Toner cartridge with push rod reset structure
By using elastic rod limiting assembly and energy storage tank design in the toner cartridge, the automatic reset of the counting gear is achieved, solving the problems of operational complexity and resource waste during reuse of toner cartridges in the prior art, and improving the reuse rate of toner cartridges.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421717664.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-07-19
- Publication Date
- 2025-05-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-07-19
AI Technical Summary
Existing toner cartridges need to manually reset the counting gear when reused, resulting in high operating complexity and time cost, and users are unfamiliar with the principles of disassembly and assembly that can lead to damage toner cartridges and waste of resources.
A toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure is designed, and an elastic rod limiting assembly is used to squeeze the energy storage groove on the mounting shaft through the elastic member to store reset energy. When the external thrust acts on the elastic rod limiting assembly, the elastic hook rod deforms in reverse, and the hook and fold away from the convex fastener, realizing automatic reset of the counting gear.
It greatly reduces operational complexity, avoids the risk of toner cartridge damage, reduces resource waste, and improves the reuse rate of toner cartridges.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of carbon powder boxes, in particular to a toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure. Background Art
[0002] In today's printing technology, traditional toner cartridges and drum racks usually require complex maintenance and manual reset processes to achieve the reuse of toner cartridges. For example, the TN1000 / 1035 printer toner cartridge consists of two parts: the drum rack and the toner cartridge. One side of the toner cartridge is equipped with a counting gear structure, which interacts with the drive gear assembly. When the printer is running, the drive gear assembly drives the counting gear structure to rotate, and then presses and releases the sensing element inside the printer through the counting gear structure to complete the "machine recognition" process; thereafter, the empty tooth part of the counting gear structure will rotate to a position that meshes with the drive gear assembly, thereby stopping the counting gear from working. However, when the toner in the toner cartridge is exhausted and the user needs to reload the toner for reuse, the toner cartridge must be manually removed from the drum rack, the gear side cover of the toner cartridge is disassembled, and a tool is used to rotate the counting gear structure so that it can re-engage with the drive gear assembly. This process is not only complicated, but for users who are not familiar with the principles of toner cartridge disassembly and assembly, it may cause damage to the toner cartridge that could have been reused, resulting in a waste of resources.
[0003] Therefore, in order to overcome the above shortcomings, it is imperative to design a toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure. Utility Model Content
[0004] In view of the defects of the above-mentioned prior art, the utility model provides a toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure, aiming to solve the problems of manual resetting of the counting gear when the toner cartridge is reused, the high operation complexity and time cost, and the damage and waste of resources of the reusable toner cartridge caused by the user's unfamiliarity with the disassembly and assembly principles of the toner cartridge.
[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the technical solution adopted by the utility model is: a toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure, comprising a powder box body and a gear side cover matched with one end of the powder box body, the gear side cover is slidably matched with an elastic rod limiting assembly, a counting gear is rotatably matched between the powder box body and the gear side cover, a convex buckle is arranged on the mounting shaft of the counting gear, the elastic rod limiting assembly comprises an elastic hook rod, a hook and fold portion of the elastic hook rod is adapted to the convex buckle, the powder box body is squeezed on the energy storage groove at the root of the mounting shaft by the elastic member, and causes a reset trend for the counting gear, the convex buckle limits the elastic member in the energy storage groove, and when an external thrust acts on the elastic rod limiting assembly to push it toward the counting gear, the elastic hook rod is deformed in the opposite direction, and the counting gear rotates to cause the hook and fold portion to disengage from the convex buckle to complete the reset.
