KR20170097315A

KR20170097315A - Device fop sterilizing shoes

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Publication number: KR20170097315A
Application number: KR1020160018909A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박상희; 김상진; 서현덕; 박재영
Original assignee: 금오공과대학교 산학협력단; 김상진; 서현덕; 박재영
Priority date: 2016-02-18
Filing date: 2016-02-18
Publication date: 2017-08-28

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shoe sanitizing device adapted to be inserted into a shoe to sanitize and dry the interior of the shoe. Specifically, the shoe sanitizing device of the present invention comprises: a UV lamp which is disposed in the front to radiate UV rays; a ventilation fan which is disposed in the rear of the UV lamp to circulate air inside a shoe; a frame on which the UV lamp and the ventilation fan are mounted, and which includes a plurality of wires having elasticity, wherein the wires are extended in the length direction of the shoe to conform an inner shape of the shoe; and a control unit which controls operations of the ventilation fan and the UV lamp.

Description

{DEVICE FOP STERILIZING SHOES}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for disinfecting shoes, and more particularly, to an apparatus having a function of disinfecting shoes and inserting shoes into shoes to dry shoes and correct shape of shoes.

A shoe is a means of protecting a wearer's foot. A shoe of a normal structure is made of a relatively soft material wrapping a foot and an ankle on a thick material to which a sole is raised. Most shoes except summer sandals and slippers are shoes Except for the part of the ankle to be inserted.

However, since shoes are always worn on the feet, they are always kept in contact with the ground and absorbed by the feet due to wearing for a long time, and soil or other contaminants penetrate into the inside of the shoes. It is in a state of being contaminated by pollutants.

Therefore, not only the bacteria grow in the shoe due to the sweat or the contaminant which is absorbed or remained, but also cause a malodorous disease to the wearer due to the propagation of the fungus. It is the situation that gives pain of.

When the shoe is dirty and smells due to bacteria are generated, the shoe is washed and dried naturally. Unlike clothes, since the shoe takes a considerable time to dry, the shoe can not be worn for a long time, Despite the drying, moisture may remain in the internal space to promote microbial propagation.

In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to disinfect the inside of the shoe frequently and keep it dry. In order to meet such a demand, a device for storing and drying shoes or a device for drying and sterilizing shoes Has been proposed.

As an apparatus for sterilizing shoes by storing them, there is an invention related to a shoe disinfecting apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 10-1565954 (Document 1).

In the disinfecting apparatus of Document 1, a shoe standing bar is provided on the inner side wall of a booth where a door is installed. The shoe standing bar is mounted on the inside of the housing, A sterilizing function ultraviolet light lamp, and a push button which is pressed by the weight of the shoe when the shoe is put on the housing.

According to the configuration of the disinfecting device of Patent Document 1, when shoes are placed on a shoe-mount bar inside the booth, the ultraviolet lamp of the mounting bar is turned on, and the inside of the shoe is sterilized by irradiating ultraviolet rays inside the shoe.

As an apparatus for drying and sterilizing shoes having portability, there is a devision of a portable shoe sterilizer disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 20-2009-0009325 (Document 2).

1, the shoe sterilizer 100 of Document 2 includes an ultraviolet lamp 120 and an ultraviolet lamp 120 disposed inside a cover 110 disposed in front of the shoe sterilizer 100, And a power supply line 180 for supplying electric power from the outside and a rechargeable battery, an operation panel 150, and the like.

In the shoe disinfecting device of the above-described document 2, when the switch is turned on in the operation panel 50 and inserted into the shoe 1, ultraviolet rays and heat are radiated inside the shoe to sterilize and dry the inside of the shoe.

However, since the disinfecting device of Document 1 only performs disinfection treatment inside the shoe and does not function to remove the moisture remaining in the shoe, moisture of the shoe remains, thereby not only discomforting the user while wearing the shoe again, Will remain a condition for the bacteria to multiply again. In addition, when the wet shoes are mounted in the booth's mounting rods, the moisture from the wet shoes remains in the booth, which adversely affects other shoes and makes the booth itself an environment in which bacteria can reproduce.

The shoe sterilizer of Document 2 has an ultraviolet lamp 120 and an electrothermal heater 130 to sterilize and dry at a high temperature while the shoe has a closed structure except for the ankle portion, The discharge of moisture is unreliable and takes a relatively long time to dry.

Further, when the shoe is wet, the shape of the shoe material may be deformed in a state of loss of elasticity or stretchability. If the shoe is left in such a state, the shape of the shoe may be deformed.

