CN107918263B - Processing box with driving assembly - Google Patents
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Abstract
A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus including a driving head for outputting a driving force; the process cartridge includes: the developing cartridge comprises a power receiving part which can stretch along the direction of the rotation axis of the developing cartridge, the power receiving part can be engaged with the driving head to receive driving force from the driving head, and the developing cartridge also comprises a control mechanism which controls the power receiving part to stretch out and push the developer bearing member to contact the image bearing member with a certain pressure while controlling the power receiving part to stretch out and engage with the driving head. The universal joint solves the technical problem that the universal joint in the prior art needs to be repeatedly pivoted after being installed in the imaging equipment, so that the pivoting is not smooth, and the universal joint and a driving head in the imaging equipment cannot be normally meshed.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a process cartridge with a driving assembly.
Background
The process cartridge is a cartridge which can be detachably loaded into a main body of an image forming apparatus, and includes a photosensitive cartridge including an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a charger, etc., and a developing cartridge including one of processors such as a developer, a cleaner, etc. Since the process cartridge is detachably mountable with respect to the apparatus main body, maintenance of the apparatus is facilitated. An electrophotographic image forming apparatus adopting an electrophotographic image forming method is operated as follows: an electrophotographic photosensitive member uniformly charged by a charger is selectively exposed by light of an image forming apparatus to form an electrostatic latent image, the latent image is developed with toner by a developer to form a toner image, and the formed toner image is transferred onto a recording medium by a transfer device to form an image on the recording material.
The size of imaging equipment tends to miniaturization more and more, in order to reduce processing box cost of transportation and user's use cost, current many producers make photosensitive box and development box into the structure that can replace alone, and the life of a photosensitive box can support the life of a plurality of development boxes, and when a development box obtained life, the user only need replace the development box and continue to use original photosensitive box.
The related art provides an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge, the process cartridge is divided into a first unit having an image bearing member and a second unit having a developer bearing member, the first unit is separately and detachably mounted in the image forming apparatus, the second unit is also separately and detachably mounted in the image forming apparatus, the second unit having the developer bearing member is detachably mounted in the image forming apparatus along a mounting rail, the second unit is provided with a force receiving portion, the image forming apparatus is provided with a force applying portion cooperating with the force receiving portion, the force applying portion acts on the force receiving portion and drives the second unit to move, so that the developer bearing member on the second unit and the image bearing member on the first unit can move between a contact position and a separation position. The above-mentioned second unit is provided with a deflectable universal joint for engaging with a drive head in an image forming apparatus to receive a driving force from the image forming apparatus, and the above-mentioned universal joint structure has a problem that repeated pivoting is required when engaging with and disengaging from the drive head in the image forming apparatus, and the engagement of the universal joint with the drive head may be affected due to the unsmooth pivoting of the universal joint after a long period of use, and at the same time, the pivot center of the structure of the universal joint may be loosened due to excessive vibration during transportation to cause the failure of the universal joint.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a processing box, which solves the technical problem that in the prior art, a universal joint needs to be repeatedly pivoted after being installed in an imaging device, so that the pivoting is not smooth, and the universal joint cannot be normally meshed with a driving head in the imaging device.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
a process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus;
the image forming apparatus includes:
a rotatable drive head for outputting a drive force;
the process cartridge includes:
a photosensitive cartridge having an image bearing member;
a developing cartridge having a developer carrying member;
the developing box and the photosensitive box can rotate relatively;
the developing cartridge has a housing that can accommodate a developer;
the developing box comprises a power receiving part which can stretch and contract along a first direction of the rotation axis of the developing box, the power receiving part can be meshed with the driving head to receive driving force from the driving head, the developing box further comprises a control mechanism for controlling the stretching of the power receiving part, and the control mechanism controls the power receiving part to stretch out and push the developer carrying component to contact with the image carrying component with a certain pressure while being meshed with the driving head.
The image forming apparatus includes a reciprocally movable force applying assembly having a force applying portion, the control mechanism includes a force receiving member provided between the force receiving member and the housing, an elastic member movable with the force receiving member and pressing the elastic member when the force applying portion moves, the elastic member providing an elastic force to keep the developer carrying member in contact with the image carrying member with a certain pressure. The control mechanism comprises a connecting rod movably connected with the force receiving component, the connecting rod controls the power receiving part to stretch, the force receiving component can rotate around a rotation center, and the connecting rod and the elastic component are arranged on two sides of the rotation center.
