CN1935520A - Ink groove and ink ejection imaging apparatus containing same - Google Patents
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Provided is an ink groove and ink ejection imaging apparatus containing the same. The ink groove includes: a shell; an ink bag formed in the interior of the shell accommodating the ink; a reside ink detecting unit with a movable electrode and a fixed electrode for detecting the ink residual quantity of the ink bag based on the capacity of condenser determined by the movable electrode and the fixed electrode, wherein the movable electrode is supported on one side of the ink bag and separates with the inner wall of the shell along the ink consumption and the fixed electrode is fixed on the inner wall of the shell; and a guiding unit, for guiding the movable electrode to separate from the inner wall under the non-tilted condition.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of ink-jet image forming apparatus, more specifically, relate to a kind of ink container that comprises the detecting unit that is used to detect amount of unused ink, and the ink-jet image forming apparatus that comprises this ink container.
Background technology
Usually, comprise the ink container that holds ink, spray the printhead of ink from ink container to print media by nozzle, and control the draft regulator that is applied to the ink negative pressure on the printhead by the ink-jet image forming apparatus that sprays ink formation image to print media.When consumption is contained in ink in the ink container, produced excessive negative pressure, the possibility of result damages printhead.For preventing that printhead from being ruined and because the print fault that the insufficient supply of ink causes and when informing that the user is this additional ink, ink container comprises the residual ink detecting unit.
Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of conventional residual ink detecting unit.With reference to Fig. 1, the residual ink detecting unit comprises ink bag 25, pair of terminal 24a and 24b, and ink outlet port 23.This ink bag comprises pair of flexible sidewall 21 and 22, and each sidewall 21 and 22 is formed by for example three layers.The internal layer 19 of ink bag 25 utilizes the thin film fabrication of being made by for example polyethylene (PE) material, so that easily be attached on the intermediate layer 18 and suppress the chemical change of ink.Intermediate layer 18 is formed by the aluminium film so that protect ink to isolate outside air and moisture.The skin 17 of ink bag 25 by have than the material of internal layer 19 more the material of high melting temperature make, therefore when being attached to internal layer 19 on the intermediate layer 18, do not melt by heating unit.
Because two flexible sidewalls 21 of ink bag 25 and 22 close mutually, according to consumed ink amount, the capacitance between the sidewall 21 and 22 changes to some extent.Can utilize the variation of capacitance to detect the residual quantity of ink.Just, the electrode 18a in intermediate layer 18 and the end of 18b are connected to described pair of terminal 24a and 24b, the resistance device (not shown) is connected between terminal 24a and the 24b rightly, formed thus and comprised described pair of sidewalls 21 and 22 and the RC circuit of resistance device, and changed and to measure by the electrical potential difference between described pair of terminal 24a and the 24b according to the capacitance that sidewall 21 and 22 degrees of closeness cause.
But because ink bag 25 is extremely thin, internal layer 19 can come off in manufacture process (come off), may destroy its insulating properties, thereby sidewall 21 and 22 may not can be used as capacitor.Therefore, the electrical potential difference between terminal 24a and the 24b can not be followed the tracks of the internal ink consumption linearly, and the detecting reliability of residual ink reduces thus.In addition, the external world that electrode 18a and 18b is exposed to ink bag 25 needs complicated technology, thereby has increased the production cost of ink container.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of ink container that comprises the residual ink checkout gear, produce the electrical potential difference of linear output to follow the tracks of exhausted amount of ink, and the ink-jet image forming apparatus that comprises this ink container.
The present invention also provides a kind of ink container that can produce with simple and economical method, and the ink-jet image forming apparatus that comprises it.
Other aspects of the present invention and advantage are set forth part in the following description, and part is apparent from explanation, perhaps can be to understand by the practice of the present invention.
Aforementioned and/or other aspects of the present invention and practicality can realize that it comprises: housing by a kind of ink container is provided; Be formed on enclosure interior to hold the ink bag of ink; Comprise that movable electrode and fixed electrode detect the residual ink detecting unit of the residual quantity of ink in the ink bag with the capacitance based on the capacitor of being determined by movable electrode and fixed electrode, this movable electrode is supported in a side of ink bag and separates with the madial wall of housing along with consumption of ink, and this fixed electrode is fixed on the madial wall of housing; And guidance unit, its guiding movable electrode separates with madial wall under situation about not tilting with respect to fixed electrode.
