JPH0511869Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a portable nasal aspirator.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, in early spring, many patients with rhinitis due to hay fever have appeared, and these rhinitis patients have a common symptom of a lot of runny nose. However, I have had the problem of inflaming the area around my nose if I do it frequently.

In addition, when babies and young children get a rhinitis or catch a cold, they are unable to blow their noses by themselves, so they use a dropper-type nasal aspirator to suck out the nasal mucus. It took a lot of effort to clean the nasal mucus aspirator every time it was sucked out, and it was a hassle to be unable to suck out mucus continuously.

Therefore, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 52-72393, a device has been devised that uses a suction motor section powered by a dry battery or the like to suck nasal mucus from an infant or the like through a suction port and deposit it into a nasal sump reservoir.

However, this conventional nasal aspirator has an exposed suction port and is not hygienically managed.Furthermore, when carried around as a portable device, the main unit is placed sideways or upside down in a handbag or bag. , there was a risk that the secretions in the nasal mucus reservoir would leak out from the suction port again.

The present invention was proposed in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is a useful nasal suction device that does not cause inflammation around the nose, so it can be kept at home or carried around in a handbag or bag. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a portable nasal aspirator that can be easily used anywhere and by anyone, and is sanitary.

[Means to solve the problem]

The portable nasal aspirator according to the present invention, which has achieved the above object, has an air suction pump driven by a dry battery built into the portable container, and an air suction path to the air suction pump in the upper space. A snot storage tank is provided in the portable container to be connected in communication, a snot suction pipe is communicated with the snot storage tank, and the snot suction pipe is rotatably pivoted to a pipe holder on the upper side of the portable container, By bending the nasal mucus suction pipe in the vicinity of the pivot point, the pipe portion on the tip side of the bent portion can be freely switched between a storage state in which it runs along the top of the portable container and a usage state in which it protrudes outside of the portable container. and in the above-mentioned state of use, a snot suction path communicating with the snot suction pipe is formed in the pipe holder, and an air suction path communicating the snot storage tank space with the air suction pump is formed in the pipe holder. formed on the pipe holder and the nasal suction pipe, and under switching to the storage state,
A feature of the present invention is that the nasal mucus suction path and the air suction path are configured to be closed by a nasal mucus suction pipe.

[Effect]

According to the above characteristic configuration, by inserting the tip side of the nasal mucus suction pipe into the nostril and operating the air suction pump, the air in the nasal mucus storage tank is exhausted from the upper side of the tank, so that the nasal mucus is continuously transferred to the nasal mucus storage tank. In addition, by rotating the nasal mucus suction pipe and placing it along the top of the portable container when storing the nasal mucus suction device, it is possible to switch the nasal mucus suction device to the housing state and prevent the backflow of secretions in the nasal mucus storage tank. .

Furthermore, if a cap is provided to cover the entire nasal mucus suction pipe, the nasal mucus suction pipe will not come into contact with the outside, making it very sanitary.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the whole portable nasal aspirator in use with the cap 1 removed, and FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal sectional front view of the portable nasal nasal aspirator described above.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 2 in the figures indicates a portable container in which a recess b is connected to an engaging protrusion a on the inner surface of the cap 1, and the container can be attached to and detached from the container body 3. It consists of side container parts 4,5.

The container body 3 includes a motor 6 and a cam mechanism 7 that converts the rotational motion of the motor 6 into linear motion.
For example, a bellows type air suction pump 8 driven by the cam mechanism 7 is built in, and a snot storage tank 9 is provided on one side of the space of the container body 3, and the other side of the space is provided with a snot storage tank 9. A dry battery 10 for driving the motor is provided on the side.

As shown in FIG. 3, the container body 3 includes a pair of vertical plate portions 11 facing each other in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper.
The vertical plates 12, 12 and the vertical plates 12, 1
A bottom plate 13 and a diagonal top plate 14 extending over two parts are provided, and hanging plate parts 15 having locking recesses c formed on the inner surface of the lower side are provided on both sides of the diagonal top plate 14,
Although not shown, it has a two-part structure that is locked and connected in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper.

The snot storage tank 9 has a hollow structure made of synthetic resin with a lower part bulging from the middle part to one side, and a locking recess d is formed in the upper surface of the bulging part. .

