JPH11299543A - Tooth brush housing tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tooth brush housing tool for simply and stably supporting the tooth brush by only inserting the tooth brush with its head part facing down, sterilizing the tooth brush during housing and eliminating worry about the leaking out of water stuck to the tooth brush. SOLUTION: The tooth brush housing tool 1 is provided with a case 3 provided with an openable/closable cap 4 and a tooth brush housing section 5 housing the brush 2 invertedly and mounting and housing the tip of its head part 2a, and arranged with a UV bactericidal lamp 13 of a cold cathode discharge tube type facing the lower part of the housing section 5 and opposed to the brush part of the brush 2. A water receiving tray 42 may be provided attachably and detachably under the housing section 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a toothbrush holder for accommodating and sterilizing a toothbrush.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many bacteria inhabit the mouth of a person, and when the teeth are brushed, the bacteria, plaque and food residue adhere to the toothbrush. Therefore, if the used toothbrush is left for a long time after being washed with water, bacteria with proper moisture and nutrients will proliferate, and there is a serious hygiene problem. Therefore,
Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Sho.
It is disclosed in JP-A-3-283605, JP-A-2-4429 and the like.

[0003] In these conventional toothbrush holders, the bristle portion of the toothbrush is turned upward, and this portion is hooked and supported by a notch formed at the front end of the bottom of the container, and the lid on the front of the container is closed. Therefore, not only is it difficult to store the toothbrush, but the toothbrush easily falls when the lid is opened, and cannot be stored depending on the shape of the handle. In addition, there is a possibility that the moisture attached to the hair portion will flow down along the handle and fall from the lower end of the handle to stain the floor or the like.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to simply and stably support a toothbrush irrespective of its length and the shape of a handle by simply inserting the toothbrush with its head part down. Another object of the present invention is to provide a toothbrush container that can sterilize a toothbrush during storage and does not have a fear that moisture attached to the toothbrush leaks out.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A toothbrush housing according to the present invention includes a case having a lid that can be freely opened and closed and a toothbrush housing section for inverting the toothbrush and mounting and housing a head portion thereof. A cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp is provided facing the lower part of the section and facing the brush portion of the toothbrush. The toothbrush is stably supported by simply inserting the toothbrush into the toothbrush accommodating section with its heavy side head part down and the bristle tip toward the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp. Irrespective of the length and shape of the handle, the head portion is arranged at the same position, and faces the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp. Since the entire toothbrush is housed in the case with the head part facing downward, moisture attached to the hair does not fall down along the handle.

[0006] A plurality of toothbrush receiving sections may be formed.
With this configuration, a plurality of toothbrushes can be stored and sterilized at the same time. It is desirable to provide a water tray detachably below the toothbrush accommodating section, because the treatment of the moisture attached to the toothbrush is simplified. At this time, a drain hole can be provided on the bottom surface of the case, and a water receiving tray can be detachably attached below the bottom surface of the case.

[0007] A separate bottom plate can be detachably provided at the bottom of the case, and a plurality of toothbrush head storage sections can be formed on the bottom plate so as to correspond to the toothbrush storage sections. By adopting this configuration, only the bottom plate that comes into contact with the
It can be taken out of the case and washed.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a toothbrush holder 1 of the present invention has a lid 4 which can be freely opened and closed, an inverted toothbrush 2 and a tip end of a head portion 2a thereof. A case 3 having a plurality of toothbrush accommodating sections 5 for accommodating and a cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the case 3 is made of a transparent or opaque synthetic resin, and includes a case body 6 inclined upward and rearward, and a board case 7 provided behind the case body 6.

