CN112180703B

CN112180703B - Developer supply container

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Publication number: CN112180703B
Application number: CN202011268017.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 祝金军; 李忠溪; 何家冰
Original assignee: Jiangxi Kailide Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiangxi Kailide Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-13
Filing date: 2020-11-13
Publication date: 2022-12-23
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-13
Also published as: CN112180703A

Abstract

The invention discloses a developer supply container which comprises a face shell and a bottom shell fixedly arranged at the bottom of the face shell, wherein a side cover is clamped and arranged at one end of the face shell and one end of the bottom shell, a switch is clamped and arranged at the other end of the bottom shell, a rotating shaft switch is fixedly arranged in the face shell, a second rotating shaft is rotatably arranged in the rotating shaft switch, and blades are integrally formed on the second rotating shaft. According to the invention, through the design of the structures such as the switch and the rotating shaft switch, when the whole developer replenishing container is in a normal condition, the switch is in a state as shown in the drawing and is arranged at the leftmost side, and the powder opening at the lower part of the bottom shell and the gap of the rotating shaft switch are staggered, so that the developer in the container cannot flow out; because of the cooperation relation of bolt and spring, make the bolt outwards play for prevent that the switch from toward the gyration and producing the phenomenon that the inside remaining developer of container flows outward, still can prevent that the caking from appearing in the developer, the problem such as the outflow is not smooth and easy.

Description

Developer supply container

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of developer supply containers, and particularly relates to a developer supply container.

Background

The developer is an agent which develops a latent image generated by exposing a photosensitive material into a visible image. From the chemical composition point of view, developers can be classified into two broad classes, inorganic compounds and organic compounds.

Conventionally, a developer supply container and a storage container that internally store developer, which are provided in an image forming apparatus, are known. The image forming apparatus includes a carrier, a developing device, a developer supply container, and a storage container. If developer is supplied from the developing device to the image carrier, the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier is visualized as a developer image. The developer supply container is provided with a developer discharge port and supplies a replenishment developer to a replenishment port provided in the developing device.

The existing developer supply container does not have the function of collecting the waste developer, and when the developer passes through the image forming device, the waste developer is directly discharged and scrapped, so that the collection and recycling of the waste developer cannot be realized; in addition, the stirring frame of the existing developer replenishing container is provided with a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) blade, and the PET blade has certain probability of falling along with the increase of stirring force in the operation process; meanwhile, in the conventional developer supply container, there is no mechanism for controlling the supply container to take out the image forming apparatus, and therefore, a developer supply container is proposed to solve the problems in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a developer replenishing container, which is characterized in that through the design of structures such as a switch, a rotating shaft switch and the like, when the whole developer replenishing container is in a normal condition, the switch is in a state as shown in the figure and is arranged at the leftmost side, and a powder opening at the lower part of a bottom shell and a notch of the rotating shaft switch are staggered, so that the developer in the container cannot flow out; because of the cooperation relation of bolt and spring, make the bolt outwards play for prevent that the switch from toward the gyration and producing the phenomenon that the inside remaining developer of container flows outward, still can prevent that the developer from appearing the caking, the problem such as flow is not smooth and easy to solve and propose among the above-mentioned prior art.

In order to realize the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: a developer replenishing container comprises a face shell and a bottom shell fixedly installed at the bottom of the face shell, wherein a side cover is installed at one end of the face shell in a clamped mode, a switch is installed at the other end of the bottom shell in a clamped mode, a rotating shaft switch is fixedly installed inside the face shell, a second rotating shaft is rotatably installed inside the rotating shaft switch, blades are integrally formed on the second rotating shaft, a first gear and a cam are fixedly connected to one end, close to the side cover, of the second rotating shaft, a first rotating shaft is rotatably installed on the side cover, a waste powder bin gear is fixedly connected to one end of the first rotating shaft, and the waste powder bin gear is installed on the cam through gear set transmission;

the utility model discloses a pivot switch, including pivot switch, powder mouth under the drain pan, pivot switch and switch joint, pivot switch's lateral part has seted up pivot switch breach, the lateral part of drain pan has seted up powder mouth under the drain pan, powder mouth is the alignment setting with pivot switch breach under the drain pan, the one end tip of pivot switch and switch joint is provided with the bolt groove, be provided with the bolt in the bolt groove and support the spring of tight bolt.

Preferably, the end part of the face shell is fixedly connected with an insertion block, the side cover is provided with an insertion groove, the insertion block is inserted and installed in the insertion groove, and the side cover is inserted and installed at the end part of the face shell through the insertion groove matched with the insertion block.

Preferably, the outer side of the side cover is provided with a gear groove and a cam groove, the cam is located in the cam groove of the side cover, the first gear is located in the gear groove of the side cover, and the side cover plate is mounted on the outer side of the side cover in a buckling mode.

