KR102534761B1 - Cosmetic containers - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cosmetic container, and the cosmetic container according to the present invention includes a housing body having a button portion; a storage unit provided in the housing body and storing contents; a discharge unit for receiving contents from the container unit and discharging the contents to the outside when the button unit is pressed; and a heat transfer unit configured to heat or cool the discharge unit, wherein the contents passing through the discharge unit are heated or cooled and discharged according to heating or cooling of the heat transfer unit.
According to the present invention, by including a thermoelectric element inside the housing body and bringing the thermoelectric element into close contact with the bottom surface of the discharge unit, a small amount of contents immediately before discharge can be heated or cooled and used, and the discharge unit due to separation from the thermoelectric element can be used. Efficient power consumption is possible by preventing the problem of not transferring cold air or heat in advance.

Description

Cosmetic containers {COSMETIC CONTAINERS}

The present invention relates to a cosmetic container. More specifically, it relates to a cosmetic container that heats or cools the contents and discharges them.

In general, cosmetics are beauty products that maintain skin moisture and prevent aging of the skin. It is common to display cosmetics on a dressing table or put them in a bag and carry them, but recently, cosmetics according to the season or user's taste It is increasingly used by adjusting the temperature of

For example, when the interior is humid with hot weather such as summer, the user may obtain a refreshing feeling than when using it at room temperature by storing cosmetics in a storage for cosmetics or a general refrigerator for storing food.

However, when cosmetics are stored and used in a storage exclusively for cosmetics, there are disadvantages in that the user has to move to a place where the storage exclusively for cosmetics is located every time the cosmetics are used, and it is not easy to carry.

In addition, since the entire contents stored inside the cosmetic container are heated or cooled, the time and degree of heating or cooling of the contents vary depending on the amount of stored contents, and it is not efficient in terms of power consumption. there is

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1396957

An object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic container that effectively heats or cools discharged contents and improves structural characteristics.

The present invention is a housing body provided with a button portion; a storage unit provided in the housing body and storing contents; a discharge unit for receiving contents from the container unit and discharging the contents to the outside when the button unit is pressed; and a heat transfer unit for heating or cooling the discharge unit, wherein the contents passing through the discharge unit are heated or cooled and discharged according to the heating or cooling of the heat transfer unit.

The container unit may include a pumping unit that moves up and down by operation of the button unit and discharges the contents to a nozzle, and a nozzle extension unit that is connected to the nozzle and delivers the contents to the discharge unit.

In addition, the discharge unit may maintain a fixed position in a state in close contact with the heat transfer unit when the button unit moves up and down.

In addition, the discharge part is coupled to the upper part of the heat transfer part and the tip body into which the contents discharged from the container part flows into the inside; and a discharge port protruding from one side of the tip body to the outside of the housing body and discharging contents introduced into the tip body to the outside of the housing body.

In addition, contents discharged from the container unit may be stored inside the tip body.

The discharge part may further include a flange provided under the tip body, and a bottom surface of the flange may be in surface contact with the thermoelectric element of the heat transfer part.

In addition, the flange may have a larger area than the cross-sectional area of the tip body.

Also, the discharge unit may be made of a metal material.

In addition, the container unit further includes a support member that surrounds a portion of the nozzle and extends upward, so that when the button unit is pressed, a pumping operation of the pumping unit is performed by the support member, and a descending depth of the button unit is limited. It can be.

In addition, the heat transfer unit includes a heat dissipating unit discharging heat generated from the thermoelectric element at a lower side of the thermoelectric element, and a control unit controlling heating or cooling of the discharge unit by converting the polarity of power supplied to the thermoelectric element. can include

In addition, a power switch and a hot/cold mode conversion button connected to the control unit may be provided on an outer surface of the housing body, and a direction of current flowing through the thermoelectric element may be changed by the cold/hot mode conversion button.

According to the present invention configured as described above, the thermoelectric element is included inside the housing body and the thermoelectric element is in close contact with the bottom surface of the discharge unit, so that it is easy to carry and uses by heating or cooling a small amount of contents immediately before dispensing. efficient power consumption is possible.

In addition, the button part and the discharge part are spaced apart from each other, and when the button part is pressed, the discharge port does not descend and is always fixed in close contact with the thermoelectric element, thereby simplifying the structure and dissipating cold air or heat to the discharge part due to the separation from the thermoelectric element. It is possible to prevent the problem of non-delivery in advance.

In addition, since the thermoelectric element, the heat sink, and the cooler are sequentially provided in close contact with each other in a block form below the discharge unit, it may be more effective to dissipate heat generated from the thermoelectric element.