However, since the design of Document 2 is inserted into the shoe to heat the shoe by heating the shoe, the deformation of the shoe may be promoted or the deformation may be permanently remained by the heating in the deformation state in addition to the deformation of the shoe due to wetting and squeezing .

As described above, the shoe disinfecting apparatuses of the prior art including the documents 1 and 2 can not expect the action such as the failure to dry the shoe or the prevention of the propagation of the germ through the efficient and efficient drying, and in particular, the permanent deformation There is a possibility that it will result.

Document 1: Patent Publication No. 10-1565954 Document 2: Public Utility Model Publication No. 20-2009-0009325

The present invention provides a shoe disinfecting device having a structure capable of quickly discharging moisture inside the shoe while sterilizing and drying the inside of the shoe considering the problems of the prior art including the invention of the document 1 and the design of the document 2 I want to.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a shoe disinfecting device in which shoe deformation and sterilization can be accomplished while maintaining the original appearance of a shoe deformed into a wet state.

The above-described object of the present invention is achieved by the shoe disinfecting apparatus of the present invention having the following constitution.

The shoe disinfecting device of the present invention is inserted into a shoe so as to sterilize and dry the shoe inside. A shoe disinfecting apparatus of the present invention comprises: an ultraviolet lamp which is arranged in front and emits ultraviolet rays; A ventilation fan disposed behind the ultraviolet lamp and circulating air inside the shoe; A frame including a plurality of wires mounted with an ultraviolet ray lamp and a ventilation fan and having elasticity and extending in the longitudinal direction of the shoe so as to match the inner shape of the shoe; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the ventilator and the ultraviolet lamp.

The shoe disinfecting apparatus of the present invention is entirely inserted into the shoes. A plurality of wires having elasticity and extending in the longitudinal direction of the shoe are in contact with the inner surface of the shoe.

Therefore, when inserting a shoe disinfecting device into a shoe, when a part of the shoe is pressed or wetted by water and the material forming the shoe is stuck, the shoes come into contact with the shoe from the inner surface of the shoe to keep the shoe in its original shape.

In addition, since the body is made of wire, ultraviolet rays from the ultraviolet lamp mounted on the frame on the inside thereof are irradiated on the inner surface of the shoe to prevent sterilization.

Further, in the shoe disinfecting apparatus of the present invention, the shoes are disinfected and the outside air is introduced by the ventilation fan or the inside air is discharged. By this air circulation, the moisture inside the shoe is discharged to the outside.

In the invention of Document 2 in which the interior of the shoe is heated by the electrothermal heater, the synthetic fibers or leather forming the inside of the shoe can be deformed by the heat of the electrothermal heater, and moisture inside can not easily escape from the shoe, In the apparatus of the present invention, since natural drying is performed in the same manner by air circulation, the inside of the shoe is not deformed, and the moisture inside the shoe is quickly discharged to the outside of the shoe.

The inner side of the shoe where the toe is placed inside the shoe is the place where the most moisture remains and the possibility of propagation of the germ is high. In the present invention, the ultraviolet lamp is disposed at the front side so that the ultraviolet lamp is disposed as close as possible to the inside of the foot where the toe is disposed, thereby increasing the sterilizing performance.

In addition, the ventilation fan is disposed close to the ankle portion which is opened to the outside in the shoe by being disposed behind the ultraviolet lamp. As a result, air can be smoothly discharged to the outside by the ventilation fan.

Since the body of the shoe disinfecting device of the present invention is made of wires, the shoe disinfecting device can be easily manufactured by cutting and joining the wires according to the shape and size of individual shoe without using a separate mold.

1 is a view showing a state in which a shoe sterilizer according to the prior art is seated on a shoe.
2 is a perspective view illustrating a shoe sterilizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the shoe disinfecting apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Fig.

The shoe disinfecting apparatus of the present embodiment has a frame 10 formed by a wire.

The frame 10 includes two frame members 11 and 12 arranged vertically with respect to the longitudinal direction of the shoe and outer members 13 attached to the outer surfaces of the frame members 11 and 12 and extending perpendicularly thereto , 14, 15). All of these members are formed by welding the cut parts of the spring steel wire to each other and have high elasticity.

The frame members 11 and 12 are formed by bending and cutting the spring steel wires and joining them to each other. The frame members 11 and 12 are formed of a substantially semicircular upper portion and a straight lower portion to conform to the longitudinal profile of the shoe. Like the frame members 11 and 12, the outer members 13 to 15 are formed by bending and cutting the spring steel wires and joining them together. The outer members 13 and 15 are arranged parallel to each other in the width direction of the shoe, And extends forward.

