CN222297289U - Three-way pipe for ink-jet printer - Google Patents

Abstract

A three-way pipe for an inkjet printer comprises a valve seat, a valve body is installed on the top of the valve seat, a plurality of ink inlet pipes are arranged on one side of the valve body, a valve core is rotatably installed inside the valve body, a plurality of ink passages are penetrated through the side wall of the valve core, the plurality of ink passages are respectively connected with a plurality of ink inlet pipes, an ink outlet pipe assembly matching with the ink passage is arranged on the side of the valve body away from the ink inlet pipe, and a driving member matching with the valve core is installed on the bottom of the valve seat; the utility model drives the valve core to rotate a specific angle through an encoding motor so that the feed pipe, the ink passage and the discharge pipe are connected, and different ink paths are connected through the rotation of the valve core, and after the ink paths are connected, the encoding motor stops working and the valve core remains stationary, thereby avoiding high temperature caused by long-term operation of electronic components and affecting ink, reducing equipment power consumption and saving electricity costs.

Description

Three-way pipe for ink-jet printer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of printers, in particular to a three-way pipe for an inkjet printer.

Background

The ink-jet printer uses various colors of ink to mix and spray images or characters, and can accurately spray a plurality of tiny ink drops on a medium to be printed to form the images or characters, so that the ink-jet printer has bright colors and is suitable for printing high-quality pictures and charts.

The core of the ink-jet printer is a printing device, wherein various pipelines are arranged in the printing device besides a printing spray head, the various pipelines transmit ink with various colors to the spray head, and the ink-jet printer is also provided with a cleaning device and a moisturizing device, so that the cleaning device and the moisturizing device can clean and moisturize ink paths of the ink-jet printer, and the cleaning device and the moisturizing device are required to be communicated with each ink path.

The prior art adopts the solenoid valve to realize the break-make between belt cleaning device and moisturizing device and the ink way generally, communicates with each other with the ink way alone through solenoid valve control belt cleaning device and moisturizing device, carries washing liquid or moisturizing liquid, but washing liquid and moisturizing liquid need keep on working when carrying, and solenoid valve long-time work can cause high temperature, and the ink that leads to the fact the influence through the solenoid valve to solenoid valve long-time work power consumption is big, can increase electric power cost.

Disclosure of utility model

Aiming at the situation, the utility model aims to overcome the defects of the prior art, and the utility model aims to provide the three-way pipe for the ink-jet printer, which effectively solves the problems that the electromagnetic valve can cause high temperature when working for a long time, the ink passing through the electromagnetic valve is influenced, the power consumption of the electromagnetic valve is high when working for a long time, and the power cost is increased.

The technical scheme is that the three-way pipe for the ink-jet printer comprises a valve seat, wherein a valve body is arranged at the top of the valve seat, one side of the valve body is provided with a plurality of ink inlet pipe fittings, and the ink inlet pipe fittings are respectively used for entering ink, cleaning liquid or moisturizing liquid with different colors;

a valve core is rotatably arranged in the valve body, a plurality of ink passing pipelines are arranged on the side wall of the valve core in a penetrating manner, the ink passing pipelines are respectively communicated with a plurality of ink inlet pipe fittings, one side of the valve body, which is away from the ink inlet pipe fittings, is provided with an ink outlet pipe assembly matched with the ink passing pipelines, and the ink outlet pipe assembly is used for conveying ink, cleaning liquid or moisturizing liquid with different colors into the same ink path;

The bottom of the valve seat is provided with a driving piece matched with the valve core, and the driving piece is used for driving the valve core to rotate.

Preferably, a plurality of ink passing pipelines are sequentially arranged downwards along the outer wall of the valve core in an inclined mode, and the ink passing pipelines circumferentially penetrate through the side wall of the valve core.

Preferably, the ink inlet pipe is a feed pipe, one ends of the feed pipes are respectively arranged on the outer wall of one side of the valve body, and the feed pipes are communicated with the ink passing pipeline at the same height.

Preferably, the ink outlet pipe assembly comprises a plurality of communicating pipes, a collecting pipe and a discharging pipe, wherein one ends of the communicating pipes are respectively arranged on the outer wall of one side of the feeding pipe, which is away from the valve body, the communicating pipes are communicated with the ink inlet pipe at the same height, one sides of the communicating pipes, which are away from the valve body, are communicated through the collecting pipe, and the discharging pipe is arranged in the middle of one side of the collecting pipe, which is away from the communicating pipe.

Preferably, a valve core mounting groove is formed in the valve body, a valve core limiting ring is arranged at the top of the valve body, the valve core is rotatably mounted in the valve core mounting groove, and the top of the valve core is abutted to the bottom of the valve core limiting ring.

