JP3034547B2 - Beauty equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a beauty tool such as a body brush or a facial beauty device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as a beauty tool, there has been one that cleans the body surface with a brush (for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 01-18065). Since this beauty tool is used in a bathroom, it has a waterproof structure.

However, in order to make it more beautiful than the body, it is more convenient to use a device that has a function of improving the blood circulation by acupressure on the skin and also loosening stiffness.

For this reason, there has been a beauty tool for improving blood circulation by reciprocating an attachment detachably attached to a rotating support shaft and hitting the skin surface (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-55785).
issue). This beauty tool can be detached and attached with a rotating brush, which is convenient in that it has both a washing function and a massage function. On the other hand, the drive shaft and the attachment employ a magnetic coupling because of the need for a waterproof structure.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, this magnetic joint has a complicated structure, and the reciprocating drive force due to magnetic attraction and repulsion is weak because it is a non-contact type, so that sufficient finger pressure cannot be obtained and the massage effect is inferior. It was inconvenient.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a beauty tool having a washing function and a shiatsu massage function, a simple waterproof structure, and a good shiatsu massage force.

[Means for solving the problem]

The beauty tool according to claim (1) has a first attachment for rotating operation and a second attachment for reciprocating operation with a built-in rotating reciprocating conversion mechanism, wherein the first attachment and the second attachment are provided. A rotary drive shaft for selectively connecting the attachment protrudes from the main body via a seal packing, and a motor for rotating the rotary drive shaft and a power supply unit for supplying power to the motor are provided in the main body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the beauty tool according to the first aspect, the first attachment is a rotating brush, and the second attachment is a second brush.
The reciprocating side of the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism of the attachment has a cup-like shape with a thin bottom surface portion, and a vibrator protrudes from the bottom surface portion.

[Action]

According to the beauty tool of claim (1), when power is supplied from the power supply unit to the motor, the motor operates and the rotary drive shaft rotates.
When the first attachment is connected to the rotary drive shaft, the rotation of the rotary drive shaft causes the first attachment to rotate. When the second attachment is connected to the rotary drive shaft, the rotation of the rotary drive shaft causes the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism to operate and reciprocate.

In this case, since the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism is provided inside the second attachment, the waterproof structure is simplified as compared with the configuration in which the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism is provided in the main body, so that the reliability can be improved, and Can be downsized. Further, since the reciprocating operation of the second attachment can be strengthened, for example, the effect of acupressure massage can be enhanced.

According to the beauty tool of claim (2), the thickness of the cup-shaped bottom portion serving as the mounting portion of the vibrator is reduced, so that the vibrator comes into contact with the body softly and the massage effect is improved.

〔Example〕

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, this beauty tool has a first attachment 1 for rotating operation, a second attachment 2 for reciprocating operation having a built-in rotating reciprocating conversion mechanism 4, and a main body 3.
And

The main body 3 has a rotary drive shaft 5 for selectively connecting the first attachment 1 and the second attachment 2 protruding from the main body 3 through a seal packing 6, and a motor 7 for rotating the rotary drive shaft 5 into the main body 3. And a power supply unit 8 for supplying power to the motor 7.

The main body 3 includes a head portion 9 and a grip portion 10, as shown in FIGS. Head part 9
The motor 1, the speed reducer block 11 and the rotary drive shaft 5 are housed therein, and the rotary drive shaft 5 protrudes from the hole 23 of the mounting base 47 that closes the opening of the head 9, and a seal is provided between the hole 23 and the rotary drive shaft 5. The packing 6 is interposed. A grip section 10 is connected to the head section 9, and an end cap 13 for attaching and detaching a battery pack 12 constituting the power supply section 8 is provided at an end of the grip section 10. A switch 14 for controlling the motor 7 is provided between the head 9 and the grip 10. Grip part
A concave portion 15 having a concave amount d is formed on the surface of 10, and together with a large number of concave grooves 16, an effect of being hard to slip and dropping when used in a bathroom is obtained. By providing the switch 14 between the head 9 and the grip 10, it is possible to prevent the switch 14 from being carelessly operated during use.