[0006] Based on the above, the beneficial effect of a toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure is to solve the problems of the complexity of operation and the high time cost caused by the need to manually reset the counting gear when reusing the toner cartridge in the prior art, as well as the damage and waste of resources caused by the user's unfamiliarity with the disassembly and assembly principles of the toner cartridge; it is mainly reflected in that: the utility model uses an elastic rod limiting assembly, and the user does not need to manually disassemble the toner cartridge and use special tools to reset the counting gear. When the counting gear is squeezed by the elastic member in the energy storage groove on the mounting shaft to accumulate reset potential energy, it is only necessary to push the sliding member of the elastic rod limiting assembly to make the elastic hook rod deform in the opposite direction, and the hook folding part is separated from the convex buckle, so that the counting gear can be automatically reset, which greatly reduces the complexity of operation, thereby avoiding the risk of toner cartridge damage caused by the user's unfamiliarity with the disassembly and assembly principles of the toner cartridge, reducing resource waste, and improving the reuse rate of the toner cartridge;
[0007] The beneficial effect of the counting gear is to toggle the printer's sensing dial to perform the machine recognition operation; the beneficial effect of the convex buckle is to adapt to the elastic hook rod after the machine recognition is completed to prevent the counting gear from rotating and resetting; the beneficial effect of the elastic part is to provide the necessary resetting force to ensure that the counting gear can quickly and accurately return to the initial position under appropriate conditions; the beneficial effect of the energy storage groove is to enable the elastic part to store resetting energy without interference.
[0008] Furthermore, an elastic rod slide groove is provided on the gear side cover above the counting gear, a buffer buckle groove is provided at the inner end of the elastic rod slide groove, a buffer part is buckled in the buffer buckle groove, and a reset spring is matched on the buffer part. The elastic rod limiting assembly also includes a sliding part, the elastic hook rod is integrally formed at the lower end of the sliding part, the sliding part is slidably matched in the elastic rod slide groove, and is connected to the reset spring.
[0009] Based on the above, the beneficial effect of the elastic rod slide groove is to provide a track for the movement of the sliding part; the beneficial effect of the buffer buckle groove is to install the buffer part; the beneficial effect of the buffer part is to install the reset spring; the beneficial effect of the reset spring is to ensure that the sliding part can return to its position after pushing the counting gear to reset it.
[0010] Furthermore, an induction gear ring, an extended tooth segment and a reset empty tooth segment are arranged in counterclockwise order on the outer surface of the counting gear, and the reset empty tooth segment is located between the meshing end end of the extended tooth segment and the meshing starting end of the induction gear ring. An induction shifter release segment is arranged counterclockwise from the meshing end end of the induction gear ring to the meshing starting end, and the extended tooth segment and the reset empty tooth segment are both located on the side of the induction shifter release segment close to the gear side cover, and the reset empty tooth segment is equal to the outer diameter rotation length of the counting gear caused by the elastic member being squeezed into the energy storage groove.
[0011] Based on the above, the beneficial effect of the induction gear ring is that it interacts with the printer's induction dial to accurately control the timing of the toner cartridge's recognition; the beneficial effect of the extended tooth segment is that the intermediate gear can synchronize with the induction gear ring and continue to rotate to the reset empty tooth segment when it rotates to the release segment of the induction dial; the beneficial effect of the reset empty tooth segment is to ensure that the counting gear can re-engage the engagement starting end of the induction gear ring with the intermediate gear when resetting; the beneficial effect of the induction dial release segment is to release the printer's induction dial after pressing it, completing one of the steps of machine recognition.
[0012] Furthermore, an outlet printing assembly positioning plate is snap-fitted on one side of the end surface of the powder box body close to the gear side cover, and the gear ends of the powder feeding roller and the developing roller in the powder box body are positioned and adapted on the outlet printing assembly positioning plate.
[0013] Based on the above, the beneficial effect of the outlet printing assembly positioning plate is to locate the powder feeding roller and the developing roller at the accurate position at the gear end.
[0014] Furthermore, a driving gear assembly is rotatably matched between the powder box body and the gear side cover, and the driving gear assembly includes a driving gear, a developing roller gear, a powder feeding roller gear, a stirring frame gear and an intermediate gear. The driving gear and the intermediate gear are both arranged on the end face of the powder box body, and the gear end of the stirring frame in the powder box body is positioned and adapted on the end face of the powder box body. The stirring frame gear is arranged on the gear end of the stirring frame, the developing roller gear is arranged on the gear end of the developing roller, and the powder feeding roller gear is arranged on the gear end of the powder feeding roller. The developing roller gear, the powder feeding roller gear and the intermediate gear are all meshed on all sides of the driving gear, and the stirring frame gear and the counting gear are meshed on both sides of the intermediate gear.
