CN1354088A - Ink box for ink jet printer - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to an ink box for ink jet printer. It is formed from a shell body, its interior possesses at least a vertical and mutually isolated ink channel for storing ink, and at least an air hole positioned on the top end of the shell body. Every ink-channel is communicated with external atmosphere by means of air hole, every ink channel possesses its correspondent ink outlet for providing ink for printing process. The interior of every ink channel is equipped with an ink-storing material for absorbing and receiving ink, and the top of said ink-storing material is covered with a filling material which can prevent the ink from leaking out.
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The present invention relates to a kind of ink cartridge that is used for ink-jet print system, particularly relate to a kind of with multilayer material filling, can prevent that ink from spattering the ink cartridge of leakage.
Ink-jet print system with its cheap price, light and handy volume, good print quality, has become widely popular output equipment of welcoming of digital Age.
Generally speaking, ink-jet print system all has the ink cartridge of a supply ink, has the ink container of a storage ink in it at least, and gives this ink-jet print system with an ink outlet port ink supply.In color ink jet printed system, more be provided with a plurality of ink containers in its ink cartridge, store the ink of different colours respectively, each ink container also is provided with the ink outlet port corresponding with it, gives this color ink jet printed system with ink supply.
With the ink container of fluid form storage ink,, complicated fluid pressure balance device must be set in order to consume the fluid pressure that changes with ink in the balance ink container.Another kind of storage China ink technology then is filled in the ink container with the storage ink material, and ink then adsorbs and is placed in this storage ink material, but the black technology of this kind storage is only with the just black pressure of storage in the balance ink container of the air-vent that is communicated to ambient atmosphere.Prior art such as United States Patent (USP) promptly are filled in the ink container with porous member for the 4th, 771, No. 295, and with the absorption of the space in the porous member, ccontaining ink.For ink can stably be stored in this porous member, this porous member must be compressed to special instrument in the ink container, increases the difficulty in the assembling.And the porous member after the compression can't disengage the ink of absorption in it fully, causes ink residual, increases waste.With consumption of ink, the interior remaining bubble of this porous member also can increase and can't get rid of, and influences follow-up ink supply.
Other has existing technology is that the fibre bundle that coats with film is as the storage ink material.Fibre bundle is a kind of storage ink material with directionality, after ink pours into fibre bundle, can flow along the direction of fiber, is soaked Man Caihui until whole bundle fiber bundle and overflows to other directions.So in the prior art of fibre bundle as the storage ink material, ink can be full of whole storage ink material.In case ink cartridge is given a shock, as drop ground or when assembling this ink cartridge of ink cartridge with the ultrasonic welding, ink can because of impact certainly the air-vent of this ink container overflow.The ink that overflows not only can file stained to be printed, and the ink of different colours more can mix because of ink overflows mutually in the color printing system ink cartridge, cause cross-color, influences print quality greatly.
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of ink cartridge that is used for ink-jet print system, refer to that especially a kind of the filling with multilayer prevents that ink from spattering the ink cartridge of leakage, to address the above problem.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this, a kind of ink cartridge that is used in ink-jet printer promptly is provided, it includes: a housing, be provided with at least one ink container vertical and that isolate mutually in it, be used for storage ink, and at least one air-vent is positioned at the top of this housing, and the top of each ink container communicates with ambient atmosphere via the air-vent on this housing top; The ink outlet port corresponding with ink container is located at the bottom of this housing and is connected with corresponding ink container respectively, is used to provide ink required when printing; One storage ink material is filled within each ink container, is used for receiving the ink within this ink container; And a packing material, be covered in the top of the storage ink material in each ink container, be used for preventing that the interior stored ink of this storage ink material from spattering leakage to this ink container because of vibrations.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, describe embodiments of the invention in detail, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the external view of ink cartridge of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge first example structure of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge second example structure of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge the 3rd example structure of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge the 4th example structure of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge the 5th example structure of the present invention.
