CN104015488A - Bottle - Google Patents
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The invention provides a bottle. The bottle is an ink storage device, and is used for an ink-jet printer which comprises a record head injecting ink, and the bottle stores ink provided for the record head. The ink storage device comprises a bottle (32) storing ink. The ink comprises an ink storage portion (32a) which stores ink, a wall portion (32b) used for impacting falling ink, and a wall portion (32c) used for ink flowing. The wall portion (32b) used for impacting falling ink is for operating personnel to adjust injection rate through manual operation while making falling ink impact with the wall portion. The ink impact with the wall portion (32b) used for impacting falling ink flows to the ink storage portion (32a) along the wall portion (32c) used for ink flowing. The wall portion (32b) used for impacting falling ink is formed by a slope facing the wall portion (32c) used for ink flowing, and the slope inclines downward. The bottle can restrain the ink from generating bubbles when supplementing the ink, and structure of the bottle is simple.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of bottle (bottle), its ink-jet printer (ink jet printer) by the record head (head) that comprises ejection ink (ink) is possessed, and stores the ink that is supplied to record head.
Background technology
In the past, as storage, be supplied to ink-jet printer record head ink bottle, the known ink resettlement section (with reference to patent documentation 1, patent documentation 2) that has print cartridge (ink cartridge).The nozzle (nozzle) that this ink resettlement section is formed with to be certainly filled with the ink replenishing container of ink supplements the ink refill port of ink.And, by box holder (cartridge holder), keep print cartridge and ink replenishing container, nozzle from ink replenishing container supplements ink via ink refill port to the ink resettlement section of print cartridge thus, this box holder can make this ink refill port upward and keep print cartridge, and the state that can be inserted in the nozzle of ink replenishing container in this ink refill port keeps ink replenishing container.
The capacity of the ink resettlement section of recording in patent documentation 1, patent documentation 2 is little, therefore in the situation that carrying out a large amount of printing, must to ink resettlement section, supplement ink to high-frequency.In recent years, as storage, be supplied to ink-jet printer record head ink bottle, known have a jumbo main tank (main tank), and its storage is supplied to the ink of secondary tank (sub tank), and this pair tank is stored the ink (with reference to patent documentation 3) that is supplied to record head.
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Patent documentation
Patent documentation 1: Japanese patent laid-open 9-109407 communique
Patent documentation 2: Japanese patent laid-open 9-164699 communique
Patent documentation 3: Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2013-1102 communique
Summary of the invention
At the bottle of ink reservoir such as being in the jumbo situations such as 2000cc, bottle is large-scale, and be filled with ink state bottle weight large, therefore as the box holder of record in patent documentation 1, patent documentation 2, arrange and keep the special-purpose device of bottle bottle is supplemented to the method for ink, certainly the viewpoint that space (space) is set of the device of this special use, make bottle move to the device of this special use or make the operating personnel of bottle when the device of this special use moves the viewpoint etc. of burden comparatively difficult.
Therefore, at bottle, be in jumbo situation, as bottle being supplemented to the method for ink, be not use as the ink replenishing container recorded in patent documentation 1, patent documentation 2 as make ink automatically fall to the method for the container in bottle, but consider by operating personnel's manual working, simultaneously to adjust injection rate one towards the method for infusing ink in bottle from the container that has ink.
At this, as the container from having an ink by operating personnel's manual working one side adjust injection rate one towards the method for infusing ink in bottle, consider following method: as shown in figure 10, from the container 90 that has ink 91, by operating personnel's manual working, one side is adjusted injection rate one towards the direct method of infusing ink 91 in the ink reservoir 80a of bottle 80; And as shown in figure 11 from the container 90 that has ink 91, by operating personnel's manual working, one side is adjusted injection rate one towards the method that is arranged at funnel 81 infusing inks 91 on bottle 80.
Yet, in the method shown in Figure 10, from the new ink 91 of container 90 by directly falling in the ink 91 that is stored in ink reservoir 80a, and stir fiercely the ink 91 that is stored in ink reservoir 80a, therefore in the ink 91 that is stored in bottle 80, produce in large quantities small bubble 91a.For example, in order to improve the stationarity of 91 pairs of recording mediums of ink, in order to improve the surperficial permeability of 91 pairs of recording mediums of ink, comprise in the situation of the water-base ink of adjusting capillary interfacial agent (interfacial active agent), because this interfacial agent especially easily produces bubble 91a.When in the situation that produce in large quantities bubble 91a in being stored in the ink 91 of bottle in 80, if the ink 91 of the ormal weight of bottle 80 is stored in bottle 80, bubble 91a can overflow from bottle 80, therefore exists the ink 91 of the ormal weight that cannot make bottle 80 to be stored in the problem in bottle 80.
And generally speaking, the more small more difficult disappearance of bubble 91a and easily residual for a long time, in the method shown in Figure 10, cannot make the ink 91 of the ormal weight of bottle 80 be stored in the state in bottle 80, continues to wait such as 2 minutes long-time.Therefore, for hope, the ink 91 of bottle 80 ormal weight is stored in for the operating personnel in bottle 80, also has the problem that homework burden is large.Particularly continue to hold and have 90 couples of operating personnels of heavy container of a large amount of ink 91 and the burden of Yan Shi great.
In addition, in method shown in Figure 11, from the new ink 91 of container 90 by directly falling to the ink 91 of the cone shape main part 81a that temporarily accumulates in funnel 81, and stir fiercely the ink 91 accumulate in main part 81a, therefore in accumulating in the ink 91 of main part 81a, produce in large quantities small bubble 91a, as a result of, the ink 91 that contains in large quantities small bubble 91a flows into via the 81b of pipe portion of funnel 81 in bottle 80.When in the situation that there is in large quantities bubble 91a in being stored in the ink 91 of bottle in 80, if the ink 91 of the ormal weight of bottle 80 is stored in bottle 80, bubble 91a overflows from bottle 80, therefore exists the ink 91 of the ormal weight that cannot make bottle 80 to be stored in the problem in bottle 80.
And in the method shown in Figure 11, similarly the size of bubble 91a is small with the method shown in Figure 10, therefore cannot make the ink 91 of the ormal weight of bottle 80 be stored in the state continuance of bottle 80 long-time.Therefore, for hope, make the ink 91 of the ormal weight of bottle 80 be stored in the operating personnel in bottle 80, also have the problem that homework burden is large.Particularly continue to hold and have 90 couples of operating personnels of heavy container of a large amount of ink 91 and the burden of Yan Shi great.
And then, in the method shown in Figure 11, except bottle also needs funnel 81 80, therefore also there are the following problems: in the situation that carry out, the operation of bottle 80 infusing inks 91 is needed to prepare funnel 81, or in the situation that do not carry out the operation of bottle 80 infusing inks 91 is needed to keeping funnel 81 etc.
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of bottle, it can utilize simple formation to be suppressed in the situation of supplementing ink and in ink, produce bubble.
