Nail dust collector

Abstract

To provide a dust collector for nails that can perform filter replacement safely and quickly. 【Solution means】The dust collector for nails includes a main body 1 as a housing having a suction port and an exhaust port 12, a filter structure 2 disposed outside the main body and near the suction port, and a suction unit disposed inside the main body for guiding air near the filter structure from the suction port through the inside of the main body to the exhaust port, and a switch 3 for turning on / off the operation of the suction unit.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a nail dust collector having a mechanism that can easily and quickly replace a filter for preventing the scattering of dust generated during nail art work and chemical substances such as remover liquid used for removing nail art, and separating the dust and air.

Background Art

[0002] Many of the acrylic nails (artificial nails that cause a polymerization reaction and harden by mixing acrylic liquid and acrylic powder), gel nails (artificial nails obtained by applying an acrylic resin or urethane resin to the nails and curing them by irradiating them with light such as ultraviolet rays) (hereinafter referred to as "nails, etc."), manicures, or acetone used in remover liquid contain components that are toxic to the human body and the environment. When performing a removal treatment of nails, etc. using a nail grinder or acetone in a nail salon, etc., in addition to the dust of the ground nails, etc., various bacteria, molds, cutin, and volatilized acetone adhering to the nails and nails, etc. also scatter into the air (primary scattering). During the treatment, since the nailist works while staring at the customer's fingertips at a very close distance for a long time, there is a high possibility of sucking the above dust, etc.

[0003] When sucking the above dust, etc., there is a risk of inducing respiratory diseases and infectious diseases, and when exposed to air containing dust, etc. for a long time, there is also a risk of inducing skin and eye diseases. Therefore, in order to prevent the scattering of dust, etc. associated with nail removal and nail care treatments, a dust collector for nail care equipped with lighting described in Patent Document 1 below is provided.

[0004] The dust collector for nail care equipped with illumination described in Patent Document 1 below is provided with an illumination unit for irradiating nails at one end, a bellows tubular suction pipe unit that can be adjusted in length, direction, and angle toward the nails, and is connected to the other end of the suction pipe unit. It includes a main body unit that provides power for sucking harmful air generated during nail care and filters the sucked harmful air to discharge purified air.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] However, in the dust collector for nail care equipped with the above illumination, since the filter for separating dust and air is arranged inside the main body, the filter cannot be easily replaced, and it was necessary to perform procedures on multiple customers without replacing the filter. In addition, there was a problem that dust and the like flew up (secondary scattering) during the filter replacement and cleaning operations, and users, especially nail artists, would inhale them. In addition, since the suction pipe unit stands upright from the main body, there was a problem that a large working space had to be secured.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] To solve the above problems, the device of the present invention is characterized by including a main body as a housing having a suction port and an exhaust port, a filter structure arranged outside the main body and near the suction port, a suction part arranged inside the main body to be connected to the suction port and guiding the air near the filter structure from the suction port through the inside of the main body to the exhaust port, and a switch for turning ON / OFF the operation of the suction part.

[0008] In addition, in the above-mentioned device, the present device is characterized by comprising a filter structure consisting of a main body having an intake port and an exhaust port, a mesh-like or plate-like cover having many holes, a planar filter, and a filter fixing part that sandwiches and holds the filter together with the cover, the filter structure being arranged outside the main body and around the intake port, the cover, the filter and the filter fixing part being removable and replaceable as a single unit, and a suction part being arranged inside the main body and connected to the intake port.

[0009] In addition, in the above device, the present device is characterized in that the filter fixing portion is an annular body that follows the circumferential shapes of the cover and the filter.

[0010] In addition, in the above device, the present device is characterized in that the cover is made of metal, and the filter fixing portion is made of a magnetic material. [Brief description of the drawings]

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Embodiment for Carrying out the Invention

[0012] Figs. 1 to 8 are a perspective view and six - views of the nail dust collector 100 according to the present invention. This nail dust collector 100 is composed of a main body 1 which is a rectangular housing, a filter structure 2 arranged on the upper (plane) side of the main body 1, a switch 3 arranged on the front side of the main body 1, and a suction part 4 arranged inside the main body 1.

[0013] The main body 1 is a rectangular flat housing, having a suction port 11 on the upper (plane) side and a groove 1a for fitting the filter structure 2 described later. It has exhaust ports 12 on both side surfaces and an exhaust port 13 on the bottom surface. In addition to being rectangular, the main body 1 can also adopt a circular or polygonal housing. As the material of the main body 1, it is preferable to adopt polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, acrylonitrile, polyamide, polyimide, etc. Metals and glasses can also be adopted as long as they can withstand acetone generally used in remover liquid, etc.

