KR20080013735A - Sanitary spoon stand and table using that - Google Patents

Abstract

A sanitary spoon case and a table using the same are provided to achieve a simple washing of the spoon case itself by using a built-in UV sterilizing device, and to furnish a guest of a restaurant with a convenience by adding an advertising unit and other additional functions to the spoon case itself. A sanitary spoon case comprises: a main body(20), one side of which has a receiving chamber(21), configured in such a manner that it is opened in an upward direction, and the other side of which has a lamp chamber in which a UV light emitting lamp(28), a power supply, a display(27) and a control are installed, wherein a partition wall(40) is made out of a transparent material and arranged between the lamp chamber and the receiving chamber so as to be permeated by the ultraviolet rays; and a receiving member(10), seated in the receiving chamber of the main body in a removable manner, and having a receptacle(11) which is made out of a transparent material so as to be permeated by the ultraviolet rays, and a cover(13) which is hinge-connected to an upper part of the receptacle in a swiveling manner, wherein a partition plate(12) is arranged inside the receptacle to divide the receiving space into two parts and store spoons and the chopsticks respectively.

Description

Sanitary spoon stand and table using that

The present invention relates to a sanitary spoon and a table using the same, and more particularly, including a UV sterilization apparatus, the sanitary spoon and the sanitary spoon to be able to sterilize the harmful bacteria remaining in the spoon to be integrally or detachably combined. To a formed table.

In general, homes and restaurants are equipped with a cutlery for storing the washed cutlery, and the spoon was taken out and used as needed. Cutlery is a tool used to eat food, because it is a tool that comes into contact with food ingested in the body, first of all, clean hygiene is very important. In particular, in the case of restaurants, a large number of spoons are kept in the spoons, and many unspecified people use the spoons, and in the process of opening the spoons and removing the spoons as many times as necessary, the contact with the unused spoons causes bacteria to remain in the spoons. There is a need for thorough hygiene.

Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-0394476 discloses a water reservoir provided with an ultraviolet lamp for hygienic storage of the water spoon. The disclosed conventional cistern is equipped with an ultraviolet lamp to irradiate ultraviolet rays to the inner storage space for storing the cutlery to disinfect the cutlery stored in the storage space with ultraviolet rays. However, the conventional water container is not easy to clean the water reservoir for removing foreign matter inside the water tank because a plurality of electronic devices are installed in the water tank.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a sanitary spoon equipped with an ultraviolet sterilization apparatus which can be easily washed.

Another object of the present invention is to add a promotional means and other additional functions to the cutlery to provide the convenience of the guests visiting the restaurant.

The sanitary cutlery according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a storage compartment having an upper side, an ultraviolet light emitting lamp for irradiating ultraviolet rays toward the storage room and installed adjacent to the storage room and a power supply for supplying power to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp. A main body including a lamp chamber having a supply unit and a partition wall disposed between the storage chamber and the lamp chamber, and having a UV-permeable material, and being detachably seated in the storage chamber of the main body and opened in an upward direction to store the cutlery. Removable storage member having a storage space formed of a transparent material that can transmit ultraviolet rays, and a lid provided on the upper portion of the housing to selectively open and close the storage space and formed of a material that can not transmit ultraviolet rays Equipped.

The upper portion of the main body is further provided with a display unit for displaying information including the date, day of the week, time, promotional phrases, the power supply unit is installed to expose the outside of the main body and the electricity generated from the solar panel It is desirable to have a battery.

In addition, the main body further includes a call button provided on one side of the main body and a transmission unit and a control unit for transmitting a call signal to a call guide when an operation signal is received from the call button, wherein the control unit emits ultraviolet rays when the lid is closed. It supplies power to the lamp, cuts off the power to the UV light lamp when the lid is open, detects the lid closing action and supplies power to the UV light lamp for the set time, and after the set time has elapsed It is desirable to control to block.

In addition, the sanitary cistern may be coupled to the support having a plate and a leg member for supporting the plate, the sanitary cistern is formed to be integrally fixed or detachably coupled to one side of the plate.

The sanitary cutlery according to the present invention having the above constitution sterilizes the bacteria remaining in the cutlery stored in the ultraviolet light, so that the hygienic cutlery can be stored, and the storage member storing the cutlery can be easily washed by detaching from the main body. There is no space limitation for installation by wires or cables for power supply.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail the sanitary spoon according to the present invention.

1 to 3, the sanitary spoon 1 according to the present invention includes a main body 20 and a receiving member 10 detachably coupled to the main body 20.

