KR20130116994A - Toothbrush sterilization device - Google Patents

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KR20130116994A
KR20130116994A KR1020120039543A KR20120039543A KR20130116994A KR 20130116994 A KR20130116994 A KR 20130116994A KR 1020120039543 A KR1020120039543 A KR 1020120039543A KR 20120039543 A KR20120039543 A KR 20120039543A KR 20130116994 A KR20130116994 A KR 20130116994A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
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    • A61L2202/12—Apparatus for isolating biocidal substances from the environment
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
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Abstract

The toothbrush sterilizing apparatus of the present invention can effectively and uniformly sterilize a plurality of toothbrushes mounted on the toothbrush holder with only a few ultraviolet light sources, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost, and uniformly irradiating ultraviolet rays to each part of the toothbrush. There is an advantage that can increase the sterilization effect of.

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Toothbrush Sterilization Device

The present invention relates to a toothbrush sterilizing apparatus, and more particularly, to a toothbrush sterilizing apparatus which can effectively sterilize effectively by uniformly irradiating ultraviolet rays to a plurality of toothbrushes and respective portions of the toothbrush using a few ultraviolet light sources.

Toothbrushes are used after meals several times a day due to their characteristics. There is always a concern that they will grow or spread from bristles to brush heads.

In particular, if the toothbrush is stored in a toothbrush holder or toothbrush after being left untreated, the bristles may grow harmful microorganisms such as bacteria or bacteria transferred from the oral cavity. The likelihood of developing various oral diseases increases, and people with weak immunity are easily exposed to pneumonia, bronchitis, hepatitis, and colds.

Therefore, after the use of the toothbrush, clean management is required to prevent germs from propagating, and the most commonly used method is to put a toothbrush in a toothbrush sterilizer equipped with an ultraviolet light source and sterilize with drying.

Figure 1a and 1b is a view showing a conventional ultraviolet toothbrush sterilizer.

1A and 1B, a conventional ultraviolet toothbrush sterilizer 100 includes a main body 110 having a storage space therein, a door 120 installed and opened in front of the main body, and the main body 110. It comprises a toothbrush holder 130 installed to mount the toothbrush (T) in the inside, and an ultraviolet light source 140 for sterilizing and drying the toothbrush (T) mounted on the toothbrush holder (130).

The conventional ultraviolet toothbrush sterilizer 100 as described above sterilizes and dries the stored toothbrush T using ultraviolet rays and heat generated from the ultraviolet light source 140 to suppress the growth of bacteria.

However, in the case of the conventional ultraviolet toothbrush sterilizer 100, since several toothbrushes T cannot be sterilized by one small ultraviolet light source 140, a plurality of ultraviolet light sources 140 may be installed or expensive to increase sterilization power. The surface light source of the ultraviolet light source should be used, due to this there is a problem that the manufacturing cost increases.

In addition, contaminated water (residual water containing pathogenic bacteria and the like present in the used bristle) is dropped from the brush head after use, and a predetermined amount of contaminated water remains on the toothbrush, and the ultraviolet light generated from the ultraviolet light source 140 is in the form of a fan. Because it spreads, the entire toothbrush cannot be sterilized evenly, and thus, bacteria are generated in the bristles again by the contaminated water remaining in the toothbrush.

The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems as described above, the object of the present invention by using a few ultraviolet light source to irradiate a plurality of toothbrush and each portion of the toothbrush uniformly to effectively and uniformly sterilize. To provide a toothbrush sterilization device that can be.

In order to achieve the above object, a toothbrush sterilizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the main body having a storage space therein; A door coupled to the main body in a structure capable of opening and closing; A toothbrush holder installed to mount one or more toothbrushes in the main body; An ultraviolet light source for sterilizing and drying the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder; An ultraviolet uniform irradiator which guides the ultraviolet rays generated from the ultraviolet light source to be uniformly irradiated onto the surface of the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder by refracting, reflecting, and diffusing the ultraviolet rays; And a controller for controlling lighting / lighting / brightness of the ultraviolet light source.

Preferably, the ultraviolet uniform irradiator is made of a light-transmitting material of a predetermined thickness, characterized in that a plurality of patterns are formed on the side of the ultraviolet uniform irradiator refracted by the ultraviolet light source to be emitted to the surface of the toothbrush. do.

