Disclosed in the present invention is an ink cartridge. The ink cartridge is adapted to be installed in a cartridge attachment unit of a printer in the length direction, and first sensors and a stylus are provided in the cartridge attachment unit. The ink cartridge comprises: a chip board, comprising at least one electrical interface, the electrical interface being electrically connected to the stylus when the ink cartridge is installed; and a first shielding portion, which is detected when inserted between the first sensors, wherein the width of the first shielding portion is greater than or equal to the width of the electrical interface, and the width of at least part of the first shielding portion is less than or equal to the width of a space between the first sensors. According to the ink cartridge of the present invention, the width of the first shielding portion is increased, so that a left-right shaking amplitude of the ink cartridge after the ink cartridge is installed on a cartridge attachment unit of a printer is reduced, and the installation stability of the ink cartridge is improved. By setting the width of the first shielding portion to be greater than the width of the electrical interface, the risk that the stylus is damaged after being impacted can also be reduced, and the use performance of the product is improved.
Disclosed are an ink cartridge (10) and a printing device using same. The ink cartridge comprises an ink cartridge body (11), a chip (12), and a chip fixing base (13), the chip being fixed on the chip fixing base. When the ink cartridge is mounted on a printer (20) along a mounting direction, the printer can drive the chip fixing base to linearly move along the top surface of the ink cartridge body, before the chip fixing base linearly moves, the chip fixing base is in a first portion, and after the chip fixing base linearly moves, the chip fixing base is in a second position; the chip in the first position is closer to the top surface of the ink cartridge body than the chip in the second position, and when the chip fixing base is in the second position, the chip abuts against a stylus (210) of the printer. By means of the ink cartridge and the printing device, the stability of electrical connection between the chip and the stylus of the printer is high.
Disclosed is an ink cartridge, comprising a cartridge body, a recess portion, a positioning portion, and a chip which is arranged in the recess portion, wherein the cartridge body comprises an ink accommodating cavity for storing ink; the recess portion is arranged on an upper side of the cartridge body and comprises a side wall, and at least part of the side wall is used for limiting the relative positions of the ink cartridge and an image forming device in a first direction; and the positioning portion is arranged above the side wall, and in a second direction, at least part of the positioning portion is located on a rear end side of the chip for limiting the relative positions of the ink cartridge and the image forming device in a third direction. When the ink cartridge of the present application is mounted on the image forming device, the relative positions of the ink cartridge and a terminal unit on the image forming device side are limited in the first direction and in the third direction by means of the recess portion and the positioning portion, respectively, so as to reliably achieve cooperation and positioning between the ink cartridge and a mounting portion of the image forming device, and thus ensure the reliability of the connection between the chip and an ink outlet of the ink cartridge and the image forming device.
An ink cartridge having a print head. The ink cartridge comprises an ink container (1), a print head housing (2), and a first chip (41); the ink container (1) has an ink containing chamber (10); the ink containing chamber (10) is used for containing ink; the print head housing (2) has a mounting chamber (20); the ink container (1) is mounted in the mounting chamber (20), and is used for supplying the ink to a print head mounted on the print head housing (2); the first chip (41) is provided on the outer surface of the ink container (1), and at least part of the first chip (41) is exposed to the outer surface of the ink cartridge; the portion of the first chip (41) exposed to the outer surface of the ink cartridge comprises information contacts (412); and when the first chip (41) needs to be subjected to upgrade or information rewrite, the first chip (41) can be directly subjected to upgrade or information rewrite without needing to take the ink container (1) out of the print head housing (2).
A packaging assembly, comprising an outer packaging unit (200) and a unit to be packaged. The packaging assembly further comprises a loading unit (40, 60, 70), and the loading unit (40, 60, 70) is used for accommodating the unit to be packaged to limit the movement of the unit to be packaged with respect to the loading unit (40, 60, 70); the outer packaging unit (200) comprises a receiving unit (211, 221, 2001), and the receiving unit (211, 221, 2001) at least can receive at least part of the loading unit (40, 60, 70) and the unit to be packaged which fit to each other. According to the packaging assembly, the convenience of loading and transportation is improved, the process of disassembling/assembling a consumable from/on a reset device or a detector is optimized, and the production efficiency is improved.
Provided are a chip and an ink cartridge comprising the chip. The chip (100) comprises a first substrate (1) and a second substrate (2). The first substrate (1) is provided with a first terminal (11), and the first terminal (11) comprises at least one wafer terminal (111-115) and at least one short circuit detection terminal (116). The second substrate (2) is stacked on one side of the first substrate (1), the second substrate (2) is provided with a second terminal (21), the second terminal (21) comprises high-voltage terminals (211-212). A recess (22) is provided in the second substrate (2), and the high-voltage terminals (211-212) are located at both ends of the recess (22). The high-voltage terminals (211-212) protrude from the first terminal (11) along the direction in which the chip (100) is mounted on a printing device. The chip, by means of having such a structure, enables the high-voltage terminals to be away from the wafer terminal, thus enabling the short circuit detection terminal to effectively detect short circuits between the terminals, avoiding short circuits between the wafer terminal, especially a power terminal, and the high-voltage terminal, and thus reducing the risk of damage to the chip or the printing device.
An ink container and an ink filling apparatus. The ink container comprises a container assembly (1), a ventilation component (2), and a cap (4); the container assembly (1) comprises an ink storage cavity (111) and an ink outlet (121a), the ink storage cavity (111) is used for containing ink, and the ink outlet (121a) is used for discharging ink; the ventilation component (2) covers the ink outlet (121a); and the cap (4) covers the ink outlet (121a). The ink filling apparatus comprises an ink cartridge (5) and the ink container, and the ink container is fittedly connected to the ink cartridge (5) to refill the ink cartridge (5) with ink. In the present application, the ventilation component (2) is disposed at the ink outlet (121a) of the ink container, and when the cap (4) of the ink container is removed, the air outside and liquid inside the ink storage cavity (111) can be exchanged, so that the increased pressure inside the ink storage cavity (111) can be adjusted and released, thus avoiding environmental pollution caused by ink ejection due to sharp release of pressure when the ink container is inserted into the ink cartridge (5).
An ink cartridge (40) comprises a cartridge body (420), a chip (440) and an ink outlet (430), and further comprises at least one positioning part (450), wherein the positioning part (450) is arranged on side walls (40e, 40f) that intersect with a third wall (40c) of the cartridge body (420) provided with the chip (440), and the positioning part (450) is provided with positioning bosses (451, 452), the distance from the positioning bosses (451, 452) to a first wall (40a) of the cartridge body being less than or equal to the maximum distance from the chip (440) to the first wall (40a) of the cartridge body (420), and the distance from the positioning bosses (451, 452) to the first wall (40a) of the cartridge body (420) being greater than or equal to the minimum distance from the chip (440) and the first wall (40a) of the cartridge body (420), that is to say, the positioning bosses (451, 452) are within the range of a coverage region (T) of the chip (440) in the Z-axis direction. Not only can the ink cartridge (40) prevent the ink cartridge (40) from being disengaged from a mounting part of a printing apparatus in the vertical direction, same can also prevent poor electrical connection between the chip (440) and a terminal part of the mounting part caused by offset of the chip (440) in the extension direction of the third wall (40c). Further disclosed is a printing apparatus comprising the ink cartridge (40).
