KR200484214Y1

KR200484214Y1 - Electronic cigarette charger having a sterilization and dry function

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Publication number: KR200484214Y1
Application number: KR2020160001563U
Authority: KR
Inventors: 송승주; 김인섭
Original assignee: 송승주; 김인섭
Priority date: 2016-03-23
Filing date: 2016-03-23
Publication date: 2017-08-23

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette charger capable of sterilizing and drying the remaining components of the electronic cigarette with ultraviolet rays and far infrared rays as needed while charging the battery of the electronic cigarette.
An electronic cigarette charger having a sterilizing and drying function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a charging terminal provided at an upper portion thereof so as to be charged with a battery of an electronic cigarette, The electronic cigarette comprises a main body and a housing which is slidably installed in a lower space of the main body so as to store electronic cigarette components therein. A sterilizing and drying unit equipped with a sterilizing lamp, a ceramic heater mounted on the other surface, and a controller installed in the main body of the charger to set and control the operation of the sterilizing and drying unit.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette charger having a sterilizing and drying function,

The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette charger having a sterilizing and drying function, and more particularly, to an electronic cigarette charger capable of sterilizing and drying the remaining components of the electronic cigarette by ultraviolet rays and far infrared rays, .

In general, tobacco is a favorite food for many people, but it contains a large amount of harmful substances such as nicotine harmful to the human body. In recent years, it has not produced an unpleasant smell without emitting harmful substances, Electronic cigarettes are developed and marketed.

The electronic cigarette is a type of electronic device that allows a nicotine solution contained in a cartridge to be vaporized and sucked in. The electronic cigarette includes a cartridge accommodating nicotine extracted from propylene glycol and a tobacco sheet together with a cotton, Device and a rechargeable battery.

However, since the capacity of the electronic cigarette battery is limited, most users purchase the charger separately for charging the battery.

In addition, such electronic cigarettes are put on the inside of the user's pocket after smoking and repeatedly smoked.

Therefore, most users periodically disassemble electronic cigarettes, wash all components except the battery with water, and then remove the moisture from the components with a tissue or cotton swab.

However, when the components of the cleaned electronic cigarette are removed by using a tissue or a cotton swab, it is very troublesome to dry them. In addition, since the moisture of the components can not be completely removed, the dust or foreign matter So that the electronic cigarette attached thereto is used as it is.

Korea public utility model 2011-0009632 (public date: October 12, 2011, name: portable electronic cigarette disinfection and charging device)

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette charger capable of sterilizing and drying the remaining components of the electronic cigarette with ultraviolet rays and far infrared rays as needed while charging the battery of the electronic cigarette.

In order to solve the above problems, an electronic cigarette charger having a sterilizing and drying function is provided with a charging terminal at an upper portion thereof so as to be charged with a battery of the electronic cigarette, and a charger The electronic cigarette comprises a main body and a housing which is slidably installed in a lower space of the main body so as to store electronic cigarette components therein. A sterilizing and drying unit equipped with a sterilizing lamp, a ceramic heater mounted on the other surface, and a controller installed in the main body of the charger to set and control the operation of the sterilizing and drying unit.

The sterilizing and drying unit may further include a heat insulating material disposed on the bottom of the upper space so that heat generated by the sterilizing and drying unit is not transferred to the upper space.

The apparatus may further include a rotation driving unit installed in the receptacle so as to uniformly sterilize and dry the components of the electronic cigarette by the sterilizing and drying unit by rotating components of the electronic cigarette stored in the receptacle.

The rotation driving unit may include a driving motor installed in the lower portion of the housing so that the driving shaft protrudes upward from the inner bottom surface of the housing, a rotating tray rotatably inserted into the housing, .

In addition, the rotary tray is characterized in that concave and convex portions are formed on the upper part thereof so that the component parts of the electronic cigarette can be held while rotating.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the remaining components of the electronic cigarette are stored in a storage box provided with ultraviolet rays and far-infrared rays while charging the battery of the electronic cigarette, convenience can be provided, And sterilizing various germs adhering to the surface, and hygienically drying the washed electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette can be used more cleanly.