Here, the ultraviolet uniform irradiation unit is formed so as to emit ultraviolet rays to the entire surface of the toothbrush mounted to the toothbrush holder, or is formed so as to emit ultraviolet rays only to the bristles of the toothbrush mounted to the toothbrush holder, Characterized in that the shape surrounding the bristles of the toothbrush mounted to the toothbrush holder.

Preferably, the inner surface of the main body and the inner surface of the door is characterized in that the reflector for reflecting the ultraviolet rays emitted from the uniform UV irradiation unit.

The toothbrush sterilization apparatus of the present invention can effectively and uniformly sterilize a plurality of toothbrushes mounted on the toothbrush holder with only a few ultraviolet light sources, thereby reducing manufacturing costs, and uniformly irradiating ultraviolet rays to each part of the toothbrush. There is an advantage that can increase the sterilization effect of.

Figure 1a and 1b is a view showing a conventional ultraviolet toothbrush sterilizer.
2 is a view showing a toothbrush sterilizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining the configuration and operation of the ultraviolet uniform irradiation unit in the toothbrush sterilizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing various examples of the shape of the ultraviolet uniform irradiation unit in the toothbrush sterilizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the technical idea of the present invention.

In the following description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted or briefly described.

2 is a view showing a toothbrush sterilizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the toothbrush sterilizing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 210 having a storage space therein and a door 220 installed and opened at the front of the main body 210. And a toothbrush holder 230 installed to mount the toothbrush in the main body 210, an ultraviolet light source 240 for sterilizing and drying the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder 230, and the ultraviolet light source ( Refraction, reflection, and diffusion of the ultraviolet rays generated from the 240 to guide uniformly irradiated to the surface of the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder 230 and the uniform UV irradiation unit 250, the light source of the ultraviolet light source 240 It is configured to include a control unit 260 for controlling the light off / brightness.

A part of the door detection switch S is protruded and formed inside the front of the main body 210, and the door detection switch S is pressed when the door 220 is closed to detect the opening and closing of the door 220. Can be.

The door 220 is coupled to the main body 210 in a structure capable of opening and closing, and the toothbrush holder 230 is configured to accommodate one or more toothbrushes in the body 210.

The ultraviolet light source 240 is mounted on the control unit 260 composed of a printed circuit board, and automatically turns off after sterilizing the toothbrush for a predetermined time under the control of the control unit 260, and then turns on / off the cycle. Repeat to complete the sterilization of the toothbrush. Here, the ultraviolet light source 240 may be a UV lamp of the point, line form.

The ultraviolet uniform irradiator 250 serves to guide and uniformly irradiate the surface of the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder 230 by refracting, reflecting, and diffusing the ultraviolet light generated from the ultraviolet light source 240. More detailed descriptions are as follows.

3 is a view for explaining the configuration and operation of the ultraviolet uniform irradiation unit 250 in the toothbrush sterilizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the ultraviolet uniform irradiator 250 is disposed on the front surface of the ultraviolet light source 240, and refracts, reflects, and diffuses the ultraviolet light generated from the ultraviolet light source 240 to the toothbrush holder 230. Guide the surface emitting light to the surface of the toothbrush (T) mounted on.

Here, the ultraviolet uniform irradiation unit 250 is made of a light-transmitting material of a flat plate shape having a predetermined thickness, high transparency silicone resin, urethane, polystyrene (Polystyrene, PS), polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate ( Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), lead glass, soda-lime glass, borosilicate glass, and quartz can be used in combination with one or more materials.As a transparent material, any material can be used. .

In addition, a plurality of patterns 251 are formed on the side surface of the UV uniform irradiator 250 to deflect ultraviolet rays generated from the ultraviolet light source 240 to be emitted to the surface of the toothbrush T, and such patterns 251. Can be formed into dots, lines, circles, polygons or various shapes by stamping, laser, injection, V-CUT, extrusion, casting, etc.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, a reflection part 270 is formed on an inner surface of the main body 210 to reflect ultraviolet light emitted from the UV uniform irradiation part 250 to increase sterilization efficiency.

Here, the reflector 270 is a reflective sheet, a mirror or a silver foil containing a silver-white metallic material (for example, aluminum, magnesium, silver, nickel, platinum, chromium, etc.) on the inner surface of the main body 210. Direct installation or the inner surface of the main body 210 may be formed by coating a reflective material such as silver-white metallic material, mirror or silver foil. In addition, the reflector 270a may be formed on the inner surface of the door 220 as well as the inner surface of the main body 210.