The residual ink detecting unit can detect the residual quantity of ink based on the distance between opposed facing movable electrode and the fixed electrode and the inversely prroportional relationship of the capacitance of capacitor.
The residual ink detecting unit can detect the residual quantity of ink based on the proportional relationship in the face of the capacitance of area and capacitor of movable electrode and fixed electrode.
Ink container also can comprise guide rail, is parallel to fixed electrode with the guiding movable electrode and slides.
This guidance unit can comprise supporting substrate, be formed on guided slidable part on this supporting substrate one side to support movable electrode and to have at least one, this housing comprises that at least one guide groove that is arranged on its sidewall is with this guided slidable part of guiding on the moving direction of supporting substrate.
The width of guided slidable part and height can be set for and make guided slidable part surface be not more than 1 degree with respect to the inclination angle of side surface.
The height of the width of supporting substrate and guided slidable part can be set for and make the opposed face inclination angle surperficial with respect to the back of the body of guided slidable part be not more than 1 degree.
The guided slidable part can comprise the guided slidable part of a plurality of corresponding pairs, guide groove can comprise many to each guide groove corresponding to the guided slidable part.
Aforementioned and/or other aspects of the present invention and practicality can also realize by a kind of ink container that can be used in the imaging device is provided, comprise: housing; Be arranged in the housing to hold the ink bag of ink; Be arranged on first electrode on the housing; Be arranged on the ink bag to form second electrode of capacitor with first electrode; Be formed on the guide rail on the housing; And be formed on the ink bag and be arranged on the guided slidable part to move in the guide rail along guide rail.
Aforementioned and/or other aspects of the present invention and practicality can also realize by a kind of ink container that can be used in the imaging device is provided, comprise: housing; Ink bag, its be arranged in the housing with along with ink from the removal of ink bag and cave in; Supporting substrate, it is arranged on the ink bag, to cave in along with ink bag and not move with ink bag with not tilting; And ink detection unit, in order to detect ink residual in ink bag, wherein this supporting substrate has the guided slidable part that is arranged on its side, this housing has and is limited on its inwall guiding the guide groove of corresponding guided slidable part, and this guided slidable part moves to guide this supporting substrate and prevent that it from tilting with respect to housing when supporting substrate moves in guide groove.
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These and/or other aspect of the present invention and advantage will become obviously and be easier to the following explanation of embodiment and understand by the reference accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the cutaway view that conventional residual ink checkout gear is shown;
Fig. 2 is the cutaway view that illustrates according to the ink-jet image forming apparatus of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of ink container that the ink-jet image forming apparatus of Fig. 2 is shown;
Fig. 4 is the perspective view that the ink container of Fig. 3 is shown;
Fig. 5 is the amplification view of part of V that the ink container of Fig. 4 is shown;
Fig. 6 is the partial sectional view along the line VI-VI intercepting of Fig. 4;
Fig. 7 illustrates the relation curve between the voltage between the exhausted amount of ink of ink container of Fig. 3 and movable electrode and the fixed electrode; With
Fig. 8 illustrates the cutaway view of ink container according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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Describe embodiments of the invention now in detail, its example is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical Reference numeral is represented components identical all the time.Embodiment is described below is for by being explained with reference to the drawings the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the cutaway view that illustrates according to the ink-jet image forming apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the invention.With reference to Fig. 2, ink-jet image forming apparatus 100 comprises: the paper transfer unit is used for passing on print media, for example one page or multipage paper P on the arrow indicated direction; Printhead 121 is used for that ink is ejected into paper P and goes up to form image; And ink container 130, wherein storage is fed to the ink of printhead 121.Printhead 121 extends upward at y, and y is to being to be parallel to paper P width and perpendicular to the main scanning direction of the paper feed direction of paper P (X to), and printhead 121 is the array printing head that comprise a plurality of nozzle (not shown).Array printing head forms image with behavior unit, and need not to move back and forth as reciprocating type printhead.
The paper transfer unit comprises first and second transfer rollers 110 and 150, to pass on the bottom of paper P by printhead 121; And donor rollers 170, be used for and will have the paper P of the image that forms by ink-jet to be discharged to supply dish 103 on it.First and second transfer rollers 110 comprise driven roller and closely contact the driven voller of this driven roller and provide pressure paper P is moved to the contact surface of described this pair roller to them with donor rollers 170 with 115.Second transfer roller 115 is also carried out alignment operation with alignment paper P, so that form image on the expectation part of paper P.
