KR102407029B1 - Thermo-transfer care appratus using the light irradiation - Google Patents

Abstract

The thermal care device of the present invention relates to a thermal care device capable of irradiating light with excellent skin permeability to a user and effectively dissipating a light source generated by light irradiation while delivering waste heat generated during heat dissipation to the user.

Description

Thermal care device using light irradiation {Thermo-transfer care appratus using the light irradiation}

The present invention relates to a thermal care device capable of raising a user's core body temperature and providing a feeling of warmth, and more particularly, irradiates a user with light having excellent skin permeability, and effectively radiates heat from a light source that is heated according to the light irradiation. It relates to a thermal care device capable of transferring generated waste heat to a user.

Recently, people have a tendency to have various skin diseases due to environmental factors such as instant eating habits and environmental hormones, including existing genetic factors. In particular, since these skin diseases are not a simple disease, but can lead to skin cancer or severe dermatitis, healing is essential.

In this regard, those skilled in the art have tried to develop methods that allow people to escape from the fire by raising their body temperature, and the most commonly seen methods on the market include means for people to stay in saunas, hot springs, hot baths, half baths, and charcoal kilns.

However, these existing methods did not lead to an effective rise in the body temperature of the bride, and were inefficient because they had to stay for a long time in an ondol room, etc.

So, technologies that solved this in a more scientific way include Coley's Toxin, paraffin therapy, hydrothermal therapy, electromagnetic wave therapy, and extracorporeal heating. We have developed and distributed equipment that makes

As such, as a device for raising the body temperature through near-infrared rays, there is a "near-infrared thermotherapy device" disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2012-0072564. However, the near-infrared thermotherapy device of Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0072564 requires the user to properly use the near-infrared lamp while adjusting the amount of lamp light, thereby increasing the inconvenience of the user and reducing the treatment effect due to the decrease in the amount of lamp light. There was a problem.

In addition, the existing technology has a disadvantage that, when high-temperature near-infrared rays are directly irradiated to the user, the user's fatigue also increases in proportion to the use time, which is a problem directly related to the user's health. was requested

Accordingly, the "Infrared lamp module for raising the core body temperature" of Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1516356 has been proposed. The lamp module has a plurality of halogen lamps embedded in it so that it can be embedded in the side wall or floor of the sauna room, and a transparent cover is provided on the surface. It is made up of formed bodies. In particular, the filter liquid is filled inside the housing of the lamp module to radiate heat from the halogen lamp and block the high wavelength band of the near-infrared radiated therefrom, thereby penetrating the near-infrared rays into the skin without damaging the user's skin surface.

However, the filter fluid filled in the housing causes a short circuit, etc. in the connection terminals of the halogen lamp, which increases the risk of electrical safety accidents, and also has a disadvantage in that the waste heat of the filter fluid heated from the halogen lamp is discarded as it is.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0072564 (Title of the invention: near-infrared thermotherapy device) Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1516356 (Title of the invention: Infrared lamp module for increasing core body temperature)

The present invention was devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and the present invention blocks some wavelength bands of near-infrared radiation emitted from a light source to penetrate deep into the user's skin without damaging the surface of the user's skin, and has high electrical stability. , an object of the present invention is to provide a thermal care device capable of efficiently dissipating heat generated from a light source and reusing waste heat generated during heat dissipation.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention is a thermal care device that raises the user's core body temperature and provides a feeling of warmth. It is provided with a light source unit for irradiating light toward a user installed on the front side, and a heat exchange unit for dissipating heat generated in the light source unit to air and cooling water, and supplying air heated according to the heat dissipation to the inner space of the body housing.

Here, the light source unit includes a light source module provided with a light source lamp on a substrate, a light source module mounting frame formed to a predetermined length to mount the light source module in a long hole having a wide upper surface and a narrow lower surface, and a transparent front surface and It may be provided with an optical filter plate installed on the upper step of the light-transmitting fluid is filled between the back surface to form a long hole.

At this time, the light source lamp may be formed as a halogen lamp of a rectangular shape extending in the longitudinal direction in which a ceramic coating layer is formed on the surface of the substrate is arranged, and the ceramic coating layer is any one of HfC, TaC, ZrC ceramic nanopowder, a solvent and, It may be formed by mixing polyethyleneimine (PEI) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).

In addition, the heat exchange unit forms a cooling water circulation path through which cooling water is circulated on both sides of the light source module mounting frame, and may include a heat dissipation jacket in which a plurality of cooling fins protrude from the inside of the cooling water circulation path, the cooling water and the light transmitting fluid of the optical filter plate It may be provided with a circulation pump for circulating the.