The storage member 10 is detachably seated in the storage chamber 21 of the main body 20, and is formed in the storage space 16 to be opened upward and to store the cutlery. The storage member 10 is rotatable in the upper part of the storage unit 11 and the storage unit 11 is provided with a partition plate 12 for partitioning the storage space 16 to accommodate the spoon and chopsticks separately therein. It is provided with a lid 13 to be hinged. The accommodating part 11 is formed of a transparent material through which ultraviolet rays can pass, and the lid 13 is made of an opaque material through which ultraviolet light cannot pass and selectively opens and closes the accommodating space 16 by rotation. In addition, one side end of the lid 13 protrudes downward, and a protrusion 14 having a permanent magnet 15 coupled to the end is formed.

The main body 20 has an accommodating chamber 21 which is open upward on one side to provide a seating space in which the accommodating member 10 can be seated, and an ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 and a power supply unit 23 on the other side. The lamp chamber 22 in which the display part 27 and the control part 26 are provided is provided. Between the lamp chamber 22 and the storage chamber 21, a partition wall 40 formed of a transparent material is formed so as to partition the lamp chamber 22 and the storage chamber 21 and transmit ultraviolet rays.

The lamp chamber 22 includes a power supply unit 23 for supplying power, a control unit 26 electrically connected to the power supply unit 23, and a display unit 27 connected with the control unit 26 to display image information. Provides installation space. An ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 is installed on the side of the lamp compartment 22 in which the partition wall 40 is installed so as to irradiate ultraviolet rays toward the storage chamber 21. The ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 may be an ultraviolet light emitting lamp having a wavelength of 230 to 270 nm, and various types of ultraviolet light emitting lamps such as an ion lamp and a light emitting diode may be applied.

The power supply unit 23 includes a battery 25 installed inside the lamp chamber 22 and a solar panel 24 for supplying power to the battery 25. The battery 25 supplies power used for the sanitary spoon 1 and is a storage battery capable of storing electricity. The solar panel 24 is installed on the upper portion of the lamp chamber 22 so that the upper surface is exposed to the outside, and generates electricity when the external light source is present to accumulate the battery 25. Since the power supply unit 23 generates power by the solar panel 24 to supply power, a device for receiving a separate power supply from the outside is not required. Therefore, the sanitary spoon 1 of the present embodiment supplies external power. There is no space constraint for installing wires and plugs for receiving.

In the present embodiment, all the power is produced and supplied from the solar panel 24 of the power supply unit 23, but the power supply unit 23 is not limited to this, and when power consumption is high, external power is supplied for smooth power supply. A wire having a plug to be connected may be further provided. In this case, the electricity generated from the solar panel 24 is stored in the battery 25 and the display is installed in the main body 20 at a time when power is relatively low. Power may be supplied to the unit 27, the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28, and the control unit 26 to reduce cost expenditure due to external power consumption.

The display unit 27 is a display device for displaying various image information including a date, day of the week, time, and promotional text stored in the control unit 26. The display unit 27 is installed to be exposed to the outside in the upper part of the lamp room 22 and the control unit 26. ) Is electrically connected to and displays the image information stored in the control unit 26 so that people can visually recognize it. The display unit 27 may be applied to various image transmitting apparatuses capable of displaying an image, such as a liquid crystal and an LCD panel. If necessary, the display unit 27 replaces the image information stored in the control unit 26 and is displayed on the display unit 27. Image information can be selected.

The control unit 26 supplies and cuts off the power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 according to the set setting, and further includes a memory device for storing image information displayed on the display unit 27. The control unit 26 determines the engagement of the housing member 10 and the opening / closing of the lid 13 by a reed switch to be described later, and supplies power to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 when the lid 13 is closed. When (13) is open, the power supply to the ultraviolet light-emitting lamp 28 is cut off. In addition, after the set time after sterilization is completed after the lid 13 is closed, the power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 is automatically cut off to minimize the power consumption of the battery 25.

The control unit 26 further includes a reed switch 41. Reed switch 41 is installed on the upper portion of the main body 20 in contact with the projection 14 formed on the lid 13, the control unit 26 in accordance with the contact of the permanent magnet 14 coupled to the projection (14) ), The control unit 26 determines whether the lid 13 is opened or closed according to a signal applied from the reed switch 41 to supply or cut off power to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28. That is, when the lid 13 is closed, the permanent magnet 15 of the protrusion 14 and the reed switch 41 of the main body 20 come into contact with each other to send a signal to the control unit 26. When the lamp 28 is supplied with power and irradiated with ultraviolet rays to the storage chamber 21, and the contact between the permanent magnet 15 of the protrusion 14 and the reed switch 41 is lost, the control unit 26 controls the lid 13. The power supply to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 is cut off by determining that the opening or the receiving member 10 is removed.