Ink-jet image forming apparatus 100 also comprises: input tray 101, wherein loaded paper P; And pick-up roller 105, pick up paper P to connect a ground from 101 1 of input trays.Ink-jet image forming apparatus 100 also comprises and is used for the dry drier 165 that is formed on the image on the paper P by ink-jet.The ink-jet image forming apparatus 100 that comprises array printing head 121 has high print speed, and this just may be because ink be loaded in continuously by fully drying and paper causes the ink diffusion on the sheet feed stacker 103 or be applied on the paper P.Drier 165 rapid dry images are to prevent the ink diffusion or to smear and cause print defect.
Array printing head 121 places between second transfer roller 115 and the drier 165.Array printing head 121 is included in the print cartridge 120 with ink container 130 and draft regulator 125.Draft regulator 125 controls are passed through the leakage of nozzle (not shown) from the negative pressure of the ink of ink container 130 toward print head 121 with inside or the unnecessary ink that prevents bubble toward print head 121.
For monochrome image, can use an ink container 130 and a draft regulator 125.But, in order to form multicolor image, can provide more than three ink containers 130 and draft regulator 125, each all places y upwards.In one example, use four ink containers 130, can hold cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y) and black (K) ink respectively.
Pressboard 160 is formed on printhead 121 belows, to support the paper P that passes through under the printhead 121 and form image on it.Therefore, keep even distance at printhead 121 with between by the paper P below this printhead 121.
Fig. 3 is the cutaway view that illustrates according to the ink container 130 of the embodiment of the invention.Fig. 4 is the perspective view that the ink container 130 of Fig. 3 is shown.Fig. 5 is the amplification view of part of V that the ink container 130 of Fig. 4 is shown.
With reference to Fig. 3 and 4, ink container 130 comprises housing 131 and is formed on the ink bag 135 of these housing 131 inside that the cover 134 that this housing 131 is formed with substrate parts 132 and combines with this substrate parts 132 is with provider 131 space.The ink bag 135 that holds ink is formed by flexible material and has fold 136, is used for reducing along with consumption of ink the distance D 1 between upper surface 137a and the lower surface 137b.For example, ink bag 135 can be formed by the film that the outer (not shown) of polyethylene system internal layer (not shown), aluminum intermediate layer (not shown) and polypropylene system piles up successively mutually.The lower surface 137b of ink bag 135 is attached to the bottom of substrate parts 132, and therefore along with distance D 1 reduces, the distance D 2 between movable electrode 140 and the fixed electrode 145 increases.
Ink outlet port 133 is formed on the bottom of substrate parts 132 to be connected to draft regulator 125.The ink that is contained in ink bag 135 inside flows in the draft regulator 125 by ink channel 138 and ink outlet port 133.
The residual ink detecting unit that is used for detecting the quantity of ink that remains in ink bag 135 inside is formed on housing 131 inside.The residual ink detecting unit comprises the movable electrode 140 on fixed electrode 145 that is attached on cover 134 inwalls and the upper surface 137a that is formed on ink bag 135.Movable electrode 140 is facing to fixed electrode 145.
Movable electrode 140 and fixed electrode 145 are formed by the conducting electrode material, and this material has the capacitance C that changes according to the distance D between movable electrode 140 and the fixed electrode 145 2, and it forms capacitor.The capacitance C of capacitor is by equation C=ε A/d[F] provide, wherein A be facing to the area of movable and fixed electrode 140 and 145, d be facing to movably and the distance between fixed electrode 140 and 145, ε is the dielectric constant of material or air between the two.Distance D 2 between movable and fixed electrode 140 and 145 reduces gradually along with the consumption of ink in the ink bag 135.Capacitance C can utilize C meter directly to measure or can utilize another kind of numerical value indirect determination about capacitance C, for example has the output voltage of the alternating current of preset frequency.