Preferably, the driving piece is a coding motor, the top of the coding motor is arranged at the bottom of the valve seat, and the output end of the coding motor is connected with the bottom of the valve core.

Preferably, the communicating pipes are respectively symmetrical with the feeding pipes, and the feeding pipes are communicated with the discharging pipe through the ink feeding pipeline, the communicating pipes and the collecting pipe.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

According to the utility model, the valve core is driven by the coding motor to rotate a specific angle, so that the feeding pipe, the ink feeding pipeline and the discharging pipe are communicated, different ink paths are communicated through the rotation of the valve core, and after the ink paths are communicated, the coding motor stops working, the valve core is kept still, the influence of high temperature on ink caused by long-time working of electronic components is avoided, the power consumption condition of equipment is reduced, and the electric cost is saved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a first view angle structure of a three-way pipe for an ink jet printer according to the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the explosive structure of fig. 1 according to the present utility model.

Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of fig. 1 of the present utility model.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the valve body of the present utility model.

Reference numerals in the schematic drawings illustrate:

1. Valve seat, valve body, valve core mounting groove, valve core limiting ring, feeding pipe, valve core, ink-feeding pipe, communicating pipe, collecting pipe, discharging pipe, and coding motor.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

Fig. 1 to 2 show a three-way pipe for an inkjet printer, which comprises a valve seat 1, a valve body 2, an ink inlet pipe fitting, a valve core 4, an ink inlet pipe 5, an ink outlet pipe assembly and a driving piece.

As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the valve body 2 is mounted on the top of the valve seat 1, the ink inlet pipe is provided with two feeding pipes 3, one ends of the two feeding pipes 3 are respectively arranged on the outer wall of one side of the valve body 2, and the two feeding pipes 3 are respectively connected to the cleaning device and the moisturizing device.

The valve body 2 is internally provided with a valve core mounting groove 21, a valve core 4 is rotatably mounted in the valve core mounting groove 21, the top of the valve body 2 is provided with a valve core limiting ring 22, the top of the valve core 4 is abutted to the bottom of the valve core limiting ring 22, two ink passing pipelines 5 are arranged, the two ink passing pipelines 5 respectively penetrate through the side wall of the valve core 4, the two ink passing pipelines 5 are different in height, the two ink passing pipelines 5 are identical with the two feeding pipes 3, and the ink passing pipelines 5 with the same height are communicated with the feeding pipes 3 with the same height.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the ink outlet pipe assembly is mounted on the outer wall of the valve body 2 at the side facing away from the feed pipe 3, and comprises a communicating pipe 6, a collecting pipe 7 and a discharging pipe 8.

The communicating pipe 6 is provided with two, and two communicating pipes 6 are all installed in the outer wall that valve body 2 deviates from inlet pipe 3 one side, and the height that two communicating pipes 6 offered with two inlet pipes 3 is the same, and a communicating pipe 6, a inlet pipe 3 and a logical black pipeline 5 are a set of, and the height that every group communicating pipe 6, inlet pipe 3 and logical black pipeline 5 set up is the same, and every group communicating pipe 6, inlet pipe 3 and logical black pipeline 5 all can communicate with each other.

The two ink passing pipelines 5 are in a cross structure, the valve core 4 is rotated for ninety degrees, the feeding pipe 3 at the bottom is communicated with the ink passing pipeline 5 at the bottom and the communicating pipe 6 at the bottom, the valve core 4 is rotated for ninety degrees again, and the feeding pipe 3 at the top is communicated with the ink passing pipeline 5 at the top and the communicating pipe 6 at the top.

One end of the two communicating pipes 6 deviating from the valve body 2 is communicated through the collecting pipe 7, the discharging pipe 8 is arranged in the middle of one side of the collecting pipe 7 deviating from the communicating pipe 6, and the other side of the discharging pipe 8 is connected with the ink path, so that cleaning liquid or moisturizing liquid of the discharging pipe enters the ink path.

For example, the moisturizing device is connected to the top feeding pipe 3, moisturizing liquid enters the feeding pipe 3, then enters the top ink-passing pipe 5, enters the collecting pipe 7 after entering the top communicating pipe 6, and finally enters the ink path from the discharging pipe 8 to moisturize the ink path.

For example, the cleaning device is connected to the bottom feeding pipe 3, the cleaning liquid enters the feeding pipe 3, then enters the bottom ink-passing pipe 5, enters the collecting pipe 7 after entering the communicating pipe 6 at the bottom, and finally enters the ink path from the discharging pipe 8 to clean the ink path.

