KR20040068448A - Toothbrush sterilizer and dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

Toothbrush sterilization and dryer of the present invention, the toothbrush sterilization and the burner so as to be spaced apart from the toothbrush drying means in front of the toothbrush drying means (5) configured in the upper end or lower end of the toothbrush housing (4) inside the body (2) of the toothbrush. By installing the prevention means (6), when the user stores or withdraws the used toothbrush in the toothbrush housing (4), the user's hand portion and the heat sink (7) and the heating body (8) of the toothbrush drying means (5) To prevent direct contact, the toothbrush can be stored or withdrawn safely and conveniently, and to prevent burns on the user's hand.

Description

Toothbrush sterilizer and dryer

The present invention relates to a toothbrush sterilization and dryer, more specifically, to the toothbrush drying means for sterilizing and drying the used toothbrush is installed at a certain point of the upper or lower portion of the inner toothbrush storage of the toothbrush sterilization and the dryer body. A new type of toothbrush sterilization is provided to prevent or burn the user's hand by installing additional prevention means for safe and convenient storage or withdrawal of the used toothbrush when it is stored in or removed from the toothbrush rack of the toothbrush storage compartment. And a dryer.

In general, toothbrushes that clean teeth are mostly stored on one side of the sink and brushed as needed. These toothbrushes have been found by many hygienists and dentists to find that large amounts of E. coli are always a contaminated blind spot after or during use.

Therefore, recently, various types of toothbrush sterilizers have been developed to sterilize while effectively storing the toothbrush. For example, the structure of the toothbrush sterilizer can be sterilized by ultraviolet rays, infrared rays, ozone, etc., or the toothbrush holder is fixed only to the inside of the body, or the toothbrush holder is fixed to the inside of the lid. I am serious.

In addition, the toothbrush used in everyday life appears to be inhabited with a large amount of bacteria, the toothbrush sterilization problem is emerging. Toothbrushes that clean teeth are mostly stored on one side of the sink, brushing teeth as needed.

Toothbrushes have been reported in the academic world as bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and other streptococci, which are opportunistic infections, are breeding in the toothbrush, and the damp and poorly ventilated toilets and toilets are habitats for opportunistic infections. Toothbrushes that are frequently used several times are not properly maintained, causing the contamination of bacteria such as periodontitis from the toothbrush.

In particular, opportunistic bacteria that cause diseases such as pneumonia, hepatitis, bronchitis, sore throat and cold, which are more likely to be affected by people with weaker immunity than healthy people, are known to be prevented to some extent by the cleanliness of the toothbrush. It can be sterilized rapidly by the artificially made ultraviolet rays with the above strong sterilizing power.

Therefore, various types of toothbrush sterilizers have been developed which can be sterilized and dried continuously while storing the toothbrush effectively. The configuration of the toothbrush sterilizer and the automatic toothpaste extruder is described in detail by a number of prior arts which have been invented and registered by the inventor.

For example, in the case of a toothbrush sterilizer, various types of development are being made, and the sterilizer and toothbrush sterilization of domestic patent applications 92-11676, utility model registration applications 92-18525 and 94-7427 The improvement of the structure which sterilizes a toothbrush by the apparatus and the utility model registration application 94-7427 toothbrush sterilizer etc. is made in various forms.

However, most of these toothbrush sterilizer structures are provided with an infrared or ultraviolet sterilization lamp inside the sterilizer body and a toothbrush rack at the bottom of the toothbrush to sterilize the toothbrush and open and close by the lid. If you want to use it, you have to open and close the lid every time you use it, and the toothbrushes are stored randomly, so you could not sterilize every corner of the brush head.

In addition, the height of the toothbrush being sterilized is scattered around because the direction of the brush head is different from each other around the sterilization lamp, and even if the toothbrush is sterilized by a powerful ultraviolet lamp, the top and bottom of the brush head are not evenly sterilized but the overall size of the toothbrush sterilizer It takes a large installation space, in particular, it takes up a lot of protruding space, even if the toothbrush sterilization with a toothbrush sterilizer had a disadvantage that can not get the sterilization effect to sterilize all the bacteria in the toothbrush in a short time.

In addition, an infrared or ultraviolet sterilization lamp is installed inside the sterilizer body, and a reflector or heat sink is installed to reflect the infrared light or ultraviolet light to double the drying effect of the toothbrush. The single-sided flat or hemispherical rounded ones had the disadvantage of not being able to double the drying effect of the toothbrush. The reflector or heat sink simply reflects the light from the infrared or ultraviolet germicidal lamps. Since the heat sink is not a self-heating structure itself, there was a disadvantage that can not double the drying effect of the toothbrush.

Therefore, the present inventor has developed a toothbrush sterilizer and a dryer such as Korean Patent No. 10-341682.

