Packaging piece and ink box assembly with same

Abstract

According to the packaging piece and the ink box assembly with the packaging piece, the ink box assembly comprises at least one ink box, the ink box can be packaged / fixed by the packaging piece to form the ink box assembly, the packaging piece comprises the first fixing piece used for packaging / fixing the at least one ink box, and the first fixing piece is provided with at least one partition plate. When the ink box is packaged / fixed by the first fixing piece, the arrangement direction of the ink box and the partition plate is the left-right direction, and the partition plate enables the size of the ink box in the left-right direction to be increased.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of inkjet imaging, in particular to a package for program upgrading equipment and an ink cartridge assembly having the package. Background Art

[0002] An ink cartridge is a consumable material for an inkjet imaging device. The ink cartridge includes a shell and a chip. An ink cavity is formed inside the shell for accommodating ink required by the imaging device. The chip is used to store parameter information of the ink cartridge. The chip is installed on the shell. After the ink cartridge is installed on the imaging device, the chip can establish a communication connection with the imaging device, and the imaging device can obtain the parameter information stored on the chip. Imaging device manufacturers will upgrade the programs of the imaging devices from time to time, which requires that the chip information also needs to be upgraded in a timely manner. In order to make the chip on the ink cartridge compatible with the imaging device, the ink cartridge manufacturer will use a chip upgrade device to upgrade the chip program.

[0003] The ink cartridge can be packaged by a packaging member to form an ink cartridge assembly, wherein the packaging member can package at least one ink cartridge; the ink cartridge can be individually installed in a detachable manner to the upgraded device, or the ink cartridge assembly as a whole can be installed in a detachable manner to the upgraded device.

[0004] After the ink in the ink chamber is consumed, a new ink cartridge needs to be replaced. In order to avoid wasting the old ink cartridge, in the prior art, operators usually recycle and reuse the old ink cartridge to obtain a regenerated ink cartridge. The regenerated ink cartridge can be used interchangeably with the target ink cartridge, and both can be applied to the imaging device to which the target ink cartridge is applied. The target ink cartridge is a newly produced ink cartridge. In the process of remanufacturing the old ink cartridge, the operator can add an external part to the old ink cartridge to increase the size of the old ink cartridge in the corresponding direction. However, due to the influence of the manufacturing process or the manufacturing accuracy of the external part itself, the size of the regenerated ink cartridge may be smaller than the size of the target ink cartridge. For example, in the width direction of the old ink cartridge, the external part is connected to the old ink cartridge, and the size of the regenerated ink cartridge in the width direction may be smaller than the size of the target ink cartridge in the width direction. In this way, after the ink cartridge assembly or the regenerated ink cartridge assembled by the regenerated ink cartridge is installed on the upgrading device, when the ink cartridge is performing a chip program upgrade, the ink cartridge assembly or the ink cartridge is prone to problems such as misalignment and slow positioning, which will cause the chip program to be unable to be upgraded. Utility Model Content

[0005] The packaging member and the ink cartridge assembly having the packaging member provided by the utility model can solve at least one of the above technical problems, and the specific solutions are as follows:

[0006] A packaging component, comprising a first fixing component for packaging / fixing at least one ink cartridge; at least one partition is arranged on the first fixing component, when the ink cartridge is packaged / fixed by the first fixing component, the arrangement direction of the ink cartridge and the partition is the left-right direction, and the partition increases the size of the ink cartridge in the left-right direction; when the ink cartridge is packaged / fixed by the first fixing component, the partition is located between different ink cartridges; the first fixing component is provided with a second side wall and a third side wall at both ends in the left-right direction, and the partition is located between the ink cartridge and the second side wall / third side wall of the first fixing component.

[0007] The ink cartridge can be detachably installed on an imaging device provided with an air pump. The ink cartridge includes a shell and an ink outlet portion which are connected to each other. An ink cavity for accommodating ink is formed in the shell. The ink cavity is communicated with the ink outlet portion. The ink outlet portion is provided with an ink outlet port, and ink is supplied to the imaging device through the ink outlet port. The ink cartridge also includes an air charging port provided on the shell. After the ink cartridge is installed on the imaging device, the air pump inflates the air charging port so that the ink in the ink cavity is supplied to the imaging device. An opening is provided on the first fixing member. When the ink cartridge is packaged / fixed by the first fixing member, the first side wall provided with the ink outlet port and the air guide port is exposed through the opening.