A packaging assembly for a consumable, comprising: a consumable container (30) and an outer packaging portion (20), wherein the consumable container comprises a chip (330); and the outer packaging portion comprises an accommodating portion for accommodating the consumable container, and the outer packaging portion is provided with a first through hole (21) and a second through hole (22), the first through hole being used for exposing at least part of the chip, and the second through hole allowing at least part of the accommodating portion to be exposed, in order to position the consumable container. The chip on the consumable container is operated without removing the outer packaging portion, thereby preventing the outer packaging portion from being discarded, decreasing production or rework procedures, reducing costs and improving efficiency. The second through hole can allow at least part of a chip device to be inserted into the accommodating portion, and the chip device can position the consumable container by means of the second through hole, thereby preventing a situation in which it is not possible to accurately operate the chip due to the position of the consumable container in the outer packaging portion not being fixed.
A chip (100) for an ink container and an ink container (300). The chip (100) is electrically connected to contact pins of a holding part (200) in an inkjet printer; the chip (100) comprises a substrate (10) and at least one conductive sheet (20) mounted on the substrate (10); the substrate (10) is provided with at least one substrate terminal in contact with the pins of the inkjet printer and a positioning portion (11) for positioning at least one conductive sheet (20); the conductive sheet (20) comprises a body (21) and battery connection portions (22) provided at both ends of the body (21), and the battery connection portions (22) abut against the contact pins; the body (21) is provided with at least one positioning installation portion (23), and the positioning installation portion (23) is matched with the positioning portion (11); and the body (21) is parallel to the surface of the substrate (10) and is installed on the positioning portion (11) by means of the positioning installation portion (23). The contact area between the conductive sheet and the substrate is increased, so that the installation is more stable and simple, and in addition, the stability of the electrical connection between the battery connection portions and the contact pins is improved.
A chip (20) and an ink cartridge (10) having same. The chip (20) is mounted on the ink cartridge (10), and the ink cartridge (10) is mounted in a mounting portion (90) in a printer along a mounting direction. The chip (20) comprises a memory, first contact portions (201a, 204a, 205a, 209a) and second contact portions for mounting detection. At least one second contact portion is electrically connected to the memory. The first contact portions (201a, 204a, 205a, 209a) and the second contact portions are separately in contact with contact pins (91a) in the printer. The first contact portions (201a, 204a, 205a, 209a) are arranged in multiple rows in the mounting direction. In the mounting direction, one or more rows formed by the second contact portions is provided between the multiple rows formed by the first contact portions (201a, 204a, 205a, 209a); or the multiple rows formed by the first contact portions (201a, 204a, 205a, 209a) are provided between the multiple rows formed by the second contact portions.
Disclosed are a chip (1), an ink cartridge (8) and a method for removing the ink cartridge (8). The chip (1) is used for electrically connecting to a stylus (4) in a printer maintenance part, and comprises a first chip part (100) and a second chip part (200), wherein a plurality of first terminals (106) are arranged on the first chip part (100), and each of the first terminals (106) comprises a first contact part (1061) in contact with the stylus (4); a plurality of second terminals (206) are arranged on the second chip part (200), and each of the second terminals (206) comprises a second contact part (2061) in contact with the stylus (4); the first chip part (100) comprises a first face (101) and a second face (102) oppositely arranged; the second chip part (200) is connected to the first chip part (100); and a plurality of first through grooves (105) for accommodating the stylus (4) are arranged on the first chip part (100), the first through grooves (105) penetrate the first face (101) and the second face (102), and part of at least one of the first through grooves (105) is covered by at least part of the second contact part (2061). The first through grooves (105) on the chip (1) can guide the stylus (4) during installation, thus avoiding contact misalignment of the chip (1), ensuring better contact between the chip (1) and the stylus (4), and thus improving the practicability of the chip (1).
Disclosed are an ink cartridge chip, and an ink cartridge provided with the chip and an ink-jet printer. The ink cartridge chip (1) is used for being electrically connected to a plurality of contact probes (7) inside an ink-jet printer mounting part. The ink cartridge chip is provided with a receiving groove (2). At least two internal contact parts (201) for making contact with the contact probes are provided in the receiving groove. Providing the receiving groove that can receive the contact probes on the ink cartridge chip prevents the poor contact of the chip and the damage and bending of the contact probes caused by the probes failing to slide into a recess when the chip shifts during the mounting process of the ink cartridge chip, thus ensuring stable and effective contact between the ink cartridge chip and the contact probes, and thereby improving the stability and reliability of the use of the ink cartridge chip.
Disclosed is a snap-fit cartridge which is removably mounted in a mounting part. The mounting part is provided with a mounting surface (39) inclined relative to a horizontal plane, the end of the mounting surface (39) which is close to the cartridge is a proximal end (393), while the end of the mounting surface (39) which is far away from the cartridge is a distal end (394), the mounting surface (39) extends from the proximal end (393) to the distal end (394) and the distal end (394) is higher than the proximal end (393) in the vertical direction. There is a mounting space (395) below the mounting surface (39) in the vertical direction, the cartridge is provided with an engagement portion (233), the engagement portion (233) is disposed opposite the mounting space (395), and the engagement portion (233) is snap-fit in the mounting space (395). The snap-fit cartridge can ensure the cartridge to still be able to be fixed stably in the mounting portion after use for a long time.
An ink cartridge (2) detachably installed on an installation part. The installation part is disposed in a printing apparatus. The ink cartridge (2) has an elastic member (26) connected to a housing (29). The elastic member (26) is connected to a clip (22) in a stretching direction. The clip (22) comprises a joint portion (221) and a limited portion (223). The joint portion (221) is located between the elastic member (26) and a force applying member on the printing apparatus. The joint portion (221) is disposed opposite to the force applying member. Under a force applied by a user towards the elastic member, the force applying member drives the clip (22) to move towards the elastic member (26); an angle is formed between the limited portion (223) and the moving direction of the clip (22). The housing (29) is further provided with a limiting portion (27) at a position opposite to the limited portion (223). The limiting portion (27) can be clipped to or separated from the limited portion (223). The approach of holding the ink cartridge in place by using a handle is abandoned, and therefore, the ink cartridge can be recognized and secured.
Disclosed is an ink cartridge, which is detachably mounted to a mounting part (3) of a printing device. The ink cartridge comprises a housing (29) and a snapping joint (22) arranged on the housing. The snapping joint can be snapped to a force-applying component of the printing device so as to fix the ink cartridge to the mounting part, and the snapping joint can be separated from the force-applying component so as to release the ink cartridge from the fixation with the printing device. According to the ink cartridge, by means of snapping and separating the snap joint and the force-applying component, the fixing method of locating the ink cartridge with a handle can be dispensed with.