It is possessed bottle of the present invention by the ink-jet printer that comprises the record head that sprays ink, is supplied to the ink of described record head, and comprises: ink reservoir, ink reservoir and store; Inlet, be formed at gravity direction top and in order to from outside infusing ink; Wall portion use in ink collision in whereabouts, is formed at the position with described inlet subtend, and collides for the ink injecting from described inlet and fall; And ink wanders and use wall portion, make to collide in the collision of described whereabouts ink and wander with wall portion and wander to described ink reservoir along this ink with the ink of wall portion; And described bottle comprises: bottom surface; And sidewall, the below from described inlet to gravity direction is extended setting and is arrived described bottom surface; And described inlet is formed in the horizontal direction on the position of the central offset of described bottle, ink collision in described whereabouts is formed at the part of the close described inlet in described sidewall with wall portion.
According to this formation, bottle of the present invention is in the situation that supplementing ink, the new ink injecting from inlet is colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink with after wall portion, can wander with wall portion and wander to ink reservoir along ink, the new ink that therefore can suppress to be injected in bottle directly falls in the ink that is stored in ink reservoir, as a result of, can be suppressed at and in ink, produce bubble.In addition, the bottle of bottle of the present invention itself comprises whereabouts ink collision and wanders with wall portion and ink the wall portion that use, therefore the in the situation that of supplementary ink, except bottle without the special-purpose utensil as funnel.Therefore, bottle of the present invention can utilize simple formation to be suppressed in the situation of supplementing ink and in ink, produce bubble.In addition, even if bottle of the present invention is wandered with wall portion and is wandered to ink reservoir and cause producing bubble at ink along ink because of the new ink from inlet injection, the formation that directly falls to the ink that is stored in ink reservoir with the new ink that bottle is injected is compared, the new ink injecting from inlet to the impetus that is stored in the ink of ink reservoir and stirs also a little less than, the size of the bubble therefore producing is large, thereby bubble is easy to disappear in the short time.Therefore, bottle of the present invention is compared with the formation that the new ink injecting from inlet directly falls to the ink that is stored in ink reservoir, can alleviate the burden of ink replenishing operation.
In addition,, in bottle of the present invention, ink collision in described whereabouts also can approach configuration with described inlet with wall portion.
According to this formation, bottle of the present invention collides in the situation that the new ink injecting from inlet collides in whereabouts ink the wall portion that uses, the suffered impact of this ink is little, therefore can suppress new ink because injecting from inlet and collide in whereabouts ink and collide and cause producing bubble at ink with wall portion.
In addition,, in bottle of the present invention, ink collision in described whereabouts also can be leaned on by being configured in the position of half degree of depth of more described bottle the top of gravity direction with wall portion, and approaches configuration with described inlet.
According to this formation, bottle of the present invention is configured in the position of half degree of depth of bottle with the collision of whereabouts ink with wall portion and compares by the formation of the below of gravity direction, in the situation that the new ink injecting from inlet collides in whereabouts ink collision wall portion, the suffered impact of this ink is little, therefore can suppress new ink because injecting from inlet and collide in whereabouts ink and collide and cause producing bubble at ink with wall portion.
In addition, in bottle of the present invention, described ink is wandered with the collision of wall portion also more described whereabouts, the configurable position at gravity direction ink with wall portion on the lower, and towards the top of gravity direction.
According to this, form, it is that vertical formation is compared that bottle of the present invention and ink are wandered with wall portion, wanders with wall portion and wanders a little less than the impetus of ink reservoir, so can be suppressed at and in ink, produce bubble from the new ink of inlet injection along ink.
In addition, in bottle of the present invention, ink collision in described whereabouts is wandered with wall portion and also can be formed at continuous inclined-plane with wall portion and described ink, and ink collision in described whereabouts is wandered with the top side of wall portion with the wall portion also more described ink in the configurable position at gravity direction.
According to this formation, the whereabouts ink collision of bottle of the present invention is wandered with wall portion and is formed at continuous inclined-plane with wall portion and ink, therefore the new ink injecting from inlet, can successfully wander with wall portion and wander to ink reservoir along ink with wall portion from the collision of whereabouts ink.Therefore, bottle of the present invention can be suppressed at and in ink, produce bubble.
In addition, bottle of the present invention also can comprise: bottle main body, is formed with described ink reservoir; And cylinder portion, from described bottle main body with the side-prominent formation outwardly of specific angle; And described inclined-plane also can be formed at described cylinder portion.
According to this, form, bottle of the present invention and the collision of whereabouts ink are wandered by the formation that wall portion is arranged on bottle main body and are compared with wall portion and ink, can suppress a bottle maximization for integral body, and can guarantee the capacity of large ink reservoir.
In addition, ink storage facility of the present invention is that the ink-jet printer by comprising the record head that sprays ink is possessed, and stores the ink storage facility of the ink that is supplied to described record head, the bottle that it comprises ink reservoir, described bottle comprises: ink reservoir, ink reservoir; Whereabouts ink collision wall portion, collides for simultaneously adjust the ink that injection rate is simultaneously injected and fall aloft by operating personnel's manual working; And ink wanders and use wall portion, make to collide in the collision of described whereabouts ink and wander with wall portion and wander to described ink reservoir along this ink with the ink of wall portion; And ink collision in described whereabouts also can form by wander with wall portion the inclined-plane tilting downwards towards described ink with wall portion.
According to this formation, ink storage facility of the present invention is in the situation that supplement ink in ink being injected into bottle by operating personnel's manual working, the new ink being injected in bottle is colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink with after wall portion, can wander with wall portion and wander to ink reservoir along ink, the new ink that therefore can suppress bottle to inject directly falls to the ink that is stored in ink reservoir, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink in bottle and produce bubble.In addition, the bottle of ink storage facility of the present invention itself comprises the collision of whereabouts ink and wanders with wall portion and ink the wall portion that use, therefore the in the situation that of supplementary ink in bottle, except bottle without the special-purpose utensil as funnel.Therefore, ink storage facility of the present invention can utilize simple formation to be suppressed in the situation of supplementing ink and produce bubble in the ink in bottle.In addition, even if ink storage facility of the present invention is wandered with wall portion and is wandered to ink reservoir and cause the ink in bottle to produce bubble along ink because of new ink that bottle is injected, the formation that directly falls to the ink that is stored in ink reservoir with the new ink that bottle is injected is compared, be injected into new ink in bottle to be stored in ink reservoir ink the stirring impetus also a little less than, the size of the bubble therefore producing is large, thereby bubble is easy to disappear in the short time.Therefore, ink storage facility of the present invention is compared with the formation that the new ink that bottle is injected directly falls to the ink that is stored in ink reservoir, can alleviate the burden of ink replenishing operation.
In addition,, in ink storage facility of the present invention, ink collision in described whereabouts also can be arranged on the sidepiece of described ink reservoir with wall portion.
According to this, form, ink storage facility of the present invention is compared by the formation of wall portion with whereabouts ink collision is set in ink reservoir, can guarantee the capacity of large ink reservoir.
In addition,, in ink storage facility of the present invention, described ink is wandered with wall portion also can be arranged on the sidepiece of described ink reservoir.
According to this, form, ink storage facility of the present invention is wandered by the formation of wall portion and is compared with ink is set in ink reservoir, can guarantee the capacity of large ink reservoir.
