KR20140085203A - Sterilizing and drying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sterilizing and drying apparatus. The sterilizing and drying apparatus includes: a drying part which includes an ultra violet light lamp for UV light generation arranged thereon, and dries a nail polisher applied on nails and toe nails of a user using UV light irradiation generated by the ultra violet light lamp; an ozone generation part which generates ozone; and an ozone sterilizing part that includes a plate having a plurality of pass-through holes on which an object can be arranged, and sterilizes the object using ozone, which is generated in the ozone generation part, passes through the pass-through holes, and enters therein. The ozone generation part includes: an ozone generation unit which includes a pair of conductive plates and an insulation thin film interposed between the conductive plates, receives electric power applied from the conductive plates to a control unit to synthesize the ozone on the insulation thin film; and the adjusting unit which includes an ozone controller which controls the density or intensity of the generated ozone.

Description

{STERILIZING AND DRYING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a sterilizing and drying apparatus, and more particularly, to a sterilizing and drying apparatus capable of sterilizing an object using ozone while drying a nail polish using ultraviolet rays.

Many women have been trying various ways to dress up their looks from time immemorial, and Nail polish is another example.

Conventionally, a liquid type nail polish represented by enamel is applied to nails and toenails and dried, and the effect of decoration can be enjoyed. However, in the case of the enamel-based nail polish, it takes a lot of time to dry it, and it is easily damaged by the external environment during the drying process.

To solve this problem, a nail polish which can be cured by ultraviolet rays has appeared. In the case of a nail polish that can be cured by ultraviolet rays, since polish and strength can be maintained for a long time, demand for nail polish using enamel has been rapidly increasing. Accordingly, the demand for drying apparatus for curing nail polish using ultraviolet rays is rapidly increasing.

On the other hand, diseases caused by various bacteria and viruses such as colds and flu can be easily transferred by hand. The hands of the person exposed to the outside for the majority of the time can be contaminated by various bacteria and viruses, and small articles such as cell phones and cosmetics, which are mainly used by hand, can also be easily exposed to various bacteria and viruses.

Therefore, there is a growing demand for drying apparatuses capable of sterilizing such small articles, and a need for apparatuses combining these apparatuses is emerging.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sterilizing and drying apparatus capable of drying nail polish by irradiating ultraviolet rays while sterilizing by ozone.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not intended to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. It can be understood.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ultraviolet drying apparatus comprising: an ultraviolet drying unit provided with ultraviolet light generating ultraviolet light to dry a nail polish applied to a user's nail or toenails by irradiation with ultraviolet rays generated from the ultraviolet light; An ozone generator generating ozone; And an ozone sterilizing unit capable of disposing an object on a plate having a plurality of through holes and sterilizing the object by the ozone generated from the ozone generating unit and flowing through the through hole, , A pair of conductive plates, and an insulating thin film interposed between the pair of conductive plates, wherein the pair of conductive plates receives a power source applied to the control unit and synthesizes the ozone in the insulating thin film An ozone generating unit; And an adjustment unit including an ozone controller for controlling the intensity or concentration of the generated ozone.

The ultraviolet ray drying unit senses whether or not a body part of the user to which the nail polish is applied is detected. When the body part of the user is disposed in the ultraviolet ray drying unit, the ultraviolet ray illumination unit lights up the ultraviolet ray illumination unit. And a body detection sensor for extinguishing the ultraviolet light when it is removed from the drying part.

Meanwhile, the sterilizing and drying apparatus according to the present invention further includes an acoustical generator for informing that the ozone generation from the ozone generator and the sterilization by the ozone sterilizer from the ozone sterilizer are started, progressed and completed, A memory for converting the sound into an electrical signal and storing the electrical signal; And a speaker which is provided in the ozone generator and converts the electric signal stored in the memory into sound and transmits the sound to the outside.

Further, the sterilizing and drying apparatus according to the present invention displays on the outside the fact that ultraviolet rays are irradiated by the ultraviolet drying unit, whether ozone is generated from the ozone generating unit, and whether the ozone sterilization by the ozone sterilizing unit is started, And an operation display unit.

