KR101540643B1 - Tooth cleaning apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tooth cleaning apparatus using high pressure air, which mixes a washing solution in a fine particle type with compressed air and sprays the mixture on a skin, and more specifically, to a tooth cleaning apparatus using high pressure air which makes the washing solution into a fine particle shape by using the compressed air and has oxygen combined with the washing solution in a fine particle shape to be sprayed in a spray shape, thereby spraying the washing solution on a skin evenly, having the sprayed washing solution smeared and absorbed well deeply into the skin, having the washing solution container containing the washing solution combined to be replaceable to a container combining unit of a body to use various kinds of washing solution, having a portable oxygen tank combined to be attachable/detachable through a coupling unit to/from a body for spraying the washing solution to be used at any time anywhere, and lowering the pressure of the pressure air, injected to the body from the oxygen tank, in a coupling unit, to relieve an impact on the body and prevent the washing solution container from being accidentally separated. According to the present invention, the tooth cleaning apparatus using high pressure air comprises a portable oxygen tank; a washing solution container; a body which includes a container combining unit which has the washing solution container combined to be replaceable, and a spray nozzle for spraying the washing solution; and a coupling unit which combines the portable oxygen tank to be attachable to or detachable from the body, wherein the washing solution is discharged from the oxygen tank, mixed in a fine particle type with the pressure air injected into the body, combined with the oxygen in the pressure air, and sprayed.

Description

[0001] TOOTH CLEANING APPARATUS [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a tooth cleaner for cleaning teeth by spraying jets of high-pressure air through teeth and gums, and more particularly to a tooth cleaner which is detachably coupled to an oxygen cylinder through a coupling unit and can be used anytime and anywhere The present invention relates to a tooth cleaner using a high-pressure air that can relieve an impact on a body by lowering the pressure of compressed air that is discharged from an oxygen cylinder and injected into a body by a coupling unit.

Generally, in order for a person to clean a tooth at home, a toothbrush is put on a toothbrush, and then the toothbrush is moved up and down and left and right to clean the teeth evenly.

That is, the user brushes while giving a predetermined force so that the user can hold the toothbrush in his / her hand and wipe the teeth evenly. The brushing is suitably performed so as not to give excessive load to the teeth and the gums.

In addition, an electric toothbrush has been developed to make brushing more convenient, which is configured to wipe the tooth while vibrating the toothbrush with a motor or the like.

However, as described above, when the toothpaste is applied to the toothbrush when cleaning the teeth at home, if the user wipes the toothbrush while moving his / her hand, it is difficult to uniformly wipe the teeth, and the foreign matter adhered between the teeth is not easily removed.

In addition, since it is difficult to massage gums and teeth separately after brushing or brushing at home, it is difficult to manage gums and teeth at home.

A conventional technique such as the registered utility model No. 20-0439115, the oral cleaning machine, the public utility model No. 20-2008-0004186, the "vacuum cleaner for teeth", the registered patent No. 10-0896415, the "portable tooth cleaner" So that foreign matter between the teeth can be easily removed without damaging the teeth or gums.

However, these teeth cleaners according to the related art are complicated in structure, are too bulky to carry, are required to have a built-in dry battery or a rechargeable battery inside the body using an electric motor, or require an external power supply. The manufacturing cost is high, and there is a great inconvenience to replace the battery or charge the battery.

The present invention has been devised to solve the problem of the tooth cleaner according to the related art as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a dental cleaner having a simple structure as a whole and excellent in economical efficiency, It is an object of the present invention to provide a tooth cleaner using air of high pressure.

In addition, by reducing the pressure of compressed air in the coupling unit, it reduces the impact on the body by the compressed air discharged from the oxygen cylinder, so that high-pressure air can be prevented from accidentally separating the cleaning liquid container from the body in an accidental situation Another object of the present invention is to provide a tooth cleaner using the same.

To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein,

Oxygen cylinder;

A body including an injection nozzle for injecting air filled in the oxygen cylinder and an operation lever for operating whether or not air is injected through the injection nozzle;

And a coupling unit detachably coupling the oxygen cylinder to the body.

And a cleaning liquid container detachably coupled to the body and discharging a cleaning liquid to the air flow path,

Wherein the coupling unit lowers the pressure of the air injected into the body by dispersing high-pressure air input from the oxygen cylinder therein,

The coupling unit

A coupling member coupled to the body,

An outer housing detachably coupled to the spout of the oxygen cylinder,

An intermediate housing installed in the outer housing and having an insertion portion inserted into an air hole of the oxygen cylinder to receive compressed air;

And an inner housing which is housed in the intermediate housing and in which a lower portion of the coupling hole is incorporated,

The inner bottom surface of the intermediate housing is formed with a plurality of dispersion grooves connected to the inlet holes at the central portion to disperse the introduced compressed air to the surroundings,

A plurality of through holes communicating with the dispersion grooves are formed in a bottom periphery of the inner housing, and a concentrated groove connected to each of the through holes to concentrate the introduced compressed air into a central portion and to introduce the compressed air into the central portion, Is formed.

