KR200467956Y1

KR200467956Y1 - Luminescence ear swab

Info

Publication number: KR200467956Y1
Application number: KR2020130002372U
Authority: KR
Inventors: 주재현
Original assignee: 주재현
Priority date: 2013-03-29
Filing date: 2013-03-29
Publication date: 2013-07-12

Abstract

The present invention relates to an earpick, and in particular, is installed so as to be detachable from an electronic device having a light emitting device that brightens the outside, and the inside of the ear is brightened by using the light emitted from the light emitting device when cleaning the ear. The present invention relates to a light emitting earpick that can easily remove earwax and prevent damage to the eardrum due to carelessness.
According to the present invention, it is installed to be detachable to an electronic device having a variety of structures having a light emitting device to brighten the outside to brightly illuminate the inside of the ear using the light emitted from the light emitting device does not need to install a light emitting device separately inside When cleaning the inside of the ear, it is possible to brightly illuminate the inside of the ear to facilitate the removal of earwax and to prevent inadvertent damage to the eardrum.

Description

Luminescent earpick {LUMINESCENCE EAR SWAB}

The present invention relates to an earpick, and in particular, is installed so as to be detachable from an electronic device having a light emitting device that brightens the outside, and the inside of the ear is brightened by using the light emitted from the light emitting device when cleaning the ear. The present invention relates to a light emitting earpick that can easily remove earwax and prevent damage to the eardrum due to carelessness.

In general, the earpick refers to a tool that removes the ear canal, ie, the ear, when the ear is itchy, or when foreign matter enters the ear and the earwax is accumulated. These earpicks usually consist of a rod with a small diameter, and are provided with a spatula-shaped cleaning piece at the end to easily scrape off the earwax on the skin by scraping the skin of the ear.

However, the inner ear has a small inner diameter and is dark because external light does not flow to deep areas, so it is difficult for the naked eye to recognize the position of the earwax remaining in the ear, and thus it is easy to remove the earwax by relying on the senses. In addition, in the process of cleaning the ear, problems such as damage to the epidermal tissue and tympanic membrane of the ear occurred.

In order to solve this problem, Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-1998-025102 (published: July 25, 1998), Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1999-0068543 (published: September 09, 1999), Republic of Korea Sinan 20-0357566 (Registration Date: 2004.07.19), Republic of Korea Utility Model Registration 20-0200634 (Registration Date: August 10, 2000), Republic of Korea Registration Utility Model 20-0380121 (Registration Date: March 19, 2005) , Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2010-0044765 (published date: April 30, 2010) and the like has been proposed to the ear with a light emitting device to brighten the ear.

In the above-mentioned prior arts, a light emitting device that emits light to the earpick, for example, a light emitting diode (LED) having a relatively low power consumption and a low power consumption is installed, and the earpick is brightly illuminated. When cleaning the inner ear, earwax was easily removed, and the epidermal tissue and eardrum of the inner ear could be prevented from being damaged.

However, in the above-mentioned prior arts, since a light emitting device such as an LED, a printed circuit board on which a driving circuit for driving the light emitting device is mounted, and a battery for supplying power must be built in a relatively small earpick. Not only was it not easy, but there was also inconvenience in use due to increased volume. In addition, due to the use of electronic devices, frequent failures and repairs were not easy. In addition, when all of the batteries are discharged, there are inconveniences in using them, such as the need to repurchase and replace the batteries.

KR 20-1998-025102 U, 1998. 07. 25. KR 10-1999-0068543 A, 1999. 09. 06. KR 20-0357566 Y1, 2004. 07. 19. KR 20-0200634 Y1, 2000. 08. 10. KR 20-0380121 Y1, 2005. 03. 19. KR 10-2010-0044765 A, 2010. 04. 30.

Therefore, the present invention is proposed to solve the problems of the prior art, and it is possible to easily remove earwax by brightening the inside of the ear without providing a light emitting device therein and to prevent inadvertent damage to the eardrum. It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting ear can.