Preferably, a transmission gear and a second gear are rotatably mounted on the outer side of the side cover, and the first gear is meshed with the second gear through the transmission gear.

Preferably, the cam teeth of the waste powder bin gear are arranged on the side part, located on one side inside the side cover, of the waste powder bin gear, and the gear of the waste powder bin gear is arranged at an angle.

Preferably, the inner side wall of the bottom case is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft seat, and one end of the first rotating shaft, which is positioned inside the bottom case, is rotatably inserted into the rotating shaft seat.

Preferably, the one end lateral part of pivot switch is provided with the elasticity buckle, seted up on the switch with elasticity buckle complex draw-in groove, the switch passes through the elasticity buckle and the draw-in groove joint is installed at the tip of pivot switch.

Preferably, the side cover is provided with a powder filling opening, and the powder filling opening is aligned with the cavity of the waste powder bin gear.

The invention has the technical effects and advantages that: compared with the prior art, the developer replenishing container provided by the invention has the following advantages:

according to the invention, through the design of the structures such as the switch and the rotating shaft switch, when the whole developer replenishing container is in a normal condition, the switch is in a state as shown in the drawing and is arranged at the leftmost side, and the powder opening at the lower part of the bottom shell and the gap of the rotating shaft switch are staggered, so that the developer in the container cannot flow out;

when the developer replenishing container is installed in the image forming apparatus, a bump is formed in the image forming apparatus, and the latch is pushed inward so that the latch does not block the switch. At this time, the switch is manually rotated in one direction, and the bone position on the switch is locked in the image forming device. In addition, the switch and the rotating shaft switch belong to a buckling connection relation, and when the switch is rotated, the rotating shaft switch also rotates, so that the notch of the rotating shaft switch is just overlapped with the lower powder opening of the bottom shell, and the purpose that the developer can flow into the image forming device from the supply container is achieved. In addition, when the developer replenishing container is taken out by a user, the bolt is made to bounce outwards due to the matching relationship between the bolt and the spring, so that the phenomenon that the residual developer in the container flows outwards due to the rotation of the switch is prevented;

the switch drives the rotating shaft switch to rotate, and the rotating shaft switch and the cam are in bolt type fit, so that the cam is driven to rotate towards the other direction at the same time. In addition, the waste powder bin gear and the cam belong to gear meshing fit, so the waste powder bin gear rotates along the direction R, the notch part of the waste powder bin gear is superposed with the notch part of the side cover, and the waste powder bin of the developer supply container is opened at the moment to collect waste developer of the image forming device; the developer replenishing container is arranged behind the image forming device, a driving gear is arranged in the image forming device and drives the first gear to rotate, the first gear and the second rotating shaft belong to the buckle type matching, the developer is stirred in the developer replenishing container through the large rotating shaft, and the problems that the developer is caked, flows out unsmoothly and the like are solved.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a break-away component of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the structure of FIG. 2 at A;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the edge cover and the rotary shaft switch according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the gap of the rotary shaft switch and the powder outlet of the bottom case;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the latch and spring of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a second shaft and a blade according to the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a face shell; 2. a bottom case; 3. a side cover; 4. a switch; 5. a bolt; 6. a spring; 7. a rotating shaft switch; 8. a gap of a rotating shaft switch; 9. a powder outlet is arranged at the bottom shell; 10. a cam; 11. a waste powder bin gear; 12. a first gear; 13. a transmission gear; 14. a second gear; 15. a first rotating shaft; 16. a second rotating shaft; 17. filling a powder opening; 18. a rotating shaft seat; 19. a latch slot; 20. an insertion block; 21. inserting grooves; 22. a cam slot; 23. an edge cover plate; 24. a cam tooth; 25. a blade.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and do not delimit the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The invention provides a developer supply container as shown in figures 1-7, which comprises a face shell 1 and a bottom shell 2 fixedly arranged at the bottom of the face shell 1, wherein a side cover 3 is clamped and arranged at one end of the face shell 1 and one end of the bottom shell 2, a switch 4 is clamped and arranged at the other end of the bottom shell 2, a rotating shaft switch 7 is fixedly arranged inside the face shell 1, a second rotating shaft 16 is rotatably arranged inside the rotating shaft switch 7, a blade 25 is integrally formed on the second rotating shaft 16, a first gear 12 and a cam 10 are fixedly connected to one end of the second rotating shaft 16 close to the side cover 3, a first rotating shaft 15 is rotatably arranged on the side cover 3, a waste powder bin gear 11 is fixedly connected to one end of the first rotating shaft 15, and the waste powder bin gear 11 is arranged on the cam 10 through gear set transmission;

pivot switch breach 8 has been seted up to pivot switch 7's lateral part, and powder mouth 9 under the drain pan has been seted up to the lateral part of drain pan 2, and powder mouth 9 is the alignment setting with pivot switch breach 8 under the drain pan, and the one end tip of pivot switch 7 and switch 4 joint is provided with bolt groove 19, is provided with bolt 5 and supports the spring 6 of tight bolt 5 in the bolt groove 19. The end part of the face shell 1 is fixedly connected with an insertion block 20, the side cover 3 is provided with an insertion groove 21, the insertion block 20 is inserted and installed in the insertion groove 21, and the side cover 3 is inserted and installed at the end part of the face shell 1 through the insertion groove 21 in a matching manner with the insertion block 20.