The operation and effect of the toothbrush sterilization apparatus 200 according to the present invention having such a structure will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, the toothbrush T is mounted on the toothbrush holder 230 so that the surface of the toothbrush T is disposed close to the UV uniform irradiator 250.

Next, when the door 220 is closed, the door detection switch S (see FIG. 2) is pressed to detect the closing of the door 220 by the controller 260, and turn on the ultraviolet light source 240. Let's do it.

When the ultraviolet light source 240 is turned on to generate ultraviolet light from the ultraviolet light source 240, the ultraviolet uniform irradiator 250 refracts, reflects, and diffuses the ultraviolet light generated from the ultraviolet light source 240 to mount the toothbrush. Guide to be uniformly irradiated to the surface of the toothbrush (T) mounted on (230).

That is, the UV uniform irradiator 250 may effectively and uniformly sterilize a plurality of toothbrushes and respective portions of the toothbrushes mounted on the toothbrush holder 230 with only one ultraviolet light source 240.

In addition, although the ultraviolet rays emitted from the uniform UV irradiation unit 250 is directly irradiated to the toothbrush (T), the ultraviolet rays emitted to a portion other than the toothbrush (T) is reflected by the reflecting portions (270, 270a) to the toothbrush ( Re-irradiation to T) can further improve the sterilization effect.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the case where the ultraviolet uniform irradiator 250 is formed to emit ultraviolet rays to the entire surface of the toothbrush T has been described. However, the ultraviolet uniform irradiator 250 is configured according to the structure of the toothbrush sterilizer. It may be configured in various forms, which will be described in more detail as follows.

4 is a view showing various examples of the uniform UV irradiation unit 250 in the toothbrush sterilization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the UV uniform irradiator 250 may be formed to emit ultraviolet rays only at a portion of the bristle T1 of the toothbrush T, or the UV uniform irradiator 250 may be semicircular. Alternatively, it may be formed in a circular shape surrounding the bristles T1.

As described above, the toothbrush sterilizing apparatus 200 of the present invention effectively uniformly uniforms the plurality of toothbrushes T mounted on the toothbrush holder 230 by the ultraviolet uniform irradiator 250 with only a few ultraviolet light sources 240. Since it can be sterilized, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost, there is an advantage that can increase the sterilization effect of the toothbrush (T) by uniformly irradiating ultraviolet rays to each part of the toothbrush (T).

So far, the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. However, embodiments of the present invention are provided to those skilled in the art to more fully describe the present invention, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, various other Of course, the shape can be modified.

200: toothbrush sterilizer
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220: Door
230: toothbrush holder
240: ultraviolet light source
250: ultraviolet uniform irradiation unit
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270, 270a: reflector

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A main body having a storage space therein;
A door coupled to the main body in a structure capable of opening and closing;
A toothbrush holder installed to mount one or more toothbrushes in the main body;
An ultraviolet light source for sterilizing and drying the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder;
An ultraviolet uniform irradiator which guides the ultraviolet rays generated from the ultraviolet light source to be uniformly irradiated onto the surface of the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder by refracting, reflecting, and diffusing the ultraviolet rays; And
Toothbrush sterilization apparatus comprising a control unit for controlling the lighting / off / brightness of the ultraviolet light source.
The method of claim 1,
The toothbrush sterilizing apparatus, characterized in that the ultraviolet uniform irradiation portion made of a light transmitting material having a predetermined thickness.
3. The method of claim 2,
Toothbrush sterilization apparatus, characterized in that formed on the side of the UV uniform irradiating portion is a plurality of patterns to be emitted to the surface of the toothbrush by refracting the ultraviolet rays generated from the ultraviolet light source.
The method of claim 3, wherein the ultraviolet uniform irradiation unit,
Toothbrush which is formed to emit ultraviolet light to the entire surface of the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder, or is configured to emit ultraviolet light only to the bristles of the toothbrush mounted on the toothbrush holder, or is mounted on the toothbrush holder Toothbrush sterilization device, characterized in that formed in a shape surrounding the bristles.
The method of claim 1,
Toothbrush sterilization device, characterized in that the inner surface of the main body and the inner surface of the door is formed with a reflector capable of reflecting the ultraviolet rays emitted from the uniform UV irradiation unit.
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