Powder discharging structure and powder cylinder
11181850 · 2021-11-23
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
G03G15/0872
PHYSICS
G03G15/0877
PHYSICS
G03G15/0868
PHYSICS
International classification
Abstract
A toner outlet structure includes: an outlet front cover communicating with a toner bottle containing toner, wherein the outlet front cover has a toner outlet; a toner lever rotatably arranged in the outlet front cover, wherein a plurality of blades are provided on the toner lever; and a toner outlet elastic sheet having a fixed end and a free end opposite to the fixed end, wherein the fixed end is fixed in the outlet front cover; the toner outlet elastic sheet extends in a circumferential direction of the toner lever, and extends into a circular track formed by rotation of the blades; wherein the blades rotate together with the toner lever to scrape the toner sent from the toner bottle to one side of the toner outlet elastic sheet; as the blades rotate, the blades contact and press the toner outlet elastic sheet.
Claims
1. A toner outlet structure, comprising: an outlet front cover communicating with a toner bottle containing toner, wherein the outlet front cover has a toner outlet; a toner lever rotatably arranged in the outlet front cover, wherein a plurality of blades are provided on the toner lever; a toner outlet elastic sheet having a fixed end and a free end opposite to the fixed end, wherein the fixed end is fixed in the outlet front cover; the toner outlet elastic sheet extends in a circumferential direction of the toner lever, and extends into a circular track formed by rotation of the blades; and a toner stirring rack, wherein a driving gear is fixed at a front end of the toner stirring rack; wherein the blades rotate together with the toner lever to scrape the toner sent from the toner bottle to one side of the toner outlet elastic sheet; as the blades rotate, the blades contact and press the toner outlet elastic sheet, in such a manner that the free end of the toner outlet elastic sheet is deformed along a centrifugal direction of edges of the blades; when the blades rotate to separate from the toner outlet elastic sheet, the free end of the toner outlet elastic sheet rebounds with an elastic force thereof, thereby slapping out the toner from the toner outlet; wherein a driven gear is fixed to a front end of the toner lever having the blades, and the driving gear is engaged with the driven gear; a transmission ratio of the driving gear to the driven gear is 1:N, and N>1.
2. The toner outlet structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein the toner stirring rack comprises: a toner stirrer, wherein the toner stirrer is parallel to the toner lever and is installed in the outlet front cover; and a toner stirring brush arranged at one end of the toner stirrer in the outlet front cover, and is parallel to the blades for stirring the toner in the outlet front cover.
3. The toner outlet structure, as recited in claim 2, wherein the toner stirring rack further comprises: a toner collecting sheet arranged on the other end of the toner stirrer away from the toner stirring brush, to receive the toner from the toner bottle; and multiple spiral sheets arranged between the toner collecting sheet on the toner stirrer and the toner stirring brush, wherein the spiral sheet spirally extends around the toner stirrer, and a toner channel is formed between adjacent spiral sheets.
4. The toner outlet structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein the toner lever comprises: a first rod body, wherein a V-shaped hook is provided on a rear side of the first rod body; and a second rod body, wherein a connector cooperating with the V-shaped hook is formed at a front side of the second rod body; the blades are provided on the second rod body; wherein the driven gear is integrally formed at a front end of the first rod body; the first rod body passes through a front end of the outlet front cover and is engaged with the second rod body.
5. The toner outlet structure, as recited in claim 4, wherein a front side of the toner stirring rack has a waist-shaped connecting portion, a cylindrical portion, and a limiting round boss in sequence along an axial direction; the cylindrical portion passes through the front end of the outlet front cover and is rotatable; the waist-shaped connecting portion is arranged at a front side of the cylindrical portion, and penetrates out of the outlet front cover; the driving gear is fixed to the waist-shaped connecting portion; the limiting round boss protrudes on a rear side of the cylindrical portion; and a toner stirring rack sealing ring is arranged between the limiting round boss and the outlet front cover.
6. The toner outlet structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein a front side of the toner stirring rack has a waist-shaped connecting portion, a cylindrical portion, and a limiting round boss in sequence along an axial direction; the cylindrical portion passes through the front end of the outlet front cover and is rotatable; the waist-shaped connecting portion is arranged at a front side of the cylindrical portion, and penetrates out of the outlet front cover; the driving gear is fixed to the waist-shaped connecting portion; the limiting round boss protrudes on a rear side of the cylindrical portion; and a toner stirring rack sealing ring is arranged between the limiting round boss and the outlet front cover.
