KR20090003277U - Shower bath equipped with cosmetic ingredients cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present invention, the purified water is discharged through the filtration filter primarily in supplying hot or cold water to the shower head, and secondly, cosmetic ingredients such as vitamin C, aroma oil and fragrance according to the control of the function selection lever. The stored cartridge is supplied with water passing through the filter to selectively discharge the beauty dilution water to the shower head, which relates to a shower for the skin beauty.

Shower having a cosmetic component cartridge according to the present invention is a housing installed in the shower; A water temperature control lever mounted on the housing and connected to a cold water pipe and a hot water pipe; A filtration filter mounted to the housing; A first pipe connecting the water temperature control lever and the filtration filter; A function selection lever mounted to the housing; A second pipe connecting the filtration filter and the function selection lever; A cosmetic ingredient cartridge mounted to the housing; A third pipe connecting the function selection lever and the cosmetic ingredient cartridge; A showerhead connected to an external hose fixed to the housing; A fourth pipe connecting the function selection lever and the hose for the shower head; And a fifth pipe connecting the cartridge and the hose for the shower head.

Vitamin cartridge, beauty ingredient cartridge, beauty water, shower, filtration filter, vitamin filter, water purifier, water softener

Description

Shower head with beauty ingredient cartridge {SHOWER BATH EQUIPPED WITH COSMETIC INGREDIENTS CARTRIDGE}

In the present invention, the purified water is discharged through the filtration filter primarily in supplying hot or cold water to the shower head, and secondly, cosmetic ingredients such as vitamin C, aroma oil and fragrance according to the control of the function selection lever. The stored cartridge is supplied with water passing through the filter to selectively discharge the beauty dilution water to the shower head, which relates to a shower for the skin beauty.

In general, showers simply control the amount of cold and hot water to supply the user with the appropriate temperature water to the faucet or shower head. For example, referring to FIG. 4, a faucet having a hot water pipe 5 and a cold water pipe 6 installed in a bath or a sink, and a lever 7 which functions to adjust or open a proper temperature by mixing water thereof ( 1), a water supply pipe 2 for supplying water through the faucet 1, and a cap 3 and an outlet 4 for supplying water through the water supply pipe 2. This type of water purifier or water softener cannot be installed separately.

Recently, water softener is commercially available because it can supply more purified water beyond simple shower function.

In particular, it is possible to supply a cosmetic ingredient, the Republic of Korea Utility Model Registration No. 20-0371003 "soft water shower", the registration utility model to simplify the replacement of the pre-treatment filter and ion exchange resin filter and the regeneration tank, the switching valve The soft water or raw water can be selectively controlled by the operation of, and the user can simultaneously supply the desired beauty agent with the soft water to enhance the shower effect.

However, the registered utility model is simply for the purpose of supplying a component such as water soap used in the toilet, it is not supplied with the beauty water diluted with sour head.

In addition, by simply introducing a filter and a vitamin supply cartridge in the shower head, Korean Patent No. 10-0514578 "Shower having a vitamin effect", and Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0059624 "Vitamin filter for shower", etc. there is,

Each of the above two documents has a problem that the water supply process passes through the vitamin intrinsic cartridge and then through the filter, so that the vitamin component is filtered by the filter and thus cannot function properly, and the filter also reaches its end of life early. ,

In addition, women and the elderly are not widely commercialized because it is difficult to easily replace the cartridge or filter with vitamins.

Meanwhile, Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-0710423 No. 10-0710423 "Self-contained shelf-type shower head attached to the side filter," which is assigned by the applicant of the present invention, is equipped with a case with a built-in filter, and a shower head equipped with a lever for temperature control and flow path selection There is.

The inventors of the present invention, such as in the commercialization process of the registered patent, such as beauty water, in particular, wrinkle removal, skin elasticity recovery, acne treatment, melanin pigmentation tyrosinase inhibitory effect, preventing pigmentation such as blemishes and freckles, various incomplete metabolism or ultraviolet rays in the body The whitening beauty effect through the removal of the generated harmful oxygen has led to the present invention to introduce vitamin C, which is rapidly expanding from the purified vitamin to the vitamin to be applied to the shower.

The present invention aims to provide a shower with a functional selection lever for discharging purified water through a filter or discharging purified water through a cartridge containing cosmetic ingredients such as vitamin C.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a shower provided with a check valve for preventing the back flow of water to the cartridge.

Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shower head having a tool coupling portion to enable easy replacement of a filter and a cartridge in the case where the filter and the cosmetic components are built in the transparent case. .

In addition, the present invention is provided with a water temperature control lever is possible to control the temperature, the discharge selection lever is provided to provide a shower capable of selecting the drainage path to the shower head or discharge nozzle.

In order to solve the above problems, a shower head having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention,

A housing installed in the shower room; A water temperature control lever mounted on the housing and connected to a cold water pipe and a hot water pipe; A filtration filter mounted to the housing; A first pipe connecting the water temperature control lever and the filtration filter; A function selection lever mounted to the housing; A second pipe connecting the filtration filter and the function selection lever; A cosmetic ingredient cartridge mounted to the housing; A third pipe connecting the function selection lever and the cosmetic ingredient cartridge; A showerhead connected to an external hose fixed to the housing; A fourth pipe connecting the function selection lever and the hose for the shower head; And a fifth pipe connecting the cartridge and the hose for the shower head.

In order to allow the user to select the discharge path, the housing is further provided with a separate drain nozzle, and the fourth pipe is further provided with a discharge selection lever for selecting the discharge path to the shower head or the drain nozzle. It features.

In order to supply to the user by containing a cosmetic ingredient in the filtered water obtained through the filtration filter, the cosmetic ingredient embedded in the cartridge is characterized in that the vitamin.

The fifth pipe is further characterized in that the check valve for preventing the reverse flow to the cartridge.

Lastly, to facilitate assembly and disassembly by using a tool, a tool coupling part is formed at an end of the case for the filtration filter or the cartridge or both.

The biggest feature of the shower head having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention is to supply the filtered water primarily filtered by the filtration filter, or to supply the beauty water containing the diluted vitamin through the cartridge containing the second cosmetic ingredient. That is, the user can select the desired water quality (filtration water or beauty water) and supply it.

These beauty waters are vitamins, especially co-factors that play an important role in the production of collagen, increase the elasticity of the skin, prevent fine wrinkles, promote wound recovery and help recovery after laser treatment or after procedure. In addition, by strengthening the resistance of capillaries to prevent bleeding, the function of capillary dilated skin, erythema skin, acne treatment or accelerated regeneration after decapitation. It has a whitening effect by inhibiting tyrosinase, which forms melanin pigment, and it has an antioxidant action to reduce the melanin produced, which prevents and thins pigmentation such as blemishes and freckles, as well as various incomplete metabolism in the body and ultraviolet rays. By removing the harmful oxygen generated by the aging inhibits aging, increases the skin's resistance and strengthens the action.

In addition, the replacement is easily installed on the side of the housing, as well as easy to assemble, disassemble by the tool coupling portion formed in the filter filter and the cartridge, there is an effect that can confirm the replacement time with the naked eye.

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

1 is an exploded perspective view of a shower head having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of a shower having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a showerhead having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention A side sectional view of the cartridge.

As shown in Figure 1 to 3, the shower having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention,

One) housing 10

It is installed in the shower room, the drain nozzle 11 is provided in the lower front, and the outer hose (OH) is fixed to the side. Here, the end of the outer hose (OH) is provided with a shower head (60).

2) Water temperature control lever 20

Mounted on the housing 10, connected to the cold water pipe (CP) and hot water pipe (HP) connected to the faucet, the lever handle 21 is provided at the end. The user manipulates the lever handle 21 to adjust the inflow of the cold water pipe CP and the hot water pipe HP to set the water temperature of the water and to adjust the amount of air supply. Alternatively the flow rate adjustment can be operated via a separate valve or lever.

3) Filtration filter (30)

To filter the water flowing through the water temperature control lever 20, it is mounted to the housing 10, the tool coupling portion 31 is formed at the end and the normal filtration for chlorine removal, sterilization and disinfection of tap water The material is built in. In general, the filter will correspond to a pretreatment filter of a conventional water purification system, but may be modified to form more precise filtering as necessary.

4) Function selection lever 40

The lever is mounted on the housing 10 to select whether to supply the user with the filtered water through the filtration filter 30 or the diluted beauty water with the cosmetic ingredient cartridge 50 which will be described below. The operating port 41 is provided. Therefore, the water discharged to the shower head 60 or the drain nozzle 11 is always discharged through the filter 30, the purified water is discharged, the dilution water of the cosmetic ingredient according to the selection of the function selection lever 40 can be discharged. .

