KR20210114737A - Showerhead with disposable functional pad - Google Patents

Abstract

A functional showerhead according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a cylindrical main body (110) having a flow path for supplying water and a head connection body (130) connected to the main body (110) and to which a head (140) having a spray plate (140) for spraying water supplied through the main body (110) in a cross direction is detachably attached. The head (140) comprises: a receiving part (160) forming an empty space between the spray plate (150) and the head connection body (130); and a disposable functional pad (300) built-in and coupled to the receiving part (160). The disposable functional pad (300) comprises: a pad body (310) having a plurality of through-holes (313) for the flow of water and having a storage space therein; and a water-soluble powder-containing member (320) stored in the pad body (310) and containing at least one water-soluble powder, liquid, and solid. Accordingly, it is possible to remove foreign substances and harmful chemical components such as chlorine and the like in water.

Description

Showerhead with disposable functional pad

The present invention relates to a shower to which a disposable functional pad is applied, and more particularly, to remove foreign substances and harmful substances from the water, and disposable water-soluble solids and functional powders for various purposes or skin trouble treatment powders for various purposes are sprayed out of the water. It relates to a shower head with a disposable functional pad that provides useful functions to the skin and hair of the human body or companion animals, or even enables the treatment of skin diseases.

In general, filters are divided into water purifier filters and industrial filters. However, the filter is a device that mainly filters/adsorbs/ion exchange/sterilizes household water or industrial water, and the principle of operation is similar.

As is well known, as the filter, a sediment filter, an activated carbon filter, a hollow fiber membrane filter, an ion exchange resin filter, a reverse osmosis filter, and the like have been introduced. The sediment filter filters the particle-form residues contained in the water (hereinafter, 'raw water') before being purified. For example, the sediment filter is a pre-treatment precipitation filter that filters foreign substances such as rust, soil, sand, dust, and other debris contained in raw water, and rust such as oxide. And the sediment filter is mainly used together with the carbon filter. However, the structure of the conventional filter has problems such as increasing the cross-sectional size in order to strengthen the filter function.

On the other hand, the conventional shower was used to keep the user's body clean by spraying clean water toward the user's body. Recently, a number of useful functions for controlling the spray range and intensity of water sprayed through the shower have been added. However, before being sprayed on the user's body, it is necessary to cleanly filter foreign substances or harmful substances remaining in the water supplied through the shower. It is necessary to develop a shower technology with a disposable functional pad that can efficiently supply an appropriate amount of water to which functional ingredients useful for skin beauty are sprayed each time it is used.

Domestic Utility Model Registration No. 20-0312257

An object of the present invention is to remove foreign substances and harmful substances from the water, and various water-soluble functional powders or treatment powders for skin and companion animal hair troubles are sprayed out of the water spray, useful functions for the human body or companion animal body or hair It is to provide a shower with a disposable functional pad that can provide or even treat skin diseases.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention not mentioned may be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the examples of the present invention. Moreover, it will be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

A functional shower according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is connected to the main body 110 and the cylindrical main body 110 having a flow path for supplying water, and the main body 110 . and a head connecting body 130 to which a head 140 having a watering plate 140 for spraying water supplied through a cross-direction is detachably attached, and the head 140 includes the watering plate 150 and a accommodating part 160 forming an empty space between the head connection body 130 and a functional pad 300 built-in and coupled to the accommodating part 160, wherein the functional pad 300 is the The pad body 310 is provided with a plurality of through-holes 313 for flow and has a receiving space therein, and is accommodated in the pad body 310 and contains at least one water-soluble powder, solution, solid, etc. It includes a water-soluble functional containing member (320).

A first fastening protrusion 131 is provided on the exit side of the head connection body 130 with a set length protruding and a male screw is formed through an outer diameter, and the first fastening protrusion 131 is screwed on the mouth side of the head 140 . A second fastening protrusion 141 having a female screw through the inner diameter may be provided.

The watering plate 150 is provided with a plurality of watering holes 151 through which water passes and is sprayed, and the exit side of the head 140 is provided with a bent protrusion 143 formed by being bent in the inward direction, and the water spraying plate 150 is provided. The plate 150 may be supported by the bending protrusion 143 at the exit side of the head 140 to have a structure in which external separation is prevented.