7. A toner cartridge, comprising: a toner bottle containing toner; and a toner outlet structure, wherein the toner bottle is rotatably connected to a rear end of an outlet front cover; wherein the outlet front cover comprises: an internal cover, wherein a toner outlet is provided at a bottom of the internal cover; and a toner bottle connecting part is provided at a rear end of the internal cover, which is rotatably connected to the toner bottle; an internal front cover fixed to a front end of the internal cover; and a toner outlet holder installed at a bottom of the internal cover for opening or closing the toner outlet; wherein the toner outlet holder has two opposing toner outlet holder bayonets at two sides along a front-rear direction; two internal cover fixing blocks corresponding to the toner outlet holder bayonets are provided at two sides of the internal cover along the front-rear direction, which are used to clamp and fix the toner outlet holder and the internal cover; the outlet front cover further comprises: an external cover, wherein two rear cover fixing blocks are provided at a rear side of the external cover; two elastic buckles cooperating with the rear cover fixing blocks are provided at two sides of the toner outlet holder along the front-rear direction, which are used to fix the external cover and the toner outlet holder; wherein the external cover is also provided with a guide groove extending from front to rear; the internal cover is provided with a guide plate cooperating with the guide groove; all parts of the internal cover are arranged in the external cover except the toner bottle connecting part.
8. The toner cartridge, as recited in claim 7, wherein a bottom of a toner receiving box is embedded at the toner outlet of the internal cover, and a toner receiving box sealing gasket is provided at the toner outlet; the toner receiving box sealing gasket has a first sealing gasket through hole; the toner outlet holder has a toner outlet holder through hole, and a toner outlet holder sealing gasket is provided at the toner outlet holder through hole; the toner outlet holder sealing gasket has a second gasket through hole; a toner ejector of the toner receiving box is connected to the first sealing gasket through hole, the second sealing gasket through hole, and the toner outlet holder through hole in sequence; a toner outlet sliding plate is provided in the toner outlet holder, which moves back and forth relative to the toner outlet holder; the toner outlet sliding plate has a sliding plate through hole; when the sliding plate through hole corresponds to the toner outlet holder through hole, the toner is slapped out through the sliding plate through hole.
9. The toner cartridge, as recited in claim 7, wherein the toner bottle comprises: a toner bottle main body, wherein a spiral groove is formed on a circumference surface of the toner bottle main body; a toner adding tube formed at a rear end of the toner bottle main body, wherein an anti-retraction ring is fastened on the toner adding tube, and the anti-retraction ring has an external thread; a bottle bottom cover threadedly connected to the toner adding tube for sealing the toner adding tube; a bottle bottom sealing gasket arranged in the bottle bottom cover; and a toner outlet tube formed at a front end of the toner bottle main body.
10. The toner cartridge, as recited in claim 9, wherein a main gear is fixed on a side of the toner outlet tube near the toner bottle main body for driving the toner bottle main body to rotate.
11. The toner cartridge, as recited in claim 9, wherein an annular rib protrudes and is formed on an external circumference of the toner outlet tube; the toner bottle connecting part is provided at the rear end of the internal cover, and the toner bottle connecting part is cylindrical; a toner bottle front sealing ring is provided at an internal end of the toner bottle connecting part; a plurality of elastic hooks are arranged on a rear side of the toner bottle connecting part, and the elastic hooks are hung on the annular rib, in such a manner that the toner bottle connecting part is rotatable relative to the toner bottle.
12. The toner cartridge, as recited in claim 7, wherein a toner stirring rack positioning sheet is provided on an external circumference of a toner stirring rack; a positioning groove is provided at a front side of an internal circumference of the toner bottle; an opening of the positioning groove faces forward; the toner stirring rack positioning sheet is inserted into the positioning groove from front to rear; a limiting boss is provided at a front side of the toner stirring rack along an axial direction thereof; a front end of the toner stirring rack is installed on the internal cover and is limited by the limiting boss.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) In order to explain embodiments of the present invention or technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, drawings used will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the following drawings only describe some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative work, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings.