1 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic cigarette charger having a sterilizing and drying function according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette charger having the sterilizing and drying function shown in Fig.
Fig. 3 is a state of use of the electronic cigarette charger having the sterilizing and drying function shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an electronic cigarette charger having a sterilizing and drying function according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette charger having the sterilizing and drying function shown in FIG. 4. FIG.
Fig. 6 is a state of use of the electronic cigarette charger having the sterilizing and drying function shown in Fig. 4. Fig.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. This does not mean that the technical ideas and categories of the present invention are limited.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention in the drawings, parts not related to the description are omitted, and like reference numerals are given to similar parts throughout the specification.

Also, when a part is referred to as " including " an element, it does not exclude other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic cigarette charger having a sterilizing and drying function according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the electronic cigarette charger having a sterilizing and drying function shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a view showing the state of use of the electronic cigarette charger having the sterilizing and drying function shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the electronic cigarette charger having the sterilizing and drying function according to the second embodiment of the present invention FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette charger having the sterilizing and drying function shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a state diagram of the electronic cigarette charger having the sterilizing and drying function shown in FIG.

The electronic cigarette charging device having the sterilizing and drying function according to the embodiment of the present invention can simultaneously charge the battery of the electronic cigarette and sterilize and dry the electronic cigarette components. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, A charger main body 10, a storage box 20, a sterilizing and drying unit 30, a controller 40, and a heat insulating material 50.

The charger main body 10 is configured such that the constituent members including the accommodating box 20 to be described later can be installed. The charger main body 10 has a shape of a rectangular box composed of a closed upper space 10a and a lower space 10b, .

At this time, various electronic components for charging the electronic cigarette and the controller 40 are housed in the upper space 10a, although not shown, and the receptacle 20 is slidably installed in the lower space 10b.

The charger main body 10 is provided with a charging terminal 11 protruded from its upper portion. When the charging terminal 11 is physically connected to the battery of the electronic cigarette, electric energy is supplied to enable charging of the battery of the electronic cigarette Including, but not limited to, everything known in the art.

A steam outlet 12 is formed on one side of the main body 10 of the charger body 10 on which the lower space 10b is located, When the components are stored, the steam generated during drying flows out of the main body 10 of the charger.

That is, the steam outlet 12 prevents the steam generated when the components of the cleaned electronic cigarette are dried, from staying in the lower space 10b of the charger main body 10 and condensing.

The receptacle 20 serves to seal components of the electronic cigarette so that components of the electronic cigarette can be sterilized and dried by the sterilizing and drying unit 30 to be described later. (10b).

The housing 20 is not particularly limited and may be slidably drawn out in various ways from the lower space 10b of the main body 10 of the charger 10. However, when the housing 20 is pushed for convenient retrieval, As shown in Fig.

The transparent window 21 may be formed so that the sterilizing and drying state of the components of the electronic cigarette stored in the storage box 20 can be confirmed from the outside even if the storage box 20 is not drawn out from the lower space 10b of the charger main body 10. [

On the other hand, the sterilizing and drying unit 30 is mounted on the inner wall of the housing 20 to be operated by the controller 40, which will be described later. The sterilizing and drying unit 30 irradiates the components of the electronic cigarette stored in the housing 20 with ultraviolet rays and far- So that sterilization and drying can be performed.

Specifically, the sterilizing and drying unit 30 includes a sterilizing lamp 31 fixed on the inner surface of the housing 20 to provide ultraviolet rays, a ceramic heater 32 fixed on the inner surface of the housing 20 to provide far infrared rays, .

If either the germicidal lamp 31 or the ceramic heater 32 is mounted inside the receptacle 20, the cleaned electronic cigarette components may not be properly dried when stored in the receptacle 20, Which can not completely sterilize harmful microorganisms of bacteria and bacteria, there is a disadvantage that the risk of oral and internal diseases of users of electronic cigarettes is increased.

Therefore, it is preferable that the sterilizing lamp 31 and the ceramic heater 32 are mounted on the inside of the housing 20 so that sterilization and drying of the components of the electronic cigarette can be carried out as needed.

The controller 50 controls the operation of the sterilizing and drying unit 30 and controls the operation of the sterilizing and drying unit 30 and is installed on the upper portion of the main body 10.

Specifically, the controller 40 includes a power button 41 for interrupting the supply of power to the sterilizing / drying unit 30, a setting button 42 for setting an operation mode and a timer of the sterilizing and drying unit 30, And a display panel (43) for displaying the operating state of the display panel (30).