5) Beauty Ingredient Cartridge (50)

To dilute the filtrate filtered through the filtration filter 30 to beauty water containing vitamins, in particular, the stock solution (V) of vitamin C according to the operation of the function selection lever 40, the vitamin stock solution or concentrate is encapsulated The built-in transparent material of the built-in vitamin A (A), the water intake portion (B) and the housing 10 is coupled to the vitamin built-in portion (A) and having an inlet portion 51 and a drain portion 52 at one end. A coupling member 54 having an inlet connecting terminal 54a and a draining connecting terminal 54b which are coupled to each other so as to be interchangeable with and connected to the inlet 51 and the outlet 52 of the water passage part B, respectively. It is made to include. And, the tool coupling portion 55 is formed at the end of the vitamin built-in portion (A) so that it can be easily assembled or disassembled using a tool.

If the cartridge case contains vitamin C instead of cosmetic ingredients such as aroma oil or fragrance, in order to prevent destruction of vitamin C, a binder and solid pure vitamin C containing Methyl cellulose (MC) or Hypromellose (HM) as main ingredients Is mixed with water, gelled and embedded,

As the purified water flows in, the sol layer may be swept away from the shower head or drain nozzle to form a sol layer.

6) Ejection selection lever (60)

Select one of the filtered water through the filtration filter 30 or the cosmetic water through the cartridge 50 to supply to the drain nozzle 11 or the shower head 60, the discharge lever operating port 61 at the end ) Is provided.

On the other hand, since the water temperature control lever 20, the function selection lever 40 and the discharge selection lever 60 uses a general lever, the illustration of the configuration for the lever itself is omitted.

Then, the coupling bracket 1 is coupled to the rear surface of the housing 10, and fixed to the wall through the coupling bracket 1. The upper part of the housing 10 is coupled to the shelf (2) that can put a variety of toiletries and shower accessories.

The organic connection state between the components is as follows.

A first pipe (P1) connecting the water temperature control lever (20) and the filtration filter (30), a second pipe (P2) connecting the filtration filter (30) and the function selection lever (40); A third pipe (P3) connected to the function selection lever 40 and the cosmetic ingredient cartridge 50, and connected to an inlet connection terminal 54a of the coupling member 54; and the function selection lever 40 ) And a fourth pipe (P4) connecting the hose for the shower head 60 and the hose for the cartridge 50 and the shower head 60, the drain connection of the coupling member 54 The fifth pipe P5 is connected to the terminal 54b. Here, the discharge selection lever 60 is located in the fourth pipe (P4), the beauty water drained through the cartridge 50 in the fifth pipe (P5) to prevent the back flow to the cartridge (50). A conventional check valve CV is further provided. And, the merging member (M) for merging the fourth and fifth pipes (P4, P5) is provided.

The vitamin (V) is a vitamin concentrate capsule or a vitamin stock capsule, which is one example of various classes (silver coated activated carbon, ion exchange resin, aroma capsule, hair nutrient, anion ball, etc.) can be used as a filler. It is obvious.

These vitamins (V) are impossible to synthesize in the human body and are stable in dry condition, but there is an instability that oxidizes and destroys rapidly when moisture is reached. To overcome this, crystalline pure vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) Methyl cellulose (MC) or Hypromellose (HM) alone or in combination can be mixed at a rate of 2 to 50% to delay the exposure of vitamin C to moisture, providing a sustained vitamin C. MC and HM are water-soluble components by adding methyl and hydroxyl groups to insoluble cellulose. They are stable in hot water and form capsules to delay the exposure to moisture, which is why they are used in pharmaceutical companies. They are also used in cosmetics and shampoos as cleaning agents.

Solid vitamin C and these binders are kneaded with an appropriate amount of water to make gelled vitamin dough, and the sol layer wraps the vitamin + binder layer when moisture is brought to the surface in a case with a long vertical width and a small width. Reaction layer) and the water layer relationship surrounding the Sol layer. Therefore, even when exposed to moisture, the part that touches the moisture turns into the Sol layer, and the vitamin C and the binder layer remain in a solid state, and a certain amount of vitamin C continuously dissolves in the water layer by osmosis between the Sol layer and the water layer. . The sol layer thus produced is always kept constant so that stable vitamin C can be supplied throughout the use period. In addition, the properties of vitamin C, which are particularly weak at high temperatures, are also overcome by the less soluble characteristics of MC and HM.