The case body 6 comprises a substantially box-shaped inner case 10 having an open front surface, and a substantially box-shaped front cover 9 which is detachably attached so as to cover the front surface of the inner case 10 and has an open rear surface. Is done. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front cover 9 is vertically divided at a substantially central portion in the height direction, and an upper half and a lower half are pivotally attached to the front surface side. . The upper half of the front cover 9 constitutes the lid 4 of the case main body 6, and as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a transparent ultraviolet shielding panel 12 is fitted in the center of the lower half of the front cover 9, and is attached to the rear end of the side wall of the lower half of the front cover 9. , A semicircular cutout 14 is formed. 4 and 5, a pair of left and right projections 8 are provided to project rearward from both sides of the lower edge of the front cover 9, and between the projections 8, a rear end of the lower edge of the front cover 9 is provided. A rectangular notch 41 which is a half of a drain hole 41 to be described later.
a is formed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the inner case 10 has a storage recess 15 having an open front surface.
On the rear surface, a plurality of partition plates 16 extending in the height direction are erected in parallel at appropriate intervals, and the toothbrush storage sections 5 are formed between these partition plates 16 respectively. Further, a through hole 17 into which the switch pressing projection 11 can be inserted is formed at a position corresponding to the switch pressing projection 11 of the lid 4 in the protrusion 33 on one side of the storage recess 15.

Further, engagement notches 32 are formed on both sides of the lower surface of the inner case 10 so as to removably engage with the projections 8 of the front cover 9.
And the front cover 9 is attached to the inner case 10.

A rectangular notch 41b is formed at the front end of the lower surface of the inner case 10 between the engaging projections 9, and this rectangular notch 41b and the rectangular notch 41a of the front cover 9 are formed.
A drain hole 41 (see FIG. 1) is formed in the bottom of the case body 6.

At four positions on the back surface of the inner case 10 near the outer periphery, screw insertion cylinders 30 for mounting the substrate case are installed, and a plurality of (three in the example shown in the figure) screws for mounting the substrate are mounted at appropriate positions. An insertion tube 30 'is installed.

As shown in FIG. 4, at the lower front end of the side wall of the inner case 10, the notch 1 of the front cover 9 is formed.
4, a semicircular notch 14 'is formed, and a circular and transparent ultraviolet shielding plate 1 is formed in the notch 14'.
2 'is fitted and fixed. Therefore, the inner case 1
When the front cover 9 and the front cover 9 are joined, the notch 14 and the notch 14 'are closed by the ultraviolet shielding plate 12'. The engagement between the ultraviolet shielding plate 12 ′ and the notch 14 together with the engagement between the projection 8 and the engagement notch 32 constitutes a joining means between the front cover 9 and the inner case 10.
As shown in FIG. 6, a germicidal lamp storage section 18 is formed below and below the storage recess 15 along the lower edge of the inner case 10. At both ends of the germicidal lamp storage section 18,
A germicidal lamp support 19 is formed and the germicidal lamp support 1 is formed.
A terminal (not shown) is arranged at the back of the reference numeral 9.

As shown in FIG. 1, a rear end of a separate bottom plate 20 is detachably fitted to a lower portion of the germicidal lamp housing portion 18. The bottom plate 20 is mounted over the entire width of the germicidal lamp storage part 18 and has a cross section that curves downward and convex. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, partition walls 21 are erected at equal intervals from the partition plate 16 of the inner case 10 on the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 near the front portion. A toothbrush head storage section 22 corresponding to the storage section 5 is formed.

Accordingly, when the rear end of the bottom plate 20 is inserted and attached to the lower part of the germicidal lamp housing part 18 and the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 is installed between the germicidal lamp support parts 19, 22 is located below the toothbrush accommodating section 5, the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 faces behind all the toothbrush head accommodating sections 22, and the toothbrush 2.
Will be arranged to face the brush portion of. Also,
At the center in the width direction behind the toothbrush head storage section 22,
A drain gutter 23 is provided downward so that water flowing into the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 can be discharged downward.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, a back panel 25 that is inclined along the back surface of the inner case 10 projects from the front end of the side wall of the vertical box portion 24 and the front end of the upper edge of the board case 7, as shown in FIGS. It is formed. At four corners of the vertical box portion 24, screw insertion holes 26 corresponding to the screw insertion tubes 30 of the inner case 10 are respectively formed, and wall hanging holes 27 are formed at both upper portions of the vertical box portion 24. I have.