An inkjet printer chip and an inkjet printer, the ink jet printer chip comprising at least a hollow portion (133), a memory (141), two installation detection terminals (115, 119), and a power supply terminal (116) connected to the memory. Installation detection contact portions (115c, 119c) for making an electrical contact with a printer stylus (32) are formed on the installation detection terminals. A power supply contact portion (116c) for making an electrical contact with the printer stylus is formed on the power supply terminal. The power supply terminal is provided on an end face of the hollow portion. The installation detection contact portions are provided on both sides of the hollow portion. The distance between the installation detection contact portion and a front end of the chip is less than the distance between the power supply contact portion and the front end of the chip, in an installation direction of installing the chip to the printer. The inkjet printer chip and the inkjet printer effectively ensure the stability and reliability of use of the chip.
A fastenable ink cartridge and an ink cartridge structure connecting to cartridge retainer. The ink cartridge comprises at least a housing (11) and a push component (124). The housing (11) is provided with an ink output port (111) thereat. The ink output port (111) is located on a surface referred to as a first surface (1a). A long side of the first surface (1a) is referred to as an x-axis, a short side of the first surface (1a) is referred to as a y-axis, and a z-axis is perpendicular to both the x-axis and the y-axis. The push component (124) is arranged at a side of the housing (11) and along the x-axis. Applying a small force to the ink cartridge can complete installation of the ink cartridge.
Provided are a reversely-connected ink box, and methods for mounting and dismounting same. The ink box comprises: a housing (1), an operation portion (2), and an abutting component (3). An ink outlet (11) is provided at the bottom of the housing. A plane where the ink outlet is located serves as a first surface (1a), a long-side direction of the first surface being an X axis, a short-side direction being a Y axis, and an axis perpendicular to the X axis and the Y axis being a Z axis. The operation portion (2) and the abutting component (3) are connected to the housing. One end of the operation portion is disposed on the housing, the operation portion is away from the housing in the X axis, the other end extends to the first surface in the Z axis, and a first ink box side positioning portion (4) extends from the other end of the operation portion to the direction of the housing in the X axis. The abutting component and the other end of the operation portion are located at the same side of the housing in the direction of the X axis. In a mounting process of the ink box, a lever body does not need to rotate at a larger angle, such that even if a space between the ink box and the lever body is small, mounting and dismounting can be still completed, and miniaturization of the ink box and a printer is also facilitated.
Provided are an ink cartridge and an installation method therefor, wherein the ink cartridge at least comprises a housing (11) and a handle (12), and the housing (11) comprises an ink outlet (111). A plane where the ink outlet (111) is located is taken as a first face (1a); another surface of the ink cartridge opposite to the first face (1a) is taken as a second face (1b); a direction in which a longer side of the first face (1a) extends is taken as an X-axis; a direction in which a shorter side of the first face (1a) extends is taken as a Y-axis; and an axis perpendicular to both the X-axis and the Y-axis is taken as a Z-axis. The handle (12) comprises an operation portion (121), an engagement portion (122) and a branch portion (123). The branch portion (123) is connected to the operation portion (121). A distance from the engagement portion (122) to the branch portion (123) and a distance from the operation portion (121) to the branch portion (123) should satisfy the following formula: 2/3 t < d < t, where t is the distance from the operation portion (121) to the branch portion (123) in the direction of the Z-axis, and d is the distance from the engagement portion (122) to the branch portion (123) in the direction of the Z-axis. A snap portion (15) of the ink cartridge is snap-fitted into a slot (34) on a holding portion (3) of the ink cartridge, the second face (1b) of the ink cartridge is pressed such that the ink cartridge presses gradually against the holding portion (3) of the ink cartridge, and a lever bore (33) in the holding portion (3) of the ink cartridge engages with the engagement portion (122) in the ink cartridge. The ink cartridge is simple to install, is stable in operation, is easy to remove, and has a long service life.
A regeneration method of an ink box and the ink box regenerated by the method. The ink box (1, 2) comprises a main body having a plurality of surfaces and a chamber (112, 211) arranged therein; an air inlet channel (120, 220), one end of the air inlet channel having an air inlet connected with the chamber, and the other end of the air inlet channel being connected with atmosphere; an ink outlet (114, 214) connected with the chamber; and a first negative pressure controlling machine (16, 26). The main body comprises a first side and a second side. A first negative pressure controlling mechanism is located on the first side of the main body, and the ink outlet is located in the first side of the main body, and the second side is opposite to the first side. The regeneration method of the ink box includes the steps of: A. forming a through hole (110, 210) in one surface of the main body, and at least part of the through hole is located in the second side and connected with the main body; B. placing a second negative pressure control mechanism (17, 27) into the chamber through the through hole, so that the second negative pressure control mechanism is located on the second side of the chamber; C. sealing the through hole. Because the second negative pressure control mechanism is added in the chamber, the adsorption power in the chamber is enough to maintain the negative pressure inside the ink box and it is difficult to leak ink from the ink outlet.
Provided are a storage chip, an imaging cartridge and a method for causing an imaging device to stop performing an imaging operation. The storage chip (100) is detachably mounted on the imaging cartridge, and the imaging cartridge is detachably mounted on the imaging device (200). The storage chip comprises: an interface unit (100) electrically connecting the storage chip to the imaging device and receiving an instruction sent from the imaging device; a storage unit (120) storing information related to the imaging cartridge; a service life determination unit (140) determining whether a service life of the imaging cartridge has ended according to the information related to the imaging cartridge and stored in the storage unit; an abnormality processing unit (150) performing an abnormality processing according to the instruction sent by the imaging device when the service life determination unit determines that the service life of the imaging cartridge has ended. The storage chip can effectively prevent the imaging device from a malfunction caused by idle running thereof attributable to depletion of an imaging material in the imaging cartridge.
Provided are a method for detecting a remaining amount of ink, a remaining amount of ink detection mechanism, an ink supply system, and an inkjet printer. The method is used for detecting the presence or absence of ink, and comprises the following steps: 1, setting a preset value which is greater than a normal suction power; 2, detecting whether ink is present at a position detected by an ink amount detection component (5), and entering step 3 if no ink is present; 3, comparing a real-time suction power with the size of the preset value, and entering step 4 if the real-time suction power is less than the preset value, or shifting to step 5 if not; 4, increasing the suction power, and entering step 2; 5, prompting that the ink is used up. When no ink is present at the position detected by the ink amount detection component, the suction power of an ink suction needle (9) is increased, so that residual ink within an ink cartridge (4) is suctioned out, and the printer only prompts that the ink is used up when the suction power reaches the preset value and no ink is present at the position detected by the ink amount detection component. The method accurately detects the amount of ink within the ink cartridge, so that the amount of residual ink within the ink cartridge is minimised, and damage caused by empty suctioning by the ink suction needle is prevented.
