KR100803380B1 - Heating and cooling pad for feet - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed cold and hot pad includes: an approximately rectangular parallelepiped body having an open top; Located at the top of the body, the heat generating member for generating heat; A power cord positioned above the heat generating member and extended to apply power to the heat generating member; Located on the top of the heat generating member, the temperature is varied by the heat generating member, a plurality of fitting holes are formed, the footing made of a hill and a valley to have a wave shape; And a protruding projection corresponding to the fitting hole and including an elastic member at a lower portion thereof. The cold and hot pad for the heat of the configuration is configured in the form of a wave can be extended to the surface area for dissipating heat, it can provide the effect of improving the performance of the pressure due to the elastic member of the pressure projection.

Foot, hot and cold pad

Description

Heat and cooling pad for feet {Heating and cooling pad for feet}

1 is a perspective view of a cold and hot pad for feet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a partial cutaway perspective view of the heating wire of FIG. 1;

3A is a perspective view of the scaffold according to the first embodiment of FIG. 1,

3B is a perspective view of the scaffold according to the second embodiment of FIG. 1;

4A is a cross-sectional perspective view taken along the line I-I of FIG. 1;

4B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1;

Figure 5a is a cross-sectional view showing a fixed projection and acupressure projections according to the first preferred embodiment of FIG.

Figure 5b is a cross-sectional view showing a fixing projection and acupressure projections according to the second preferred embodiment of FIG.

5C is a cross-sectional view illustrating the fixing protrusion and the acupressure protrusion according to the third preferred embodiment of FIG. 1.

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100 ... hot and cold pad 110 for the body

111,112 Ice pack box 112

113 Insertion groove 120 Heating element

130 Power cord 140 240 foot

141 Mounting Hole 142,242 Mount

143,243 Goals 145,245 Heat pipes

150 ... Acupressure Projection 151 ... Elastic Member

152 ... release lock ring 312 ... insertion hole

The present invention relates to a cold and hot pad for feet, and more particularly, to a cold and hot pad for feet to provide acupressure on the sole of the foot, to maintain an appropriate temperature, to relieve foot fatigue, and to help blood circulation.

In general, fatigue that is concentrated on the feet by modern people's lifestyle is increasing. And since the foot is called a miniature version of the human body, fatigue concentrated on the foot becomes a stressing factor for the whole body, and it is a general fact that it is necessary to release menstrual blood. And in hot summers and cold winters, even when air-conditioning facilities are installed in offices and homes, convection is not smooth and the feet often feel heat or cold.

As such, in order to remove fatigue and heat and cold that are concentrated on the feet, it is common in the home to massage by artificially stimulating the feet using various devices or devices, or to use devices such as foot baths.

However, these conventional instruments or devices have a problem that it is difficult to use in a public place such as an office because the hands need to massage the feet with tools or to soak the feet in water to give warmth to the feet.

In addition, in the device provided with acupressure projections for acupressure the foot, each projection is provided with a uniform height. In addition, some people have a flat foot or a arch structure that is not uniform, but it is a chiropractor of a uniform arch structure without considering this.

Therefore, each of the universal acupressure devices that do not follow the curvature of the feet of people do not evenly pressure the front of the bottom of the foot, there is a problem that can not efficiently acupressure foot.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an improved cold and warm pad for feet to help the blood circulation of the foot in the public place and give the cooler according to the user's choice.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to improve the performance of acupressure, and to provide acupressure projections to increase the efficiency of acupressure according to the arch structure of the other foot according to the user.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be described below, and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the present invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the claims.

Cold and heat pad for the present invention for achieving the above object, the body of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped with an open top; Located in the upper portion of the body, and a heat generating member for generating heat; A power cord positioned above the heat generating member and extended to apply power to the heat generating member; Located on the top of the heat generating member, the temperature is varied by the heat generating member, a plurality of fitting holes are formed, the footing made of mountains and valleys to have a wave shape; And protruding corresponding to the fitting hole, and having acupressure protrusions including an elastic member under the fitting hole.

Here, the scaffolding may be one selected from the form of the wave on the upper surface only or the form of the wave made of the mountain and the valley in the same direction as the upper surface and the lower surface.

And when only the upper surface is in the form of a wave, the scaffolding, it can insert a plurality of heat pipes in the longitudinal direction below.

In addition, when the upper surface and the lower surface is in the form of a wave consisting of a mountain and a valley in the same direction, the scaffolding, it is possible to place a plurality of heat pipes in the longitudinal direction in the lower portion.