The present invention according to one aspect for achieving the above object is provided to cover the light emitting device of the electronic device and the light collecting cover for condensing the light emitted from the light emitting device and is coupled to both sides of the light collecting cover A coupling band for detachably coupling the light collecting cover to the electronic device, an optical fiber coupled to the light collecting cover to transmit light emitted through the light collecting cover, and one side is coupled to the other end of the optical fiber, and a cleaning piece is provided on the other side. It is provided, and provides a light-emitting earpick comprising a support made of a transparent material for irradiating the light transmitted through the optical fiber to the outside.

Preferably, the condensing cover includes an entrance hole through which light emitted from the light emitting device of the electronic device is incident, and an exit hole which communicates with the entrance hole and emits light incident through the entrance hole to the optical fiber, wherein The inner side surface of the cover may be formed to have a predetermined curvature or angle in order to focus and refracting the light incident through the entrance hole to the exit hole.

Preferably, the condensing cover includes an entrance hole through which light emitted from the light emitting device of the electronic device is incident, and an exit hole which communicates with the entrance hole and emits light incident through the entrance hole to the optical fiber, wherein The inner side of the cover is provided with a reflecting plate for reflecting and condensing the light incident through the entrance port to the exit port, or at the inlet side of the exit port of the light collecting cover the light incident through the entrance port to the side exit It may be characterized in that the condensing lens is convex toward the inlet side.

Preferably, the coupling band is coupled to the band hook formed on both sides of the light collecting cover, it may be characterized in that made of any one selected from an elastic material or a fabric material.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is installed to be detachable to an electronic device having a variety of structures having a light emitting device to brighten the outside by separately illuminating the inside of the ear using the light emitted from the light emitting device separately Even when no light emitting device is mounted, the inside of the ear can be brightly lit when cleaning the ear, making it easy to remove earwax and preventing inadvertent damage to the eardrum.

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the earpick coupled to the electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the earpick shown in Figure 1 is separated from the electronic device.
3 is a perspective view from below of the light collecting cover shown in FIG. 1;
4 is a perspective view from above of the light collecting cover shown in FIG. 1;
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing to explain another example of the coupling band according to the present invention.
Figure 6 is a perspective view for explaining another example of the coupling band according to the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and how to accomplish them, will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be embodied in various forms.

The present embodiments are provided so that this disclosure of the present invention is complete, and that those skilled in the art will fully understand the scope of the present invention. And this invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Thus, in some embodiments, well known components, well known operations, and well-known techniques are not specifically described to avoid an undue interpretation of the present invention.

In addition, like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification. And, the terms (mentioned) used in this specification are intended to illustrate the embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. Also, components and acts referred to as " comprising (or comprising) " do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components and operations.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense that is commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless they are defined.

Technical features of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 are assembled perspective views illustrating the earpick according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 1 is a view showing a state in which the earpick coupled to the electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 1 is a view showing a state in which the earpick shown in FIG. 1 is separated from an electronic device.

1 and 2, the earpick 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the back of the electronic device 20, for example, a mobile phone equipped with a light emitting device 21, the light emitting device Light emitted from (21) is used to brighten the inside of the ear to facilitate removal of earwax.

As shown in FIG. 1, the earpick 10 is mounted on a mobile phone in which a light emitting device 21 is mounted on a rear side of the electronic device 20 in parallel with the camera lens 22. As a convenience, the earpick 10 according to the present invention is mounted so as to be detachable to an electronic device having a variety of functions, structures and shapes provided with a light emitting device to clean the ear when using the light irradiated from them. Can be brightly illuminated.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the earpick 10 according to the present invention is coupled to cover the light emitting device 21 of the electronic device 20 to collect and emit light emitted from the light emitting device 21. Condensing cover 11, a coupling band 12 for detachably coupling the condensing cover 11 to the main body of the electronic device 20, and the optical fiber 13 for transmitting the light collected through the condensing cover 11 And a support 14 fastened to one side of the optical fiber 13 and provided with a cleaning piece 14a on the other side.

3 is a perspective view of the light collecting cover shown in FIG. 1 from below, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the light collecting cover from above.

