KR20040032314A - Foot dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A foot dryer is provided to remove moisture or sweat from the instep and sole of a foot after the foot is washed or when the foot sweats, dry even the regions between toes as if being wiped clean and dry the sweat on the foot as occasion arises. CONSTITUTION: The foot dryer comprises: a main body(1) forming a bottom member, a front portion(11), a rear portion(12) and left and right side portions(13,14); a foot retaining portion(15) backing a finger pressure member(2) with multiple rows of a plurality of finger pressure projections(22); a suction port(4) for introducing air from the outside; an electric heater for instantaneously heating an external air sucked from the suction port and discharging the same in both sides; left and right blowers(6a,6b) for sucking the external air through the electric heater; a left and right blower case(61) for covering both blowers and discharging the air discharged from the blowers in the front, rear and upper sides of the main body; and front and rear air guide walls(65,66) for forming front and rear passages(62,63) and an upper passage(64).

Description

Foot dryer {Foot dryer}

The present invention relates to a foot dryer for drying the entire foot with hot air and cold air (unheated wind).

In order to remove the sweat and odor caused by going out in daily life, the feet are washed with water and wiped with water to wipe off the moisture on the feet. You may be able to wipe off the moisture well, but in the case of the toes, it is difficult to insert the rag between the toes. To wipe the moisture between the toes, prepare a soft towel in advance. The hassle of having to wipe while spreading comes along, and most people wash their feet and use only a mop to clean their feet and soles.

However, if you wash your feet with water and do not wipe the water between your toes, it is a common cause of foot disease, such as athlete's foot or eczema.

Also, even if you are staying in the house without going out, your feet will sweat if you move around in the house to do housework or cleaning, but if you wipe the soles and soles of your feet and do not wipe the sweat between your toes, There is a cause of athlete's foot disease caused by fungi, such as actively caused by sweat between the toes, and even cause foot odor.

The present invention not only removes water or sweat from the feet and soles after washing the feet or when the feet are sweating, but also allows to dry the sweat on the feet as well as to dry them as if they were wiped clean between the toes. Therefore, the invention has been invented for the purpose of providing a foot dryer that can prevent and treat diseases such as athlete's foot, eczema and the like, which can also occur in the foot, and further eliminate foot smell.

The present invention as a means for achieving the above object,

Covers the floor member seated horizontally on the floor, the front portion extended upward to cover the upper portion of the user's toes, the rear portion extended upward to cover the user's heel and the outer portion of the foot A main body forming a left and a right side portion extending upwardly to be able to do so;

A foot support part fixedly installed inside the main body and supporting a known acupressure member in which a plurality of acupressure protrusions are formed in a plurality of rows vertically and horizontally while being inclined in a state where the front side is high and the rear side is low;

A suction port formed at a middle side of the front portion of the main body to introduce air from the outside;

An electric heater fixedly installed at an inner front side of the main body adjacent to the suction port, and configured to discharge external air sucked from the suction port to discharge to both sides;

A left and right blower fixedly installed at both sides of the heater to suck external air through the heater;

Left and right blower cases which surround each of the two blowers and are installed to discharge the air discharged from the blower to the front, the rear and the upper part of the main body;

Front and rear air guide walls fixedly installed in the main body to guide the air discharged from each of the left and right blower cases to the front, the rear, and the upper, to form the front and rear passages and the upper passage;

It is characterized by consisting of.

The inside of the main body includes a motor housing for accommodating a vibration motor which is installed to penetrate the center of the bottom surface of the foot supporting part to vibrate the acupressure member, and the interior of the main body while supporting the motor housing and the foot supporting part. It is characterized in that the supporting partition is partitioned to the right side,

In addition, the front and rear infrared lamps inside the front and rear of the main body, and the front and rear reflectors installed to reflect the infrared light of these infrared lamps toward the toes and the heel, and protect the front and rear infrared lamps. Is characterized in that the front and rear safety net is installed,

In addition, the left and right inside of the front of the main body detects that the user selectively puts the left and right foot on the left and right of the shiatsu member, or automatically sends a signal to the control panel installed on the upper part of the front part. It is characterized in that the sensor is mounted.

1 is a plan view of the present invention.

Figure 2 shows the planar arrangement of each component to explain the present invention

Plan structure diagram.

3 is a side view of the present invention.

Figure 4 shows the side arrangement of each component in order to explain the present invention

Side structure diagram.

