Liquid Storage Container With Segmented Chambers For Printing Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing ink printing apparatuses have a complex structure due to multiple mechanisms like pressurizing units, liquid surface level-detection units, and valves, leading to a large size and high cost.
Innovation Solution
A liquid storage container with two partitioned liquid chambers, a rotatable valve, a refilling port, and a pressure adjustment mechanism that allows for simplified ink supply and refilling without complicating the structure, enabling a reduced size and cost in printing apparatuses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a pressurizing unit, liquid surface level-detection unit, and valve are used to manage hydraulic head, then printing accuracy is improved, but device complexity and size increase
Solution Approach 1:
The ink storage container is divided into two separate chambers: a first chamber for storing ink and a second chamber for adjusting hydraulic head. This segmentation allows independent management of ink storage and pressure control, eliminating the need for complex pressurizing units and level-detection mechanisms while maintaining printing accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The second chamber is designed to allow manual addition of ink directly into it, enabling the system to self-regulate hydraulic head through simple user intervention rather than requiring automated pressurizing units and level-detection systems. This self-service approach simplifies the overall structure while maintaining functionality.
2Measurement precision
If multiple mechanisms are used for ink management, then printing accuracy is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the ink storage into two chambers with distinct functions, the system eliminates the need for expensive automated pressurizing units, level-detection sensors, and complex valves. The simplified structure reduces manufacturing costs while maintaining the ability to control hydraulic head for accurate printing.
Solution Approach 2:
The design accepts that the second chamber may need periodic manual refilling, replacing the need for expensive automated systems. This approach uses simple, low-cost components that can be manually maintained, significantly reducing manufacturing costs compared to automated solutions.
3Measurement precision
If a complex ink management system is used, then hydraulic head control is improved, but the size of the printing apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ink storage container is divided into two chambers: a first chamber for storing ink and a second chamber for adjusting hydraulic head. This segmentation allows independent management of ink storage and pressure control, eliminating the need for complex pressurizing units and level-detection mechanisms while maintaining printing accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The second chamber is designed to allow manual addition of ink directly into it, enabling the system to self-regulate hydraulic head through simple user intervention rather than requiring automated pressurizing units and level-detection systems. This self-service approach simplifies the overall structure while maintaining functionality.
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
The solution provides a simplified structure and reduced size and cost for printing apparatuses by allowing efficient ink supply and refilling while maintaining printing accuracy through the use of a rotatable valve and pressure adjustment mechanism.
Implementation Method 1
a pressure adjustment mechanism that is provided in a liquid chamber, the liquid chamber being configured not to be refilled with the liquid through the refilling port, and that adjusts pressures in the supply path and the printing head
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a liquid storage container that allows for a simplified structure and a reduction in the size and the cost of a printing apparatus. To this end, the liquid storage container includes: two liquid chambers partitioned from each other; a flow path through which liquid can move between the liquid chambers; a valve configured to open and close the flow path; a refilling port that is configured to be opened and closed and through which a liquid chamber can be refilled with the liquid; and a pressure adjustment mechanism that is provided in a liquid chamber configured not to be refilled with the liquid through the refilling port and that adjusts a pressure in the printing head.