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ELEMENT REFERENCE
(20) TABLE-US-00001 Number Name 10 toner bottle 20 toner outlet structure 30 sensing ring 100 toner bottle main body 200 anti-retraction ring 300 bottle bottom cover 310 bottle bottom sealing gasket 110 toner adding tube 120 toner outlet tube 121 annular rib 122 positioning groove 130 main gear 140 spiral groove 400 outlet front cover 410 internal cover 411 toner outlet 412 toner bottle connecting part 413 internal cover fixing block 415 guide plate 420 internal front cover 421 welding rib 430 toner outlet holder 431 toner outlet holder bayonet 432 toner outlet sliding plate 433 elastic buckle 434 toner outlet holder sealing gasket 440 external cover 441 rear cover fixing block 442 guide groove 450 toner bottle front sealing ring 460 baffle 500 toner outlet elastic sheet 510 fixed end 520 bent part 530 free end 600 toner receiving box 610 toner ejector 620 toner receiving box sealing gasket 630 bottom plate 631 bottom convex portion 640 back plate 650 sideplate 660 side opening 700 toner lever 710 first rod body 720 second rod body 730 driven gear 740 toner lever sealing ring 750 blade 800 toner stirring rack 810 toner stirrer 820 toner collecting sheet 830 spiral sheet 840 toner stirring brush 850 toner stirring rack positioning sheet 860 limiting round boss 861 waist-shaped connecting portion 862 cylindrical portion 870 toner stirring rack sealing ring 880 toner channel 890 driving gear
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
(21) The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of all embodiments of the present invention. Based on these embodiments, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
(22) It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back . . . ) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the difference between components in a specific posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings). If the relative position relationship, movement situation, etc. change, the directional indication will change accordingly.
(23) In addition, in the present invention, descriptions involving “first”, “second”, etc. are only for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined with “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present invention, “a plurality of” means at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically defined.
(24) In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms “connected”, “fixed”, etc. should be interpreted broadly. For example, “fixed” can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or integral; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; and it can be an internal communication between two components or an interaction relationship between two components, unless specifically defined otherwise. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.
(25) In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other, but they must be based on what can be achieved by those of ordinary skill in the art. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be achieved, it should be considered as non-exist and not within the protection scope of the present invention.
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(27) The toner cartridge is installed in a printing equipment such as a printer and a copier. The toner bottle 10 contains toner (carbon toner), which is driven to rotate by a driving device in the printing device, and supplies a developing device in the printing device with the toner through the toner outlet structure 20. The sensor ring 30 is connected to a control device of the printing device for controlling a rotation speed of the toner bottle 10.
(28) Toner Bottle:
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(30) The toner bottle main body 100 is cylinder-like, and a toner adding tube 110 is formed at a rear end of the toner bottle main body 100. The anti-retraction ring 200 is fastened on the toner adding tube 110, and the anti-retraction ring 200 has an external thread. The bottle bottom cover 300 is threadedly connected to the anti-retraction ring 200 for opening or sealing a toner inlet of the toner adding tube 110. A bottle bottom sealing gasket 310 is arranged in the bottle bottom cover 300 for improve sealing of the bottle bottom cover 300.
(31) A toner outlet tube 120 with a reduced internal diameter is formed at a front is end of the toner bottle main body 100. A main gear 130 is fixed on a rear side of the toner outlet tube 120. The printing device drives the toner bottle 100 to rotate through the main gear 130. An annular rib 121 protrudes and is formed on an external circumference of the toner outlet tube 120. A positioning groove 122 is provided at an internal circumference of the toner outlet tube 120. The annular rib 121 and the positioning groove 122 are used to connect the toner outlet structure 20.
(32) A spiral groove 140 is formed on a circumference surface of the toner bottle main body 100, and corresponding spiral groove is also formed on an internal circumference of the toner bottle body 100 to enable the toner to move forward along a spiral direction of the spiral groove when the toner bottle body 100 rotates, and then move to the toner outlet structure 20 through the toner outlet pipe 120.
(33) Because the toner bottle 100 is filled at a bottle tail, the toner cartridge can be used repeatedly, which is more energy-saving and eco-friendly.