Ink container 130 comprises guidance unit, is used to guide movable electrode 140 and the fixed electrode 145 that is attached to cover 134 to be separated, and does not tilt with respect to cover 134 or fixed electrode 145.Guidance unit comprises: supporting substrate 150, and it supports movable electrode 140 and has a plurality of guided slidable parts 152; And the guide groove 155 on a plurality of sidewalls that are formed on substrate parts 132.Supporting substrate 150 is attached on the upper surface 137a of ink bag 135.Movable electrode 140 is attached on the main body of supporting substrate 150 and in the face of fixed electrode 145.Guided slidable part 152 can vertically extend from the main body of supporting substrate 150.Guide groove 155 vertically extends at the moving direction of supporting substrate 150, and each guide groove all comprises (or admittance) one of them guided slidable part 152.
Fig. 5 is the amplification view of part of V that the ink container 130 of Fig. 4 is shown.Fig. 6 is the partial sectional view along the line VI-VI intercepting of Fig. 4.With reference to Fig. 5 and 6, the width W 1 of guided slidable part 152 is slightly smaller than the width W 2 of guide groove 155, thereby guided slidable part 152 can be easy to slide with respect to guide groove 155.When guided slidable part 152 tilts than wide-angle with respect to guide groove 155, supporting substrate 150 and attached thereon movable electrode 140 thereby become tilting largely, exhausted amount of ink and described this relation to the capacitance C of electrode 140 and 145 (with reference to Fig. 3) become irregular thus.
Guided slidable part 152 among the current embodiment of the present invention has preliminary dimension and tilts to prevent supporting substrate 150.Just, prevent that supporting substrate 150 is with respect to cover 134 distortions, rotation or inclination.Particularly, the setting of the width W 1 of guided slidable part 152 and height H makes guided slidable part 152 be not more than 1 degree in the face of the surperficial 152a of guide groove 155 side surface 155a with respect to the inclination angle A1 of this side surface 155a.And the setting of the width W 3 of supporting substrate 150 and the height H of guided slidable part 152 makes guided slidable part 152 be not more than 1 degree in the face of the surperficial 152b of the back side 155b of guide groove 155 with respect to the inclination angle A2 of this back side 155b.Inclination angle A1 and A2 represent the pivot of the supporting substrate 150 of ink container 130 at length and width respectively.Minimum when spending as inclination angle A1 and A2 less than 1, stride across movably and the distance D 2 of the area of fixed electrode 140 and 145 can keep constant.
Fig. 7 illustrates the curve that concerns between the exhausted amount of ink of ink container of Fig. 3 and the voltage between movable electrode 140 and the fixed electrode 145.Trunnion axis represents that the exhausted amount of ink held in the ink bag 135, vertical axes represent the voltage between movable and fixed electrode 140 and 145.Ink bag 135 can hold the ink of 30cc, thereby when exhausted amount of ink was 0cc, the ink residual quantity was 30cc; When exhausted amount of ink was 30cc, the ink residual quantity was 0cc.
As mentioned above, when the distance D 2 (with reference to Fig. 3) between movable and fixed electrode 140 and 145 increased, capacitance C reduced and voltage between electrode 140 and 145 also reduces.Voltage change between the electrode 140 and 145 that is caused by exhausted amount of ink all is linear in most zones, just, all is linear in the zone between 8cc and 27cc roughly as shown in Figure 7.Linear voltage change is to be caused by the gradient that guided slidable part 152 and guide groove 155 are controlled supporting substrates 150.When voltage was 0.5V, exhausted amount of ink roughly was 25cc.Thereby when voltage during less than 0.5V, thereby the user is apprised of and replenishes that ink can prevent because ink depletes the damage that causes printhead 121.
Fig. 8 is the cutaway view that illustrates according to the ink container 230 of the embodiment of the invention.Ink container 230 can replace the ink container 130 of Fig. 2.With reference to Fig. 8, ink container 230 comprises housing 231 that is formed with substrate parts 232 and cover 234 and the ink bag 235 that forms or be arranged at these housing 231 inside.The ink that is contained in the ink bag 235 flows to draft regulator 125 (with reference to Fig. 2) by ink channel 238 and the ink outlet port 233 that is formed on substrate parts 232 basal surfaces.
As mentioned above, the invention provides a kind of ink container that comprises the residual ink checkout gear, to produce the electrical potential difference of linear output, in order to measure the exhausted amount of ink in the ink container.
As mentioned above, the residual ink detecting unit can provide with the cost that reduces.In addition, guidance unit is arranged in the ink container to detect residual ink reliably.
