KR100992368B1 - Automatic Toothpaste Extruder - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a toothpaste extruder for automatically discharging toothpaste. A case (2) having an accommodating space (20) for accommodating the toothpaste tube (300) therein, a driving device (4) installed inside the case (2) and squeezing the toothpaste tube (300), and Opening and closing device 6 for opening and closing the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300, and detecting the toothbrush close to the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300 to detect the motion to drive the drive device (4) And a remaining amount display unit displaying the remaining amount of the toothpaste tube 300. As a result, the drying of the toothpaste can be prevented, the toothpaste can be automatically drawn out, and the remaining amount can be easily checked.

Toothpaste, Detect, Open, Close

Description

Toothpaste Extruder

The present invention relates to a toothpaste extruder, and in particular, the toothpaste can be automatically squeezed out by a predetermined amount by a driving device, and also provided with a cover device for opening and closing the discharge port of the toothpaste to prevent drying of the toothpaste, the toothbrush on the discharge port automatically It relates to a toothpaste extruder that can improve the ease of use by allowing the toothpaste to be withdrawn.

As is well known, toothpaste is packaged and sold in a soft tube, and in order to take out the toothpaste embedded in the tube, the toothpaste is removed and the tube is compressed and drawn out.

In this way, in order to use the toothpaste embedded in the tube without exception, the toothpaste is drawn out by applying pressure from the end of the tube and the pressure must not be removed so that the toothpaste does not move to the end of the tube even after the extraction is completed.

Much research has been done to keep this pressure constant.

For example, the Republic of Korea Registered Utility Model Publication No. 1992-0003815 has a main body, and only the screw shaft is installed inside the main body to squeeze the toothpaste tube with the compression member is installed to rotate by the drive motor, Or a known toothpaste extruding apparatus which is capable of extruding toothpaste tubes with only a plurality of pinion gears in a longitudinal flat rack without a screw side, wherein the toothpaste tube is driven by the drive unit and the toothpaste tube along the longitudinal direction. A lifting body which is squeezed by moving, the lifting material is mounted by the lifting material part, the tube fixing part which protects and stabilizes the toothpaste tube in the main body and is installed at one end of the main body, and the toothpaste tube gripped by the tube fixing part. In communication with the opening of the toothpaste for crushing the toothpaste, and a motor driving circuit installed in the main body for driving the drive unit In addition, the motor driving circuit is described in the toothpaste extruder for rotating the motor of the drive unit in the forward and reverse directions.

In addition, the Republic of Korea Registered Utility Model Registration No. 1994-0002069 has a main body having a toothpaste intermittent member detachable to the lower portion, a toothbrush hook detachable to the side, and is installed on the upper portion of the main body and overload prevention device And a roller member for compressing the toothpaste tube while the elevating material member receives power to the driving member, the elevating material member being elevated by the elevating material member, and the toothpaste exerting member provided at the lower end of the main body. An electric toothpaste extruder comprising a tube fixing member that firmly grips directly above is described.

By the way, the conventional techniques as described above can be used without a toothpaste, but most of them have a problem that the device is complicated, the practical use of the problem of malfunction.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art, the applicant has filed a Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0530527 "Toothpaste Extruder".

Looking briefly at the configuration of the patent application No. 10-0530527, the upper case is an open rectangular parallelepiped lower case, a drive unit placed in the lower case, and fixed to the central side of the lower case to fix the end of the toothpaste The upper part is provided with a fixing part, a plate-like shape positioned on the upper part of the lower case, and a plurality of fasteners formed on one side of the switch hole and the lower edge of the lower part.

However, as a result of using the patented product, the discharge port of the toothpaste is not sealed and exposed to the air, so that the toothpaste of the discharge port dries and is not properly discharged.

In addition, the remaining amount of toothpaste was not easy to grasp from the outside, there was an inconvenience in not expecting the replacement time in advance.

Accordingly, the present invention was devised to improve the applicant's prior application No. 10-0530527 as disclosed above, the object of the present invention is to prevent the drying of the toothpaste by having a stopper for closing the discharge port of the toothpaste, Toothpaste extruder to be able to be automatically drawn out by placing the toothbrush on the discharge port to enhance the ease of use.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a toothpaste extruder to check the remaining amount of the stored toothpaste and to display the value on the display window more easily and conveniently.