[0015] Based on the above, the beneficial effect of the driving gear is to drive the developing roller gear, the powder feeding roller gear and the intermediate gear to operate at the same time; the beneficial effect of the developing roller gear is to drive the developing roller to rotate; the beneficial effect of the powder feeding roller gear is to drive the powder feeding roller to rotate; the beneficial effect of the stirring frame gear is to drive the stirring frame to rotate; the beneficial effect of the intermediate gear is to drive the stirring frame gear and the counting gear to rotate.
[0016] Furthermore, the elastic member is a torsion spring.
[0017] Furthermore, a capacity expansion powder bin is provided on the powder box body.
[0018] Based on the above, the beneficial effect of expanding the toner bin is to increase the toner storage capacity of the toner cartridge and reduce the replacement frequency.
[0019] Furthermore, the conductive end of the powder box body is provided with a powder adding port.
[0020] Based on the above, the beneficial effect of the easy toner filling port is to facilitate users to replenish toner.
[0021] Furthermore, the toner cartridge is mounted on a toner cartridge drum frame.
[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the above features of the present invention and the objectives to be achieved, the present invention is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0023] Figure 1 : is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0024] Figure 2 :for Figure 1 An enlarged schematic diagram of part A;
[0025] Figure 3 : It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of another viewing angle of the utility model;
[0026] Figure 4 : It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the cooperation between the elastic rod limiting assembly and the counting gear of the utility model;
[0027] Figure 5 : It is a schematic diagram of the cooperation between the energy storage tank and the elastic member of the utility model;
[0028] Figure 6 : It is a schematic diagram of the counting gear of the utility model;
[0029] Figure 7 : It is a schematic diagram of the driving gear assembly of the utility model.
[0030] Description of the accompanying figures: 1-powder box body, 2-gear side cover, 21-elastic rod slide groove, 211-buffer buckle groove, 212-buffer, 22-reset spring, 3-counting gear, 31-installation shaft, 32-convex buckle, 33-energy storage groove, 34-induction gear ring, 35-extended tooth segment, 36-reset empty tooth segment, 37-induction dial release segment, 4-elastic rod limit assembly, 41-elastic hook rod, 42-sliding part, 5-elastic part, 6-driving gear assembly, 61-driving gear, 62-developing roller gear, 63-powder feeding roller gear, 64-stirring frame gear, 65-intermediate gear, 7-export printing assembly positioning plate, 8-powder feeding roller, 9-developing roller, 10-stirring frame, 100-expanded powder bin, 200-easy powder adding port. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0031] like Figure 1-Figure 7 As shown, a toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure comprises a powder box body 1 and a gear side cover 2 matched with one end of the powder box body 1, an elastic rod limiting assembly 4 is slidably matched on the gear side cover 2, a counting gear 3 is rotatably matched between the powder box body 1 and the gear side cover 2, a convex fastener 32 is arranged on the mounting shaft 31 of the counting gear 3, the elastic rod limiting assembly 4 comprises an elastic hook rod 41, a hook and fold portion of the elastic hook rod 41 is adapted to the convex fastener 32, the powder box body 1 is squeezed on the energy storage groove 33 at the root of the mounting shaft 31 by the elastic member 5, and causes a reset trend for the counting gear 3, the convex fastener 32 limits the elastic member 5 in the energy storage groove 33, when an external thrust acts on the elastic rod limiting assembly 4 to push it toward the counting gear 3, the elastic hook rod 41 is deformed in the reverse direction, and the counting gear 3 rotates to make the hook and fold portion disengage from the convex fastener 32 to complete the reset.
[0032] An elastic rod slot 21 is provided on the gear side cover 2 above the counting gear 3, a buffer buckle slot 211 is provided at the inner end of the elastic rod slot 21, a buffer member 212 is buckled in the buffer buckle slot 211, a return spring 22 is fitted on the buffer member 212, the elastic rod limiting assembly 4 also includes a sliding member 42, the elastic hook rod 41 is integrally formed at the lower end of the sliding member 42, the sliding member 42 is slidably fitted in the elastic rod slot 21, and is connected to the return spring 22.