At this time, the sterilizing and drying apparatus according to the present invention further includes a power supply unit for directly supplying power supplied from the outside to the ultraviolet ray drying unit and the ozone generating unit, or charging the sterilizing / drying unit using the supplied power source .

The ultraviolet drying unit, the ozone generating unit, and the ozone sterilizing unit may be stacked in order and provided inside the housing, and the housing of the part provided with the ultraviolet drying unit may be provided with a door Grooves can be formed.

The housing may be hinged to an end of the housing provided with the ozone sterilizing unit to open and close an entrance where the object is disposed inside the housing and to prevent the ozone sterilizing unit from being exposed from the outside while being sterilized by the ozone, . ≪ / RTI >

According to the sterilizing and drying apparatus of the present invention, bacteria and viruses present in a user's article can be sterilized and disinfected with ozone while the nail polish is cured and dried by ultraviolet rays.

Therefore, the time required to dry the nail polish can be more actively utilized, and it is more effective in personal hygiene control because it can prevent the transfer of infectious diseases caused by bacteria or viruses that can be transmitted by hand.

1 is a view showing an appearance of a sterilizing and drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the inside of the sterilizing and drying apparatus according to FIG. 1;
3 is an enlarged view of an ozone generating unit 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. In the following description of the present invention, the well-known functions or constructions are not described in order to simplify the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the appearance of a sterilizing and drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing the inside of the sterilizing and drying apparatus according to FIG. 1, and FIG. An enlarged view of the ozone generating unit.

1 and 2, the sterilizing and drying apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an ultraviolet drying unit 110, an ozone generating unit 120, and an ozone sterilizing unit 130.

The ultraviolet ray drying unit 110 is provided with an ultraviolet ray illuminator 112 for generating ultraviolet rays. The ultraviolet ray irradiator 110 irradiates ultraviolet rays generated from the ultraviolet ray illuminator 112 to cure and dry the nail polish coated on the user's nail or toenails.

At this time, the ultraviolet light 112 according to the present embodiment may be an ultraviolet ray generating LED module having good thermal efficiency and low power consumption.

In the case of a general nail polish, it is not cured by ultraviolet rays. However, some nail polishes recently introduced contain a substance which is cured by ultraviolet rays, and have an advantage of being excellent in gloss and strength and lasting for a long time. However, in order to cure and dry it, ultraviolet rays should be irradiated.

Therefore, the ultraviolet ray drying unit 110 according to the present embodiment may include an ultraviolet ray illumination unit 112 capable of generating ultraviolet rays to dry the nail polish containing the substance that can be cured by ultraviolet rays.

The ultraviolet drying unit 110 according to the present embodiment may include a body detection sensor 114.

The body detection sensor 114 detects whether a body part of the user to which the nail polish is applied is disposed in the ultraviolet drying unit 110.

When the user's body is detected by the body detection sensor 114 in the ultraviolet ray drying unit 110, ultraviolet rays may be generated by turning on the ultraviolet ray illumination unit 112, The ultraviolet light 112 may be turned off.

The ozone generating unit 120 generates ozone to supply ozone to the ozone sterilizing unit 130.

Ozone is a molecule in which three oxygen atoms are bonded. Since it reacts with an unsaturated fatty acid constituting the cell membrane of a bacterium to cause a peroxidation reaction to decompose or oxidize itself to generate radicals, .

Since the ozone according to the present embodiment is generated by the gas, the object disposed in the ozone sterilizing unit 130 can be sterilized and sterilized.

In this case, the ozone generating unit 120 according to the present embodiment may include an ozone generating unit 122 and an ozone controller 124.

 The ozone generating unit 122 includes a pair of conductive plates 123a and an insulating thin film 123b interposed therebetween. The ozone generating unit 122 supplies power to the pair of conductive plates 123a, It is the part that synthesizes ozone.

