阅读说明：本技术 一种显影剂供给容器 (Developer supply container ) 是由 祝金军 李忠溪 何家冰 于 2019-05-20 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开的一种显影剂供给容器,属于显影设备领域,显影剂供给容器包括包括用于输送显影剂的旋转容器和用于间歇性向所述旋转容器内供给气体及调节所述旋转容器内部压强的间歇调节器,所述间歇调节器间歇性的向所述气混空间提供定量气体,定量气体与显影剂混合后,从出粉口流出。由于所述间歇调节器可以周期性地向气混空间提供定量气体,定量气体能够有效保证显影剂供给容器内部的气压稳定,不会像采用泵一样容易导致显影剂供给容器内部的气压过高或者过低,从而保证显影剂不会处于过度压实状态。本发明提供的显影剂供给容器,在任意贮存环境或使用环境下,均可连续稳定将显影剂补充至图像形成设备内,能够有效维持显影剂供给容器气压处于稳定状态,实现显影剂补给量的高精度。(The invention discloses a developer supply container, which belongs to the field of developing equipment and comprises a rotary container for conveying developer and an intermittent regulator for intermittently supplying gas into the rotary container and regulating the internal pressure of the rotary container, wherein the intermittent regulator intermittently supplies quantitative gas to a gas mixing space, and the quantitative gas is mixed with the developer and then flows out from a powder outlet. Because the intermittent regulator can periodically provide a fixed amount of gas for the gas mixing space, the fixed amount of gas can effectively ensure that the gas pressure inside the developer supply container is stable, and the phenomenon that the gas pressure inside the developer supply container is too high or too low as a pump is adopted is avoided, so that the developer is not in an excessive compaction state. The developer supply container provided by the invention can continuously and stably supply the developer into the image forming equipment in any storage environment or use environment, can effectively maintain the air pressure of the developer supply container in a stable state, and realizes high precision of the supply amount of the developer.)

1. A developer supply container is characterized in that,

includes a rotary container for conveying developer; and

an intermittent regulator for intermittently supplying a gas into the rotary container and regulating an internal pressure of the rotary container;

a powder outlet box is arranged at one end part of the rotary container;

a part of the inner space of the powder outlet box forms an air mixing space for containing the developer;

the bottom of the powder outlet box is provided with a powder outlet for developer to flow out;

the powder outlet is positioned below the air mixing space;

the intermittent regulator intermittently provides quantitative gas for the gas mixing space, and after the quantitative gas is mixed with the developer, the developer in the gas mixing space flows out from the powder outlet along with the quantitative gas.

2. A developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein:

the rotary container comprises a connecting cylinder and an accommodating barrel;

one end of the connecting cylinder is rotatably connected with one end of the powder outlet box;

the other end of the connecting cylinder is in threaded connection with the containing barrel.

3. A developer supply container according to claim 2, wherein:

the intermittent adjuster includes a cam piston having a cam surface;

one end of the connecting cylinder is provided with a first stirring plate;

one end face of the first stirring plate is in contact with the cam surface of the cam piston;

when the first stirring plate rotates, the first stirring plate drives the cam piston to make reciprocating translation along the inner wall of the powder outlet box.

4. A developer supply container according to claim 3, wherein:

the intermittent adjuster further comprises a spring;

the cam surface is positioned on one side of the cam piston;

at least one sliding rod is arranged on the other side of the cam piston;

the other end of the powder outlet box is provided with a box cover;

a sliding column corresponding to the sliding rod is arranged on the inner wall of the box cover;

one end of the sliding rod is inserted into a sliding groove in the sliding column, and the sliding rod is in sliding fit with the sliding column;

the spring is sleeved on the sliding column, one end of the spring is abutted against the box cover, and the other end of the spring is abutted against the side wall of the other side of the cam piston.

5. A developer supply container according to claim 4, wherein:

the inner wall of the other side of the cam piston, the inner wall of the powder outlet box and the inner wall of the box cover enclose an air storage space for containing quantitative air;

the middle part of the cam piston is provided with a first one-way patch valve for allowing quantitative gas to enter the gas mixing space in a one-way mode;

a second one-way patch valve used for enabling quantitative gas to enter the gas storage space in a one-way mode is arranged in the middle of the box cover;

when the end of the first stirring plate moves from the low point of the cam surface of the cam piston to the top point, the first one-way patch valve is opened because the air pressure in the air storage space is higher than the air pressure in the air mixing space, so that a certain amount of air flows into the air mixing space from the air storage space; when the end part of the first stirring plate moves to a low point from the top point of the cam surface of the cam piston, the second one-way patch valve is opened because the atmospheric pressure outside the powder outlet box is greater than the air pressure in the air storage space, so that quantitative air flows into the air storage space from the outside of the powder outlet box.

6. A developer supply container according to claim 2, wherein:

a barrel interface is arranged on the connecting barrel close to the joint of the accommodating barrel and the connecting barrel;

the barrel interface is provided with a driving gear for driving the connecting barrel and the containing barrel to rotate.