In addition, ink storage facility of the present invention comprises supporting member, this supporting member supports described bottle, the wall portion also configurable position that can expose under the state by described in described support member support bottle for the collision of described whereabouts ink can described record head being supplied with to the state that be stored in the ink in described bottle.
According to this formation, ink storage facility of the present invention, the providing ink being stored in bottle can be able to exposed to whereabouts ink collision wall portion to the state of record head, therefore can be to can be by stored providing ink to infusing ink in the bottle of the state of record head, as a result of, can promote the workability of ink replenishing.
In addition, in ink storage facility of the present invention, the ink collision of described whereabouts is wandered the shape with wall portion with wall portion and described ink, also can be to prevent from colliding in the collision of described whereabouts ink temporarily to accumulate in the shape of wall portion for the ink collision of described whereabouts with the ink of wall portion.
According to this formation, in ink storage facility of the present invention, collide in the collision of whereabouts ink and temporarily do not accumulate in whereabouts ink collision wall portion with the ink of wall portion, the new ink that therefore can suppress that bottle is injected directly falls to and accumulates in the ink of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink in bottle and produce bubble.
In addition, in ink storage facility of the present invention, the part that described bottle comprises tubular, described ink is wandered with wall portion and is formed by least a portion of the inwall of the part of described tubular, in the inner space of the part of described tubular with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink, also can wandering with in the scope of wall portion being formed with described ink, is being minimum by the collision of described whereabouts ink with the position of wall portion side.
In bottle, at least a portion of inwall is that ink is wandered the part with the tubular of wall portion, in inner space with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink, wander with in the scope of wall portion being formed with ink, exist and put pen to paper more most on the lower in the situation of water collision with the little position of the described area of the position of wall portion side, collide in the collision of whereabouts ink and can wander with this position of wall portion and temporarily accumulate at ink with the ink of wall portion, as a result of, ink can temporarily accumulate in whereabouts ink collision wall portion.Yet, in the inner space of the part of this tubular of ink storage facility of the present invention with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink, wander with in the scope of wall portion being formed with ink, putting pen to paper most on the lower, the position of water collision by wall portion side is minimum, therefore can prevent from colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink and wander by the half-way of wall portion and temporarily accumulate at ink with the ink of wall portion, as a result of, can prevent that ink from temporarily accumulating in whereabouts ink collision wall portion.
In addition, in ink storage facility of the present invention, the ink collision of described whereabouts is formed by least a portion of the inwall of the part of described tubular with wall portion, in the inner space of the part of described tubular with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink, also can with wall portion and described ink, wandering with in the scope of wall portion being formed with the collision of described whereabouts ink, is minimum in the collision of described whereabouts ink with the position of wall portion.
In bottle, at least a portion of inwall is that whereabouts ink collision is wandered the part with the tubular of wall portion with wall portion and ink, in inner space with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink, with wall portion and ink, wander in the use scope of wall portion being formed with the collision of whereabouts ink, exist the ink collision of falling with the little ink of described area of the position of wall portion, to wander in the situation of the position of using wall portion, collide in the collision of whereabouts ink and can wander with this position of wall portion and temporarily accumulate at ink with the ink of wall portion, as a result of, can temporarily accumulate in whereabouts ink collision wall portion.Yet, in the inner space of the part of this tubular of ink storage facility of the present invention with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink, with wall portion and ink, wander in the use scope of wall portion being formed with the collision of whereabouts ink, in the collision of whereabouts ink, with the position of wall portion side, be minimum, therefore can prevent from colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink and wander with the position of wall portion and temporarily accumulate at ink with the ink of wall portion, as a result of, can prevent that ink from temporarily accumulating in whereabouts ink collision wall portion.
In addition, ink storage facility of the present invention also can comprise quantity of ink notification unit, the ink that this quantity of ink notification unit is having more than specified quantitative in described ink reservoir is notified, and with the ink that prevents from being injected in described bottle, from described bottle, overflows.
According to this formation, ink storage facility of the present invention, even if directly fall to and accumulate in whereabouts ink and collide in the ink with wall portion and cause producing bubble in the ink in bottle because ink accumulation makes to be injected into new ink in bottle to the ink collision of falling with wall portion, as long as the operating personnel who carries out the bottle to supplement the operation of ink receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notification unit carries out and finish bottle to supplement ink, also can prevent from the ink in bottle, producing bubble thereafter.In addition, ink storage facility of the present invention, even if directly fall to and accumulate in whereabouts ink and collide in the ink with wall portion and cause producing bubble in the ink in bottle because ink accumulation makes to be injected into new ink in bottle to the ink collision of falling with wall portion, as long as the operating personnel who carries out the bottle to supplement the operation of ink receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notification unit carries out and weaken the impetus of supplementing ink to bottle, also can prevent the new ink of bottle injection to fall to fiercely and accumulate in the ink of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink in bottle and produce bubble.
In addition, in ink storage facility of the present invention, described whereabouts ink collision wall portion, also configurable compared with in the situation that have the high position of liquid level of this ink of the ink of described specified quantitative in described ink reservoir.
According to this formation, ink storage facility of the present invention, as long as the operating personnel who carries out the bottle to supplement the operation of ink receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notification unit carries out and finish to bottle to supplement ink, can prevent that ink accumulation is to the ink collision wall portion of falling, therefore can prevent from being injected into new ink in bottle directly falls to and accumulates in whereabouts ink collision with in the ink of wall portion, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink in bottle and produce bubble.In addition, ink storage facility of the present invention, as long as the operating personnel who carries out the bottle to supplement the operation of ink receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notification unit carries out and weaken the impetus of supplementing ink to bottle, even if accumulate and have ink with wall portion in the collision of whereabouts ink, also can prevent from being injected into new ink in bottle falls to fiercely and accumulates in whereabouts ink collision with in the ink of wall portion, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink in bottle and produce bubble.
In addition, ink storage facility of the present invention also can comprise agitating unit, this agitating unit stirs to suppress ink composition precipitation to the ink being stored in described ink reservoir, and described agitating unit also can be in the situation that driven from described bottle of liquid-feeding pump (pump) action of sending ink.
According to this, form, ink storage facility of the present invention is compared with driving all the time the formation of agitating unit, and the driving time of agitating unit is short, therefore can is suppressed in the ink in bottle and be produced bubble by the stirring that utilizes agitating unit to carry out.Therefore, ink storage facility of the present invention not only can suppress to be stored in ink composition in ink reservoir precipitation, and can be suppressed in the ink in bottle and produce bubble.
[effect of invention]
Bottle of the present invention can utilize simple formation to be suppressed in the situation of supplementing ink and in ink, produce bubble.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the ink-jet printer of one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the ink storage facility shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the side cross-sectional, view of the ink storage facility shown in Fig. 1, and is near figure bottle.
Fig. 4 is the front view of the ink storage facility shown in Fig. 1, and is near figure bottle.
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of the ink storage facility shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the action of the control part shown in the Fig. 5 controlling in the situation of driving of motor.
Fig. 7 means from the container that has ink, simultaneously adjusts injection rate one towards the whereabouts ink collision of the bottle shown in Fig. 3, use the figure of the method for wall portion infusing ink by operating personnel's manual working.