As shown in FIG. 2, a flat battery pack 12 having a rechargeable battery as an example is arranged along the concave portion 15 of the grip portion 10.
5, a pack terminal 17 provided on the battery pack 12 is brought into contact with a current-carrying metal fitting 18 provided on the motor 7, and electric power is supplied to the motor 7 via these and the switch 14. As shown in FIG. Also, when the battery pack 12 is correctly inserted into the grip section 10, the reverse insertion prevention hole
A reverse insertion prevention projection 19 that fits into 20 is provided in the main body 3 so that when the battery pack 12 is reversely inserted, the current-carrying metallization 18 does not come into contact with the pack terminal 17 so that no current flows. In order to hold the battery pack 12 inside the grip section 10, an end cap
A cylindrical pressing member 21 is provided at 13 so as to be able to advance and retreat, and is projected and urged by a spring 22 to press the battery pack 12 toward the motor 7 by the pressing member 21. In addition, 50 is a hook, 51 is packing, and 52 is a stop pin.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the first attachment 1 has a rotating brush as an embodiment, and a gear 32 of the first attachment 1 is coupled to a gear 31 of the rotating drive shaft 5 to transmit the rotating power. Can be That is, the gear 32 is formed on the insertion side of the hole 53 provided in the center of the brush stand 24, the concave portion 25 is formed on the penetrating side of the hole 53, and the ring-shaped stop spring 26 is housed in the concave portion 25. The first attachment 1 is fitted to the recess 25 so as to cover the center cap 28 on which the brush bristles 27 are planted, and the peripheral groove 29 at the end that penetrates the hole 53 of the rotary drive shaft 5. By engaging the stop spring 26, the gears 31 and 32 mesh with each other and the first attachment 1
Has been stopped. Therefore, when the motor 7 operates and the rotary drive shaft 5 rotates, the first attachment 1 rotates. Further, since the stop spring 26 has a spring property, it can be removed by pulling the first attachment 1 with respect to the rotary drive shaft 5. Reference numeral 54 denotes brush bristles provided on the brush stand 24.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the second attachment 2 is a massage attachment as an embodiment. The gear 31 of the rotary drive shaft 5 of the main body 3 has a cylindrical camshaft.
33 meshes to obtain rotational power. The camshaft 33 has a hole 55 at the center to be fitted to the rotary drive shaft 5, and a gear 32 meshing with the gear 31 is provided at an edge of the hole 55. Further, a corrugated cam groove 34 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cam shaft 33 as shown in a developed view in FIG. 9 (a), and a pin 35 slidably engaged with the cam groove 34 is fixed. The vibration frame 36 is fitted on the outer periphery of the cam shaft 33. Therefore, the rotation of the rotary drive shaft 5 causes the camshaft to rotate.
When 33 rotates, the vibrating frame 36 reciprocates up and down by the action of the cam groove 34 and the pin 35, and the rotation is converted to reciprocating operation. The bottom surface portion 44 of the vibration frame 36 is formed with a thin plate thickness t, and has a through portion 56 at the center thereof.
The base end of the shaft 37 having the screw portion 42 formed at the tip is fitted to the through portion 56, and the retaining ring 38 is locked in the circumferential groove 57 at the through end to prevent the shaft 37 from coming off. . Also vibration frame
The screw portion 42 of the shaft 37 is inserted into the hole 40 of the
Penetrates and projects to the outside, and a vibrator 43 that taps the body to the screw portion 42 is connected. Outer body 39 is a hook provided on outer body 39
46 is inserted into the hook receiving portion 48 of the mounting base 47 and is locked and fixed by rotation. In this case, a coil-shaped spring 41 is passed through the shaft 37 to interpose between the vibrating frame 36 and the outer body 39 to firmly engage the hook 46 of the outer body 39. Also vibration frame 36
A guide rib 45 for guiding the pin 35 is provided on the inner surface of the outer body 39 to stabilize the vertical movement of the outer body 39.

FIG. 9A shows an example of a waveform in which the cam grooves 34 have the same height, and the movement amount a of the pin 35 is constant.
When the waveforms are of different heights a, b or more, as described above, not only monotonous but various vibrations can be obtained, comfortable fluctuation vibrations can be obtained for the body, and the massage effect is improved.

According to this embodiment, when power is supplied from the power supply unit 8 to the motor 7, the motor 7 operates and the rotary drive shaft 5 rotates. First
Is attached to the rotary drive shaft 5, the rotation of the rotary drive shaft 5 causes the first attachment 1
Rotates. When the second attachment 2 is connected to the rotary drive shaft 5, the rotation of the rotary drive shaft 5 causes the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism 4 to operate and reciprocate.

In this case, since the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism 4 is provided inside the second attachment 2, the waterproof structure is simplified as compared with the configuration in which the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism 4 is provided inside the main body 3, so that the reliability can be improved. At the same time, the head 9 of the main body 3 can be downsized. In addition, since the reciprocating operation of the second attachment 2 can be enhanced, for example, the effect of acupressure massage can be enhanced.