5 is a front view of the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

7 is a perspective view showing the installation state of the heater and the blower of the present invention.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

1 body 2 pressure member

3: vibration motor 4: suction port

5: Heater 6a, 6b: Left and right blower

7: Control panel 8a, 8b: Left and right sensitive sensor

9a, 9b: front and rear infrared lamps 11; Front

12: rear 13, 14: left, right side

15: foot support 16, 21: through hole

17: support partition 18: motor housing

61: blower case 62: front passage

63: rear passage 64: upward passage

65,66: Front and rear guide wall 91.92: Front and rear reflector

93,94: Front and rear safety net

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a plan view of the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view showing a planar arrangement of each component for explaining the present invention, Figure 3 is a side view of the present invention, Figure 4 is a view for explaining the present invention 5 is a front view of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the installation state of the heater and the blower of the present invention. In that,

Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the foot dryer, wherein the main body 1 is formed at a high height on the front side and a low side on the rear side while being integrally assembled with the flooring material seated on the floor, as shown in FIG. It is configured to be inclined downward from the rear portion 12 to the rear portion 12, and the length of the front and rear to accommodate both the user's feet at the same time having a size that can be used by people with relatively large feet. The left and right widths are formed wide, and the left and right side portions 13 and 14 of the main body 1 extend in a curved height upward to cover the outer portions of the left and right feet of the user. .

Inside the main body 1, the foot support portion 15 on which the usual acupressure member 2 is mounted is formed in a state inclined downward from the front side to the rear side, and the foot support portion 15 and the acupressure described above. Each of the members 2 is provided with a plurality of through holes 16 and 21 in the vertical and horizontal directions.

The through holes 21 of the acupressure member 2 are formed between the acupressure protrusions 22 protruding longitudinally and horizontally on the surface of the acupressure member 2, and the through holes 16 of the foot support part 15 are It is formed in communication with the through-holes 21 of the acupressure member (2).

In addition, in the case of the front portion 11 of the main body 1 is projected to be inclined toward the rear side so as to cover the front of the user's heel, that is, the toes of the user who puts the foot over the shiatsu member 2, the rear portion ( 12) and the left and right side portions 13 and 14 protrude upward to cover the heel and the outer portion of the user.

The interior of the main body 1 is partitioned into the left and right sides by the support partition 17. The support partition 17 is a central portion of the inner surface of the rear portion 12 from the center of the inner surface of the front portion (11) It is formed in a structure that extends to a long, and the motor compartment 18, which accommodates the vibration motor 3 is formed in the middle portion of the support partition 17.

The vibration motor 3 accommodated in the motor housing 18 is responsible for vibrating the acupressure member 2, for this purpose, the upper side of the motor housing 18 is formed in an open state so that the number of motors The upper surface of the vibrating motor 3, that is, the vibrating surface that is housed and installed in the soldering part 18, is in close contact with the bottom of the acupressure member 2, and is configured to vibrate the acupressure member.

An inlet 4 for drawing external air is formed below the front portion 11 of the main body 1, and a heater 5 is built in the inside of the inlet 4. 5) The left and right blowers 6a and 6b are provided on the left and right sides to substantially draw outside air.

The left and right blowers 6a and 6b have a structure in which a plurality of blades for sucking and discharging air are installed in a cylindrical shape, and the left and right blowers are provided through both left and right sides of the heater 5. It draws in the outside air and discharges it to the inside of the main body 1, The heater 5 is a device for instantaneous heating of the air by using a heat transfer, like a conventional hair dryer. That is, when the left and right blowers 6a and 6b operate to suck air from the left and right sides of the heater 5, the heater 5 sucks the outside air through the suction hole 51 formed in the front thereof. And instantaneous heating is sent to the left and right blowers.

In addition, the suction port 4 formed below the front part 11 of the main body 1 is formed in a grill shape to prevent a light object such as paper from being sucked into the heater 5 during the suction operation of the blower. Instead of the structure can be installed with a mesh network.

The foot dryer of the present invention is configured to not only dry both feet after washing the feet with water at the same time, but also to dry the left and right feet in sequence, the top of the front portion 11 of the main body 1 It is configured to operate the foot dryer manually or automatically by selectively operating a plurality of switches formed on the control panel 7 mounted in the state exposed to the left and right of the inner upper portion of the front portion 11 Equipped with left and right sensitive sensors 8a and 8b for automatically detecting whether the user's left and right feet have been placed on the main body 1, and the inner middle of each of the front and rear portions 11 and 12, respectively. The front and rear infrared lamps 9a and 9b are mounted on the part, and the front and rear infrared lamps 9a and 9b reflect the infrared light of the front and rear infrared lamps 9a and 9b. Front and rear view to protect reflector (91) (92) and infrared lamp Observations 93 and 94 are provided.