Fig. 8 (a) is the variation of the bottle shown in Fig. 3, and is in ink reservoir, to be provided with ink to wander the top view by the formation of wall portion, and Fig. 8 (b) is the side cross-sectional, view of the bottle shown in Fig. 8 (a).
Fig. 9 (a) is the variation of the bottle shown in Fig. 3, and is to be provided with the top view of the formation of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts in ink reservoir, and Fig. 9 (b) is the side cross-sectional, view of the bottle shown in Fig. 9 (a).
Figure 10 means that, from the container that has ink, one side is adjusted injection rate one towards the figure of the method for the direct infusing ink of ink reservoir of bottle by operating personnel's manual working.
Figure 11 means from having the container of ink, and by operating personnel's manual working, one side is adjusted injection rate one towards the figure of method that is arranged at the funnel infusing ink of bottle.
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10: ink-jet printer
20: printer main body
20a, 20b, 30a, 30b: arrow
21: guide rail
22: bracket
23: record head
24: secondary tank (sub tank)
25: carrying device
30: ink storage facility
31: storage facility main body (supporting member)
31a: window
31b, 34a, 38a: axle
31c: bottle support portion
32,80: bottle
32a, 80a: ink reservoir
32b: whereabouts ink collision wall portion
32c: ink is wandered the wall portion that uses
32d: ink inlet (inlet)
32e: lid
32f: bottom surface
32g: sidewall
32h: bottle main body
32i: cylinder portion
32j: inclined-plane
33: pipe
34: bottle gradient checkout gear
34b: bottle contact member
34c: spring
34d: bottle has or not sensor
34e: ink residual volume sensor
35: ink supply conduit
36: ink ingress pipe
37: agitating device (agitating unit)
37a: screw
37b: motor
38: quantity of ink notifying device (quantity of ink notification unit)
38b: buoy
38c: display board
39: liquid-feeding pump
40: communication section
41: storage part
42: control part
70: recording medium
81: funnel
81a: main part
81b: pipe portion
90: container
91: ink
91a: bubble
The specific embodiment
Below, use accompanying drawing to describe one embodiment of the present invention.
First, the formation of the ink-jet printer of present embodiment is described.
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the ink-jet printer 10 of present embodiment.
As shown in Figure 1, ink-jet printer 10 comprises: printer main body 20; And ink storage facility 30, store the ink that is supplied to printer main body 20.
Printer main body 20 comprises: guide rail (guide rail) 21, extends at the main scanning direction with shown in arrow 20a; Bracket (carriage) 22, is being supported on guide rail 21 movably with the main scanning direction shown in arrow 20a; A plurality of record heads 23, carry on bracket 22 and ejection ink; A plurality of secondary tanks 24, carry on bracket 22 and store the ink that is supplied to record head 23; And carrying device 25, in the recording mediums 70 such as sub scanning direction conveyance paper shown in the arrow 20b with the main scanning direction quadrature shown in arrow 20a.
Ink storage facility 30 comprises: storage facility main body 31; A plurality of bottles 32, carry in storage facility main body 31, and store the ink that is supplied to secondary tank 24; And pipe 33, by the not shown a plurality of flexible pipes (hose) in order to supply with ink from 32 pairs of ink-jet printers of bottle 10, connect storage facility main body 31 and ink-jet printer 10.
At least corresponding each ink of ink-jet printer 10 and comprise record head 23, secondary tank 24 and bottle 32.The kind of ink is cyan (cyan), carmetta (magenta), yellow (yellow), black (black), light cyan (light cyan), shallow carmetta (light magenta), white (white) etc., according to the kind of for example color and difference.
Ink-jet printer 10 is for as lower device: by bracket 22 make record head 23 at main scanning direction with respect to moving with the not mobile recording medium 70 of the main scanning direction as shown in arrow 20a, and towards recording medium 70, spray inks from the nozzle of record head 23, utilize thus record head 23 to carry out printing at main scanning direction.In addition, ink-jet printer 10 is as lower device: by carrying device 25 with respect to the not mobile record head 23 of the sub scanning direction as shown in arrow 20b in sub scanning direction conveyance recording medium 70, thus each when the printing of main scanning direction finishes change record head 23 with respect to the position of the sub scanning direction of recording medium 70.
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of ink storage facility 30.
As shown in Figure 2, storage facility main body 31 can be carried 8 bottles 32.In Fig. 2, in side nearby, describe 4 bottles 32, in dark side, describe 1, but in fact in dark side, also have 4 symmetrically with side nearby.That is, ink storage facility 30 with the direction quadrature shown in arrow 30a with the direction shown in arrow 30b, comprise 2 row and be arranged with the direction shown in arrow 30a the row that 4 bottles 32 form.Storage facility main body 31 to be supporting bottle 32 by being stored in the state of the providing ink of bottle in 32 to record head 23, and forms supporting member of the present invention.
Storage facility main body 31 is formed with window 31a on the top of carrying the part of bottle 32.
Fig. 3 is the side cross-sectional, view of ink storage facility 30, and is near figure bottle 32.
As shown in Figure 3, storage facility main body 31 comprises: axle 31b, extends in the direction shown in arrow 30a (with reference to Fig. 2); And bottle support portion 31c, be rotatably supported on axle 31b bottle 32 is supported.That is, bottle 32 can be centered by axle 31b and rotate.
Bottle 32 comprises: ink reservoir 32a, and ink reservoir, and for roughly cylindric; Whereabouts ink 32b of wall portion for collision, collides for simultaneously adjust the ink that injection rate is simultaneously injected and fall aloft by operating personnel's manual working; Ink is wandered with the 32c of wall portion, makes to collide in the collision of whereabouts ink to wander with the 32c of wall portion and wander to ink reservoir 32a along this ink with the ink of the 32b of wall portion; And ink inlet 32d, be formed at the top of gravity direction, for injecting the ink that falls to the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion.
In addition, bottle 32 comprises and cover 32e, and this lid 32e covers ink inlet 32d, and detachably.
In addition, bottle 32 comprises: bottom surface 32f; And sidewall 32g, the below from ink inlet 32d towards gravity direction is extended setting and is arrived bottom surface 32f.
In addition, bottle 32 comprises: bottle main body 32h, is formed with ink reservoir 32a; And the 32i of cylinder portion, bottle main body 32h is with the side-prominent formation outwardly of specific angle certainly.
Ink reservoir 32a is the large capacity that for example capacity is 2000cc.
Ink collision in whereabouts is the part of the tubular that extends obliquely from the bottom of the sidepiece of ink reservoir 32a, the i.e. part of the upside in the 32i of cylinder portion with the 32b of wall portion.In addition, to wander with the 32c of wall portion be the 32b of the wall portion part of side on the lower for ink collision that falls in the 32i of this to ink.That is, ink collision in whereabouts is wandered with the 32c of wall portion and by wander with the 32c of wall portion, ink reservoir 32a the continuous inclined-plane 32j tilting downwards towards ink, is formed respectively with the 32b of wall portion, ink.In addition, ink collision in whereabouts wanders with the 32b of wall portion and ink the sidepiece that is arranged on ink reservoir 32a with the 32c of wall portion.