In addition, when the upper surface and the lower surface is in the form of a wave consisting of a mountain and a valley in the same direction, the scaffold can be positioned a plurality of heat pipes in the longitudinal direction thereon.

In addition, the body, the opposite ends of the heat pipe is inserted into both sides of the contact with the ice, it may further include an ice pack box for storing the ice.

In addition, the scaffold may be of a removable type.

Furthermore, the body may include a fixing protrusion protruding in the vertical direction of the body in response to the fitting hole of the scaffold so that the acupressure protrusion can be placed.

In addition, the elastic member may be a spring.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in this specification and claims should not be construed in a common or dictionary sense, and the inventors will be required to properly define the concepts of terms in order to best describe their invention. Based on the principle that it can, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various equivalents that may be substituted for them at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be variations and variations.

1 is a perspective view of a hot and cold pad for feet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a partially cut perspective view showing the heating wire of Figure 1, Figure 3a is a perspective view of the footrest according to the first embodiment of Figure 1, Figure 3B is a perspective view of the scaffold according to the second embodiment of FIG. 1, FIG. 4A is a sectional perspective view taken along the line I-I of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, FIG. 5A 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a fixed projection and acupressure projections according to the first preferred embodiment of Figure 1, Figure 5b is a cross-sectional view showing a fixed projection and acupressure projections according to a second preferred embodiment of Figure 1, Figure 5c Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a fixed projection and acupressure projections according to a third embodiment of the.

Referring to the drawings, as shown in Figures 1 to 5c, the cold and hot pad 100 for a foot according to an embodiment of the present invention, the body 110, the heating member 120, the power cord 130 And, the foot plate (140, 240) and acupressure protrusions (150) are included.

More specifically, the body 110 is an approximately rectangular parallelepiped with an open top. And the body 110, as shown in Figure 2, may be provided with the heat generating member 120 for generating heat on the open top. Examples of the material that can be used as the heat generating member include a sheath heater and a cartridge heater.

Here, a switch (S) for turning on and off the power and a temperature control volume (B) capable of temperature control may be provided.

The power cord 130 may be positioned above the heat generating member 120 to apply power to the heat generating member 120. The current cord 130 may generate heat to the heat generating member 120 through a current.

And the temperature of the scaffold (140, 240) located on the upper portion of the heat generating member 120 is changed by the heat generating member (120). In addition, as shown in Figures 3a and 3b, a plurality of fitting holes 141 may be formed, consisting of the mountains 142, 242 and the valleys (143, 243) to have a wave form scaffold 140, The surface area of 240 may be wider than that of a general flat plate.

In addition, when the foot touches the surface, warm air may circulate in the space between the foot and the bones 143 and 243, so that the heat applied to the foot does not become excessive, and sweat generated on the foot may evaporate. Can be ventilated.

In addition, the shape of the hills and valleys is preferably curved, as shown in Figs. 3a and 3b, but is not limited thereto. And the shape of the mountain and the valley may be formed in the shape of a triangular or trapezoidal, such as a wave form.

The acupressure protrusion 150 may protrude through the fitting hole 141. The acupressure protrusion 150 may have a shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped or may have a shape of a substantially circular shape. Here, the acupressure protrusion 150 may be removed from the cold and hot pad 100 for feet according to the user's selection.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the acupressure protrusion 150 may increase the acupressure performance of the acupressure protrusion 150 by mounting an elastic member 151 on the lower portion thereof, and according to the shape of the sole arch structure of the foot of the user. The height of 150 is formed to increase the efficiency of the acupressure. Here, the elastic member 151 is preferably a spring.

In addition, the acupressure protrusion 150 is provided with a departure prevention ring 152 on the upper side where the elastic member 151 is located in order to prevent the departure from the fitting hole 141 of the scaffold (140, 240). desirable.

In addition, the scaffold (140, 240) is preferably one selected from the form of the wave form of the upper surface and only the upper surface and the lower surface of the mountain 142, 242 and the valleys (143, 243) in the same direction. . Here, as shown in FIG. 3A, when only the upper surface is in the form of a wave, the scaffold 140 preferably has a plurality of heat pipes 145 inserted therein in the lower direction thereof.

And as shown in Figure 3b, when the upper surface and the lower surface in the form of a wave consisting of the mountain 242 and the valleys 243 in the same direction, the scaffold 240, the lower portion in its longitudinal direction Heat pipe 245 may be located. Here, the heat pipe 245 may be located above the scaffold 240.