The tooth cleaner using the high-pressure air according to the present invention having the above-

It is possible to remove the foreign material adhered to the teeth without damaging the teeth and gums by injecting high-pressure air, and it is possible to easily remove and attach the oxygen cylinder which provides a simple structure and high air pressure without using a power supply device such as a motor and a battery It is possible to separate and miniaturize the oxygen tube to be able to carry it anywhere and at any time, and to maintain the cleanliness of teeth and gums,

Since the oxygen cylinder is connected directly to the body through the coupling unit without the supply pipe, the coupling unit can be conveniently used because it is not restricted or inconvenient to use. The coupling unit reduces the pressure of the compressed air that is discharged from the oxygen cylinder, This is a tooth cleaner using air at a high pressure that can prevent the cleaning liquid container from being separated from the body in an accidental situation, and is an extremely useful invention for industrial development.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a tooth cleaner using high-pressure air according to the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view of a coupling unit coupling the body and the oxygen cylinder.
3 is an exploded exploded perspective view of the coupling unit;

Hereinafter, a tooth cleaner using high-pressure air according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

Before describing the present invention in more detail,

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain embodiments, it is obvious that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the invention. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the same reference numerals, and in particular, the numerals of the tens and the digits of the digits, the digits of the tens, the digits of the digits and the alphabets are the same, Members referred to by reference numerals can be identified as members corresponding to these standards.

In the drawings, the components are expressed by exaggeratingly larger (or thicker) or smaller (or thinner) in size or thickness in consideration of the convenience of understanding, etc. However, It should not be.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the term " comprising " or " consisting of ", or the like, refers to the presence of a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

As shown in the drawings, a tooth cleaner using high-pressure air according to the present invention is roughly divided into components of a body 10, a coupling unit 20 and a cover 50,

A cleaning liquid container 40 for supplying a cleaning liquid is detachably coupled to the body 10 in a screw manner and an oxygen cylinder 30 for supplying compressed air to the coupling unit 20 is detachably coupled.

The body 10 is provided with a spray nozzle 11 for spraying a cleaning liquid in front and a protrusion 13 protruding downward at the center of the body 10 to which the coupling unit 20 is coupled. And an operation lever 15 for operating the high pressure air of the oxygen cylinder so as not to be ejected or ejected by the leverage method. The injection nozzle 11 and the protrusion 13 are connected by a flow path through which compressed air flows.

A screw thread is detachably coupled to the coupling unit 20 at the outer circumference of the protrusion 13.

The lower end of the operation lever 15 is connected to an opening / closing member 17 for opening / closing a flow path through which high-pressure air flows, and is connected in a convex shape rearward at a lower side end portion, And the front portion of the body 10, which is in contact with the upper surface of the body 10 (that is, the lower side end portion) is in contact with the upper surface of the body 10 by the fulcrum The operation lever 15 is returned to the original position by the opening / closing member 17 which is lowered by the restoring force when the finger is released.

The cover (50) covers the body (10) and makes the appearance of the body (50) more beautiful.

The upper portion of the cover (50) is exposed on the upper portion of the cover (50) so that the user can press the cover with the fingers. A front portion of the cover (50) covers the spray nozzle (11) And a cap engaging portion 57 for accommodating and enclosing the lower side of the cleaning liquid container 40 is formed at the upper portion and a cap 53 is fixed to the outer periphery of the discharge port 51. [ So that the periphery of the discharge port is prevented from being contaminated by foreign matter and leakage of the cleaning liquid is prevented when not in use.

The container coupling unit 17 injects the cleaning liquid discharged from the cleaning liquid container 40 into the flow path, and the cleaning liquid is mixed with the compressed air passing through the flow path and discharged together.

The upper portion of the coupling unit 20 is removably screwed to the protrusion 13 of the body 10 and the spout of the oxygen cylinder 30 is detachably coupled to the lower portion of the coupling unit 20, And injects compressed air, which is discharged and inputted, into the body 10.

The coupling unit 20 includes a coupling 21, an outer housing 22, an intermediate housing 23, an inner housing 24, and O-rings 25 and 26, a dispersion pad 27, ).

The upper side inner surface of the coupling hole 21 is screwed to the outer surface of the coupling portion of the body 10 and the lower side outer surface is screwed to the inner surface of the inner housing 24.

The lower inner side surface of the outer housing 22 is screwed to the outer surface of the spigot of the oxygen cylinder 30 and the upper side inner surface is screwed to the outer surface of the middle housing 23.

The middle housing 23 is screwed to the inner surface of the outer housing 22 and is housed in the outer housing 22 and the inner surface of the middle housing 23 is screwed to the outer surface of the inner housing 24.

An insertion portion 231 inserted into the air hole of the oxygen cylinder 30 to receive the compressed air is protruded from the center of the bottom surface of the bottom portion of the intermediate housing 23, The inner portion of the insertion portion 231 penetrates into the inner space of the intermediate housing 23 and the compressed air flows into the inner space of the intermediate housing 23. An inflow hole 233 is formed.

