CN117970760A - Developer container, image forming apparatus, and method of retrofitting the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a developer container, imaging equipment and its refitting method, the developer container includes carbon powder supply container and carbon powder supplement container, the apparatus main body has paper feeding plate on the top of the carbon powder supply container, there is a cavity between paper feeding plate and the carbon powder supply container; a carbon powder storage cavity is arranged in the carbon powder supply container, and a supply powder outlet communicated with the carbon powder storage cavity is also arranged on the carbon powder supply container; the carbon powder supplementing container is arranged at the bottom of the paper feeding plate and is positioned in the cavity; the paper feeding plate is provided with a supplementing powder inlet which is communicated with the inside of the carbon powder supplementing container, and the supplementing powder inlet is provided with a cover part capable of opening or closing the supplementing powder inlet; the carbon powder supplementing container is provided with a supplementing powder outlet, the top of the carbon powder supplying container is provided with a supplying powder inlet, and the supplementing powder outlet is positioned at the bottom of the carbon powder supplementing container and communicated with the supplying powder inlet. The developer container can improve the capacity, and can realize the addition of the developer without taking out the developer container.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of electrophotographic imaging technology, and in particular, to a developer container, an imaging apparatus, and a retrofitting method thereof.
Background
The existing powder box wastes a lot of space due to a larger space between the upper part of the powder box and a door cover of imaging equipment, and has low capacity of contained carbon powder and lower output of printing pages due to smaller space of a powder bin of the powder box. When the end user uses the toner in the toner cartridge, the photosensitive drum of the toner cartridge can be used continuously, other parts in the toner cartridge can be used continuously, if the toner cartridge is discarded, unnecessary waste of parts such as the photosensitive drum and the like can be caused, and the user also needs to purchase a new toner cartridge again, so that the use cost of the end user is higher.
In addition, generally, the existing powder box or powder cylinder is detachably installed in a box bin of the imaging device, so that when the developer in the powder box or powder cylinder is consumed, the used powder box or powder cylinder can be taken out, and after a new powder box or powder cylinder is replaced or the developer is added again, the powder box or powder cylinder is placed in the imaging device for continuous use. However, the user needs to frequently execute the operation of disassembling the powder box or the powder cylinder, which has a certain requirement on the operation capability of the user, and carbon powder and the like used as the developer pollute the hands, clothes and air of the user in the process of adding the developer, so that the user is injured, if the user carelessly operates, the device can be damaged, and the imaging device cannot continue to print.
Disclosure of Invention
A first object of the present invention is to provide a developer container that increases capacity while achieving developer addition without taking out the developer container and reduces environmental pollution of the developer.
A second object of the present invention is an image forming apparatus employing the above developer container.
In order to achieve the first object described above, the present invention provides a developer container including a toner supply container detachably mountable in an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, the apparatus main body being provided with a paper feeding plate on top of the toner supply container, a cavity being formed between the toner supply container and the paper feeding plate; a carbon powder storage cavity is arranged in the carbon powder supply container, and a supply powder outlet communicated with the carbon powder storage cavity is also arranged on the carbon powder supply container; the developer container also comprises a carbon powder supplementing container which is arranged at the bottom of the paper feeding plate and is positioned in the cavity; the paper feeding plate is provided with a supplementing powder inlet which is communicated with the inside of the carbon powder supplementing container, and the supplementing powder inlet is provided with a cover part capable of opening or closing the supplementing powder inlet; the carbon powder supplementing container is provided with a supplementing powder outlet, the top of the carbon powder supplying container is provided with a supplying powder inlet, and the supplementing powder outlet is positioned at the bottom of the carbon powder supplementing container and communicated with the supplying powder inlet.
According to the scheme, the carbon powder supplementing container is arranged at the bottom of the paper feeding plate, so that the inside of the imaging equipment is reasonably utilized, and a cavity between the paper feeding plate and the carbon powder supplying container is formed into a structure similar to external continuous supply, and carbon powder can be continuously supplied to the carbon powder supplying container. And, through setting up the carbon dust and supplementing the container in the cavity above the inside carbon dust supply container of the image forming apparatus, on the one hand can increase the total capacity of the developer container by a wide margin, especially for the small image forming apparatus of cartridge storehouse space, can increase the total capacity of the developer container by a wide margin. On the other hand, the internal space of the imaging device can be fully utilized, and space waste is not caused. In addition, after the developer in the powder box is used, the powder box is not required to be detached from the imaging equipment, and the developer is directly filled into the toner replenishing container through the replenishing powder inlet at the top of the toner replenishing container, so that the convenience of using and filling the toner can be greatly improved, the problem that the toner is not leaked and hurts the human body or pollutes the environment is solved.