The accommodating part 160 is provided through an empty space between the coupling portion between the rear surface of the watering plate 150 and the first and second fastening protrusions 131 and 141, and the accommodating part 160 includes the It has a diameter corresponding to the functional pad 300 , and may be provided in a hollow circular cross-section formed with a length longer than the thickness of the functional pad 300 .

An elastic block 170 protruding annularly from the receiving part 160 toward the inner center in close to the coupling portion between the first and second fastening protrusions 131 and 141 may be further provided.

The pad body 310 includes a circular first housing assembly 311 disposed to face the spray plate 150; and a second housing assembly 312 coupled to the first housing assembly 311 while picturing a storage space between the first housing assembly 311 and the plurality of through-holes 313, It is formed to pass through the first and second housing assemblies 311 and 312 at the same time, and the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 is accommodated in the storage space between the first and second housing assemblies 311 and 312 in a cartridge structure. Can be fitted to become.

Preferably, the first and second housing assemblies 311 and 312 are made of a hard material, and the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 includes a non-woven material containing a set amount of water-soluble powder, and the pad body ( At least one side hole 314 is formed in a circumferential surface on which the plurality of through holes 313 are formed through 310 in a direction crossing each of the plurality of through holes 313, and the side hole 314 is formed. may be formed in communication between each of the plurality of through-holes 313 and a storage space in which the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 is accommodated.

Preferably, the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 contains a first water-soluble powder member 321 containing a water-soluble powder having a skin treatment function, and a functional water-soluble powder containing at least one of vitamins, phytoncide, and herbal fragrance. and a second water-soluble powder member 323 .

The plurality of through-holes 313 are spaced apart from each other in an outer direction of the pad body 310 from the center of the cross-section of the pad body 310 , and are respectively located at a distance from the center of the cross-section of the pad body 310 . It may have a shape in which the hole diameter increases as it increases. Among the plurality of through-holes 313 , the faster the water flow rate is, the faster the water flow rate becomes. This allows the water-soluble powder to be uniformly inhaled and released into the sprayed water.

The inside of the main body 110 is further provided with a shower filter 200 formed at a position to block the flow path, and the shower filter 200 is located at the mouth of the flow path formed in the main body 110, A first circular shape having a size smaller than the cross-sectional area of the flow path, arranged in a shape to block the flow path, and having a side flow path 211 for flowing water by securing a predetermined space between the main body 110 and the inner wall of the main body 110 . body 210; A second circular body 270 positioned on the exit side of the flow path formed in the main body 110 and fixed in position to block the flow path from the opposite side of the first circular body 210 to a size corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the flow path. ); One end is fixed to the insertion protrusion 213 of the first circular body 210, the other end is fixed to the second circular body 270, a tubular first filter 230 having an inner hollow; Inserted into the hollow inside of the first filter 230, one end has a protruding extension 251 that protrudes to a shorter length than the first filter 230, and the other end has the second circular body 270. a second filter 250 formed to face the water outlet hole 280 provided in; and a flow path blocking part 260 disposed to block the flow of water between the first filter 230 and the second filter 250 and having a length shorter than the length of the first and second filters 230; include

Preferably, an external chamber 220 provided between the main body 110 and the first filter 130 through which water is introduced through the side passage 211 is provided, and the insertion protrusion 213 is provided. ) and the protruding extension 251, an inner chamber ( 240) may be provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to remove harmful chemical substances such as foreign substances and chlorine in water by mounting activated carbon and a sediment filter on the shower head body.

In addition, according to the present invention, the water-soluble therapeutic or functional material contained in the nonwoven fabric is sucked into the water sprayed from the shower while shower water is sprayed for a certain period of time by mounting a nonwoven pad containing a therapeutic or functional material in the shower head. can be emitted. Accordingly, skin treatment and various functions useful for the human body can be provided through the shower.

In addition, according to the present invention, a plurality of nonwoven pads may be used as needed. For example, a first nonwoven pad containing a material for skin treatment and a second nonwoven pad containing other functional materials useful for the human body are disposed layer by layer to receive a plurality of useful functions through a single shower.

In addition to the above-described effects, the specific effects of the present invention will be described together while describing specific details for carrying out the invention below.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a shower head to which a disposable functional pad is applied according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a plan view schematically illustrating a disposable functional pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of section III-III of FIG. 2 .
FIG. 4 is a view showing the flow of water and the ejection direction of the water-soluble powder through the enlarged cross section of the area “A” of FIG. 3 .