Also, by reducing the thickness t of the bottom surface portion 44 of the cup-shaped vibration frame 36 which is a mounting portion of the vibrator 43,
Softening the contact with 43 body and improving massage effect.

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. That is, in this cosmetic device, the battery pack 12 'is for a dry battery. As shown in FIG. 12 (b), the size of the battery pack 12 'is longer than that of the battery pack of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 12 (a), so that the pressing member 21 is attached to the end cap 13 by the end cap 13. It is detachably attached by coupling the screw 60 on the side and the screw 61 on the pressing member 21 side. As described above, the pressing member 21 and the end cap 13 having two types of structures are provided.
Battery packs 12 and 12 'with different lengths
Has been made available. 62 is a dry battery loaded in the battery pack 12 ', 63 is a supporting spring of the dry battery 62, 64 is an electrode, 65
Is a cap.

FIG. 13 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. That is,
In this cosmetic device, a liquid absorbing member 66 such as a sponge is fixed to the center cap 28 in place of the brush bristles 27 of the center cap 28 of the first embodiment. When a liquid detergent is applied to the brush bristles 54 for washing, the liquid absorbing member 66 functions to hold the detergent and not to spill, thereby helping to prevent waste of the detergent. Further, if the liquid absorbing member 66 is protruded from the tip end of the brush bristles 54 by the dimension δ, the liquid absorbing member 66 repeatedly expands and contracts during rotary cleaning, and thus has a function of improving foaming of the cleaning material.

A fourth embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. That is, in this beauty tool, a circumferential groove 67 was formed in the vibrator 43, and a mounting cylinder 70 of an attachment 69 having a plurality of projections 68 was fitted to the vibrator 43 and formed on the inner surface of the mounting cylinder 70. The attachment 69 is detachably attached to the vibrator 43 by engaging the engaging piece 71 with the circumferential groove 67. When the attachment 69 is attached to the vibrator 43, a wide area such as the abdomen of the body can be massaged at multiple points at the same time, so that the efficiency and the ease of use are improved. Reference numeral 72 denotes a groove for imparting elasticity to the engagement piece 71. Further, the projections 68 may include those having the same size or different sizes.

The pressing member 21 of the battery pack 12 'is detachably attached.
The end cap 13 may be used in common with the detachable 22, and compatibility between the charge packs 12 and 12 ′ having different lengths may be provided.

〔The invention's effect〕

Since the beauty tool of claim (1) has the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism provided inside the second attachment, the waterproof structure is simpler and more reliable than the configuration in which the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism is provided in the main body. The reciprocating motion of the second attachment can be enhanced, for example, the acupressure massage effect can be enhanced,
Also, there is an effect that the head portion of the main body can be downsized.

In the beauty device of claim (2), the thickness of the cup-shaped bottom portion serving as the mounting portion of the vibrator is reduced, so that the vibrator is softer to hit the body and the massage effect is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention in which a first attachment is attached to a main body, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a front view of a state in which the mounting base is removed, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a rear view, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a battery pack and a pack terminal, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a first attachment,
7 is a sectional view of the second attachment, FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view thereof, FIG. 9 is a development view of the rotary side of the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism, FIG. 10 is a partial sectional view of the second embodiment, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the battery pack with the cap removed, FIG. 12 is a perspective view comparing the charge of the battery pack and the dry battery, FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the third embodiment, and FIG. The figure is an exploded perspective view of the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 15 is a sectional view of a main part thereof. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... 1st attachment, 2 ... 2nd attachment, 3 ... Main body, 4 ... Rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism, 5 ... Rotary drive shaft, 6 ... Seal packing, 7 ... Motor, 8 ...
…Power supply part

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A reciprocating attachment having a first attachment for rotary operation and a second attachment for reciprocating operation including a rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism, wherein the first attachment and the second attachment are selectively provided. A beauty tool in which a rotating drive shaft to be connected protrudes from a main body via a seal packing, and a motor for rotating the rotary drive shaft and a power supply unit for supplying power to the motor are provided in the main body. 2. The first attachment is a rotary brush, and the reciprocating side of the rotary reciprocating conversion mechanism of the second attachment has a cup-like shape having a thin bottom surface portion, and a vibration is applied to the bottom surface portion. The beauty tool according to claim 1, wherein the child is protruded.