In addition, the heat exchange unit may include an air circulation unit that circulates air through the long hole of the light source module mounting frame to dissipate heat, and supplies heated air to the inner space of the body housing according to the heat dissipation. A cooling air inlet pipe coupled to the communicating end to guide air flowing in from the outside to the long hole, and the other end connected to the other end communicating with the internal space of the light source module mounting frame to pass the heated air across the long hole to the inner space of the body housing It may be provided with a heating air discharge pipe to guide. In this case, the cooling air inlet pipe may be formed as a branch pipe having one side connected to the plurality of light source units.

The present invention can irradiate light that can penetrate deep into the skin without damaging the surface of the skin, efficiently dissipate heat generated from the light source by using cooling water and air together, and also reduce waste heat generated during heat dissipation. By using it to provide a user's sense of warmth, light irradiation and heating can be performed at the same time by efficiently using energy.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a thermal care device according to the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of a light source unit according to the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of a light source according to the present invention.
4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a heat exchange unit connected to a light source unit according to the present invention.
5 is a view showing a cooling water circulation flow of a heat exchange unit according to the present invention.
6 is a cross-sectional view showing the air circulation flow by the air circulation unit of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

This embodiment is provided to more completely explain the present invention to those with average knowledge in the art, and the shape of elements in the drawings, the size of elements, the spacing between elements, etc. may be exaggerated or reduced for

In addition, in the description of the embodiment, if a component is described as being "formed", "included", "coupled", or "fixed" to another component, it is directly formed in the other component, It may be provided, coupled, or fixed, but it will be understood that other components may be present in the middle.

In addition, when it is determined that the technical features of the present invention may be unnecessarily obscured as it is already obvious to a person skilled in the art, such as a known function or a known configuration related in principle in describing the embodiment, the detailed description thereof A description will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view showing a thermal care device 100 according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the present invention is a body housing 10 in which an internal space is formed, and a plurality of installations in the internal space of the body housing 10 and a light source unit 20 to be

The body housing 10 consists of a housing having a front surface 11 on which a user can lie down, and a plurality of light sources 20 installed in parallel in the longitudinal direction in the inner space of the housing, and the cooling water by being connected to the light source unit 20 . A circulation pump 74 for supplying is provided. The front surface 11 of the body housing 10 is formed of a transparent material through which the light of the light source unit 20 can be transmitted, and a door is formed on one side to maintain the light source unit 20 accommodated in the inner space.

2 is an exploded perspective view of the light source unit 20 according to the present invention, FIGS. 3 and 4 are longitudinal and cross-sectional views thereof, respectively. Referring to FIGS. 2 to 4 , the light source unit 20 is a light source lamp 32 on a substrate 31 . At the upper end of the light source module 30 provided with the light source module 30, the light source module mounting frame 40 in the form of a bar in which a long hole 41 is formed so that the light source module 30 is mounted, and the light source module mounting frame 40 An optical filter plate 50 is provided.

As the light source lamp 32 , an infrared lamp such as a halogen lamp having a high transmittance to the skin of the human body may be used. A halogen lamp is made by embedding a tungsten filament in a quartz tube and filling and encapsulating a halogen gas, and the light in the infrared and near-infrared wavelength bands with excellent skin penetration along with the visible light band is emitted. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the halogen lamp is formed as a rectangular lamp extending in the longitudinal direction on which the substrate 31 is arranged so that light is emitted over a large area. The tungsten filament 33 embedded in the rectangular halogen lamp is provided with a filament support part 34 supporting the tungsten filament 33 at regular intervals so that it can be maintained in a straight shape along the longitudinal direction.

In addition, a ceramic coating layer 35 is formed on the surface of the halogen lamp to protect the user's eyesight due to the intense light of the heated filament 33 . The ceramic coating layer 35 is formed by adding a solvent of water or ethanol and a dispersant to any one of HfC, TaC, and ZrC ceramic nanopowder having a particle diameter of 10 μm to 50 μm. Polyethylenimine (PEI) or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) may be used as a dispersing agent to uniformly disperse the ceramic powder.

