Ink cartridge for ink-jet printer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGui-tack Lim
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Abstract
An ink-jet mounting device of an ink-jet cartridge for an ink-jet printer including a carriage having a mounting portion in which an ink cartridge is removably mounted; a locking lever pivotably disposed at the carriage to lock and unlock the carriage mounted in the mounting portion; and a resilient member unit movably disposed in the carriage to pivot the ink cartridge by a predetermined angle by pushing the ink cartridge elastically.
Claims20
An ink cartridge mounting device of an ink-jet printer comprising:
- a carriage having a mounting portion in which an ink cartridge is removably mounted;
- a locking lever pivotably disposed at the carriage to lock and unlock the ink cartridge mounted in the mounting portion;
- and
- a resilient member unit movably disposed in the carriage to pivot the ink cartridge by a predetermined angle by pushing the ink cartridge elastically with force to pivot the ink cartridge for removal when the ink cartridge is unlocked.
The ink cartridge mounting device of claim 7, wherein the recovering force of the resilient member unit is stronger than that of the contact plate spring.
The ink cartridge mounting device of claim 8, wherein the resilient member unit extends further than the contact plate spring.
An ink cartridge mounting device of an ink-jet printer comprising:
- a carriage having multiple mounting portions in which ink cartridges corresponding in number to the mounting portions are removably mounted;
- locking levers corresponding in number to the mounting portions pivotably disposed at the carriage to lock and unlock the ink cartridges mounted in the mounting portions;
- and
- resilient member units corresponding in number to the mounting portions movably disposed in the carriage to pivot the ink cartridges by a predetermined angle by pushing the ink cartridges elastically when the ink cartridges are unlocked.
The ink cartridge mounting device of claim 10, wherein the resilient member units each comprises:
- a resilient member disposed in an inner wall of each mounting portion to advance and retreat;
- and
- a contact plate connected to each resilient member and contacting the ink cartridges in an upper portion of the ink cartridges.
The ink cartridge mounting device of claim 10, wherein the inner walls of the mounting portions are each provided with a hole of a predetermined depth to accommodate the resilient members and contact plates and to allow the resilient members and contact plates to advance and retreat in the holes.
An ink cartridge mounting device of an ink-jet printer comprising:
- a carriage having a mounting portion in which an ink cartridge is removably mounted;
- a resilient member unit movably disposed in an inner wall of the mounting portion to advance and retreat and comprising:
- a resilient member,
- a contact plate connected to the resilient member and contacting the ink cartridge disposed in the carriage to pivot the ink cartridge by a predetermined angle by pushing the ink cartridge elastically with force to pivot the ink cartridge for removal when the ink cartridge is unlocked.
An ink cartridge mounting device of an ink-jet printer comprising:
- a carriage having a mounting portion in which an ink cartridge is removably mounted;
- a locking lever pivotably disposed at the carriage to lock and unlock the ink cartridge mounted in the mounting portions;
- a resilient member unit movably disposed in an inner wall of the mounting portion to advance and retreat and comprising:
- a resilient member,
- a contact plate connected to the resilient member and contacting the ink cartridge disposed in the carriage to pivot the ink cartridge by a predetermined angle by pushing the ink cartridge elastically with force to pivot the ink cartridge for removal when the ink cartridge is unlocked;
- an align shaft disposed at a lower and inner side of the mounting portion to align the ink cartridge mounted in the mounting portion;
- and
- a contact plate spring disposed at a lower position of the mounting portion than the resilient member unit to elastically support the ink cartridge.
The ink cartridge mounting device of claim 19, wherein the recovering force of the resilient member unit is stronger than that of the contact plate spring;
- and the resilient member unit extends further than the contact plate spring.
A method of pushing an ink cartridge outwardly from an ink cartridge mounting device, comprising:
- releasing the ink cartridge from a locked position in a mounting portion of the device;
- pushing the ink cartridge outwardly with a resilient member through a hole in an inner wall of the mounting portion with force to pivot the ink cartridge for removal;
- and
- removing the ink cartridge via a handle of the ink cartridge.
The method of claim 21, further comprising:
- pushing the ink cartridge outwardly a distance less than the resilient member extends with a contact plate spring disposed lower than the resilient member unit and with less recovering force than the resilient member unit.
The method of claim 22, further comprising:
- pushing the ink cartridge outwardly along an align shaft.
The method of claim 23, further comprising;
- pivoting the ink cartridge to a predetermined angle to facilitate removal of the ink cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.