[0014] Also, by coating the surface of the main body 1 with a material having a water - repellent effect such as polytetrafluoroethylene, the durability of the main body 1 is improved. And by applying such a coating, it is possible to adopt materials other than the above - mentioned metals, etc., for example, wood, etc. as the material of the main body 1. Further, it is preferable to arrange a porous member around the periphery where the suction part 4 described later is arranged to achieve a quiet design.

[0015] Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the filter structure 2 of the nail dust collector 100 according to the present invention. Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line A - A' of the nail dust collector 100 according to the present invention. As shown in Fig. 9, the filter structure 2 is composed of a cover 21, a filter 22, and a filter fixing part 23 in this order, and is arranged to fit into the groove 1a so as to cover the suction port 11 provided in the main body 1.

[0016] The cover 21 is in the shape of an elliptical plate or mesh, and is provided with a plurality of holes 21a on the entire surface or a part thereof. The cover 21 can adopt a circular or polygonal shape as long as it can cover the suction port 11. Further, the shape of the hole 21a can adopt any shape such as a circle, a polygon, a petal shape, a rectangle, etc., and the diameter of one hole 21a is preferably 3 mm or more and 20 mm or less. The cover 21 is made of metal or synthetic resin, and similar to the main body 1, it is preferable to coat the surface with a material having a water-repellent effect such as polytetrafluoroethylene to improve the durability of the cover 21.

[0017] The filter 22 has an overall planar shape corresponding to the cover 21, and is formed by folding a porous or fibrous material in a pleated shape or panelizing it in a layered manner. In addition, for example, those having a deodorizing effect using fine powder or granular activated carbon, those in which a fibrous material contains moisture, those in which a fibrous material is impregnated with aroma oil, etc. can be adopted as the filter 22. The filter 22 may use one of the above-mentioned types, or may be used in combination of a plurality of types.

[0018] The filter fixing portion 23 has a shape corresponding to the cover 21, and is, for example, an elliptical ring shape. The filter fixing portion 23 is made of a magnetic material, and for example, a magnet or a magnetic sheet can be adopted. When the cover 21 is made of metal, the cover 21 and the filter fixing portion 23 are fixed by the magnetic force of the filter fixing portion 23, so that the filter 22 can be firmly sandwiched and held between them. With this configuration, even when the filter structure 2 is integrally removed from the main body 1, the circumferential portion of the filter 22 is sandwiched and held, so that it can be stably moved or carried. Further, the filter fixing portion 23 can be composed of a plurality of members. For example, the filter fixing portion 23 is arranged so as to fit into four locations around the cover 21, and the filter 22 is fixed by the four locations (not shown).

[0019] On the other hand, when the cover 21 is made of a material other than metal, the cover 21 can be made of a material other than a magnetic material, such as synthetic resin or wood. In this case, it is preferable to provide the cover 21 and the filter fixing portion 23 with uneven portions or cutout portions that can be fixed to each other and concave portions corresponding thereto (not shown). By providing these, the filter 22 can be firmly sandwiched and held between the cover 21 and the filter fixing portion 23, similar to the case of fixing by magnetic force.

[0020] Due to the configuration of the filter structure 2, the user can easily replace the filter 22 without scattering the dust or the like adhering to the filter 22 (secondary scattering). Specifically, first, the user removes the filter structure 2 as a whole from the main body 1. Next, the user carries the filter structure 2 to a dustbin or the like and, at the upper part or inside thereof, removes the cover 21 and the filter fixing portion 23, and takes out the filter 22 sandwiched therebetween. Then, the user replaces or cleans the filter 22 and sandwiches and fixes the filter 22 again with the cover 21 and the filter fixing portion 23. Finally, the filter structure 2 is inserted into the groove 1a.

[0021] Furthermore, due to the configuration of the filter structure 2, the user can also replace the filter 22 without scattering the dust or the like that did not reach the filter 22 (secondary scattering). Specifically, due to differences in the mass and adhesiveness of the dust or the like, some of them do not pass through the holes 21a provided in the cover 21 and remain attached to the surface of the cover 21. Since the filter structure 2 can be removed from the main body 1 as a whole, the user can replace the filter 22 without scattering the dust or the like that did not reach the filter 22 (secondary scattering).

[0022] Switch 3 controls the ON / OFF, suction intensity, and suction time of the suction unit 4 described below. For example, the suction unit 4 can be variably manually controlled or automatically controlled in a pre-set mode. Specifically, when the switch 3 is configured as a button type, the state of the suction unit 4 can be turned ON / OFF by manually pressing the button, or the suction unit 4 can be configured to automatically operate under pre-set conditions by an operation such as long-pressing the switch 3. Also, in order to realize the above operations, the switch 3 can be composed of one or more buttons, and can adopt forms such as being provided with a display unit for displaying the set value operated and being configured to monitor the operating state (omitted in the figure).