A part for the inwall of bottle in 32 be in the inner space of the whereabouts ink collision 32i of cylinder portion that wanders the use 32c of wall portion with the 32b of wall portion and ink with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91, with the 32b of wall portion and ink, wandering with in the scope of the 32c of wall portion being formed with the collision of whereabouts ink, is minimum in the collision of whereabouts ink with the position of the 32b of wall portion.That is, ink is wandered to prevent from colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink with being shaped as of the 32c of wall portion and is temporarily accumulated in the shape of the 32b of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts with the ink of the 32b of wall portion.
Ink inlet 32d is formed on whereabouts ink collision with directly over the 32b of wall portion.That is, whereabouts ink collision is formed on the position with ink inlet 32d subtend with the 32b of wall portion.Ink inlet 32d forms in order to the inlet of the present invention from outside infusing ink.
Ink inlet 32d is formed in the horizontal direction the position of the central offset of bottle 32 certainly.Whereabouts ink collision is formed on the part of the close ink inlet 32d in sidewall 32g with the 32b of wall portion.
Whereabouts ink collision approaches configuration with the 32b of wall portion and ink inlet 32d.For example, ink collision in whereabouts also can be leaned on the top of gravity direction by being configured in the position of half degree of depth of bottle 32 with the 32b of wall portion, and approaches configuration with ink inlet 32d.
Ink is wandered with the position that the 32c of wall portion is configured in gravity direction and is fallen ink collision with the 32b of wall portion on the lower, and towards the top of gravity direction.
Lid 32e is configured in bottle 32 and is being supported on the position of exposing under the state of storage facility main body 31.Therefore, ink inlet 32d and the collision of whereabouts ink are configured in bottle 32 with the 32b of wall portion and by dismounting, cover the position that 32e exposes under the states that is supported on storage facility main body 31.That is, ink inlet 32d and the collision of whereabouts ink are configured in bottle 32 positions that can expose under the state that is supported on storage facility main body 31 with the 32b of wall portion.
Ink storage facility 30 comprises: bottle gradient checkout gear 34, in order to detect bottle 32 gradients with respect to storage facility main body 31; Ink supply conduit 35, in order to extremely outside by the providing ink being stored in ink reservoir 32a; Ink ingress pipe 36, in order to being directed into ink reservoir 32a from the outside ink of supplying with; Agitating device 37, as agitating unit of the present invention, stirs to suppress the one-tenth fractional precipitation of ink to being stored in ink in ink reservoir 32a; And quantity of ink notifying device 38, as quantity of ink notification unit of the present invention, in the situation that have the ink more than specified quantitative such as 1800cc etc. in ink reservoir 32a, notify, with the ink that prevents from being injected in bottle 32, from bottle 32, overflow.
Bottle gradient checkout gear 34 comprises: axle 34a, extends in the direction with shown in arrow 30a (with reference to Fig. 2), and is rotatably supported on storage facility main body 31; Bottle contact member 34b, is fixed on axle 34a upper, and contacts with bottle 32; Spring 34c, one end is fixed on storage facility main body 31, and the other end is fixed on a bottle contact member 34b; Bottle has or not sensor (sensor) 34d, and as photoelectric sensor, the having of not shown detected portion of detecting bottle contact member 34b is difficult to detect having or not of bottle 32; And ink residual volume sensor 34e, as photoelectric sensor, detect the having or not of not shown detected portion of bottle contact member 34b, to detect, in ink reservoir 32a, have the ink more than predefined amount such as 700cc etc.In the contrary direction of rotation of the direction of rotation that bottle contact member 34b energizes by spring 34c in the direction of rotation centered by axle 34a, in the situation that bottle 32 is supported on storage facility main body 31, by rotating with contacting of bottle 32.Bottle has or not sensor 34d in the situation that bottle 32 is supported on storage facility main body 31, detects a not shown detected portion of bottle contact member 34b.Ink residual volume sensor 34e is supported on storage facility main body 31 at bottle 32, and then in the situation that in ink reservoir 32a, has ink more than predefined amount, a not shown detected portion of detection bottle contact member 34b.
Ink supply conduit 35 is inserted in ink reservoir 32a.
Ink ingress pipe 36 is inserted in ink reservoir 32a.Ink ingress pipe 36 is as lower member,, in order to by making to utilize ink supply conduit 35 to be supplied to from ink reservoir 32a the ink circulation that outside ink is back to ink reservoir 32a again, and suppress ink composition, precipitates.In addition, the bottle 32 such as the bottle 32 of the ink for easily precipitating except compositions such as storage white inks, also can not arrange ink ingress pipe 36.
Agitating device 37 comprises: screw (propeller) 37a, is stored in the ink in ink reservoir 32a in order to stir; And motor (motor) 37b, use so that screw 37a rotation.Screw 37a is inserted in ink reservoir 32a.In addition, the bottle 32 for the bottle 32 of the ink easily precipitating except storage composition, also can not arrange agitating device 37.
Fig. 4 is the front view of ink storage facility 30, and is near figure bottle 32.
As shown in Figures 3 and 4, quantity of ink notifying device 38 comprises: axle 38a, extends in the direction with shown in arrow 30b, and is rotatably supported on storage facility main body 31; Buoy (float) 38b, is fixed on axle 38a; And display board 38c, be fixed on axle 38a upper, in order to outside is carried out and to be shown via window 31a.
Buoy 38b is inserted in ink reservoir 32a.Buoy 38b by by be stored in time point that ink in ink reservoir 32a starts floating centered by axle 38a all the time towards the mode of a direction rotation, even if in ink reservoir 32a not ink reservoir in the situation that, also by not shown stop part (stopper) etc. and slightly tilt towards this direction centered by axle 38a with respect to the position under axle 38a.
In display board 38c, for example in ink reservoir 32a, via window 31a, be not shown in outside part ink reservoir in the situation that, with yellow, describe, and in the situation that have the ink more than specified quantitative such as 1800cc etc. in ink reservoir 32a, via window 31a, be shown in outside part, with redness, describe.Therefore, in the situation that be shown in outside color via window 31a, become redly, operating personnel can identify in ink reservoir 32a and have ink more than specified quantitative.
In addition, bottle 32 whereabouts ink 32b of wall portion for collision, also configurable in the situation that compared with the high position of liquid level of this ink that has the ink of the specified quantitative by quantity of ink notifying device 38 notices in ink reservoir 32a.
Fig. 5 is the block diagram (block diagram) of ink storage facility 30.
As shown in Figure 5, ink storage facility 30 comprises: above-mentioned bottle has or not sensor 34d, each setting position of corresponding bottle 32 (with reference to Fig. 1) and arranging; Above-mentioned ink residual volume sensor 34e, each setting position of corresponding bottle 32 and arranging; Above-mentioned motor 37b, corresponding in order to store the necessary ink of agitating device 37 (with reference to Fig. 3) bottle 32 each setting position and arrange; Liquid-feeding pump 39, corresponding each bottle 32 and arranging, sends ink from bottle 32 to record head 23 (with reference to Fig. 1) side; Communication section 40, as communication device, carries out communication via not shown cable (cable) with printer main body 20 (with reference to Fig. 1); Storage part 41, as the memory devices such as Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EEPROM) of store various kinds of data (data); And control part 42, control ink storage facility 30 integral body.