With the configuration as described above, look at the operating state for the shower head having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge of the present invention is as follows.

a) By operating the lever knob 21 of the water temperature control lever 20 to adjust the desired temperature and the appropriate amount of air required by the user. That is, it adjusts the magnification of the water flowing from the cold and hot water pipes (CP, HP) to set to an appropriate temperature, and sets the amount of water introduced according to the opening and closing range.

b) The introduced water is supplied to the filtration filter 30 through the first pipe (P1) and the chlorine removal, sterilization, disinfection, etc. in the filtration filter 30, and then passes through the second pipe (P2), the function selection lever ( 40).

c) By operating the function lever operating port 41 of the function selection lever 40 to select whether the user will be supplied with filtered water or beauty water.

c-1) When the filtrate is selected, the filtrate is supplied to the discharge selection lever 60 through the fourth pipe P4.

c-2) When the beauty water is selected, the filtered water flows through the inlet 51 of the cartridge 50 inserted through the inlet connection terminal 54a of the coupling member 54 through the third pipe P3. The filtered water is diluted with vitamin (V) and converted into beauty water, and the beauty water is connected to the fifth pipe (P5) through the drain portion 52 of the cartridge 50 inserted into the drain connection terminal 54b of the coupling member 54. ) Is supplied to the discharge selection lever (60).

d) Filtrate and beauty water through c-1) and c-2) is discharged to the drain nozzle 11 or shower head 60 by the user operating the discharge lever operating port 61 of the discharge selection lever (60) You will select a path.

e) When replacing the entire built-in vitamin (V) or cartridge 50, it can be easily separated and replaced from the water passage (B) by rotating the tool to the tool coupling portion 55 of the vitamin built-in portion (A). Filtration filter 30 is also the same as the cartridge 50 replacement method.

In the above description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, with reference to the accompanying drawings having a specific shape and structure with a "shower having a beauty ingredient cartridge," but mainly the various modifications and changes possible by those skilled in the art, such variations and changes Should be interpreted as falling within the protection scope of the present invention.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a shower head having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a plan sectional view of the shower head having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention

Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing a cartridge of the shower having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge according to the present invention

4 is a view showing a conventional shower.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10 housing 11 drainage nozzle

20: water temperature control lever 21: lever handle

30: filtration filter 31: tool coupling portion

40: function selection lever 41: function lever operation port

50: Beauty Ingredient Cartridge

A: Filling part B: Water passing part

51: acquisition part 52: drainage part

53: filling material

54: coupling member

54a: Inlet connection terminal 54b: Drainage connection terminal

55: tool coupling part

60: discharge selection lever

61: discharge lever operating port

P1, P2, P3, P4, P5: 1st, 2, 3, 4, 5 piping

CP: cold water pipe

HP: Hot Water Pipe

CV: Check Valve

M: Merged member

V: Vitamin

Claims (5)

A housing installed in the shower room; A water temperature control lever mounted on the housing and connected to a cold water pipe and a hot water pipe; A filtration filter mounted to the housing; A first pipe connecting the water temperature control lever and the filtration filter; A function selection lever mounted to the housing; A second pipe connecting the filtration filter and the function selection lever; A cosmetic ingredient cartridge mounted to the housing; A third pipe connecting the function selection lever and the cosmetic ingredient cartridge; A showerhead connected to an external hose fixed to the housing; A fourth pipe connecting the function selection lever and the hose for the shower head; And A fifth pipe connecting the cartridge and the hose for the shower head; Shower having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge comprising a. The method of claim 1, The housing is further provided with a separate drain nozzle, And the fourth pipe further includes a discharge selection lever for selecting a water discharge path to the shower head or the drain nozzle. The method of claim 1, The beauty ingredient contained in the cartridge is a shower head having a beauty ingredient cartridge, characterized in that the vitamin. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The fifth pipe further comprises a check valve for preventing a back flow to the cartridge shower head having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge, characterized in that. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, A showerhead having a cosmetic ingredient cartridge, characterized in that a tool engaging portion is formed at the end of the case for the filtration filter or the cartridge, or both.

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