7. A developer supply container according to claim 6, wherein:

the connection mode of the internal thread in the connecting cylinder and the thread on the containing barrel is configured to be a reverse thread connection mode, and the rotation direction of the driving gear is consistent with the screwing direction of the reverse thread connection.

8. A developer supply container according to claim 3, wherein:

a second stirring frame is arranged inside the connecting cylinder;

the end part of the other end of the first stirring plate is fixedly connected with the tail end of the second stirring frame.

9. A developer supply container according to claim 8, wherein:

the other end of the connecting cylinder is provided with a plurality of third stirring plates;

one end of each third stirring plate is fixedly connected with the starting end of the second stirring frame;

a plurality of the other end that the third stirs the board is the free end, and all inserts hold in the bucket.

10. A developer supply container according to claim 9, wherein:

a plurality of said third agitating plates are arranged in pairs;

the distance between the farthest end connecting lines of the two third stirring plates which are arranged in pairs is larger than the diameter of the barrel body of the containing barrel.

11. A developer supply container according to claim 10, wherein:

an opening angle is formed between the two third stirring plates which are arranged in pairs;

the opening angle is consistent with the angle of the cone angle of the conical neck of the containing barrel.

12. A developer supply container according to claim 8, wherein:

the second stirring frame is configured into a multi-layer spiral stirring plate structure;

at least one strip-shaped chaste tree twig is arranged on the outer side of the multilayer spiral stirring plate structure;

at least one sliding groove matched with the chaste tree twig is formed in the connecting cylinder;

through the sliding fit of the at least one chaste tree twig and the at least one sliding groove, the second stirring frame is detachably connected with the connecting cylinder.

13. A developer supply container according to claim 2, wherein:

the accommodating barrel is provided with a plurality of guide bulges used for conveying the developer;

when the accommodating tub rotates, the plurality of guide protrusions drive the developer to move toward one end of the accommodating tub.

14. A developer supply container according to claim 3, wherein:

a first sealing ring is arranged at the sliding fit position of the cam piston and the inner wall of the powder outlet box;

the first sealing ring is sleeved on the sealing groove on the periphery of the cam piston.

15. A developer supply container according to claim 14, wherein:

one end of the connecting cylinder is positioned in the powder outlet box;

and a second sealing ring is arranged at one end part of the connecting cylinder.

16. A developer supply container according to claim 15, wherein:

the air mixing space is configured to be a closed space formed by the first seal ring, the second seal ring, the inner wall of the powder outlet box and the cam surface of the cam piston.

17. A developer supply container according to claim 3, wherein:

and scraping blades for scraping the developer on the inner wall of the powder outlet box are arranged on two sides of the first stirring plate.

18. A developer supply container according to claim 9, wherein:

the side edges of the third stirring plates are attached to the inner wall of the conical neck of the containing barrel.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of developing devices, and more particularly, to a developer supply container.

Background

As is known in the art, an image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing device, and a developer supply container for containing a developer, and the developer supply container includes a developer discharge port for supplying a replenishment developer to the developing device.

When the developer is discharged from the developer supply container, a certain amount of air is often required to enter the developer supply container to enhance the fluidity and flow rate stability of the developer. Currently known developer supply containers on the market often employ a supply system in which a bellows pump assists discharge of the developer. For example: the developer supply container and a developer supply system disclosed in chinese patent publication No. CN103250102B can appropriately discharge developer from the developer supply container to a developer replenishing apparatus from an initial stage. The developer supply container attachable/detachable to/from the developer replenishing apparatus includes: a container body containing a developer; a discharge port for discharging the developer accommodated in the container body; a holding member to which a driving force is input from the developer replenishing device; a pump section operated by a driving force received by the holding member to repeatedly and alternately switch an internal pressure of the container body between a state lower than an ambient pressure and a state higher than the ambient pressure; and a regulating portion constituted by the holding member and the locking member for regulating a position of the pump portion at a start of the operation so that air is drawn from the discharge port into the container body during a first operation period of the pump portion. The developer supply container provided in the above patent can make the air pressure inside the developer supply container reach a state of lower pressure than the atmospheric pressure by the driving of the pump, thereby making the air flow into the developer replenishing container, thereby enhancing the fluidity of the developer; the developer supply container is driven by the pump to be in a state where the pressure of the air in the developer supply container is higher than the atmospheric pressure, and the developer is discharged to be supplied intermittently.