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement them. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

In order to clearly explain the present invention, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals are given to the same or similar elements throughout the specification. Further, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to components of each drawing, the same components may have the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated in different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description may be omitted.

In describing the components of the present invention, when it is described that a component is “connected”, “coupled” or “connected” to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component. However, it should be understood that other components may be “interposed” between each component, or each component may be “connected”, “coupled” or “connected” through another component.

Hereinafter, a functional shower according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a shower head to which a disposable functional pad is applied according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the functional shower 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a cylindrical main body 110 in which a flow path for water supply is formed, and is connected to the main body 110, and the main body 110 is connected to the main body 110. and a head connecting body 130 to which a head 140 having a spray plate 140 for spraying water supplied through the cross-direction is detachably attached.

In the functional shower 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the head 140 includes an accommodating part 160 forming an empty space between the spray plate 150 and the head connection body 130, and the accommodating part ( It includes a functional pad 300 that is built-in to 160).

At this time, the functional pad 300 includes a pad body 310 having a plurality of through holes 313 for the flow of water and having a storage space therein, and is accommodated in the pad body 310 and contains at least one water-soluble It includes a water-soluble powder-containing member 320 containing the powder.

Specifically, in the functional shower 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first fastening protrusion 131 protruding a set length and having an external screw formed therein may be provided on the exit side of the head connection body 130 . In addition, a second fastening protrusion 141 having a female screw through an inner diameter to be screwed with the first fastening protrusion 131 may be provided at the mouth side of the head 140 .

The watering plate 150 may include a plurality of watering holes 151 through which water passes and is sprayed.

At this time, the exit side of the head 140 is provided with a bending protrusion 143 formed by being bent in the inner direction, the sprinkler plate 150 is supported by the bending projection 143 at the exit side of the head 140 to prevent external departure. can be

The accommodating part 160 may be provided through an empty space between the rear surface of the spray plate 150 and the coupling portion between the first and second fastening protrusions 131 and 141 .

Specifically, the receiving part 160 may have a diameter corresponding to the functional pad 300 , and may be provided in a hollow circular cross-section formed with a length longer than the thickness of the functional pad 300 .

Meanwhile, an elastic block 170 may be further provided at a position close to the coupling portion between the first and second fastening protrusions 131 and 141 .

The elastic block 170 may have an annularly protruding shape from the receiving part 160 toward the inner center. The functional pad 300 embedded in the receiving part 160 by the elastic block 170 can be prevented from being damaged due to collision with the coupling portion between the first and second fastening protrusions 131 and 141 . Furthermore, it is possible to prevent separation of the functional pad 300 even when the head 140 is separated.

Figure 2 is a plan view briefly showing a disposable functional pad according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of section III-III of Figure 2, Figure 4 is an enlarged area "A" of Figure 3 It is a view showing the flow of water and the ejection direction of the water-soluble powder through one cross section.

2 to 4, the pad body 310 has a circular first housing assembly 311 disposed to face the watering plate 150, and a storage space between the first housing assembly 311 and the pictorial and a second housing assembly 312 coupled to the first housing assembly 311 .

In this case, the plurality of through holes 313 may be formed to pass through the first and second housing assemblies 311 and 312 at the same time. In addition, the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 may be inserted into the storage space between the first and second housing assemblies 311 and 312 in a cartridge structure.

Preferably, the first and second housing assemblies 311 and 312 may be made of a hard material. For example, the first and second housing assemblies 311 and 312 may be made of a material such as plastic. And the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 may be formed by including a nonwoven material containing a set amount of water-soluble powder. In addition, the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 can be used by changing the material that can contain the water-soluble powder is obvious to those skilled in the art.

On the other hand, in the case of the functional pad 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention, at least one side hole 314 has a plurality of through holes on the peripheral surface on which the plurality of through holes 313 are formed through the pad body 310 . (313) may be formed in a direction intersecting each (see FIG. 4).

Referring to FIG. 4 , the side hole 314 may be formed to communicate between each of the plurality of through holes 313 and a storage space in which the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 is accommodated.

For example, the water-soluble powder-containing member 320 is a first water-soluble powder member 321 containing a water-soluble powder (S1) having a skin treatment function, and a functional water-soluble powder comprising at least one of vitamins, phytoncide, and herbal fragrance. A second water-soluble powder member 323 containing (S2) may be included. Alternatively, only a single water-soluble powder member may be used, and a plurality of three or more water-soluble powder members more than this may be used.