The one container portion 4 detachably holds the nasal mucus storage tank 9, and has an engaging protrusion e that engages the engaging recess d from below, and has an engaging protrusion e that engages the engaging recess d from below. A locking portion g that locks from below into a locking recess f formed in the vertical plate portion 11 of the main body 3
and a locking projection h that locks into the locking recess c formed in the diagonal top plate 14 from the inside of the container, and furthermore, the connecting member 16 of the locking projection h is elastic in the thickness direction. Flexible deformation is possible.

By bending the connecting member 16 as shown by the imaginary line, the locking protrusion h is released from the locking recess c, and the container portion 4 is released in this unlocked state. By pushing down, the container part 4 can be removed from the container body 3,
Moreover, by bending the elastic support member 17 that elastically supports the snot storage tank 9 and releasing the locking of the locking protrusion e from the locking recess d, the snot storage tank 9 can be removed from the container portion 4. It is now possible to remove it.

The other container part 5, like the one container part 4, is detachable from the container body 3, and the dry battery 10 can be replaced.
Further, in order to reduce the number of types of component parts, it is formed in exactly the same shape as the one container part 4.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a switch button for turning the motor 6 ON and OFF, and its operation part is exposed upward from the upper surface of the diagonal top plate 14.

A pipe holder 19 is supported by the vertical plates 12, 12 and built into the container body 3. A hanging member 20 that enters the upper space of the nasal mucus storage tank 9 is connected to the pipe holder 19, and a connecting part of the hanging member 20 is connected to the pipe holder 19. Around,
A packing 21 is provided in airtight contact with the upper edge of the nasal mucus storage tank 9.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a nasal mucus suction pipe having a replaceable soft nose cap 23 on the tip side, and a large diameter portion 22a on the base side thereof penetrates the slanted top plate 14 and is rotatably pivoted to the pipe holder 19. , and a nasal mucus suction path 24 is provided at a location offset from the rotation axis P.

The nasal mucus suction pipe 22 is bent near its pivot point, specifically near the top surface of the diagonal top plate 14, and is bent near the pipe holder 1.
9, and as the portable container 2 rotates relative to the container body 3, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIGS. , and a usage state Y in which the pipe portion 22b is projected diagonally upward and outward from the portable container 2.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a fitting for preventing the nasal mucus suction pipe 22 from coming off, and is attached to the pipe holder 19.

26 is a pipe holder 1 including the hanging member 20
The snot suction path on the holder side formed in 9 communicates with the snot suction path 24 on the pipe side only when the snot suction pipe 22 is switched to the usage state Y (No.
(see figure).

That is, when the nasal mucus suction pipe 22 is switched to the accommodated state X, the nasal mucus suction path 26 on the holder side is closed by the large diameter portion 22a of the nasal mucus suction pipe 22 (see FIGS. 2 to 4). It is structured as follows.

Reference numeral 27 denotes an air suction path that connects the upper space of the snot storage tank 9 to the air suction pump 8 (see FIG. 5) only when the snot suction pipe 22 is switched to the usage state Y, and is connected to the large diameter portion 22a. a flow path portion 27a formed at the corner of the pipe holder 19, and flow path portions 27 on the upstream side and downstream side formed in the pipe holder 19.
b, 27c, as shown in Figures 2 to 4,
When the nasal mucus suction pipe 22 is switched to the accommodation state X, the upstream flow path portion 27c is
2a.

According to the above configuration, the air suction pump 8
Since the nasal suction pipe 22 is small-sized and driven by a dry cell battery 10, the entire nasal suction device can be constructed compactly, and the nasal suction pipe 22 can be placed in the housed state X.
By switching to , the entire nasal aspirator becomes more compact, making it very convenient to carry in a handbag or bag.

Regarding use, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the nasal suction pipe 22 is switched to the usage state Y with the cap 1 removed, and the nose cap 23 attached to the nasal suction pipe 22 is
By simply inserting the snot into the nostril and operating the switch button 18 to drive the air suction pump 8, the air inside the nasal mucus storage tank 9 is exhausted to the outside of the container through the air suction path 27. The nasal mucus is continuously sucked into the nasal mucus storage tank 9 through the nasal mucus suction passages 24 and 26 and dripping from the hanging member 20, and even if the nasal mucus is suctioned frequently, it is difficult to blow the nasal mucus with a nasal paper or a gauze handkerchief. There is no risk of causing inflammation as in the case.

