Liquid Container Guided Elements for Stable Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing mounting systems for ink packs and liquid containers in liquid ejection devices often result in unstable ink supply and electrical connections due to improper positioning, leading to potential damage and deterioration over time.
Innovation Solution
A liquid container design featuring a bag-like member with a connection member that includes a liquid outlet, container-side electrical connecting structure, and guided elements, which are positioned to stabilize the container's location and prevent rotation, ensuring secure and durable connections with the liquid ejection device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the liquid container is mounted to the liquid ejection device without precise positioning structures, then the mounting operation is simple, but the positioning accuracy and connection stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces guide elements as intermediary components that mediate between the liquid container and the liquid ejection device. These guide elements provide a mechanical interface that ensures accurate positioning and stable connection without requiring complex mounting procedures, thus resolving the contradiction between positioning accuracy and structural simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The guide elements are pre-configured on the liquid container before mounting. This preliminary arrangement of positioning structures allows the container to be automatically guided into the correct position during mounting, achieving high positioning accuracy without requiring complex real-time adjustment mechanisms
2Reliability
If the liquid container is mounted at an inappropriate position, then the mounting operation is quick, but the connection stability and reliability deteriorate over time
Solution Approach 1:
The guide elements act as intermediaries that enforce correct positioning during the mounting process. By providing physical guidance and constraint, they ensure the liquid container is mounted at the appropriate position, thereby guaranteeing connection stability and reliability without requiring time-consuming alignment procedures
3Ease of operation
If the liquid container lacks guided elements for positioning, then the device structure is simpler, but the mounting position accuracy and connection stability worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning function is segmented into separate guide elements that are distinct from the main body of the liquid container and liquid ejection device. This segmentation allows the guide elements to be independently optimized for positioning accuracy while keeping the overall device structure simple and easy to operate
Solution Approach 2:
The guide elements serve as intermediary components that facilitate easy mounting while ensuring high positioning accuracy. They provide a mechanical interface that guides the liquid container into the correct position without requiring complex alignment procedures, thus maintaining both ease of operation and positioning accuracy
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a technique of improving the mounting position of a liquid container relative to a liquid ejection device. The liquid container configured to be mountable to and dismountable from a case of the liquid ejection device includes a bag-like member that has flexibility and that includes a containing portion provided to contain a liquid inside thereof; and connection member that is located at an end of the bag-like member. The connection member includes a liquid outlet configured such that a liquid introducing element of the liquid ejection device is inserted in the liquid outlet; a container-side electrical connecting structure configured such that a device-side electrical connecting structure of the liquid ejection device is connected with the container-side electrical connecting structure; and two guided elements configured such that at least respective parts of two guide elements of the case are fitted in the two guided elements in a state that the liquid container is placed in the case. In a mounting state that the liquid container is mounted to the liquid ejection device, the liquid outlet is located between the two guided elements, and the container-side electrical connecting structure is located between one of the two guided elements and the liquid outlet.