KR20030065852A - Nasal cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A nasal cavity and rhinitis cleaner is provided to keep a temperature of a chemical stored in a water cistern at a maximum state to use all the time. CONSTITUTION: The cleaner comprises: a main body; a water cistern(110) installed in the main body and storing a chemical; a heater(111) heating the chemical in the water cistern; a pumping motor forcedly pumping the chemical in the water cistern; a nozzle(260) spraying the chemical pumped by the pumping motor to the outside; a first solenoid valve(160) installed on a flow channel between the pumping motor and the nozzle and controlling the supplying of the chemical to the nozzle; a second solenoid valve(180) installed on a flow channel between the first solenoid valve and the water cistern and forcedly circulating the chemical pumped by the pumping motor into the water cistern upon the closing of the first solenoid valve; and a third solenoid valve(200) drawing the residual saline left in the nozzle upon the closing of the first solenoid valve.

Description

Nasal and rhinitis cleaners

The present invention relates to a nasal and rhinitis washing machine, and more particularly, nasal throat and clinic nasal, wound, surgical nasal nasal, wounds and surgery to spray the drug (eg, saline) by the automatic temperature control according to the human body temperature It relates to a rhinitis washer.

The nose in the human body is an important means for breathing, most of the diseases of the nose is likely to be chronic, recurring a lot. In addition, when chronic nasal disease becomes severe, inflammation spreads to the nose and adjacent sinuses, causing complications such as sinusitis, and ultimately, long-term treatment is required along with surgery. Nasal and rhinitis washing machine is mainly used in otolaryngology and clinics during nasal disease.

This nasal and rhinitis washing machine is a device that cleans the inside of the nose by simply disinfecting mucus or solid secretions generated in the nasal sinuses, rhinitis, nasopharynx and sinus canal due to inflammation.

Conventional nasal and rhinitis washing machine is mostly to heat the drug close to the temperature of the human body to spray through the nozzle into the human nose, the drug is not properly heated during the initial operation is cold water is sprayed. Therefore, the user disposes most of the drugs with low temperature during the initial operation, and then sprays the drugs with the moderately elevated temperature. Therefore, the drug use efficiency is low.

In addition, a conventional water tank for spraying is installed in the conventional nasal and nasal salt washer, and the temperature detection for the water tank is usually performed by one temperature sensor. Therefore, there is a problem that the temperature difference inside the tank is so severe that it does not properly spray the drug of the appropriate temperature.

In addition, since the nozzle and suction tip for nasal and nasal salt washing are separately installed, the nozzle should be used for cleaning, and the suction tip should be used for suctioning foreign substances, thereby reducing its use efficiency and convenience.

On the other hand, the nozzles provided in the conventional nasal and nasal salt washing machine is a spray direction of the drug is mostly made in a linear direction is to be sprayed in a straight line to deep in the nasal and nasal salt. Therefore, there is a problem causing rejection and sneezing in the patient by the sprayed drug at this time.

In the case of the conventional nasal and rhinitis washing machine, it takes tens of minutes or more after the initial heater is operated to heat the drug in the tank to the set temperature, and because the structure for keeping warm is insufficient, the temperature of the heated drug cannot be maintained properly. There is a problem that the power consumption is excessively consumed.

In addition, the nasal and nasal salt washer spraying the drug by pneumatic pressure is not an automatic supply of the drug has a problem that must be supplied manually by the user.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a nasal and rhinitis washing machine to circulate the heated drug so that the entire stored drug can maintain a predetermined use temperature.

Another object of the present invention in connection with the above object is a nasal and rhinitis washing machine in which spraying of a drug for cleaning and suction of dirt present inside the nose make a 360 ° groove in one nozzle device so that suction can be performed at any position. It is to provide.

Another object of the present invention in connection with the above object is to provide a nasal and rhinitis rinsing machine that enables automatic supply of drugs.

1 is an external perspective view showing a nasal and rhinitis washing machine according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view showing the internal configuration of the nasal, rhinitis washing machine according to the present invention.

