Manufacturing method of liquid supply member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10906221-B2
Application number	US-201715649482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2017
Priority date	Jul 29, 2016
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

There is provided a manufacturing method of a liquid supply member capable of suppressing decrease in sealing property of a liquid supply path and deformation of the liquid supply path or the external shape. For that purpose, a manufacturing process of a liquid supply member prevents inflow of a molten resin into a concave portion of a portion other than a liquid supply flow path in a liquid supply member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a liquid supply member, the method comprising:
a primary molding process of molding, at different positions in a same die, a first member including a concave portion and a groove portion that causes liquid to flow such that a first part of the die is inside the concave portion, and a second member having a lid portion capable of closing a lid of the groove portion in combination with the first member, and an opening such that a second part of the die, which is different from the first part of the die, is inside the opening;
a mold opening process of pulling out the first part of the die from the inside of the concave portion of the first member; and
a secondary molding process of connecting the first member and the second member with a molten resin by relatively moving a first pattern and a second pattern of the die to thereby cause the first member and the second member to face each other and by molding the first member and the second member in an overlapped manner,
wherein the secondary molding process includes an inflow prevention process of preventing inflow of the molten resin into the concave portion provided at a position different from the groove portion in the first member by inserting the second part of the die into the concave portion so that the molten resin contacts the second part of the die.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of the die is provided with a gas vent for removing gas from the inside of the concave portion.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary molding process inserts the second part of the die into the concave portion of the first member, via the opening of the second member.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 3 , wherein an opening diameter of the opening is larger than an opening diameter of the concave portion, in the secondary molding process.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 3 , wherein, in the secondary molding process, an opening diameter of an opening formed by the molten resin provided between the opening of the second member and the concave portion of the first member is smaller than an opening diameter of the opening of the second member.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Tsujiuchi Naoko
• Yamaguchi Yukuo
• Umeyama Mikiya
• Oikawa Satoshi
• Amma Hiromasa
• Iwano Takuya
• Kimura Satoshi
• Iijima Yasushi
• Toda Kyosuke

Classifications

• B29C45/0062 Primary

  Joined by injection moulding · CPC title

• B29C2045/0063

  facing before assembling, i.e. bringing the parts opposite to each other before assembling · CPC title

• B41J2/17523

  Ink connection · CPC title

• B41J2/1753

  Details of contacts on the cartridge, e.g. protection of contacts · CPC title

• B41J2/1752

  Mounting within the printer · CPC title