end size on the lower of the antetheca 14A sidelong glance of framework 14 depending on the top side, ratio lower end and wall 101A that confirm the wall 101A of the antetheca 101 of ink cassette 100 on above-below direction 7.

< covers 113>

Be provided with four accordingly with four inlets 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y being arranged on four ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C and 111Y of ink cassette 100 and cover 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y.Lid 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y are colored as the color of the ink that corresponding ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C and 111Y store respectively.Specifically, lid 113B is colored as black, and lid 113M is colored as magenta, and lid 113C is colored as cyan, and lid 113Y is colored as yellow.In addition, covering 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y can be painted by the color part ground of the ink of ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C and 111Y storage of correspondence respectively.The shape of lid 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y is identical, therefore in the following description, a lid is only called lid 113.As shown in Figure 13,14, lid 113 can be installed and unload on the inlet 112 of ink cassette 100 correspondence.

Lid 113 by as rubber and elastomer can elastic deformation material be shaped.As shown in Figure 11 A, covering 113 is respectively to the outstanding profile in the contrary direction of protuberance 142 and protuberance 143 from the central authorities of the roughly round plate 141 of disc-shape.Round plate 141, protuberance 142 and protuberance 143 are an example of base portion, fitting portion and sealing respectively.The back side 141B of round plate 141 can abut with the peripheral part of inlet 112.The diameter of round plate 141 is larger than the internal diameter of inlet 112.

Protuberance 142 is given prominence to from the central authorities of the surperficial 141A of round plate 141 along the direction orthogonal with surperficial 141A.Protuberance 142 possesses the base end part 145 of cylindrical shape and cylindrical shape and has the top ends 146 of the diameter larger than the diameter of base end part 145.Top ends 146 is examples for end.The diameter of top ends 146 is less than the diameter of round plate 141.As described later, protuberance 142 is chimeric with connecting member 91.

Protuberance 143 is outstanding from the central authorities of the back side 141B of round plate 141 along the direction orthogonal with back side 141B.Protuberance 143 is substantially cylindrical shape.The external diameter of protuberance 143 is slightly larger than the internal diameter of inlet 112.Therefore, protuberance 143 is inserted into inlet 112 with the mode generation elastic deformation of external diameter undergauge.Under the state that protuberance 143 inserts inlet 112, the outer surface 143A of protuberance 143 crimps with the inner surface of inlet 112, is sealed in liquid-tight manner by inlet 112.In the central authorities on the top of protuberance 143, the back side 141B towards round plate 141 is formed with recess 144.Therefore, the outer surface 143A of protuberance 143 easily pours into radially inner side, is easy to protuberance 143 to insert inlet 112.As mentioned above, there is elastic deformation and be fitted together to corresponding inlet 112 in lid 113, thus blocks this inlet 112.

< connecting member 91>

As shown in Figure 9 A, connecting member 91 is the parts four lids 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y being arranged point-blank and carry out linking.Connecting member 91 by as the synthetic resin such as ABS and polycarbonate (PC), the material such with the rubber and elastomer that form lid 113 be shaped than the material of the rigidity being difficult to elastic deformation.

As shown in Figure 10, connecting member 91 is roughly thin sheet form.Connecting member 91 has from upper surface 91A to lower surface 91B by through four holes 92B, 92M, 92C and 92Y.Four holes 92B, 92M, 92C and 92Y are set up across interval at the length direction of connecting member 91.

Four holes 92B, 92M, 92C and 92Y are arranged on the position corresponding with inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y respectively.

Four spaces 93B, 93M, 93C and 93Y being connected with hole 92B, 92M, 92C and 92Y are respectively formed at connecting member 91.Space 93B, 93M, 93C and 93Y and hole 92B, 92M, 92C and 92Y are formed in four positions accordingly.To have living space 93B, 93M, 93C and 93Y across gap-forming at the length direction of connecting member 91.Space 93B, 93M, 93C and 93Y extend along the short direction of connecting member 91 respectively.The one end in the above-mentioned short direction of space 93B, 93M, 93C and 93Y is connected with hole 92B, 92M, 92C and 92Y respectively, and the other end in the above-mentioned short direction of space 93B, 93M, 93C and 93Y is connected with the side 91C of connecting member 91.Space 93B, 93M, 93C and 93Y are continuous with hole 92B, 92M, 92C and 92Y respectively, and, in the peripheral openings of connecting member 91.

