EP1375162B1 - Tintenbehälter für Tintenstrahl - Google Patents

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EP1375162B1
EP1375162B1 EP20030076946 EP03076946A EP1375162B1 EP 1375162 B1 EP1375162 B1 EP 1375162B1 EP 20030076946 EP20030076946 EP 20030076946 EP 03076946 A EP03076946 A EP 03076946A EP 1375162 B1 EP1375162 B1 EP 1375162B1
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Maurice J.J. Haan
Mark P.J. Pinckaers
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Canon Production Printing Netherlands BV
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17513—Inner structure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17553—Outer structure

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  • the invention relates to an ink tank comprising a casing having a front wall formed with a coupling, and a bag accommodated in said casing and connected to said coupling.
  • ink jet printers comprise an ink tank that has a comparatively large volume and is arranged stationarily in the frame of the printer and is connected to a movable ink jet device through a flexible tube.
  • ink supply to the ink jet device is achieved either by sucking ink out of the tank or by supplying air into the space inside of the casing but outside of the bag, so that the bag is collapsed and the ink is squeezed out.
  • the supply of ink from the tank to the ink jet device may be assisted by gravitational forces.
  • ink supply might be achieved through gravitational forces alone, provided that the casing can be vented.
  • the bag prevents the ink from leaking out of the casing and/or from being dried out through contact with the air in the casing, whereas the casing prevents the bag from being damaged or squeezed and facilitates the handling of the ink tank.
  • An example of an ink tank of this type is described in US-B-6,264,318 .
  • an ink tank according to the preamble of claim 1 having an ink receiving bag.
  • the bag is inserted between a lower and an upper cartridge case, and an ink take-out tube of the ink receiving bag is positioned in recesses of the cartridge cases between the cartridge cases.
  • the ink receiving bag is connected to the cartridge cases through arm-shaped mounting and fixing members integrally molded with a rigid member which is thermally welded to the ink receiving bag, and the cartridge cases are welded together.#
  • JP 05 345423 A shows an ink cartridge comprising a rubber plug for ink supply interposed between an upper and a lower case.
  • US 6 161 927 A shows an ink jet printer cartridge having a foam insert for absorbing and retaining ink.
  • the ink tank according to the invention comprises a first shell including said front wall, and a second shell welded to the first shell.
  • the coupling penetrates the front wall, the first shell includes said front wall, and the first shell has an open end opposite to the front wall.
  • a method of manufacturing this ink tank is defined in claim 9.
  • the first shell has an open end opposite to the front wall, it is possible to mold the coupling in the front wall, even when this coupling has a rather complicated structure, without causing any problems in withdrawing the molded shell from the mold. This greatly facilitates the manufacture of the casing formed with the coupling.
  • the bag may easily be connected to the coupling which is accessible through the open end of the first shell. Since the casing is completed and closed-off by welding the two shells together, with the second shell being fitted over the rear end of the bag, it is not necessary to provide any additional means for closing the casing.
  • the resulting ink tank has an integrated structure and cannot be re-opened, so that it is not possible to get access to the interior of the casing and to manipulate the bag. Since the two shells of the casing may be molded in almost any desired shape, it is possible to provide an ink tank which has an appellant design and satisfies the practical needs.
  • a supply port for compressed air may preferably be molded in the second shell of the casing.
  • the two shells may be welded together by spot-welding, so that minor gaps, which may serve as vent holes, remain at the seam between the two shells.
  • the bag is preferably accommodated in the casing in a U-shaped configuration, with both lateral portions of the bag being bent upwardly.
  • a wall-shaped collapsion induction fitment may be provided at the top wall of the first shell so as to depend into the interior of the casing. Then, when the bag is expanded, its top wall will fit around this fitment, so that the bag retains its U-configuration even in the expanded state, although it then almost fills the entire volume of the casing. When the bag collapses, it will reliably retain the U-shaped configuration which it had already in the expanded state.
  • the bag Since the expansion and collapsion behaviour of the bag is controlled by the walls of the casing and, as the case may be, by the collapsion induction fitment, the bag may be filled and emptied multiple times without any need for getting access to the interior of the casing, once the bag has been accommodated in the casing.
  • the ink tank shown in figure 1 has a box-like casing 10 made of synthetic resin.