1 is a view schematically showing a front view of a cosmetic container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing the internal configuration of a cosmetic container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an enlarged view showing a discharge portion of a cosmetic container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a state in which the button portion of the cosmetic container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is pressed.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components have the same numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, although preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited or limited thereto and can be modified and implemented in various ways by those skilled in the art.

Figure 1 is a view schematically showing the front view of a cosmetic container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a view showing the internal configuration of the cosmetic container shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 is a cosmetic shown in Figure 2 This is an enlarged view of the discharge part of the container, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the button part of the cosmetic container shown in FIG. 2 is pressed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the cosmetic container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a housing body 10, a container part 200, a heat transfer part 300, and a discharge part 400.

A button unit 110 protruding upward is provided on one side of the housing body 10, and the container unit 200, the heat transfer unit 300, and the discharge unit 400 are accommodated inside the housing body 10. can

The button unit 110 receives a user's pressing operation for discharging the contents stored in the container unit 200 to the outside of the housing body 10, and a part of the button unit 110 protrudes outward from the housing body 10. In one embodiment, a seating portion (not shown) for seating on an upper end of a support member 270 to be described below may be formed protruding downward on the inside of the button portion 110 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the container unit 200 includes a container body 210 having an open top and accommodating contents therein, and a container cap 130 coupled to the open top of the container body 210, , It includes a pumping unit 250 provided on the container cap 230 and a support member 270 extending upward from the upper side of the pumping unit 250 .

The container body 210 has an open upper portion to store contents therein, and may be coupled with the container cap 230 by providing a screw thread or a protrusion on the outer circumferential surface of the open upper portion of the container body 210 . In one embodiment, after all the contents stored in the container body 110 are used, the container body 210 may be separated from the housing body 10 to refill the contents.

The pumping unit 250 provided on the container cap 230 is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the pump body 252, the nozzle 254 provided in the upper center of the pump body 252, and the pump body 252 for pumping action. It includes at least one spring 256 that is.

The pumping unit 250 may perform a pumping action by raising and lowering the pump body 252 and discharge contents to the outside through the nozzle 254 . In addition, the pump body 252 may be elastically raised or lowered through at least one spring 256 provided on an outer circumferential surface of the pump body 252 .

A discharge pipe (not shown) communicating with the inside of the container body 210 may be formed at the lower end of the pump body 252, and the contents stored inside the container body 210 from the discharge pipe during the pumping action of the pump body 252. It can be discharged to the outside.

The pumping unit 250 further includes a nozzle extension unit 258 connected to the discharge unit 400 by being extended or bent from one side of the nozzle 254 . In one embodiment, the nozzle extension 258 may transfer the contents discharged through the nozzle 254 to the tip body 410 of the discharge unit 400 to be described later.

The button part 110 is located at the upper end of the support member 270, and when the button part 110 is pressed by the user, the pump body 252 is pressed from the upper side of the pump body 252, so that the pump body 252 can be made to perform a pumping action.

The support member 270 is provided to extend upwards longer than the length of the nozzle 254 while surrounding a portion of the nozzle 254 . In other words, the length of the support member 270 may be greater than or equal to the sum of the length of the nozzle 254 and the maximum descending depth of the pump body 252 .

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4 , the support member 270 not only pressurizes the pump body 252 when the button unit 110 is pressed by the user, but also limits the descending depth of the button unit 110. can Since the lowering depth of the button unit 110 is limited by the support member 270, the button unit 110 is excessively inserted into the housing body 10 and the nozzle 254 and the nozzle 254 of the pumping unit 250 ) It is possible to prevent the nozzle extension 258 extending from one side from being pressurized or damaged.

In addition, the support member 270 is located between the button part 110 and the pump body 252 and limits the descent depth of the button part 110, and also pressurizes only the pump body 252 so that the nozzle 254 and the nozzle The extension part 258 may deliver contents to the tip body 410 of the discharge part 400 at a fixed position.

In other words, the locations of the discharge unit 400 and the button unit 110 are separated from each other by the nozzle 254 and the nozzle extension 258, and the nozzle 254 and the nozzle extension 258 are fixed. Since the content is transferred to the tip body 410 at the position, the discharge unit 400 can be fixed in position without moving from its original position without descending.

As shown in FIG. 2, the heat transfer unit 300 is provided on one side of the container unit 200, and the thermoelectric element 310, the heat release unit 330, the control unit 350, and the battery 370 are provided. include

The thermoelectric element 310 is provided in close contact with the bottom surface of the discharge unit 400 and receives power from the battery 370 to heat or cool a small amount of contents stored in the discharge unit 400 . The thermoelectric element 310 is a device using the Peltier effect, and when the direction of the flowing current is changed, the heating and cooling surfaces may be reversed.