However, the developer supply container of the above-described structure often causes the developer to be tapped in the developer supply container by vibration in a transportation or storage state, easily causing the developer to be in an excessively compacted state, and when the developer is in the compacted state, a phenomenon in which a large amount of developer is discharged all at once may occur at the time of developer discharge, which is generally referred to as a gush phenomenon. In addition, in the developer supply container with the above structure, the only developer discharge port is often used for alternate air suction and discharge during operation, and this air suction and discharge method may slow down the developer discharge speed to some extent, and may transport the developer near the developer discharge port into the developer supply container while sucking air into the developer discharge port, which may easily result in insufficient developer discharge force.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a developer supply container that can continuously and stably supply a developer into an image forming apparatus in any storage environment or use environment, and can effectively maintain the air pressure of the developer supply container in a stable state, thereby achieving high precision in the amount of the developer to be supplied.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the invention provides a developer supply container which comprises a rotary container used for conveying a developer and an intermittent regulator used for intermittently supplying gas into the rotary container and regulating the internal pressure of the rotary container, wherein a powder outlet box is arranged at one end part of the rotary container, a part of internal space of the powder outlet box forms a gas mixing space used for containing the developer, a powder outlet used for allowing the developer to flow out is arranged at the bottom of the powder outlet box, the powder outlet is positioned below the gas mixing space, and the intermittent regulator intermittently supplies quantitative gas to the gas mixing space, so that the developer in the gas mixing space flows out of the powder outlet along with the quantitative gas after the quantitative gas is mixed with the developer. Because the intermittent type regulator can provide quantitative gas to the air-mixing space periodically, and quantitative gas can effectively guarantee that the inside atmospheric pressure of developer supply container is stable, can not lead to the inside atmospheric pressure of developer supply container too high or low excessively like adopting the pump easily to guarantee that the developer can not be in excessive compaction state, can not appear gushing the material phenomenon promptly, realize the high accuracy of developer supply volume.

As a further improvement of the invention, the rotary container comprises a connecting cylinder and a containing barrel, one end of the connecting cylinder is rotatably connected with one end of the powder outlet box, and the other end of the connecting cylinder is in threaded connection with the containing barrel. The setting up of connecting cylinder has effectively connected out the powder box and has held the bucket, and the connecting cylinder with hold the bucket and pass through threaded connection even as an organic whole after, when the connecting cylinder and hold the bucket rotation, can make the continuous flow of developer to go out the powder box to guarantee to go out the interior developer's of powder box and supply with continuously.

As a further improvement of the invention, the intermittent regulator comprises a cam piston with a cam surface, one end of the connecting cylinder is provided with a first stirring plate, one end surface of the first stirring plate is in contact with the cam surface of the cam piston, and when the first stirring plate rotates, the first stirring plate drives the cam piston to make reciprocating translation along the inner wall of the powder outlet box. In order to provide power for the intermittent regulator, the first stirring plate drives the cam piston to make reciprocating translation along the inner wall of the powder outlet box, and the first stirring plate can rotate along with the connecting cylinder so as to continuously push the cam piston to make reciprocating motion.

As a further improvement of the invention, the intermittent regulator further comprises a spring, the cam surface is positioned on one side of the cam piston, at least one sliding rod is arranged on the other side of the cam piston, a box cover is arranged at the other end of the powder outlet box, a sliding column corresponding to the sliding rod is arranged on the inner wall of the box cover, one end of the sliding rod is inserted into a sliding groove in the sliding column, the sliding rod is in sliding fit with the sliding column, the spring is sleeved on the sliding column, one end of the spring is abutted against the box cover, and the other end of the spring is abutted against the side wall of the other side of the cam piston. Because the first stirring plate only rotates and axial displacement can not occur, the cam piston can reset under the action of the spring after the axial displacement occurs, thereby ensuring the smooth reciprocating motion of the cam piston.

As a further improvement of the present invention, an air storage space for containing a fixed amount of air is enclosed by the inner wall of the other side of the cam piston, the inner wall of the powder outlet box and the inner wall of the box cover, a first one-way patch valve for allowing a fixed amount of air to enter the air mixing space in a one-way manner is arranged in the middle of the cam piston, a second one-way patch valve for allowing a fixed amount of air to enter the air storage space in a one-way manner is arranged in the middle of the box cover, and when the end of the first stirring plate moves from the low point to the top point of the cam surface of the cam piston, the first one-way patch valve is opened because the air pressure in the air storage space is higher than the air pressure in the air mixing space, so that a fixed amount of air flows into the air mixing space; when the end part of the first stirring plate moves to a low point from the top point of the cam surface of the cam piston, the second one-way patch valve is opened because the atmospheric pressure outside the powder outlet box is greater than the air pressure in the air storage space, so that quantitative air flows into the air storage space from the outside of the powder outlet box. Because the stroke of the reciprocating motion of the cam piston is determined by the top point and the low point of the cam surface, under the condition that the external atmospheric pressure is constant, the gas flowing into the gas storage space is quantitative, and the atmospheric pressure can be basically determined to be the gas with the constant atmospheric pressure, so that the internal atmospheric pressure of the developer supply container is effectively ensured not to be too high or too low, the phenomenon of material burst is avoided, the high precision of the developer supply amount is realized, and the stability of the atmospheric pressure also ensures that the developer discharge force is in a constant state.

