WO2009069890A1

WO2009069890A1 - Cooling cosmetic bottle used thermoelectric element

Info

Publication number: WO2009069890A1
Application number: PCT/KR2008/006118
Authority: WO
Inventors: Joong-Hyun Ki
Original assignee: Yonwoo Co., Ltd
Priority date: 2007-11-28
Filing date: 2008-10-16
Publication date: 2009-06-04
Also published as: KR100833204B1

Abstract

A cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element comprises an over cap which is engaged to an upper side of the bottle body and includes a thermoelectric element positioned on an upper side of the pressing member for cooling the discharge part, and a radiation plate for radiating the heat from the thermoelectric element to the outside; a battery accommodation part which is positioned in a lower side of the bottle body for thereby accommodating the battery and supplying the current to the thermoelectric element, and a conductive part for transferring the current of the battery to the thermoelectric element.

Description

COOLING COSMETIC BOTTLE USED THERMOELECTRIC

ELEMENT

Technical Field

[1] The present invention relates to a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element, and in particular to a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element which is capable of decreasing a power consumption by directly installing a thermoelectric element in a cosmetic bottle and by cooling a cosmetic with the help of a thermoelectric element only when an over cap rotates, along with an easier portability. Background Art

[2] Generally, since a cosmetic cannot be stored in a common refrigerator or cannot be used for a year long, the cosmetic is stored in a cosmetic refrigerator so as to keep the cosmetic fresh and to store the same for a long time.

[3] When a cosmetic is stored based on a cooling method which uses a thermoelectric element, the cosmetic refrigerator is configured to keep an inner temperature at 2°C±3°C for a long time use of the same, so a cosmetic component can well function to a skin.

[4]

[5] In particular, as the use of a natural cosmetic and a functional cosmetic, which are needed to be stored in a cold state, increase, the demand for a cosmetic refrigerator increases more and more. When a cosmetic is used in a cold state, a skin port, which is expanded due to a hot air, is contracted which leads to increasing a flexibility of skin. So, the user, who wants to use cosmetics in a cold stare, increases. So, a certain apparatus capable of cooling various kinds of cosmetics is urgently needed so as to cool cosmetic.

[6] However, since a cosmetic refrigerator is designed to store a plurality of cosmetics at one time, the size of the same is very limited, which produces a lot of problems in its configuration.

[7] Since it is configured to cool the entire portions of a cosmetic bottle, power consumption disadvantageously increases, and the cooling performance might be different depending on a cooling degree based on a position of a cosmetic bottle. Disclosure of Invention

Technical Problem

[8] Accordingly, it is an object to provide a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element which is capable of decreasing a power consumption by directly installing a thermoelectric element in a cosmetic bottle and by cooling a cosmetic with the help of a thermoelectric element only when an over cap rotates, along with an easier portability, while overcoming the problems encountered in a conventional art.

[9] It is another object of the present invention to provide a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element which is able to efficiently cool only part(corresponding to a use amount of about one time or three times) of a cosmetic by cooling only a discharge part having a pressing member, not the whole parts of a bottle when cooling a cosmetic by installing a thermoelectric element on an upper side of a pressing member. Technical Solution

[10] To achieve the above objects, in a cosmetic bottle which includes a bottle body for accommodating a certain stuff, and a discharge part which is engaged to an upper side of the bottle body and has a pressing member for discharging the stuff to the outside as the pressing member is pressed, there is provided a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element which comprises an over cap which is engaged to an upper side of the bottle body and includes a thermoelectric element positioned on an upper side of the pressing member for cooling the discharge part, and a radiation plate for radiating the heat from the thermoelectric element to the outside; a battery accommodation part which is positioned in a lower side of the bottle body for thereby accommodating the battery and supplying the current to the thermoelectric element, and a conductive part for transferring the current of the battery to the thermoelectric element.

[11] The conductive part is connected with the battery and includes a first conductive terminal formed in an upper side of the bottle body and formed in a pair of positive and negative poles, and a second conductive terminal which is connected from the thermoelectric element and is formed in a lower side of the over cap and is formed in a pair of positive and negative poles, and the first and second conductive terminals are spaced apart from each other by a certain interval and are contacted with each other when the over cap rotates in one direction.

[12] The surface of the pressing member is made of a metallic material.

[13] An air hole is formed in an upper side of the over cap, so the heat from the radiation plate can be discharged through the same.

[14] A thermoelectric element fixing member is provided in the interior of the over cap for fixing the thermoelectric element to an upper side of the over cap.

Advantageous Effects

[15] In the present invention, a power consumption can be saved, and a portability is enhanced by cooling a cosmetic as a thermoelectric element is operated only when an over cap rotates in such a manner that a thermoelectric element is directly installed in a cosmetic bottle.

[16] In addition, it is possible to efficiently cool only a small part(corresponding to a use amount of about one time or three times) by cooling only a discharge part having a pressing member, not the entire parts of a bottle when cooling a cosmetic in such a manner that a thermoelectric element is disposed on an upper side of a pressing member.

Brief Description of Drawings

[17] Figure 1 is a view of a description of a disassembled stare of a construction of a bottle body and an over cap of a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[18] Figure 2 is a cross sectional view illustrating a construction of a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[19] Figure 3 is a cross sectional view illustrating an air hole of a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[20] Figure 4 is a view of a description of a position and a contacting procedure of a conductive terminal of a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Best Mode for Carrying out the Invention

[21] The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers indicated in each drawing mean the same element.

