KR102481458B1 - Tattooing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tattooing device. The present invention relates to a tattooing device. The tattoo device of the present invention comprises: a device housing with a hollow pipe structure; a needle bundle detachably supporting a needle substantially inserted into the skin and performing tattoo work; a needle drive unit disposed within the device housing, connected to the needle bundle, and driving the needle forward and backward based on a predetermined operation signal; a button unit connected to the needle drive unit, having one side exposed to the outside of the device housing, and inputting the operation signal for driving the needle drive unit; a housing cap connected to the device housing on the opposite side of the needle bundle and fixing the position of the needle drive unit; and a detachable contact pressing unit connected to the needle drive unit in a form surrounding the needle bundle while allowing movement of the needle and pressed against the skin on one side during the tattoo work and can be detached from the corresponding position. According to the present invention, precise tattoo work can be performed with a compact yet efficient structure.

Description

Tattoo device {Tattooing device}

The present invention relates to a tattoo device, and more specifically, a compact and efficient structure that enables precise tattoo work, and unlike the prior art, a detachable contact pressure unit is applied, so cleaning or maintenance is easy and hygienically safe. It is about a tattoo device that can be used.

Tattooing refers to the work of injuring the skin or subcutaneous tissue and using paint to engrave letters or patterns.

Usually, it was engraved to mark an oath or to celebrate, and in uncivilized societies, it was done with the intention of magic or decoration.

At first, small tools made of animal bones were used for tattooing, but today, various types of tattooing tools are developed and used, such as making scars on the skin by linearly reciprocating a needle through the drive of a motor.

The prior art for such a tattoo device has been disclosed in FIGS. 1 and 2 . Of course, in addition to FIGS. 1 and 2, various types of tattoo instruments or tattoo devices have been developed and used or are expected to be used.

However, in the case of the prior art, including the tattoo apparatus of FIGS. 1 and 2, precise tattooing is not easy due to its structural limitations, and the so-called presser foot contact pressure unit that is pressed in contact with the skin is integral, so cleaning or Since there are many difficulties in maintenance, it is necessary to develop a device to compensate for this.

Korean Intellectual Property Office Application No. 10-2007-0079415 Republic of Korea Intellectual Property Office Application No. 10-2015-0046251 Republic of Korea Intellectual Property Office Application No. 10-2016-0011409 Republic of Korea Intellectual Property Office Application No. 10-2018-0090339

An object of the present invention is to provide a tattoo device that can perform precise tattooing with a compact and efficient structure, and is easy to clean or maintain and is hygienically safe because it has a detachable contact pressure unit unlike the prior art.

The above object, the instrument housing of the hollow pipe (pipe) structure inside; A needle bundle that detachably supports a needle that is substantially inserted into the skin and performs tattooing; a needle driver disposed in the mechanism housing and connected to the needle bundle and driving the needle forward and backward based on a predetermined operation signal; a button unit that is connected to the needle driving unit and has one side exposed to the outside of the mechanism housing and inputs an operation signal for driving the needle driving unit; A housing cap connected to the instrument housing at the opposite side of the needle bundle and fixing the position of the needle drive unit; and a detachable contact pressing unit that is connected to the needle drive unit in a form surrounding the needle bundle while permitting the operation of the needle, and one side of which is pressed in contact with the skin during tattooing and is detachable from the corresponding position. is achieved by

The button unit may include a unit bar connected to the needle driving unit; and a functional button provided on one side of the unit bar, and a button exposure opening exposing both the unit bar and the functional button may be formed in the mechanism housing.

A needle adjustment wheel for adjusting the exposure distance of the needle to the detachable contact pressure unit is further included, and the needle adjustment wheel is exposed to a wheel exposure port opposite the button exposure port in the mechanism housing and is rotatably provided. And, an anti-slip pattern for preventing slipping may be formed on one side of the outer wall of the mechanism housing.

The needle adjustment wheel is connected to the needle assembly through a wheel adjuster so that the needle can move forward and backward on the needle assembly when the needle adjustment wheel is rotated in a normal and reverse direction.

The detachable contact pressure unit includes a unit plate; a needle passing portion formed through the center of the unit plate through which the needle passes; A plurality of coupling bridges provided to be connected to the unit plate and inserted into and coupled to some of the plurality of couplers formed at equal intervals along the circumferential direction on the front surface of the needle drive unit, but having a step portion formed at the end; a working guide provided to protrude from the unit plate on the opposite side of the coupling bridge and disposed to surround the needle passing portion and having a contact surface substantially in contact with the skin; A plurality of embossed projections formed on the contact surface of the work guide; And it is formed in the central region of the contact surface of the work guide may include a slot for passing the needle forming a place through which the needle passes through communication with the needle passage portion.

