Developer Container Mounting Structure for Leak-Free Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Frequent mounting and dismounting of photographic developer containers leads to wear and breakage of engaging components, causing leakage and preventing normal operation of electrophotography imaging apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
A photographic developer container with a lifting portion that rotates and displaces relative to a binding portion during mounting, ensuring the discharge and receiving openings align without significant friction, thereby preventing leakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the binding portion and engaging portion are frequently rubbed during mounting and dismounting operations, then the photographic developer container can be repeatedly installed and removed, but the surface wear and breakage of these components occurs, leading to leakage and failure to maintain proper communication between openings
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the harmful rubbing action between the binding portion and engaging portion by introducing a guiding portion that provides a dedicated sliding surface. The guiding portion's sliding surface guides the flange portion during insertion, separating the guiding function from the binding function, thereby eliminating the wear-causing friction between previously contacting surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding portion acts as an intermediary element between the flange portion and the binding portion. It provides a specialized sliding surface that mediates the interaction during mounting, reducing direct contact and friction between the binding portion and engaging portion, thus preventing wear and breakage.
2Manufacturing precision
If the discharge opening and receiving opening are to be precisely aligned during mounting, then proper communication is achieved, but frequent mounting and dismounting causes wear of engaging components that prevents reliable alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the alignment guidance function from the binding portion and engaging portion by introducing a dedicated guiding portion with a sliding surface. This separates the alignment function from the binding function, allowing precise opening alignment to be achieved through the guiding surface rather than through friction-based engagement of the original components.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding portion provides excessive guidance action by offering a dedicated sliding surface that actively guides the flange portion during insertion. This goes beyond the minimal function of simple engagement, ensuring precise alignment of the discharge and receiving openings even during frequent mounting and dismounting operations.
Data Source
AI summary
A photographic developer container can be detachably mounted to a photographic developer receiving portion located within an image-forming apparatus. The photographic developer receiving portion includes a receiving opening, a binding portion, and an abutting portion. The photographic developer container includes a photographic developer discharge portion arranged with a discharge opening configured for discharging the photographic developer of the photographic developer container body; a photographic developer blocking portion arranged with a hole; and a lifting portion.