Specifically, if a high voltage is applied to a pair of conductive plates 123a disposed on both sides of the insulating thin film 123b, electric discharge may be generated, and oxygen present in the air may be synthesized as ozone due to such electric discharge .

The ozone controller 124 controls the intensity or concentration of ozone generated from the ozone generating unit 122 by adjusting the intensity of the power supplied from the outside through the power unit 140 described later.

In addition to the ozone controller 124 for controlling the intensity or concentration of ozone, a timer, a voltage regulator, and the like may be further included.

In the case where the timer is provided, the time during which power is supplied through the timer can be adjusted to control the time during which ozone or ultraviolet rays are generated. In the case where the voltage control unit is provided, Thereby providing a high voltage sufficient to generate ozone. At this time, the voltage regulator may be provided with a transformer for converting a low voltage supplied from the outside into a high voltage suitable for synthesizing ozone.

The object to be sterilized by the ozone sterilizing unit 130 may be disposed on a plate having a plurality of through holes 132. The ozone sterilizer 130 sterilizes the object by the ozone generated from the ozone generating unit 120 through the through hole 132, .

Since ozone according to this embodiment is generated in a gaseous state, it is effective for sterilizing and disinfecting various bacteria and viruses present in an object through a plurality of through holes 132 provided in the ozone sterilizing unit 130.

At this time, the ultraviolet drying unit 110, the ozone generating unit 120, and the ozone sterilizing unit 130 according to the present embodiment may be stacked in order and provided inside the single housing 10.

That is, in the housing 10 according to the present embodiment, the ultraviolet drying unit 110 is disposed at the lowermost position, the ozone generation unit 120 is disposed next, and the ozone sterilizing unit 130 is disposed at the uppermost position.

An access groove 12 may be formed in the housing 10 provided with the ultraviolet drying unit 110.

The entry / exit groove 12 is a portion where the body of the user applying the nail polish can be placed in the ultraviolet drying unit 110 according to the present embodiment.

In the access groove 12, a body detection sensor 114 is provided as described above to detect a user's body entrance and exit.

The housing 10 according to the present embodiment may further include a lid 14 provided at the upper end of the housing 10 provided with the ozone sterilizing part 130.

The cover 14 may be hinged to an end of the housing 10 provided with the ozone sterilizing unit 130, which opens and closes the entrance of the housing 10 so that an object can be taken in or out. According to this embodiment, while the object is disposed in the ozone sterilizing unit 130 and sterilization proceeds, the ozone sterilizing unit 130 is blocked by the lid 14 from the outside to prevent the ozone from flowing out to the outside, Can be increased.

Meanwhile, the sterilizing and drying apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may further include an acoustic generator.

The sound generator is a part that alerts the user whether ozone is generated from the ozone generator 120 and whether the sterilization is started, progressed, or completed by ozone from the ozone sterilizer 130.

The sound generator according to the present embodiment may include a memory and a speaker in order to smoothly generate sound.

Memory is a part that converts sounds into electric signals and stores them. Speakers are parts that re-convert electric signals stored in memory to sound and transmit them to the outside.

In addition, the sterilizing and drying apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may further include an operation display unit 150.

The operation display unit 150 displays whether or not the ultraviolet ray is irradiated by the ultraviolet ray drying unit 110, whether ozone is generated from the ozone generator 120, and whether sterilization by the ozone sterilizer 130 is started, To the outside.

The operation display unit 150 according to the present embodiment can display the operation state of the sterilizing and drying apparatus 100 by turning on and off the lights as shown in FIG. 1, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and a display such as an LCD Modifications of the various embodiments are possible as applied.

Meanwhile, the sterilizing and drying apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may further include a power supply unit 140 for receiving power required for operation.

The power supply unit 140 is a unit that directly supplies the power supplied from the outside to the ultraviolet drying unit 110 and the ozone generation unit 120 or charges the sterilizing / drying unit 100 using the supplied power.

The ultraviolet drying unit 110 and the ozone generation unit 120 according to the present embodiment must receive power from the outside in order to generate ultraviolet rays or generate ozone.