After the scheme is adopted, a novel developing box driving structure is adopted, the structure is simple, the power transmission is stable, and the technical problem that a power receiving part in the processing box cannot be normally disengaged from a driving head in the imaging device in the prior art is solved.
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in order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a process cartridge provided in the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an exploded structure of a process cartridge control mechanism provided in the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of an exploded structure of a driving force receiving assembly in the process cartridge according to the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a driving force receiving assembly in the process cartridge provided by the present invention;
fig. 5 is a partial structural schematic view of a driving force receiving assembly in the process cartridge provided by the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a process cartridge according to the present invention in a mounted state;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the driving force receiving assembly mounted in the process cartridge provided by the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a driving force receiving assembly in a process cartridge provided by the present invention in a first state;
fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a driving force receiving assembly in a process cartridge provided by the present invention in a second state,
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a process cartridge provided by the present invention as an integral cartridge;
fig. 11 is an exploded schematic view of the process cartridge provided by the present invention as an integral cartridge.
The specific implementation mode is as follows:
embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
First embodiment
As shown in fig. 1, the photosensitive cartridge 50 includes an image bearing member 51, a charging member 52, and a photosensitive cartridge frame 53 supporting the image bearing member 51 and the charging member 52, and a photosensitive cartridge handle 54 is provided on the photosensitive cartridge frame 53. The charging member 52 is used to charge the image bearing member 51, and a cartridge handle 54 is provided so that a user can grip the cartridge handle 54 to mount or dismount the photosensitive cartridge 50 in or from the image forming apparatus.
As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the developing cartridge 1 includes a developer carrying member 2, a developing cartridge frame 3 supporting the developer carrying member 2, and a developing cartridge handle 4 provided on the developing cartridge frame 3. The user can mount or dismount the developing cartridge 1 into or from the image forming apparatus by gripping the developing cartridge handle 4. One side of the developing cartridge frame 3 is provided with a driving force receiving assembly 10 for engaging with a driving head 100 (see fig. 5) in the image forming apparatus to receive a driving force of the driving head 100 in the image forming apparatus.
The driving force receiving assembly 10 of the developing cartridge 1 includes a power receiving portion 11, a pressing block 12, a power transmitting portion 13, a first elastic member 14, a gear portion 15, a restricting member 16, and a latch 17. The driving force receiving assembly 10 receives a driving force from the image forming apparatus and drives the developer carrying member 2 in the developing cartridge 1 to rotate, and for convenience of description, a rotational axis direction of the developer carrying member is referred to as a first direction. The power receiving portion 11 is provided thereon with a receiving pawl portion 11a, the receiving pawl portion 11a projecting substantially in the first direction, the receiving pawl portion 11a being engageable with a drive head 100 (see fig. 5) in the image forming apparatus to receive a driving force of the drive head 100, and the power transmitting portion 13 transmitting the driving force to the gear portion 15. The first elastic member 14 is disposed between the gear portion 15 and the power receiving portion 11, and the first elastic member 14 provides an elastic force to control the expansion and contraction of the power receiving portion 11 in the first direction. The power transmission part 13 is provided with a first bolt hole 13a, the power receiving part 11 is provided with a second bolt hole 11b, the bolt 17 passes through the first bolt hole 13a and the second bolt hole 11b to fix the power receiving part 11, the gear part 15 is provided with a groove 15a, and the groove 15a is matched with the bolt 17 to receive the driving force from the power receiving part 11. The restricting member 16 is provided to prevent the power receiving portion 11 from disengaging from the gear portion 15. In this embodiment, the first elastic member 14 is a compression spring, and may be replaced by other elastic materials, such as elastic plastics, elastic metal sheets, and the like. The restricting member 16 is a snap spring that is snapped into the power transmission portion 13, but other restricting means may be used, such as a snap-fit type of the portion of the power transmission portion 11 protruding from the gear portion 15.
