Inclined Liquid Container Positioning and Damping Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing liquid container systems face challenges in easily and reliably connecting components during mounting due to difficulties in positioning flexible bag-shaped containers, leading to potential misalignment and increased risks of air entry and damage from impact or vibration.
Innovation Solution
The liquid container is designed to be detachably attached to a storage section at an incline with a positioning section and engagement mechanism, ensuring accurate alignment before connection, and includes features like a damping system to mitigate impact and a locking mechanism for stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a flexible bag-shaped ink container is used, then the handling performance is improved, but the positioning accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning function is separated from the container body. A dedicated positioning section with positioning protrusions is provided on the tray, which engages with corresponding positioning holes in the container bottom, enabling accurate positioning despite the flexible nature of the bag-shaped container.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning protrusions and positioning holes act as intermediary elements between the tray and container. These intermediaries establish a reliable connection that ensures accurate alignment before the main connection between the container and storage chamber occurs.
2Device complexity
If the liquid container storage section is arranged horizontally, then the structure is simple, but the liquid supply reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The storage section is arranged at an incline angle relative to the horizontal direction. This asymmetric arrangement creates a gravity-driven liquid flow path where the liquid container is positioned at the lower end, ensuring reliable liquid supply to the ejection section without requiring complex pumping mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The inclined arrangement utilizes gravity to automatically drive liquid flow from the container to the ejection section. The system serves itself by using the gravitational force already present in the environment, eliminating the need for additional power consumption or complex control mechanisms.
3Device complexity
If the liquid container is mounted without positioning sections, then the device complexity is reduced, but the connection reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning protrusions and positioning holes are engaged before the main connection between the container and storage chamber is established. This preliminary positioning action ensures that all subsequent connections (liquid lead-out section to supply section, circuit substrate to connection terminal) occur with proper alignment, significantly improving connection reliability.
4Ease of operation
If the liquid container is mounted vertically, then the positioning is simple, but the liquid flow and bubbling control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The inclined arrangement creates an asymmetric liquid flow path where gravity naturally directs liquid toward the ejection section. This asymmetric configuration also causes bubbles to rise toward the opposite end of the container, separating them from the liquid supply path and preventing bubble-induced ejection defects.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration allows for easy and reliable connection of liquid lead-out and supply sections, reduces the risk of air entry, and enhances the system's resistance to impact and vibration, ensuring stable and efficient operation.
Implementation Method 1
the liquid container storage section is arranged at an incline, with the liquid supply section being a lower side in a direction of gravity G, and therefore the liquid container is inserted in an unencumbered manner into the liquid container storage section due to the force of gravity
Implementation Method 2
a damping section constituted of the recess space and the movement section is provided between the liquid container storage section and the liquid container, and therefore a damping action thereof makes it possible to mitigate an impact caused by collision between the liquid container storage section and the liquid container
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AI summary
A liquid container is configured to be detachably attached to a liquid container storage section arranged at an incline such that a liquid supply section is a lower side in a direction of gravity. The liquid container includes a liquid container-side positioning section with which a mounting member-side engagement section provided to the liquid container storage section is engageable, and a liquid lead-out section to which the liquid supply section is connected. The liquid container-side positioning section and the mounting member-side engagement section are engaged before the liquid lead-out section and the liquid supply section are connected when the liquid container is mounted onto the liquid container storage section.