Therefore, the power supply unit 140 according to the present embodiment can supply power to the ultraviolet ray drying unit 110 and the ozone generation unit 120 by supplying power from the outside using the adapter, or temporarily supply the power to the ultraviolet ray drying unit 110 and the ozone generation unit 120, The operation of the sterilizing / drying device 100 can be enabled even when the sterilizing / drying device 100 is not supplied.

Meanwhile, whether or not the power supply unit 140 supplies power or whether it is charged may be displayed on the outside by the operation display unit 150 according to the present embodiment.

The sterilizing and drying apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described above. The sterilizing and drying apparatus 100 according to the present invention can sterilize and disinfect bacteria and viruses present in the user's articles while ozone is used while the nail polish is cured and dried by ultraviolet rays.

Therefore, the time required to dry the nail polish can be more actively utilized, and it is more effective in personal hygiene control because it can prevent the transfer of infectious diseases caused by bacteria or viruses that can be transmitted by hand.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It is obvious to those who have. Accordingly, it should be understood that such modifications or alterations should not be understood individually from the technical spirit and viewpoint of the present invention, and that modified embodiments fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

10: Housing
12: Access door
14: Cover
100: Sterilization and drying device
110: ultraviolet ray drying unit
112: ultraviolet light
114: Body sensor
120: ozone generator
122: ozone generating unit
123a: conductive plate
123b: Insulating thin film
124: Ozone controller
130: ozone sterilizer
132: Through hole
140:
150: Operation indicator

Claims (7)

An ultraviolet ray drying unit which is provided with ultraviolet ray generating ultraviolet rays and dries the nail polish applied to the user's nail or toenails by irradiation with ultraviolet rays generated from the ultraviolet ray illumination;
An ozone generator generating ozone; And
And an ozone sterilizing unit capable of disposing an object on a plate having a plurality of through holes formed therein and sterilizing the object by the ozone generated from the ozone generating unit through the through hole,
The ozone generating unit includes:
A pair of conductive plates, and an insulating thin film interposed between the pair of conductive plates, wherein the pair of conductive plates receives a power source applied to the control unit, and receives ozone from the insulating thin film, Generating unit; And
And an ozone controller for controlling the intensity or concentration of the generated ozone.
Sterilizing drying device.
The method according to claim 1,
The ultraviolet drying unit
When the user's body part is placed on the ultraviolet ray drying part, the ultraviolet ray illumination is turned on, and when the body part of the user is removed from the ultraviolet ray drying part And a body detection sensor for extinguishing the ultraviolet light.
Sterilizing drying device.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: a sound generating unit for informing the generation of ozone from the ozone generating unit and the start, progress, and completion of the ozone sterilizing by the ozone sterilizing unit,
Wherein the sound-
A memory for converting the sound into an electrical signal and storing the electrical signal; And
And a speaker which can be provided in the ozone generator and converts the electric signal stored in the memory into sound and transmits the sound to the outside.
Sterilizing drying device.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an operation display unit for indicating to the outside that whether or not ultraviolet rays are irradiated by the ultraviolet drying unit, whether ozone is generated from the ozone generating unit, and whether the sterilizing by the ozone sterilizing unit is started, progressed and completed from the ozone sterilizing unit doing,
Sterilizing drying device.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a power supply unit for directly supplying power supplied from the outside to the ultraviolet ray drying unit and the ozone generating unit or for charging the sterilizing / drying unit using the supplied power source,
Sterilizing drying device.
The method according to claim 1,
The ultraviolet drying unit, the ozone generating unit, and the ozone sterilizing unit may be stacked in order and provided inside the single housing,
Wherein the housing of the part provided with the ultraviolet drying section is formed with an access groove through which a part of the user's body can enter and exit.
Sterilizing drying device.
The method according to claim 6,
The housing includes:
And a cover which is hinged to an end of the housing provided with the ozone sterilizing section to open and close an entrance where the object is disposed inside the housing and to block the ozone sterilizing section from the outside while being sterilized by the ozone As a result,
Sterilizing drying device.

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