JPH03280912A - Body brush device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the body washing effect at the time of bathing and enjoy comfortable bathing by installing a body brush device in a bathroom, and applying the desired brushing to various portions of a human body with the sufficient power via rotary brushes. CONSTITUTION:Body brushes 1A, 1B having a shape held with one hand and storing a motor 2 and a panel 11 fitted on a wall face 13 and containing a hook means 14 on which the body brushes 1A, 1B are hooked are provided. The body brushes 1A, 1B have a water-proof structure, and the body brushes 1A, 1B and the panel 11 are connected with a water-proof curl cord 4. The panel 11 has a water-proof structure, and a control circuit controlling the power current of the motor 2 is stored in it. Operating buttons S1, S2 operating the on/off and polarity of the power current and optical display means LE1-LE4 corresponding to the power current are provided on the surface of the panel 11. The body washing effect at the time of bathing is improved, and bathing can be enjoyed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention is suitable for use in body brushes used in bathrooms.

〔overview〕

The present invention provides a body brush device comprising a body brush with a built-in electric motor and a panel attached to a wall and including hook means for hanging the body brush, wherein the body brush and the panel each have a waterproof structure,
The body brush and the panel are connected by a waterproof curl cord, and the panel is provided with means for controlling the control current of the motor, so that the body brush can be used comfortably while bathing.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as a device for brushing the surface of the body's skin with an electric rotating brush, for example, the Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-865
There is a facial beauty device described in the publication.

In this device, the drive rotational force of the electric motor is transmitted to the rotating shaft of the rotating brush by magnetic coupling, and the electric motor can be made waterproof and moisture-proof by the wall of the casing. Since it is a motor, it can be powered by batteries and can be used in the bathroom for safety reasons.

However, since this device is also equipped with a reciprocating pump that performs the suction action inherent to a facial beauty device, its mechanism becomes complicated.

As a body brush that can be used in the bathroom and has a built-in electric motor that drives only the rotating brush, one that also has a built-in dry cell battery as a power source for the electric motor is known.

[The problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, since the aforementioned body brush has moving parts such as a lid that opens and closes to change the battery and a motor switch in its housing, it is difficult to completely prevent water from seeping in from these moving parts.

Also, since the power source is a dry cell battery, the electric motor has low power, and if the rotating brush is pressed too hard against the skin, the rotation speed decreases, making it unsuitable for use while bathing. Furthermore, when this device is not in use, there is no means to store it, so it is inconvenient to place it on the bathroom floor, for example.

The present invention solves these problems and aims to provide a body brush device that can be used comfortably in the bathroom.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention provides a body brush device that includes a body brush that has a shape that can be held with one hand and has a built-in electric motor, and a panel that has a structure that can be attached to a wall and includes hook means for hanging the body brush. The body brush has a waterproof structure, and the body brush and the panel are connected with a waterproof curl cord. On the surface of
The device is characterized by being provided with operation buttons for opening/closing and polarity of the power supply current and optical display means corresponding to the power supply current.

The motor may be a DC motor, and its standard operating voltage may be about 12V.

The DC power supply device is provided separately from the panel, and the DC power supply device and the panel can be connected by a separable cord.

Preferably, the panel is provided with an opening/closing door, and a space is provided inside the opening/closing door for storing a replacement brush tip of the body brush.

[Effect]

In the present invention, since the body brush and panel have a waterproof structure, they can be installed in the bathroom.

In addition, the control circuit for the electric motor built into the body brush is built into the panel, and the power supply current from this control circuit is connected to the body brush through a waterproof curl cord, allowing the body brush to comfortably cover almost the entire body. Can be brushed. This control circuit can be controlled and operated freely using operation buttons on the panel surface and optical display means. Since the body brush has a simple structure in which only the curl cord and rotating brush penetrate the body, it is completely waterproof and can be used even inside a bathtub. Also, since it is connected to the panel with a curl cord, it is convenient to use the body brush, and when not in use, the curl cord shrinks when hung on the panel, so it does not get in the way.

Since the motor has a standard operating voltage of about 12V, the rotating brushes have sufficient power.

The DC power supply for the motor is separate from the panel and connected via a separable cord, making charging operations easy.

The panel has an opening/closing door that allows you to store replacement brush tips inside, making it convenient for using body brushes.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall layout diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is an external view of the body brush.