3 and 4, the light collecting cover 11 has a structure in which the inside of the body penetrates up and down. That is, it includes an inlet 11a through which light emitted from the light emitting device 21 is incident, and an outlet 11b through which light incident through the inlet 11a is communicated with the inlet 11a. .

The entrance hole 11a is formed at the lower part of the body of the light collecting cover 11 as shown in FIG. 3, and the exit hole 11b is formed from the upper part of the body of the light collecting cover 11 so as to face the entrance hole 11a as shown in FIG. 4. It is formed of an elongated cylindrical structure.

The condensing cover 11 is provided such that the entrance hole 11a completely covers the light emitting device 21, preferably a cover for protecting the LED elements of the light emitting device 21. Accordingly, the light emitted from the LED element of the light emitting device 21 is incident through the entrance port 11a and then exits through the exit port 11b.

As shown in FIG. 3, the inner side surface 11c of the light collecting cover 11 may be formed to have a predetermined curvature or angle to deflect and collect light incident through the entrance hole 11a toward the exit hole 11b. Alternatively, a reflecting plate may be additionally installed at the inner surface 11c of the light collecting cover 11 to reflect and collect light incident through the entrance port 11a toward the exit port 11b.

In addition, although not shown, at the entrance side 11d of the exit port 11b, a condensing lens is further convex toward the entrance port 11a side to focus light incident through the entrance port 11a toward the exit port 11b. It may be installed.

Meanwhile, the coupling band 12 is illustrated in FIG. 2 to stably couple the light collecting cover 11 to the body of the electronic device 20 regardless of various structures, shapes, sizes, and thicknesses of the electronic device 20. As described above, the elastic material (rubber) preferably has elasticity.

Both side portions (left and right sides) of the light collecting cover 11 are provided with band hooks 11e and 11f to which the coupling band 12 is wound and coupled as shown in FIG. 4, and thus, both sides of the coupling band 12. The unit is wound around the band hangers (11e, 11f) as shown in Figure 1 are coupled.

The coupling band 12 according to the present invention is not limited to an elastic material, but may be made of a fabric material such as cloth or leather, and in this case, a light collecting cover through a coupling method as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. (11) can be coupled to the band hangers (11e, 11f).

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating another example of a coupling band according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating another example of the coupling band according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the coupling bands 32 and 42 are band hooks 11e and 11f of the condensing cover 11 in a velcro fastening method (see FIG. 5) or a tick fastening method (see FIG. 6). Can be coupled to.

At this time, the coupling bands 32 and 42 are pulled with a certain force in a state in which one side is wound around the band hooks 11e and 11f to stably couple the light collecting cover 11 to the electronic device 20 having various structures. By tightening the 32 and 42, the light collecting cover 11 can be fixed to cover both the light emitting device 21, for example, the light emitting device 21 and the camera lens 22, as shown in FIG.

In addition, the coupling band 12 according to the present invention can be fastened to the light collecting cover 11 in various coupling manners. For example, the coupling band 12 may be integrally coupled with the light collecting cover 11.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 1, the optical fiber 13 is coupled to one side end is coupled to the exit port 11b of the light collecting cover 11, the other end is coupled to one side of the support (14). . Accordingly, the light emitted through the outlet 11b of the light collecting cover 11 is transmitted to the optical fiber 13, and the light transmitted from the light collecting cover 11 is transferred to the support 14 through the optical fiber 13. do.

As shown in FIG. 1, the optical fiber 13 may include a core 13a, which is a medium for transmitting light, a cladding 13b covering the core 13a, and a coating layer 13c covering the cladding 13b. .

The optical fiber 13 has light incident on one side using a difference in refractive index between the core 13a, which is a medium having a high refractive index, and the cladding 13b, which is a medium having a relatively low refractive index, as shown in FIG. Is transmitted to the support 14 through the other end of the optical fiber 13 using continuous total reflection occurring at the boundary between the core 13a and the cladding 13b.

As shown in FIG. 2, one side of the support 14 is fastened to the other end of the optical fiber 13, and a cleaning piece 14a for substantially removing earwax is provided at the other side of the support 14. have.

Here, the support 14 may be rotatably coupled to the optical fiber 13 with a medium such as a bearing interposed therebetween.