As a further improvement of the invention, a barrel interface is arranged on the connecting barrel close to the joint of the containing barrel and the connecting barrel, and a driving gear for driving the connecting barrel and the containing barrel to rotate is arranged on the barrel interface. The inside of bucket interface is provided with the internal thread, can spin the connecting cylinder with holding the bucket in, conveniently holds the installation and the dismantlement of bucket.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the connection between the internal thread inside the connecting cylinder and the thread on the receiving barrel is configured as a reverse thread connection, and the rotation direction of the driving gear coincides with the tightening direction of the reverse thread connection. Because the connecting cylinder and the containing barrel can rotate together, in the rotating process, the rotating direction of the driving gear is required to be ensured to be consistent with the screwing direction of the reverse thread connection, and the looseness of the threaded connection between the connecting cylinder and the containing barrel due to the rotation of the connecting cylinder and the containing barrel can be effectively avoided.

As a further improvement scheme of the invention, a second stirring frame is arranged in the connecting cylinder, and the end part of the other end of the first stirring plate is fixedly connected with the tail end of the second stirring frame. The second stirs the frame and is located the inside of connecting cylinder, and with the connecting cylinder cooperation of pegging graft, the second stirs the frame and can effectual connection first stir board and third stir the board, can help the transport of developer at the connecting cylinder again, can carry the developer to the connecting cylinder and go out in the air-mixed space between the powder box.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the other end of the connecting cylinder is provided with a plurality of third stirring plates, one ends of the plurality of third stirring plates are all fixedly connected with the starting end of the second stirring frame, and the other ends of the plurality of third stirring plates are all free ends and are all inserted into the accommodating barrel. The one end that holds the bucket has the toper neck, and a plurality of third stir the board can be effectively carry the developer of toper neck department to in the connecting cylinder, guarantee that the developer flows into the connecting cylinder smoothly from holding the bucket.

As a further improvement of the present invention, a plurality of the third stirring plates are arranged in pairs, and the distance between the farthest connecting lines of the two third stirring plates arranged in pairs is greater than the barrel body diameter of the containing barrel. Two the third stirs the distance of board furthest end line and is greater than the ladle body diameter that holds the bucket can guarantee the third stirs the board and closely laminates with the toper neck inner wall that holds the bucket, avoids the third stirs and produces the gap between board and the toper neck inner wall to avoid resulting in carrying the not enough situation of developer dynamics to appear.

As a further improvement of the invention, an opening angle is formed between the two third stirring plates which are arranged in pairs, and the opening angle is consistent with the angle of the cone angle of the conical neck of the containing barrel. The opening angle formed between the two third stirring plates which are arranged in pairs can also be slightly larger than the taper angle of the tapered neck of the accommodating barrel, so that the third stirring plates are effectively attached along the inner wall of the tapered neck, and the developer can be effectively conveyed to the connecting barrel.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the second stirring frame is configured as a multi-layer spiral stirring plate structure, at least one strip-shaped chaste tree twig is arranged on the outer side of the multi-layer spiral stirring plate structure, at least one sliding groove adapted to the chaste tree twig is arranged in the connecting cylinder, and the second stirring frame is detachably connected with the connecting cylinder by the sliding fit of the at least one chaste tree twig and the at least one sliding groove. Because first stir board, a plurality of the third stirs the board and all fixes the second stirs on the frame, can realize again through the sliding fit of multichannel smooth chaste tree piece and multichannel spout the second stir the frame with the grafting cooperation of connecting cylinder can conveniently realize stirring the board subassembly and be connected with dismantling of connecting cylinder.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the accommodating barrel is provided with a plurality of guide projections for conveying the developer, and the plurality of guide projections drive the developer to move toward one end of the accommodating barrel when the accommodating barrel rotates. When the accommodating barrel rotates, the guide protrusions can generate certain driving force for the developer, and one component of the driving force can push the developer to axially displace, so that the developer is guaranteed to move towards the joint of the accommodating barrel and the connecting barrel.

As a further improvement scheme of the invention, a first sealing ring is arranged at the sliding fit position of the cam piston and the inner wall of the powder outlet box, and the first sealing ring is sleeved on a sealing groove at the periphery of the cam piston.

As a further improvement of the invention, one end of the connecting cylinder is positioned in the powder outlet box, and a second sealing ring is arranged at one end of the connecting cylinder.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the air mixing space is configured as a closed space formed by the first seal ring, the second seal ring, an inner wall of the compact discharge case, and a cam surface of the cam piston. The pressure inside this closed space is relatively constant, thereby ensuring a continuous and stable outflow of the developer.