The detachable contact pressure unit is made of a transparent material, a coupling plunger is provided to protrude from a stepped portion of the coupling bridge, and the coupling bridges can be combined while being reinforced with the unit plate by a reinforcing support.

Based on the input signal of the functional button may further include a controller for controlling the operation of the needle driving unit.

According to the present invention, it is possible to perform precise tattoo work with a compact and efficient structure, and unlike the prior art, since a detachable contact pressurizing unit is applied, cleaning or maintenance is easy and hygienically safe.

1 and 2 are structural diagrams of general tattoo devices.
3 is a perspective view of a tattoo device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 8 are views showing the tattoo device of FIG. 3 from different angles.
Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of a main part of Fig. 3;
10 is a partially exploded perspective view of FIG. 3 .
Figure 11 is a rear perspective view of Figure 10;
12 is a perspective view of a detachable contact pressurization unit.
13 to 15 are views showing the detachable contact pressurization unit of FIG. 12 from different angles.
16 is a control block diagram of a tattoo device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

However, since the description of the present invention is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text.

For example, it should be understood that the embodiments may be changed in various ways and may have various forms, so that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea.

In addition, the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, so the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited thereto.

In this specification, this embodiment is provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and to completely inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention to which the present invention belongs. And the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

Thus, in some embodiments, well-known components, well-known operations and well-known techniques have not been described in detail to avoid obscuring the interpretation of the present invention.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present invention is not limited to the dictionary meaning, and should be understood as follows.

It should be understood that when an element is referred to as “connected” to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in the middle. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” to another element, it should be understood that no intervening elements exist. Meanwhile, other expressions describing the relationship between components, such as “between” and “immediately between” or “adjacent to” and “directly adjacent to” should be interpreted similarly.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as “comprise” or “having” refer to a described feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or It should be understood that it is intended to indicate that a combination exists, and does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless defined otherwise.

Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as consistent with meanings in the context of the related art, and cannot be interpreted as having ideal or excessively formal meanings unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description of the embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and sometimes the description of the same reference numerals is omitted.

3 is a perspective view of a tattoo device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 4 to 8 are views showing the tattoo device of FIG. 3 from different angles, FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 3, and FIG. 10 is a diagram Fig. 3 is a partially exploded perspective view, Fig. 11 is a rear perspective view of Fig. 10, Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the detachable contact pressurization unit, Figs. 13 to 15 are views showing the detachable contact pressurization unit of Fig. 12 from different angles, Fig. 16 It is a control block diagram of a tattoo machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to these drawings, the tattoo device 100 according to the present embodiment has a compact and efficient structure and can perform precise tattoo work. Make it easy and hygienic.

The tattoo device 100 according to the present embodiment capable of providing such an effect includes a device housing 110, a needle bundle 130, a needle driving unit 140, a button unit 160, a housing cap 120, and a detachable contact A pressurizing unit 170 may be included.

The instrument housing 110 is an external structure of the tattoo instrument 100 according to the present embodiment. Components and structures such as the needle bundle 130, the needle driving unit 140, the button unit 160, the housing cap 120, and the detachable contact pressing unit 170 are mounted on the instrument housing 110 for each position.

Thus, the instrument housing 110 may form a hollow pipe structure. Of course, although the drawing discloses the instrument housing 110 in the form of a substantially circular pipe, the instrument housing 110 may have various shapes, such as an elliptical shape. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the shapes of the drawings.

An anti-slip pattern 114 is formed on one side of the outer wall of the instrument housing 110 to prevent slipping. An anti-slip pattern 114 is formed in the form of a protrusion, and this anti-slip pattern 114 enhances the appearance of the tattoo device 100 in addition to a function to prevent slipping.

The needle bundle 130 is a series of structures that detachably support a needle 131 that is substantially inserted into the skin and performs tattooing.

The needle 131 may be mounted in a form in which one side is inserted into the needle holder 132 constituting the front end region of the needle bundle 130.

The needle driving unit 140 is disposed in the instrument housing 110 and connected to the needle bundle 130, and performs a series of roles of driving the needle 131 forward and backward based on a predetermined operation signal. To this end, the needle drive unit 140 may be formed of a combination of structures and configurations such as a cylinder and an elastic member, which will be omitted.