The developing cartridge 1 further includes a control mechanism 20 that controls the extension and contraction of the driving force receiving assembly 10, and the control mechanism 20 includes a force receiving member 21, a link 22, and a second elastic member 23. One end of the link 22 is provided with a first connecting portion 22a, and the force receiving member 21 is provided with a second connecting portion 21a that is engaged with the first connecting portion 22 a. The second elastic member 23 has one end abutting the developing cartridge frame 3 and the other end abutting the force receiving member 21, the force receiving member 21 having a rotation center 21b and a first force receiving portion 21c, the force receiving member 21 being rotatable about the rotation center 21b when an external force acts on the first force receiving portion 21 c. In order to make the rotation of the force receiving member 21 smoother, the first force receiving portion 21c and the second connecting portion 21a are provided on both sides of the rotation center 21b, respectively, in the present embodiment. In this embodiment, the first connecting portion 22a is configured to be a protruding snap-fit shape, and the second connecting portion 21a is configured to be a long hole shape that is in snap-fit with the protruding snap-fit shape, so that the structure can stably connect the force receiving member 21 and the connecting rod 22, alternatively, the first connecting portion 22a and the second connecting portion 21a may also be combined, for example, two protruding ribs are disposed on the connecting rod 22, and one end of the force receiving member 21 is directly inserted into the protruding ribs, so that the force receiving member can drive the connecting rod to move, and the above effects can be achieved as long as the structure capable of achieving the force transmission is configured. When the first force receiving portion 21c does not receive the external force when viewed from the side of the driving force receiving assembly 10 of the developing cartridge 1 in the first direction, the second elastic member 23 pushes the power receiving member 21 to rotate clockwise about the rotation center 21b by its own elastic force, and the force receiving member 21 pushes the first connecting portion 22a via the second connecting portion 21a to move the link 22 in a direction to approach the pressing block 12. The pressing portion 22c presses the pressed portion 12a to drive the pressing block 12 to move toward the retraction direction of the power receiving portion 11, the pressing block 12 presses the power transmitting portion 13 during the retraction process, and the power transmitting portion 13 drives the power receiving portion 11 to retract through the plug pin 17.
The connecting rod 22 is further provided with a guide hole 22b and a pressing part 22c, the developing box 1 further comprises a protecting cover 5 arranged on one side of the driving force receiving assembly 10, a guide block 5a is arranged on the protecting cover 5, and a pressed part 12a is arranged on the pressing block 12. The link 22 is moved along the guide block 5a to approach the pressing block 12 through the guide hole 22 b.
As shown in fig. 5 to 8, the image forming apparatus is provided with a first guide 101 for guiding the mounting of the photosensitive cartridge 50 and a second guide 102 for guiding the mounting of the developing cartridge 1, the second guide 102 being movably provided, and particularly the second guide being rotatable about a fulcrum 102a, the first guide 101 being provided above the second guide 102. When the photosensitive cartridge 50 is mounted to the first guide 101 and the developing cartridge 1 is mounted to the second guide 102, the photosensitive cartridge 50 will be located at the upper side of the developing cartridge 1. A force application assembly 110 is also provided in the imaging setup, the force application assembly 110 being disposed below the first rail 100 and the second rail 101. The force applying assembly 110 includes a first force applying portion 110a and a second force applying portion 11b, the first force applying portion 110a and the second force applying portion 110b being spaced apart from each other, the first force applying portion 110a being provided to be rotatable about an axis 110 c.
When the developing cartridge 1 and the photosensitive cartridge 50 are mounted in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls the first force applying part 110a and the second applying part 110b to move in the second direction to approach the force receiving member 21, the first force applying member 110a is pressed by the force receiving member 21 to rotate downward to avoid the force receiving member 21 while passing through the force receiving member 21, thereafter, the second force applying part 110b presses the first force receiving part 21c on the force receiving member 21, the force receiving member 21 rotates in the counterclockwise direction about the rotation center 21c, the force receiving member 21 moves the link 22 in a direction away from the pressing block 12 with the link 22 being moved, the pressing block 22 releases the pressing of the pressed part 12a, and the pressing block 12 does not press the power transmitting part 13 any more therewith, the power receiving portion 11 protrudes outward in the first direction by the elastic force of the first elastic member 14 and engages with the driving head 100 in the image forming apparatus to receive the driving force of the driving head 100. Meanwhile, since the force receiving member is pressed by the second force applying portion 110b, the second elastic member 23 will provide an urging force to cause the developer carrying member 2 in the developing cartridge 1 to contact the image carrying member 51 in the photosensitive cartridge with a predetermined pressing force, and therefore, the force receiving member 21 and the second elastic member also have the effect of urging the developer carrying member 2 to contact the image carrying member 51 with a certain pressing force to complete the development.