Toothbrush sterilization and dryer having such a structure constitutes a dental floss storage means for storing the dental floss at a predetermined point of the toothbrush storage portion installed inside the body, the toothbrush for sterilizing and drying the used toothbrush at the lower end of the toothbrush storage portion. By configuring the drying means to allow the user to use the floss at any time with the toothbrush, and also to double the sterilization and drying effect of the used toothbrush by brushing teeth,

In addition, the toothbrush drying means installed at the bottom of the toothbrush sterilization and the toothbrush storage unit of the dryer is a PTC heater that forms a heating plate of two or more polyhedrons so that the user can sterilize and dry the toothbrush, the heating plate on the back of the heating plate Or by forming a heating element made of a cord-type heating wire to increase the heat dissipation surface area of the heating plate by these heating elements to double the drying effect of the toothbrush stored in the toothbrush housing.

However, the toothbrush sterilization and drying machine having such a structure sterilizes and dries the toothbrush used by a heating element constituting the toothbrush drying means, that is, a PTC heater or a heating element made of a heating wire in the form of a cord. Reaches 70 ° C or higher, and the temperature of a heating element such as a PTC heater is transmitted to the heat sink as it is, so that the temperature of the heat sink is very high.

Therefore, the user had to pay close attention to the toothbrush sterilization and to the toothbrush rack inside the dryer when taking or removing the toothbrush, so that the toothbrush could not be safely and conveniently stored or withdrawn. In addition, care must be taken to prevent burns at all times, and in particular, adolescents and young adults have a high risk of burning their hands when storing or removing toothbrushes in a toothbrush sterilizer and a dryer.

The present invention was developed to solve the above problems, the toothbrush sterilization and dryer of the present invention is installed in a certain point of the toothbrush sterilization and dryer to prevent burns in front of the toothbrush drying means for sterilizing and drying the used toothbrush. By installing additional means to prevent the user's hand from directly contacting the heat sink of the toothbrush drying means when storing or withdrawing the used toothbrush on the toothbrush holder, the used toothbrush can be stored and retrieved safely and conveniently. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a toothbrush sterilization and dryer to prevent burns to the user's hand.

To achieve the above object, the toothbrush sterilization and dryer of the present invention is a toothbrush sterilization and burn prevention means in front of the toothbrush drying means for sterilizing and drying the toothbrush used at a certain point of the upper end or the lower end of the internal toothbrush housing of the dryer. It was done by installing more.

1 is a perspective view of a toothbrush sterilizer and dryer showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention

2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the burn prevention means installed in the toothbrush drying means in FIG.

Figure 3 shows another embodiment of Figure 2, a partial cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the toothbrush drying means

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of the burn prevention means installed in the toothbrush drying means of the present invention

5 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the burn prevention means of FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1: toothbrush sterilizer and dryer 2: body

3: lid 4: toothbrush storage

5: toothbrush drying means 6: burn prevention means

7: heat sink 8: heating element

9: sterilization lamp 10: plate

11: ventilator

Toothbrush sterilization and dryer of the present invention for achieving the above object is a rectangular body having an arbitrary shape and having a toothbrush housing therein, and is installed on the body to be rotated to the front to withdraw and store the toothbrush In the toothbrush sterilization and dryer comprising a lid and a toothbrush storage unit which is provided inside the body and has a plurality of protruding partition frames to accommodate a plurality of toothbrushes and razors,

In front of the toothbrush drying means configured in the upper end or the lower end of the toothbrush sterilization and the inner toothbrush storage of the body of the dryer,

Characterized in that the burn prevention means is installed so as to be spaced apart from the toothbrush drying means by a predetermined interval.

Another feature of the present invention, the burn prevention means is a plate body which is installed to be spaced apart from the heat sink of the toothbrush drying means by a predetermined interval, and formed in the inner portion excluding the edge of the plate body to allow a plurality of heat to be heated by the heat sink Characterized in that made up of aeration.

Another feature of the present invention is characterized in that the material of the plate body in the burn prevention means is formed by any one selected from a flame retardant resin, a heat resistant resin, a metal net or a non-ferrous metal net.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a toothbrush sterilization and dryer.

1 to 3,

Reference numeral 1 denotes a toothbrush sterilizer and a dryer of the present invention. The toothbrush sterilizer and dryer 1 of the present invention generally has an arbitrary shape, and has a rectangular body 2 having a toothbrush housing therein, and the body. Toothbrush storage having a lid (3) which is installed in the front to rotate the front to be able to take out and receive the toothbrush, and the partition frames protruded to accommodate a plurality of toothbrushes and razors installed inside the body It consists of (4).

The above technical contents are general technical contents applied to a toothbrush sterilizer or a toothbrush dryer, and a characteristic technical configuration of the present invention is a predetermined point of the upper end or the lower end of the toothbrush housing 4 installed in the body 2. It is to install the burn prevention means 6 in front of the toothbrush drying means (5) for sterilizing and drying the toothbrush used in the installation.

The toothbrush drying means 5 comprises a heat dissipation plate 7 made of at least two polyhedral polyhedrons in order to increase the heat dissipation surface area, and a heating body 8 which abuts on the rear surface of the heat dissipation plate and heats the heat dissipation plate.

