阅读说明：本技术 墨盒喷头清洗方法 (Ink box nozzle cleaning method ) 是由 丁宁 于 2019-11-27 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种墨盒喷头清洗方法,其包括如下步骤：S1：以蒸汽发生器产生高温蒸汽；S2：将S1所得高温蒸汽输出至蒸汽喷枪中；S3：以蒸汽喷枪对墨盒喷头表面喷射高温蒸汽。本发明能够快速清除墨盒喷口处的干结墨水,同时减少清洗过程中对墨盒内部和金属电路板的损坏、且无需在盒体表面开孔,提升了墨盒的使用寿命。(The invention discloses a method for cleaning a nozzle of an ink box, which comprises the following steps: s1: generating high-temperature steam by using a steam generator; s2: outputting the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 to a steam spray gun; s3: and spraying high-temperature steam to the surface of the ink box spray head by using a steam spray gun. The invention can rapidly remove the dry ink at the nozzle of the ink box, simultaneously reduces the damage to the inside of the ink box and the metal circuit board in the cleaning process, does not need to open holes on the surface of the box body, and prolongs the service life of the ink box.)

1. The method for cleaning the ink box nozzle is characterized by comprising the following steps:

s1: generating high-temperature steam by using a steam generator (1);

s2: outputting the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 to a steam spray gun (3);

s3: high-temperature steam is sprayed to the surface of the spray head of the ink box by a steam spray gun (3).

2. The method for cleaning a head of a cartridge according to claim 1, wherein: in step S2: the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 is intermittently output to a steam spray gun through the control of an electromagnetic valve (2).

3. The method for cleaning head of ink cartridge according to claim 2, wherein in step S3: placing the nozzle of the ink box upwards, suspending the gun head of a steam spray gun at a position 5-15mm above the ink box, and spraying high-temperature steam on the surface of the spray head of the ink box.

4. The method for cleaning head of ink cartridge according to claim 3, wherein in step S3: the duration of spraying high-temperature steam to the surface of the ink box nozzle by a steam spray gun is 1-3 minutes, and the temperature of the high-temperature steam is 70-80 degrees.

5. The method for cleaning a head of a cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising steps S4 and S5;

s4: air-cooling the ink cartridge after the completion of step S3;

s5: the cleaning liquid is injected into the cartridge after completion of step S4 to perform the additional cleaning.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of printer consumables, and particularly relates to a method for cleaning a nozzle of an ink box.

Background

Ink jet printers are a common consumable for printers. Current product designs on the market typically integrate the print nozzle with the ink reservoir. Such ink cartridges may be refilled and then used after the user runs out of ink. However, if the ink cartridge with the structure is used by directly filling ink after being placed for a long time, the ink cartridge is easy to be dried and blocked by the printing nozzle due to the original retained ink in the ink cartridge, so that the problem of poor printing effect is caused. Therefore, cleaning the nozzles of the ink cartridge is an important technique for realizing the recycling of the ink cartridge. With the development of technology, the mainstream cleaning method for the ink box at present is as follows: one is to inject a cleaning solution into the ink cartridge to dissolve the ink. The method has the problems that the cleaning solution has certain corrosiveness, can cause certain damage in the box body after being used for many times, and shortens the service life of the ink box. And the other is that the mode of injecting clear water into the ink box and simultaneously carrying out ultrasonic cleaning is adopted. The problems with this approach are: although the corrosion damage of the cleaning liquid to the interior of the box body is reduced, the metal circuit board in the box body can be damaged by too frequent ultrasonic vibration. In addition, both of the above two methods require additional punching on the surface of the case. Therefore, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a novel method and apparatus for cleaning a head of an ink cartridge to overcome the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a steam cleaning system for a nozzle of an ink box, which can quickly remove dry and hard ink at the nozzle of the ink box, simultaneously reduce the damage to the inside of the ink box and a metal circuit board in the cleaning process, and improve the service life of the ink box without opening holes on the surface of a box body.

The technical scheme is as follows:

an ink cartridge showerhead vapor purge system, comprising: the steam generator, the electromagnetic valve and the steam spray gun; the steam generator is used for generating high-temperature steam; the output end of the steam generator is connected with a steam spray gun; the electromagnetic valve is arranged between the steam generator and the steam spray gun and used for controlling the connection/disconnection between the steam generator and the steam spray gun.