3 is a control block diagram of the nasal and nasal inflammation washing machine according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a nozzle installed in the nasal and nasal salt washing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG. 4.

6 is a view showing the internal configuration of the nasal, nasal inflammation washing machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of the spray means of FIG.

8 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of the shielding member 380 illustrated in FIG. 7.

** Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings **

100 body 110 tank

140 ... supply pump 240 ... suction pump

260 ... Nozzle 300: Spraying means

310: second pumping motor 320: drug reservoir

330: pollutant container 340: air discharge pipe

350: air nozzle 360: inner cover

361: injection hole 370: outer cover

371: discharge port 373: annular groove

375: collection hole 380: shielding member

381: Barrier 391,393: Upper and lower limit switch

394: position alarm 395: floating member

Nasal and rhinitis washing machine according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a main body; A tank installed inside the body and storing drugs; A heater for heating the drug in the tank; A pumping motor for forcibly pumping drugs in the tank; A nozzle for spraying the drug pumped by the pumping motor to the outside; A first solenoid valve installed in a flow path between the pumping motor and the nozzle to control supply of drugs to the nozzle; A second solenoid valve installed in a flow path between the first solenoid valve and the water tank and forcibly circulating a drug pumped by the pumping motor into the water tank when the first solenoid valve is closed; and the first solenoid valve And a third solenoid valve for automatically releasing residual saline remaining between the nozzles when the nozzle is closed.

And preferably the nozzle comprises a spray passage connected to a flow path extending from the first solenoid valve to spray the drug; Characterized in that the suction passage is formed for the suction of foreign matter on the cleaning site.

In addition, the suction cylinder is preferably installed inside the main body to store the foreign matter sucked from the suction passage, one side of the suction cylinder is characterized in that the suction pump for exerting the suction force to the suction passage is installed.

Also preferably, the suction pail is provided with an overflow detection sensor for overflow detection.

Also preferably, a waste container is installed inside the main body, and a branch passage extending from the first solenoid valve to the nozzle is formed in the waste passage, and a third solenoid valve is installed in the branch passage.

In addition, the waste container is characterized in that the overflow detection sensor for detecting the overflow inside the waste container is installed.

In addition, the water tank is characterized in that the water level sensor for detecting the amount of drug remaining in the water tank is installed.

In addition, the outer surface of the heater of the water tank is characterized in that the insulating material for keeping warm.

Also preferably, the lower temperature sensor and the upper temperature sensor are installed in the lower part and the upper part of the water tank.

It is characterized in that the spray means for receiving the drug of the tank to perform the spraying operation by air is further configured.

The spraying means includes a second pumping motor for forcibly pumping the drug in the tank; A drug storage passage storing a drug supplied from the second pumping motor; A contaminant collection container installed at an outer side of the drug storage container and collecting contaminants having been washed; An air discharge pipe installed inside the drug reservoir and passing air supplied by the pumping force of the air pump; An air nozzle installed above the air discharge pipe to eject air; It is installed on the upper side of the drug reservoir and the solid-shaped inner cover provided with a spray hole in the center so that the drug is discharged in the sprayed state by the ejection pressure when the air is ejected; It is installed on the upper side of the contaminant collection container and guides the collection of contaminants, characterized in that it comprises a solid outer cover provided with a discharge port for discharging the drug.

A shielding member having a diaphragm formed at a central side thereof to partially shield a sprayed drug supplied from the air nozzle inside the inner cover;

The diaphragm is characterized in that the connecting tube formed with a screw portion formed on its inner circumferential surface so as to be screwed with the upper outer circumference of the air discharge pipe to adjust the distance (d) between the air nozzle tip and the lower end of the diaphragm.

The drug storage container is provided with an upper and lower limit detection switch for supplying and blocking a drug by detecting a lower limit position and an upper limit position of the drug, and the outer periphery of the air discharge pipe is injured according to the capacity of the drug by means of a floating member. · The position alarm which sends a signal to the lower limit detection switch is installed.