[0033] The outer surface of the counting gear 3 is provided with an induction gear ring 34, an extended tooth segment 35 and a reset empty tooth segment 36 in counterclockwise order. The reset empty tooth segment 36 is located between the meshing end end of the extended tooth segment 35 and the meshing starting end of the induction gear ring 34. An induction shifter release segment 37 is provided counterclockwise from the meshing end end of the induction gear ring 34 to the meshing starting end. The extended tooth segment 35 and the reset empty tooth segment 36 are both located on the side of the induction shifter release segment 37 close to the gear side cover 2. The reset empty tooth segment 36 is equal to the outer diameter rotation length of the counting gear 3 caused by the elastic member 5 being squeezed into the energy storage groove 33.
[0034] The powder box body 1 is also snap-fitted with an outlet printing assembly positioning plate 7 on one side of the end surface close to the gear side cover 2 , and the gear ends of the powder feeding roller 8 and the developing roller 9 in the powder box body 1 are both positioned and adapted on the outlet printing assembly positioning plate 7 .
[0035] A driving gear assembly 6 is also rotatably matched between the powder box body 1 and the gear side cover 2, and the driving gear assembly 6 includes a driving gear 61, a developing roller gear 62, a powder feeding roller gear 63, a stirring frame gear 64 and an intermediate gear 65. The driving gear 61 and the intermediate gear 65 are both arranged on the end face of the powder box body 1, and the gear end of the stirring frame 10 in the powder box body 1 is positioned and adapted on the end face of the powder box body 1, the stirring frame gear 64 is arranged on the gear end of the stirring frame 10, the developing roller gear 62 is arranged on the gear end of the developing roller 9, and the powder feeding roller gear 63 is arranged on the gear end of the powder feeding roller 8, the developing roller gear 62, the powder feeding roller gear 63 and the intermediate gear 65 are all meshed on the four sides of the driving gear 61, and the stirring frame gear 64 and the counting gear 3 are meshed on both sides of the intermediate gear 65.
[0036] The elastic member 5 is a torsion spring.
[0037] The powder box body 1 is provided with an expansion powder bin 100 .
[0038] The conductive end of the powder box body 1 is provided with a powder adding port 200 .
[0039] The toner cartridge is mounted on a toner cartridge drum frame.
[0040] In summary, the specific implementation of the utility model is as follows: first, the toner cartridge is installed on the toner cartridge drum frame, and the combined structure is placed in the printer. When the printer is started, the driving gear 61 starts to rotate, and the counting gear 3 is driven to rotate through the intermediate gear 65. The induction gear ring 34 first presses the printer induction dial. As the counting gear 3 rotates, the induction gear ring 34 is separated from the printer induction dial, and the induction dial release section 37 reaches the position of the printer induction dial, completing the release action. The counting gear 3 continues to rotate, and the induction gear ring 34 presses the printer induction dial again to complete the machine recognition process.
[0041] After the machine recognition process is completed, the intermediate gear 65 continues to rotate, but due to the existence of the extended tooth segment 35, the counting gear 3 does not stop immediately, but continues to rotate until the reset empty tooth segment 36 is located at the meshing position of the intermediate gear 65, and then the counting gear stops;
[0042] When the counting gear 3 rotates, the elastic member 5 is squeezed by the energy storage groove 33 to store the energy required for resetting. The sliding member 42 in the elastic rod sliding groove 21 on the gear side cover 2 is matched with the convex buckle 32 on the mounting shaft 31 of the counting gear 3 through the hooking part of the elastic hook rod 41, thereby blocking the counting gear 3 from continuing to rotate after the recognition is completed, thereby preventing the counting gear 3 from resetting during the normal use of the toner cartridge.
[0043] After the toner is used up, the user takes out the combined structure from the printer and manually pushes the sliding member 42. The elastic hook rod 41 squeezes the energy storage groove 33, causing the hook fold of the elastic hook rod 41 to deform in the opposite direction, thereby causing the hook fold to disengage from the convex buckle 32, thereby removing the obstruction to the rotation and reset of the counting gear 3. The elastic member 5 releases the stored energy and pushes the energy storage groove 33 on the mounting shaft 54 to rotate the counting gear 3 until the meshing starting point of the induction gear ring 34 is aligned and meshed with the intermediate gear 65, completing the reset and preparing to refill the toner and proceed to the next machine recognition process.