By adopting the technical scheme: high-temperature steam is generated by the steam generator and is conveyed to the steam spray gun, and the high-temperature steam is sprayed to the ink box spray head from the outer side by the steam spray gun. The high-temperature steam has both pressure and temperature, so that the dried ink at the nozzle of the ink box is decomposed in the high-temperature steam under the action of high temperature and impact and is discharged from the ink injection hole on the ink box.

Preferably, the above-described ink cartridge head steam cleaning system further includes: the device comprises a workbench, wherein a circulating conveying belt and a three-axis mechanical arm are arranged on the workbench; the gun head of the steam spray gun is mounted on a three-axis mechanical arm, and the three-axis mechanical arm is used for driving the gun head of the steam spray gun to be close to/far away from the circulating transmission belt.

By adopting the technical scheme: the automatic conveying of the ink box is realized by the circulating conveying belt. The space positioning of the position of the gun head of the steam spray gun is realized by the three-axis mechanical arm, and the gun head of the steam spray gun is close to the ink box on the circulating transmission belt to perform high-temperature steam spraying, so that the batch and mechanical operation of the steam cleaning of the ink box is realized.

More preferably, the above-described ink cartridge head steam purge system further includes: the PLC is respectively connected with the steam generator, the electromagnetic valve, the steam spray gun and the workbench; the electromagnetic valve, the steam spray gun and the workbench work in a coordinated mode.

By adopting the technical scheme: the automatic control of the work of the steam generator, the electromagnetic valve, the steam spray gun and the workbench is realized, the labor cost in the machining process is greatly reduced, and the production efficiency is improved.

More preferably, in the above-described cartridge head steam purge system: and a touch screen control panel is arranged on the PLC.

By adopting the technical scheme: a good man-machine interaction interface is provided by the touch screen control panel, and workers can select and adjust cleaning operation parameters by operating the touch screen control panel and observe working information such as feedback fault display and diagnosis information in time.

More preferably, in the above-described cartridge head steam purge system: the workbench is of a hollow structure, and a waste liquid collecting chamber is arranged in the workbench; the circulation transmission band comprises the circulation guide rail that many parallel rows were established, just be equipped with between each circulation guide rail and switch on to the clearance groove of waste liquid collection room.

By adopting the technical scheme: during the operation of the steam spray gun, the dissipated hot steam flows into the clearance groove between the circulating guide rails

The invention also provides a method for cleaning the ink box spray head, which is used for cleaning the ink box spray head based on high-temperature steam.

The technical scheme is as follows:

a method for cleaning a nozzle of an ink cartridge comprises the following steps: s1: generating high-temperature steam by using a steam generator; s2: outputting the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 to a steam spray gun; s3: and spraying high-temperature steam to the surface of the ink box spray head by using a steam spray gun.

By adopting the technical scheme: the high-temperature steam is directly sprayed and cleaned from the outside to the ink box spray head. The high-temperature steam has both pressure and temperature, so that the dried ink at the nozzle of the ink box is decomposed in the high-temperature steam under the action of high temperature and impact and is discharged from an ink injection hole on the ink box.

Preferably, in the cartridge head cleaning method, the method further includes: in step S2: the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 is intermittently output to a steam spray gun through the control of an electromagnetic valve.

By adopting the technical scheme: the intermittent working mode of the steam spray gun is realized, and unnecessary loss caused by long-time output of high-temperature steam is avoided.

More preferably, in the cartridge head cleaning method, in step S3: placing the nozzle of the ink box upwards, suspending the gun head of a steam spray gun at a position 5-15mm above the ink box, and spraying high-temperature steam on the surface of the spray head of the ink box.

By adopting the technical scheme: the mode that the steam spray gun sprays high-temperature steam to the ink box nozzle from top to bottom is adopted, the output high-temperature steam is guaranteed to keep enough impact force on the ink box nozzle, and the work efficiency of steam cleaning is improved.

More preferably, in the cartridge head cleaning method, in step S3: the duration of spraying high-temperature steam to the surface of the ink box nozzle by a steam spray gun is 1-3 minutes, and the temperature of the high-temperature steam is 70-80 degrees.

By adopting the technical scheme: guarantee that high temperature steam has higher temperature when spraying to the ink horn shower nozzle, effectively avoided the ink horn shower nozzle high temperature simultaneously, lead to the problem that the shell body of ink horn is heated and is out of shape.

Further preferably, the method for cleaning the head of the ink cartridge includes the steps of:

s1: generating high-temperature steam by using a steam generator; s2: outputting the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 to a steam spray gun; s3: and spraying high-temperature steam to the surface of the ink box spray head by using a steam spray gun. S4: air-cooling the ink cartridge after the completion of step S3; s5: the cleaning liquid is injected into the cartridge after completion of step S4 to perform the additional cleaning.