At the periphery of the lower surface 91B of connecting member 91,10 recesses 94 are formed across compartment of terrain.Be formed with the recess 94 of four respectively in alongst two parts of the periphery of lower surface 91B, two parts along short direction in the periphery of lower surface 91B are formed with the recess 94 of 1 respectively.

Be fitted together at hole 92B and have lid 113B, being fitted together at hole 92M has lid 113M, and being fitted together at hole 92C has lid 113C, and being fitted together at hole 92Y has lid 113Y.As shown in Figure 11 B, at the chimeric base end part 145 having lid 113 in a hole 92.Base end part 145 is inserted into hole 92 from the side 91C of connecting member 91 via space 93, chimeric with hole 92 thus.

As shown in Figure 11 C, width R1 involved by the length direction of connecting member 91, space 93 is less than the diameter R2 of base end part 145.Therefore, base end part 145 with the mode generation elastic deformation of reduced and from the side 91C be inserted into hole 92 via space 93.In addition, the width R1 in space 93 is less than the internal diameter R3 in hole 92.

The internal diameter R3 in hole 92 is larger than the diameter R2 of base end part 145.Therefore, the base end part 145 being inserted into hole 92 can move with the residual quantity of the size between internal diameter R3 and diameter R2.That is, hole 92 is configured to and covers 113 loose Qian Hes.

Be fitted together to loosely between passing hole 92 and lid 113 and play following effect.That is, even if the position and the inlet 112 that cover 113 when lid 113 is inserted into inlet 112 depart from, lid 113 also can be made to contrast the position corresponding with inlet 112 and to move.

Under the state that four lids 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y are linked by connecting member 91, when being inserted into four inlets 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y, four lids 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y are seldom by ideally contraposition.Therefore, in the structure that four lid 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y connecting portion parts 91 link, be fitted together to effective especially between hole 92 and lid 113 loosely.

As shown in Fig. 9 B and Figure 10, the spacing between the gap ratio hole 92M between hole 92B and the hole 92M adjacent with this hole 92B and hole 92C and the spacing between hole 92C and hole 92Y wide.Thus, under the chimeric state having each lid 113 in each hole 92, and beyond black one is covered and other beyond the black adjacent with this lid cover between gap ratio, the spacing between the lid 113B of corresponding black and the lid 113M adjacent with this lid 113B broadens.In the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 9 A, lid 113B and with the adjacent lid 113M of lid 113B between gap ratio lid 113M and the spacing covered between 113C and cover 113C and the spacing covered between 113Y wide.

< seal member 95>

In the present embodiment, compounding machine 10 possesses seal member 95.At seal member 95, connecting member 91 is installed.It is rectangular-shaped and by the rectangular member 96 of opening and the coating parts 97 of thin sheet form of upside covering this rectangular member 96 beyond periphery that seal member 95 has top view.

Connecting member 91 is inserted from the top of rectangular member 96.Multiple protuberances 98 outstanding are to the inside formed in the bottom of the inner surface 96A of rectangular member 96.These protuberances 98 are respectively formed at the position corresponding with multiple recesses 94 of connecting member 91.Thus, multiple recesses 94 of the connecting member 91 be inserted into are chimeric with multiple protuberance 98 respectively.Consequently, the connecting member 91 be inserted into is supported by rectangular member 96, thus there is not the risk fallen by the lower end of rectangular member 96 downwards.

Coating parts 97 come chimeric with rectangular member 96 by the opening being inserted into rectangular member 96 from the top of rectangular member 96.Under the state that connecting member 91 is supported by rectangular member 96, coating parts 97 are embedded into rectangular member 96 by the top from rectangular member 96.Thus, there is not connecting member 91 by rectangular member 96 upper end from the risk that rectangular member 96 departs from.

In top view, the shape of the opening of rectangular member 96 is roughly the same with the profile of connecting member 91.Thus, under the state that connecting member 91 is supported by rectangular member 96, the side 91C of connecting member 91 abuts with the inner surface 96A of rectangular member 96.Consequently, be formed in the space 93 of connecting member 91, blocked by the inner surface 96A of rectangular member 96 in the peripherally ported part of connecting member 91.

