Developing agent supplying and containing container based on discharging unbalance treatment

Abstract

The invention discloses a developer supplying and accommodating container based on discharging unbalance treatment, and relates to the technical field of developer supplying and accommodating containers, the developer supplying and accommodating container comprises a powder bin and a waste powder bin, the waste powder bin is located above the powder bin, the powder bin is slidably connected with a sliding cover, the sliding cover is symmetrically and fixedly connected with sliding cover buckles, the sliding cover is provided with a sliding cover powder outlet, and the waste powder bin is located above the sliding cover; through the design of the first PET and the waste powder bins distributed in the powder bin at equal intervals, the design of multi-point scraping and powder conveying can guide discharged materials during discharging, the design is different from the design that a developer stirring rod is arranged in a developer bin of an existing supply container, the machining difficulty is optimized, and the powder bin can be used for conveying the waste powder. When the developer is processed, the situation that the developer is not discharged smoothly due to the fact that the overall torsion is too large can be effectively avoided, and meanwhile the phenomenon that in an original developer supply container, the two ends of a developer stirring rod are in a positioning hole and shaft matching mode, and stress is uneven can be avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of developer supply and storage containers, in particular to a developer supply and storage container based on material discharge imbalance processing. Background Art

[0002] Developer refers to the agent that turns the latent image produced by the photosensitive material after exposure into a visible image. From the perspective of chemical composition, developers can be divided into two categories: inorganic compounds and organic compounds; imaging devices such as copiers and printers cannot do without developers; in such imaging devices, as the imaging operation consumes the developer, it is necessary to use a developer replenishing container to replenish the developer.

[0003] The image forming device has a carrier, a developing device, a developer supply container and a storage container; however, the existing developer supply container has many problems during operation. Since the developer discharge port is located in the middle, in order to allow the developer to flow to the middle position of the developer supply container, a developer stirring rod is set in the developer chamber of the supply container, but its structural design has defects. Not only is it difficult to process, but it is also easy to cause excessive overall torque when stirring the developer, which leads to poor developer discharge. At the same time, in the original developer supply container, the two ends of the developer stirring rod are in the form of positioning holes and shafts, so that during the stirring process, uneven force will occur;

[0004] In addition, since there are stirring rods, complex discharge port structures and connecting parts with other components (such as the developing device, etc.) inside the developer supply container, these structures are intertwined with each other; for example, the presence of the stirring rod may hinder the smooth disassembly of the container, and its connection with the developer chamber may require special tools for disassembly, and the stirring rod or other internal structures may be damaged if not careful during the disassembly process.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention proposes a developer supply and storage container based on material discharge imbalance processing to solve the above problems. Summary of the invention

[0006] In view of this, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to propose a developer supply and storage container based on discharge imbalance processing to solve the problems existing in the prior art.

[0007] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solution: a developer supply and storage container based on unbalanced discharge processing, comprising: a powder bin, a waste powder bin, the waste powder bin is located above the powder bin, a sliding cover is slidably connected to the powder bin, and a sliding cover buckle is symmetrically fixedly connected to the sliding cover;

[0008] As an improvement, the sliding cover is provided with a sliding cover powder outlet, the powder bin is provided with a powder bin powder outlet, the side wall of the powder bin is fixedly connected with a powder bin buckle, and a side wall of the inner cavity of the powder bin is rotatably connected with a large powder bin gear. A gear a is meshed with teeth above the large powder bin gear, a gear b is meshed with teeth above the gear a, a gear c is meshed with teeth on one side of the gear b, and a waste powder bin gear is meshed with teeth above the gear c. The powder bin large gear, gear a, gear b, gear c, and waste powder bin gear form a gear set.

[0009] As an improvement, a detection cover is provided on one side of the waste toner bin, a gear connecting rod is rotatably connected to the detection cover, a gear d is fixedly connected to the gear connecting rod, a gear e is meshed with one side of the gear d through teeth, and the gear e is meshed with a gear f through teeth.

[0010] As an improvement, one side of the waste powder bin gear is fixedly connected to the waste powder bin shaft by a snap fastener, one side of the powder bin is fixedly connected to a powder bin side cover, the powder bin side cover is fixedly connected to a powder bin side cover inner ring, and the powder bin large gear is fixedly connected to the powder bin shaft by snap fastening.

[0011] As an improvement, a first PET is fixedly connected in the middle of the powder bin shaft, and a second PET is fixedly connected equidistantly on both sides of the first PET and located on the powder bin shaft. The powder bin shaft, the first PET and the second PET are located in the waste powder bin, and the first PET and the powder outlet of the powder bin are in the same straight line.