Then, as shown in FIG.
The rear panel 25 is superimposed on the rear surface of the inner case 10 and the inner case 10 is inserted through the screw insertion holes 26.
The substrate case 7 and the inner case 10 are joined together by screwing the tapping screw 28 into the screw insertion tube 30 of FIG. The board 29 is housed in the space between the inner case 10 and the board case 7, and the tapping screw 28 ′ is inserted through the board 29 and screwed into the screw insertion tube 30 ′, so that the board 29 is attached to the inner case 10. Fixed to. Then, the power cord 31 penetrating through the vertical box portion 24 and drawn into the substrate case 7 is connected to the substrate 29, and the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 and the substrate 29 are connected by a lead wire (not shown).

When the board case 7 is attached to the inner case 10, a switch housing space 34 is formed between the raised portion 33 of the inner case 10 and the back panel 25 of the board case 7, as shown in FIG. Switch storage space 34
The switch 35 is mounted behind the through hole 17 inside the. The hinge lever 36 of the switch 35 is arranged facing the through hole 17 and the push button 3
7, i.e., forward. The switch 35 is electrically connected to the substrate 29, and the hinge lever 36 and the push button 37 are electrically insulated.

When the cover 4 is closed, the switch pressing projection 11 is inserted into the through hole 17 and presses the hinge lever 36. As a result, the push button 37 is pressed and the switch 35 is turned on.
In the N state, the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 is turned on. In addition, the current is automatically cut off and the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 is set to be turned off when a predetermined time has elapsed since the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 was turned on.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the vertical box 24
The rear surface and the side surfaces protrude below the rear panel 25 to form a support base 38 having an open front surface. Support stand 3
A guide rail 39 extending in the depth direction is formed on both inner surfaces of each of the guide rails 8, and a guide fin 40 projects at an intermediate portion of the guide rail 39 in the height direction. A drain hole 41 ′ is formed in the lower surface of the base case 7, that is, the bottom surface of the case 3 at a position corresponding to the drain hole 41 of the case body 6. Drain gutter 2
3 can be inserted.

As shown in FIG. 1, a water receiving tray 42 is detachably attached to the inside of the support base 38 from the front. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the water receiving tray 42 includes a tray main body 43, an upright wall 44 provided at a front end thereof and closing a front surface of the support base 38, and wings projecting to both sides of the tray main body 43. And a piece 45. Then, the wing pieces 45 are connected to the guide fins 4.
0, the tray body 43 is inserted into the support base 38, and the water receiving tray 4 is held until the upright wall 44 contacts the front end of the support base 38.
When the slide 2 is slid, the dish main body 43 is disposed below the tip of the drainage gutter 23 to receive water discharged through the drainage gutter 23.

The toothbrush holder 1 of the present invention is used as follows. The lid 4 is opened, and as shown in FIG. 1, the toothbrush 2 is placed in the toothbrush accommodating section 5 with its head portion 2a down, and the tip of the hair is a cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 1.
Store toward 3. Then, the head portion 2 a of the toothbrush 2 is inserted into the toothbrush head storage section 22 of the bottom plate 20. Next, when the lid 4 is closed, the switch pressing protrusion 11 protruding from the back surface enters the through hole 17 and the switch 35 is closed.
As a result, as described above, the switch 35 is closed, the cold cathode discharge tube type UV sterilizing lamp 13 is turned on, and the toothbrush 2 is sterilized. In addition, when a certain time has passed since the lid 4 was closed, the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 is automatically turned off and the sterilization is completed. The lid 4
When the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 is automatically turned off when the user opens or removes the user, the user does not receive ultraviolet rays directly from a close distance.

From the head portion 2a of the toothbrush 2 to the bottom plate 20
The water that has fallen in is collected in the dish main body 43 of the water receiving tray 42 along the drainage gutter 23, and can be easily treated by pulling out and discarding the water receiving tray 42. When the bottom plate 20 becomes dirty, it is possible to remove the front cover 9 and take out only the bottom plate 20 for cleaning.