The light source module mounting frame 40 is a metal frame for protecting the light source module 30 by embedding and dissipating heat generated therefrom, and an aluminum alloy having excellent thermal conductivity may be used. A reflective layer is formed on the surface of the long hole 41 of the mounting frame 40 in which the light source module 30 is built in to allow light reflection, and as shown in FIG. 3, the upper surface is wide and the lower surface is narrow. Light may be emitted through a wider emitting surface that is a long-direction light source lamp 32 . Here, the stepped 42 is formed on both sides of the upper side forming the long hole 41 , and the optical filter plate 50 through which the emitted light is transmitted is coupled to the stepped 42 .

The optical filter plate 50 is in the form of a plate in which a light-transmitting fluid 53 such as water is filled in the space between the front surface 51 and the rear surface 52, which are transparent plates, and is installed to be spaced apart from the front surface of the light source module 30 . In the optical filter plate 50 , the light emitted from the light source lamp 32 is filtered by the light-transmitting fluid, and the long wavelength (about 1,200 nm or more) band of the emitted light is mostly filtered by the optical filter plate 50 . The long wavelength band of 1,200 nm or more has very low skin transmittance, and may cause burns on the user's skin during irradiation, so it is preferable to filter it. As the light in the visible, infrared and near-infrared bands is irradiated through the optical filter plate 50 , it can penetrate deep into the user's skin. Here, the light-transmitting fluid 53 of the optical filter plate 50 is connected to the circulation pump 74 and circulated, and the light source unit 20 has a body housing ( 10) is installed on the inner upper part of the As described above, since the optical filter plate 50 filled with the light-transmitting fluid 53 is formed independently of the light source module 30 , leakage of the light source module 30 by the light-transmitting fluid 53 does not occur, so that electrical Stability is improved.

The heat exchange unit 60 is connected to the light source unit 20 to radiate heat generated from the light source module 30 , and supplies heated air to the internal space of the body housing 10 according to the heat dissipation. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the heat exchange unit 60 connected to the light source unit 20 according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a view showing the circulation flow of cooling water in the heat exchange unit 60 . Referring to this, the heat exchange unit 60 is formed on both sides of the light source module mounting frame 40 to circulate air into the internal space of the heat dissipation jacket 70 in which the cooling water is circulated, and the light source module mounting frame 40, and is circulated. An air circulation unit 80 for supplying heated air to the inner space of the body housing 10 is provided.

The heat dissipation jacket 70 forms a cooling water circulation path 71 through which cooling water is circulated on both sides of the light source module mounting frame 40 , and a plurality of cooling fins 72 protrude inside the cooling water circulation path 71 . One end of the heat dissipation jacket 70 formed as a pair of left and right sides of the light source module mounting frame 40 is connected to each other. , it moves to the other heat dissipation jacket 70 connected thereto, and is discharged through the end of the cooling water circulation path 71 again.

For circulation of the cooling water, the heat dissipation jacket 70 through which the cooling water flows is connected to the circulation pump 74 through the cooling water conveying tube 73, and the cooling water conveying tube 73 at the heat dissipation jacket 70 through which the cooling water flows out. It is connected to the discharge tank 75 through the. The circulation pump 74 and the discharge tank 75 may be installed on one side of the body housing 10. When the cooling water heated in the discharge tank 75 is cooled to a predetermined temperature, the heat dissipation jacket is passed through the circulation pump 74. It is circulated to (70). As such, the heat dissipation jacket 70 is formed so as to be in contact with the light source module mounting frame 40 on both sides to circulate the cooling water, and as the circulated cooling water contacts the cooling fins 72 in a large area, the light source unit 20 is rapidly contacted. can heat up. In the present invention, the air circulation unit 80 is provided in order to efficiently use waste heat generated during cooling while cooling the light source unit 20 with external air while dissipating heat by the cooling water.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing the air circulation flow by the air circulation unit 80 of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the air circulation unit 80 is a light source module mounting frame in which the light source module 30 is mounted ( 40) is coupled to both ends so as to communicate with the long hole 41, and external air is supplied to the long hole 41 to dissipate heat from the light source module 30, and the temperature rises according to the heat dissipation, and the heated air is supplied to the body housing 10. supplied to the interior space.

The air circulation unit 80 is coupled to one end communicating with the long hole 41 of the mounting frame 40 and a cooling air inlet pipe 81 for guiding the air flowing in from the outside to the long hole 41, and the light source module mounting frame A heated air discharge pipe 82 that is coupled to the other end communicating with the long hole 41 of the 40 and guides the heated air to the inner space of the body housing 10 by traversing in the longitudinal direction of the long hole 41, external air and a cooling air inlet fan 83 for introducing the into the cooling air inlet pipe 81 .