(34) Toner Outlet Structure:
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(37) A cavity is formed in the internal cover 410, which communicates with the toner bottle 10. A square toner outlet 411 is provided at the bottom of the internal cover 410 for installing the toner receiving box 600. A toner bottle connecting part 412 is formed at a rear side of the internal cover 410, which is cylindrical. A plurality of elastic hooks 413 is provided on a rear side of the toner bottle connecting part 412 with equal intervals around an axis of the toner bottle connecting part 412. Each of the elastic hooks 413 is clamped to the annular rib 121 of the toner bottle main body 100 for axial positioning when the toner bottle main body 100 rotates relative to the internal cover 410. The toner bottle front sealing ring 450 is embedded in the toner bottle connecting portion 412.
(38) A lower portion of the internal cover 410 is U-type square groove-shaped, and an upper portion of the internal cover 410 is ¾-round tube-shaped. Referring to
(39) Since the rear end of the internal cover 410 is connected to the toner bottle 10, the internal cover 410 has the front opening, wherein main toner outlet components such as the toner outlet elastic sheet 500, the toner receiving box 600, and the toner lever 700 are installed through the front opening. Therefore, installation and operation are convenient. After installation, the internal front cover 420 and the internal cover 410 are integrally welded, which fully seals the toner in the internal cover 410.
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(43) The outlet front cover 400 adopts guide groove positioning and multiple buckles, which is convenient for processing and installation, saves man-hours, and provides a reliable structure.
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(45) The toner stirring rack 800 comprises: a toner stirrer 810, a toner collecting sheet 820, a spiral sheet 830, and a toner stirring brush 840. The toner stirrer 810 is in a straight line with an axis of the toner bottle 100. An outermost circumference of the toner stirring rack 800 is provided with a toner stirring rack positioning sheet 850 which is inserted into the positioning groove 122 of the toner bottle 100. A front side of the toner stirrer 810 has a waist-shaped connecting portion 861, a cylindrical portion 862, and a limiting round boss 860 in sequence along an axial direction. The cylindrical portion 862 is rotatably inserted into the internal front cover 420. The limiting round boss 860 protrudes and is formed on a rear side of the cylindrical portion 862, and a toner stirring rack sealing ring 870 is provided between the limiting round boss 860 and the internal front cover 420, in such a manner that a front end of the toner stirring rack 800 is rotatably installed on the internal front cover 420, and is limited with the limiting round boss 860 and the toner stirring rack sealing ring 870. As a result, the toner stirring rack 800 is connected to the internal cover 410 and the toner bottle 100, the toner stirring frame 800 is fixed to the toner bottle 100. When the toner bottle 100 rotates, the toner stirring rack 800 is driven to rotate relative to the internal cover 410.
(46) The toner collecting sheet 820 is arranged at a rear portion of the toner stirrer 810 and the toner stirring rack positioning sheet 850, which is located on the front side of the toner bottle 100 for receiving the toner from the toner bottle 100. The spiral sheet 830 is arranged adjacent to the toner collecting sheet 820, and the spiral sheets 830 are formed by spirally extending around a circumference of the toner stirrer 810 in a front-rear direction. There are two spiral sheets 830, and a toner channel 880 is formed therebetween to guide the toner to a middle of the internal cover 410. The toner stirring brush 840 is installed on a front side of the spiral sheet 830 for stirring the toner in the internal cover 410.
(47) The toner lever 700 is arranged parallel to a front portion of the toner stirrer 810, and a driving gear 890 is fixed on the front end of the toner stirrer 810 by a screw. Specifically, a center hole of the driving gear 890 is waist-shaped, and a cross section of the waist-shaped connecting portion 861 at the front end of the toner stirrer 810 is correspondingly waist-shaped, so as to fix the driving gear 890 on the waist-shaped connecting portion 861. The toner lever 700 comprises a first rod body 710 and a second rod body 720. A V-shaped hook is provided on a rear end of the first rod body 710, and a front end of the second rod body 720 has a blind hole adapted to the V-shaped hook and a connection bayonet located in the blind hole. A driven gear 730 is integrally formed at the front end of the first rod body 710. The rear end of the first rod body 710 passes through the internal cover front cover 420 and is integrally connected to the second rod body 720. A toner lever sealing ring 740 is installed between the first rod body 710 and the internal front cover 420. The driven gear 730 is engaged with the driving gear 890, and a transmission ratio of the driving gear 890 to the driven gear 730 is 1:N (N is greater than 1). Thus, when the toner stirring rack 800 rotates, the toner lever 700 is driven, wherein after one revolution of the toner stirring rack 800 rotates, the toner lever 700 rotates N revolutions.