Please refer to Fig. 1.Fig. 1 is the external view of ink cartridge 10 of the present invention.Ink cartridge 10 of the present invention is made of the housing 14 that covers a loam cake 12 on, and the space of ink container 18 as the storage China ink is set in it.Each ink container is equipped with corresponding ink outlet port 80, provides ink to ink-jet print system.On loam cake 12, also be provided with the air-vent corresponding 16, each ink container can be communicated with ambient atmosphere with each ink container.
Please refer to Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is the structural representation of ink cartridge 10 first embodiment of the present invention.Ink cartridge among Fig. 2 is provided with three ink containers 18, can store the ink of different colours.Each ink container is equipped with corresponding ink outlet port 80, also is provided with the air-vent corresponding with each ink container 16 on loam cake 12.
As once mentioning the front, ink can flow along the direction of fibre bundle 54.If ink cartridge 10 is subjected to impact endurance test shock, just spatter by air-vent 16 easily along the ink of the direction perpendicular flow of fibre bundle 54 and to leak, even flow to other ink container to extraneous, cause each mixture of colours, have a strong impact on print quality.For preventing that this ink from spattering the situation generation of leakage, ink cartridge 10 of the present invention installs a packing material 100 additional especially in each ink container 18.Packing material 100 places between storage ink material 50 and the air-vent 16, can prevent that ink from being flowed out by air-vent 16.
Among first embodiment of the present invention, packing material 100 is made up of a sheet members that does not absorb water in Fig. 2.If ink spatters leakage by the top of storage ink material 50, then this sheet members can stop that ink is flowed out outside the ink cartridge 10 by air-vent 16.Since this sheet members not with ink container around driving fit, so ink container 18 still can be communicated with ambient atmosphere by air-vent 16.
Please refer to Fig. 3.Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge 10 second example structure of the present invention.In this embodiment, the packing material 200 that is positioned at air- vent 16 and 50 of ink materials of storage is to be made of porous member.The capillary force of this porous member under normal circumstances can not absorb the ink that stores in the storage ink material 50 less than the capillary force of storage ink material 50.In case ink spills because of the top of external impacts by storage ink material 50, the packing material 200 that is made of porous member just can absorb the ink that spills, and prevents that ink from being flowed out by air-vent 16.Because this porous member itself is ventilative, ink container still can communicate with ambient atmosphere by packing material 200 and air-vent 16.
Please refer to Fig. 4.Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge 10 the 3rd example structure of the present invention.In the process of some ink cartridge filling, ink is to irritate tattooing needle via the air-vent 16 of loam cake 12 by one to pour in the ink container 18, so the size of air-vent 16 can not be too small.In this case, place air- vent 16 and 50 of storage ink materials and improper with packing material.Present embodiment is covered on the top of loam cake 12 promptly at this kind situation with a film 300.The position of corresponding air-vent 16 has aperture 310 on this film, and each ink container still can be communicated with ambient atmosphere.Because the size of aperture 310 less than air-vent 16, even ink spatters leakage, also can't be flowed out outside the ink cartridge 10 by aperture 310.
Please refer to Fig. 5.Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge 10 the 4th example structure of the present invention.In this embodiment, 12 of storage ink material 50 and loam cakes separate with fore-set 400, to increase the distance of 16 of the top of storing up ink material 50 and air-vents.Even it is ink spatters leakage by storage ink material 50, still unlikely by outside the air-vent 16 outflow ink cartridges 10.
Please refer to Fig. 6.Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of ink cartridge 10 the 5th example structure of the present invention.In this embodiment, it is identical with storage ink material 50 with the packing material 500 of 12 of loam cakes to be positioned at storage ink material 50, constitutes by fibre bundle.Different is that packing material 500 is also inequality with the direction of storage ink material 50 fibre bundles.The fiber bundle direction of packing material 500 is the level trend.In case ink is spattered and leaked to packing material 500 by the top of storage ink material 50, the ink that spatters leakage can flow along the direction of packing material 500 fibre bundles toward horizontal direction and can be by outside the air-vent 16 outflow ink cartridge 10.