By adopting the technical scheme: the ink box is replenished and cleaned in a mode of injecting cleaning solution, so that the spraying time of high-temperature steam to the ink box spray head is reduced, the situation that the outer shell of the ink box is too high in temperature and brittle is further avoided, meanwhile, the cleaning of the cleaning solution is taken as an auxiliary means, the concentration of the cleaning solution can be greatly reduced on the premise of ensuring the cleaning effect, and the corrosion to the inside of the ink box is reduced.

Compared with the prior art, the dry ink at the nozzle of the ink box can be quickly removed, the damage to the inside of the ink box and a metal circuit board in the cleaning process is reduced, holes do not need to be formed in the surface of the box body, and the service life of the ink box is prolonged.

Drawings

The invention is described in further detail in the following description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of example 1;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the work table and the steam injection lance shown in FIG. 1, in which a delivery pipe for delivering high-temperature steam to the steam injection lance is omitted;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of example 1;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of example 2.

The corresponding relation between each reference mark and the part name is as follows:

1. a steam generator; 2. an electromagnetic valve; 3. a steam spray gun; 4. a work table; 5. a PLC controller; 41. circulating the conveying belt; 42. a three-axis mechanical arm; 411. a circulating guide rail; 412. a clearance groove;

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, the above description will be further described with reference to various embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1-2, the structure of the present invention is schematically illustrated:

an ink cartridge showerhead vapor purge system, comprising: the device comprises a steam generator 1, an electromagnetic valve 2, a steam spray gun 3, a workbench 4 and a PLC (programmable logic controller) 5.

Wherein the steam generator 1 is used for generating high-temperature steam; the output end of the steam generator 1 is connected with a steam spray gun 3; the electromagnetic valve 2 is arranged between the steam generator 1 and the steam spray gun 3 and is used for controlling the connection/disconnection between the steam generator 1 and the steam spray gun 3. A circulating conveying belt 41 and a three-axis mechanical arm 42 are arranged on the workbench 4; the gun head of the steam spray gun 3 is arranged on a three-axis mechanical arm 42, and the three-axis mechanical arm 42 is used for driving the gun head of the steam spray gun 3 to be close to/far away from the circulating conveying belt 41. The workbench 4 is of a hollow structure, and a waste liquid collecting chamber is arranged in the workbench; the circulating conveyor belt 41 is composed of a plurality of circulating guide rails 411 arranged in parallel, and a gap groove 412 communicated to the waste liquid collecting chamber is arranged between the circulating guide rails 411.

The PLC 5 is respectively connected with the steam generator 1, the electromagnetic valve 2, the steam spray gun 3 and the workbench 4; for controlling the steam generator 1, the solenoid valve 2, the steam spray gun 3 and the work table 4 work in cooperation. And a touch screen control panel is arranged on the PLC 5.

As shown in fig. 3, the working process of example 1 is as follows:

the ink box spray head is cleaned by adopting the equipment, which comprises the following steps:

s1: generating high-temperature steam by using the steam generator 1;

s2: outputting the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 to a steam spray gun 3, and in the process, intermittently outputting the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 to the steam spray gun through controlling an electromagnetic valve 2;

s3: placing the nozzle of the ink box upwards, suspending the gun head of a steam spray gun at a position 5-15mm above the ink box, and spraying high-temperature steam on the surface of the spray head of the ink box. The duration of the high-temperature steam injection is 1-3 minutes, and the temperature of the high-temperature steam is 70-80 degrees.

As shown in fig. 4, example 2:

s1: generating high-temperature steam by using the steam generator 1;

s2: outputting the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 to a steam spray gun 3, and in the process, intermittently outputting the high-temperature steam obtained in the step S1 to the steam spray gun through controlling an electromagnetic valve 2;

s3: placing the nozzle of the ink box upwards, suspending the gun head of a steam spray gun at a position 5-15mm above the ink box, and spraying high-temperature steam on the surface of the spray head of the ink box. The duration of the high-temperature steam injection is 1-3 minutes, and the temperature of the high-temperature steam is 70-80 degrees.

S4: air-cooling the ink cartridge after the completion of step S3;

s5: the cleaning liquid is injected into the cartridge after completion of step S4 to perform the additional cleaning.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. The protection scope of the invention is subject to the scope of the claims.