The switch 4 drives the rotating shaft switch 7 to rotate, and the rotating shaft switch 7 and the cam 10 are in bolt type fit, so that the cam 10 is driven to rotate towards the other direction. In addition, the waste powder bin gear 11 and the cam belong to gear meshing fit, so the waste powder bin gear 11 rotates, the gap part of the waste powder bin gear is superposed with the gap part of the side cover 3, and at the moment, the waste powder bin of the developer supply container is opened for collecting the waste developer of the image forming device; the developer replenishing container is arranged behind the image forming device, a driving gear is arranged in the image forming device and drives the first gear 12 to rotate, the first gear 12 and the second rotating shaft 16 are in snap fit, the large rotating shaft is used for stirring the developer in the developer replenishing container, and the problems of agglomeration, unsmooth outflow and the like of the developer are prevented;

the outer side of the side cover 3 is provided with a gear groove and a cam groove 22, the cam 10 is positioned in the cam groove 22 of the side cover 3, the first gear 12 is positioned in the gear groove of the side cover 3, and the outer side of the side cover 3 is buckled with a side cover plate 23. The transmission gear 13 and the second gear 14 are rotatably installed at the outer side part of the side cover 3, the first gear 12 is meshed with and transmitted to the second gear 14 through the transmission gear 13, and the side cover plate 23 buckled at the outer side part of the side cover 3 enables external transmission input of the gears to be very convenient.

The cam teeth 24 of the waste powder bin gear 11 are arranged at the side part of one side of the waste powder bin gear 11 positioned in the side cover 3, and the gear arrangement angle of the waste powder bin gear 11 is 180 degrees. The inside lateral wall fixedly connected with pivot seat 18 of drain pan 2, the one end that first pivot 15 is located the inside of drain pan 2 rotates to peg graft in pivot seat 18. The one end lateral part of pivot switch 7 is provided with elastic buckle, has seted up on switch 4 with elastic buckle complex draw-in groove, switch 4 passes through elastic buckle and draw-in groove joint and installs the tip at pivot switch 7. The side cover 3 is provided with a powder filling opening 17, and the powder filling opening 17 is aligned with the cavity of the waste powder bin gear 11.

The supplementary container in the prior art adopts the side cover and the cylinder body to be fixed by ultrasonic pressure, and the supplementary container provided by the invention adopts the cylinder body to be separated from the upper part and the lower part and also adopts the ultrasonic wave to be fixed; the powder filling opening is additionally provided with a powder filling opening, so that the powder filling opening can be used for the second time; the waste powder opening is opened in a changed mode, the handle and the iron shaft are adopted to open in the prior art, the powder discharging assembly and the gear are adopted to drive the powder discharging assembly to open, and the powder discharging device is convenient and quick to use.

The blade of the developer stirring rod and the stirring rod main body are injected together to prevent the falling phenomenon, and then a spring is added in the rotary switch, when the developer supply container is taken out of the image forming device, the bolt can be popped out to prevent the rotary switch from rotating due to external force;

the working principle is as follows: according to the invention, through the design of the structures such as the switch 4 and the rotating shaft switch 7, when the whole developer replenishing container is in a normal condition, the switch 4 is in a state as shown in the drawing and is arranged at the leftmost side, and the powder opening 9 at the bottom shell and the notch 8 of the rotating shaft switch are staggered, so that the developer in the container cannot flow out;

when the developer supply container is mounted in the image forming apparatus, a projection is formed in the image forming apparatus, and the latch 5 is pushed inward so that the latch 5 does not block the switch 4. At this time, the switch 4 is manually rotated in one direction, and the bone position above the switch 4 is locked in the image forming apparatus. In addition, the switch 4 and the rotating shaft switch 7 belong to a buckling position connection relationship, and when the switch 4 is rotated, the rotating shaft switch 7 also rotates along with the rotating shaft switch, so that the gap 8 of the rotating shaft switch is just overlapped with the powder opening 9 under the bottom shell, and the purpose that the developer can flow into the image forming device from the supply container is achieved. In addition, when the developer replenishing container is taken out by a user, the bolt is outwards bounced due to the matching relationship of the bolt 5 and the spring 6, so that the phenomenon that the residual developer in the container flows outwards due to the fact that the switch 4 rotates backwards is prevented;