Disclosed is an ink cartridge (1) for an inkjet printer that is detachably mounted in a cartridge mounting part (100) of the inkjet printer, a protruding part (104) being provided in the cartridge mounting part (100) of the inkjet printer. The ink cartridge (1) comprises an ink storage cavity (11); an ink supply port (14); a first detection mechanism (21), wherein when the ink cartridge (1) is loaded into the cartridge mounting part (100), the first detection mechanism (21) shields light emitted by a first sensor (101) of the inkjet printer or alters the path of the light emitted by the first sensor (101); a movable member (30) pushed and moved by the protruding part (104) of the inkjet printer in the process of mounting the ink cartridge (1) in the cartridge mounting part (100) of the inkjet printer; a second detection mechanism (40) linked with the movable member (30), optionally shielding light emitted by a second sensor (102) of the inkjet printer or altering the path of the light emitted by the second sensor (102), and the second detection mechanism (40) can make reciprocating movement upwards and downwards in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the ink cartridge (1) is mounted. Using this ink cartridge prevents the problem of inaccurate detection caused by using a lever to detect whether the ink cartridge has been mounted in position.
Provided are a memory group, a consumables chip (20, 21, 22), a consumables chipset, and an imaging box. The memory group is detachably disposed on the imaging box, and the imaging box is detachably disposed in an imaging device. The memory group comprises a first memory (11) used for storing first information in information related to the imaging box, and comprises a second memory (12) used for storing second information in the information related to the imaging box. The first information is different from the second information. The first memory (11) and the second memory (12) are mutually independent and are connected to the imaging device by using a communications bus. The memory group, the consumables chip (20, 21, 22), the consumables chipset and the imaging box solve the problems that storage space is wasted when the imaging box is replaced and further, the manufacturing cost is increased.
Disclosed is a ribbon cartridge for a label printing device, which comprises a ribbon cartridge cavity. A print band (18) for printing, a medium band (17) for providing a print medium and a carrier band (20) used as a carrier are housed in the ribbon cartridge cavity. A detecting area (5) for detecting feature information about the ribbon cartridge is arranged on the label printing device, and a plurality of detecting columns (XY) distributed in a plane are arranged in the detecting area. The ribbon cartridge further comprises monitoring parts (10) corresponding to the detecting area of the label printing device, wherein the monitoring parts are monitoring columns (11) corresponding to the detecting columns. The number or positions of the monitoring columns represent the feature of the ribbon cartridge, or the combination of the number and the positions of the monitoring columns represents the feature of the ribbon cartridge. Since the label printing device uses the monitoring columns to bear against the corresponding detecting columns to conduct detecting, compared with the manner in which the monitoring part uses a porous and non-porous combination, the detection accuracy of the feature information about the ribbon cartridge is greatly improved.
Disclosed is an inkjet cartridge (1) detachably mounted on an inkjet printer. The inkjet printer comprises a plurality of styluses (20) arranged in two rows at a specific distance along a mounting direction of mounting the cartridge in the inkjet printer. The inkjet cartridge comprises a cartridge body (10) used to receive ink for printing and a chip (16) disposed on the cartridge body. The cartridge body comprises a sidewall (101) and a bottom wall (102) intersecting the sidewall. The chip comprises a circuit board (161), a plurality of terminals (162) attached on the circuit board, and a memory used to store related information of the cartridge, the plurality of terminals being arranged in a row and being located on the sidewall. The sidewall is further provided with protrusions (151, 302) protruding in a mounting direction of the cartridge and above the plurality of terminals. When the chip of the cartridge is mounted in the printer, the protrusions may apply an extrusion force on the upper-row styluses at a side of the printer, so that the styluses stay contacting corresponding terminals, thereby ensuring stable electrical connection between the chip and the printer after the cartridge is mounted in the printer.
A remanufactured ink cartridge and a remanufacturing method thereof. The ink cartridge is detachably mounted on an ink-jet printer. The ink cartridge comprises: an ink receiving portion (101), used to receive ink for printing; an ink supplying portion (102), used to transfer the ink in the ink receiving portion (101) to the ink-jet printer; ink guide passages (113-116), connected to the ink receiving portion (101) and the ink supplying portion (102); and an ink sensor (104), disposed on the ink guide passages. The ink cartridge is further provided with a connecting hole (117) connecting an upstream ink guide passage and a downstream ink guide passage of the ink sensor, and at least a part of the ink guide passages connected to the ink sensor is blocked. The present invention solves the technical problem of a low installation recognition rate of existing remanufactured ink cartridges.
Disclosed are an ink box chip (200), an ink box (400), and a structural body (700). The ink box chip comprises a circuit board (201) and at least two container side terminals (202) used for contacting apparatus side terminals (500). The circuit board comprises a first plane (203) and a second plane (204) perpendicularly intersecting with the first plane, and the superficial area of the second plane is smaller than the superficial area of the first plane. The container side terminals are disposed on the second plane. One ends of the container side terminals intersect with the first plane, and the other ends of the container side terminals intersect with a third plane. The third plane is opposite to the first plane. The container side terminals are disposed on the second plane with a smaller superficial area on the circuit board, and the container side terminals penetrate the second plane and are arranged into a row, the apparatus side terminals easily contact the container side terminals, thereby improving the stability of an electrical connection between an ink box and a printer.
An ink cartridge (10) for an ink jet printer can be detachably mounted on the ink jet printer. The ink cartridge comprises a negative pressure chamber (101) accommodating a negative pressure generation part (1011) for absorbing and retaining ink. An air inlet (104) for guiding external air into the ink cartridge and an ink outlet (103) for conveying the ink to the ink jet printer are disposed on the negative pressure chamber. The ink cartridge further comprises an ink chamber (102) for storing ink, and a separating plate (105) for dividing the ink cartridge into the negative pressure chamber and the ink chamber. A communicating opening (1051) for enabling the negative pressure chamber to communicate with the ink chamber is further disposed below the separating plate. The ink cartridge also comprises an ink guiding channel (108). One end of the ink guiding channel is connected to the communicating opening and the other end is located above the ink outlet, which can increase the speed of the air-liquid exchange between the two chambers, and ensure that the negative pressure generation part above the ink outlet always has ink retained, thereby solving the problem that the printing quality is affected, for example, the ink cartridge used by an existing ink jet printer is prone to printing broken lines during high-speed printing.