On the other hand, the plurality of through-holes 313 are located at a distance from each other in the outer direction of the pad body 310 from the center of the cross-section of the pad body 310 , but as the distance from the center of the cross-section of the pad body 310 increases, the holes It may have a shape of increasing diameter (see FIG. 3 ). Among the plurality of through-holes 313 , the more it is positioned at the center of the cross-section of the pad body 310 , the faster the water flow rate may be. Accordingly, by changing the diameter of the through-hole 313, the flow of water passing through the entire through-hole 313 can be uniformed so that the water-soluble powder can be uniformly sucked and discharged into the sprayed water.

Referring back to FIG. 1 , the inside of the main body 110 may further include a shower filter 200 formed at a position to block the flow path.

Specifically, the shower filter 200 includes a first circular body 210 , a second circular body 270 , a first filter 230 , a second filter 250 , and a flow path blocking unit 260 . do.

The first circular body 210 is positioned at the mouth side of the flow path formed in the main body 110, and has a size smaller than the cross-sectional area of the flow path and may be disposed in a shape to block the flow path.

In addition, the first circular body 210 may be provided with a side flow path 211 for flowing water by securing a predetermined space between the inner wall and the main body (110).

The second circular body 270 is located on the exit side of the flow path formed in the main body 110, and has a size corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the flow path, and the position can be fixed to block the flow path from the opposite side of the first circular body 210. .

The first filter 230 has one end fixed to the insertion protrusion 213 of the first circular body 210 and the other end fixed to the second circular body 270, a tubular filter device having an internal hollow. say The first filter 230 is a sediment filter and filters the particles in the form of residues contained in water. For example, foreign substances such as rust, soil, sand, dust and other debris contained in the water, and rust such as oxide are filtered.

The second filter 250 may be inserted into the hollow inside of the first filter 230 . Specifically, one end of the second filter 250 includes a protruding extension 251 that protrudes to a shorter length than the first filter 230 . In addition, the other end of the second filter 250 may be formed to face the water outlet hole 280 provided in the second circular body 270 . The second filter 250 is made of an activated carbon fiber material, for example, it may be made of an activated carbon fiber (ACF) material.

The flow path blocking unit 260 may be disposed to block the flow of water between the first filter 230 and the second filter 250 . As a specific example, the flow path blocking unit 260 may be formed to have a length shorter than the length of the first and second filters 230 . The flow path blocking part 260 is formed with a predetermined thickness between the inner peripheral surface of the first filter 230 and the outer peripheral surface of the second filter 250, and may be made of a material that blocks the flow of water. For example, a heat shrinkable film may be used, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and various film materials obvious to those skilled in the art may be used.

An external chamber 220 is provided between the main body 110 and the first filter 130 . The external chamber 220 may be used as a space in which water is introduced through the side passage 211 and collected before passing through the first filter 230 .

The water collected in the outer chamber 220 is introduced into the inner chamber 240 after passing through the first filter 230 . The inner chamber 240 is an empty space provided between the insertion protrusion 213 and the protruding extension 251 , and serves as a space in which the water passing through the first filter 230 in the outer chamber 220 is collected. The water that has passed through the first filter 230 does not directly flow in the lateral direction of the second filter 250 by the flow path blocking unit 260 , and must pass through the inner chamber 240 to the length of the second filter 250 . After passing only in the direction, it may be discharged to the outside through the water outlet hole 280 .

In this way, the water W1 is purified through the first and second filters 230 and 250 , and the purified water W2 flows toward the head 140 through the water outlet hole 280 . Thereafter, the water W2 flowing toward the head 140 passes through the functional pad 300 and the water-soluble powder (S1, S2, see FIG. 4) having various functions and skin treatment through the water-soluble powder (S1, S2, see FIG. 4) through the user through the watering plate 150. can be sprayed into the body of

As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, there is an advantage in that harmful chemical components such as foreign substances and chlorine in water can be removed by mounting activated carbon and a sediment filter on the shower head body.

Furthermore, by mounting a nonwoven pad containing a therapeutic or functional material in the shower head, the water-soluble therapeutic or functional material contained in the nonwoven fabric can be sucked into the water sprayed from the shower and released while the shower water is sprayed for a certain period of time. . Accordingly, there is an advantage in that skin treatment and various functions useful for the human body can be provided through a shower.