Generally speaking, the spirit of ink cartridge of the present invention 10 designs is: under the situation that does not hinder air-vent 16 ventilating airs, with the blockade air-vent of ink cartridge of a packing material, prevent that the ink that is spattered leakage by storage ink material 50 from being flowed out outside the ink cartridges 10 by air-vent 16.The fibre bundle 54 conduct storage ink materials 50 that ink cartridge 10 of the present invention adopts formed film 52 to coat, this storage ink material can be made the fibre bundle piece that matches with ink container 18 shapes, must will not store up ink material and press to ink container 18, significantly reduce the difficulty of manufacturing with special instrument.Leak to ink cartridge 10 for preventing to be spattered by air-vent 16 along the inks that fibre bundle 54 flows, ink cartridge 10 of the present invention is provided with a packing material.Describe in front among five embodiment of the present invention, each embodiment all in a different manner or different material arrangements this packing material is set.But no matter which kind of embodiment, this packing material all can prevent that the ink that is spattered leakage by storage ink material 50 from being flowed out outside the ink cartridge 10 by air-vent 16 under the situation that does not hinder air-vent 16 ventilating airs.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equalizations of doing according to claim of the present invention change and modify, and all should belong to the covering scope of patent of the present invention.
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1. ink cartridge that is used in ink-jet printer, it includes:
One housing is provided with at least one ink container vertical and that isolate mutually in it, be used for storage ink, and at least one air-vent is positioned at the top of this housing, and the top of each ink container communicates with ambient atmosphere via the air-vent on this housing top;
The ink outlet port corresponding with ink container is located at the bottom of this housing and is connected with corresponding ink container respectively, is used to provide ink required when printing;
One storage ink material is filled within each ink container, is used for receiving the ink within this ink container; And
One packing material is covered in the top of the storage ink material in each ink container, is used for preventing that the interior stored ink of this storage ink material from spattering leakage to this ink container because of vibrations.
2. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein this packing material is a porous packing material, and it contains a plurality of polydirectional holes, is used for receiving the ink that this storage ink material spills or flow out and makes it be difficult for spattering via this air-vent and spill this ink container.
3. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 2, wherein this porous packing material is made of foam.
4. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 3, wherein this foam is the top that is covered in the storage ink material in each ink container with the form of skim.
5. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein this housing includes a loam cake, be positioned at the top of ink container, the air-vent of this housing is positioned at the top of this loam cake, the bottom of this loam cake is positioned at the top of ink container with the upper limb of ink container driving fit mutually, the bottom of this loam cake, is equipped with hole, be used for making ink container to communicate with the air-vent on this loam cake top, the packing material in the ink container is fixed between the bottom of the interior storage ink material of ink container and this loam cake.
6. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 5, wherein this packing material is covered in the top of the storage ink material in each ink container with the form of skim.
7. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the capillary force of this packing material is less than the capillary force of this storage ink material.
8. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein this packing material is one to have the solid material of ventilation holes, is used for increasing storage ink material and the distance between this housing top in each ink container to promote the effect of ink isolation.
9. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, this storage ink material fibre bundle that is a tool directionality wherein, and the direction of this fibre bundle is the parallel vertical direction.
10. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 9, wherein the material of this packing material is identical with this storage ink material, and the direction of this packing material is vertical with the direction of this storage ink material.
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| US7172273B2 (en) | 2003-05-16 | 2007-02-06 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Ink tank |
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| CN105228831A (en) * | 2013-03-28 | 2016-01-06 | 惠普发展公司，有限责任合伙企业 | The sub-component of fluid magazine |
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| CN102171049A (en) * | 2008-10-07 | 2011-08-31 | 株式会社爱发科 | Discharging device |
| CN105228831A (en) * | 2013-03-28 | 2016-01-06 | 惠普发展公司，有限责任合伙企业 | The sub-component of fluid magazine |
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