It should be noted that even when the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 13 is on, if the inside of the case 3 is viewed through the ultraviolet shielding plates 12 and 12 ', the ultraviolet light will not adversely affect the eyes. Absent. In addition, the toothbrush holder 1 can be erected by placing the support base 38 on the upper surface of the table or the like, or by inserting a fixture such as an L nail into the wall hanging hole 27 and hanging it on the wall.

[0027]

According to the configuration described in claim 1, the toothbrush is placed with its heavy side head part down, and
Just insert the tip of the hair into the toothbrush storage compartment toward the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp, and the toothbrush can be easily and stably supported, and regardless of the toothbrush length and handle shape Since the head portion is arranged at the same height and faces the cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp, the head portion can be surely sterilized. In addition, since the entire toothbrush is stored in the case with the head facing downward, there is no danger that the moisture adhering to the hairs will be transmitted down the handle and fall, thus soiling the floor and the like.

Further, since a cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp having a small calorific value is used as the germicidal lamp, the distance between the head of the toothbrush and the germicidal lamp can be reduced, so that the case is compact and compact. In addition, even with a small germicidal lamp, a high germicidal effect can be obtained, and the power consumption can be kept low. Also, even if water droplets spilled from the toothbrush adhere to the glass surface of the germicidal lamp, there is no fear of cracking, and even if the lid is opened immediately after the sterilization is completed, there is no risk of burns. It is more convenient if the germicidal lamp is turned off when the lid is opened or removed.

According to the second aspect, a plurality of toothbrushes can be stored and sterilized at the same time.
According to the configuration described in claim 3, the water that has flowed down from the head portion of the toothbrush can be easily treated by removing the water receiving tray and discarding the accumulated water. According to the configuration described in claim 4, since the water receiving tray can be taken out without opening the case, the water treatment is further facilitated. According to the configuration described in claim 5, since only the bottom plate that comes into contact with the head portion of the toothbrush or that is easily contaminated by water falling from the head portion can be taken out and washed, a good sanitary condition is always maintained. Easy to maintain.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a toothbrush container showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the above.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the above.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the front cover.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the inner case.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the board case.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a bottom plate.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the above.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a water receiving tray.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 toothbrush holder 2 toothbrush 3 case 4 lid 5 toothbrush storage section 6 case body 7 board case 8 protrusion 9 front cover 10 inner case 11 switch pressing protrusion 12, 12 'ultraviolet blocking plate 13 cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamp 14 notch Part 15 storage recess 16 partition plate 17 through hole 18 germicidal light storage part 19 germicidal light support part 20 bottom plate 21 partition wall 22 toothbrush head storage section 23 drain gutter 24 vertical box part 25 back panel 26 screw insertion hole 27 wall mounting hole 28, 28 'Tapping screw 29 Substrate 30, 30' Screw insertion tube 31 Power cord 32 Engagement notch 33 Raised portion 34 Switch storage space 35 Switch 36 Hinge lever 37 Push button 38 Support table 39 Guide rail 40 Guide fin 41, 41 'Drain hole 41a, 41b rectangular notch 42 water Receiving tray 43 Dish body 44 Standing wall 45 Wing piece

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A toothbrush having a case having an openable and closable lid and a toothbrush accommodating section for inverting a toothbrush and mounting and accommodating a head portion thereof, and facing a lower portion of the toothbrush accommodating section, to a brush portion of the toothbrush. A toothbrush container, wherein opposed cold cathode discharge tube type UV germicidal lamps are provided. 2. The toothbrush container according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said toothbrush container sections are formed. 3. The toothbrush holder according to claim 1, wherein a water tray is detachably provided below the toothbrush storage section. 4. The toothbrush holder according to claim 3, wherein a drain hole is formed in the bottom surface of the case, and the water receiving tray is detachably attached below the bottom surface of the case. 5. The case according to claim 1, wherein a separate bottom plate is detachably provided on the bottom of the case, and a plurality of toothbrush head storage sections are formed on the bottom plate so as to respectively correspond to the toothbrush storage sections. A toothbrush container according to any of the claims.