Control part 42 for example comprises: central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU); Read-only storage (Read Only Memory, ROM), pre-stored program (program) and various data; And random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), as the operating area of central processing unit.Central processing unit is carried out the program in read-only storage or storage part 41 that is stored in.
Below the action of control part 42 is described.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart (flow chart) of controlling the action of the control part 42 in the situation of driving of motor 37b.
Control part 42 when the operating state of change liquid-feeding pump 39, starts the action shown in Fig. 6 at every turn.
As shown in Figure 6, control part 42 judges whether liquid-feeding pump 39 moves (S101).
If control part 42 is judged liquid-feeding pump 39 and moved in S101, start the driving (S102) of motor 37b, and finish the action shown in Fig. 6.
On the other hand, if control part 42 is judged liquid-feeding pump 39 in S101, do not move, finish the driving (S103) of motor 37b, and finish the action shown in Fig. 6.
Secondly, the method that bottle 32 is supplemented to ink is described.
Fig. 7 means from the container 90 that has ink 91, simultaneously adjusts injection rate one face the figure of the method for the 32b of wall portion infusing ink 91 for the whereabouts ink collision of bottle 32 by operating personnel's manual working.
Operating personnel is in the situation that 90 pairs of bottles of container 32 supplement ink, at the lid 32e (with reference to Fig. 3) of dismounting bottle 32 afterwards, from container 90, by manual working, simultaneously adjust injection rate, one side is injected 32d and the water of the putting pen to paper collision 32b of wall portion infusing ink 91 down via the ink of bottle 32.
If operating personnel receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notifying device 38 carries out and identify had ink more than specified quantitative in ink reservoir 32a, can weaken the impetus of supplementing inks 91 to bottle 32 from container 90.In addition, operating personnel can one side inject via ink the variation that 32d confirms the liquid level of the ink 91 in bottle 32, and one side judges whether to finish to bottle 32, to supplement ink 91 from container 90.
In addition, operating personnel also can be from lighting such as the time that starts to supplement ink 91 to bottle 32 from container 90 etc., from receive utilize the notice that quantity of ink notifying device 38 carries out and identify in ink reservoir 32a, had ink more than specified quantitative before, one side is confirmed the variation of the liquid level of the ink 91 in bottle 32 via ink inlet 32d, one side is supplemented ink 91 from container 90 to bottle 32.
In addition, operating personnel also can utilize the notice that quantity of ink notifying device 38 carries out and identify the time point that has ink more than specified quantitative in ink reservoir 32a receiving, and finishes to bottle 32, to supplement ink 91 from container 90.
Operating personnel is finishing from container 90 after bottle 32 supplements ink 91, again the lid 32e of bottle 32 is installed and finishes a series of operation.
As mentioned above, bottle 32 is the in the situation that of supplementary ink 91, the new ink 91 that injects 32d injection from ink is colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink with after the 32b of wall portion, can wander with the 32c of wall portion and wander to ink reservoir 32a along ink, the new ink 91 that therefore can suppress to be injected in bottle 32 directly falls in the ink 91 that is stored in ink reservoir 32a, as a result of, can be suppressed in ink 91 and produce bubble.
In addition, bottle 32 is wandered with the 32c of wall portion with the 32b of wall portion and ink because bottle 32 itself comprises the collision of whereabouts ink, therefore the in the situation that of supplementary ink 91, except bottles 32 without the special-purpose utensil as funnel 81 (with reference to Figure 11).Therefore, bottle 32 can utilize simple formation to be suppressed in the situation of supplementing ink 91 and produce bubble in ink 91.
In addition, even if bottle 32 is wandered with the 32c of wall portion and is wandered to ink reservoir 32a and cause producing bubble at ink 91 along ink because of the new ink 91 that injects 32d injection from ink, the formation that directly falls to the ink 91 that is stored in ink reservoir 32a with the new ink 91 that bottle 32 is injected is compared, from ink inject 91 pairs of new inks that 32d injects be stored in ink reservoir 32a ink 91 the stirring impetus also a little less than, the size of the bubble therefore producing is large, thereby bubble is easy to disappear in the short time.Therefore, bottle 32 is compared with the formation that the new ink 91 injecting from ink inlet 32d directly falls to the ink 91 that is stored in ink reservoir 32a, can alleviate the burden of ink 91 adjunctive programs.
Whereabouts ink collision approaches configuration with the 32b of wall portion and ink inlet 32d.According to this formation, bottle 32 collides the use 32b of wall portion in the situation that the new ink 91 injecting from ink inlet 32d collides in whereabouts ink, the suffered impact of this ink 91 is little, therefore can collide by the new ink 91 injecting from ink inlet 32d in the collision of whereabouts ink, with the 32b of wall portion, to be suppressed at ink 91 and to produce bubble.
In addition, ink collision in whereabouts also can be leaned on the top of gravity direction by being configured in the position of half degree of depth of bottle 32 with the 32b of wall portion, and approaches configuration with ink inlet 32d.According to this formation, bottle 32 is configured in the position of half degree of depth of bottle 32 with the collision of whereabouts ink with the 32b of wall portion and compares by the formation of the below of gravity direction, in the situation that the new ink 91 injecting from ink inlet 32d collides in the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion, the suffered impact of this ink 91 is little, therefore can suppress new ink 91 because injecting from ink inlet 32d and collide in whereabouts ink and collide and cause producing bubble at ink 91 with the 32b of wall portion.
Ink is wandered with the position that the 32c of wall portion is configured in gravity direction and is fallen ink collision with the 32b of wall portion on the lower, and towards the top of gravity direction.According to this formation, it is that vertical formation is compared that bottle 32 is wandered with the 32c of wall portion with ink, the new ink 91 injecting from ink injection 32d is wandered along ink with the 32c of wall portion and is wandered a little less than the impetus of ink reservoir 32a, therefore can be suppressed in ink 91 and produce bubble.
In addition, as long as ink is wandered can make to collide in the collision of whereabouts ink with the 32c of wall portion, with the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion, along this ink, wander with the 32c of wall portion and wander to ink reservoir 32a, both can be vertically, also can be towards the top of gravity direction.
The whereabouts ink collision of bottle 32 is wandered with the 32c of wall portion and is formed at continuous inclined-plane 32j with the 32b of wall portion and ink, and the new ink 91 therefore injecting from ink inlet 32d can successfully be wandered with the 32c of wall portion and wander to ink reservoir 32a along ink with the 32b of wall portion from the collision of whereabouts ink.Therefore, bottle 32 can be suppressed in ink 91 and produce bubble.
And 32 also can comprise: bottle main body 32h, is formed with ink reservoir 32a; And cylinder portion, bottle main body 32h is with the side-prominent formation outwardly of specific angle certainly; And inclined-plane also can be formed at a portion.
