CN216792681U - Imaging box and imaging equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides an imaging box and imaging equipment, relates to imaging equipment's technical field. The imaging box comprises: the image forming device comprises an image forming body, wherein the image forming body is provided with a guide curved surface distributed along the length direction of the image forming body, the guide curved surface is provided with a first guide surface and a second guide surface which are mutually connected, and the second guide surface is obliquely arranged outwards relative to the first guide surface and is used for guiding printing paper in image forming. At least part of the imaging body is structurally set to be a guide curved surface with a first guide surface and a second guide surface, so that when the printing paper passes through the guide curved surface, the contact area of the printing paper can be increased, and the guide effect of the imaging body is improved.

Description

Imaging box and imaging equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of imaging equipment, in particular to an imaging box and imaging equipment.

Background

As printers have been developed, printers are becoming more and more demanding on manufacturers, wherein an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, such as a laser type or a non-laser type printer, can be configured with a replaceable image forming cartridge having a memory (IC chip), also called a "cartridge". When the imaging box is installed on the printer, the printer can read the information for printing control from the memory; for example, the cartridge memory stores information indicating whether the cartridge is brand new, and an antenna on the printer reads the information in the memory so that the rotational speed of the developing roller varies according to the information.

The existing imaging box has insufficient guiding force to paper, so that the printing effect is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the application is to provide an imaging box and imaging equipment, aim at solving the not enough technical problem of guide force of current imaging box to the paper.

In order to achieve the purpose, the following technical scheme is adopted in the application:

in a first aspect, the present application provides an imaging cartridge comprising: the image forming apparatus includes an image forming body having a guide curved surface distributed along a length direction thereof, the guide curved surface having a first guide surface and a second guide surface connected to each other, and the second guide surface being disposed obliquely outward with respect to the first guide surface for guiding when the printing sheet is formed.

In the implementation process, at least part of the imaging body is set to be the guide curved surface with the first guide surface and the second guide surface, so that when the printing paper passes through the guide curved surface, the contact area of the printing paper can be increased, and the guide effect of the imaging body is improved.

In some embodiments, the imaging body includes an imaging portion and a guide portion fitted to the imaging portion, the guide portion is configured to be distributed along a length direction of the imaging portion, and the guide portion has the guide curved surface.

In the process of the realization, the imaging body is set to the imaging part and the guiding part which are mutually matched, so that the production of the imaging body is facilitated, the maintenance of the imaging body is also facilitated, and the production cost is saved.

In some embodiments, the image forming portion is provided with a mounting portion along a length direction thereof, and the guide portion has a connection portion fitted with the mounting portion.

At the in-process of above-mentioned realization, with installation department and connecting portion adaptation, can make things convenient for installation and dismantlement between formation of image portion and the guide portion, also make things convenient for the maintenance to formation of image portion and guide portion simultaneously.

In some embodiments, the imaging body includes an imaging portion having the guide curved surface.

In the process of above-mentioned realization, set up the formation of image body into formation of image portion, can increase the area of contact of printing paper and formation of image portion, reduce the probability that the card paper phenomenon appears, improve the guide effect.

In some embodiments, the imaging body further has a spacing bar configured to be distributed along a vertical direction thereof for spacing the printing paper.

In the process of above-mentioned realization, through setting up spacing, can ensure to print the paper and can get into or withdraw from the formation of image box at the within range of regulation, can improve the smooth and easy nature of product, to a certain extent, improved the printing efficiency to printing paper.

In some embodiments, the angle between the first guide surface and the position where the second guide surface is connected is not less than 90 °.

In some embodiments, the second guide surface is provided with a receiving groove corresponding to the paper transfer roller along a length direction thereof, the receiving groove being configured to receive a structure of at least a portion of the paper transfer roller.

In the in-process of above-mentioned realization, set the holding tank to with the adaptation of biography paper gyro wheel, when can giving the space of placing of passing the paper gyro wheel, also can avoid appearing interfering, improve the printing quality to printing the paper.