Specifically stated, the ink-passing pipelines 5 of the device can be multiple, the multiple ink-passing pipelines 5 are sequentially arranged downwards along the inclined outer wall of the valve core 4, the multiple ink-passing pipelines 5 are circumferentially arranged on the side wall of the valve core 4, the quantity of the feeding pipes 3 and the communicating pipes 6 is the same as that of the multiple ink-passing pipelines 5, one ends of the feeding pipes 3 and the communicating pipes 6 are respectively arranged on the outer walls of the two sides of the valve body 2, the valve core 4 can rotate, the valve core 4 rotates by a certain angle, and two ends of one ink-passing pipeline 5 are respectively communicated with the feeding pipes 3 and the communicating pipes 6 at the same height.

The driving piece is a coding motor 9, the top of the coding motor 9 is arranged at the bottom of the valve seat 1, the output end of the coding motor 9 is connected with the bottom of the valve core 4, the coding motor 9 drives the valve core 4 to rotate, and the angle of each time the coding motor 9 drives the valve core 4 to rotate is determined through programming.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that the valve seat 1, the valve body 2, the feeding pipe 3, the valve core 4, the ink-passing pipeline 5, the communicating pipe 6, the collecting pipe 7, the discharging pipe 8 and the coding motor drive the valve core 4 to rotate a specific angle through the coding motor 9, so that the feeding pipe 3, the ink-passing pipeline 5 and the discharging pipe 8 are communicated, different ink paths are communicated through the rotation of the valve core 4, the coding motor 9 stops working after the ink paths are communicated, the valve core 4 is kept motionless, the influence on ink caused by long-time working of electronic components is avoided, the power consumption condition of equipment is reduced, and the electric cost is saved.

When the ink supply device is used, the coding motor 9 drives the valve core 4 to rotate, the valve core 4 rotates by a certain angle, two ends of one ink supply pipeline 5 are respectively communicated with the feed pipe 3 and the communicating pipe 6 with the same height, and further the cleaning device or the moisturizing device is independently communicated with an ink path.

Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims (7)

1. A three-way pipe for an inkjet printer, characterized in that it comprises a valve seat (1), a valve body (2) is installed on the top of the valve seat (1), and a plurality of ink inlet pipes are arranged on one side of the valve body (2), and the plurality of ink inlet pipes are respectively used to enter inks of different colors, cleaning liquids or moisturizing liquids; A valve core (4) is rotatably mounted inside the valve body (2), and a plurality of ink passages (5) are provided through the side wall of the valve core (4), and the plurality of ink passages (5) are respectively connected to a plurality of ink inlet pipes, and an ink outlet pipe assembly matched with the ink passage (5) is provided on a side of the valve body (2) away from the ink inlet pipe, and the ink outlet pipe assembly is used to transport inks, cleaning liquids or moisturizing liquids of different colors into the same ink path; A driving member matching the valve core (4) is installed at the bottom of the valve seat (1), and the driving member is used to drive the valve core (4) to rotate. 2. A three-way pipe for an inkjet printer according to claim 1, characterized in that the multiple ink passages (5) are opened in sequence along the outer wall of the valve core (4) and inclined downward, and the multiple ink passages (5) are opened in a circular shape through the side wall of the valve core (4). 3. A three-way pipe for an inkjet printer according to claim 2, characterized in that the ink inlet pipe is a feed pipe (3), one end of each of the feed pipes (3) is respectively arranged on the outer wall of one side of the valve body (2), and the feed pipe (3) is connected to the ink passage (5) at the same height. 4. A three-way pipe for an inkjet printer according to claim 3, characterized in that the ink outlet pipe assembly includes a plurality of connecting pipes (6), a collecting pipe (7) and a discharge pipe (8), one end of each of the plurality of connecting pipes (6) is respectively arranged on the outer wall of the valve body (2) away from the feed pipe (3), and the connecting pipe (6) is connected to the ink passage (5) at the same height, the side of each of the plurality of connecting pipes (6) away from the valve body (2) is connected through the collecting pipe (7), and the discharge pipe (8) is arranged in the middle of the collecting pipe (7) away from the connecting pipe (6). 5. A three-way pipe for an inkjet printer according to claim 1, characterized in that a valve core mounting groove (21) is opened inside the valve body (2), a valve core limiting ring (22) is arranged on the top of the valve body (2), the valve core (4) is rotatably installed in the valve core mounting groove (21), and the top of the valve core (4) abuts against the bottom of the valve core limiting ring (22). 6. A three-way pipe for an inkjet printer according to claim 1, characterized in that the driving component is an encoding motor (9), the top of the encoding motor (9) is installed on the bottom of the valve seat (1), and the output end of the encoding motor (9) is connected to the bottom of the valve core (4). 7. A three-way pipe for an inkjet printer according to claim 4, characterized in that the multiple connecting pipes (6) are respectively symmetrical with the multiple feed pipes (3), and the feed pipe (3) is connected to the discharge pipe (8) through the ink passage (5), the connecting pipe (6), and the collecting pipe (7).