As a further improvement of the invention, two sides of the first stirring plate are provided with scraping blades for scraping the developer on the inner wall of the powder outlet box.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the side edges of the plurality of third agitating plates are attached to the inner wall of the tapered neck portion of the accommodating barrel, thereby ensuring that the developer can be effectively conveyed to the connecting barrel.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

the invention provides a developer supply container, which is provided with a rotary container for conveying a developer and an intermittent regulator for intermittently supplying gas into the rotary container and regulating the internal pressure of the rotary container, wherein a fixed amount of gas can be intermittently supplied to a gas mixing space, the fixed amount of gas and the developer are mixed, and then the developer in the gas mixing space flows out from a powder outlet along with the fixed amount of gas. The invention also provides a stirring plate assembly with good conveying function, and the stirring plate assembly can ensure that the developer in the rotary container continuously and stably flows to the powder outlet box and ensures the effective supply of the developer in the air mixing space.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a developer supply container provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of a developer supply container provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a partial sectional view of a developer supply container provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a side view of an intermittent regulator and a joint cylinder of a developer supply container provided in an embodiment of the present invention (a toner cartridge structure is not shown);

fig. 5 is a front view of an intermittent regulator and a joint cylinder of a developer supply container provided in an embodiment of the present invention (a toner cartridge structure is not shown);

FIG. 6 is a left perspective view of an intermittent regulator and a connecting cylinder of a developer supply container provided in an embodiment of the present invention (the toner cartridge structure is not shown);

FIG. 7 is a right perspective view of an intermittent regulator and a joint cylinder of a developer supply container provided in the embodiment of the present invention (a toner cartridge structure is not shown);

fig. 8 is a perspective view of a paddle assembly of a developer supply container provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a perspective view of a joint cylinder of a developer supply container provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a perspective view of an intermittent regulator of a developer supply container provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

1. rotating the container; 2. an intermittent regulator; 3. discharging the powder box; 31. a gas-mixing space; 32. a powder outlet; 11. a connecting cylinder; 12. a containment drum; 211. a cam surface; 21. a cam piston; 41. a first stirring plate; 22. a spring; 23. a slide bar; 33. a box cover; 24. a traveler; 114. a chute; 25. a gas storage space; 212. a first one-way patch valve; 331. a second one-way patch valve; 111. a barrel interface; 112. a drive gear; 113. an internal thread; 42. a second stirring frame; 43. a third stirring plate; 121. a tapered neck portion; 421. b, chaste tree twig; 114. a chute; 122. a guide projection; 5. a first seal ring; 6. a second seal ring; 411. and (4) scraping the blade.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the invention is further explained by the specific implementation mode in combination with the attached drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, the developer supply container provided in this embodiment includes a rotary container 1 for conveying a developer and an intermittent regulator 2 for intermittently supplying gas into the rotary container 1 and regulating the internal pressure of the rotary container 1, the rotary container 1 has dual functions of conveying and storing the developer, a powder outlet box 3 is disposed at one end of the rotary container 1, a part of the internal space of the powder outlet box 3 forms an air mixing space 31 for accommodating the developer, a powder outlet 32 for flowing out the developer is disposed at the bottom of the powder outlet box 3, the powder outlet 32 is located below the air mixing space 31, and the powder outlet 32 is also located at the bottom of the powder outlet box 3. The developer is conveyed to the air mixing space 31 in the powder outlet box 3 under the rotation action of the rotary container 1, meanwhile, the intermittent regulator 2 intermittently supplies a fixed amount of gas to the air mixing space 31, and after the fixed amount of gas is mixed with the developer, the developer in the air mixing space 31 flows out from the powder outlet 32 along with the outflow of the fixed amount of gas. Because the intermittent regulator 2 can periodically provide a fixed amount of gas to the gas mixing space 31, the fixed amount of gas can effectively ensure that the gas pressure inside the developer supply container is stable, and the phenomenon that the gas pressure inside the developer supply container is too high or too low as a pump is adopted is avoided, because the pump charging and discharging gas has insurmountable hysteresis, the developer is ensured not to be in an excessive compaction state, namely, the phenomenon of material burst is avoided, and the high precision of the developer supply amount is realized. Compared with the prior art, the intermittent regulator 2 in the present embodiment can intermittently supply a fixed amount of gas, and the intermittent period and the supply amount of gas in the prior art are difficult to control, which easily causes the developer to be compacted.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, in order to facilitate the developer in the rotary container 1 to flow into the powder outlet box 3, the rotary container 1 further includes a connecting cylinder 11 and a containing barrel 12, one end of the connecting cylinder 11 is rotatably connected to one end of the powder outlet box 3, and the other end of the connecting cylinder 11 is screwed to the containing barrel 12. The setting of connecting cylinder 11 has effectively connected out powder box 3 and has held bucket 12, and connecting cylinder 11 also is favorable to the installation to stir the board subassembly simultaneously. As shown in fig. 8, the paddle assembly is composed of a first paddle 41, a second paddle frame 42, and a third paddle 43 hereinafter. Connecting cylinder 11 with hold bucket 12 and pass through threaded connection even as an organic whole after, when connecting cylinder 11 and hold bucket 12 rotatory, can make the continuous flow of developer to go out powder box 3 to guarantee going out the continuous supply of the interior developer of powder box 3.