In one embodiment, the thermoelectric element 310 is provided with a first panel 310a and a second panel 310b on the upper and lower surfaces, and the first panel 310a is provided with the flange 450 of the discharge unit 400 and Heat transfer can be performed by surface contact. Meanwhile, the second panel 310b may make surface contact with the heat sink 332 of the heat dissipating unit 330 to transfer heat.

The heat release unit 330 is for dissipating heat generated from the bottom surface of the thermoelectric element 310 when a small amount of contents stored in the discharge unit 400 is cooled, and the heat sink 332 and the cooler 334 ).

The heat sink 332 is an aluminum heat sink, and is provided below the thermoelectric element 310, and a fan or the like is installed below the heat sink 332 to more effectively dissipate heat generated from the thermoelectric element 310. A cooler 340 including may be provided.

Meanwhile, although not shown, a structure for internal and external air circulation may be additionally provided in the housing body 10 .

In one embodiment, the thermoelectric element 310 , the heat sink 332 , and the cooler 334 may be provided under the discharge unit 400 to be in close contact with each other in a block shape.

The battery 370 is for supplying power to the thermoelectric element 310, and may be provided as a general dry battery or a lithium battery, and may be charged by providing a charging terminal on one side of the battery 370.

The control unit 350 is located between the heat dissipating unit 330 and the battery 370, and supplies power from the battery 370 to the thermoelectric element 310 and heat dissipating unit 330 according to temperature change of the thermoelectric element 310. ) to control the operation of

A power switch 130, a cold mode conversion button 150, and a battery power amount display unit 170 are provided on the outer surface of the housing body 10, and the power switch 130, the cold mode conversion button 150, and the battery The power amount display unit 170 is connected to the heat transfer unit 300 respectively.

Accordingly, the controller 350 can supply power from the battery 370 to the thermoelectric element 310 by manipulating the power switch 130, and the thermoelectric element 310 can be switched by the cold/hot mode conversion button 150. The direction of the flowing current can be reversed.

The thermoelectric element 310 may heat or cool the flange 450 according to the direction of the supplied current.

The discharge unit 400 is tightly coupled to the upper surface of the thermoelectric element 310 and has a tip body 410 into which a certain amount of contents can be introduced and stored, and a tip body protruding from one side of the tip body 410 ( 410) includes a discharge port 430 through which contents introduced into the inside are discharged to the outside, and a flange 450 provided on the bottom surface of the tip body 410.

The tip body 410 is provided in a cylindrical shape, and a portion of contents discharged from the container unit 200 may be stored inside the tip body 410 .

In one embodiment, contents of about 1 cc may be stored in the tip body 410, and contents of about 0.1 cc to 0.15 cc may be stored in the discharge port 430 whenever a pumping action is performed by pressing the button unit 110 by the user. can be discharged to the outside through In other words, only the content of about 7 to 10 times is heated or cooled through the thermoelectric element 310, and the content of one time can be discharged to the outside whenever the pumping action is performed.

In the present invention, only a small amount of contents stored inside the tip body 410 separated from the container part 200 is heated or cooled, thereby having efficiency in terms of energy consumption compared to heating or cooling the entire contents. .

In addition, since the contents are always heated or cooled, the time until the contents are heated or cooled and the degree of heating or cooling of the contents can be always constant.

The discharge hole 430 may be provided such that a diameter gradually decreases as the distance from the tip body 410 increases.

The flange 450 provided on the lower surface of the tip body 410 may have a diameter greater than or equal to the diameter D1 of the tip body 410 in order to increase a contact area with the thermoelectric element 310 .

In one embodiment, the discharge portion 400, as shown in Figure 3, the diameter (D2) of the flange 450 is provided larger than the diameter (D1) of the tip body 410, the tip body 410 And the flange 450 may have the shape of a hat with a window.

The discharge unit 400 is made of a metal material and can effectively receive cold air or heat from the thermoelectric element 310 to heat or cool contents stored in the tip body 410 .

Since the discharge part 400 is spaced apart from the button part 110 and the container part 200 and is fixed in position while closely coupled to the upper surface of the thermoelectric element 310, when the thermoelectric element is grafted to the existing cosmetic container, As the button goes up and down, the discharge port goes up and down together, so it can solve the problem of heat transfer to the discharge port due to the separation between the discharge port and the thermoelectric element and the complicated structure in which the thermoelectric element in contact with the discharge port must move up and down together. there is.