When printing is completed, the image forming apparatus controls the first force applying portion 110a and the second force applying portion 110b to move in a direction away from the force receiving member 21, the second force applying portion 110b releases the pressing of the first force receiving portion 21c, the second elastic member 23 pushes the force receiving member 21 to rotate clockwise about the rotation center 21b by its own elastic force, and the force receiving member 21 pushes the first connecting portion 22a via the second connecting portion 21a to move the link 22 in a direction closer to the pressing block 12. The pressing portion 22c presses the pressed portion 12a to drive the pressing block 12 to move toward the retraction direction of the power receiving portion 11, the pressing block 12 presses the power transmitting portion 13 during the retraction process, and the power transmitting portion 13 drives the power receiving portion 11 to retract through the plug pin 17 to disengage from the driving head 100 in the image forming apparatus.
The force receiving member 21 is further provided with a second force receiving portion 21d engaged with the first force applying portion 110a, and the second force receiving portion 21d receives the force of the first force applying portion 110a to move the developing cartridge 1 so that the developer bearing member 2 is out of contact with the image bearing member 51, thereby preventing the developer bearing member 2 from contaminating the image bearing member 51.
Modified embodiment
The first embodiment of the present invention may also adopt a modified embodiment, in which the control mechanism 20 for controlling the extension and retraction of the power receiving portion 11 is disposed on the other side of the developing cartridge 1 opposite to the power receiving portion 11, the power receiving portion 11 is connected to the long shaft penetrating through the developing cartridge frame 3, the control mechanism 20 controls the extension and retraction of the long shaft on the opposite side of the power receiving portion 11, and then the long shaft is used to drive the extension and retraction of the power receiving portion 11, so as to avoid the adverse effect that the space occupied by the developing cartridge 1 on one side of the power receiving portion 11 becomes large due to the excessive structures disposed on the same side of the power receiving portion 11, and finally the occupied volume of the image forming apparatus becomes large.
As shown in fig. 9, the second modified embodiment is configured such that the second force receiving portion 21d is provided in a different structure, referred to herein as a third force receiving portion 21d ', when the first force applying portion 110a moves away from the developing cartridge 1, the third force receiving portion 21 d' presses the first force applying portion 110a to rotate around the shaft 110c without moving the developing cartridge 1, and specifically, the third force receiving portion 21d 'is provided to be inclined in a different direction where it contacts the first force applying portion 110a, so that the third force receiving portion 21 d' and the developing cartridge 1 provided in this manner will no longer move with the first force applying portion 110a, and the adverse effects of the developing cartridge 1 causing the power receiving portion 11 to repeatedly rub against the driving head 100 in the image forming apparatus during repeated movement and eventually reducing the life of the power receiving portion 11 and the driving head 11 can be avoided.
As shown in fig. 10 and 11, the developing cartridge 1 and the photosensitive cartridge 50 may be constructed as an integrated process cartridge, the developing cartridge 1 has a pair of mounting shafts 1a and 1b, the photosensitive cartridge 50 is provided with a pair of shaft mounting holes 50a and 50b, the photosensitive cartridge 50 and the developing cartridge 1 are integrally mounted in the image forming apparatus, and the developing cartridge 1 rotates about the photosensitive cartridge 50 with the pair of mounting shafts 1a and 1b as a rotation center. The force receiving member provided in the developing cartridge 1 in cooperation with the force applying assembly in the image forming apparatus may accomplish switching between the contact and separation states of the developing cartridge 2 in the developing cartridge 1 and the image bearing member 51 in the photosensitive cartridge 50. Due to the arrangement of the mounting shafts 1a and 1b, the relative rotational positions of the developing cartridge 1 and the photosensitive cartridge 50 are more accurate in each separation and contact process of the developer bearing member 2 in the developing cartridge 1 and the image bearing member 51 in the photosensitive cartridge 50, so that the accurate contact of the developer bearing member 2 and the image bearing member 51 is ensured, and the developing and imaging effects are improved.
