Toner cartridge cleaning device

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of toner cartridge cleaning, in particular to a toner cartridge cleaning device which comprises a barrel, a cover plate is arranged on the top of the barrel, and a first protective cover barrel is installed on the lower side of the cover plate. An annular placing frame is arranged on the lower portion of the inner side of the barrel, an annular limiting frame is arranged above the annular placing frame, a vibration motor is installed at the bottom of the barrel, the vibration output end of the vibration motor is connected with the annular placing frame, a motor penetrates through the center of the upper side of the cover plate, the shaft end of the motor penetrates through the cover plate and is connected with a rotating shaft, and a cleaning brush is installed at the lower end of the rotating shaft. Compared with the prior art, the toner cartridge cleaning device has the advantages that the cleaning brush at the lower end of the rotating shaft is driven by the motor to clean the inner wall of the toner cartridge, the annular placing frame and the toner cartridge in the annular placing frame are vibrated in cooperation with the vibration motor, and toner in the toner cartridge is vibrated off; a cover plate and a first protective cover cylinder are arranged at the top of the cylinder body, and the first protective cover cylinder prevents carbon powder in the cylinder body from drifting into air.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of toner cartridge cleaning, in particular to a toner cartridge cleaning device. Background Art

[0002] Toner cartridges are widely used in printing devices. After the original toner in many toner cartridges is used up, users can add toner by themselves and then use it again. Therefore, there is also separate toner sold in the market. By adding toner by themselves, the user's consumable cost will be greatly reduced.

[0003] The existing toner cartridge cleaning devices have the following problems:

[0004] 1. The cleaning method of the existing toner cartridge cleaning device is usually that the bristles on the surface of the first rotating shaft will brush off the powder adsorbed on the inner wall of the toner cartridge cleaning device and fall into the storage box, which can achieve the effect of cleaning the toner cartridge cleaning device. However, the cleaning efficiency of this cleaning method is low;

[0005] 2. When cleaning the toner cartridge, toner is likely to splash. Toner is toxic, and toner particles cannot be melted and excreted difficultly in the human body. Long-term inhalation or one-time inhalation of a large amount is likely to cause respiratory diseases.

[0006] Therefore, it is urgent to design a toner cartridge cleaning device to solve the above problems. Content of the Utility Model

[0007] I. Technical Problems to be Solved

[0008] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is that the bristles on the surface of the first rotating shaft will brush off the powder adsorbed on the inner wall of the toner cartridge cleaning device. The cleaning efficiency of this cleaning method is low, and toner is likely to splash when cleaning the toner cartridge.

[0009] II. Technical Solution

[0010] To solve the above technical problems, the technical solution provided by the utility model is: a toner cartridge cleaning device, including a cylinder body, a support frame is installed at the lower edge of the cylinder body, a cover plate is provided at the top of the cylinder body, a plurality of telescopic rods are connected between the bottom edge of the cylinder body and the lower side of the cover plate, a protective cover cylinder one is installed on the lower side of the cover plate, the protective cover cylinder one is located outside the plurality of telescopic rods and its outer wall is in contact with the inner wall of the cylinder body;

[0011] An annular placement rack is provided at the lower part inside the cylinder body, an annular limiting rack is provided above the annular placement rack, a vibration motor is installed at the bottom of the cylinder body, the vibration output end of the vibration motor is connected to the annular placement rack, a motor is installed through the center of the upper side of the cover plate, a control switch connected to the motor is installed on the upper side of the cover plate, the motor shaft end passes through the cover plate and is connected with a rotating shaft, and a cleaning brush is installed at the lower end of the rotating shaft.

[0012] As an improvement, a collecting hopper is communicated with the bottom of the cylinder body, and a collecting pipe is installed at the lower end of the collecting hopper.

[0013] As an improvement, the upper feeding port of the collecting hopper is located inside the annular placing rack.

[0014] As an improvement, a plurality of positioning rods are installed through between the annular limiting frame and the annular placing rack, and the lower ends of the positioning rods are connected with the bottom of the cylinder body.

[0015] As an improvement, a protective soft pad is arranged on the inner wall of the annular limiting frame.

[0016] As an improvement, a second protective cover cylinder is installed between the lower side of the annular placing rack and the bottom of the cylinder body, and the second protective cover cylinder is located inside a plurality of positioning rods.

[0017] As an improvement, a plurality of bolts are installed through the cover plate, and the lower ends of the bolts are rotatably inserted into the top end of the telescopic rod through threads.