Furthermore, a plurality of nonwoven pads may be used as needed. For example, a first nonwoven pad containing a material for skin treatment and a second nonwoven pad containing other functional materials useful for the human body are disposed layer by layer to receive a plurality of useful functions through a single shower.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated drawings, but the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and drawings disclosed in the present specification. It is obvious that variations can be made. In addition, although the effects of the configuration of the present invention are not explicitly described and described while describing the embodiments of the present invention, it is natural that the effects predictable by the configuration should also be recognized.

100: shower body
110: main body
130: head connection body
131: first fastening protrusion
140: head
141: second fastening protrusion
143: bend
150: water plate
151: sprinkler
160: receiving unit
170: elastic block
200: shower filter
210: first circular body
211: side euro
213: insertion protrusion
220: outer chamber
230: first filter
240: inner chamber
250: second filter
251: protrusion extension
260: euro block
270: second circular body
280: outgoing ball
300: functional pad
310: pad body
311: first housing assembly
312: second housing assembly
313: through hole
3131: first through hole
3132: second through hole
3133: third through hole
3134: fourth through hole
314: side hole
320: absence of water-soluble powder
321: first water-soluble powder member
323: second water-soluble powder member
1000: functional shower

Claims (7)

a cylindrical main body having a flow path for supplying water; and
A head connecting body connected to the main body and having a watering plate for spraying water supplied through the main body in an intersecting direction is detachably attached to the head connecting body;
The head may include: a receiving part forming an empty space between the spray plate and the head connection body; and
It includes; a disposable functional pad that is built-in coupled to the receiving part;
The functional pad includes: a pad body provided with a plurality of through holes for the flow of water and having a storage space therein; and
a water-soluble powder, liquid and solid containing member accommodated in the pad body and containing at least one functionality;
A shower with a disposable functional pad that includes
According to claim 1,
On the exit side of the head connection body,
A first fastening protrusion protruding a set length and having a male thread formed through an outer diameter is provided,
At the mouth side of the head,
A second fastening protrusion having a female screw through an inner diameter to be screwed with the first fastening protrusion is provided.
A shower head with a disposable functional pad.
3. The method of claim 2,
The sprinkler plate,
Provided with a plurality of water spray holes for water to pass through,
On the exit side of the head,
A bending protrusion formed by being bent in the inner direction is provided,
The sprinkler plate,
Characterized in that it is supported by the bending protrusion on the exit side of the head and has a structure in which external departure is prevented.
A shower head with a disposable functional pad.
4. The method of claim 3,
The receiving unit,
It is provided through an empty space between the rear surface of the sprinkler plate and the coupling portion between the first and second fastening protrusions,
The receiving unit,
It has a diameter corresponding to the functional pad, characterized in that provided in a hollow circular cross-section formed with a length longer than the thickness of the functional pad
A shower head with a disposable functional pad.
5. The method of claim 4,
Close to the coupling portion between the first and second fastening protrusions, characterized in that the receptacle is further provided with an elastic block protruding in an annular form toward the inner center.
A shower head with a disposable functional pad.
6. The method of claim 5,
The pad body,
a circular first housing assembly disposed to face the sprinkler plate; and
Containing; and a second housing assembly coupled to the first housing assembly while picturing a receiving space therebetween and the first housing assembly;
The plurality of through-holes,
It is formed to pass through the first and second housing assemblies at the same time,
The water-soluble powder-containing member,
Characterized in that the cartridge is accommodated in the receiving space between the first and second housing assemblies.
A shower head with a disposable functional pad.
5. The method of claim 4,
Further comprising a shower filter formed by blocking the flow path inside the main body,
The shower filter is located on the inlet side of the flow path formed in the main body, has a size smaller than the cross-sectional area of the flow path, is disposed in a shape to block the flow path, and secures a predetermined space between the inner wall of the main body and water. A first circular body having a side flow path for flowing;
a second circular body positioned on the exit side of the flow path formed in the main body and having a size corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the flow path, the second circular body being positioned to block the flow path from the opposite side of the first circular body;
a tubular first filter having one end fixed to the insertion protrusion of the first circular body and the other end fixed to the second circular body;
a second filter inserted into the hollow inside of the first filter, one end having a protruding extension protruding to a shorter length than the first filter, and the other end being formed to face the water outlet hole provided in the second circular body; and
a flow path blocking unit disposed to block the flow of water between the first filter and the second filter and having a length shorter than the length of the first and second filters;
A shower with a disposable functional pad that includes

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