Provided is an ink cartridge detachably mounted on an ink-jet printer. The ink-jet printer comprises a plurality of device-side terminals (25) and a rod piece (22), wherein when an ink cartridge (10) is mounted on the ink-jet printer, the device-side terminals (25) can exert an elastic force onto the ink cartridge (10), and the rod piece (22) can move relative to the ink-jet printer. The ink cartridge (10) comprises: an ink cartridge body (101), an ink chamber (102) for containing ink being arranged inside the ink cartridge body; and a snap-fitting device (109) which is arranged on the upper portion of the ink cartridge body (101). The snap-fitting device (109) comprises a snap-fitting portion (1091) extending out towards the outside of the ink cartridge body, the snap-fitting portion (1091) being mated with an engagement portion arranged on the ink-jet printer so as to fix the ink cartridge. The snap-fitting device is arranged on the upper portion of one side of the ink cartridge body and is provided with the snap-fitting portion used for mating with the engagement portion arranged on the ink-jet printer, and a mating part which is arranged on the existing ink cartridge and mated with a mating component of the rod piece of the ink-jet printer is eliminated, thereby facilitating a user in mounting or dismounting the ink cartridge.
A method and an apparatus for controlling light emitting of an ink box. The method comprises: an ink box control unit (304) receiving a light emitting control instruction from an imaging device main body and recognizing the instruction; the ink box control unit (304) controlling the light emitting of a light-emitting unit (303) of the ink box (10) according to the recognized light emitting control instruction and preset control information corresponding to the light emitting control instruction, so that the light-emitting unit (303) does not emit light in the adjacent-position light detection phase but emits light in the right-position light detection phase. The method and the apparatus for controlling light emitting of an ink box can ensure the amount of light emitted from the adjacent ink box is less than the amount of light emitted from the ink box under detection, thereby reducing the false alarm rate in detecting the position of the ink box.
Disclosed are an adapter for an ink tank and an ink cartridge comprising the adapter. The adapter (2) for an ink tank comprises a main body (4) capable of accommodating an ink tank (3), and the main body is provided with a limiting component (11) disenabling identification of whether the ink cartridge is normally installed when the ink tank is firstly installed into the adapter and then into a printer. When a user installs an ink tank firstly into the adapter and then into the printer, the printer is unable to identify whether the ink cartridge has been normally installed, thereby preventing the user from firstly assembling the adapter and the ink tank and then installing same into the printer. The technical problem of an existing adapter for an ink tank and an existing ink cartridge comprising the adapter being unable to prevent a user from firstly installing an ink tank into the adapter and then into the printer is solved, which otherwise results in an incorrect judgement of ink cartridge type.
Disclosed are a light-emitting control method and unit for an ink cartridge, a circuit board, an ink cartridge and imaging equipment. The control method comprises the steps of: (410a) receiving a light-emitting control instruction from a main body of the imaging equipment and identifying the instruction; (420a) activating a light-up delay timer when the light-emitting control instruction is identified as a light-up instruction; (430a) controlling a light-emitting unit on the ink cartridge to stop lighting when the light-emitting control instruction is identified as a light-off instruction; and (440a) controlling the light-emitting unit to light up when the timing value of the light-up delay timer is monitored by the control unit to reach a delay threshold, wherein the interval for detecting the facing position of the ink cartridge to be detected by the imaging equipment main body is a facing detection period of time, while the interval for detecting the neighbouring lights from the ink cartridge to be detected is a neighbouring detection period of time, and the delay threshold is larger than the neighbouring detection period of time and less than the facing detection period of time. By means of providing a light-up delay, the misjudgement problem that position detection cannot be completed when the light emission amount is inconsistent due to production errors in the ink cartridge light-emitting unit can be avoided.
Disclosed are a cascade utilization cartridge (10), a cascade utilization cartridge group, and a method of controlling a cascade utilization cartridge. A control module (14), a light emitting module (13), and a shielding member (15) are provided on the cascade utilization cartridge (10), the control module (14) being used to control to turn on or off the light emitting module (13), and being further used to control the shielding member (15) to shield or not to shield light emitted from the light emitting module (13), so as to further detect, in the case of sharing a signal line, whether the cartridge (10) is installed at a correct position. Therefore, incorrect installation of a cartridge can be determined in time to prompt/remind a user, so as to reinstall the cartridge to a correct position.
Disclosed are a fuchsin dye, the preparation method and use thereof. A fuchsin dye comprises a compound of general formula (1) or mixtures thereof, wherein a carboxyl group, a sulfonic group, and carbonyl propyl sulfuryl sulfoacid are simultaneously introduced in an anthrapyridone parent. In general formula (1), A can be a cation M4, or substituted or unsubstituted benzyl, or substituted or unsubstituted menaphthyl; M1, M2, and M3 are independent cations or cation groups; the sulfonic group (SO3M2)m can be located at any position in the benzene ring, wherein m is an integer of 0-2. Since the fuchsin dye simultaneously contains a carboxyl (carboxy carbobenzoxy or naphthoate) group, a sulfonic group, and a carbonylpropylsulfuryl group, it can meet many requirements such as shade, brightness, light fastness, water resistance, ozone resistance, solubility, and solution stability.
A copper phthalocyanine benzyl sulfone compound and a derivative thereof and an ink-jet ink composition containing the compound. The copper phthalocyanine benzyl sulfone compound has a formula (I), wherein substituents W1, W2, W3, W4 are located at β positions of copper phthalocyanine respectively and independently, at least one of the substituents is a W5-represented group, and the other substituents can be independently selected from SO2(CH2)mSO2X. In the substituents, X is independently selected from NR1(CH2)wOH, N((CH2)wOH)2, NR1(CH2)wSO3M, NR1(CH2)wCO3M or OM, wherein n is an integer between 0 and 2, m and w are respectively an integer between 2 and 6; R1 is H, CH3 or CH2CH3; and M is H, Li, Na, K or Μ+R2R3R4R5, where R2, R3, R4, R5 are selected from the same or different H, C1-18 alkyl, cyclohexyl, benzyl or (CH2)wOH. The copper phthalocyanine benzyl sulfone compound can provide cyan dye molecules. The cyan dye molecules are added in ink to enhance comprehensive stability of the ink, and also reduce and prevent the bronze phenomenon, thereby improving print quality.
C09B 47/06 - Preparation from carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof
C07D 487/22 - Heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms in the condensed system, not provided for by groups in which the condensed system contains four or more hetero rings
A chip used for a printer is disclosed. The chip comprises: a circuit board (300), a control circuit (301) arranged at the side of the circuit board, a high-voltage contact (302) connected with a high-voltage circuit of the printer, and a low-voltage contact (304) connected with a low-voltage circuit of the printer. An elastic member (203) with a smooth area and a contacting portion is arranged in the printer, one of the high-voltage contact (302) and the low-voltage contact (304) is matched with a position of the smooth area of the elastic member (203) in the printer, and the other one is matched with a position of the contacting portion of the elastic member (203) in the printer. Because the positions of the smooth area and the contacting portion of the elastic member (203) are farer apart, a single ink drop can not result in a short circuit between them. Therefore, it solves the technical problem that the low-voltage contact and the high-voltage contact tend to short out when they are stained with ink due to the very close distance between the low-voltage contact and the high-voltage contact of the printer chip in the prior art.