As shown in fig. 3, 5, 6, and 7, in order to facilitate the intermittent actuator 2 to perform a stable reciprocating motion and obtain power from the stirring plate assembly, further, the intermittent actuator 2 includes a cam piston 21 having a cam surface 211, one end of the connecting cylinder 11 is provided with a first stirring plate 41, an end surface of one end of the first stirring plate 41 is in contact with the cam surface 211 of the cam piston 21, when the first stirring plate 41 rotates, the first stirring plate 41 drives the cam piston 21 to perform a reciprocating translation along the inner wall of the outlet box 3, similar to the principle of a worm gear structure, but in this embodiment, the first stirring plate 41 only rotates, and due to the unevenness of the cam surface 211, the cam piston 21 performs a reciprocating translation along the inner wall of the outlet box 3. In order to power the intermittent adjuster 2, the cam piston 21 is driven to make reciprocating translation along the inner wall of the toner cartridge 3 by the first stirring plate 41, and the first stirring plate 41 is rotatable with the connecting cylinder 11 to constantly push the cam piston 21 to make reciprocating movement. Further preferably, the intermittent regulator 2 further includes a spring 22, the cam surface 211 is located on one side of the cam piston 21, the other side of the cam piston 21 is provided with at least one sliding rod 23, the other end of the powder discharging box 3 is provided with a box cover 33, the inner wall of the box cover 33 is provided with a sliding column 24 corresponding to the sliding rod 23, one end of the sliding rod 23 is inserted into the sliding groove 114 inside the sliding column 24, the sliding rod 23 is in sliding fit with the sliding column 24, the spring 22 is sleeved on the sliding column 24, one end of the spring abuts against the box cover 33, and the other end of the spring abuts against the other side wall of the cam piston 21. Preferably, two sliding rods 23 are arranged on the other side of the cam piston 21, two sliding columns 24 are arranged on the inner wall of the box cover 33, and the two sliding rods 23 and the two sliding columns 24 can effectively ensure stability, although the number of the sliding rods 23 and the sliding columns is three, four or other numbers. Because the first stirring plate 41 only rotates and does not generate axial displacement, the cam piston 21 needs to be reset under the action of the spring 22 after the axial displacement occurs, otherwise the end part of the first stirring plate 41 is not always attached to the cam surface 211, the resetting action of the spring 22 effectively ensures the smooth reciprocating motion of the cam piston 21, in addition, the sliding rod 23 and the sliding column 24 also have a guiding action, the stability and the reliability of the reciprocating motion process of the cam piston 21 are further ensured, and the possibility of the offset of the reciprocating motion of the cam piston 21 is reduced.

As shown in fig. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10, in order to ensure that a certain amount of air flows into the air mixing space 31, further, the inner wall of the other side of the cam piston 21, the inner wall of the powder outlet box 3 and the inner wall of the box cover 33 enclose an air storage space 25 for containing a certain amount of air, a first one-way patch valve 212 for allowing a certain amount of air to enter the air mixing space 31 in a one-way manner is disposed in the middle of the cam piston 21, a second one-way patch valve 331 for allowing a certain amount of air to enter the air storage space 25 in a one-way manner is disposed in the middle of the box cover 33, both the first one-way patch valve 212 and the second one-way patch valve 331 are one-way valves, the second one-way patch valve 331 prevents the external air from flowing from the second one-way patch valve 331 after flowing into the air storage space 25, and the air in the air storage space 25 can only enter the air mixing space 31 from the first one-way patch valve after being compressed, the gas entering the gas mixing space 31 cannot flow back to the gas storage space 2 by the same principle. When the end of the first stirring plate 41 moves from the low point of the cam surface 211 of the cam piston 21 to the top point, since the air pressure in the air storage space 25 is higher than the air pressure in the air mixing space 31, the first one-way patch valve 212 opens, so that a certain amount of air flows from the air storage space 25 to the air mixing space 31; when the end of the first stirring plate 41 moves from the top of the cam surface 211 of the cam piston 21 to the low point, the second one-way patch valve 331 is opened because the atmospheric pressure outside the outlet container 3 is greater than the air pressure inside the air storage space 25, so that a fixed amount of air flows into the air storage space 25 from the outside of the outlet container 3. Since the stroke of the reciprocating motion of the cam piston 21 is determined by the top and the bottom of the cam surface 211, when the external atmospheric pressure is constant, the gas flowing into the gas storage space 25 is a quantitative gas, and the atmospheric pressure can be basically determined to be a gas of constant atmospheric pressure, so that the internal atmospheric pressure of the developer supply container is effectively ensured not to be too high or too low, the phenomenon of material burst is not generated, the high precision of the developer supply amount is realized, and the stability of the atmospheric pressure also ensures that the developer discharge force is in a constant state.