[0044] The above description is only the optimal solution embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications or substitutions made to the present invention by those skilled in the art without departing from the essence and protection scope of the present invention should also be within the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A toner cartridge having a push rod reset structure, characterized in that: The powder box body (1) comprises a powder box body and a gear side cover (2) matched with one end of the powder box body (1); an elastic rod limiting assembly (4) is slidably matched on the gear side cover (2); a counting gear (3) is rotatably matched between the powder box body (1) and the gear side cover (2); a convex fastener (32) is arranged on the mounting shaft (31) of the counting gear (3); the elastic rod limiting assembly (4) comprises an elastic hook rod (41); a hooking portion of the elastic hook rod (41) is adapted to fit on the convex fastener (32); The powder box body (1) is pressed against the energy storage groove (33) at the root of the installation shaft (31) by the elastic member (5), and causes a reset tendency for the counting gear (3). The convex buckle (32) limits the elastic member (5) in the energy storage groove (33). When an external thrust acts on the elastic rod limiting assembly (4) to push it in the direction of the counting gear (3), the elastic hook rod (41) is deformed in the reverse direction, and the counting gear (3) rotates to make the hooking portion disengage from the convex buckle (32) to complete the reset.
2. A toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: An elastic rod slide groove (21) is arranged on the gear side cover (2) above the counting gear (3); a buffer buckle groove (211) is arranged at the inner end of the elastic rod slide groove (21); a buffer member (212) is buckled in the buffer buckle groove (211); a return spring (22) is matched on the buffer member (212); the elastic rod limiting assembly (4) also includes a sliding member (42); the elastic hook rod (41) is integrally formed at the lower end of the sliding member (42); the sliding member (42) is slidably matched in the elastic rod slide groove (21) and is connected to the return spring (22).
3. The toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: An induction tooth ring (34), an extended tooth segment (35) and a reset empty tooth segment (36) are arranged on the outer surface of the counting gear (3) in a counterclockwise order. The reset empty tooth segment (36) is located between the meshing end end of the extended tooth segment (35) and the meshing start end of the induction tooth ring (34). An induction shifter release segment (37) is arranged counterclockwise from the meshing end end of the induction tooth ring (34) to the meshing start end. The extended tooth segment (35) and the reset empty tooth segment (36) are both located on a side of the induction shifter release segment (37) close to the gear side cover (2). The reset empty tooth segment (36) is equal to the outer diameter rotation length of the counting gear (3) caused by the elastic member (5) pressing against the energy storage groove (33).
4. The toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The powder box body (1) is also snap-fitted with an outlet printing assembly positioning plate (7) on one side of the end surface close to the gear side cover (2), and the gear ends of the powder feeding roller (8) and the developing roller (9) in the powder box body (1) are both positioned and adapted on the outlet printing assembly positioning plate (7).
5. A toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure according to claim 4, characterized in that: A driving gear assembly (6) is rotatably matched between the powder box body (1) and the gear side cover (2), and the driving gear assembly (6) comprises a driving gear (61), a developing roller gear (62), a powder feeding roller gear (63), a stirring frame gear (64) and an intermediate gear (65). The driving gear (61) and the intermediate gear (65) are both arranged on the end surface of the powder box body (1), and the gear end of the stirring frame (10) in the powder box body (1) is positioned and adapted to be at the end surface of the powder box body (1). On the surface, the stirring frame gear (64) is arranged on the gear end of the stirring frame (10), the developing roller gear (62) is arranged on the gear end of the developing roller (9), and the powder feeding roller gear (63) is arranged on the gear end of the powder feeding roller (8). The developing roller gear (62), the powder feeding roller gear (63) and the intermediate gear (65) are all meshed on the four sides of the driving gear (61), and the stirring frame gear (64) and the counting gear (3) are meshed on both sides of the intermediate gear (65).
6. The toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The elastic member (5) is a torsion spring.
7. The toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The powder box body (1) is provided with an expansion powder bin (100).
8. The toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The conductive end of the powder box body (1) is provided with a powder adding port (200).
9. The toner cartridge with a push rod reset structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The toner cartridge is mounted on a toner cartridge drum frame.