[0012] As an improvement, a waste powder bin cover is laterally slidably connected to the waste powder bin, a waste powder bin powder inlet is provided on the waste powder bin, and the waste powder bin powder inlet is covered by the waste powder bin cover.

[0013] As an improvement, one end of the powder bin rotating shaft is snap-fitted with the powder bin large gear, and the other end is circular and can be matched with the inner ring of the powder bin side cover.

[0014] As an improvement, the spiral shape of the waste toner bin shaft gradually increases from one end to the other.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a developer supply and storage container based on unbalanced discharge processing, which has the following beneficial effects:

[0016] 1. The present invention adopts a first PET and a waste powder bin equidistantly distributed in the powder bin. This multi-point scraping and powder conveying design can guide the discharge during discharge. It is different from the design of arranging a developer stirring rod in the developer bin of the existing supply container, which optimizes the processing difficulty. Moreover, when processing the developer, it can effectively avoid the situation where the overall torque is too large, which leads to poor developer discharge. At the same time, it can avoid the situation in which the two ends of the developer stirring rod in the original developer supply container are in the form of positioning holes and shafts, so that the phenomenon of uneven force occurs during the stirring process.

[0017] 2. The present invention designs the powder bin rotating shaft to be snap-connected with the powder bin large gear at one end and to rotate with the inner ring of the powder bin side cover on the powder bin side cover at the other end. Firstly, from the perspective of ease of operation, maintenance personnel do not need complicated tools and cumbersome steps when inspecting the device. In the past, it may take a lot of time to find a suitable screwdriver or wrench to remove the traditional screw connection or other fastening methods during the disassembly process, but now only the snap-connection and rotation parts need to be simply operated to easily separate the related parts, which greatly shortens the preparation and operation time for maintenance and improves the overall maintenance efficiency.

[0018] Secondly, for the long-term use of the device, this easy-to-disassemble design is conducive to the timely detection and resolution of potential problems; since disassembly becomes easy, maintenance personnel are more likely to regularly inspect the inside of the device and repair small problems before they develop into serious failures. This not only extends the service life of the device, but also reduces losses such as production stagnation or data loss caused by sudden failures.

[0019] 3. The present invention has strong adaptability through the snap-fit ​​design of the sliding cover buckle and the powder bin buckle. On the one hand, this snap-fit ​​design greatly broadens the application scope of the device; due to its adaptability, the snap-fit ​​mode of the sliding cover buckle and the powder bin buckle can be easily compatible with related components of various specifications and models; whether in different industrial environments, it is necessary to work with various types of production equipment, or in complex scientific research scenarios, it is necessary to cooperate with a variety of experimental instruments, this snap-fit ​​design can ensure the stable and efficient operation of the device; this means that users do not need to customize different versions of the device for different usage scenarios, which effectively reduces production costs and resource waste; on the other hand, from the perspective of equipment update and maintenance, the highly adaptable snap-fit ​​design provides great convenience for equipment upgrades and modifications.

[0020] 4. The present invention improves the waste powder conveying efficiency by designing the waste bin rotating shaft to gradually increase in size from one end to the other end, that is, the spiral and gradually increasing design helps to more effectively guide the waste developer to flow to the middle of the waste powder bin. When the waste powder bin gear rotates counterclockwise, the rotating shaft of this special shape can use its spiral structure to more accurately control the flow direction and speed of the waste powder, like a screw conveyor, compared with a rotating shaft of an ordinary shape, so that the waste powder is more evenly distributed in the waste powder bin, the efficiency of waste powder collection is improved, and the uneven accumulation of waste powder in the bin is reduced; at the same time, the gradually increasing spiral structure produces a continuous stirring and squeezing effect on the waste developer during the rotation process. As the diameter of the rotating shaft gradually increases, this stirring and squeezing effect can break the lumps that may be formed by the waste powder, so that the waste powder remains in a loose state; this is very important to prevent the waste powder from agglomerating due to long-term accumulation or moisture, because the agglomerated waste powder may block the channel of the waste powder bin, affecting the normal collection of waste powder and the operation of the equipment, and this design effectively reduces this risk. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] Figure 1 This is the appearance diagram of the present invention;

[0022] Figure 2 Another perspective view of the appearance of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 3 This is a structural diagram of the slide cover and the powder bin after being cut apart;

[0024] Figure 4 For the present invention Figure 3 A magnified view of the structure at center;

[0025] Figure 5 For the present invention Figure 3 A magnified view of the structure at B in the middle;

[0026] Figure 6 This is a disassembled diagram of the main structure of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 7 This is a related structural diagram of the powder bin gear, powder bin rotating shaft, waste powder bin gear, and waste powder bin rotating shaft in the present invention;

[0028] Figure 8 It is a structural diagram related to gear d and gear connecting rod in the present invention;

[0029] Fig. 9 This is a structural diagram of the powder outlet of the powder bin, the first PET, and the second PET in the present invention;

[0030] Fig.10 This is a structural diagram of the powder bin gear and the powder bin shaft in the present invention.