In some embodiments, the imaging body further has a mounting slot for receiving a chip component, the mounting slot being configured on the same side as the first guide face.

In the process of above-mentioned realization, set up the mounting groove into the homonymy with first guide face, be favorable to switching on of the contact point of chip subassembly and printing body, also guarantee that the contact performance of chip subassembly and printing body is good.

In some embodiments, the imaging cartridge further comprises an imaging support having a receiving cavity configured to receive a structure of at least a portion of the imaging body.

In a second aspect, the present application also provides an imaging apparatus comprising: printing the body; and an imaging cartridge as claimed in any one of the above claims, mounted to the printing body.

The imaging device provided in the second aspect of the present application includes the imaging cartridge according to any one of the technical solutions of the first aspect, so that all technical effects of any one of the embodiments described above are achieved, and details are not repeated here.

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

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for a user of ordinary skill in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an imaging body of an imaging cartridge disclosed in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of an imaging body of an imaging cartridge according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of another perspective of an imaging body of an imaging cartridge according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an imaging body of another imaging box disclosed in the embodiment of the application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an imaging cartridge disclosed in an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals

10. An imaging cartridge; 11. an imaging body; 111. a first guide surface; 112. a second guide surface; 113. An imaging section; 1131. an installation part; 114. a guide section; 1141. a connecting portion; 115. mounting grooves; 116. accommodating grooves; 12. an imaging support; 20. a paper conveying roller.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships that the products of the present invention are conventionally placed in use, and are used only for convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, the terms "horizontal", "vertical" and the like do not imply that the components are required to be absolutely horizontal or pendant, but rather may be slightly inclined. For example, "horizontal" merely means that the direction is more horizontal than "vertical" and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined.

In the description of the present application, it is further noted that, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case to a user of ordinary skill in the art.

Examples

An image forming apparatus forms an image on a printing medium according to an input image signal, and for example, a printer, a copier, a facsimile machine, and a multifunction peripheral (MFP) having a combined function of the above apparatuses all belong to the image forming apparatus; the imaging cartridge may also be called a powder cartridge, which is one of components of an imaging device, and is detachably mounted on a main body of the imaging device, and in order to facilitate smooth taking out and putting in of the imaging cartridge by a user, a related avoiding position is generally provided on the imaging device, and meanwhile, normal use of the imaging device can be ensured.

The inventor finds that with the development of imaging equipment, manufacturers have higher and higher requirements on printing effect and paper output effect besides the requirement of processing the imaging equipment to complete the basic printing function; at present, in order to improve the conveying effect of printing paper, manufacturers generally design a guide component on a conveying structure to guide the trend of the printing paper, but the contact area between the guide component and the printing paper is often only a few ribs, and the guide force is insufficient.

In view of this, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an imaging body 11 of an imaging cartridge 10 disclosed in an embodiment of the present application; in a first aspect, the present application provides an imaging cartridge 10 comprising: the image forming apparatus includes an image forming body 11, the image forming body 11 has a guiding curved surface distributed along a length direction thereof, the guiding curved surface has a first guiding surface 111 and a second guiding surface 112 which are connected with each other, and the second guiding surface 112 is arranged obliquely outwards relative to the first guiding surface 111, wherein an included angle between a connecting position of the first guiding surface 111 and the second guiding surface 112 is not less than 90 degrees, so as to be used for guiding when printing paper is formed.

Illustratively, the first guide surface 111 is disposed at the top of the image forming body 11, and the first guide surface 111 may be provided in a horizontal shape; the second guide surface 112 is connected to the first guide surface 111, and the second guide surface 112 is provided obliquely with respect to the first guide surface 111 to ensure guidance of the printing paper.

In the implementation process, at least part of the imaging body 11 is configured to be a guide curved surface with the first guide surface 111 and the second guide surface 112, so that when the printing paper passes through the guide curved surface, the contact area with the printing paper can be increased, and the guide effect of the imaging body 11 is improved.

As shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of an imaging body 11 of an imaging cartridge 10 disclosed in an embodiment of the present application, the imaging body 11 includes an imaging portion 113 and a guiding portion 114 adapted to the imaging portion 113, the guiding portion 114 is configured to be distributed along a length direction of the imaging portion 113, and the guiding portion 114 has the guiding curved surface.

Illustratively, at least a portion of the image forming portion 113 may be configured to fit with the guiding portion 114, and the portion may be configured as an inclined surface, an L-shaped surface, or an irregular surface, as long as the guiding portion 114 can fit with the portion of the image forming portion 113.

In the process of the above implementation, the imaging portion 113 and the guiding portion 114 are disposed on the imaging body 11, which are adapted to each other, so that the production of the imaging body 11 is facilitated, the maintenance of the imaging body 11 is also facilitated, and the production cost is saved.

As shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is an exploded schematic view of another view angle of the imaging main body 11 of the imaging cartridge 10 disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, the imaging portion 113 is provided with a mounting portion 1131 along the length direction thereof, and the guiding portion 114 has a connecting portion 1141 adapted to the mounting portion 1131.

For example, the mounting portion 1131 includes, but is not limited to, a mounting post, the mounting post is configured with a mounting hole along a vertical direction thereof, the mounting post is provided with a plurality of mounting posts, the plurality of mounting posts are distributed at intervals along a length direction of the imaging portion 113, and the plurality of mounting posts may be arranged on a same horizontal center line, or may be distributed back and forth along the horizontal center line, which are all within the protection scope of the present application.

Similarly, the connecting portion 1141 includes, but is not limited to, a connecting post, and the mounting hole is configured to receive a structure of at least a portion of the connecting post; the connecting portion 1141 and the mounting portion 1131 may be interchanged in structure, as long as the image forming portion 113 and the guide portion 114 can be detachably connected.

In the implementation process, the mounting portion 1131 is adapted to the connecting portion 1141, so that the mounting and dismounting of the image forming portion 113 and the guiding portion 114 are facilitated, and the maintenance of the image forming portion 113 and the guiding portion 114 is also facilitated.

As shown in fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an imaging body 11 of another imaging cartridge 10 disclosed in the embodiment of the present application; the imaging body 11 includes an imaging portion 113, and the imaging portion 113 has the guide curved surface.

In the implementation process, the imaging body 11 is set as the imaging part 113, so that the contact area between the printing paper and the imaging part 113 can be increased, the probability of paper jam is reduced, and the guiding effect is improved.

In some embodiments, the imaging body 11 further has a spacing bar configured to be distributed along a vertical direction thereof for spacing the printing paper. Exemplarily, the limiting strips can be fixedly connected with the imaging body 11 in an integrated manner, or can be fixedly connected with the imaging body 11 in other fixed manners, and at least two limiting strips are arranged and spaced from each other, and the spacing between the two limiting strips can be set according to the length of paper in practical application.

In the process of the realization, the limit strips are arranged, so that the printing paper can enter or exit the imaging box 10 in the specified range, the smoothness of the product can be improved, and the printing efficiency of the printing paper is improved to a certain extent.

As shown in fig. 1 or 4, the second guide surface 112 is provided with a receiving groove 116 corresponding to the paper transfer roller 20 along a length direction thereof, and the receiving groove 116 is configured to receive at least a portion of the paper transfer roller 20. Set holding tank 116 to with the adaptation of biography paper gyro wheel 20, when can giving the space of placing of passing paper gyro wheel 20, also can avoid appearing interfering, improve the printing quality to printing paper.

In some embodiments, the imaging body 11 further has a mounting groove 115 for accommodating a chip component, the mounting groove 115 being configured on the same side of the first guide surface 111.

For example, in order to improve the good contact performance of the contact point between the chip assembly and the printing body, the chip assembly may be obliquely disposed in the mounting groove 115, specifically, the contact position between the mounting groove 115 and the chip assembly may be set to be high on the left and low on the right, and the chip assembly may be fixed to the mounting groove 115 by clamping or bonding.