[22] Figure 1 is a view of a description of a disassembled stare of a construction of a bottle body and an over cap of a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a cross sectional view illustrating a construction of a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[23] Figure 3 is a cross sectional view illustrating an air hole of a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a view of a description of a position and a contacting procedure of a conductive terminal of a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[24] As shown in Figures 1 through 4, the cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises an over cap 100, a battery accommodating part 200, and a conductive part 300.

[25] The over cap 100 is engaged to an upper side of the bottle body 10 which accommodates the stuff such as cosmetic and is engaged while surrounding a pressing member 21 which is to be pressed when using cosmetic. The over cap 100 has a function of preventing the stuff from being discharged to the outside through a discharge part 20 as the pressing member 21 is pressed by mistakes by a user.

[26] In the present invention, a thermoelectric element 110 is provided on an upper side of the pressing member 21 in an inner upper side of the over cap 100 for cooling the discharge part 20. The thermoelectric element 110 is configured to receive the current from the battery 210 accommodated in the battery accommodation part 200 for thereby cooling the discharge pat 20.

[27] The thermoelectric device 110 is configured to cool only the discharge part 20, not the entire parts of the bottle body 10 in the cooling mode as it is positioned on an upper side of the pressing member 21. With the above construction, it is possible to cool only part of the use amount (corresponding to one time through three times), so that the power consumption is minimized, and an efficient cooling is possible.

[28] At this time, it is preferred that the pressing member 21 is made of a metallic material in its surface for an easier transfer of cooled air which is provided from the thermoelectric element 110.

[29] A thermoelectric device fixing member 130 is provided in the interior of the over cap

100 for preventing the thermoelectric element 110 from being moved as it is engaged to an inner wall of the over cap 100, and an upper end of the thermoelectric element fixing member 130 is bent an inward direction of the over cap 100 for fixing the thermoelectric element 110 on an upper side of the over cap 100.

[30] A radiation plate 120 is preferably provided on an upper side of the thermoelectric element 110 for radiating the heat from the thermoelectric element 110 to the outside.

[31] As shown in Figure 3, an air hole 140 formed of a plurality of holes are disposed on an upper side of the over cap 100 for discharging the heat from the radiation plate 120 to the outside.

[32] The battery accommodation part 200 is engaged to a lower side of the bottle body 10 for thereby accommodating the battery 210, and a conductive member 300 is connected to the battery 210 for thereby supplying the current of the battery 210 to the thermoelectric device 110 through the conductive member 300.

[33] The conductive member 300 is configured to transfer the current from the battery

210 to the thermoelectric element 110 and includes a first conductive terminal 310 connected from the battery 210 and formed in an upper side of the bottle body 10 in a pair of positive and negative poles, and a second conductive terminal 320 which is connected from the thermoelectric device 110 and formed in a lower side of the over cap 100 a pair of positive and negative poles.

[34] As shown in Figure 4, the conductive member 300 is configured in such a manner that a positive pole of the first conductive terminal 310, a positive pole of the second conductive terminal 320, a negative pole of the first conductive terminal 310, and a negative pole of the second conductive terminal 320 are spaced apart from one another by a certain interval, not contacting with one another.

[35] In more details, the thermoelectric element 110 operates only when the current is transferred from the battery 210 to the thermoelectric element 110 as the electrodes of the positive and negative poles contact with each other, so when they keep contacted all the time, unnecessary power consumption occurs. So, in the present invention, the first conductive terminal 310 and the second conductive terminal 320 contact with each other only when a cosmetic is used in a state that the first and second conductive terminals 310 and 320 are spaced apart by a certain interval.

[36] Namely, at usual time, the conductive member 300 is positioned in a state that the first and second conductive terminals 310 and 320 do not contact with each other when the over cap 100 is engaged to the bottle body 10. Only when the over cap 100 is rotated in one direction, the first and second conductive terminals 310 and 320 contact with each other for thereby operating the thermoelectric element 110, so that it is possible to minimize the consumption of battery.

[37] As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described examples are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Claims

[1] In a cosmetic bottle which includes a bottle body for accommodating a certain stuff, and a discharge part which is engaged to an upper side of the bottle body and has a pressing member for discharging the stuff to the outside as the pressing member is pressed, a cooling cosmetic bottle using a thermoelectric element, comprising: an over cap which is engaged to an upper side of the bottle body and includes a thermoelectric element positioned on an upper side of the pressing member for cooling the discharge part, and a radiation plate for radiating the heat from the thermoelectric element to the outside; a battery accommodation part which is positioned in a lower side of the bottle body for thereby accommodating the battery and supplying the current to the thermoelectric element, and a conductive part for transferring the current of the battery to the thermoelectric element.

[2] The bottle of claim 1, wherein said conductive part is connected with the battery and includes a first conductive terminal formed in an upper side of the bottle body and formed in a pair of positive and negative poles, and a second conductive terminal which is connected from the thermoelectric element and is formed in a lower side of the over cap and is formed in a pair of positive and negative poles, and said first and second conductive terminals are spaced apart from each other by a certain interval and are contacted with each other when the over cap rotates in one direction.

[3] The bottle of claim 1, wherein the surface of said pressing member is made of a metallic material.

[4] The bottle of claim 1, wherein an air hole is formed in an upper side of the over cap, so the heat from the radiation plate can be discharged through the same.

[5] The bottle of claim 1, wherein a thermoelectric element fixing member is provided in the interior of the over cap for fixing the thermoelectric element to an upper side of the over cap.