[0031] In the figure:

[0032] 1. Sliding cover; 2. Powder bin; 3. Sliding cover buckle; 4. Sliding cover powder outlet; 5. Powder bin powder outlet; 6. Powder bin buckle; 7. Powder bin large gear; 8. Gear a; 9. Gear b; 10. Gear c; 11. Waste powder bin gear; 12. Gear d; 13. Detection cover; 14. Gear connecting rod; 15. Gear e; 16. Gear f; 17. Waste powder bin shaft; 18. Powder bin side cover inner ring; 19. Powder bin side cover; 20. Powder bin shaft; 21. First PET; 22. Waste powder bin; 23. Second PET; 24. Waste powder bin cover; 25. Waste powder bin powder inlet. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0034] The present invention is further described in detail below based on the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0035] Example

[0036] Please refer to Figures 1 to 10 As shown:

[0037] In order to solve the problems mentioned in the technical solution, the embodiment of the present application provides a developer supply and storage container based on the unbalanced discharge processing, including: a powder bin 2, a waste powder bin 22, the waste powder bin 22 is located above the powder bin 2, a sliding cover 1 is slidably connected to the powder bin 2, a sliding cover buckle 3 is symmetrically fixedly connected to the sliding cover 1, a sliding cover powder outlet 4 is provided on the sliding cover 1, a powder bin powder outlet 5 is provided on the powder bin 2, a powder bin buckle 6 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the powder bin 2, a powder bin large gear 7 is rotatably connected to one side wall of the inner cavity of the powder bin 2, a gear a8 is meshed with gears above the large gear 7 of the powder bin, a gear b9 is meshed with gears above the gear a8, a gear c10 is meshed with gears on one side of the gear b9, a waste powder bin gear 11 is meshed with gears above the gear c10, the powder bin large gear 7, the gear a8, the gear b9, the gear c10, and the waste powder bin gear 11 form a gear set, a detection cover 13 is provided on one side of the waste powder bin 22, and a gear connection 13 is rotatably connected in the detection cover 13. Rod 14, gear connecting rod 14 is fixedly connected with gear d12, gear d12 is meshed with gear e15 on one side through teeth, gear e15 is meshed with gear f16 on the other side through teeth, waste powder bin gear 11 is fixedly connected with waste powder bin rotating shaft 17 through buckle on one side, powder bin side cover 19 is fixedly connected with powder bin side cover inner ring 18 on one side of powder bin 2, powder bin large gear 7 is fixedly connected with powder bin rotating shaft 20 through snap connection, powder bin rotating shaft 20 is fixedly connected in the middle A first PET 21 is fixedly connected, and second PET 23 is equidistantly fixedly connected on both sides of the first PET 21 and located on the powder bin shaft 20. The powder bin shaft 20, the first PET 21, and the second PET 23 are located in the waste powder bin 22. The first PET 21 and the powder bin powder outlet 5 are on the same straight line. A waste powder bin cover 24 is laterally slidably connected to the waste powder bin 22. A waste powder bin powder inlet 25 is opened on the waste powder bin 22, and the waste powder bin powder inlet 25 is covered by the waste powder bin cover 24.

[0038] Everything in the above example works like this:

[0039] In the initial state:

[0040] The powder outlet 4 of the sliding cover does not overlap with the powder outlet 5 of the powder bin, and the powder inlet 25 of the waste powder bin is covered by the waste powder bin cover 24 .