(48) Specifically, in the embodiment, the transmission ratio of the driving gear 890 to the driven gear 730 is 1:4 or 1:3.
(49) Multiple blades 750 are integrally formed at a rear half of the toner lever 700, which are arranged at equal intervals around an axis of the toner lever 700, in such a manner that a middle arc of a cross section obtained by cutting the blades 750 in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the toner lever 700 is arc-shaped. When the toner lever 700 rotates, the arc-shaped blade 750 can scrape the most toner along its rotation direction. It is understandable that in some other embodiments, the blades 750 may also have other shapes such as a flat plate, which is not limited as long as the toner in the internal cover 410 can be smoothly scraped along the rotation direction.
(50) Specifically, in the embodiment, there are 3-5 blades 750.
(51) The toner outlet elastic sheet 500 is arranged on one side of the toner lever 700 in the internal cover 410, which is made of a PET plastic material with high bending strength and sufficient elasticity. The toner outlet elastic sheet 500 is rectangular with a fixed end 510 at one side, wherein the fixed end 510 is bent and extended to form a bent part 520, and the fixed end 510 can be fixed by fixing the bent part 520. Understandably, in some other embodiments, the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 can also be made of other elastic materials, which is not limited as long as such materials have good elasticity, can quickly rebound after being toggled, and do not adhere to the toner and do not affect movement of the toner. In the cross section obtained by cutting the internal cover 410 in the plane perpendicular to the toner lever 700, the fixed end 510 and a center of the toner lever 700 are on a same horizontal line. When the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 is in a free state, the free end 530 is bent towards the bottom of the toner receiving box 600. When the blades 750 rotate, edges of the blades 750 can contact and press the free end 530 of the toner outlet elastic sheet 500, so as to deform the free end 530.
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(56) S4: the blades 750 rotate to separate from the toner outlet elastic sheet 500, and the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 rebounds with an elastic force thereof, thereby slapping out the toner scraped by the blades 750 from the toner ejector 610; and
(57) S5, as the toner lever 700 continues to rotate, a next blade 750 begins to press against the toner outlet elastic sheet 500, causing the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 to generate next deformation and immediately perform next toner slapping.
(58) In this way, after one revolution of the toner lever 700, toner slapping times of the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 equals to the number of blades. Understandably, in some other embodiments, a position of the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 relative to the toner lever 700 can be slightly changed up, down, left, or right, as long as the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 can contact the blades 750 within a certain distance when the toner lever 700 rotates, thereby ensuring the elastic force generated by the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 is sufficient to slap the toner out of the internal cover 410.
(59) Preferably, in order to enable that the toner sent into the internal cover 410 is scraped intensively to one side of the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 for being slapped, the toner receiving box 600 is provided at one side of the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 facing the toner outlet 411 of the internal cover 410. Referring to
(60) Therefore, when the printing device drives the toner bottle main body 100 to rotate, the toner stirring rack 800 rotates accordingly, and transfers the toner in the toner bottle main body 100 to the internal cover 410; the driving gear 890 at the end of the toner stirring rack 800 is engaged with the driven gear 730 to rotate the toner lever 700, so that the blades 750 rotate; the blades 750 scrape the toner into the toner receiving box 600 as well as press the toner outlet elastic sheet 500; when the blade 750 rotates to separate from the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 rebounds under its elastic force and slaps the toner out of the toner receiving box 600. Due to the toner lever 700 and the toner outlet elastic sheet 500, after one revolution of the toner bottle main body 100, the number of times the toner outlet elastic sheet 500 slaps the toner equals to the transmission ratio N of the driving gear 890 to the driven gear 730 multiplied by the number of the blades 750. Therefore, the toner is ejected multiple times within one revolution of the toner cartridge, thereby improving the toner outlet speed thereof.
(61) In addition, increase of the toner outlet speed also increases a toner outlet temperature and smoothens toner ejection. The toner stirring brush 840 of the toner stirring rack 800 is capable of stirring and dispersing the toner in the internal cover 410, which further prevents accumulation of toner in the toner outlet structure 20.
(62) The above descriptions are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structural transformations using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention, or direct/indirect application in other related technical fields under the inventive concept of the present invention, are within the protection scope of the present invention.