One embodiment of the toothpaste extruder according to the present invention for achieving the above object, a case formed with a receiving space for accommodating the toothpaste tube on the inside, the drive device is installed inside the case and squeeze the toothpaste tube, Opening and closing device for opening and closing the discharge port of the toothpaste tube, the operation sensing unit for driving the driving device to detect when the toothbrush is close to the discharge port of the toothpaste tube, and the remaining amount display unit for displaying the remaining amount of the toothpaste, The drive device is connected to a drive motor, the shaft of the drive motor to reduce the rotational speed and the sprocket is installed, the one end is coupled to the sprocket is installed, the other end is coupled to the auxiliary sprocket installed in the receiving space A certain length of the chain and coupled to the chain can be moved to the toothpaste tube from the lower end It is composed of an extruded member to squeeze, the opening and closing device is hinged to the outside of the through hole of the case formed so that the discharge port of the toothpaste tube is opened and closed, the motion sensing unit is installed on the upper end of the cylindrical portion of the toothbrush It may be achieved by a toothpaste extruder comprising an optical sensor for detecting proximity and a control unit for controlling the on / off driving of the driving device in response to the signal of the optical sensor.

According to the toothpaste extruder of the present invention, when not in use by the opening and closing device that can close the discharge port of the toothpaste has the effect of preventing the drying of the toothpaste by blocking contact with air.

In addition, the toothpaste can be automatically withdrawn by touching the toothbrush is convenient to use.

In addition, a convenient advantage of easily checking the remaining amount of the stored toothpaste is also provided.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings such that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a toothpaste extruder according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view of the toothpaste extruder according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the toothpaste extruder according to the present invention.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the toothpaste extruder (A) of the present invention, a case (2) formed with a receiving space 20 for receiving the toothpaste tube 300 on the inside, and the case (2) It is installed in the interior of the drive device 4 for squeezing the toothpaste tube 300, the opening and closing device 6 for opening and closing the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300, and the discharge port of the toothpaste tube 300 When the toothbrush is close to the 310 is composed of a motion detection unit for driving the driving device 4 and the remaining amount display unit for displaying the remaining amount of the toothpaste tube (300).

The main components mentioned above will now be described in detail.

The case 2 is a rectangular cylindrical body formed therein the receiving space 20 to accommodate the toothpaste tube 300, the cover (not shown) is detachably installed in the upper opening, On the side is formed a through hole 22 into which the discharge port 310 of the stored toothpaste tube 300 is inserted (see FIG. 2).

That is, the cover is hinged to one end is hinged to the case 2, the locking device is formed on the other side of the cover can be fixed to the case (2).

The locking device may be implemented in various shapes such as hook type or magnet attachment or velcro fasteners, which are well known to those skilled in the art because of the well-known technical concept, and moreover, since the locking device is not a main feature of the present invention, Omit it.

The drive device 4 is a device for squeezing the toothpaste tube 300, and is connected to the drive motor 41 and the shaft of the drive motor 41 to reduce the rotational speed and the sprocket 42 is installed (43) and a chain 45 having a predetermined length coupled to the sprocket 42 of the reduction gear part 43 and the other end coupled to the auxiliary sprocket 44 installed in the accommodation space 20, It is composed of an extrusion member 46 to be coupled to the chain 45 can be moved to squeeze the toothpaste tube 300 from the lower end.

This drive device 4 is already described in detail in the above-mentioned Applicant's patent application No. 10-0530527, which is omitted here.

The opening and closing device 6 is installed to prevent a closed end of the contents of the tip dry out when the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300 is exposed to the atmosphere, see FIGS. 4 to 6. Will be explained.

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the 'opening and closing device' in detail in the toothpaste extruder of the present invention, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the 'opening and closing device' state in the toothpaste extruder of the present invention, Figure 6 is a toothpaste of the present invention A perspective view of a state in which an 'opening and closing device' is closed in an extruder.

Referring to FIG. 4, the opening and closing device 6 is a kind of stopper which is hinged to the outside of the through hole 22 of the case 2 formed to insert the discharge hole 310 of the toothpaste tube 300.

The opening and closing device 6 has a hemispherical shape, and one side of the outer periphery is adjacent to the through hole 22 of the case 2 so that the shaft pin 67 is coupled so as to be swingable.

In particular, the opening and closing device 6 can be easily opened and closed by a one-touch opening and closing means.

That is, the one-touch opening and closing means means that when the user pushes lightly with his finger, the opening and closing device 6 is opened, and when the user pushes the finger, the one-touch opening and closing means immediately returns to its original state and closes. will be.