Hereinafter, one preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the nasal and nasal salt washing machine according to the present invention includes a main body 100 in the form of a table, and the main body 100 is provided with a recess 120 and a water tank 110 recessed therein. The nozzle 260 is installed in one side of the 120. And the inside of the main body 100 is a built-in configuration for the implementation of the spray and drug inhalation function of the drug.

These configurations are provided with the above-described water tank 110 and the collecting container 120 in the upper side as shown in FIG. 2, and the suction container 220 and the waste container 250 are mounted below the main body 100. And between them a number of piping and valve configurations.

More specifically, the water tank 110 is provided with a heater 111 for heating the drug inside the water tank 110 on the outer surface, the heat insulating material 112 for the thermal insulation function is installed on the outer surface of the heater 111. .

And the bottom surface of the tank 110 is equipped with a water level sensor 115 for detecting the remaining amount of the drug inside the tank 110, the inner bottom of the tank 110 for detecting the temperature of the bottom of the tank 110 The lower temperature sensor 114 is mounted, and the upper temperature sensor 113 for detecting the temperature of the upper portion of the tank 110 is mounted on the inside of the water tank 110.

The supply pipe 130 for supplying drugs is extended to the bottom of the water tank 110, and the supply pump 140 is connected to the lower end of the supply pipe 130. The supply pipe 140 extends through the supply pump 140 at the outlet of the supply pump 140, and the first three-way valve 150 is connected to the end of the supply pipe 130 through the supply pump 140. It is.

One side of the first three-way valve 150, the supply pipe 130 is extended and connected to the nozzle 260, the drug is supplied to the nozzle 260 between the nozzle 260 and the first three-way valve 150 The first solenoid valve 160 for controlling the supply of is mounted. On the other side of the first three-way valve 150, a separate circulation pipe 170 is extended and connected to the water tank 110, and a second solenoid valve 180 is mounted on the circulation pipe 170.

Meanwhile, a second second three-way valve 190 is mounted on the supply pipe 130 between the first solenoid valve 160 and the nozzle 260, and a second discharge valve is mounted on the second three-way valve 190. The discharge pipe is equipped with a third solenoid valve 200. And the bottom of the discharge pipe is equipped with a waste container (250) connected to the container (110).

On the other hand, the nozzle 260 has a spray hole 263 and a suction hole 264 for spraying the drug on the top, as shown in Figure 4, the spray hole 263 and the suction hole 264 Is formed in the upper center portion 263 and the suction hole 264 of the circular ring shape around the spray hole 263 is composed of. Therefore, the drug to be sprayed to be sprayed in the peripheral direction. And the spray hole 263 is connected to the inside is provided with a spray path 262 connected to the supply pipe 130 described above.

The nozzle 260 then selectively performs an inhalation function as needed with the spraying of the drug. In order to perform the suction function, a separate suction path 261 is provided at the lower side of the suction hole 264. In addition, a separate suction pipe 230 is connected to the lower portion of the suction path 261, and a suction tube 220 mounted inside the main body 100 is connected to a lower end of the suction tube 230, and the suction tube 220 is connected thereto. ) Is equipped with a suction pump 240 to apply a suction force to the suction pipe (230).

Here, the main body 100, in which the nozzle 260 is installed, is equipped with a micro switch 210 that operates according to the seating state of the nozzle 260. According to the operation of the micro switch 210, the circulation operation of the drug and the spraying operation are performed. In addition, the control of the suction operation can be made, and as a whole, power supply can also be made by the micro switch 210.

On the other hand, the control configuration of the nasal and rhinitis washing machine according to the present invention is controlled by the control unit 10 and the control unit 10, as shown in FIG. Equipped. And according to the detection state of the water level sensor 115 and the overflow detection sensor 221, 251 installed in the water tank 110, the waste container 250 and the suction container 220, respectively, The alarm unit 30 for transmitting an alarm to the outside by determining the overflow state in the 250 and the suction container 220 is implemented.

In addition, a separate timer 40 is provided. The timer 40 operates the supply pump 140 according to the temperature state detected by the temperature sensing unit 60 to set the drug in the water tank 110 and the supply pipe. By circulating during the drug is stored in the tank 110 to maintain a set temperature state.