In summary, when the intermittent actuator 2 is operated, the cam piston 21 is driven to reciprocate by the first stirring plate 41 and the spring 22. When the end of the first stirring plate 41 moves from the top of the cam surface 211 of the cam piston 21 to the low point, the second one-way patch valve 331 opens because the atmospheric pressure outside the outlet container 3 is greater than the air pressure inside the air storage space 25, so that a fixed amount of air flows into the air storage space 25 from the outside of the outlet container 3; when the end of the first agitating plate 41 moves from the low point of the cam surface 211 of the cam piston 21 to the top, since the air pressure in the air storage space 25 is higher than the air pressure in the air mixing space 31 and the second one-way patch valve 331 prevents the air from flowing back to the atmosphere, the air pressure inside the air storage space 25 increases, so that the first one-way patch valve 212 is opened, and a certain amount of air flows from the air storage space 25 to the air mixing space 31.

As shown in fig. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, in order to facilitate the rotation of the rotary container 1, a barrel interface 111 is provided on the connecting barrel 11 near the connection between the accommodating barrel 12 and the connecting barrel 11, a driving gear 112 for driving the connecting barrel 11 and the accommodating barrel 12 to rotate is provided on the barrel interface 111, and the driving gear 112 can be driven by a driving device to rotate. The inner part of the barrel interface 111 is provided with an inner thread 113, so that the accommodating barrel 12 can be spin-painted into the connecting barrel 11, and the accommodating barrel 12 can be conveniently mounted and dismounted. Further preferably, the connection between the internal thread 113 inside the connecting cylinder 11 and the thread on the receiving barrel 12 is configured as a reverse thread connection, and the rotation direction of the driving gear 112 coincides with the tightening direction of the reverse thread connection. Because connecting cylinder 11 can rotate with holding bucket 12 together, so in rotatory in-process, need to guarantee that drive gear 112's direction of rotation is unanimous with the direction of reverse threaded connection screwing up, can effectively guarantee can not because connecting cylinder 11 with hold the rotation of bucket 12, and make connecting cylinder 11 and the threaded connection who holds the bucket 12 the two appear becoming flexible. The joint of the joint cylinder 11 and the accommodating cylinder 12 needs to be well sealed, and the adoption of the structure can effectively ensure that the developer can not leak at the joint of the joint cylinder 11 and the accommodating cylinder 12 even if the developer supply container is used for a long time.

As shown in fig. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, in order to facilitate the transfer of the developer inside the connecting cylinder 11, a second agitating frame 42 is further provided inside the connecting cylinder 11, and the other end portion of the first agitating plate 41 is fixedly connected to the tip end of the second agitating frame 42. The second stirs the frame 42 and is located the inside of connecting cylinder 11, and with connecting cylinder 11 cooperation of pegging graft, the second stirs the frame 42 can effectual connection first stir board 41 and third stir board 43, can help the transport of developer at connecting cylinder 11 again, can carry the developer to connecting cylinder 11 and go out in the air-mixing space 31 between the powder box 3. The first stirring plate 41 and the third stirring plate 43 are both fixed on the second stirring frame 42, the first stirring plate 41, the second stirring frame 42 and the third stirring plate 43 form a stirring plate assembly, and the stirring plate assembly is integrally and fixedly connected with the connecting cylinder 11 through the second stirring frame 42. It is further preferable that the other end of the connecting cylinder 11 is provided with a plurality of third stirring plates 43, one end of each of the plurality of third stirring plates 43 is fixedly connected with the start end of the second stirring frame 42, the other end of each of the plurality of third stirring plates 43 is a free end, and is inserted into the accommodating cylinder 12. One end of the accommodating barrel 12 is provided with a tapered neck portion 121, and the plurality of third stirring plates 43 can effectively convey the developer at the tapered neck portion 121 into the connecting barrel 11, so that the developer can smoothly flow into the connecting barrel 11 from the accommodating barrel 12. Further preferably, in order to ensure that the two third stirring plates 43 are closely attached to the inner wall of the tapered neck portion 121 of the containing barrel 12, the plurality of third stirring plates 43 are arranged in pairs, and the distance between the farthest connecting lines of the two third stirring plates 43 arranged in pairs is larger than the diameter of the barrel body of the containing barrel 12. The distance between the farthest end connecting lines of the two third stirring plates 43 is larger than the diameter of the barrel body of the accommodating barrel 12, so that the third stirring plates 43 can be tightly attached to the inner wall of the conical neck 121 of the accommodating barrel 12, a gap between the third stirring plates 43 and the inner wall of the conical neck 121 is avoided, and the situation that the developer conveying force is insufficient is avoided. It is further preferable that the two third agitating plates 43 arranged in pair form an opening angle therebetween, and the opening angle should be opened by an angle corresponding to the taper angle of the tapered neck 121 of the receiving tub 12. The opening angle formed between the two third stirring plates 43 arranged in pairs can also be slightly larger than the taper angle of the tapered neck 121 of the accommodating barrel 12, so that the arrangement effectively ensures that the third stirring plates 43 are attached along the inner wall of the tapered neck 121, and further ensures that the developer can be effectively conveyed to the connecting barrel 11. It is further preferable that the side edges of the plurality of third agitating plates 43 are fitted with the inner wall of the tapered neck portion 121 of the accommodating tub 12, thereby ensuring that the developer can be efficiently transported to the connecting cylinder 11, and the non-fitting may cause the transmission force of the developer at the tapered neck portion 121 to be weakened.