Both outer sides of the main body 20 are formed at the lower portion of the fixed coupling jaw 42 is formed to protrude a predetermined distance outward from the side of the main body 20 along the longitudinal direction of the main body 20, the main body 20 On one side of the outside) a call button 43 which can be used to call an employee, and when a signal is received from the call button 43, a call signal is transmitted to a call guide installed at a position that can be recognized by a restaurant employee. The unit 44 is further provided. The transmission unit 44 is also made of a wireless transmission device, it is preferable that a separate cable or wire for transmitting a signal to the call guide does not need to be installed. Since the call button 43 and the transmission unit 44 are integrally formed in the main body 20, the utilization space of the table becomes wider.

The operation process of the sanitary spoon 1 according to the present invention described above is as follows.

First, power is generated from the solar panel 24 installed in the lamp chamber 22 of the main body 20 to power the battery 25, and the battery 25 is an electrical device installed in the control unit 26 and the main body 20. Power the fields. The controller 26 sends the image information stored in the memory device to the display unit 27 and displays the image information so that the image information can be visually recognized. When the housing member 10 is installed in the storage chamber 21, the permanent magnet 15 coupled to the protrusion 14 of the storage member 10 and the reed switch 41 installed in the main body 20 come into contact with each other. The contact signal is transmitted from the 41 to the controller 26. When a signal is transmitted from the reed switch 41, the control unit 26 supplies power to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 to irradiate the ultraviolet light toward the storage chamber 21. Opening the lid 13 during ultraviolet irradiation breaks the contact between the permanent magnet 15 of the protrusion 14 and the reed switch 41. The control unit 26 emits an ultraviolet light when the signal is blocked from the reed switch 41. Power supply to (28) is cut off to stop ultraviolet irradiation. Even if the lid 13 is not opened, after a sufficient time set to complete sterilization, the controller 26 automatically cuts off the power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 28 to stop irradiation of the ultraviolet light.

As shown in FIG. 4, the sanitary spoon 1 is preferably formed to fix the main body 20 to the table 2 and to attach and detach the storage member 10 as necessary. The table 2 is provided with a coupling member 3 having a fixing groove having a shape corresponding to the fixing coupling jaw 42, and the fixing coupling jaw 42 of the main body 20 in the fixing groove of the coupling member 3. The main body 20 is fixed to the table 2 by retracting and coupling.

In the present embodiment, it is shown that the fixed coupling jaw 42 is formed on the main body 20 and the coupling member 3 is installed on the table 2 so that the main body 20 can be fixed to the table 2. The fixed coupling of the main body 20 with respect to (2) is not limited to this embodiment, and various methods can be applied, and if necessary, the main body 20 may not be fixed to the table 2.

Figure 5 shows another embodiment of the sanitary cutlery 50 according to the present invention.

As shown, the sanitary spoon 50 according to the present embodiment, an upper side of the storage chamber 57 and an ultraviolet ray which is installed adjacent to the storage chamber 57 and irradiates ultraviolet rays toward the storage chamber 57. A lamp chamber having a light emitting lamp 58 and a power supply unit for supplying power to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58, and a partition 59 formed between a lamp chamber and a storage chamber 57 and having a permeable ultraviolet light, It is mounted on the main body 51 and the storage chamber 57 of the main body 51 to be detachably, the storage member 60, the inner storage space 62 is formed, is installed on the upper portion of the main body 51 And an opening / closing member 66 for selectively opening and closing the storage chamber 57 of the 51 and the storage space 62 of the storage member 60 seated in the storage chamber 57.

The main body 51 has an accommodating chamber 57 which is open upward on one side to provide a seating space in which the accommodating member 60 can be seated. On the other side, an ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58, a power supply unit, and a display unit are provided. A lamp chamber in which 54 and a control part are provided is provided. A partition 59 is formed between the lamp chamber and the storage chamber 57 to form the transparent material so as to partition the lamp chamber and the storage chamber 57 and transmit ultraviolet rays.