Since the air suction path 27 opens at the upper part of the nasal mucus storage tank 9 and the lower end of the hanging member 20 is located below this opening, the sucked nasal mucus flows into the air suction path 27 to the air suction pump 8. rotation is effectively prevented.

On the other hand, when the snot suction pipe 22 is switched to the storage state X and the cap 1 is attached to the container body 3 when not in use, the snot suction pipe 22 becomes compact as a whole, making it convenient to carry. When the nasal mucus suction pipe 22 is switched to the storage state Even if you carry the nasal mucus aspirator with you or handle it roughly, the nasal mucus sucked into the nasal mucus storage tank 9 will not flow back through the suction channels 24, 26, 27, so you do not have to worry about contaminating the contents of your handbag, etc. You don't have to.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, by taking out one container part 4 from the container body 3 and removing the snot storage tank 9 from this container part 4, only the snot storage tank 9 can be easily cleaned. This makes it easy to keep the nasal aspirator clean at all times.

In addition, if the nose cap 23 is too short and it is difficult to suction nasal mucus from a baby or small child, it is sufficient to replace the nose cap 23 with a longer one, or alternatively, a longer nose cap 23 may be attached to the nasal mucus suction pipe 22. When switching the snot suction pipe 22 to the accommodation state X while it is attached telescopically,
The nose cap 23 may also be deflated.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, the nasal mucus suction device of the present invention has a compact form in which the air suction pump is driven by a dry cell battery, and the portable container is further equipped with a storage tank for the nasal mucus sucked by the air suction pump. In this way, the entire nasal mucus suction device is constructed compactly, and the nasal mucus suction pipe connected to the nasal mucus storage tank is rotatably connected to the pipe holder on the upper side of the portable container, and the The nasal mucus suction pipe is bent near the bent part so that the pipe part on the tip side of the bent part can be freely switched between a storage state in which it is placed along the top of the portable container and a usage state in which it is projected outside of the portable container. and, in the above usage condition, a snot suction path communicating with the snot suction pipe is formed in the pipe holder, and an air suction path communicating the snot storage tank space with the air suction pump is formed in the pipe holder. and a snot suction pipe, and the snot suction path and the air suction path are closed by the snot suction pipe when the storage state is changed. Therefore, it is not only possible to keep a nasal aspirator at home without taking up space, but also to carry it in a handbag, bag, etc. It has become possible to provide a portable nasal aspirator that is easy to use and can be used by anyone, and is useful for rhinitis patients suffering from hay fever and parents raising babies and young children.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an external view of the portable nasal aspirator with the cap removed, Figure 2 is a longitudinal front view of the portable nasal aspirator, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram for removing the nasal mucus storage tank, and Figure 4 is the nasal mucus aspirator. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of switching the suction pipe to the storage state, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of switching the nasal mucus suction pipe to the usage state. 2...Portable container, 8...Air suction pump, 9
... Snot storage tank, 10 ... Dry battery, 19 ...
Pipe holder, 22... Nasal suction pipe, 22b
... Tip side pipe part, 26 ... Nasal suction path, 2
7...Air suction path, X...Accommodated state, Y...Used state.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An air suction pump driven by a dry battery is built into the portable container, and a snot storage tank is provided in the portable container to which an air suction path to the air suction pump is communicated. The snot suction pipe is rotatably connected to the pipe holder on the upper side of the portable container, and the snot suction pipe is bent in the vicinity of the pivot portion, and the pipe is connected to the pipe on the distal end side of the bent portion. a snot suction path configured such that the portion can be freely switched between a stored state in which the portion is placed along the top of the portable container and a used state in which the portion protrudes outward from the portable container; is formed in the pipe holder, and an air suction path for communicating the snot storage tank space with an air suction pump is formed in the pipe holder and the snot suction pipe, and when the snot is switched to the stored state, A portable nasal suction device characterized in that the nasal suction suction path and the air suction path are configured to be closed by a nasal suction pipe.