Accordingly, the cooling air (blue arrow in FIG. 6) supplied to the cooling air inlet pipe 81 by the cooling air inlet fan 83 crosses the long hole 41 to dissipate the light source module 30, and to The heated air (red arrow in FIG. 6) whose temperature has risen accordingly is discharged rearwardly by the heating air discharge pipe 82 provided at the lower part of the light source unit 20, and as shown in FIG. 6, the hot air discharged backwards The air may rise and transmit a feeling of warmth to the front surface 11 of the body housing 10 on which the user is lying. As such, light is irradiated toward the front surface 11 of the body housing 10 on which the user is placed, and at the same time, warm air is transmitted to the front surface 11 through the heated air exhaust pipe 83 .

On the other hand, when a plurality of light source units 20 are installed as described above, the air circulation unit 80 is connected to one end of each light source unit 20 , and at this time, a cooling air inlet pipe connected to the plurality of light source units 20 . It is preferable that one side of the 81 is formed as a branch pipe so that the cooling air is uniformly guided to the long hole 41 of each light source module mounting frame 40 by the cooling air inlet fan 83 .

The thermal care device 100 according to the present invention made as described above can irradiate the user with light that can penetrate deep into the skin without damaging the skin surface.

Here, by using the light source unit 20 that generates heat during light irradiation together with external air and cooling water, not only can the light source efficiently radiate heat, but also waste heat generated during radiating heat can be transferred to the user, so Irradiation and providing a feeling of warmth may be performed at the same time.

The present invention described above is not limited to the described embodiments, and it is apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it should be said that such variations or modifications fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

10: body housing 11: front
20: light source unit 30: light source module
31: substrate 32: light source lamp
33: tungsten filament 34: filament support
35: ceramic coating layer 40: light source module mounting frame
41: long hole 42: step
50: optical filter plate 51: optical filter plate front
52: optical filter plate rear 53: light transmitting fluid
60: heat exchange unit 70: heat dissipation jacket
71: cooling water circuit 72: cooling fins
73: coolant transfer tube 74: circulation pump
75: discharge tank 80: air circulation unit
81: cooling air inlet pipe 82: heating air outlet pipe
83: cooling air inlet fan

Claims (9)

In a care device that raises the user's core body temperature and provides a feeling of warmth,
a body housing having a front surface of a transparent material and having an internal space;
a light source unit installed in the inner space of the body housing and irradiating light toward the user seated on the front surface; and,
and a heat exchange unit dissipating heat generated in the light source unit to air and cooling water, and supplying air heated according to the heat dissipation to the inner space of the body housing; and
The light source unit,
a light source module provided with a light source lamp on a substrate;
a light source module mounting frame formed to a predetermined length to mount the light source module in a long hole having a wide upper surface and a narrow lower surface of the upper light; and,
A thermal care device comprising a; an optical filter plate installed on a step of an upper end of which a light-transmitting fluid is filled between the front and rear surfaces of the transparent plate to form the inner space. delete According to claim 1,
The light source lamp is
A thermal care device, characterized in that it is a halogen lamp having a ceramic coating layer formed on the surface and extending in the longitudinal direction in which the substrates are arranged. 4. The method of claim 3,
The ceramic coating layer,
A thermal care device, characterized in that it is formed by mixing any one of HfC, TaC, and ZrC ceramic nanopowder, a solvent, and polyethyleneimine (PEI) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). According to claim 1,
The heat exchange unit,
and a cooling water circulation path through which cooling water is circulated on both sides of the light source module mounting frame, and a heat dissipation jacket having a plurality of cooling fins protruding from the inside of the cooling water circulation path. According to claim 1,
and a circulation pump for circulating the cooling water and the light-transmitting fluid of the optical filter plate. According to claim 1,
The heat exchange unit,
and an air circulation unit that circulates air into the inner space of the light source module mounting frame to radiate heat, and supplies air heated according to the heat dissipation to the inner space of the body housing. 8. The method of claim 7,
The air circulation unit,
a cooling air inlet pipe coupled to one end communicating with the long hole of the light source module mounting frame and guiding the air flowing in from the outside to the long hole; and,
and a heated air discharge pipe coupled to the other end communicating with the long hole of the light source module mounting frame and traversing along the long hole to guide the heated air into the inner space of the body housing. 9. The method of claim 8,
The cooling air inlet pipe is a thermal care device, characterized in that one side is formed as a branch pipe connected to the plurality of light source units.

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