In the figure, the body brushes include two rotating brushes IA,
An electric motor 2 that drives the IB is built into a grip part 3A of the housing 30 that can be held with one hand, and a hook hole 3 is provided on the back side.
B is provided. The panel 11 is a wall hook 13 on the wall surface 13
The hook hole 13B of the housing 3 has a structure that can be attached to the housing 3.
It is provided with a hook 14 for hanging and a support body 15 for supporting the grip part 3A and preventing it from touching.

The feature of the present invention is that the housing 3 of the body brush has a waterproof structure, and the housing 3 and the panel 11 are connected by a curl cord 4 having a waterproof structure. A control circuit for controlling the power supply current of the electric motor 2 is built inside. Furthermore, a main switch 3 for opening and closing the power supply current is located on the central surface of the front surface of the panel 11.
1. A reversing switch S2 for controlling its polarity, a push button B1 for increasing its rotation speed, and a push button B2 for decreasing its rotation speed are provided, and a light emitting element is used as an optical display corresponding to the power supply current caused by these operations. Including display section LE
, ~L E 4 are provided.

Furthermore, motor 2 is a DC motor whose standard operating voltage is approximately 1
2V, and the DC power supply for this motor 2 is connected to the panel 11.
There is a battery case 21 with a waterproof structure, which is connected to the panel 11 by a cord 12 via a separable waterproof connector 12A, and a secondary battery with a capacity of 12V15AH is built into this battery case 21. .

The panel 11 is provided with an opening/closing door 16 to which a mirror 16A is attached, and a shelf 17 inside the door 16 is used to store the tip of a rotating brush for replacement.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the connection structure between the electric motor of the body brush and the rotating brush, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view thereof.

As shown in FIG. 2, two rotation plans LA and IB are arranged in parallel on the same plane part 3C of the housing 3, and the rotation shafts 5A and 5B of each rotating brush are connected to the electric motor 2 by a bevel gear 6A and a bevel pinion. Rotary drive shaft 6 coupled via 6B
are connected via a common pinion 7 and gears 8A, 8B. A female cutout 5C formed on the rotating shafts 5A, 5B and a male protrusion 8 formed on the gears 8A, 8B.
C is a structure in which the members are meshed with each other so that there is a gap in the circumferential direction. Further, a center rod 8D is provided in the axial direction of the gear 8A18B so that there is a gap between its outer periphery and the inner surface of the female cutout 5C, and a coil is inserted around the center rod 8D. The reason is that the spring 9 is provided. The length of this center rod 8D is the length of the female cutout 5.
When C and the male protrusion 8C are engaged and the tension of the coil spring 9 is applied, the gap between the head of the center rod 8D and the inner end surface 5D of the female cutout 5C of the rotating shaft 5B is approximately 5 mm. It is configured as follows.

That is, since there is a gap of about 5+y+m, when the housing 3 is pressed against the body while the rotating brushes IA and IB are brushing the skin, the coil spring 9 is compressed. Furthermore, since there is a gap in the circumferential direction between the male protrusion 8C and the female cutout 5C, and there is also a gap between the outer periphery of the center rod 8D and the inner surface of the female cutout 5C, the rotating shaft 5A , 5B can perform a grinding motion such that the rotation center of the center rod 8D has an inclination angle of at most 10 degrees. The amount of compression of the two coil springs 9 and the angle of the grinding motion of the rotating shafts 5A and 5B are performed independently of each other.

Therefore, when a person grasps the housing 3 with one hand and brushes various parts of the body, the same plane part 3C of the housing 3 is not parallel to the opposing skin surface (but each rotating brush can be applied almost evenly to the skin surface.

Further, a hollow protrusion 5E with a dowel 5F is formed on the opposite side of the female cutout 5C of the rotating shafts 5A, 5B, and a hollow protrusion 5E is formed with a dowel 5F.
It is inserted into a hollow IC provided with a dowel receiver ID B (the same IA is omitted in FIG. 3).

Since the rotating brushes IA, IB and the rotating shafts 5A, 5B are each made of flexible plastic moldings, they can be easily attached and detached by twisting the rotating brushes IA, 1B. With the dowel 5F and dowel receiver ID, the rotating shaft 5A,
The rotational force of 5B is transmitted to rotating brushes IA and IB.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the main parts of the connection structure.