In addition, the body 110, as shown in Figure 4b, both ends of the heat pipe 145 is inserted into both ends of the contact with the ice, and further includes an ice pack box 111 that can store the ice can do. In addition, water may be placed in the ice pack box 112 on the other side.

Here, examples of materials that may be used for the heat pipe 145 include copper, stainless steel, aluminum, and the like. Distilled water, ethanol, acetone, and the like may be used as materials to be inserted into the heat pipe 145. .

Thus, the working fluid is cooled in the sealed heat pipe 145 of the heat pipe 145 in contact with the ice in the ice pack box 111. And by this pressure difference, it can move to another side and can radiate cold air.

In addition, by using one device as a heating device as well as a cooling device, by occupying the space occupied by two devices only one device can not only increase the utilization of the space, but also to increase the current when using the cooling device It is economical not to use.

In addition, it is preferable that the body includes fixing projections 112 and 212 in order to prevent the release of the acupressure projections. Herein, as shown in FIG. 5A, the fixing protrusion 112 may have an insertion groove 113 formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape to insert the acupressure protrusion 150 into the insertion groove 113.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5B, the fixing protrusion 212 may protrude integrally corresponding to the acupressure protrusion 150. Here, the body 110 may insert the acupressure protrusion 150 by forming an insertion hole 312, as shown in FIG. 5C instead of the fixing protrusions 112 and 212.

In addition, the body 110 is preferably provided with a fan (not shown). And it is preferable that the power cord is provided for the operation of the fan. Here, the fan may operate to generate wind. The fan installs only a part of the acupressure protrusions 150 protruding into the fitting holes 141, and blows the wind to the soles of the foot plates 140 and 240 through the fitting holes where the remaining acupressure protrusions 150 are not installed. Can be.

As described above, the cold and hot pad for feet of the present invention provides the following effects.

First, the surface area that dissipates heat in the form of waves expands. In addition, when the foot touches the surface, warm air circulates in the space between the foot and the bone, so that the heat applied to the foot is not excessive, and sweat on the foot can be evaporated, and foot smell can be ventilated. .

Second, by providing acupressure projections to promote blood circulation of the foot.

Third, the performance of acupressure can be improved due to the elastic member of the acupressure protrusion, and the height of the acupressure protrusion can be formed according to the shape of the sole arch structure of each foot to increase the efficiency of the acupressure.

In addition, it does not produce acupressure protrusions of the sole arch structure according to the user's personality does not increase the manufacturing cost accordingly.

Fourth, detachment from the current device is possible, and the detachable scaffold is easy to clean.

Fifth, by using one device not only as a heating device but also as a cooling device, the space occupied by two devices can be used as one device to increase the utilization of the space, and not to use current when used as a cooling device. It is not economical.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and will be described by the person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the claims.

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A rectangular parallelepiped body with an open top; Located in the upper portion of the body, and a heat generating member for generating heat; A power cord positioned above the heat generating member and extended to apply power to the heat generating member; Located on the top of the heat generating member, the temperature is varied by the heat generating member, a plurality of fitting holes are formed, the scaffold consisting of a hill and a valley to have a wave shape; And Protruding corresponding to the fitting hole, and provided with acupressure protrusions including an elastic member under the fitting hole, The scaffolding is one selected from the form of a wave only in the upper surface or in the form of a wave made of a mountain and valley in the same direction the upper and lower surfaces, When only the upper surface of the scaffold is in the form of a wave, the scaffold inserts a plurality of heat pipes in the longitudinal direction under the scaffold, When the upper surface and the lower surface of the scaffold is in the form of a wave consisting of a hill and a valley in the same direction, the scaffold, a plurality of heat pipes are located in any one of its lower or upper in the longitudinal direction, The body, both sides of the heat pipe is inserted into the both ends of the heat and cold pad pads, characterized in that it further comprises an ice pack box that contacts the ice, and can store the ice. delete delete delete delete delete The method of claim 1, The scaffold is a hot and cold pad for feet, characterized in that the removable type. The method of claim 1, The body, the hot and cold pad for feet, characterized in that it comprises a fixing projection protruding in the vertical direction of the body in response to the fitting hole of the scaffold so that the acupressure projections can be placed. The method of claim 1, The elastic member is a hot and cold pad for feet, characterized in that the spring.

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