< lid 113 is to the dismounting > of inlet 112

As shown in Figure 1A and Figure 13, when compounding machine 10 is in using state, inlet 112 tegmentum 113 of ink cassette 100 seals, and the cover 70 that the opening 22 of the antetheca 14A of housing 14 is closed position is closed.When compounding machine 10 is in using state, antetheca 14A extends along the direction crossing with the mounting surface 6 being placed with compounding machine 10.

When each ink chamber 111 ink inside of ink cassette 100 is consumed, as shown in Figure 1B, user makes cover 70 turn to open position from closed position.Thus, become can by the state of the opening of the antetheca 14A of housing 14 22 close to lid 113 for compounding machine 10.

User is making after cover 70 turns to open position, to catch lid to pull.Thus, each lid 113 is extracted by from each inlet 112.Because four lids 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y linked by connecting member 91, so the whole of four lids 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y are extracted from each inlet 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y (with reference to Figure 12).

As shown in Figure 7, user inserts ink bottle 136 supply port 137 at inlet 112 and supplements ink to ink chamber 111.After terminating the supplementing of ink, user catches lid to insert corresponding lid 113 to each inlet 112.In detail, four lids 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y are all inserted into four inlets 112B, 112M, 112C and 112Y simultaneously.

Because be inserted into corresponding multiple inlets 112 respectively by interconnected multiple lids 113, thus the position that there is at least 1 lid 113 of four lids 113 not with the possibility of the position consistency of corresponding inlet 112.Even if under these circumstances, because the lid of present embodiment 113 is chimeric loosely with connecting member 91, so lid 113 can move to the position maintaining and also can be inserted into inlet 112 with the Qian He of connecting member 91.By inserting lid 113 to each inlet 112, each inlet 112 is sealed by fluid tight.After this, user makes cover 70 turn to closed position from open position.

When four lids 113 are inserted into inlet 112, there is the risk that connecting member 91 becomes the state of being not suitable for.Here, the said lids 113 being not suitable for the only part that state refers in four lids 113 are fitted to the state that inlet 112 and lid 113 are not in addition fitted to inlet 112.

Such as, when lid 113 is inserted into inlet 112 by user, there is following risk: become reciprocal mode with the left and right directions 9 of lid and catch lid, and only the part in four lids 113 is inserted into inlet 112.Specifically, there is following risk: user is to cover 113B and become the leftmost side and after the mode that lid 113Y becomes the rightmost side catches lid, lid 113B to be inserted into inlet 112B.This situation is that lid 113M, 113C, 113Y are positioned at the right side of inlet 112B and are not inserted into the state of any one inlet 112.In addition, in this case, as shown in figure 15, any one lid 113 is not inserted into inlet 112M, 112C and 112Y yet.As mentioned above, the state of connecting member 91 when only the lid 113 of a part is inserted into the inlet 112 of a part is not suitable for state.If connecting member 91 becomes when being not suitable for state, then the connecting member 91 being not suitable for state due to this hinders cover 70 movement to closed position from open position.

When being not suitable for state at connecting member 91, assuming that cover 70 will be turned to closed position from open position by user.As shown in figure 15, the part of lid 113M, 113C, 113Y in the connecting member 91 having installed the state that is not suitable for is given prominence to the right from the region shared by cover 70.In other words, the part being not suitable for the connecting member 91 of state is given prominence to the right than the right side wall 69 of cover 70.Thus, at cover 70 from before arrival closed position, open position, connecting member 91 contacts with the right side wall 69 of cover 70.Now, connecting member 91 is between the wall 101A (with reference to Figure 14) and the right side wall 69 of cover 70 of the antetheca 101 of ink cassette 100.Therefore, to cover 70 to the rotation of closed position be not suitable for the connecting member 91 of state hinder.

In addition, the state that is not suitable for is not limited to above-mentioned example.Such as, as described below, the state inserting lid 113 is also be not suitable for state.User is becoming the leftmost side to cover 113B and after the mode that lid 113Y becomes the rightmost side caught lid, lid 113M be inserted into inlet 112Y, lid 113C is inserted into inlet 112C, lid 113Y is inserted into inlet 112M.This situation is the left that lid 113B is positioned at inlet 112Y, is not also inserted into any one inlet 112.