[0041] When the developer supply container is in a normal state, the slide cover 1 is at the left position, and the powder outlet 5 of the powder bin and the powder outlet 4 of the slide cover are staggered, so that the inside of the powder bin is a closed space; when the developer supply container is installed on the image forming device, the slide cover buckle 3 and the powder bin buckle 6 are staggered, and the slide cover 1 is manually pushed to the right to make the powder outlet 5 of the powder bin overlap with the powder outlet 4 of the slide cover, so as to achieve the purpose of opening the developer supply container;

[0042] Furthermore, after the developer supply container is loaded onto the machine, its powder bin gear 7 meshes with the gear inside the image forming device. When the image forming device is working, it drives the powder bin gear 7. Since the powder bin gear 7 and the powder bin rotating shaft 20 are snap-fitted, the powder bin rotating shaft 20 also rotates counterclockwise with the powder bin gear 7. Since there are a first PET 21 and a second PET 23 on the powder bin rotating shaft 20, the developer in the powder bin 2 is stirred. Since the structural characteristics of the powder bin rotating shaft 20 itself are symmetrical on both sides, the left and right PETs are in opposite directions, and the second PET 23 in the middle is in a straight state, the developer in the container is transported from both ends in relative directions, that is, in the direction close to the first PET 21, that is, the developer reaches the powder outlet 5 of the powder bin, so as to supply toner to the image forming device.

[0043] Furthermore, after the developer supply container is loaded onto the machine, the waste powder bin cover 24 is pushed open by the mechanism of the image forming device, exposing the waste powder bin powder inlet 25. At this time, the waste developer generated in the image forming device will enter the waste powder bin 22 through the waste powder bin powder inlet 25; the powder bin large gear 7 drives the powder bin rotating shaft 20 while driving the gear a8, the gear a8 drives the gear b9, the gear b9 drives the gear c10, and the gear c10 drives the waste powder bin gear 11. After a series of transmissions, the waste powder bin gear 11 rotates counterclockwise. At this time, the waste developer flowing into the waste powder bin 22 will flow toward the middle of the waste powder bin 22 according to the characteristics of the waste powder bin rotating shaft 17, thereby achieving the purpose of collecting the waste developer of the image forming device;

[0044] Furthermore, when the waste toner bin shaft 20 rotates, it drives the gear f16, the gear f16 drives the gear e15, the gear e15 drives the gear d12, and the gear d12 has a connecting rod and a rocker arm structure. Within one rotation cycle, the rocker arm will pass through the gap of the detection cover 13 once, thereby achieving the image forming device to monitor the waste developer in the waste toner bin.

[0045] Furthermore, the present invention has strong adaptability through the snap-on design of the sliding cover buckle 3 and the powder bin buckle 6. On the one hand, this snap-on design greatly broadens the application scope of the device; due to its adaptability, the snap-on mode of the sliding cover buckle 3 and the powder bin buckle 6 can easily be compatible with related components of various specifications and models; whether in different industrial environments, it is necessary to work with various types of production equipment, or in complex scientific research scenarios, it is necessary to cooperate with a variety of experimental instruments, this snap-on design can ensure the stable and efficient operation of the device; this means that users do not need to customize different versions of the device for different usage scenarios, which effectively reduces production costs and resource waste; on the other hand, from the perspective of equipment updating and maintenance, the highly adaptable snap-on design provides great convenience for equipment upgrades and modifications.

[0046] Furthermore, the present invention can improve the waste powder conveying efficiency by designing the waste material bin rotating shaft 17 to be gradually enlarged from one end to the other end, that is, the spiral and gradually enlarged design helps to more effectively guide the waste developer to flow to the middle of the waste powder bin 22. When the waste powder bin gear 11 rotates counterclockwise, this special shape of the rotating shaft can use its spiral structure to gradually push the waste developer entering from the waste powder bin powder inlet 25 to the middle like a screw conveyor. Compared with the rotating shaft of ordinary shape, it can more accurately control the flow direction and speed of the waste powder, so that the waste powder is more evenly distributed in the waste powder bin. The spiral structure gradually increases, which improves the efficiency of waste powder collection and reduces the uneven accumulation of waste powder in the bin. At the same time, the gradually increasing spiral structure produces continuous stirring and squeezing effects on the waste developer during rotation. As the diameter of the shaft gradually increases, the stirring and squeezing effects will change, which can break up the lumps that may be formed by the waste powder and keep the waste powder loose. This is very important to prevent the waste powder from agglomerating due to long-term accumulation or moisture, because the agglomerated waste powder may block the channel of the waste powder bin, affecting the normal collection of waste powder and the operation of the equipment, and this design effectively reduces this risk.

[0047] Furthermore, the present invention adopts the design of the first PET 21 and the waste powder bin 22 equidistantly distributed in the powder bin 2. This multi-point scraping and powder conveying design can guide the discharge during discharge. It is different from the design of setting a developer stirring rod in the developer bin of the existing supply container, which optimizes the processing difficulty and can effectively avoid the overall torque being too large when processing the developer, thereby causing poor developer discharge. At the same time, it can avoid the situation in which the two ends of the developer stirring rod in the original developer supply container are in the form of positioning holes and shafts, so that uneven force occurs during the stirring process.