  • the casing comprises a first shell 12 and a second shell 14 which are both obtained through injection molding and are fitted together at a seam 16 which passes essentially vertically through the side walls 18 of the casing and bisects the casing approximately to two halves.
  • first and second shells 12, 14 are formed with mating flanges 20 which extend along the seam 16 and are engaging each other in the plane of the seam 16.
  • These flanges 20 serve to improve the rigidity of the side walls 18 and each have two outwardly projecting ears 22 which are fixed to one another by spot-welding so as to integrate the two shells 12, 14 to an integral structure.
  • the first shell 12 has guide rails 24 projecting from its top and bottom surfaces. These guide rails 24 serve to guide the casing 10 when the same is inserted into a socket (not shown) of an ink jet printer in order to connect the ink tank to the ink supply system of the printer.
  • the rear wall 26 of the casing is provided with a lens-shaped depression 28.
  • the casing 10 In order to disengage the casing 10 from the socket of the printer, the casing 10 must be pushed forwardly and upwardly. To this end, a user may engage his finger into the depression 28.
  • the second shell 14 On the top side, the second shell 14 has roof-shaped portion 30 which is limited on the top side by an upwardly sloping wall 32 and a downwardly sloping wall 34.
  • a shallow rectangular recess 36 in the upwardly sloping wall 32 is intended for accommodating a tag which may be used for example for indicating the type and colour of the ink contained in the tank.
  • the casing 10 accommodates a bag 38 made of flexible liquid-tight material and filled with ink.
  • a spout 40 formed in the front lower edge of the bag 38 is connected to a coupling 42 which penetrates a front wall 44 of the first shell 12 and has been molded integrally with the first shell.
  • the coupling 42 connects to the ink supply system of the printer, so that the ink may be withdrawn from the bag 38. This will cause the bag 38 to collapse, and since the seam 16 is not air-tight, the interior of the casing 10 is vented through minor gaps formed at the seam 16.
  • the first shell 12 is formed with an internal wall 46 which depends from the top wall into the interior of the casing and is arranged in a longitudinal median plane of the casing.
  • the wall 46 forms a fold in the bag 38, so that the lateral portions of the bag 38 are bent upwardly around the wall 46.
  • the bag collapses into a sheet-like configuration, and the wall 46 induces the collapsion of the bag in such a manner that it will retain a U-shaped configuration with the lateral portions of the bag 38 being bent upwardly.
  • the bag 38 is refilled with ink through the coupling 42, the bag is expanded again so that it fills the interior of the casing 10 around the wall 46.
  • Coupling 42 comprises a valve mechanism that prevents leaking out of ink when bag 38 is filled with ink and enables the bad 38 to be refilled again with ink.
  • the coupling only has one connection for ink and due to the construction of the ink tank and casing no extra coupling for in or outlet of air is needed.
  • the downwardly sloping wall 34 of the roof-shaped portion 30 is formed integrally with the first shell 12, so that the top leg of the seam 16 extends along the top corner between the walls 32 and 34.
  • the second shell 14 has an open end facing towards the front side of the casing 10 without forming any undercuts, so that the second shell may readily be removed from the mold in the injection molding process.
  • the first shell 12 is flaring towards an open end opposite to the front wall 44.
  • the bag 38 is inserted into the first shell 12 from the open rear end thereof and is connected to the coupling 42. Then, the second shell 14 is fitted over the projecting rear end of the bag 38, as is shown in figure 3 . Finally, the shells 12, 14 are fixedly connected with one another by spot welding at the ears 22, e.g. by means of an ultrasonic welding tong.

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  1. Tintenbehälter, aufweisend ein Gehäuse (10) mit einer vorderen Wand (44) und einen Beutel (38), der in dem Gehäuse (10) aufgenommen ist und mit einer Kupplung (42) verbunden ist, wobei das Gehäuse (10) eine erste Schale (12) und eine zweite, mit der ersten Schale (12) verschweißte Schale (14) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die vordere Wand (44) mit der besagten Kupplung (42) gebildet ist, welche die vordere Wand (44) durchdringt, daß die erste Schale (12) die besagte vordere Wand (44) umfaßt, und daß die erste Schale (12) ein offenes, der vorderen Wand (44) gegenüberliegendes Ende hat.