In a preferred scheme, supported parts are arranged on two opposite sides of the paper feeding plate, the equipment main body is provided with a supporting part, and the supported parts and the supporting part are matched and support the carbon powder supplementing container in the vertical direction.
Therefore, the supported part is matched with the supporting part in the imaging equipment, so that the carbon powder supplementing container is positioned and stably supported.
In a preferred embodiment, the door cover of the imaging device is located at the top opening of the device body, and the supplementary powder inlet is exposed at the top opening.
Therefore, the supplementing powder inlet is exposed, and a user can conveniently perform powder adding operation.
The bottom wall of the carbon powder supplementing container is obliquely arranged from the position far away from the supplementing powder outlet to the position close to the supplementing powder outlet from top to bottom.
Therefore, the bottom wall is obliquely arranged towards the supplementing powder outlet, so that the carbon powder can flow towards the supplementing powder outlet under the action of self gravity.
In a preferred embodiment, a conveying member is provided in the toner replenishing container, and the conveying member conveys the developer toward the replenishing outlet.
Thus, the developer can be smoothly conveyed into the toner supply container by the arrangement of the conveying component.
The conveying part comprises a powder conveying screw and a driving part, wherein the powder conveying screw is rotatably supported on the carbon powder supplementing container, and the driving part is arranged at one end of the powder conveying screw and can drive the powder conveying screw to rotate.
Therefore, the powder feeding screw can be driven to rotate by the driving piece, so that the powder feeding efficiency is improved, and the smoothness of powder feeding is ensured.
Further, the support portion is provided with a loading trigger switch, and when the door cover moves to the closing position, the door cover triggers the loading trigger switch.
It follows that when the user closes the door, the door triggers the loader trigger switch so that the imaging device is ready for pre-printing.
In a preferred scheme, a carbon powder residual quantity monitor is arranged in the carbon powder supplementing container.
Therefore, by arranging the carbon powder surplus monitor, when the carbon powder surplus in the carbon powder supplementing container is insufficient, a user can be timely reminded of supplementing the carbon powder, and therefore printing quality is guaranteed.
In order to achieve the second object described above, the present invention provides an image forming apparatus including an apparatus main body and the developer container described above.
In order to achieve the third object, the present invention provides a retrofitting method of the imaging apparatus, the retrofitting method including the steps of: and (3) a disassembly step: detaching the paper feeding plate and the carbon powder supply container from the main body of the device; the modification step comprises the following steps: arranging a carbon powder supplementing container on a paper board, arranging a supplementing powder inlet on the paper board, and arranging a supplying powder inlet on the carbon powder supplying container; assembling: a toner supply container and a paper feed plate provided with the toner replenishment container are installed in a device main body.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an image forming apparatus of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a structural exploded view of an embodiment of the image forming apparatus of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of an imaging device of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a partial enlarged view at a in fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a developer container in an embodiment of the image forming apparatus of the present invention.
The invention is further described below with reference to the drawings and examples.
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the image forming apparatus of the present embodiment includes an apparatus main body 1 and a developer container 2. The device body 1 is provided with a door cover 11, a paper feeding plate 15 and a trigger switch 12 of the installation, the door cover 11 is positioned at the top opening 10 of the device body 1, the paper feeding plate 15 is positioned below the door cover 11, a paper feeding channel 16 is formed between the door cover 11 and the paper feeding plate 15, and printed paper is sent out from the paper feeding channel 16.
The developer container 2 includes a toner supply container 3 and a toner replenishment container 4, the toner supply container 3 being detachably mountable in the apparatus main body 1 of the image forming apparatus, a cavity 13 being formed between the toner supply container 3 and the paper feed plate 15.