Specifically, in the existing cosmetic container, the button pressed and the discharge port through which the content comes out move while moving up and down together, but in the cosmetic container according to an embodiment of the present invention, the location of the discharge port 430 is separated from the button portion 110 The nozzle 254 and the nozzle extension 258 pressurize only the pump body 22 by the support member 270 and deliver the contents to the tip body 410 of the discharge unit 400 at a fixed position. , the outlet 430 does not move and can be fixed in its original position.

Therefore, there is no need for a complicated structure in which the thermoelectric element 310 must also move along with the elevation of the discharge part 400 for heat transfer to the discharge part 400, and the thermoelectric element 310 is located on the bottom surface of the discharge part 400. It is possible to have an advantageous effect of heating or cooling the contents to be discharged by being fixed in a position at all times in a close contact state.

As described above, the cosmetic container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the thermoelectric element 310 inside the housing body 10 and makes the thermoelectric element 310 closely adhere to the bottom surface of the discharge part 400, Efficient power consumption is possible by heating or cooling a small amount of contents immediately before discharge.

In addition, the button unit 110 and the discharge unit 400 are spaced apart from each other so that when the button unit 110 is pressed, the discharge port 430 does not descend and is always fixed in close contact with the thermoelectric element 310. , The structure is simplified, and a problem in which cold air or heat is not transferred to the discharge unit 400 due to separation from the thermoelectric element 310 can be prevented.

In addition, the thermoelectric element 310, the heat sink 332, and the cooler 334 are arranged in close contact with each other in a block form under the discharge unit 400 in order to prevent heat dissipation generated from the thermoelectric element 310. can be effective

The above description is merely an example of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications, changes, and substitutions without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention and the accompanying drawings are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments and the accompanying drawings. . The protection scope of the present invention should be construed according to the claims below, and all technical ideas within the equivalent range should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: housing body 110: button part
130: power switch 150: cold mode conversion button
170: battery power amount display unit 200: container unit
210: container body 230: container cap
250: pumping unit 252: discharge pump
254: nozzle 256: spring
258: nozzle extension 270: support member
300: heat transfer unit 310: thermoelectric element
310a: first panel 310b: second panel
330: heat dissipation unit 332: heat sink
334: cooler 350: control unit
370: battery 400: discharge unit
410: tip body 430: discharge port
450: flange D1: diameter of tip body
D2: diameter of flange

Claims (11)

a housing body having a button portion;
a storage unit provided in the housing body and storing contents;
a discharge unit for receiving contents from the container unit and discharging the contents to the outside when the button unit is pressed; and
Including; heat transfer unit for heating or cooling the discharge unit,
According to the heating or cooling of the heat transfer unit, the contents passing through the discharge unit are heated or cooled and discharged,
The discharge part,
a tip body coupled to an upper portion of the heat transfer unit and into which contents discharged from the container unit are introduced; and
A cosmetic container comprising a discharge port provided to protrude from one side of the tip body to the outside of the housing body and discharging contents introduced into the tip body to the outside of the housing body. According to claim 1,
The container unit includes a pumping unit for discharging the contents to a nozzle by moving up and down by the operation of the button unit, and a nozzle extension unit for delivering the contents to the discharge unit by being connected to the nozzle. According to claim 2,
Cosmetic container, characterized in that the discharge unit maintains a fixed position in close contact with the heat transfer unit when the button unit elevates. delete According to claim 1,
Inside the tip body, the cosmetic container used by heating or cooling the contents, characterized in that the contents discharged from the container portion are stored. According to claim 1,
The discharge part,
Further comprising a flange provided on the lower portion of the tip body,
The cosmetic container, characterized in that the bottom surface of the flange is in surface contact with the thermoelectric element of the heat transfer unit. According to claim 6,
The flange is a cosmetic container, characterized in that having a larger area than the cross-sectional area of the tip body. According to claim 6,
The cosmetic container, characterized in that the discharge portion is provided with a metal material. According to claim 2 or 3,
The container part,
Further comprising a support member surrounding a portion of the nozzle and extending upward,
When the button unit is pressed, a pumping operation of the pumping unit is performed by the support member, and a descending depth of the button unit is limited. According to claim 6,
The heat transfer unit includes a heat dissipation unit that dissipates heat generated from the thermoelectric element at a lower side of the thermoelectric element;
A cosmetic container comprising a control unit for controlling heating or cooling of the discharge unit by converting the polarity of power supplied to the thermoelectric element. According to claim 10,
A power switch and a hot/cold mode conversion button connected to the controller are provided on the outer surface of the housing body,
Cosmetic container, characterized in that the direction of the current flowing in the thermoelectric element is changed by the cold mode conversion button.

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