The two first outer members 13 disposed on the floor are symmetrically formed on both sides in the width direction on the bottom of the shoe and the two second outer members 14 are arranged symmetrically with respect to each other And one third outer member 15 is disposed at the upper end in the widthwise central portion of the shoe and extends parallel to each other from the rear portion of the shoe and is bent from the toe portion of the shoe to form two first outer members 13 Are joined to each other at the front end and the two second outer members 14 are joined to each other at the front end, and the third outer member 15 extends from the top and is bent from the front end to the bottom, Are joined to the front ends of the members (13, 14).

The frame members 11 and 12 are disposed inside the outer members 13 to 15 and outer members are welded to the frame members 11 and 12 to form the frame 10.

In the frame constructed as described above, the outer members 13 to 15 form the outer periphery of the device, and all of them are formed by cutting, bending and welding the spring steel wire, so that the elasticity and the restoring force are large, Provides resilience to distorted or deformed shoes.

In the present embodiment, the materials constituting the frame 10 are all formed by cutting, bending and joining the spring steel. However, for example, only the outer members 13 to 15 are formed of spring steel wires having elasticity, And 12 may be formed of a molded product made of a synthetic resin suitable for accommodating the ventilation fan 30 and the ultraviolet lamp 20. In this case, a groove may be formed in the outer surface of the frame member so that a spring steel wire forming the outer members may be inserted into the groove.

An ultraviolet lamp 20 is mounted on the inside of the front frame member 11 among the frame members. Mounting wires 16 and 17 are vertically and horizontally arranged on the front frame member 11, and the ultraviolet lamp 20 is fixed thereto. Further, a perfume injector 50 is attached to the upper side of the frame member 11. The perfume sprayer 50 injects the perfume into the shoe during sterilization and drying.

The ventilation fan (30) is disposed inside the frame member (12) in the rear of the frame member. A part of the frame member 12 is inserted into the groove of the ventilation fan 30 to insert a part of the wire forming the frame member 12 into the bottom surface and the side surface of the ventilation fan 30, As shown in Fig.

The adsorbent 40 containing activated carbon is disposed at the rear end of the outer members 13 to 15. The adsorbent 40 is formed in the form of a mesh of activated carbon wrapped in a net cloth. The adsorbent 40 is disposed immediately behind the ventilation fan 30, and contaminants contained in the air circulated by the ventilation fan 30 are adsorbed.

In the drawing, the control part is not shown, but the control part is disposed to the rear of the adsorbent 40 or to the bottom of the front side of the ultraviolet lamp 20.

When the shoe disinfecting device of the present embodiment is operated by pressing a button provided on the control unit according to the above configuration and then inserted into the shoe, bacteria and the like inside the shoe are sterilized by ultraviolet rays emitted from the ultraviolet lamp 20, 30) operates to discharge the air inside the shoe to the outside. The ventilating fan 30 may be operated to introduce external air into the shoe by rotating in the opposite direction.

On the other hand, when the shoe disinfecting apparatus of the present embodiment is inserted into the shoe when a part of the shoe is crushed, the shoe is opened while the outer members of the shoe 10 are in contact with the shoe inner surface, The outer members 13 to 15 of the frame are brought into close contact with the inside of the shoe to prevent deformation of the shoe material when the shoe material shrinks during the process of drying the pressed or wet shoes.

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, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

10: Frame 20: UV lamp
30: Ventilation fan 40: Absorbent
50: perfume sprayer

Claims

A shoe disinfecting device inserted into a shoe to sterilize and dry the shoe inside,
An ultraviolet lamp disposed in front and emitting ultraviolet rays;
A ventilation fan disposed behind the ultraviolet lamp and circulating air inside the shoe;
A frame including a plurality of wires mounted with an ultraviolet lamp and a ventilating fan and having elasticity and extending in the longitudinal direction of the shoe so as to match the inner shape of the shoe; And
A control unit for controlling the operation of the ventilator and the ultraviolet lamp
The shoe sterilizing device comprising:

The method according to claim 1,
The frame includes frame members on which an ultraviolet lamp and an air blowing fan are mounted. Each frame member has a shape corresponding to the longitudinal shape of the shoe on the outside, and a space on which an ultraviolet lamp and a ventilation fan are mounted, And a plurality of wires are fixed on the outer side of the shoe so as to be spaced apart from each other in the width direction of the shoe.

The method according to claim 1,
And an adsorbent containing charcoal or activated carbon is disposed behind the ventilation fan.