In addition, a selection switch 50 for selectively operating the drug spray state at the nozzle 260 or the foreign matter suction state at the nozzle 260 is provided, and the selection switch 50 also includes a micro switch 210. do. In addition, a solenoid driving unit 70 for selectively operating the first solenoid valve 160, the second solenoid valve 180, and the third solenoid valve 200 is provided, and a display unit for displaying these driving states to the outside ( 80) is provided.

Hereinafter will be described with respect to the operating state of the nasal, rhinitis washing machine according to the present invention.

Nasal and rhinitis washing machine according to the present invention is selectively operated in three operating modes, the drug circulation operation to maintain the drug temperature inside the water tank 110 to the set temperature state and spray the drug through the nozzle 260 The spraying operation and the suction operation for the suction of the foreign matter through the nozzle 260.

First, the drug circulation operation starts when the temperature difference between the drugs detected by the two temperature sensors 114 and 115 installed inside the water tank 110 is greater than or equal to a predetermined size, and the operation is performed in a state in which the first solenoid valve 160 is turned off. In the second solenoid valve 180 is in an on state, in this state, the supply pump 140 starts automatic operation by a set time. When the supply pump 140 starts to operate, the drug in the water tank 110 is supplied by forced pumping by the supply pump 140 and passes through the first three-way valve 150.

The drug passing through the first three-way valve 150 is not supplied to the nozzle 260 because the first solenoid valve 160 is closed, and is again supplied through the circulation pipe 170 through the second solenoid valve 180. 110 is recovered and then circulated continuously.

Therefore, the drug inside the water tank 110 heated by the heater 111 maintains the entire temperature state in a continuous circulation operation, the temperature difference of the drug detected by each temperature sensor 114, 115 is predetermined When it is below size, it stops working. In addition, the drug heated by the heat insulating material 112 is to maintain a significant heat retention state.

Next, the spray operation is the first solenoid valve 160 is turned on, the second solenoid valve 180 and the third solenoid valve 200 when the supply pump 140 operates in the off state of the inside of the water tank 110 The drug is forcibly pumped by the supply pump 140 to be supplied to the nozzle 260 via the first three-way valve 150 and the first solenoid valve 180 to spray the drug.

When the spraying operation is stopped, the pumping operation of the supply pump 140 is stopped and the first solenoid valve 160 is turned off. Then, the third solenoid valve 200 is turned on, and the drug remaining between the first solenoid valve 160 and the nozzle 260 is collected and disposed of in the waste container 250 via the third solenoid valve 200.

If the suction pump 240 operates while the first solenoid valve 160 is closed, the suction force is applied to the suction pipe 230 through the suction pump 240 and the suction tube 220. The suction of the foreign matter suction portion is made through the suction passage 261 of the silver nozzle 260, and the suctioned foreign matter is collected in the suction container 220.

On the other hand, when the amount of the drug stored in the water tank 110 is less than the predetermined amount by sending an alarm to the outside through the display unit 80 so that the user can immediately replenish the drug, and also the waste container 250 and the suction container If the contents are excessive in the 220, the control unit 10 immediately displays them to the outside through the display unit 80 so that the user can cope with them immediately.

Next, a configuration and an operation according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

6 is a view showing the internal configuration of the nasal and nasal salt washer according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the spray means of Figure 6, Figure 8 is a shield member of Figure 7 It is a perspective view which shows the structure of 380. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the spray unit 300 is further configured in the configuration of FIG. 2.

Therefore, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same parts as those in FIG. 2, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The spraying means 300 includes a second pumping motor 310 for forcibly pumping the drug in the water tank 110, a drug storage container 320 for storing the drug supplied from the second pumping motor 310, And installed on the outer side of the drug storage container 320, the pollutant collection container 330 for collecting the polluted and the air discharge pipe 340 is installed in the drug storage container 320 is supplied with air, and An air nozzle 350 installed above the air discharge pipe 340 to eject air, an air pump 353 for supplying air through the air discharge pipe 340, and an upper side of the drug storage container 320; An inner cover 360 provided in the shape of a shell having an injection hole 361 at the center thereof so as to eject the drug in the sprayed state by the ejection pressure when the air is ejected; It is installed on the upper side of the contaminant container 330 and consists of a solid outer cover 370 provided with a discharge port 371 for guiding the contaminant collection and discharging the drug in a spray state.