The heat sink 7 is inserted into and fixed to an upper end or a lower end of the toothbrush housing 4, and is formed of at least two polyhedrons to increase the heat dissipation surface area, and the heating body 8 is illustrated in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the PTC heater may be formed of any one selected from a heating line in the form of a cord wire.

In front of the heat sink (7) may be added to the sterilization and drying effect of the used toothbrush by installing a separate sterilization lamp 9, but this can be carried out by selectively adding or subtracting in the product configuration.

Therefore, when the germicidal lamp 9 is installed in front of the heat sink 7, the toothbrush can be sterilized and dried. If the germicidal lamp 9 is not installed in the front of the heat sink 7, the toothbrush is dried by the heat sink. Will only be possible.

On the other hand, the burn prevention means 6 is installed in the front of the toothbrush drying means 5 to be spaced apart by a predetermined interval so that when the user stores or withdraws the toothbrush in the toothbrush housing (4) to burn the image on the user's hand area To prevent it.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the burn prevention means 6 is fixed to be spaced apart in front of the heat sink 7 of the toothbrush drying means 5 so as to store or withdraw the toothbrush in the toothbrush housing. The site | part did not contact the heat sink 7. As shown in FIG.

The burn prevention means 6 has a plate body 10 having a shape similar to the shape of the heat sink so as to be spaced apart from the heat sink 7 by a predetermined interval, and the heat heated by the heat sink is formed on the inner part except the edge of the plate body. It consists of many ventilation holes 11 which let it pass.

And the material of the plate body 10, the heating temperature of the heating element 8 of the PTC heater or the heating line in the form of a cord wire reaches 70 ℃ or more, so that the temperature of the heating element is transmitted to the heat sink 7 as it is. Therefore, it is formed of any one selected from flame retardant resins, heat resistant resins, metal meshes or non-ferrous metal meshes to prevent deformation of the synthetic resin properties of the peripheral components and the burn prevention means (6).

In addition, the vent hole 11 formed in the plate body 10 may form a plurality of rectangular vent holes as shown in FIG.

The burn prevention means (6) is installed so as to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance in front of the toothbrush drying means (5) configured in the upper end or the lower end of the toothbrush housing (4), so that the user to use the toothbrush used in the toothbrush storage (4) When storing or withdrawing, the user's hand can safely and conveniently store or withdraw the toothbrush without directly contacting the heat sink 7 and the heating body 8 of the toothbrush drying means 5, the user's hand This will prevent burns on the site.

Although in the embodiment of the present invention, the toothbrush drying means 5 is installed in the lower end of the toothbrush sterilization and the toothbrush housing 4 of the dryer 1, but the toothbrush sterilization and the upper end of the toothbrush storage of the dryer (1) It can also be installed.

The burn prevention means 6 is installed in the front of the toothbrush drying means 5 so as to be spaced apart by a predetermined interval so that the user's hand when the user stores or withdraws the toothbrush heat sink 7 of the toothbrush drying means (5) And the toothbrush can be stored or taken out safely and conveniently by not directly contacting the heating body 8, to prevent burns on the user's hand.

Although the toothbrush sterilization and dryer according to the present invention as described above with reference to the illustrated drawings, by the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein the present invention is not limited to this, by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention Of course, various modifications may be made.

As described above, the toothbrush sterilization and dryer of the present invention is spaced apart by a predetermined distance in front of the toothbrush drying means 5 configured at the upper end or the lower end of the toothbrush storage part 4 inside the body 2 of the toothbrush sterilization and dryer. By installing the burn prevention means 6, the user's hand is placed on the heat sink 7 and the heating element 8 of the toothbrush drying means 5 when the user stores or withdraws the toothbrush used in the toothbrush housing 4. There is an effect that can be stored or withdrawn toothbrush safely and conveniently while not directly in contact with, and there are various special features, such as preventing burns on the user's hand.

Claims (3)

A rectangular body 2 having an arbitrary shape and having a toothbrush housing therein; A lid 3 installed on the body, the lid 3 being rotated to the front so as to withdraw and receive the toothbrush; In the toothbrush sterilization and dryer provided in the body consisting of a toothbrush storage portion 4 is provided with a partition frame protruding to accommodate a plurality of toothbrushes and razors, etc., In front of the toothbrush drying means 5 configured in the upper end or the lower end of the toothbrush sterilization and the toothbrush storage 4 inside the body 2 of the dryer, Toothbrush sterilization and dryer, characterized in that by installing a burn prevention means (6) so as to be spaced apart from the toothbrush drying means by a predetermined interval. The method of claim 1, The burn prevention means 6, Plate body 10 is installed so as to be spaced apart from the heat sink 7 of the toothbrush drying means 5 by a predetermined interval, and a plurality of cylinders formed in the inner portion except the edge of the plate body to pass the heat heated by the heat sink Toothbrush sterilization and dryer, characterized in that consisting of pores (11). The method according to claim 1 or 2, The material of the plate body 10 constituting the burn prevention means 6, Toothbrush sterilization and drying, characterized in that formed by any one selected from flame retardant resin, heat resistant resin, metal mesh or non-ferrous metal mesh.