It is understood that the chip assembly may be generally applied to an image forming apparatus such as a printer, a copier, a facsimile machine, and a multi-function printer, and is mainly used for recording data of the image forming cartridge 10, such as a model number of the image forming cartridge 10, a version of the image forming cartridge 10, a color of an image forming material, a capacity of the image forming material, an image forming date, a remaining amount of the image forming material, and the like, after the chip assembly mounted to the image forming cartridge 10 can be loaded into the image forming apparatus through the image forming cartridge 10, the image forming apparatus reads the data of the image forming cartridge 10 recorded in the chip assembly, determines whether the model number and/or the version of the image forming cartridge 10 is suitable for the image forming apparatus of the model number and/or the version number, and starts to communicate with the chip assembly to perform an image forming operation only after verifying that the model number and/or the version number of the image forming cartridge 10 is matched with the image forming apparatus. It should be noted that the imaging cartridge 10 may be an ink cartridge or a toner cartridge.

As shown in fig. 1 or 4, the mounting groove 115 is disposed on the same side as the first guide surface 111, that is, the first guide surface 111 and the mounting groove 115 can be simultaneously located on the same surface of the image forming body 11, and the first guide surface 111 is disposed on the left side of the mounting groove 115, so that the conduction between the chip component and the contact point of the printing body is facilitated, and the good contact performance between the chip component and the printing body is ensured.

As shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an imaging cartridge 10 disclosed in the embodiment of the present application; the imaging cartridge 10 further includes an imaging support 12, the imaging support 12 having a receiving cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the imaging body 11.

In a second aspect, the present application also provides an imaging apparatus comprising: printing the body; and an imaging cartridge 10 as in any one of the above, said imaging cartridge 10 being mounted to said printing body; illustratively, the image forming apparatus includes a printer, a copier, a facsimile machine, a multifunction machine, etc., wherein the image forming apparatus may further include a photosensitive device including a photosensitive drum, a charging roller, a cleaning member, etc., on which the image forming cartridge 10 is detachably mounted.

The imaging device provided in the second embodiment of the present application includes the imaging cartridge 10 according to any one of the technical solutions of the first aspect, so that all technical effects of any one of the embodiments described above are achieved, and details are not repeated here.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. An imaging cartridge, comprising: the image forming apparatus includes an image forming body having a guide curved surface distributed along a length direction thereof, the guide curved surface having a first guide surface and a second guide surface connected to each other, and the second guide surface being disposed obliquely outward with respect to the first guide surface for guiding when the printing sheet is formed.

2. An imaging cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the imaging body includes an imaging portion and a guide portion fitted to the imaging portion, the guide portion being configured to be distributed along a length direction of the imaging portion, and the guide portion having the guide curved surface.

3. An image forming cartridge according to claim 2, wherein said image forming portion is provided with a mounting portion along a length direction thereof, and said guide portion has a connecting portion fitted with said mounting portion.

4. The imaging cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the imaging body includes an imaging portion having the guide curved surface.

5. The imaging cartridge according to claim 2 or 4, wherein the imaging body further has a stopper bar configured to be distributed in a vertical direction thereof for stopping the printing paper.

6. A cartridge according to claim 1, wherein an angle between a connecting position of said first guide face and said second guide face is not less than 90 °.

7. A cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said second guide surface is provided with an accommodating groove corresponding to a paper-feeding roller along a length direction thereof, said accommodating groove being configured to accommodate a structure of at least a part of said paper-feeding roller.

8. An imaging cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said imaging body further has a mounting groove for accommodating a chip component, said mounting groove being configured to the same side as said first guide surface.

9. The imaging cartridge according to claim 1, further comprising an imaging support having a receiving cavity configured for receiving a structure of at least a portion of the imaging body.

10. An image forming apparatus, characterized by comprising:

printing the body; and

the imaging cartridge according to any one of claims 1-9, said imaging cartridge being mounted to said printing body.

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