An inkjet cartridge. A plurality of inkjet cartridges (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) are detachably installed in an inkjet printer. The inkjet printer includes an optical receiver (6) and a plurality of electrical device contacts connected in line. The inkjet cartridge includes: an electrical container contact (82); an information storage device (83); an optical transmission part and control part (84). The control part (84) controls the optical transmission part to radiate when receiving information sent by the inkjet printer to control any optical transmission part to radiate. Also provided are a cartridge set including a plurality of inkjet cartridges and an installation detection method. Therefore, the occurrence of the phenomena of installation detection errors caused by manufacturing errors of the optical transmission part of the cartridge is prevented.
Provided in the present invention are an ink cartridge, an ink cartridge set, an inkjet record device, and an ink cartridge installation detection module and method. The module comprises: a light emitter for use in providing a light source and a controller comprising: a receiver unit for use in receiving via a bus multiple ink cartridge installation detection instructions transmitted by the inkjet record device, where any one of the ink cartridge installation detection instructions comprises a light-emission control instruction and ink cartridge identification information, where the ink cartridge identification information corresponds to the ink cartridge that needs to respond to the light-emission control instruction, and where the light-emission control instruction comprises a switch-on instruction or a switch-off instruction, a processing unit for use in resolving the ink cartridge installation detection instruction, and a control unit for use in switching on or switching off the light emitter on the basis of the resolution result of the processing unit. The present invention improves the universality of the ink cartridge, and implements ink cartridge installation detection at reduced costs.
An ink cartridge for use in an inkjet printer, comprising: an ink storage chamber (4) for use in storing an ink, an ink discharging outlet (6) for supplying the ink to the printer, and an installation detection component matching the printer and allowing the printer to detect if the ink cartridge is installed successfully. The installation detection component comprises a controller, a connecting circuit (9), and a light-emitting part (26) connected to the controller via the connecting circuit. The controller controls the light-emitting part to emit a light for use in being received by a sensor of the printer so as to determine if installation is successful; the controller autonomously controls the light-emitting part. The ink cartridge solves the technical problem in existing cartridges that installation must be subjected to strict physical inspection from a printer installation program.
The present invention relates to a class of compounds as represented by general formula (I) or (III), or salt thereof, or mixture thereof, and a preparation method and use thereof. In formula (I), X1 is H or CO2H; X2 is OH or a phenyl with 0 to 2 sulfonic acid substituents located at any position of a benzene ring; when X2 is OH, X1 is H; when X2 is the phenyl with 0 to 2 sulfonic acid substituents, X1 is H or CO2H; n is an integer from 0 to 2; in formula (III), n and m are respectively integers from 0 to 2. The compounds and mixture thereof not only have improved light resistance, ozone resistance and water resistance, but also have good water solubility and long-term stability in jet ink.
Disclosed are a quantitative ink filler and a method for filling quantitative ink in an ink box by using the same. The quantitative ink filler comprises: an ink storage container (12, 23), for storing filled ink; a quantifying unit, for quantifying the ink stored in the ink storage container according to the volume of the ink box to be filled; an air hole (151, 231), for supplying air to the ink storage container so as to maintain the pressure balance in the ink quantifying process; and an ink filling pipe (13, 25), for conveying the ink quantified by the quantifying unit to the ink box to be filled. The quantifying unit is connected between the ink storage container and the ink filling pipe. A non-return valve (19, 28) is arranged between the ink storage container and the quantifying unit. The quantifying unit comprises a cylinder member (11, 24), an internal moving member (12, 29) moving back and forth inside the cylinder member, and a limit component (17) limiting a moving distance of the internal moving member. In the ink filling process, the purpose of quantification can be achieved by a user just by moving the internal moving member once, and ink filling can be finished just by pushing the internal moving member to the original position; therefore, the process is simple and convenient. Due to the action of the limit component, the ink amount in each quantification is constant, and therefore the accurate ink quantification is ensured.
An ink cartridge filling device (1), an ink cartridge filling system including the ink cartridge filling device and a method for filling an ink cartridge employing the ink cartridge filling system are disclosed. The ink cartridge filling device includes an ink container (10), an ink filling passage (11), an air inlet passage (12), a suction mechanism (13) and a cap member (14). The cap member is provided with a first sealing portion for sealing the ink cartridge (2) to be filled and a second sealing portion for sealing the air inlet passage. The operation of sucking air out of the sealed ink cartridge is performed firstly when the ink is filled, such that the ink in the ink container is caused to flow into the ink cartridge. Thus, a negative pressure is generated in the ink container, and the ink is fed into the ink cartridge while the ink container is maintained under the negative pressure. Thereby, the operations of filling the ink into the ink cartridge and replenishing air into the ink container can be performed at different time, such that the inside of the ink cartridge filling device is under the negative pressure after the filling operation for the ink cartridge is completed. Thus, the excess ink remained in a sponge body of the ink cartridge can be removed when the filling device is opened. Therefore, such technical problem can be solved that the ink cartridge may occur the phenomenon of ink dropping after the ink cartridge is filled with the ink by the ink cartridge filling device of the prior art.
A pressure controller for an ink cartridge is detachably mounted in the ink cartridge (1), and comprises a covering member and a chamber member (8), which forms a sealed chamber together with the covering member and includes a valve mechanism for regulating the pressure in the sealed chamber. The valve mechanism comprises: a valve chamber (83); an ink inlet (81) for introducing ink into the valve mechanism; an ink outlet (82) for leading ink out of the valve mechanism; a valve seat (84) having at least one valve hole (841); and a valve core (85) closing or leaving the valve hole selectively according to the pressure variation on two sides thereof. The ink outlet is located at a position where a highest point of the valve chamber in a gravity direction during use of the pressure controller for the ink cartridge lies. It is a certain thing that ink will not flow out until the whole valve mechanism is filled up with ink. Thus, a gap between the valve core and the valve seat due to a manufacture error can be sealed by a surface tension of liquid, making two sides of the valve core not to be communicated with each other and generating a pressure difference between them. That is to say, a stable control on an internal pressure of the ink cartridge can be ensured, and a leakage of ink can be prevented from being occurred.
An adapter (5) used for an ink cartridge and an ink supply system comprising same are disclosed. The adapter comprises a frame; a matching mechanism, provided on the frame, matched with a printer; a matching chamber, provided on the inner portion of the frame, matched with an ink cartridge; and a first signal shielding part (6) provided at the upper end of the front portion of the external portion of the frame. The adapter also comprises a second signal shielding part (7) arranged at an end in the middle of the front portion of the adapter and capable of deviating from the initial position. As the second signal shielding part is arranged at an end in the middle of the front portion of the adapter and is capable of deviating from the initial position, that is to say, can be selectively matched to an adapter, the adapter is able to recognize different types of information. Detachably installing different types of second signal shielding parts on different types of adapters, or movably rotating the second signal shielding part at certain angles, or movably sliding the second signal shielding part up and down, or installing the same second signal shielding part on the same adapter while using different angles makes the adapter a universal one.