  2. Tintenbehälter nach Anspruch 1, bei dem das Gehäuse (10) eine kastenförmige Konfiguration hat und die ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14) an einer Naht (16) zusammengefügt sind, welche durch einen mittleren Abschnitt von seitlichen Wänden (18) des Gehäuses in einer Ebene verläuft, die im wesentlichen parallel zu der vorderen Wand (44) ist.
  3. Tintenbehälter nach Anspruch 2, bei dem jede der ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14) einen Flansch (20) hat, der sich entlang der besagten Naht (16) erstreckt.
  4. Tintenbehälter nach Anspruch 3, bei dem die ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14) an den Flanschen (20) punktgeschweißt sind.
  5. Tintenbehälter nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die zweite Schale (14) einen dachförmigen oberen Abschnitt (30) hat, der durch eine aufwärts geneigte Wand (32), welche einstückig mit der zweiten Schale (14) gebildet ist, und eine abwärts geneigte Wand (34) begrenzt wird, welche einstückig mit der ersten Schale (12) gebildet ist und von einem hinteren Ende einer oberen Wand derselben vorsteht.
  6. Tintenbehälter nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die erste Schale (12) eine innere Wand (46) hat, die von der oberen Wand in das Innere des Gehäuses herab vorsteht und in einer in Längsrichtung verlaufenden Mittelebene des Gehäuses positioniert ist.
  7. Tintenbehälter nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14) spritzgeformte Teile sind.
  8. Tintenstrahldrucker, aufweisend einen Tintenbehälter nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 7.
  9. Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Tintenbehälters, der ein Gehäuse (10) mit einer vorderen Wand (44) und einen in dem besagten Gehäuse aufgenommenen Beutel (38) aufweist, umfassend die Schritte:
    - Formen einer ersten Schale (12) und einer zweiten Schale (14); und
    - Zusammenschweißen der ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14),
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß in dem Schritt des Formens der ersten Schale (12) und der zweiten Schale (14) die erste Schale (12) mit einer Kupplung (42) in der besagten vorderen Wand (44) und mit einem der vorderen Wand gegenüberliegendem offenen Ende gebildet wird, wobei die Kupplung (42) die vordere Wand (44) durchdringt;
    weiter gekennzeichnet durch die Schritte:
    - Verbinden des Beutels (38) mit der Kupplung (42), so daß ein hinterer Abschnitt des Beutels aus dem offenen Ende der ersten Schale (12) vorsteht; und
    - Aufbringen der zweiten Schale (14) über den vorstehenden Abschnitt des Beutels (38);
    bevor die ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14) zusammengeschweißt werden.
  10. Verfahren nach Anspruch 9, bei dem die ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14) mittels Ultraschallschweißen zusammengeschweißt werden.
  11. Verfahren nach Anspruch 9 oder 10, bei dem die ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14) mittels Punktschweißen zusammengeschweißt werden.
  12. Verfahren zum Befüllen eines Tintenbeutels (38) in einem Gehäuse (10), bei dem der Beutel (38) in dem Gehäuse (10) aufgenommen ist, welches eine vordere Wand (44) hat, die mit einer mit dem Beutel (38) verbundenen Kupplung (42) gebildet ist, wobei die Kupplung (42) die vordere Wand (44) durchdringt, wobei das Gehäuse weiter eine erste Schale (12), die die besagte vordere Wand (44) umfaßt, und eine zweite Schale (14) aufweist, die mit der ersten Schale (12) in einer kastenförmigen Konfiguration verschweißt ist, und die Schalen (12, 14) an einer Naht (16) zusammengefügt sind, die durch einen mittleren Abschnitt der seitlichen Wände (18) des Gehäuses in einer Ebene verläuft, die im wesentlichen parallel zu der vorderen Wand (44) ist, wobei jede der ersten und zweiten Schalen (12, 14) wenigstens einen Flansch (20) hat, der sich entlang der besagten Naht (16) erstreckt, und wobei die Schalen (12, 14) an diesen Flanschen punktgeschweißt sind, und wobei Tinte von außerhalb des Behälters durch die Kupplung (42) in den Beutel (38) eingeführt wird und Luft aus dem Inneren des Gehäuses (10) durch die Naht (16) herausgedrückt wird, wodurch der Luftdruck innerhalb des Gehäuses (10) außerhalb des Beutels (38) im Gleichgewicht mit dem Luftdruck außerhalb des Gehäuses gehalten wird.
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