As mentioned above, ink-jet image forming apparatus comprises array printing head, but also can be used for comprising in the ink-jet image forming apparatus of reciprocating type printhead according to ink container of the present invention.
Although illustrated and described several embodiments of the present invention, but the those skilled in the art can understand, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the present invention that limits by appended claims and identity file thereof and thought, can make the various changes on form and the details.
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The application requires the priority of on September 23rd, 2005 to the korean patent application 10-2005-0088689 of Korea S Department of Intellectual Property submission, and its whole disclosures are incorporated herein by reference.
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1. ink container comprises:
Housing;
Be formed on enclosure interior to hold the ink bag of ink;
Comprise that movable electrode and fixed electrode detect the residual ink detecting unit of the residual quantity of ink in the ink bag with the capacitance based on the capacitor of being determined by movable electrode and fixed electrode, this movable electrode is supported in a side of ink bag and separates with the madial wall of housing along with consumption of ink, this fixed electrode is fixed on the madial wall of housing; And
Guidance unit, its guiding movable electrode separates with madial wall under situation about not tilting with respect to fixed electrode.
2. ink container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the residual ink detecting unit detects the residual quantity of ink based on the distance between opposed facing movable electrode and the fixed electrode and the inversely prroportional relationship of the capacitance of capacitor.
3. ink container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the residual ink detecting unit detects the residual quantity of ink based on the proportional relationship of the capacitance of facing area and capacitor of movable electrode and fixed electrode.
4. ink container as claimed in claim 3 also comprises:
Guide rail is parallel to fixed electrode with the guiding movable electrode and slides.
5. ink container as claimed in claim 1, wherein this guidance unit comprises supporting substrate, be formed on guided slidable part on this supporting substrate one side to support movable electrode and to have at least one, this housing comprises at least one guide groove that is arranged on its sidewall, with this guided slidable part of guiding on the moving direction of supporting substrate.
6. ink container as claimed in claim 5, wherein the width of guided slidable part becomes to make guided slidable part surface to be not more than 1 degree with respect to the inclination angle of guide groove side surface with height setting.
7. ink container as claimed in claim 5, wherein the height setting of the width of supporting substrate and guided slidable part becomes to make guided slidable part surface to be not more than 1 degree with respect to the inclination angle on guide groove back of the body surface.
8. ink container as claimed in claim 5, wherein the guided slidable part comprises the guided slidable part of a plurality of corresponding pairs, guide groove comprise many to each guide groove corresponding to the guided slidable part.
9. ink-jet image forming apparatus comprises:
Ink container, it comprises:
Housing,
Be formed in the housing holding the ink bag of ink,
Comprise that movable electrode and fixed electrode detect the residual ink detecting unit of the residual quantity of ink in the ink bag with the capacitance based on the capacitor of being determined by movable electrode and fixed electrode, this movable electrode is supported in a side of ink bag and separates with the madial wall of housing along with consumption of ink, and this fixed electrode is fixed on the madial wall of housing;
Guidance unit, its guiding movable electrode separates with madial wall under situation about not tilting with respect to fixed electrode; And
Printhead is to spray the ink that provides by ink container to form image on print media.
10. ink-jet image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the residual ink detecting unit detects the residual quantity of ink based on the distance between opposed facing movable electrode and the fixed electrode and the inversely prroportional relationship of the capacitance of capacitor.
11. ink-jet image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the residual ink detecting unit detects the residual quantity of ink based on the proportional relationship of the capacitance of facing area and capacitor of movable electrode and fixed electrode.
12. the ink-jet image forming apparatus as claim 11 also comprises:
Guide rail is parallel to fixed electrode with the guiding movable electrode and slides.
13. ink-jet image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein this guidance unit comprises supporting substrate, be formed on guided slidable part on this supporting substrate one side to support movable electrode and to have at least one, this housing comprises that at least one guide groove that is arranged on its sidewall is with this guided slidable part of guiding on the moving direction of supporting substrate.
14. as the ink-jet image forming apparatus of claim 13, wherein the width of guided slidable part becomes to make guided slidable part surface to be not more than 1 degree with respect to the inclination angle of guide groove side surface with height setting.