Since the housing 3 of the body brush is only provided with the rotating brushes IA, IB and the curl cord 4 as described above, a sufficient waterproof structure can be achieved.

When this body brush is hung on the panel 11, the curl cord 4 shrinks so that it does not get in the way.

The panel 11 is made of plastic and has 4 operation buttons.
It can be made into a sufficiently waterproof structure to protect the built-in control circuit. The direction of rotation of the power supply current of the electric motor 2 can be reversed by controlling the polarity, and the rotation speed can also be changed by pressing the pushbutton B1.
, or can be adjusted as appropriate using the push button B2, and in combination with the above-mentioned rotary brush connection mechanism, the rotary brush can be appropriately applied to parts of the body that are difficult to reach.

The rotating brush has a brush-like tip portion with a nylon brush body implanted therein as shown in FIG. 5(a), a tip portion with a sponge body attached as shown in FIG. 5(b), and a tip portion shown in FIG. 5(C). There is a tip with a pumice stone attached as shown in the figure, and both are replaceable.

These tips that are not used are stored on a shelf 17 inside the opening/closing door 16 of the panel 11. On the back side of the panel 11, a handle portion 18 shown by a broken line is provided to facilitate carrying of the panel 11.

Since the electric motor 2 is driven by a DC electric motor with a voltage of 12V, it has sufficient power as a body brush, and polarity change and rotational speed can be easily controlled.

The secondary battery built into the battery case 21 has a capacity of 12
Since it is V15AH, the power will not weaken while using the body brush.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of the control circuit of this embodiment.

In this example, the weight of the panel with the body brush applied is approximately 2 kg. Therefore, by installing a wall hook in advance on the wall of a room other than the bathroom, the device can be moved to any room and the body brush can be used.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the device of the present invention can be installed in the bathroom and can brush each part of the body as desired with the rotating brush, improving the washing effect during bathing and operating with sufficient power for comfort. It has the effect of allowing you to enjoy a relaxing bath.

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[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall layout diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external view of the body brush of the same embodiment. Figure 3 is an exploded view of the body brush connection structure. FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the main part of the connection structure. FIG. 5 is a view of the tip of the rotating brush of the same embodiment. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the control circuit of the same embodiment. IA, IB... Rotating brush, 2... Electric motor, 3...
・Housing, 3A...Gripping part, 3B...Hook hole, 3C
... Same plane part of the housing, 4 ... Curl cord, 5A
, 5B...Rotation axis of rotation plan, 5C...Female notch, 5D...End face, 5E...Hollow protrusion, 5F...
Dowel, 6... Rotation l movement 1 [11, 6A... Bevel gear, 6B... Heher pinion, 7... Pinion, 8
A, 8B...Gear, 8C...Male protrusion, 8D...
・Center rod, 9...Coil spring, 11...Panel, 1
2... Cord, 12A... Waterproof connector, 13...
・Wall surface, 13A...Wall hook, 14...Hook for hanging the housing, 15...Support body, 16...Opening/closing door, 1
6A...Mirror, 17...Shelf, 18...Hand part, 2
1...Battery case, B, ,B,...Push button, L
E, -LE,...display section using light emitting elements, S, -...
Main switch, S2...Reverse switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A body brush having a shape that can be held with one hand and containing a built-in electric motor, and a panel having a structure to be attached to a wall and including hook means for hanging the body brush. In the body brush device, the body brush has a waterproof structure, the body brush and the panel are connected by a curl cord having a waterproof structure, the panel has a waterproof structure, and the power supply current of the motor is connected to the inside of the body brush. A body brush device having a built-in control circuit for controlling the body brush, and an operation button for controlling opening/closing and polarity of the power supply current and an optical display means corresponding to the power supply current provided on the surface of the panel. . 2. The body brush device according to claim 1, wherein the motor is a DC motor, and its standard operating voltage is about 12V. 3. The body brush device according to claim 2, wherein the DC power supply is provided separately from the panel, and the DC power supply and the panel are connected by a separable cord. 4. The body brush device according to claim 1, wherein the panel is provided with an opening/closing door, and a space is provided inside the opening/closing door to store a replacement brush tip of the body brush.