In addition, user, when lid 113 is inserted into inlet 112, becomes after reverse mode caught lid with the left and right directions 9 of lid, four lids 113 all cannot be inserted into inlet 112.

When becoming reverse mode with the left and right directions 9 of lid and having caught lid, four lids 113 arrange with the order covering 113Y, 113C, 113M and 113B to the right.If in this condition, when individual lid 113 can be inserted into four inlets 112 respectively, lid 113Y is inserted into inlet 112B, and lid 113C is inserted into inlet 112M, and lid 113M is inserted into inlet 112C, and lid 113B is inserted into inlet 112Y.But, as mentioned above, spacing between gap ratio inlet 112M between inlet 112B and the inlet 112M adjacent with this inlet 112B and inlet 112C, the spacing between inlet 112C and inlet 112Y are wide, gap ratio lid 113M and the spacing covered between 113C between lid 113B and the lid 113M adjacent with this lid 113B and cover 113C and the spacing covered between 113Y wide.Therefore, as mentioned above, even if four lids 113 will be inserted into four inlets 112 respectively, four also cannot be made to cover 113 and to aim at completely with the position of four inlets 112.Thus, as mentioned above, four lids 113 cannot be inserted into four inlets respectively.

[action effect of present embodiment]

According to the present embodiment, because multiple lid 113 is linked by the connecting member 91 that rigidity is high, the spacing between multiple lid 113 does not change.In addition, be fitted to each lid 113 of connecting member 91, can move and correspondingly move with corresponding inlet 112.Thereby, it is possible to each lid 113 being fitted to connecting member 91 to be easily mounted to corresponding inlet 112.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, the connecting member 91 utilizing rigidity high, the spacing between the lid 113B corresponding with black and the lid 113M adjacent with this lid 113B is made to be difficult to change, therefore, it is possible to suppress the inlet 112 of the ink chamber 111 of the liquid lid 113B corresponding with black being installed to mistakenly the color storing other.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, multiple lid 113 is colored as the color of the corresponding ink stored by ink chamber 111 respectively, therefore, it is possible to easily identify the color of the ink that ink chamber 111 stores from outside.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, by cover 70 is placed in open position, thus can close to lid 113.Pull down lid 113 by the inlet 112 from ink cassette 100, thus ink can be supplemented in ink cassette 100.Connecting member 91 is set to the state of being not suitable for and remains unchanged by user, when making cover 70 move from open position to closed position, can be hindered the movement of cover 70 by the connecting member 91 being not suitable for state.Thus, user can identify that lid 113 is by the situation of installing by mistake.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, giving prominence to laterally than the region shared by the cover 70 being positioned at closed position at least partially of the connecting member 91 of state is not suitable for.Therefore, it is possible to easily identify that the connecting member 91 of the state that is not suitable for hinders the situation of cover 70 movement.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, connecting member 91 has the multiple holes 92 for linking loosely with lid 113.Therefore, be easy to realize the structure for lid 113 being embedded loosely connecting member 91.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, because compounding machine 10 has seal member 95, so can prevent the lid 113 being installed in connecting member 91 from departing from from connecting member 91 via space 93.

[variation 1]

In aforesaid embodiment, as shown in figure 15, the connecting member 91 being not suitable for state is given prominence to the right from the region shared by cover 70.But, also can give prominence in addition to the right at the connecting member 91 being not suitable for state.Such as, also can give prominence to the left from the region shared by cover 70 at the connecting member 91 being not suitable for state.

[variation 2]

In aforesaid embodiment, the inner space of ink cassette 100 is divided into four ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C and 111Y, and is provided with corresponding with these ink chamber 111B, 111M, 111C and 111Y four and covers 113B, 113M, 113C and 113Y.But the inner space of ink cassette 100 is not limited to four and also can be divided into multiple, lid 113 is provided with in the mode corresponding with these multiple inner spaces multiplely both can.

Preferably, the inner space of ink cassette 100 is at least divided into more than 3, and is at least provided with the first lid, the second lid correspondingly and the 3rd covers.