The control unit interrupts power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58 and includes a memory unit for storing image information displayed through the display unit 54. When the switch 52 installed on the outer surface of the main body 51 is turned on, power is supplied from the power supply to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58 through the control unit. The control unit automatically cuts off the power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58 after a predetermined time elapses from the time when the switch 52 is turned on, and supplies power to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58 for a predetermined time after the predetermined time elapses. The cutlery stored in the storage space 62 is disinfected. In addition, the control unit further includes a sensor for detecting the movement of the slider 69 of the opening and closing member 66. In response to the signal of the sensor, the control unit blocks the power supply to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58 when the storage space 62 is opened as the slider 69 moves, and the slider 69 closes the storage space 62. By restarting the power supply to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58, the ultraviolet light is prevented from being irradiated to the human body and the cutlery is effectively sterilized and disinfected.

The call button 55 and the transmission unit 56 installed on the outer surface of the ultraviolet light emitting lamp 58, the power supply unit, the display unit 54, and the main body 51 installed in the lamp chamber are shown in FIGS. Since the structure and function of the embodiment of the sanitary spoon 50 are the same, description is abbreviate | omitted.

The storage member 60 includes a storage unit 61 in which a storage space 62 is formed, and a mounting member 63 coupled to the storage space 62.

The accommodating part 61 is formed to be detachably seated in the accommodating chamber 57 of the main body 51, and is provided with an accommodating space 62 that is open upward to store the cutlery, and which is capable of transmitting ultraviolet rays. It is made of material.

The seating member 63 is installed in the receiving space 62 and has a base plate 65 in which a plurality of water drain holes 65a are formed, and a predetermined length is extended to an upper portion of the base plate 65 to form a receiving cavity. The partition plate 64 which divides into pieces is provided. As shown, the base plate 65 is gradually inclined downward as the slider 69 moves from one side where the storage space 62 is opened to the other side to facilitate taking out the cutlery from the storage space 62. It is preferably formed.

The opening / closing member 66 is installed above the main body 51 to selectively open and close the storage space 62 of the storage chamber 57 and the storage member 60 seated in the storage chamber 57. The frame 67 coupled to the upper edge of the main body 51 forming the 57, a fixing plate 68 fixed to occupy a predetermined area inside the frame 67, and the lower side of the fixing plate 68 And a slider 69 which is slidably installed along the guide groove formed on the inner side of the frame 67.

The user can remove the cutlery stored in the storage space 62 by moving the slider 69 as needed. When the user wants to take out the storage member 60, the user can separate the frame 67 from the main body 51. After opening 57, the storage member 60 may be detached.

6 shows a table 70 in which a sanitary spoon 50 is installed.

The table 70 extends to contact the ground at the bottom of the plate 71 and the plate 71 in which the sanitary spoon 50 described above and the main body 51 of the sanitary spoon 50 are installed, and the plate 71. It has a leg member 72 for supporting it.

As shown, the main body 51 is fixedly coupled to the plate 71 or formed integrally, and can be used simply by detaching and attaching only the storage member 60 as necessary to wash the storage member 60 or put a cutlery therein. have.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the sanitary spoon according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment of the sanitary spoon shown in Figure 1,

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a lamp chamber of the embodiment of the sanitary spoon shown in FIG. 1;

4 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the sanitary spoon shown in FIG. 1 is mounted on a table;

5 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the sanitary spoon according to the present invention;

6 is a perspective view of a table in which the sanitary spoon shown in FIG. 5 is installed.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

One; Sanitary cutlery 10; Receiving member 20; main body

23; A power supply 27; A display unit 28; UV light lamp

Claims (2)

A support having a plate and a leg member extending from the bottom of the plate to be in contact with the ground to support the plate; And Is installed on one side of the plate, table characterized in that it comprises a sanitary cutlery for sterilizing the cutlery stored by ultraviolet light. The method of claim 2, The sanitary cistern is fixedly installed on one side of the plate, the upper side is open and the upper side is installed adjacent to the storage chamber, the ultraviolet light emitting lamp for irradiating ultraviolet rays toward the storage room and the power supply for supplying power to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp A main body including a lamp chamber including a supply unit and a partition wall disposed between the storage chamber and the lamp chamber and made of a material capable of transmitting ultraviolet rays; The storage space is detachably seated in the storage compartment of the main body, and the storage space is formed to store the cutlery, and the storage portion is formed of a transparent material through which ultraviolet rays are transmitted, and the plurality of water drain holes are mounted in the storage space. An accommodating member having a base plate formed therein, and a seating member extending upwardly from the base plate, and a partition plate partitioning the accommodating space into two parts; And A frame installed at an upper portion of the main body to selectively open and close the storage space of the main body and the storage member seated in the storage room, and to be detachably mounted to the main body, and to be slidably installed in the frame. And an opening and closing member provided with a slider made of a material that cannot transmit ultraviolet rays.

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