As shown in fig. 8 and 9, in order to facilitate the fixed connection between the stirring plate assembly and the connecting cylinder 11, further, the second stirring frame 42 is configured as a multi-layer spiral stirring plate structure, at least one strip-shaped chaste tree twig 421 is arranged outside the multi-layer spiral stirring plate structure, at least one sliding slot 114 adapted to the chaste tree twig 421 is arranged inside the connecting cylinder 11, and the second stirring frame 42 is detachably connected to the connecting cylinder 11 by the sliding fit between the at least one chaste tree twig 421 and the at least one sliding slot 114. Because first stirring board 41, a plurality of third stir board 43 and all fix on the second stirs frame 42, can realize again that the second stirs the grafting cooperation of frame 42 and connecting cylinder 11 through the sliding fit of multichannel slippery chaste tree piece 421 and multichannel spout 114, can conveniently realize stirring the dismantlement of board subassembly and connecting cylinder 11 and be connected, this kind of mode of setting can make the installation of stirring the board subassembly become convenience very.

As shown in fig. 4 and 6, in order to facilitate the scraping of the developer on the inner wall of the powder outlet box 3, further, both sides of the first stirring plate 41 are provided with a scraping blade 411 for scraping the developer on the inner wall of the powder outlet box 3, and the first stirring plate 41 can scrape the developer on the inner wall of the powder outlet box 3 through the scraping blade 411 when rotating, so as to ensure that the developer is not adhered to the inner wall of the powder outlet box 3.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in order to move the developer inside the accommodating barrel 12 toward one end of the accommodating barrel 12 along the length direction of the accommodating barrel 12, a plurality of guide protrusions 122 for conveying the developer are further provided on the accommodating barrel 12, and when the accommodating barrel 12 rotates, the plurality of guide protrusions 122 drive the developer to move toward one end of the accommodating barrel 12. When the accommodating barrel 12 rotates, the plurality of guide protrusions 122 generate a certain driving force to the developer, and a component of the driving force can push the developer to perform axial displacement, so that the developer is ensured to move towards the joint of the accommodating barrel 12 and the connecting barrel 11, that is, the developer is enabled to continuously flow towards the tapered neck 121 of the accommodating barrel 12, and then enters the connecting barrel 11 after being stirred by the third stirring plate 43.

To sum up, the rotary container 1 studio drives fixed connection's connecting cylinder 11 and holds bucket 12 through drive gear 112 earlier and rotates, hold bucket 12 and rotate the back and carry the developer toward connecting cylinder 11 and the junction that holds bucket 12, the third that is located connecting cylinder 11 and the junction that holds bucket 12 stirs the board 43 and leads to the developer to the connecting cylinder 11 in, the rethread second stirs the frame 42 and carries the developer to the other end of connecting cylinder 11 from the one end of connecting cylinder 11, also be the gas mixing space 31 position, rethread first stirs board 41 drive intermittent type regulator 2 and carries out the clearance and admit air, make quantitative gas and developer mix, the developer that mixes gas at last is discharged smoothly from powder outlet 32, effectively guarantee that the developer lasts stable discharge.

As shown in fig. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, in order to facilitate the formation of a stable closed environment inside the developer supply container, especially at the position of the air mixing space 31, a first sealing ring 5 is further disposed at the sliding fit position of the cam piston 21 and the inner wall of the powder outlet box 3, and the first sealing ring 5 is sleeved on a sealing groove at the periphery of the cam piston 21. It is further preferable that one end of the connecting cylinder 11 is located in the powder outlet box 3, and one end of the connecting cylinder 11 is provided with the second sealing ring 6. The air mixing space 31 is configured as a closed space composed of the first seal ring 5, the second seal ring 6, the inner wall of the powder discharge box 3, and the cam surface 211 of the cam piston 21. The pressure inside this closed space is relatively constant, thereby ensuring a continuous and stable outflow of the developer. Generally, the developer flowing out from the powder outlet 32 causes a small air pressure inside the developer supply container, but since the air supplied from the intermittent regulator 2 effectively increases the air pressure inside the developer supply container, a constant amount of air not only mixes with the developer to facilitate the discharge of the developer, but also maintains the air pressure inside the developer supply container in a stable state, thereby preventing the occurrence of the developer compaction and the occurrence of the gushing phenomenon.

As described above, the developer supply container according to the present invention is provided with the rotary container for conveying the developer and the intermittent regulator for intermittently supplying the gas into the rotary container and regulating the internal pressure of the rotary container, and can intermittently supply a fixed amount of the gas into the air mixing space, and can continuously and stably supply the developer into the image forming apparatus in any storage environment or use environment, and can effectively maintain the gas pressure of the developer supply container in a stable state, thereby achieving high precision of the developer supply amount.

While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The present invention is not to be limited by the specific embodiments disclosed herein, and other embodiments that fall within the scope of the claims of the present application are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.