Waste Liquid Container Insertion Hole Nozzle Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing waste liquid containers for inkjet printers face difficulties in easy installation due to posture adjustments during the installation process, as they may collapse or fail to align properly with the nozzle, making it challenging to fit the insertion hole with the waste liquid discharging nozzle.
Innovation Solution
A waste liquid container design featuring an insertion hole that guides the small diameter portion of the waste liquid discharging nozzle, ensuring proper alignment and easy installation by maintaining contact with the outer circumferential face of the small diameter portion, facilitating the fitting of the large diameter portion and maintaining the container's posture during installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the waste liquid container is installed to the waste liquid discharging device main body with the posture of the waste liquid container maintained, then the installation process should be simplified, but the container may not reach the position where the insertion hole is fitted with the waste liquid discharging nozzle due to collapse of the posture in the middle of the installation process
Solution Approach 1:
The waste liquid discharging nozzle is divided into two distinct portions: a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion. This segmentation allows the insertion hole to interact differently with each portion during installation, first guiding the small diameter portion and then fitting the large diameter portion, thereby maintaining posture while enabling easy installation
Solution Approach 2:
The insertion hole acts as an intermediary structure that facilitates the installation process. It provides guiding surfaces that contact the small diameter portion and fitting surfaces that engage the large diameter portion, mediating between the container and the device main body to ensure proper alignment and posture maintenance
Data Source
AI summary
A waste liquid container that can be installed to a waste liquid discharging device main body. The waste liquid container includes an insertion hole into which a waste liquid discharging nozzle, which is included in the waste liquid discharging device main body, having a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion located on a front end side relative to the large diameter portion is inserted. When the waste liquid container is installed to the waste liquid discharging device main body, the insertion hole guides the small diameter portion by being brought into contact with an outer circumferential face of the small diameter portion in an inner face of the insertion hole and determines a position of the waste liquid container in a diameter direction of the large diameter portion with respect to the waste liquid discharging device main body by being fitted with the large diameter portion.