The outer surface of the inner housing 24 is screwed to the inner surface of the intermediate housing 23 and the inner surface of the inner housing 24 is screwed to the outer surface of the coupling hole 21.

O-rings 25 and 26 are interposed between the middle housing 23 and the oxygen cylinder 30 and between the middle housing 23 and the inner housing 24 to seal the gap between the intermediate housing 23 and the inner housing 24, And a concentration pad (28) is interposed between the inner housing (24) and the coupling hole (21) to seal the gap to prevent leakage of extruded air.

The intermediate housing 23 may be coupled to the coupling member 21 without the inner housing 24 in the coupling unit 20 so that compressed air in the oxygen cylinder 30 is injected into the body 10 In the present invention, the inner housing 24 is further provided for lowering the pressure of the compressed air discharged from the oxygen cylinder 30 to the body 10.

When the pressure of the compressed air injected into the body 10 is increased, the impact applied to the body 10 by the compressed air is large. If the impact is large, the coupling between the components constituting the body 10 is weakened, and in particular, the cleaning liquid container 40 detachably coupled to the container coupling portion 17 can be separated and separated.

When the cleaning liquid container 40 is detached and separated from the container joining part 17 in an accidental situation, the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid container 40 may be poured and discarded. When the separated and separated cleaning liquid container collides with the floor, There is also the risk of wearing.

Thus, the coupling unit 20 further includes an inner housing 24, introducing a structure such as the dispersion groove 235, and lowering the pressure of the compressed air to be injected into the body 10.

A structure for lowering the pressure of compressed air inside the coupling unit 20,

The inner bottom surface of the intermediate housing 23 is formed with a number of dispersion grooves 235 connected to the central inlet 233 and directed toward the periphery,

A plurality of through holes 243 communicating with the ends of the dispersion grooves 235 and connected to the inner space are formed at the bottom of the inner housing 24,

A plurality of concentric grooves 245 connected to each of the through holes 243 and concentrated toward the center are formed on the inner bottom surface of the inner housing 24,

A portion of the bottom of the intermediate housing 23 except the end side of the dispersion groove 235 connected to the through hole 243 is covered between the inner bottom surface of the intermediate housing 23 and the bottom outer surface of the inner housing 24, The dispersion pads 27 are interposed in such a manner that the compressed air does not leak from the intermediate portion and is dispersed to the periphery (i.e., the end portion of the dispersion groove 235) to be introduced into the through holes 243,

Between the inner bottom surface of the inner housing 24 and the outer bottom surface of the coupling hole 21, the compressed air flowing into the concentrated groove 245 is covered with the concentrated groove 245, , And a concentration pad (28) having a concentrating hole (283) for allowing the compressed air, which has been concentrated and moved to the center, to flow into the coupling hole (21) is interposed.

The dispersion pad 27 is formed with a fitting groove 271 on an upper surface thereof so as to keep its position without being shaken by the compressed air and the outer surface of the bottom of the inner housing 24 A fitting protrusion 241 to be fitted is protruded.

The concentration pad 28 has a diameter corresponding to the inner diameter of the inner housing 24 so that it is not necessary to provide a structure for preventing the swing of the inner housing 24. The gap between the middle housing 23 and the inner housing 24 is sealed, To prevent leakage.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. And should be construed as falling within the scope of protection of the present invention.

10: Body
11: jet nozzle 13: protrusion
15: opening / closing button 17:
20: Coupling unit
21: coupling 22: outer housing
23: intermediate housing 24: inner housing
25, 26: O-ring 27: dispersion pad
28: Focusing Pad
30: Oxygen tank
40: Cleaning liquid container

Claims (4)

Oxygen cylinder;
A body including an injection nozzle for injecting air filled in the oxygen cylinder and an operation lever for operating whether or not air is injected through the injection nozzle;
And a coupling unit detachably coupling the oxygen cylinder to the body,

Wherein the coupling unit divides the high-pressure air input from the oxygen cylinder internally to lower the pressure of the air injected into the body. The method according to claim 1,
And a cleaning liquid container detachably coupled to the body, the cleaning liquid container discharging a cleaning liquid to the air flow path. delete 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The coupling unit
A coupling member coupled to the body,
An outer housing detachably coupled to the spout of the oxygen cylinder,
An intermediate housing installed in the outer housing and having an insertion portion inserted into an air hole of the oxygen cylinder to receive compressed air;
And an inner housing which is housed in the intermediate housing and in which a lower portion of the coupling hole is incorporated,

The inner bottom surface of the intermediate housing is formed with a plurality of dispersion grooves connected to the inlet holes at the central portion to disperse the introduced compressed air to the surroundings,
A plurality of through holes communicating with the dispersion grooves are formed in a bottom periphery of the inner housing, and a concentrated groove connected to each of the through holes to concentrate the introduced compressed air into a central portion and to introduce the compressed air into the central portion, And the air is supplied to the tooth cleaner.

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