The front and rear reflectors 91 and 92 are installed in a state in which the front and rear reflectors of the main body 1 are widely spread from the inside to the rear of the body 1 to the left and the right foot, and the toes and the feet of the left and right feet are dried. The front and rear safety nets (93) (94) are also installed in a wide open state to the left and right, so that the toes and heel are infrared when the user dries the foot. It is configured to prevent the toe and heel from leaving the pressure member (2) while not directly touching the lamp.

Each of the left and right blowers 6a and 6b mounted on the inside of the main body 1, that is, the left and right inner front sides partitioned left and right by the support partition 17, are surrounded by the blower case 61. Is installed in the state, the blower case 61 is configured to distribute the amount of air discharged from the blower to the front side (foot lock side) and the rear layer (heel side) and the upper side (foot sole side) is discharged have. That is, the blower case 61 is configured to distribute approximately 40% of the front side, approximately 30% of the rear side, and approximately 30% of the upper side, based on 100% of the amount of air discharged from the blower. For this purpose, the front and rear guide walls 65 and 66 are formed to form the front and rear passages 62 and 63 and the upper passage 64.

On the other hand, although not shown in the drawings, the foot dryer of the present invention has a built-in circuit device for automatically controlling all electrically operated devices, including the heater mounted on the main body (1), and also the front of the main body (1) At the lower end of each of the rear parts 11 and 12, a drain hole is formed to discharge water introduced into the main body through the through holes 21 and 16 formed in the acupressure member 2 and the foot support part 15, respectively. It is possible to prevent the water from accumulating inside the body.

The operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

As described above, the foot dryer of the present invention may operate the foot dryer manually or automatically by arbitrarily selecting and operating a manual and automatic switch formed on the control panel 7. Since it is set by the present invention will be described the operation of automatically drying the foot in a state in which the foot dryer is set automatically.

When the user wants to dry the moisture on the foot after washing the foot or to dry the sweat on the foot, first place one foot on the shiatsu member 2 on the rear side of the main body 1, wherein the right foot To put on the right side of the acupressure member (2), and to put on the left foot put on the left side of the acupressure member (2).

Assuming that the user puts one foot, for example, the left foot on the acupressure member 2 at a predetermined position as described above, when the toe portion of the left foot is inserted into the front part 11 side, this is the left sensitive sensor 8a. ), The control circuit device (not shown) is operated to operate each device sequentially by the set program to dry the feet.

For example, in the case of hot air drying with a foot pressure, the vibration motor 3, the heater 5, the left blower 6a, and the front and rear infrared lamps 9a, 9b are turned on at the same time. In this case, the on-operation of the vibration motor (3) by vibrating the acupressure member (2) by a plurality of acupressure protrusions 22 formed on the acupressure member (2) to dry the foot while acupressure the sole of the foot In the case of the heater 5, the external air sucked into the heater is instantaneously heated by the suction port 4a by the suction operation of the left blower 6a, and the air heated in the heater 5 is thus heated. In the case of the left blower (6a) that sucks the discharge into the blower case 61 surrounding the outer periphery, the blower case 61 is approximately 40% toward the front passage (62) to the heated air discharged from the blower To discharge the degree, and the rear passage (63) 30% is discharged toward the passageway 64, respectively.

Heated air distributed and discharged to each of the passages 62, 63, and 64 as described above is to dry the soles through the through-hole 16 formed in the foot support portion 15 and the through-hole 21 formed in the pressure-bearing member (2). , The heated air discharged to the front passage 62 is configured to discharge a greater amount of air than other passages, that is, the rear passage 63 and the upper passage 64, so that the water between the toes is sufficiently dried. You can. For example, about 100% of the amount of air is discharged to the toe part through the development passage 62 among the 100% of the air discharged from the left blower 6a, and the rear passage 63 and the upper passage 64 respectively. As it is distributed about 30%, it is discharged to the heel and the sole of the foot, so that the entire foot can be evenly dried.

And the heater (5) for heating the external air as described above operates only for a predetermined time (within 1 minute), while the left blower (6a) is further operated for a certain time even after the heater 5 stops the heating operation The feet after hot air drying are cold air dried.