[0008] The ink cartridge also includes a chip for storing ink cartridge parameter information, and the chip is provided with an electrical contact portion for establishing a communication connection with an imaging device. The chip / electrical contact portion is also exposed through an opening, and the exposure direction of the ink outlet and the exposure direction of the air filling port are different from the exposure direction of the chip / electrical contact portion.

[0009] The packaging also includes a second fixing member for preventing the ink cartridge from falling from the opening, the second fixing member extends in the left-right direction and covers a portion of the opening; when the ink cartridge is packaged / fixed by the first fixing member, the second fixing member does not cover the ink outlet and the air guide port.

[0010] The second fixing member is detachably combined with the first fixing member; the second fixing member is combined with the first fixing member by bonding; or the second fixing member is combined with the first fixing member by snapping.

[0011] An ink cartridge assembly comprises at least one ink cartridge and a packaging member, wherein the packaging member is used for packaging / fixing the ink cartridge.

[0012] In the packaging provided by the utility model and the ink cartridge assembly having the packaging, the ink cartridge assembly includes at least one ink cartridge, and the ink cartridge can be packaged / fixed by the packaging to form an ink cartridge assembly. At least one partition is arranged in the packaging. In the ink cartridge assembly, the partition is located between different ink cartridges, or between the ink cartridge and the second side wall / third side wall of the first fixing member, so that the size of the ink cartridge in the left and right directions is increased, thereby avoiding the problem of positioning errors during the installation of the ink cartridge assembly on the upgraded device, and the program of the ink cartridge chip can be upgraded. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the ink cartridge assembly involved in the utility model after being installed on the upgraded equipment.

[0014] Figure 2 and Figure 3 It is a three-dimensional diagram of the ink cartridge assembly involved in the utility model.

[0015] Figure 4 It is an exploded view of the ink cartridge assembly involved in the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The embodiments of the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0017] The ink cartridge 100 can be detachably mounted to an imaging device having an ink suction needle, such as Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the ink cartridge 100 includes a shell and an ink outlet portion 10 that are connected to each other. An ink cavity is formed in the shell, and the ink cavity is used to accommodate ink required for imaging of the imaging device. The ink cavity and the ink outlet portion 10 are interconnected. The ink outlet portion 10 is used to supply ink to the imaging device. The ink outlet portion 10 is provided with an ink outlet port, and an ink suction needle can pass through the ink outlet port and enter the ink outlet portion 10, so that the ink is supplied to the imaging device through the ink suction needle.

[0018] The ink cartridge 100 also includes an air filling port 20 arranged on the shell and a chip 30 installed on the shell. An air pump is provided in the imaging device. After the ink cartridge 100 is installed in the imaging device, the air pump inflates the air filling port 20 so that the ink in the ink chamber is supplied to the imaging device; in some embodiments, the ink outlet and the air filling port 20 are both arranged on the first side wall of the shell. During the installation of the ink cartridge 100, the first side wall is opposite to the ink absorption needle in the imaging device; the chip 30 is used to store parameter information of the ink cartridge 100, and an electrical contact portion for establishing a communication connection with the imaging device is provided on the chip 30, and the electrical contact portion forms an electrical connection with the contact pin in the imaging device.

[0019] like Figure 1 As shown, the operator can use the upgrading device 200 to upgrade the program of the chip 30 of the ink cartridge 100 so that the chip 30 can be compatible with the imaging device after the program is upgraded; the ink cartridge 100 can be installed in the upgrading device 200 separately in a detachable manner, or the ink cartridge 100 is packaged / fixed / wrapped by the packaging 300 to form an ink cartridge assembly 110, and the ink cartridge 100 is detachably installed in the upgrading device 200 in the form of the ink cartridge assembly 110, which can reduce the installation steps of the ink cartridge 100 and improve the work efficiency of the program upgrading process, and the ink cartridge assembly 110 has at least one ink cartridge 100.