The outer cover 370 is preferably provided with an annular groove 373 to collect the waste, the collected waste is to be collected into the waste container 330 through the collection hole 375.

The compressed air generates a negative pressure by the air injected from the air nozzle 350 to suck the drug inside the inner cover 360 to change the drug in the liquid state into a gaseous state and discharge the drug in the sprayed state. A shielding member 380 having a diaphragm 381 formed at its center side is provided to partially shield the shield.

As illustrated in FIG. 8, the shielding member 380 has a cylindrical shape having an empty trapezoidal shape, and a diaphragm 381 is formed across the inner center thereof, and the diaphragm 381 is formed therein. A connecting pipe 383 having a screw portion 383a formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof is extended, and the screw portion 383a is screwed to a screw portion formed at an upper circumference of the upper end of the air discharge pipe 340.

As the screw is coupled to the air discharge pipe 340 as described above, the distance d from the lower end of the diaphragm 381 of the shielding member 380 to the distal end of the air nozzle 350 is adjustable.

The distance (d) adjustment may be implemented by screwing the air nozzle 350 to the inner peripheral surface of the air discharge pipe 340.

By adjusting the distance (d) as described above it is possible to control the particle size of the drug to be sprayed.

The drug reservoir 320 is provided with upper and lower limit sensors (391, 393) to detect the lower limit position and the upper limit position of the drug, the outer periphery of the air discharge pipe (340) position to inform the water level in accordance with the drug capacity The notifier 394 is installed through the floating member 395.

In the figure, reference numeral 301 denotes a drug supply pipe to which a drug is supplied, and reference numeral 303 denotes an air discharge pipe to which air is supplied.

Next, the operation principle of the above-mentioned spray means 300 will be described.

First, drugs are supplied from the water tank 110 by the pumping operation of the second pumping motor 310, and the supplied drugs move through the drug supply pipe 301 and are supplied into the drug storage container 320.

As such, while the drug is being supplied, the position alarm 394 installed through the floating member 395 inside the drug storage container 320 continues to rise, and the position alarm 394 positioned at a predetermined position. The upper limit detection switch (391) detecting the position of the) stops the drug supply operation by sending a signal to stop the operation of the second drug supply pump (310).

On the contrary, when the drug contained in the drug reservoir 320 is exhausted and the position of the position alarm 394 is located at the bottom of the drug reservoir 320, the lower limit switch 393 is the second pumping motor 310. It will operate to supply the drug.

By automatically supplying and blocking a drug by the principle as described above, the drug supply can be performed more conveniently than in the prior art.

Next, when the user performs the washing operation by the operation of the operation switch not shown in the state in which the drug is received in the drug storage container 320 by the above principle, the air pump 353 is operated to discharge the air to the air discharge pipe Supply to 340.

The supplied air is discharged at high pressure through the air nozzle 350.

When the compressed air is discharged through the air nozzle 350, the drug stored in the drug storage container 320 is discharged together with the discharged compressed air, which is compressed air discharged through a narrow passage to generate negative pressure to suck up the drug While the drug in the liquid state is changed to a gaseous state is discharged in the form of a fog through the injection port 361 and the discharge port 371.

Thus, the drug discharged with compressed air is scattered into the nasal cavity and rhinitis, and cleans the contaminants on the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity and rhinitis. Flows out.

The contaminants that flow out flow down the outside of the outer cover 370 and are collected in the annular groove 373 and collected in the contaminant container 350 through the collection hole 375.