According to this formation, the whereabouts ink collision of bottle 32 is wandered with the 32c of wall portion and is arranged on the inclined-plane j with the 32j of cylinder portion of specific angle side-prominent formation outwardly from bottle main body 32h with the 32b of wall portion and ink, and be not arranged on bottle main body 32h, therefore wander by the formation that the 32c of wall portion is arranged on bottle main body 32h and compare with the 32b of wall portion and ink with the collision of whereabouts ink, the whole maximization of bottle 32 can be suppressed, and the capacity of large ink reservoir 32a can be guaranteed.
In addition, ink storage facility 30 is in the situation that supplement ink 91 by operating personnel's manual working to bottle 32 infusing inks 91, the new ink 91 that bottle 32 is injected is colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink with after the 32b of wall portion, can wander with the 32c of wall portion and wander to ink reservoir 32a along ink, the new ink 91 that therefore can suppress bottle 32 to inject directly falls to the ink 91 that is stored in ink reservoir 32a, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink 91 in bottle 32 and produce bubble.
In addition, ink storage facility 30 is wandered with the 32c of wall portion with the 32b of wall portion and ink because bottle 32 itself comprises whereabouts ink collision, therefore in the situation that bottle 32 being supplemented to ink 91, except bottles 32 without the special-purpose utensil as funnel 81 (with reference to Figure 11).Therefore, ink storage facility 30 can utilize simple formation to be suppressed in the situation of supplementing ink 91 and produce bubble in the ink 91 in bottle 32.
In addition, even if ink storage facility 30 is wandered with the 32c of wall portion and is wandered to ink reservoir 32a and cause producing bubble in the ink 91 in bottle 32 along ink because being injected into the new ink 91 of bottle in 32, the formation that directly falls to the ink 91 that is stored in ink reservoir 32a with the new ink 91 that bottle 32 is injected is compared, be injected into the new ink 91 pair of bottle in 32 be stored in ink reservoir 32a ink 91 the stirring impetus also a little less than, the size of the bubble therefore producing is large, thereby bubble is easy to disappear in the short time.Therefore, ink storage facility 30 is compared with the formation that the new ink 91 that bottle 32 is injected directly falls to the ink 91 that is stored in ink reservoir 32a, can alleviate the burden of ink 91 adjunctive programs.
Ink storage facility 30 is provided with ink at the sidepiece of ink reservoir 32a and wanders with the 32c of wall portion, therefore wanders by the formation of the 32c of wall portion and compares be provided with ink at ink reservoir 32a, can guarantee the capacity of large ink reservoir 32a.
In addition, as shown in Figure 8, ink storage facility 30 also can be at ink reservoir 32a and is provided with the formation that ink is wandered the use 32c of wall portion.
In addition, ink storage facility 30 is provided with the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion at the sidepiece of ink reservoir 32a, therefore compare by the formation of the 32b of wall portion be provided with whereabouts ink collision at ink reservoir 32a, can guarantee the capacity of large ink reservoir 32a.
In addition, as shown in Figure 9, ink storage facility 30 also can be at ink reservoir 32a and is provided with the formation of the 32b of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts.
Ink storage facility 30 is supported under the state of storage facility main body 31 at bottle 32, the ink 91 being stored in bottle 32 can be supplied under the state of record head 23, can expose the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion, therefore can be to stored ink 91 being supplied to bottle 32 infusing inks 91 of the state of record head 23, as a result of, can promote the workability of supplementing ink 91.
In addition, ink storage facility 30 also can be supported under the state of storage facility main body 31 at bottle 32, cannot expose the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion.Ink storage facility 30 cannot expose whereabouts ink 32b of wall portion for collision in the situation that bottle 32 is supported under the state of storage facility main body 31, can be to bottle 32 infusing inks 91 from 31 dismountings of storage facility main body.
The whereabouts ink collision of ink storage facility 30 is wandered the shape with the 32c of wall portion with the 32b of wall portion and ink, for preventing from colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink, with the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion, temporarily accumulate in the shape of the 32b of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts, collide in the collision of whereabouts ink and can temporarily not accumulate in the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion with the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion, the new ink 91 that therefore can suppress that bottle 32 is injected directly falls to and accumulates in the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink 91 in bottle 32 and produce bubble.
In bottle 32, a part for inwall is that ink is wandered the 32i of cylinder portion with the 32c of wall portion, in inner space with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91, wander with in the scope of the 32c of wall portion being formed with ink, exist and put pen to paper more most on the lower in the situation of water collision with the little position of the described area of the position of the 32b of wall portion side, collide in the collision of whereabouts ink and can wander with this position of the 32c of wall portion and temporarily accumulate at ink with the ink of the 32b of wall portion, as a result of, can temporarily accumulate in the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion.Yet, in the inner space of the 32i of this of ink storage facility 30 with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91, wander with in the scope of the 32c of wall portion being formed with ink, putting pen to paper most on the lower, the position of water collision by the 32b of wall portion side is minimum, therefore can prevent from colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink the ink 91 with the 32b of wall portion, at ink, wander by the half-way of the 32c of wall portion and temporarily accumulate, as a result of, can prevent that ink 91 from temporarily accumulating in the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion.
In addition, even if in 30 bottle 32 of ink storage facility a part for inwall be ink wander with in the inner space of the 32i of cylinder portion of the 32c of wall portion with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91, wander with in the scope of the 32c of wall portion being formed with ink, there is the described area little position of water collision with the position of the 32b of wall portion side of putting pen to paper more most on the lower, as long as fully large with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91 in the inner space of the 32i of cylinder portion of this position, collide in the collision of whereabouts ink and also can not wander by the half-way of the 32c of wall portion and temporarily accumulate at ink with the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion.
In bottle 32, a part for inwall is that whereabouts ink collision is wandered the 32i of cylinder portion with the 32c of wall portion with the 32b of wall portion and ink, in inner space with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91, with the 32b of wall portion and ink, wander in the use scope of the 32c of wall portion being formed with the collision of whereabouts ink, exist the ink collision of falling with the little ink of described area of the position of the 32b of wall portion, to wander in the situation of the position of using the 32c of wall portion, collide in the collision of whereabouts ink and can wander with this position of the 32c of wall portion and temporarily accumulate at ink with the ink of the 32b of wall portion, as a result of, can temporarily accumulate in the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion.Yet, in the inner space of the 32i of this of ink storage facility 30 with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91, with the 32b of wall portion and ink, wander in the use scope of the 32c of wall portion being formed with the collision of whereabouts ink, in the collision of whereabouts ink, with the position of the 32b of wall portion, be minimum, therefore can prevent from colliding in the collision of whereabouts ink the ink 91 with the 32b of wall portion, at ink, wander with the position of the 32c of wall portion and temporarily accumulate, as a result of, can prevent that ink 91 from temporarily accumulating in the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion.
In addition, even if in 30 bottle 32 of ink storage facility a part for inwall be in the inner space of the whereabouts ink collision 32i of cylinder portion that wanders the use 32c of wall portion with the 32b of wall portion and ink with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91, with the 32b of wall portion and ink, wander in the use scope of the 32c of wall portion being formed with the collision of whereabouts ink, exist the ink collision of falling to wander the position with the 32c of wall portion with the little ink of described area of the position of the 32b of wall portion, as long as fully large with the area of the face of the flow direction quadrature of ink 91 in the inner space of the 32i of cylinder portion of this position, collide the ink 91 with the 32b of wall portion in the collision of whereabouts ink, can not wander with the position of the 32c of wall portion and temporarily accumulate at ink yet.