The processing box provided by the embodiment adopts a new developing box driving mechanism, has a simple structure and stable power transmission, and solves the technical problem that the universal joint needs to be repeatedly pivoted after being installed in the imaging equipment in the prior art, so that the pivoting is not smooth, and the driving head in the universal joint and the imaging equipment cannot be normally meshed.
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus;
the image forming apparatus includes:
a rotatable drive head for outputting a drive force;
the process cartridge includes:
a photosensitive cartridge having an image bearing member;
a developing cartridge having a developer carrying member;
the developing box and the photosensitive box can rotate relatively;
the developing cartridge has a housing that can accommodate a developer;
it is characterized in that;
the developing box comprises a power receiving part which can stretch and contract along a first direction of the rotation axis of the developing box, the power receiving part can be meshed with the driving head to receive driving force from the driving head, the developing box further comprises a control mechanism for controlling the stretching of the power receiving part, and the control mechanism controls the power receiving part to stretch out and push the developer carrying component to contact with the image carrying component with a certain pressure while being meshed with the driving head.
2. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein a reciprocally movable force applying assembly is provided in said image forming apparatus, said force applying assembly having a force applying portion;
the developing cartridge includes a driving force receiving assembly including the power receiving portion, the driving force receiving assembly having a pressed portion, the control mechanism including a force receiving member that receives a force of the force applying portion to move, and a force transmitting mechanism that transmits an external force received by the force receiving member to the pressed portion and presses the pressed portion to control the power receiving portion to be extended and retracted in a first direction.
3. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said image forming apparatus includes a reciprocally movable force applying assembly having a force applying portion, and said control mechanism includes a force receiving member provided with an elastic member between said housing and said force receiving member, and being movable with said force receiving member and pressing said elastic member when said force applying portion is moved, said elastic member providing an elastic force to keep said developer carrying member in contact with said image carrying member with a certain pressure.
4. A process cartridge according to claim 3, wherein said control mechanism includes a connecting lever movably connected to said force receiving member, said connecting lever controlling expansion and contraction of said power receiving portion, said force receiving member being rotatable about a rotation center, said connecting lever and elastic member being provided on both sides of said rotation center.
5. A process cartridge according to claim 3, wherein said force receiving member is rotatable about a rotation center, said force receiving member has two end portions with respect to said rotation center, one end portion of said force receiving member is provided with a force receiving portion which can receive an external force of said force applying portion, and movement of the other end portion of said force receiving member controls expansion and contraction of said power receiving portion.
6. A process cartridge according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein said force receiving member controls said power receiving portion to project into engagement with said driving head to receive the driving force from said driving head when said elastic member is pressed.
7. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said image forming apparatus includes a reciprocally movable force applying assembly having a first force applying portion and a second force applying portion, said control mechanism includes a force receiving member having a first force receiving portion which is moved by receiving a force of said second force applying portion and urges said developer carrying member to contact said image bearing member with a certain pressure, and a second force receiving portion which is moved by receiving a force of said first force applying portion and separates said developer carrying member from said image bearing member.
8. A process cartridge according to claim 7, wherein said first force receiving portion is provided on said force receiving member facing said second force receiving portion.
9. A process cartridge according to claim 8, wherein said control mechanism includes a connecting lever movably connected to said force receiving member, said connecting lever controlling expansion and contraction of said power receiving portion, and an elastic member abutting on said force receiving member, said force receiving member being rotatable about a rotation center, said connecting lever and said elastic member being provided on both sides of said rotation center.
10. A process cartridge according to claim 8, wherein said force receiving member is rotatable about a rotation center, said force receiving member has two end portions with respect to said rotation center, one end portion of said force receiving member is provided with a force receiving portion which can receive an external force of said force applying portion, and movement of the other end portion of said force receiving member controls expansion and contraction of said power receiving portion.
11. A process cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said developer carrying member and said image bearing member are switchable between a contact position and a separation position, and wherein said control mechanism includes a force receiving member movable in response to an external force, an elastic member being provided between said force receiving member and said casing, said force receiving member compressing said elastic member upon receiving the external force to cause said developer carrying member to contact said image bearing member with a pressure while controlling said power receiving portion to be projected into engagement with said driving head to receive a driving force from said driving head, and an elastic force of said elastic member pushing said force receiving member and controlling said power receiving portion to be retracted out of engagement with said driving head when said force receiving member does not receive the external force.
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