A negative-pressure filling apparatus (1) for an ink cartridge (15) includes: an ink container (2); an ink filling passage (3) for feeding ink into the ink cartridge (15) to be filled, one end of the ink filling passage (3) is an inlet end (32) through which ink in the ink container (2) is filled into the ink filling passage (3), and the other end of it is an outlet end (31) that connects to the ink cartridge (15) to be filled; a suction device (12); and a suction passage (4) communicated with the ink container (2) and provided with a suction port (41) connected with the suction device (12). When the filling apparatus (1) for the ink cartridge (15) is placed to be at a state that it does not fill ink, the inlet end (32) lies above the ink level of the ink container (2). Therefore, when the filling apparatus (1) for the ink cartridge (15) is placed in the state that it does not fill ink, no matter how the external circumstance factors change, ink in the ink container (2) can not overflow through the ink filling passage (3). It solves the technical problem that ink splashing tends to occur when user uses an existing negative-pressure filling apparatus for an ink cartridge for the first time.
A negative-pressure filling apparatus (1) for refilling ink into an ink cartridge (15) includes: an ink container (2) for storing ink to be filled; an ink filling passage (3) for feeding ink to the ink cartridge, one end of the ink filling passage (3) being an inlet end (32) through which ink in the ink container (2) is filled into the ink filling passage (3), and the other end of it being an outlet end (31) that is connected with the ink cartridge; a suction passage (4) communicated with the ink container so as to suction air from the ink container and provided with a suction port (41) connected with a suction device (12); and an ink-cartridge positioning device for positioning the ink cartridge at the filling apparatus in such a manner that the outlet end of the ink cartridge is disposed upstream in an ink-flowing gravity direction of the ink cartridge. This apparatus may solve technical problems that it is not easy to fill up the ink cartridge and a great number of air bubbles are left in the ink cartridge when the existing negative-pressure filling apparatus is used to fill the ink cartridge.
A negative-pressure filling apparatus, system and method for an ink cartridge are disclosed. The apparatus (1) includes: an ink container (2); an ink filling passage (3) for supplying ink into the ink cartridge (15) to be filled, wherein one end of the ink filling passage is an inlet end (32) through which ink in the ink container is filled into the ink filling passage, and the other end thereof is an outlet end (31) connected to the ink cartridge to be filled; a suction device (12); and a suction passage (4) communicated with the ink container and provided with a suction port (41) connected with the suction device. When the apparatus (1) is placed in a state where it does not fill ink, the inlet end (32) is located above the ink level in the ink container. Therefore, when the apparatus (1) is in above state, no matter how the external circumstance factors change, the ink in the ink container will not overflow through the ink filling passage, which solves the technical problem that ink splashing tends to occur when an existing negative-pressure filling apparatus for an ink cartridge is used for the first time.
An ink cartridge (1) on an inkjet printer (10) comprises a cartridge body and a slidable cover (2) slidably connected with the cartridge body. Fixing snappers (14) are provided at two sides of the cartridge body. Movable walls (7) are provided at two sides of the slidable cover, and used to match and engage with the fixing snappers at the ends thereof. A friction-force generating member is provided at a side of the movable wall adjacent to a carriage of the printer. Due to the friction force generated by the friction-force generating member, two side walls of the movable wall can closely fit with an inner wall of the carriage of the printer to lock the ink cartridge, therefore the ink cartridge is fixed to the carriage of the printer. Thus, such a technical problem can be solved that during use of the ink cartridge on prior inkjet printer, a locking member may become loose after the printer has been impacted by an ink-amount detecting mechanism of the ink cartridge for a long time, causing a chip not to be able to contact well or even causing an ink container to be pushed out abnormally.
An ink cartridge filling apparatus includes an ink container (11) storing ink to be filled into an ink cartridge (29) and provided with an ink filling passage (15) communicated with an ink filling port of the ink cartridge; an air inlet passage (12) communicated with the ink container for introducing external air into the ink container; a suction passage (13) communicated with the ink cartridge for being connected to a suction device (30) to suction the air in the ink cartridge; and a re-suction passage (14) communicated with an ink outlet of the ink cartridge for being connected to the suction device to suction the ink at the ink outlet after the ink cartridge is filled up. Because the ink at the ink outlet of the filled-up ink cartridge is suctioned through the re-suction passage, it can be avoided that air bubble adheres on a piezoelectric sensor in the vicinity of the ink outlet; thereby preventing that the filled-up ink cartridge can not be identified when it is set in a printer and thus user is unable to carry out the printing operation.
An ink cartridge refilling device (1) includes an ink reservoir (2), an ink refilling passage (3), an air suction passage (5), an air inlet passage (4), and a leak-proof part provided in the air inlet passage. Both of the air suction passage and the air inlet passage are positioned in the ink reservoir, and therefore the effect of compact structure, less space requirement and simple operation can be achieved. The number of mould is decreased and production cost is reduced during manufacture process.
An ink cartridge, a set of ink cartridges, and an ink cartridge determination system are disclosed. The ink cartridge (1) includes a first signal blocking portion (2) and a second signal blocking portion which is a movable part (6). Before detected, the second signal blocking portion is in an initial installation detecting position which determines whether the second signal blocking portion prevents a second signal from passing through the second signal blocking portion or alters the path of the second signal. Different ink cartridges are distinguished according to different initial installation detecting positions of the second signal blocking portion. Technical problems are solved that an installation mistake tends to take place and thus a printer detects information mismatching with actual ink cartridge information because different ink cartridges are distinguished according to different thickness of the second signal blocking portion of the ink cartridge, the set of ink cartridges, and the ink cartridge determination system in the prior art.
An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer comprises a cartridge body (1), a detection mechanism for detecting the ink cartridge and detecting the residual amount of ink, and a pulling-force generating part (5). The cartridge body comprises an ink storing chamber (11) for storing ink, and an ink discharging port (8). The detection mechanism includes a first detection part (2) matching a first sensor (104) on the printer, a second detection part matching a second sensor (102) on the printer, and a reset part (4). The second detection part comprises a movable lever (6) and a shaft (7) provided on the cartridge body. The movable lever is pivoted to the cartridge via the shaft. The pulling-force generating part generates a pulling force allowing the movable lever to move in a direction opposed to the direction of mounting the ink cartridge. This construction solves a technical problem of detection mistake，when the ink cartridge is mounted in the printer，caused by gravity of the moveable lever in prior art.
An ink cartridge (1) for an inkjet printer includes an ink storing portion (3) for storing ink, an ink supplying portion (4) for supplying the ink in the ink storing portion (3) to the printer, a chip (7) for storing relevant information of the cartridge, and a chip mounting portion in one sidewall of the cartridge. The chip mounting portion includes a recess (5) matching with the chip. A slot (6) and a positioning column (17) are respectively arranged at the opposing ends of the recess. A concave portion (20) matching with the positioning column (17) is provided at one end, corresponding to the positioning column, of the chip (7). While fixed to the cartridge, the chip can be inserted into the chip mounting portion by rotating, without restraint. Thus, the technical problems of low mounting speed of the chip of the ink cartridge for the inkjet printer during installation of the chip and instability of the chip after installation of the chip in the prior art are solved.