[0020] As 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, the packaging 300 is used to package / fix / wrap at least one ink cartridge 100. Specifically, the packaging 300 includes a first fixing member 120. The first fixing member 120 is used to fix / wrap at least one ink cartridge 100. The first fixing member 120 is provided with an opening 121. When the ink cartridge 100 is packaged / fixed by the first fixing member 120, the first side wall of the shell is exposed through the opening 121, that is, the first side wall is not covered by the first fixing member 120, and the chip 30 / electrical contact portion is also exposed through the opening 121. The direction of the electrical contact portion intersects with the direction facing the first side wall, that is, the exposure direction of the ink outlet and the exposure direction of the inflation port 20 are different from the exposure direction of the chip 30 / electrical contact portion. In some embodiments, the first fixing member 120 is configured as a flexible film.

[0021] For the convenience of the following description, the installation direction of the ink cartridge assembly 110 to the upgrading device 200 is the front, and the direction opposite to the installation direction is the rear. The opening 121 faces the front. When the ink cartridge assembly 110 is in the installed state, the gravity direction of the ink cartridge assembly 110 is downward, and the direction opposite to the downward is upward. The up and down directions intersect with the front and back directions. After the multiple ink cartridges 100 are packaged by the packaging piece 300, the arrangement direction of the multiple ink cartridges 100 is the left and right direction, and the left and right direction intersects with both the up and down directions and the front and back directions.

[0022] It should be noted that the upgrading device 200 is applicable to both newly produced ink cartridges and regenerated ink cartridges. The ink cartridge 100 mentioned below is a regenerated ink cartridge, which is interchangeable with a target ink cartridge. The target ink cartridge is an ink cartridge model originally corresponding to the imaging device to which the regenerated ink cartridge is applicable. After the ink in the ink cartridge originally corresponding to the imaging device is consumed, the ink cartridge originally corresponding to the imaging device is regenerated to form a regenerated ink cartridge 100.

[0023] In some implementations, other types of ink cartridges may also be regenerated to form the regenerated ink cartridge 100 .

[0024] At least one partition 140 is provided on the first fixing member 120. In the ink cartridge assembly 110, or when the ink cartridge 100 is packaged / fixed by the first fixing member 120, the ink cartridge 100 and the partition 140 are arranged in the left-right direction. The partition 140 is located between different ink cartridges 100 and is used to increase the size of the ink cartridge 100 in the left-right direction so that the chip 30 in the ink cartridge 100 can be upgraded by the upgrading device.

[0025] In some embodiments, the first fixing member 120 has a second side wall 123 and a third side wall 124 spaced apart in the left-right direction, and the partition 140 can also be located between the ink cartridge 100 and the second side wall 123 / third side wall 124 to increase the size of the ink cartridge 100 in the left-right direction.

[0026] In some embodiments, the partition 140 may also be used to limit the movement of the ink cartridge 100 in the left-right direction.

[0027] In the actual operation process of upgrading the chip 30, the operator can decide whether to set the partition 140 according to whether there is a difference between the size of the ink cartridge 100 in the left-right direction and the size of the target ink cartridge in the left-right direction. When there is a difference between the size of the ink cartridge 100 in the left-right direction and the size of the target ink cartridge in the left-right direction, the partition 140 needs to be set. Parameters such as the number, thickness and position of the partition 140 can be determined according to the difference in the size, so that the ink cartridge assembly 110 / ink cartridge 100 can be accurately positioned after being installed in the upgrading equipment, thereby ensuring that the chip 30 program of the ink cartridge 100 can be upgraded.

[0028] Continue as 2. Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, the packaging 300 also includes a second fixing member 130, which is used to prevent the ink cartridge 100 from falling from the opening 121. The second fixing member 130 extends in the left-right direction and covers a portion of the opening 121. In addition, after the ink cartridge 100 is packaged by the packaging 300 / the first fixing member 120, the second fixing member 130 will not cover the ink outlet 10 and the inflation port 20. The second fixing member 130 is detachably combined with the first fixing member 120, which makes it convenient for users to replace a single or multiple ink cartridges 100 in the ink cartridge assembly 110 without replacing the entire ink cartridge assembly 110.