15. as the ink-jet image forming apparatus of claim 13, wherein the height setting of the width of supporting substrate and guided slidable part becomes to make guided slidable part surface to be not more than 1 degree with respect to the inclination angle on guide groove back of the body surface.
16. as the ink-jet image forming apparatus of claim 13, wherein the guided slidable part comprise many to the guided slidable part, guide groove comprise many to each guide groove corresponding to the guided slidable part.
17. an ink container that can be used in the imaging device comprises:
Housing;
Be arranged in the housing to hold the ink bag of ink;
Be arranged on first electrode on the housing;
Be arranged on the ink bag to form second electrode of capacitor with first electrode;
Be formed on the guide rail on the housing; With
Be formed on the ink bag and be arranged on the guide rail sliding part to move in the guide rail along guide rail.
18. the ink container as claim 17 also comprises:
Be formed on the supporting substrate on the ink bag,
Wherein said second electrode is formed in the first of supporting substrate, and described guided slidable part is formed on the second portion of this supporting substrate.
19. the ink container as claim 17 also comprises:
Be formed on and be arranged to the supporting substrate parallel on the ink bag with first electrode of housing,
Wherein second electrode is formed in the first away from housing of supporting substrate, and the guided slidable part is formed on the second portion of close housing of supporting substrate with in the guide rail that is inserted into housing.
20. the ink container as claim 17 also comprises:
Be formed on the ink bag with supporting substrate in the face of first electrode,
Wherein second electrode is formed on the supporting substrate, and the guided slidable part is being formed on the side of supporting substrate on the direction perpendicular to the supporting substrate moving direction.
21. as the ink container of claim 20, wherein guided slidable part and supporting substrate manufacture the monoblock type monomer.
22. as the ink container of claim 18, wherein
Housing comprises substrate parts and is attached to cover on this substrate parts so that the space that holds ink bag to be provided;
This ink bag comprises first side that is attached to the substrate parts bottom and second side that is formed with supporting substrate; With
Second electrode is formed on the supporting substrate to face first electrode.
23. as the ink container of claim 22, its middle guide is formed on the slidingsurface of substrate parts, the guided slidable part extends to be inserted into the guide rail from supporting substrate.
24. as the ink container of claim 17, wherein capacitor changes according to one of overlapping area between the difference between first and second electrodes and first and second electrodes.
25. as the ink container of claim 17, its middle shell comprises the ink channel that is connected on the ink bag, is formed on ink outlet port on ink channel and the housing outer surface so that ink is directed to hull outside from ink bag.
26. as the ink container of claim 17, its middle shell comprises the ink channel that is connected to ink bag so that ink is directed to hull outside from ink bag, this ink channel is crooked between ink bag and passage.
27. as the ink container of claim 26, wherein ink channel comprises the ink outlet port that is formed on the housing basal surface.
28. an ink container that can be used in the imaging device comprises:
Housing;
Ink bag, its be arranged in the housing with along with ink from the removal of ink bag and cave in;
Supporting substrate, it is arranged on the ink bag, to cave in along with ink bag and not move with ink bag with not tilting; And
The ink detection unit, in order to detecting ink residual in ink bag,
Wherein:
This supporting substrate has the guided slidable part that is arranged on its side;
This housing has and is limited on its inwall to guide the guide groove of corresponding guided slidable part; With
This guided slidable part moves to guide this supporting substrate and prevent that it from tilting with respect to housing when supporting substrate moves in guide groove.
29. as the ink container of claim 28, wherein the width of guided slidable part is less than the width of guide groove.
30. as the ink container of claim 29, wherein ink bag has fold, caves in when being used for therefrom removing along with ink and reduces the upper surface of ink bag and the distance between the lower surface.
31. as the ink container of claim 28, wherein the height of the width of supporting substrate and guided slidable part prevent supporting substrate with respect to the inclination angle of inner walls greater than once.
32. as the ink container of claim 28, wherein:
Housing comprises substrate and lid; With
The ink detection unit comprises second electrode on first electrode that is arranged on the supporting substrate and the inner surface that is arranged on described lid.
33. as the ink container of claim 32, wherein the height of the width of supporting substrate and guided slidable part prevent supporting substrate with respect to the gradient of second electrode greater than once.
34. as the ink container of claim 32, wherein the width of guided slidable part is less than the width of guide groove, with prevent supporting substrate with respect to the gradient of second electrode greater than once.
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