[0048] Furthermore, the present invention designs the powder bin rotating shaft 20 to be snap-connected with the powder bin gear 7 at one end and to be rotated with the powder bin side cover inner ring 18 on the powder bin side cover 19 at the other end. Firstly, from the perspective of ease of operation, maintenance personnel do not need complicated tools and cumbersome steps when repairing the device. In the past, it may take a lot of time to find a suitable screwdriver or wrench to remove the traditional screw connection or other fastening methods during the disassembly process, but now only the snap-connecting and rotating parts need to be simply operated to easily separate the related parts, which greatly shortens the preparation and operation time for maintenance and improves the overall maintenance efficiency.

[0049] Secondly, for the long-term use of the device, this easy-to-disassemble design is conducive to the timely detection and resolution of potential problems; since disassembly becomes easy, maintenance personnel are more likely to regularly inspect the inside of the device and repair small problems before they develop into serious failures. This not only extends the service life of the device, but also reduces losses such as production stagnation or data loss caused by sudden failures.

[0050] It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0051] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A developer supply container based on unbalanced material discharge processing, comprising: A powder bin (2), a waste powder bin (22), the waste powder bin (22) being located above the powder bin (2), characterized in that a sliding cover (1) is slidably connected to the powder bin (2), a sliding cover buckle (3) is symmetrically fixedly connected to the sliding cover (1), a sliding cover powder outlet (4) is provided on the sliding cover (1), a powder bin powder outlet (5) is provided on the powder bin (2), a powder bin buckle (6) is fixedly connected to a side wall of the powder bin (2), and a side wall of the inner cavity of the powder bin (2) is rotatably connected to A powder bin gear (7), a gear a (8) is meshed with gear teeth on the top of the powder bin gear (7), a gear b (9) is meshed with gear teeth on the top of the gear a (8), a gear c (10) is meshed with gear teeth on one side of the gear b (9), a waste powder bin gear (11) is meshed with gear teeth on the top of the gear c (10), and the powder bin gear (7), gear a (8), gear b (9), gear c (10), and waste powder bin gear (11) form a gear set.

2. The developer supply container based on the unbalanced material discharge process according to claim 1, characterized in that: A detection cover (13) is provided on one side of the waste toner bin (22), a gear connecting rod (14) is rotatably connected to the detection cover (13), a gear d (12) is fixedly connected to the gear connecting rod (14), one side of the gear d (12) is meshed with a gear e (15) through teeth, and the gear e (15) is meshed with a gear f (16) through teeth.

3. The developer supply container based on the unbalanced material discharge process according to claim 1, characterized in that: One side of the waste powder bin gear (11) is fixedly connected to the waste powder bin rotating shaft (17) by means of a buckle, the gear e (15) is fixedly connected to one end of the waste powder bin rotating shaft (17), one side of the powder bin (2) is fixedly connected to a powder bin side cover (19), the powder bin side cover (19) is fixedly connected to an inner ring of the powder bin side cover (18), and the powder bin large gear (7) is fixedly connected to the powder bin rotating shaft (20) by means of a buckle.

4. The developer supply container based on the unbalanced material discharge process according to claim 3, characterized in that: A first PET (21) is fixedly connected to the middle of the powder bin rotating shaft (20), and second PETs (23) are fixedly connected to both sides of the first PET (21) and are equidistantly located on the powder bin rotating shaft (20). The powder bin rotating shaft (20), the first PET (21), and the second PET (23) are located in the waste powder bin (22), and the first PET (21) and the powder outlet (5) of the powder bin are located on the same straight line.

5. The developer supply container based on the unbalanced material discharge process according to claim 1, characterized in that: A waste powder bin cover (24) is slidably connected to the waste powder bin (22) in a transverse manner. A waste powder bin powder inlet (25) is provided on the waste powder bin (22), and the waste powder bin powder inlet (25) is covered by the waste powder bin cover (24).

6. The developer supply container based on the unbalanced material discharge process according to claim 3, characterized in that: One end of the powder bin rotating shaft (20) is engaged with the powder bin large gear (7), and the other end is circular and can be engaged with the inner ring (18) of the powder bin side cover.

7. The developer supply container based on the unbalanced material discharge process according to claim 3, characterized in that: The spiral shape of the waste powder bin rotating shaft (17) gradually increases from one end to the other end.

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