The button unit 160 is connected to the needle driving unit 140 and has one side exposed to the outside of the instrument housing 110, and is a means for inputting an operation signal for driving the needle driving unit 140.

The button unit 160 may include a unit bar 161 connected to the needle driving unit 140 and a functional button 162 provided on one side of the unit bar 161 . Since multiple functions can be performed with one functional button 162, the appearance is simple, but the effect is excellent.

A button exposure opening 111 exposing both the unit bar 161 and the functional button 162 is formed in the instrument housing 110, and the functional button 162 is exposed through the button exposure opening 111 in this way. Handling is very easy. That is, since the function button 162 is manipulated while holding the instrument housing 110, precise control is possible.

In addition to these functional buttons 162, a needle adjustment wheel 165 is further provided in the tattoo device 100 according to the present embodiment.

The needle adjustment wheel 165 is a means for adjusting the exposure distance of the needle 131 with respect to the detachable contact pressure unit 170, and induces a rotational motion. At this time, the needle adjustment wheel 165 is exposed to the wheel exposure port 112 opposite to the button exposure port 111 in the mechanism housing 110 and is provided to be rotatable. Therefore, there is an advantage in that operation is very simple.

The needle adjustment wheel 165 is connected to the needle assembly 130 through the wheel adjuster 166, and the needle 131 moves forward and backward on the needle assembly 130 when the needle adjustment wheel 165 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions. allow you to move

The housing cap 120 is connected to the instrument housing 110 on the opposite side of the needle bundle 130 and serves to fix the position of the needle drive unit 140 . When performing maintenance on structures such as the needle drive unit 140, the housing cap 120 may be opened and worked.

On the other hand, the detachable contact pressure unit 170 is connected to the needle drive unit 140 in a form surrounding the needle bundle 130 while allowing the operation of the needle 131, and one side is pressed in contact with the skin during tattooing, but at that position It forms a detachable structure.

In this embodiment, the detachable contact pressure unit 170 is made of a transparent material. Accordingly, the operation of the needle 131 can be easily observed and the tattoo can be easily confirmed.

The detachable contact pressing unit 170 is provided to be connected to the unit plate 171 and the needle passing portion 172 formed through the center of the unit plate 171 through which the needle 131 passes, and the unit plate 171. And, a plurality of coupling bridges having stepped portions 173a formed at the ends while being inserted into and coupled to some of the plurality of couplers 141 formed at equal intervals along the circumferential direction on the front side of the needle drive unit 140 ( 173) and a work guide provided to protrude from the unit plate 171 on the opposite side of the coupling bridge 173 and disposed to surround the needle passage part 172 and having a contact surface 174a substantially in contact with the skin ( 174), a plurality of embossed protrusions 175 formed on the contact surface 174a of the work guide 174, and formed in the central region of the contact surface 174a of the work guide 174 in communication with the needle passage portion 172 A slot 176 for passing the needle forming a place through which the needle 131 passes may be included.

In this structure, the coupling plunger 173b is provided to protrude from the stepped portion 173a of the coupling bridge 173. Then, the coupling bridges 173 are coupled while being reinforced to the unit plate 171 by the reinforcing supports 173c.

Since the plurality of embossed protrusions 175 are formed on the contact surface 174a of the work guide 174, when the contact surface 174a of the work guide 174 is in contact with the skin and tattooing is performed, the contact surface 174a This shaking phenomenon can be eliminated.

On the other hand, the controller 180 is further mounted on the tattoo device 100 according to the present embodiment for controlling the device.

The controller 180 controls the operation of the needle driver 140 based on the input signal of the function button 162 . That is, the operation of the tattoo device 100 according to the present embodiment is turned on/off based on the number of presses of the functional button 162, conditions, etc., or the number of operations of the needle 131, time, speed, etc. allow this to be controlled.

The controller 180 performing this role may include a central processing unit 181 (CPU), a memory 182 (MEMORY), and a support circuit 183 (SUPPORT CIRCUIT).

The central processing unit 181 may be one of various industrially applicable computer processors to control the operation of the needle driver 140 based on the input signal of the functional button 162 in this embodiment.

The memory 182 (MEMORY) is connected to the central processing unit 181. Memory 182 is a computer-readable recording medium that can be installed locally or remotely, and is readily available, such as, for example, random access memory (RAM), ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, or any other form of digital storage. It may be at least one memory.