the switch 4 drives the rotating shaft switch 7 to rotate, and the rotating shaft switch 7 and the cam 10 are in latch type matching, so that the cam 10 is driven to rotate towards the other direction. In addition, the waste powder bin gear 11 and the cam belong to gear engagement matching, so the waste powder bin gear 11 rotates to ensure that the gap part of the waste powder bin gear is superposed with the gap part of the side cover 3, and at the moment, the waste powder bin of the developer replenishing container is opened for collecting the waste developer of the image forming device; the developer replenishing container is arranged behind the image forming device, a driving gear is arranged in the image forming device and drives the first gear 12 to rotate, and the first gear 12 and the second rotating shaft 16 are in snap fit, so that the large rotating shaft can stir the developer in the developer replenishing container, and the problems of caking, unsmooth outflow and the like of the developer are prevented;

the first gear 12 drives the transmission gear 13 to rotate, and the transmission gear drives the second gear 14 to rotate. In addition, the second gear 14 and the first rotating shaft 15 are in snap-fit engagement, so that the first rotating shaft 15 rotates, and the waste developer discharged from the image forming device is transported due to the fact that the structure of the first rotating shaft 15 is arranged to be spiral to the left, so that the waste developer is prevented from being blocked in a notch of the waste powder bin gear; the first rotary shaft 15 is provided with ten small blades arranged in sequence, the small blades and the main body are injected together, the thickness of the blades is thinner towards the tail ends of the blades, the blades are bent at a certain angle, the function of the blades is to stir the developer, and the stirring resistance cannot be too large.

Finally, it should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art can still make modifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent substitutions and improvements to part of the technical features of the foregoing embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A developer supply container includes a surface case (1) and a bottom case (2) fixedly mounted at the bottom of the surface case (1), characterized in that: the novel flour milling machine is characterized in that a side cover (3) is connected with one end of a bottom shell (2) in a clamped mode, a switch (4) is connected with the other end of the bottom shell (2) in a clamped mode, a rotating shaft switch (7) is fixedly mounted inside the face shell (1), a second rotating shaft (16) is rotatably mounted inside the rotating shaft switch (7), blades (25) are integrally formed on the second rotating shaft (16), a first gear (12) and a cam (10) are fixedly connected to one end, close to the side cover (3), of the second rotating shaft (16), a first rotating shaft (15) is rotatably mounted on the side cover (3), a waste powder bin gear (11) is fixedly connected to one end of the first rotating shaft (15), and the waste powder bin gear (11) is mounted on the cam (10) through gear set transmission;

pivot switch breach (8) have been seted up to the lateral part of pivot switch (7), powder mouth (9) under the drain pan have been seted up to the lateral part of drain pan (2), powder mouth (9) are the alignment setting with pivot switch breach (8) under the drain pan, pivot switch (7) are provided with cotter way (19) with the one end tip of switch (4) joint, be provided with bolt (5) in cotter way (19) and support spring (6) of tight bolt (5).

2. A developer replenishment container according to claim 1, wherein: the end part of the face shell (1) is fixedly connected with an inserting block (20), an inserting groove (21) is formed in the side cover (3), the inserting block (20) is installed in the inserting groove (21) in an inserting mode, and the side cover (3) is installed at the end part of the face shell (1) in an inserting mode through the inserting groove (21) in a matching mode of the inserting block (20).

3. A developer supply container according to claim 2, wherein: gear groove and cam groove (22) have been seted up to the outside portion of limit lid (3), cam (10) are arranged in cam groove (22) of limit lid (3), first gear (12) are arranged in the gear groove of limit lid (3), limit apron (23) are installed in the outside portion lock of limit lid (3).

4. A developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein: the outer side part of the side cover (3) is rotatably provided with a transmission gear (13) and a second gear (14), and the first gear (12) is meshed with and transmitted to the second gear (14) through the transmission gear (13).

5. A developer replenishment container according to claim 4, wherein: the cam teeth (24) of the waste powder bin gear (11) are arranged on the side portion, located on one side of the side cover (3), of the waste powder bin gear (11), and the gear forming angle of the waste powder bin gear (11) is 180 degrees.

6. A developer replenishment container according to claim 1, wherein: the inner side wall of the bottom shell (2) is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft seat (18), and one end, located inside the bottom shell (2), of the first rotating shaft (15) is rotatably inserted into the rotating shaft seat (18).

7. A developer replenishment container according to claim 1, wherein: the one end lateral part of pivot switch (7) is provided with the elasticity buckle, seted up on switch (4) with elasticity buckle complex draw-in groove, the tip at pivot switch (7) is installed through elasticity buckle and draw-in groove joint in switch (4).

8. A developer supply container according to claim 5, wherein: the side cover (3) is provided with a powder filling opening (17), and the powder filling opening (17) is aligned with the cavity of the waste powder bin gear (11).