An ink cartridge (1) for an inkjet printer comprises an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet (2), and an air inlet (8). The ink storage chamber includes an ink detection chamber (4) and an ink replenishing chamber (3) which is relatively closed and has an opening at its lower portion. Both an assembly for detecting ink residual amount and the opening of the ink replenishing chamber (3) are disposed in the ink detection chamber (4). The ink cartridge has simple construction, low cost and low manufacturing difficulty.
An ink filling device comprises: an ink tank (1) for containing ink to be filled, an ink supply pipe (2), an air suction tube (3), and a sealing device which abuts against an outlet of an ink cartridge for sealing the outlet. One end of the ink supply pipe (2) is communicated with the ink tank (1) and inserted into the ink in the ink tank, and the other end thereof is communicated with an inner chamber of the ink cartridge. One end of the air suction tube (3) is positioned fixedly on an upper section of the ink tank (1) and communicated with a chamber of the ink tank (1), and the other end thereof is connected with an air suction device (4) provided outside in order that an air suction port of the air suction device is situated above the ink inside the ink tank (1). The air suction device (4) is used to suction the air in the chamber of the ink tank so that the pressure in the inner chamber of the ink cartridge becomes negative. The ink filling device can control the ink filling amount effectively and prevent the excessive ink from being filled into the ink cartridge.
An ink cartridge, a chip, an inkjet printer and a method for determining whether the ink cartridge is mounted correctly are disclosed. The ink cartridge (1) comprises: an ink bag for storing ink; a chip contact part (102) for electrically connecting with a contact part (152) of the inkjet printer; an information storing part (103B) for storing information about the ink cartridge; an invisible light emitting part (101) for emitting invisible light; a controller (103) for controlling access to the information storing part, controlling the invisible light emitting part according to the information supplied by the inkjet printer and received by the chip contact part, and receiving an instruction from the inkjet printer via the chip contact part. The chip (100,100') mounted on the ink cartridge (1) includes the chip contact part, the information storing part, the invisible light emitting part, and the controller. The ink cartridge can be identified by the inkjet printer whether it is mounted on a correct position.
An ink cartridge in an inkjet printer comprises an ink storage chamber formed by a concave housing (3) and a deformable film (2), a fluid outlet (5) used to communicate with a fluid inlet of the printer, an information storage device (11), a locking mechanism (6), and a detecting mechanism for detecting ink consumption. The detecting mechanism comprises a lever assembly (4) disposed in the ink storage chamber and a force transferring assembly (10) that is disposed on the housing, formed by a deformable material and communicated with the ink storage chamber. This ink cartridge can solve a technical problem that the existing ink cartridge detecting mechanism of the inkjet printer has a complicate structure and a low reliability.
An ink cartridge (1) for an inkjet printer includes a cartridge body and a detecting mechanism (3, 5, 6) for detecting the ink cartridge and the residual amount of ink. The cartridge body comprises an ink storage chamber (20, 21) for storing ink, an ink outlet (7) for supplying ink to the printing head of the printer and an atmosphere inlet (2). The ink storage chamber (20, 21) comprises a first ink chamber (20) and a second ink chamber (21), and a first negative pressure mechanism (9) and a second negative pressure mechanism (8) are arranged between the first ink chamber and the second ink chamber. The first negative pressure mechanism and the second negative pressure mechanism are cooperated to control the ink in the first ink chamber to be consumed more preferentially than the ink in the second ink chamber; and the second negative pressure mechanism ensures that negative pressure will not generate until the ink in the ink storage chamber is consumed to a certain amount. Because negative pressure will not generate until the ink in the ink storage chamber is consumed to the certain amount, and negative pressure is generated only when the residual amount of the ink is less in the end, so such technical problems will not occur that parts in the ink cartridge are easy to be damaged and deformed due to negative pressure existing all the time during use and thus the printing quality is influenced.
An adapter (2) on an inkjet printer and an ink cartridge (5) used therewith are disclosed. The adapter includes a chamber containing the ink cartridge and a chip (1) disposed outside of the adapter. An information contact and two detection electric contacts for connecting electrically to the printer are arranged on a surface of the chip contacting with the printer. A non-contact triggering switch (3) is arranged on a back surface of the chip opposite to the two detection electric contacts, and connected to the two detection electric contacts respectively. During the insertion of the ink cartridge into the printer, the non-contact triggering switch is triggered to switch off at least one time by a non-contact triggering mechanism (4) on the ink cartridge. After the ink cartridge is inserted, the non-contact triggering switch is not triggered by the non-contact triggering mechanism, and thus the non-contact triggering switch is in ON state. When the ink cartridge is drawn out from the adapter, the chip can be disconnected with the printer while the adapter is drawn out from the printer. When the ink cartridge is to be inserted into the adapter again, there is no need to draw out the adapter from the printer.
B41J 29/00 - TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
B41J 29/393 - Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine
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ADAPTER AND INK CARTRIDGE PROVIDED ON INKJET PRINTER
An adapter (2) provided on an inkjet printer comprises: an inner chamber for housing an ink cartridge (5), and a chip (1) arranged outside of the adapter. A surface of the chip (1) contacting with the printer is provided with an information contact and two detecting electric contacts for connecting electrically to the printer, and a back surface of the chip (1) opposite to the two detecting electric contacts is provided with a non-contact trigger switch. The non-contact trigger switch is connected to the two detecting electric contacts respectively. During the insertion of the ink cartridge into the printer, the non-contact trigger switch is triggered by a non-contact trigger mechanism (4) on the ink cartridge and thus switched off at least one time. After the ink cartridge is inserted into the printer, the non-contact trigger switch is not triggered by the non-contact trigger mechanism (4) and is in the state of being switched on. The chip can be disconnected from the printer when the ink cartridge is taken out of the adapter and the adapter needs not be taken out of the printer, which solves the problem that the adapter must be taken out of the printer when an existing ink cartridge is to be loaded into the adapter again.
The invention discloses a protector for a printhead chip and a cartridge used with the protector. The protector (1,8) is independent of the cartridge (9) containing ink. A contact surface (3) of the protector facing a printhead contact is provided with contacts (6) contacting with contacts of the printhead chip correspondingly. The contacts (6) are connected with a memory (5) and closed between the contacts of the printhead chip and the protector. The protector does not correlate with the cartridge, especially an ink supply port (11) and an ink supply needle of the cartridge in structure. Therefore, even the cartridge oscillates or moves horizontally and thus offsets from a centerline of the ink supply port, communicating effect will not be influenced.
B41J 29/00 - TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
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