Although the spraying means 300 has been described as being further configured in the configuration of FIG. 2 in the above-described configuration, the second spraying means 300 is positioned at the position of the nozzle 260 of FIG. 2 to perform the spraying operation. You can also implement

Nasal and rhinitis washing machine according to the present invention as described above to ensure that the temperature of the drug stored in the tank at all times to maintain the optimal state at the same time to minimize the cold water spray during the initial use, and also to keep the heated drug By keeping warm for a considerable time, it is possible to reduce the power consumption, and the spray and suction can be performed simultaneously with one nozzle, thereby maximizing the use efficiency of the nozzle.

In addition, there is an advantage that the supply operation can be made more convenient by automatically supplying the drug even in the nasal and nasal salt washing structure in which the spraying operation is performed by air.

Claims (13)

main body; A tank installed inside the body and storing drugs; A heater for heating the drug in the tank; A pumping motor for forcibly pumping drugs in the tank; A nozzle for spraying the drug pumped by the pumping motor to the outside; A first solenoid valve installed in a flow path between the pumping motor and the nozzle to control supply of drugs to the nozzle; A second solenoid valve installed in a flow path between the first solenoid valve and the water tank to forcibly circulate the drug pumped by the pumping motor into the water tank when the first solenoid valve is closed; And a third solenoid valve for removing residual saline remaining in the nozzle when the first solenoid valve is closed. 2. The nozzle of claim 1, further comprising: a spray passage connected to a flow path extending from the first solenoid valve to spray the drug; Nasal and rhinitis washing machine characterized in that the suction passage formed for the suction of foreign matter to the cleaning site. The nasal cavity of claim 2, wherein a suction tube is installed in the main body to store foreign substances sucked from the suction passage, and a suction pump is installed at one side of the suction passage to exert suction force to the suction passage. Rhinitis Washer. 4. The nasal and rhinitis washer according to claim 3, wherein the suction pail is provided with an overflow sensor for overflow detection. The method of claim 1, wherein a waste container is installed inside the main body, a branch passage extending from the first solenoid valve to the nozzle is formed, and a third solenoid valve is installed in the branch passage. Nasal and rhinitis washers. The nasal and rhinitis washing machine according to claim 5, wherein an overflow sensor is installed in the waste container for overflow detection inside the waste container. The nasal and rhinitis washing machine according to claim 1, wherein a water level sensor is installed in the water tank to detect the amount of drug remaining in the water tank. The nasal and rhinitis washing machine according to claim 1, wherein a heat insulating material for keeping warm is installed on an outer surface of the heater of the water tank. The nasal and rhinitis washer according to claim 1, wherein a lower temperature sensor and an upper temperature sensor are installed in the lower part and the upper part of the water tank. The method of claim 1, Nasal and rhinitis washing machine characterized in that the spraying means for receiving the drug of the tank to perform the spraying operation by air further configured. The method of claim 10, The spraying means includes a second pumping motor for forcibly pumping the drug in the tank; A drug reservoir storing a drug supplied from the second pumping motor; A contaminant collection container installed on an outer side of the drug storage container and collecting contaminants that have been washed; An air discharge pipe installed inside the drug reservoir to pass air supplied by the pumping force of the air pump; An air nozzle installed above the air discharge pipe to eject air; Is installed in the upper side of the drug reservoir and the solid-shaped inner cover provided with a spray hole in the center so that the drug is ejected in the sprayed state by the ejection pressure when the air is ejected; A nasal and nasal irrigator, characterized in that it is provided on the upper side of the contaminant container and guides the collection of contaminants and has an outer cover of a solid shape provided with a discharge port for discharging the drug. The method of claim 11, A shielding member having a diaphragm formed at a central side thereof to partially shield a sprayed drug supplied from the air nozzle inside the inner cover; The nasal cavity and rhinitis are characterized in that the diaphragm has a threaded connection tube formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof so as to be screwed with the upper outer circumference of the air discharge pipe to adjust the distance (d) between the air nozzle tip and the lower end of the diaphragm. syringe. The method of claim 12, The drug storage container is provided with an upper and lower limit detection switch for supplying and blocking the drug by detecting the lower limit position and the upper limit position of the drug; Nasal and rhinitis washing machine, characterized in that the position of the air discharge tube to the upper and lower detection switch to raise the signal according to the capacity of the drug through the floating member is installed.