The support circuit 183 (SUPPORT CIRCUIT) is coupled with the central processing unit 181 to support typical operations of the processor. This support circuit 183 may include a cache, a power supply, a clock circuit, an input/output circuit, a subsystem, and the like.

In this embodiment, the controller 180 controls the operation of the needle driver 140 based on the input signal of the functional button 162, and this series of control processes may be stored in the memory 182. Typically software routines may be stored in memory 182 . Software routines may also be stored or executed by other central processing units (not shown).

Although processes according to the present invention have been described as being executed by software routines, it is possible that at least some of the processes of the present invention are performed by hardware. As such, the processes of the present invention may be implemented in software running on a computer system, or in hardware such as an integrated circuit, or in a combination of software and hardware.

According to the present embodiment, which works based on the structure as described above, it is possible to perform precise tattoo work with a compact and efficient structure, and unlike the prior art, since the detachable contact pressure unit 170 is applied, cleaning or maintenance is easy. It can be easily and hygienically safe.

As such, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and it is obvious 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 modifications or variations fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

100: tattoo device 110: device housing
111: button exposure 112: wheel exposure
114: non-slip pattern 120: housing cap
130: needle bundle 131: needle
132: needle holder 140: needle driving unit
141: coupler 160: button unit
161: unit bar 162: functional button
165: needle adjustment wheel 166: wheel adjuster
170: detachable contact pressurization unit 171: unit plate
172: needle passage part 173: coupling bridge
173a: stepped portion 173a: coupling plunger
173c: reinforcement support 174: work guide
174a: contact surface 175: embossed protrusion
176: slot for passing needle 180: controller

Claims (7)

An instrument housing having a hollow pipe structure;
A needle bundle that detachably supports a needle for tattooing while being inserted into the skin;
a needle driver disposed in the mechanism housing and connected to the needle bundle and driving the needle forward and backward based on a predetermined operation signal;
a button unit that is connected to the needle driving unit and has one side exposed to the outside of the mechanism housing and inputs an operation signal for driving the needle driving unit;
a housing cap connected to the mechanism housing at the opposite side of the needle bundle and fixing the position of the needle driving unit; and
A tattoo machine comprising a; which is connected to the needle drive unit in a form surrounding the needle bundle while permitting the operation of the needle, and is detachable and detachable at the corresponding position while one side is pressed in contact with the skin during tattooing. .
According to claim 1,
The button unit,
a unit bar connected to the needle driving unit; and
A button provided on one side of the unit bar and inputting an operation signal for driving the needle drive unit; includes,
A tattoo device, characterized in that a button exposure opening exposing both the unit bar and the button is formed in the device housing.
According to claim 2,
Further comprising a needle adjust wheel for adjusting the exposure distance of the needle to the detachable contact pressure unit,
The needle adjustment wheel is exposed to the wheel exposure port opposite the button exposure port in the mechanism housing and is rotatably provided,
A tattoo device, characterized in that a non-slip pattern for preventing slipping is formed on one side of the outer wall of the device housing.
According to claim 3,
The needle adjustment wheel is connected to the needle bundle through a wheel adjuster, characterized in that the needle can move forward and backward on the needle bundle when the needle adjustment wheel is rotated in a forward and reverse direction.
According to claim 1,
The detachable contact pressure unit,
unit plate;
a needle passing portion formed through the center of the unit plate through which the needle passes;
A plurality of coupling bridges provided to be connected to the unit plate and inserted into and coupled to some of the plurality of couplers formed at equal intervals along the circumferential direction on the front surface of the needle drive unit, but having a step portion formed at the end;
a working guide provided to protrude from the unit plate on the opposite side of the coupling bridge and disposed to surround the needle passing portion and having a contact surface substantially in contact with the skin;
A plurality of embossed projections formed on the contact surface of the work guide; and
and a slot for passing a needle formed in a central region of the contact surface of the work guide and communicating with the needle passage portion to form a place through which the needle passes.
According to claim 5,
The detachable contact pressure unit is made of a transparent material,
A coupling plunger is provided to protrude from the stepped portion of the coupling bridge,
The coupling bridges are coupled to the unit plate while being reinforced by a reinforcing support.
According to claim 2,
Based on the input signal of the button, the tattoo machine characterized in that it further comprises a controller for controlling the operation of the needle drive unit.

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