[0018] III. Beneficial effects

[0019] The advantages of the present utility model compared with the prior art are as follows:

[0020] 1. The cleaning brush at the lower end of the rotating shaft is driven by the motor to clean the inner wall of the toner cartridge, and the vibrating motor is used to vibrate the annular placing rack and the toner cartridges inside it, so as to vibrate the toner inside the toner cartridges and make it fall off.

[0021] 2. The top of the cylinder body is provided with a cover plate and a first protective cover cylinder. The first protective cover cylinder prevents the toner inside the cylinder body from drifting into the air. The cleaned toner falls to the bottom of the cylinder body. The second protective cover cylinder reduces the drifting of the toner in the cylinder body, and collects the toner into the collecting hopper for centralized treatment. Description of the drawings

[0022] Figure 1 It is a schematic upper side structure diagram of a toner cartridge cleaning device of the present utility model.

[0023] Figure 2 It is a schematic lower side structure diagram of a toner cartridge cleaning device of the present utility model.

[0024] Figure 3 It is a schematic inner structure diagram of the cylinder body of a toner cartridge cleaning device of the present utility model.

[0025] Figure 4 It is a schematic lower side structure diagram of the cover plate of a toner cartridge cleaning device of the present utility model.

[0026] As shown in the figure: 1. Cylinder body; 2. Cover plate; 3. First protective housing cylinder; 4. Telescopic rod; 5. Bolt; 6. Positioning rod; 7. Ring-shaped placement rack; 8. Ring-shaped limiting rack; 9. Protective soft pad; 10. Vibration motor; 11. Aggregate hopper; 12. Aggregate pipe; 13. Support frame; 14. Motor; 15. Control switch; 16. Rotating shaft; 17. Cleaning brush; 18. Second protective housing cylinder. Detailed implementation manner

[0027] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments; based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0028] Embodiment 1

[0029] As shown in the attached Figure 1 attachment Figure 3 and attachment Figure 4 As shown in the figure, a toner cartridge cleaning device includes a cylinder body 1, a support frame 13 is installed at the lower edge of the cylinder body 1, a cover plate 2 is provided at the top of the cylinder body 1, a plurality of telescopic rods 4 are connected between the lower edge of the cylinder body 1 and the lower side of the cover plate 2, and a first protective housing cylinder 3 is installed on the lower side of the cover plate 2. The first protective housing cylinder 3 is located outside the plurality of telescopic rods 4 and its outer wall is in contact with the inner wall of the cylinder body 1;

[0030] A ring-shaped placement rack 7 is provided at the lower part inside the cylinder body 1, a ring-shaped limiting rack 8 is provided above the ring-shaped placement rack 7, a vibration motor 10 is installed at the bottom of the cylinder body 1, the vibration output end of the vibration motor 10 is connected to the ring-shaped placement rack 7, a motor 14 is installed through the center of the upper side of the cover plate 2, a control switch 15 connected to the motor 14 is installed on the upper side of the cover plate 2, the shaft end of the motor 14 passes through the cover plate 2 and is connected with a rotating shaft 16, and a cleaning brush 17 is installed at the lower end of the rotating shaft 16.

[0031] With the above structure, pulling the cover plate 2 upward drives the extension of multiple telescopic rods 4. The protective cover cylinder 1 is pulled out of the cylinder body 1 through the cover plate 2. The toner cartridge is placed into the upper side of the cylinder body 1, passes through the annular limiting frame 8, and its bottom is placed inside the annular placement frame 7. The annular placement frame 7 supports the bottom of the toner cartridge, and the annular limiting frame 8 limits the toner cartridge to ensure its stability. Press the cover plate 2 downward to retract the multiple telescopic rods 4, and retract the protective cover cylinder 1 into the cylinder body 1. The cleaning brush 17 at the lower end of the rotating shaft 16 enters the toner cartridge. The motor 14 is started through the control switch 15. The rotating shaft 16 and the cleaning brush 17 are driven by the motor 14 to rotate. The inner wall of the toner cartridge is cleaned by the cleaning brush 17. The vibration motor 10 is started, and the vibration force is transmitted to the toner cartridge through the vibration motor 10, and the toner on the inner wall of the toner cartridge is shaken off to the bottom of the cylinder body 1. The specific structure is as follows:

[0032] Combined with the attached Figure 2 As shown, a collecting hopper 11 is connected to the bottom of the cylinder body 1. An aggregate pipe 12 is installed at the lower end of the collecting hopper 11. The upper feeding port of the collecting hopper 11 is located inside the annular placement frame 7.