As shown in FIG. 2, the support 14 may be formed in a cylindrical structure or a pipe structure in which a hole 14b is provided therein so that light transmitted from the optical fiber 13 flows into the inside.

One side of the cleaning piece 14a may be inserted into the hole 14b of the support 14 to be fastened, or may be injection molded together with the support 14 during the injection molding process of the support 14.

The cleaning piece 14a may be provided with a hole (not shown) in communication with the hole 14b of the support 14 to transmit the light flowing through the hole 14b of the support 14 to the other side. And, the other side may be made in the form of a spatula to stably remove the earwax present in the ear. However, the shape can be various shapes without limitation.

The support 14 and the cleaning piece 14a is preferably formed of a transparent material, for example, a transparent synthetic resin, in order to shed light that flows into the outside to brighten the ear.

Referring to the operating characteristics of the earpick according to an embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the entrance hole 11a of the light collecting cover 11 is coupled to the electronic device 20, for example, a light emitting device for flash installed on the rear surface of the mobile phone using the coupling band 12. The lower part of the light collecting cover 11 is fixed to the rear of the mobile phone so as to cover and seal the device 21.

In this way, the light collecting cover 11 is in close contact with the rear of the mobile phone, by operating the mobile phone to drive the LED element of the flash light emitting device 21 to emit light. Light emitted from the LED element of the light emitting device 21 is incident into the body of the light collecting cover 11 through the inlet 11a of the light collecting cover 11 and then the light of the optical fiber 13 through the light outlet 11b. Incident on one side.

Light incident on one end of the optical fiber 13 is caused by the difference in refractive index between the core 13a and the cladding 13b to cause the optical fiber 13 to undergo continuous total reflection occurring at the boundary between the core 13a and the cladding 13b. The light is transmitted to the other end of the light, and the light transmitted to the other end of the optical fiber 13 is illuminated to the outside through the support 14 and the cleaning piece 14a made of a transparent material to brighten the inside of the ear to facilitate the removal of earwax. On the other hand, inadvertent damage to the eardrum can be prevented.

As described above, although the technical idea of the present invention has been described in detail in the preferred embodiments, it should be noted that the above-described embodiments are for the purpose of description and not for the purpose of limitation. As such, the present invention may be implemented by combining them. Thus, the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims set forth in the claims.

10: earpick 11: condenser cover
11e, 11f: band hanger 12: coupling band
13: optical fiber 13a: core
13b cladding 13c coating layer
14 support 14a: cleaning
14b: Hall 20: electronic device
21: light emitting device 22: camera lens

Claims

A light collecting cover installed to cover the light emitting device of the electronic device and condensing and emitting light emitted from the light emitting device;
A coupling band coupled to both sides of the light collecting cover to couple the light collecting cover to the electronic device to be detachable;
An optical fiber coupled to the condensing cover to transmit light emitted through the condensing cover; And
One side is fastened to the other end of the optical fiber and the other side is provided with a cleaning piece, the support made of a transparent material for irradiating the light transmitted through the optical fiber to the outside;
Light emitting earpick comprising a.

The method of claim 1,
The condensing cover,
An entrance hole into which light emitted from the light emitting device of the electronic device is incident; And
And an exit hole communicating with the entrance hole and outputting light incident through the entrance hole to the optical fiber,
The inner surface of the light collecting cover is formed to have a predetermined curvature or angle to be refracted by the light incident through the entrance port to the exit hole.

The method of claim 1,
The condensing cover,
An entrance hole into which light emitted from the light emitting device of the electronic device is incident; And
And an exit hole communicating with the entrance hole and outputting light incident through the entrance hole to the optical fiber,
The inner side of the light collecting cover is provided with a reflecting plate for reflecting and condensing the light incident through the entrance port to the exit port, or the light exited through the entrance hole at the entrance side of the exit port of the light collecting cover the exit port A light-emitting earpick, characterized in that a condensing lens convex toward the entrance port side is provided for condensing to the side.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The coupling band is coupled to the band hanger formed on both sides of the light collecting cover, the light emitting earpick, characterized in that made of any one selected from an elastic material or a fabric material.