[0029] In some embodiments, the second fixing member 130 is configured as a strip, and both ends of the second fixing member 130 are respectively combined with the first fixing member 120; the second fixing member 130 can also extend in the up and down directions, so that the ink cartridge assembly 110 can be fixed more stably.

[0030] In some embodiments, the second fixing member 130 is combined with the first fixing member 120 by bonding.

[0031] In some embodiments, the second fixing member 130 is combined with the first fixing member 120 by snapping together. At this time, a mating member 131 is provided at at least one end of the second fixing member 130 in the left and right directions, and the first fixing member 120 is also provided with a mated member 122 that cooperates with the mating member 131. Through the interaction between the mating member 131 and the mated member 122, the second fixing member 130 is fixed on the first fixing member 120.

[0032] In the present invention, when the ink cartridge assembly 110 contains a plurality of ink cartridges, the inks contained in different ink cartridges may be of the same color or different colors.

[0033] [Beneficial Effects]

[0034] In the packaging provided by the utility model and the ink cartridge assembly having the packaging, the ink cartridge assembly 110 includes at least one ink cartridge 100, and the ink cartridge 100 can be packaged / fixed by the packaging 300 to form the ink cartridge assembly 110. At least one partition 140 is arranged in the packaging 300. In the ink cartridge assembly 110, the partition 140 is located between different ink cartridges 100, or, is located between the ink cartridge 100 and the second side wall 123 / third side wall 124 of the first fixing member 120, so that the size of the ink cartridge 100 in the left and right directions is increased, thereby avoiding the problem of positioning error during the installation of the ink cartridge assembly 110 on the upgrade device 200, and the program of the chip 30 of the ink cartridge 100 can be upgraded.

Claims

1. A packaging member, comprising a first fixing member for packaging / fixing at least one ink cartridge; characterized in that: At least one partition is provided on the first fixing member. When the ink cartridge is packed / fixed by the first fixing member, the ink cartridge and the partition are arranged in the left-right direction, and the partition increases the size of the ink cartridge in the left-right direction.

2. The package according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the ink cartridges are packaged / fixed by the first fixing member, the partition is located between different ink cartridges.

3. The package according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first fixing member is provided with a second side wall and a third side wall at both ends in the left-right direction, and the partition is located between the ink cartridge and the second side wall / third side wall of the first fixing member.

4. The package according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The ink cartridge can be detachably mounted on an imaging device provided with an air pump, the ink cartridge comprises a housing and an ink outlet portion connected to each other, an ink cavity for accommodating ink is formed in the housing, the ink cavity is communicated with the ink outlet portion, the ink outlet portion is provided with an ink outlet, and the ink is supplied to the imaging device through the ink outlet; The ink cartridge also includes an air filling port arranged on the shell. After the ink cartridge is installed on the imaging device, the air pump fills the air filling port so that the ink in the ink cavity is supplied to the imaging device. An opening is arranged on the first fixing member. When the ink cartridge is packaged / fixed by the first fixing member, the first side wall where the ink outlet and the air filling port are arranged is exposed through the opening.

5. The package according to claim 4, characterized in that: The ink cartridge also includes a chip for storing ink cartridge parameter information, and the chip is provided with an electrical contact portion for establishing a communication connection with an imaging device, and the electrical contact portion is also exposed through an opening, and the exposure direction of the ink outlet and the exposure direction of the air filling port are different from the exposure direction of the electrical contact portion.

6. The package according to claim 5, characterized in that The packaging member further includes a second fixing member for preventing the ink cartridge from falling from the opening, wherein the second fixing member extends in the left-right direction and covers a portion of the opening.

7. The package according to claim 6, characterized in that When the ink cartridge is packed / fixed by the first fixing member, the second fixing member does not cover the ink outlet and the air filling port.

8. The package according to claim 6, characterized in that The second fixing member is detachably combined with the first fixing member.

9. The package according to claim 8, characterized in that The second fixing member is combined with the first fixing member by bonding, or the second fixing member is combined with the first fixing member by snapping.

10. An ink cartridge assembly, characterized in that: The ink cartridge assembly comprises at least one ink cartridge and a packaging member according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the packaging member is used for packaging / fixing the ink cartridge.

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