Such as, as such structure, according to aforesaid embodiment, there is the structure eliminating ink chamber 111B and lid 113B.In the case of such a construction, the inner space of ink cassette 100 is divided into 3 ink chamber 111Y, 111C and 111M, is provided with lid 113Y, lid 113C and lid 113M.Lid 113Y, lid 113M and lid 113C are an example of the first lid of the present invention, the second lid and the 3rd lid respectively.Lid 113Y, 113C and 113M arrange with this order and link by connecting member 91 point-blank.When such structure, the first spacing preferably between lid 113Y and lid 113C and lid 113C are different with the second spacing covered between 113M.By making the first spacing different with the second spacing, in the same manner as aforesaid embodiment, when becoming reverse mode with the left and right directions 9 of lid and catching lid, attaching parts 9 become the state of being not suitable for.

According to variation 2, because the connecting member utilizing rigidity high 91, first spacing and the second spacing are difficult to variation, so the mistake covering 113Y, lid 113C and lid 113M can be suppressed to install.

[variation 3]

Cover 70 also can be moved by the mode beyond rotation between a closed position and a open position.Such as, also the structure shown in Figure 16 A ~ 16D can be adopted.In the structure shown in Figure 16 A ~ 16D, replace rotate moving axis 70A rotate cover 70 and adopt cover 75.

The rear portion cover 75A that cover 75 has as a part for housing 14 covers 75B with the front portion in the front being arranged on rear portion cover 75A.Anterior cover 75B possesses the extension portion 76 extended from the below of front portion cover 75B.Extension portion 76 is covered 75A by rear portion and is movably supported on fore-and-aft direction 8.Anterior cover 85B can carry out dismounting by opposite rear cover 75A by movement on fore-and-aft direction 8.Anterior cover 75B can be arranged on the installation site (Figure 16 A, 16B) of rear portion cover 75A and take off de-the pulling out between position (Figure 16 C) of pulling out from rear portion cover 75A and move.

The inlet 112 of ink cassette 100 is arranged on the leading section of the upper wall 104 of ink cassette 100.It is relative that 75B is covered in inlet 112 and the front portion of installation site.Thus, as shown in Figure 16 A, 16B, inlet 112 covers 75B with the lid 113 and connecting member 91 that are installed to inlet 112 by the front portion of installation site and covered.When front portion cover 75B to move to from installation site de-pull out position time, as shown in figure 16 c, inlet 112, lid 113 and connecting member 91 become the state of the outside being exposed to compounding machine 10.In this state, lid 113 and peace connecting member 91 can be installed or pull down to relative inlet 112.

As seen in fig. 16d, when connecting member 91 become be not suitable for state, make cover 75B from de-pull out position move to installation site time, cover 75B abuts with connecting member 91 and hinders cover 75B to the movement of installation site.

In addition, in Figure 16 D, by making anterior cover 75B move at fore-and-aft direction 8, lid 113 is exposed, but also can cover with front portion the mode that 75B is separated relative to rear portion cover 75A and formed.

[variation 4]

In aforesaid embodiment, each lid 113 is chimeric loosely with the hole 92 of connecting member 91, but necessarily inwhole lids 113 is chimeric loosely with hole 92, and the lid 113 of a part is chimeric loosely with hole 92, and remaining lid 113 is tightly chimeric with hole 92.Such as, with the diameter ratio of the base end part 145 of lid 113M, 113C and 113Y, the internal diameter being inserted with hole 92M, 92C and 92Y of lid 113M, 113C and 113Y is larger, and the internal diameter inserting the hole 92B of lid 113B also can be identical or smaller than this diameter with the diameter of the base end part 145 of lid 113B.That is, also can be chimeric loosely with hole 92M, 92C and 92Y for lid 113M, 113C and 113Y, thus lid 113B is tightly chimeric with hole 92B.

[version 5]

In aforesaid embodiment, be formed with opening 22 on the right side of the antetheca 14A of housing 14, be configured with ink cassette 100 at the rear of opening 22, also can be formed with opening 22 in the left side of antetheca 14A, be configured with ink cassette 100 at the rear of this opening 22.In addition, also can replace the antetheca 14A of housing 14 and be formed with opening 22 at right side wall or left side wall, can from the right side of compounding machine 10 or left side close to the inlet 112 of ink cassette 100.

[version 6]

In aforesaid embodiment, the example of ink as liquid is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited thereto.That is, also can replace ink, the pretreatment fluid spued at the forward direction recording paper of ink when printing or the water etc. of spraying to the nozzle 40 of record head 39 near to prevent the nozzle 40 of record head 39 dry are set to liquid.