The one-touch opening and closing means can be implemented in various forms. That is, it can be implemented by using a spring or by self-contained.

In the embodiment of the present invention, one-touch opening and closing means by self-adhesion is adopted.

That is, the one-touch opening and closing means by self-locking, as shown in Fig. 5 and 6, the magnet 62 embedded in the periphery of the through-hole 22 and the opening and closing device 6 to be fixed to the magnet 62 It consists of an iron plate 63 provided inside.

On the other hand, when the toothbrush is in close proximity to the opening and closing device 6 and the through-hole 22, a motion detection unit for squeezing and discharging the toothpaste is further installed.

The motion detection unit is installed in the vicinity of the through-hole 22, the optical sensor 65 for detecting the proximity of the toothbrush, and receives the signal of the optical sensor 65 to drive the on / off of the drive device (4) It is composed of a control unit 100 for controlling.

The optical sensor 65 is preferably an integrated type in which the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are integrated, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

Therefore, when the optical sensor 65 determines that the toothbrush is close, the signal is transmitted to the control unit 100, and the control unit 100 receiving the signal drives the driving motor 41 of the driving device 4 again. Squeezing the toothpaste is to be discharged through the discharge port (310).

The amount of toothpaste discharged by the driving of the driving device 4 is limited by a preset program, which is embedded in the microchip of the controller 100.

7 is a view schematically showing a 'residual display unit' applied to the toothpaste extruder of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the remaining amount display part is displayed on the display window 200 as a digital number so that the remaining amount of the toothpaste tube 300 stored in the case 2 can be easily seen from the outside.

The remaining amount display unit is installed in the receiving space 20 at equal intervals and consists of a pair of light emitting sensors 5a and light receiving sensors 5b symmetrically installed on both sides of the toothpaste tube 300 and the control unit 100. Sensors (51 to 55) connected to the, and is connected to the control unit 100 and the display window 200 installed in the case (2) to express the remaining amount by numbers.

The light emitting sensor 5a and the light receiving sensor 5b are installed on the inner wall of the inner accommodating space 20 of the case 2, and preferably, between the sprocket 42 and the auxiliary sprocket 44 of the chain 45. The light emitted from the light emitting sensor 5a is directly introduced into the light receiving sensor 5b without being obstructed by being installed in a space.

In addition, the detection sensors 51 to 55 are divided into five equal parts of the toothpaste tube 300 and the number 1 from the lower end of the toothpaste tube 300 and the number 5 to the top of the total five sets of detection sensors 51 to 55 are By being installed, it is possible to detect the change in the remaining amount by 20%.

That is, the light of the light emitting sensor 5a and the light receiving sensor 5b is blocked by the toothpaste tube 300, and the toothpaste tube 300 is thinned by squeezing the toothpaste so that the light emitting sensor 5a and the light receiving sensor 5b are provided. When light passes through each other, the change is detected to determine the remaining amount.

That is, when the first detection sensor 51 is blocked by the toothpaste tube 300 filled with toothpaste and the light is blocked, the thickness of the toothpaste becomes thin as the toothpaste is discharged, and the signal is controlled. The control unit 100 receives the signal, calculates it, and finally displays the number '80' on the display window 200 so that the user knows that about 80% of the toothpaste remains.

Of course, the number of the sensor can be added or subtracted as needed.

The display window 200 may be installed on any part of the case 2 or the cover, and preferably, the display window 200 should be installed at the front of the cover so that the user can easily recognize the display window 200.

It looks at the action of the toothpaste extruder of the present invention configured as described above.

Open the cover of the case (2) to accommodate the toothpaste tube 300, the discharge port 310 is accommodated so as to fit in the through hole (22).

Subsequently, when the cover is closed and the power is applied, the display is ready for use. At this time, the display window 200 displays the number '100' to indicate that the remaining amount of 100% remains.

Subsequently, when the user pushes the opening and closing device 6 to one side and opens the toothbrush to the discharge port 310, the tooth sensor is detected by the optical sensor 65 and driven by the control unit 100 to drive the toothpaste. Discharged.

Then, remove the toothbrush and push the opening and closing device (6) to the other side to close and brush your teeth.

On the other hand, when the remaining amount of the toothpaste tube is reduced, as described above, the first sensor can detect the amount of the decrease sequentially from the sensor 51, by expressing it on the display window 200, the user to determine the replacement time of the toothpaste tube (300) You will know exactly.