In the case of the front and rear infrared lamps 9a and 9b, the user lights up the toe part and the heel part from the beginning when the user puts the foot on the shiatsu member 2 until the hot and cold air drying of the foot is sequentially completed. Infrared light will let you dry your feet while sterilizing athlete's foot fungi.

After the user completes drying of one foot (left foot) as described above, the other foot (right foot) is dried, and at this time, the right sensitive sensor 8b is operated, and thus the heater 5 and the vibration The motor 3, the right blower 6b and the front and rear infrared lamps 9a and 9b are operated to dry the feet by the above-described action.

In the above, when the user wants to dry the left and right feet at the same time, both feet are put together on the acupressure member 2 and dried. In this case, the left and right sensitive sensors 8a and 8b operate together to heat the heater 5. And the vibration motor 3 and the front and rear infrared lamps 9a and 9b, as well as operating the left and right blowers 6a and 6b simultaneously to dry both feet.

Meanwhile, in the above, when the user wants to dry the foot, the heater 5, the vibration motor 3, the left and right blowers 6a and 6b and the front and rear infrared lamps 9a and 9b operate to operate the foot. Although drying has been described as an embodiment, the user may selectively dry only the desired component among the components listed above to dry the foot. For example, when the hot air is to be dried, the heater 5 is operated until the drying time is completed, and when the feet are to be dried only by the cold air, the heater 5 is not operated and the vibration motor 3 is also operated. Alternatively, when you want to dry your feet without operating the front and rear infrared lamps 9a and 9b, you can dry your feet to your liking by not operating them selectively. will be.

In addition, the front and rear parts 11 and 12 and the left and right side parts 13 and 14 of the main body 1 are discharged toward the instep of hot and cold air blown by the blower while the user is drying the foot. By doing so will help dry feet.

According to the present invention as described above, after going home, after washing the feet, the water on the feet can be dried by hot and cold air, and in particular, by drying the water between the toes to prevent athlete's foot or eczema. In addition, it can also be used as an infrared treatment by infrared lamps, which can be expected to prevent and treat foot diseases, and also to acupressure the soles of the feet during drying. In addition to the effects of relieving fatigue, the present invention can also be expected to be effective in sterilizing fungi and athlete's foot, as well as the effect of drying the sweat on the foot when used without washing the foot smell It also has the effect of removing the foot, so that the visitor can wear socks while wearing the foot And not only to dry to get rid of foot odor fatigue loosen a useful invention to provide an advantage to be able to allow the visitors to feel comfortable visiting.

Claims (4)

Covers the floor member seated horizontally on the floor, the front portion extended upward to cover the upper portion of the user's toes, the rear portion extended upward to cover the user's heel and the outer portion of the foot A main body forming a left and a right side portion extending upwardly to be able to do so; A foot support part fixedly installed inside the main body and supporting a known acupressure member in which a plurality of acupressure protrusions are formed in a plurality of rows vertically and horizontally while being inclined in a state where the front side is high and the rear side is low; A suction port formed at a middle side of the front portion of the main body to introduce air from the outside; An electric heater fixedly installed at an inner front side of the main body adjacent to the suction port, and configured to discharge external air sucked from the suction port to discharge to both sides; A left and right blower fixedly installed at both sides of the heater to suck external air through the heater; Left and right blower cases which surround each of the two blowers and are installed to discharge the air discharged from the blower to the front, the rear and the upper part of the main body; Front and rear air guide walls fixedly installed in the main body to guide the air discharged from each of the left and right blower cases to the front, the rear, and the upper, to form the front and rear passages and the upper passage; Foot dryer characterized in that the configuration. The method of claim 1, Inside the main body, a motor accommodating part for accommodating a vibration motor installed to vibrate the acupressure member through the center of the bottom surface of the foot supporting part, and the inside of the main body while supporting the motor accommodating part and the supporting part are left and right sides. A foot dryer, characterized in that the support partition partitioned by the formed. The method of claim 1, Inside the front and rear of the main body, the front and rear infrared lamps, the front and rear reflectors installed to reflect the infrared light of these infrared lamps toward the toes and the heel, and protect the front and rear infrared lamps. Foot dryer, characterized in that the front and rear safety net is installed. The method of claim 1, The left and right sides of the front and rear parts of the main body detect the user's selectively placing or removing the left and right feet on the left and right sides of the shiatsu member and automatically send a signal to the control panel installed at the top of the front part. Foot dryer characterized in that the sensor is mounted.