Claims (13)

1. a liquid consuming device, possesses:

Case, be formed store liquid multiple liquid storage room, for above-mentioned multiple liquid storage room each inject liquid multiple inlet and make liquid from above-mentioned multiple liquid storage room each flow out multiple liquid stream outbound paths;

Multiple lid, chimeric with above-mentioned multiple inlet respectively by elastic deformation, block above-mentioned multiple inlet respectively; And

Connecting member, links above-mentioned multiple lid under the state that above-mentioned multiple cover is configured at the position corresponding with above-mentioned multiple inlet,

Above-mentioned connecting member is higher than above-mentioned multiple lid rigidity, and it is chimeric with each of above-mentioned multiple lid to be moved into the mode of aiming at the position corresponding with above-mentioned multiple inlet with each of above-mentioned multiple lid.

2. liquid consuming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

Above-mentioned multiple lid at least comprises the first lid, the second lid and the 3rd lid,

Above-mentioned first lid, above-mentioned second lid and above-mentioned 3rd lid arrange with this order by above-mentioned connecting member point-blank, and link above-mentioned first lid, above-mentioned second lid and above-mentioned 3rd lid,

Above-mentioned first lid with above-mentioned second lid between the first spacing cover from above-mentioned second and the above-mentioned 3rd cover between the second spacing different.

3. liquid consuming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

Above-mentioned multiple liquid storage room stores the liquid of the four kinds of mutually different colors comprising black respectively, and above-mentioned multiple lid is corresponding with four liquid storage room of liquid storing above-mentioned four kinds of colors four and covers,

Above-mentioned four lids arrange and link by above-mentioned connecting member point-blank, one beyond the above-mentioned black lid of gap ratio between black lid and the lid adjacent with this black lid cover and and this cover beyond adjacent above-mentioned black lid other cover between spacing wide, above-mentioned black lid is corresponding with the liquid storage room of the liquid storing black.

4. liquid consuming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein,

Above-mentioned four lids are coloured to the color of liquid stored in corresponding aforesaid liquid apotheca respectively at least in part.

5. the liquid consuming device according to any one of claim 2 to 4, wherein,

Also possessing can not the closed position close to above-mentioned multiple lid and can relative to the cover of above-mentioned case movement between the open position close to above-mentioned multiple lid,

Above-mentioned cover is hindered from above-mentioned open position to the movement of above-mentioned closed position by the above-mentioned connecting member of the state that is not suitable for of the part only part in above-mentioned multiple lid being fitted to above-mentioned multiple inlet.

6. liquid consuming device as claimed in claim 5, wherein,

Above-mentioned be not suitable for the above-mentioned connecting member of state at least partially than above-mentioned closed position above-mentioned cover shared by region give prominence to laterally.

7. liquid consuming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

Above-mentioned connecting member has for each the chimeric multiple hole with above-mentioned multiple lid.

8. liquid consuming device as claimed in claim 7, wherein,

Be formed with each of above-mentioned multiple hole continuously and in peripherally ported multiple space of this connecting member in above-mentioned connecting member,

Aforesaid liquid consumer also possesses the seal member in the peripherally ported above-mentioned multiple space being blocked in above-mentioned connecting member.

9. liquid consuming device as claimed in claim 7, wherein,

Each of above-mentioned lid has the diameter base portion larger than the diameter of above-mentioned inlet, to give prominence to and for the sealing that seals above-mentioned inlet and the fitting portion outstanding and chimeric with above-mentioned connecting member to the side contrary with above-mentioned sealing of above-mentioned base portion from above-mentioned base portion.

10. liquid consuming device as claimed in claim 9, wherein,

Above-mentioned fitting portion has from above-mentioned pronathous base end part and the diameter end larger than the diameter of above-mentioned base end part.

11. liquid consuming devices as claimed in claim 10, wherein,

The diameter of above-mentioned base end part is less than the diameter of above described holes.

12. liquid consuming devices as described in claim 10 or 11, wherein,

The diameter of above-mentioned end is less than the diameter of above-mentioned base portion.

13. liquid consuming devices as claimed in claim 8, wherein,

The diameter of above described holes is than large at the width in the peripherally ported space of above-mentioned connecting member.