Ink storage facility 30 is configured in the 32b of wall portion in whereabouts ink collision in the situation that while having the high position of the liquid level of this ink of ink of the specified quantitative of notifying by quantity of ink notifying device 38 in ink reservoir 32a, as long as the operating personnel who carries out the bottle 32 to supplement the operation of inks 91 receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notifying device 38 carries out and finish to bottle 32 to supplement ink 91, can prevent that ink 91 from accumulating to the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion, therefore can prevent the new ink 91 of bottle 32 injections directly to fall to and accumulate in the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink 91 in bottle 32 and produce bubble.
In addition, even if ink storage facility 30 collides with the 32b of wall portion and makes the new ink 91 of bottle 32 injections directly fall to and accumulate in the ink 91 of whereabouts ink collision on the 32b of wall portion because ink 91 accumulates to whereabouts ink, and cause producing in the ink 91 in bottle 32 bubble, if the operating personnel who carries out the bottle 32 to supplement the operation of inks 91 receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notifying device 38 carries out and finish to bottle 32 to supplement ink 91, also can prevent from the ink in bottle 32 91, producing bubble thereafter.
In addition, ink storage facility 30 is configured in the 32b of wall portion in whereabouts ink collision in the situation that while having the high position of the liquid level of this ink of ink of the specified quantitative of notifying by quantity of ink notifying device 38 in ink reservoir 32a, as long as the operating personnel who carries out the bottle 32 to supplement the operation of inks 91 receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notifying device 38 carries out and weaken the impetus that bottle 32 is supplemented to inks 91, even if accumulate and have ink with the 32b of wall portion in the collision of whereabouts ink, also can prevent the new ink 91 of bottle 32 injections to fall to fiercely and accumulate in the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink 91 in bottle 32 and produce bubble.
In addition, ink storage facility 30 whereabouts ink collision with the 32b of wall portion be configured in in the situation that have the position that the liquid level of this ink of ink of the specified quantitative of notifying by quantity of ink notifying device 38 is identical in ink reservoir 32a, or during the position that this liquid level is low, the operating personnel who carries out bottle 32 to supplement the operation of inks 91, receive the time point that utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notifying device 38 carries out, ink 91 at least accumulates to the whereabouts ink collision 32b of wall portion, therefore can directly fall to because of the new ink 91 that bottle 32 is injected and accumulate in whereabouts ink and collide and cause the ink 91 in bottle 32 to produce bubble with the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion.Yet, even if accumulating in whereabouts ink collision because the new ink 91 that bottle 32 is injected directly falls to, ink storage facility 30 cause the ink 91 in bottle 32 to produce bubble with the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion, as long as the operating personnel who carries out the bottle 32 to supplement the operation of inks 91 receives and utilizes the notice that quantity of ink notifying device 38 carries out and weaken the impetus of supplementing inks 91 to bottle 32, also can prevent from thereafter the new ink 91 of bottle 32 injections being fallen to fiercely and accumulating in the ink 91 of the 32b of wall portion for the ink collision of whereabouts, as a result of, can be suppressed in the ink 91 in bottle 32 and produce bubble.
Ink storage facility 30 (in S101 for being (YES)) in the situation that of liquid-feeding pump 39 action, drives agitating device 37 (S102), so compares with driving all the time the formation of agitating device 37, and the driving time of agitating device 37 is short.Ink storage facility 30, in the situation that the driving time of agitating device 37 is short, can be suppressed at by the stirring that utilizes agitating device 37 to carry out in the ink 91 in bottle 32 and produces bubble.Therefore, ink storage facility 30 not only can suppress to be stored in by agitating device 37 the one-tenth fractional precipitation of the ink 91 in ink reservoir 32a, and can is suppressed in the ink 91 in bottle 32 and be produced bubble by agitating device 37.
In addition, ink storage facility 30, in the situation that the stirring by agitating device 37 makes not produce bubble in the ink 91 in bottle 32, also can be the formation that drives all the time agitating device 37.
In present embodiment, ink collision in whereabouts is formed at the inclined-plane 32j of a 32i of portion with the 32b of wall portion, but also can be formed at the face of the level in sidewall 32g.
In present embodiment, bottle 32 is simultaneously to adjust infusing ink 91 of injection rate by operating personnel's manual working, but also can pass through additive method infusing ink 91.For example, bottle 32 also can be used as the ink replenishing container as recorded in above-mentioned patent documentation 1, patent documentation 2, and the container that ink 91 is automatically fallen in bottle 32 carrys out infusing ink 91.
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1. a bottle, is characterized in that: it is possessed by the ink-jet printer that comprises the record head that sprays ink, and stores the ink that is supplied to described record head, and described bottle comprises:
Ink reservoir, ink reservoir;
Inlet, is formed at the top of gravity direction, in order to from outside infusing ink;
Wall portion use in ink collision in whereabouts, is formed at the position with described inlet subtend, for the ink injecting from described inlet and fall, collides;
Ink is wandered and is used wall portion, makes to collide in the collision of described whereabouts ink to wander with wall portion and wander to described ink reservoir along this ink with the ink of wall portion;
Bottom surface; And sidewall, the below from described inlet to gravity direction is extended setting and is arrived described bottom surface;
Described inlet is formed in the horizontal direction from the position of the central offset of described bottle, and ink collision in described whereabouts is formed at the part of the close described inlet in described sidewall with wall portion.
2. bottle according to claim 1, is characterized in that: ink collision in described whereabouts approaches configuration with wall portion and described inlet.
3. bottle according to claim 2, is characterized in that: the top of gravity direction is leaned in ink collision in described whereabouts by being configured in the position of half degree of depth of more described bottle with wall portion, and approach configuration with described inlet.
4. according to the bottle described in any one in claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: described ink wander with wall portion, be configured in gravity direction more described whereabouts, position ink collision use wall portion on the lower, and towards the top of gravity direction.
5. according to the bottle described in any one in claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: wall portion for described whereabouts ink collision, wander with wall portion and be formed on continuous inclined-plane with described ink, described whereabouts ink collides with the more described ink in position that wall portion is configured in gravity direction and wanders the use top side of wall portion.
6. according to claim 4 bottle, it is characterized in that: wall portion for described whereabouts ink collision, wander with wall portion and be formed on continuous inclined-plane with described ink, described whereabouts ink collides with the more described ink in position that wall portion is configured in gravity direction and wanders the use top side of wall portion.
7. bottle according to claim 5, is characterized in that, comprises:
Bottle main body, is formed with described ink reservoir; And
Cylinder portion, from described bottle main body with the side-prominent formation outwardly of specific angle; And described inclined-plane is formed at described cylinder portion.
8. bottle according to claim 6, is characterized in that, comprises:
Bottle main body, is formed with described ink reservoir; And
Cylinder portion, from described bottle main body with the side-prominent formation outwardly of specific angle; And described inclined-plane is formed at described cylinder portion.
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