[0023] The suction unit 4 is composed of a suction fan 41 consisting of a sirocco fan and a motor that receives the input of an operation signal from the switch 3 and drives the suction fan 41 (omitted in the figure). As the suction fan 41, in addition to a sirocco fan, a radial fan, an axial flow fan, a centrifugal fan, etc. can be adopted. Since the motor can adopt a known one as a power source for operating the suction fan 41, a detailed description is omitted.

[0024] The suction fan 41 is configured to guide the air flow so that dust and the like are sucked in from the suction port 11. Specifically, the air containing dust and the like induced to be sucked in from the suction port 11 is separated from the dust and the like when passing through the filter 22, and is discharged from the exhaust port 12 and the exhaust port 13.

[0025] Next, the usage method of the nail dust collector 100 will be described. First, the user places the nail dust collector 100 on the workbench with the suction port 11 facing upward, and presses the switch 3 to operate the suction unit 4. Next, in the vicinity of the suction port 11 provided on the main body 1, that is, in the upper vicinity of the cover 21, operations such as nail care are started. Since the air near the suction port 11 is induced to the suction port 11 by the suction unit 4, the air containing dust and chemical substances associated with operations such as nail care passes through the filter 22 and is sucked into the suction port 11. When the air containing dust etc. passes through the filter 22, it is separated into dust etc. and air. Then, the air from which dust etc. have been removed is discharged from the exhaust ports 12 and 13 provided on the main body 1 by the operation of the suction unit 4.

[0026] Then, the user who has finished operations such as nail care presses the switch 3 to stop the suction unit 4. The user removes the filter structure 2 integrally from the main body 1, carries it to a trash can etc., removes the cover 21 and the filter fixing part 23 above or inside it, and takes out the filter 22 sandwiched between them. Next, the filter 22 is replaced or washed as necessary, and the filter 22 is sandwiched and fixed again by the cover 21 and the filter fixing part 23. Finally, the filter structure 2 is fitted and arranged in the groove 1a.

[0027] According to the nail dust collector 100, the user can perform operations related to nail care etc. safely and quickly. That is, since the nail dust collector 100 efficiently sucks the air containing dust and chemical substances generated during operations such as nail care, the morbidity rate of diseases induced by the user sucking the air decreases.

[0028] Also, after operations such as nail care, the filter structure 2 allows for easy replacement of the filter 22 with dust or the like attached, reducing the risk of the user scattering the dust or the like attached to the filter 22 (secondary scattering). Thus, similar to the above, the disease incidence rate decreases. Also, since the filter 22 can be replaced quickly, for example, in the case of a treatment at a nail salon, the nailist can replace the filter 22 for each customer, always maintaining a hygienic treatment environment.

[0029] In addition, since the interior of the main body 1 is designed to be quiet, a better treatment environment can be created where the conversation between the nailist and the customer is not disturbed.

[0030] In the above description, one embodiment of the invention of the present application has been described, but the invention of the present application is not limited thereto. For example, although the nail dust collector 100 was described as being placed on the workbench with the suction port 11 facing upward, it is also possible to adjust each component so that the suction port 11 faces sideways for use (not shown). With this configuration, it becomes possible to adjust and secure the work space.

[0031] Also, the filter structure 2 may be configured such that one end of the cover 21 is rotatably fixed to the main body 1, and when replacing the filter 22, only the filter 22 or both the filter 22 and the filter fixing portion 23 can be removed. Even with this configuration, the filter 22 can be replaced easily and quickly.

[0032] Also, the filter structure 2 may be configured such that the filter structure 2 can be slidably fitted into the groove 1a.

[0033] Also, a filter that can be used with the filter 22 may be appropriately arranged as an additional filter on the inner side of the main body 1 of the exhaust port 12 or the exhaust port 13. With this configuration, the function of separating dust or the like from the air is further improved.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0034] 1 Main body 2 Filter structure 3 Switch 4 Suction part 100 Dust collector for nails

Claims

[Claim 1] A main body having an intake port having a mesh shape or a number of holes, and an exhaust port; a filter structure including a mesh-like or multi-hole metal plate-like cover, a planar filter, and a magnetic filter fixing part that sandwiches and holds the filter together with the cover, the filter structure being disposed outside the main body and around the intake port, the cover, the filter, and the filter fixing part being detachable and replaceable as a single unit; a suction portion disposed inside the main body and connected to the suction port; the filter fixing portion is an annular body that conforms to the circumferential shapes of the cover and the filter; A flat-laying nail dust collector featuring:

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