The carbon powder supply container 3 is internally provided with a carbon powder storage cavity 31, the carbon powder supply container 3 is also provided with a supply powder outlet 32 communicated with the carbon powder storage cavity 31, and the carbon powder supplementing container 4 is arranged at the bottom of the paper feeding plate 15 and is positioned in the cavity 13.
The paper feeding plate 15 is provided with a supplementing powder inlet 42, the supplementing powder inlet 42 is communicated with a supplementing powder cavity 40 in the carbon powder supplementing container 4, the supplementing powder inlet 42 is provided with a cover part 5 capable of opening or closing the supplementing powder inlet 42, and the supplementing powder inlet 42 is positioned at the top of the carbon powder supplementing container 4 and exposed at the opening 10 at the top. The powder supplementing cavity 40 is surrounded by the paper feeding plate 15 and the carbon powder supplementing container 4.
The carbon powder supplementing container 4 is provided with a supplementing powder outlet 41, the top of the carbon powder supplying container 3 is provided with a supplying powder inlet 33, and the supplementing powder outlet 41 is positioned at the bottom of the carbon powder supplementing container 4 and is communicated with the supplying powder inlet 33.
The opposite two sides of the length direction of the paper feeding plate 15 are respectively provided with a supported part 43, the top opening 10 of the equipment main body 1 is provided with a supporting part 14, the supporting part 14 is in a groove shape, the supported parts 43 are in limit fit with the groove-shaped supporting parts 14, meanwhile, the supported parts 43 and the supporting parts 14 are matched and support the carbon powder supplementing container 4 in the vertical direction, the supported parts 43 are positioned at the top of the carbon powder supplementing container 4, and the supported parts 43 are in a plate shape and extend outwards from the end wall of the carbon powder supplementing container 4. In addition, a loading trigger switch 12 is provided at the support portion 14, and when the door 11 is moved to the closed position, the door 11 triggers the loading trigger switch 12 so that the image forming apparatus is ready for printing.
The toner replenishment container 4 is provided with a conveyance member 6, and the conveyance member 6 conveys the developer toward the replenishment toner outlet 41. The conveying member 6 includes a powder feeding screw 61 and a driving member (not shown), the powder feeding screw 61 being rotatably supported on the toner replenishing container 4, the driving member being mounted at one end of the powder feeding screw 61 and being capable of driving the powder feeding screw 61 to rotate. By the provision of the conveying member 6, the developer can be conveyed into the toner supply container 3 more smoothly. The driving member may be a motor or a gear, and when the driving member is a gear, the gear is mounted at the axial end of the powder feeding screw and engaged with a gear train on the toner supply container 3 to achieve transmission of driving force.
The carbon powder surplus monitor 7 is arranged in the carbon powder supplementing container 4, and when the carbon powder surplus in the carbon powder supplementing container 4 is insufficient, a user can be timely reminded of supplementing the carbon powder by arranging the carbon powder surplus monitor 7, so that printing quality is guaranteed.
The retrofitting method of the imaging apparatus in the present embodiment includes the steps of:
And (3) a disassembly step: the sheet 15 and the toner supply container 3 are detached from the apparatus main body 1.
The modification step comprises the following steps: the carbon powder supplementing container 4 is arranged on the paper feeding plate 15, the carbon powder supplementing container and the paper feeding plate 15 can be fixedly connected in a welding mode, a supplementing powder inlet 42 is formed in the paper feeding plate 15, and a supplying powder inlet 33 is formed in the carbon powder supplying container 3.
Assembling: the toner supply container 3 and the paper feed plate 15 provided with the toner supply container 4 are installed in the apparatus main body 1, the supply powder outlet 41 of the toner supply container 4 is in butt joint with the supply powder inlet 33 of the toner supply container 3, and then the toner supply container 4 and the toner supply container 3 can be filled with toner through the supply powder inlet 42.