At this time, the setting button 42 of the controller 40 not only enables the sterilizing lamp 31 and the ceramic heater 32 to operate individually or collectively, but also the operation of the sterilizing lamp 31 and the ceramic heater 32 Can be set up to the time to automatically stop.

Then, the user can arbitrarily select the sterilization and drying of the electronic cigarette components as needed, and can sterilize and dry the cigarette according to the user's desired time.

The heat insulating material 50 prevents heat generated in the lower space 10b from being transferred to the upper space 10a by the sterilizing and drying unit 30. [

This insulation 50 is installed at the bottom of the upper space 10a because the charging of the electronic cigarette and the operation of the controller 40 when the sterilizing dryer 30 is activated for sterilization and drying of the electronic cigarette components So that heat is transferred to the upper space 10a in which various electronic components for accommodating various electronic components are stored, thereby preventing the various electronic components from being overheated.

At this time, although the heat insulating material 50 is not particularly limited, it is preferable that the sterilizing and drying part 30 is made of a material having excellent durability and heat resistance and low thermal conductivity so as not to be deformed or overheated by heat.

4 to 6, the housing 20 may be provided with a rotation driving unit 60 for rotating components of the electronic cigarette.

Specifically, the rotation driving unit 60 rotates the components of the electronic cigarette so that the components of the electronic cigarette are uniformly sterilized and dried during operation of the sterilizing and drying unit 30, and the driving motor 61 And a rotary tray 62 which rotates horizontally by the power of the drive motor 61 by placing components of the electronic cigarette inside the housing 20.

At this time, although not shown, it is preferable that a separate speed reducer is connected to the driving motor 61 so as to reduce the rotating speed of the rotating tray 62.

The drive motor 61 can be set to automatically generate power even if only one of the sterilizing lamp 31 and the ceramic heater 32 is operated and the drive shaft 61a Is protruded upward from the bottom of the housing 20.

The rotary tray 62 is connected to the drive shaft 61a at a lower center thereof and is formed into a disc shape having a constant thickness.

At this time, if the upper part of the rotary tray 62 is formed flat, the components of the electronic cigarette can be rolled freely without a certain direction, and sterilization and drying may not be performed uniformly. Is formed.

That is, when the rotation tray 62 is formed on the upper portion of the rotary tray 62, the components of the electronic cigarette can be stably retained even when the rotary tray 62 is rotated, It can be uniformly sterilized and dried by the sterilizing and drying unit 30.

10: Charger main body 10a: Upper space
10b: lower space 11: charging terminal
12: Expansion port 20: Storage box
21: transparent window 30: sterilization drying section
31: sterilization lamp 32: ceramic heater
40: controller 41: power button
42: Setting button 43: Display panel
50: Insulation material 60:
61: driving motor 62: rotating tray

Claims

A charger main body which is divided into an upper space and a lower space and has a charging terminal at an upper portion thereof for charging a battery of the electronic cigarette and a steam outlet at one side;
A housing having a transparent window formed in a lower space of the main body so as to be slidable in a sliding manner so as to store components of the electronic cigarette therein so that components of the electronic cigarette stored therein can be viewed from the outside;
A sterilizing and drying unit having a sterilizing lamp mounted on one side of the inside of the housing so as to sterilize and dry components of the electronic cigarette stored in the housing, and a ceramic heater mounted on the other side;
A controller installed in the charger main body to set and control operation of the sterilizing and drying unit;
A rotatable driving unit installed in the receptacle so as to uniformly sterilize and dry the components of the electronic cigarette by the sterilizing and drying unit by rotating components of the electronic cigarette stored in the receptacle; / RTI >
The rotation driving unit includes a driving motor installed in a lower portion of the housing so that a driving shaft protrudes upward from an inner bottom surface of the housing, and a rotary tray having a disk shape and horizontally rotated in the housing by inserting the driving shaft in a lower center thereof ,
The driving motor is set to automatically rotate the rotary tray horizontally even if only one of the sterilizing lamp and the ceramic heater is operated,
Wherein the rotary tray has concavities and convexities repeatedly formed on the upper portion thereof so as to maintain the components of the electronic cigarette when the rotary cigarette rotates.

The method according to claim 1,
A heat insulating material installed on the bottom of the upper space so that heat generated by the sterilizing and drying unit is not transferred to the upper space; Wherein the electronic cigarette has a sterilizing and drying function.

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