[0033] With the above structure, the toner at the bottom of the cylinder body 1 is collected through the collecting hopper 11. The aggregate pipe 12 is connected to an external wind collecting device. The toner inside the collecting hopper 11 is sent into the aggregate pipe 12 by suction and is transported to the collecting device through the aggregate pipe 12.

[0034] Combined with the attached Figure 3 and the attached Figure 4 As shown, multiple positioning rods 6 are installed through between the annular limiting frame 8 and the annular placement frame 7. The lower ends of the positioning rods 6 are connected to the bottom of the cylinder body 1. A protective soft pad 9 is provided on the inner wall of the annular limiting frame 8. Multiple bolts 5 are installed through the cover plate 2. The lower ends of the bolts 5 are rotatably inserted into the top ends of the telescopic rods 4 through threads.

[0035] With the above structure, the annular limiting frame 8 and the annular placement frame 7 are stably installed inside the cylinder body 1 through multiple positioning rods 6. The toner cartridge is limited by the protective soft pad 9 to increase the friction between the toner cartridge and the annular limiting frame 8 and prevent the toner cartridge from rotating inside the annular limiting frame 8. The top ends of the telescopic rods 4 are stably connected to the cover plate 2 through bolts 5, and the telescopic rods 4 can be driven to extend and retract through the cover plate 2.

[0036] Embodiment 2

[0037] On the basis of Embodiment 1, please refer to the attached Figure 3 , a protective cover cylinder 2 is installed between the lower side of the annular placement frame 7 and the bottom of the cylinder body 1. The protective cover cylinder 2 is located inside multiple positioning rods 6.

[0038] With the above structure of the second embodiment, the toner falling onto the cylinder 1 is prevented from scattering at the bottom of the cylinder 1 by the protective cover cylinder 2, thereby improving the toner collection rate.

[0039] It should be noted that in this text, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the term "comprising", "including" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device.

[0040] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, for those of ordinary skill in the art, it can be understood that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principle and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

[0041] The above description of the present invention and its embodiments is not restrictive. What is shown in the drawings is only one of the embodiments of the present invention, and the actual structure is not limited thereto. Generally speaking, if those of ordinary skill in the art are inspired by it and design similar structural modes and embodiments without creative efforts without departing from the creative purpose of the present invention, they shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A toner cartridge cleaning device, comprising a cylinder body (1), wherein a support frame (13) is installed at the lower edge of the cylinder body (1), and is characterized in that: A cover plate (2) is provided at the top of the cylinder body (1). A plurality of telescopic rods (4) are connected between the bottom edge of the cylinder body (1) and the lower side of the cover plate (2). A first protective cover cylinder (3) is installed on the lower side of the cover plate (2). The first protective cover cylinder (3) is located outside the plurality of telescopic rods (4) and its outer wall is in contact with the inner wall of the cylinder body (1). An annular placement rack (7) is provided at the lower part inside the cylinder body (1). An annular limiting rack (8) is provided above the annular placement rack (7). A vibration motor (10) is installed at the bottom of the cylinder body (1). The vibration output end of the vibration motor (10) is connected to the annular placement rack (7). A motor (14) is installed through the center of the upper side of the cover plate (2). A control switch (15) connected to the motor (14) is installed on the upper side of the cover plate (2). The shaft end of the motor (14) passes through the cover plate (2) and is connected with a rotating shaft (16). A cleaning brush (17) is installed at the lower end of the rotating shaft (16).

2. The toner cartridge cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein: The bottom of the cylinder body (1) communicates with a collecting hopper (11). A collecting pipe (12) is installed at the lower end of the collecting hopper (11).

3. The toner cartridge cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The upper feeding port of the collecting hopper (11) is located inside the annular placement rack (7).

4. The toner cartridge cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein: A plurality of positioning rods (6) are installed through between the annular limiting rack (8) and the annular placement rack (7). The lower ends of the positioning rods (6) are connected to the bottom of the cylinder body (1).

5. A toner cartridge cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A protective soft pad (9) is provided on the inner wall of the annular limiting rack (8).

6. The toner cartridge cleaning device according to claim 4, characterized in that: A second protective cover cylinder (18) is installed between the lower side of the annular placement rack (7) and the bottom of the cylinder body (1). The second protective cover cylinder (18) is located inside the plurality of positioning rods (6).

7. A toner cartridge cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of bolts (5) are installed through the cover plate (2). The lower ends of the bolts (5) are rotatably inserted into the tops of the telescopic rods (4) through threads.

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