From the above, by disposing the toner replenishment container in the cavity above the internal toner supply container of the image forming apparatus, on the one hand, the total capacity of the developer container can be greatly increased, and particularly for an image forming apparatus with a small cartridge space, the total capacity of the developer container can be remarkably increased. On the other hand, the internal space of the imaging device can be fully utilized, and space waste is not caused. In addition, after the developer in the powder box is used, the powder box is not required to be detached from the imaging equipment, and the developer is directly filled into the toner replenishing container through the replenishing powder inlet at the top of the toner replenishing container, so that the convenience of using and filling the toner can be greatly improved, the problem that the toner is not leaked and hurts the human body or pollutes the environment is solved. Meanwhile, the supported part is matched with the supporting part in the imaging equipment, so that the carbon powder supplementing container is positioned and stably supported.
In addition, the conveying part is not required to be arranged in the carbon powder supplementing container, and the bottom wall of the carbon powder supplementing container is obliquely arranged from the position far away from the supplementing powder outlet to the position close to the supplementing powder outlet from top to bottom, so that the carbon powder can conveniently flow towards the supplementing powder outlet under the action of self gravity. The image forming apparatus may not be provided with a door cover, and the sheet feeding plate may be positioned on top of the image forming apparatus. The carbon powder balance monitor is not required to be arranged in the carbon powder supplementing container, and at least one part of the paper feeding plate is of a structure made of transparent materials, so that a visible window is formed in the part, and a user can observe the carbon powder balance in the carbon powder supplementing container conveniently through the visible window. The above-described modifications can also achieve the object of the present invention.
Finally, it should be emphasized that the foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the invention, but rather that various changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.
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1. A developer container including a toner supply container detachably mountable in an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, the apparatus main body being provided with a paper feeding plate on top of the toner supply container, a cavity being formed between the toner supply container and the paper feeding plate;
A carbon powder storage cavity is arranged in the carbon powder supply container, and a supply powder outlet communicated with the carbon powder storage cavity is also arranged on the carbon powder supply container;
The method is characterized in that:
The developer container also comprises a carbon powder supplementing container which is arranged at the bottom of the paper feeding plate and is positioned in the cavity;
The paper feeding plate is provided with a supplementing powder inlet which is communicated with the inside of the carbon powder supplementing container, and the supplementing powder inlet is provided with a cover part capable of opening or closing the supplementing powder inlet;
The carbon powder supplementing container is provided with a supplementing powder outlet, the top of the carbon powder supplying container is provided with a supplying powder inlet, and the supplementing powder outlet is positioned at the bottom of the carbon powder supplementing container and is communicated with the supplying powder inlet.
2. The developer container according to claim 1, wherein:
The device comprises a paper feeding plate, and is characterized in that supported parts are arranged on two opposite sides of the paper feeding plate, a supporting part is arranged on the device main body, and the supported parts and the supporting part are matched and support the carbon powder supplementing container in the vertical direction.
3. The developer container according to claim 2, wherein:
The support portion is provided with a loading trigger switch, and when a door cover of the imaging device moves to a closed position, the door cover triggers the loading trigger switch.
4. A developer container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:
The door cover of the imaging device is positioned at the top opening of the device main body, and the supplementing powder inlet is exposed at the top opening.
5. A developer container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:
The bottom wall of the carbon powder supplementing container is obliquely arranged from the position far away from the supplementing powder outlet to the position close to the supplementing powder outlet from top to bottom.
6. A developer container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:
the toner replenishing container is internally provided with a conveying component, and the conveying component conveys the developer towards the toner replenishing outlet.
7. The developer container according to claim 6, wherein:
The conveying component comprises a powder conveying screw and a driving piece, wherein the powder conveying screw is rotatably supported on the carbon powder supplementing container, and the driving piece is arranged at one end of the powder conveying screw and can drive the powder conveying screw to rotate.
8. A developer container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:
And a carbon powder remaining monitor is arranged in the carbon powder supplementing container.
9. An image forming apparatus comprising an apparatus main body and the developer container according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
10. A retrofitting method of an image forming apparatus, characterized in that the image forming apparatus is the image forming apparatus according to claim 9; the retrofitting method comprises the steps of:
And (3) a disassembly step: detaching the paper feeding plate and the carbon powder supply container from the main body of the device;
The modification step comprises the following steps: arranging a carbon powder supplementing container on the paper board, arranging a supplementing powder inlet on the paper board, and arranging a supplying powder inlet on the carbon powder supplying container;
assembling: the toner supply container and the paper feeding plate provided with the toner replenishment container are installed in the apparatus main body.
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