If, when the inoperable situation of the optical sensor 65 occurs, the present invention includes all of the configuration of the applicant's patent application No. 10-0530527 of the applicant described above, so that the user directly turn on / off the operation switch 24 It is obvious that the toothpaste can be dispensed with, thus avoiding the useless situation.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail using the preferable embodiment, the scope of the present invention is not limited to a specific embodiment and should be interpreted by the attached claim. In addition, those skilled in the art should understand that many modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a toothpaste extruder according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a toothpaste extruder according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the toothpaste extruder according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing in detail the 'opening and closing device' in the toothpaste extruder of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a view of the open state 'opening and closing device' in the toothpaste extruder of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a view showing a state of closing the 'opening and closing device' in the toothpaste extruder of the present invention.

7 is a view schematically showing a 'residual display unit' applied to the toothpaste extruder of the present invention.

<Description of Major Configuration Codes in Drawings>

2: case 4: driving device

6: switchgear 20: accommodation space

51 to 55: first to fifth detection sensors 62: magnet

63: iron plate 65: light sensor

Claims (5)

A case 2 in which an accommodation space 20 for receiving the toothpaste tube 300 is formed; A driving device 4 installed inside the case 2 and squeezing the toothpaste tube 300; Opening and closing device 6 for opening and closing the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300, When the toothbrush is close to the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300 includes a motion detecting unit for driving the drive device 4 by detecting this, The drive device 4 is connected to a drive motor 41, the shaft of the drive motor 41, the reduction gear portion 43 is provided with a sprocket 42 to reduce the rotational speed, and the reduction gear portion 43 One end is coupled to the sprocket 42 of the other end of the chain 45 of a predetermined length coupled to the auxiliary sprocket 44 installed in the receiving space 20, and can be coupled to the chain 45 is moved It includes an extrusion member 46 to squeeze the toothpaste tube 300 from the lower end, The opening and closing device 6 is hinged to the outside of the through-hole 22 of the case 2 formed so that the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300 is inserted, so as to open and close, The opening and closing device 6 is further provided with a one-touch opening and closing means, The one-touch opening and closing means may include a magnet 62 embedded in the periphery of the through hole 22 and an iron plate 63 installed inside the opening and closing device 6 so as to be fixed to the magnet 62. Toothpaste extruder. According to claim 1, The motion detection unit is installed in the vicinity of the through hole 22, the optical sensor 65 for detecting the proximity of the toothbrush, and the drive device 4 receives the signal from the optical sensor 65 Toothpaste extruder characterized in that it comprises a control unit 100 for controlling the on / off driving. delete The method of claim 2, Further comprising a remaining amount display unit for displaying the remaining amount of the toothpaste tube 300, The remaining amount display unit is installed in the receiving space 20 at equal intervals and consists of a pair of light emitting sensors 5a and light receiving sensors 5b symmetrically installed on both sides of the toothpaste tube 300 and the control unit 100. Toothpaste extruder, characterized in that it comprises a detection sensor connected to, and the display window 200 is connected to the control unit (100) and installed in the case (2) to express the remaining amount numerically. A case 2 in which an accommodation space 20 for receiving the toothpaste tube 300 is formed; A driving device 4 installed inside the case 2 and squeezing the toothpaste tube 300; Opening and closing device 6 for opening and closing the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300, When the toothbrush is in close proximity to the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300 is configured to include a motion detection unit for driving the drive device 4 by detecting this, It comprises a remaining amount display to display the remaining amount of the toothpaste tube 300, The drive device 4 is connected to a drive motor 41, the shaft of the drive motor 41, the reduction gear portion 43 is provided with a sprocket 42 to reduce the rotational speed, and the reduction gear portion 43 One end is coupled to the sprocket 42 of the other end of the chain 45 of a predetermined length coupled to the auxiliary sprocket 44 installed in the receiving space 20, and can be coupled to the chain 45 is moved It consists of an extrusion member 46 to squeeze the toothpaste tube 300 from the lower end, The opening and closing device 6 is to be hinged to the outside of the through-hole 22 of the case 2 formed to be inserted into the discharge port 310 of the toothpaste tube 300, the opening and closing, The remaining amount display unit is installed in the receiving space 20 at equal intervals and a sensing sensor consisting of a pair of light emitting sensors 5a and light receiving sensors 5b symmetrically installed on both sides of the toothpaste tube 300, and Toothpaste extruder, characterized in that it comprises a display window 200 installed in the case (2) to express the remaining amount of the toothpaste tube 300.

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