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WASH WATER STORAGE APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE IRRIGATOR
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a wash water storage apparatus for portable
irrigator
that serves to remove feces contained for a long time in the human large
intestine or wash the
interior of the women's vagina, and more particularly, to a wash water storage
apparatus for
portable irrigator, which can remove impurities contained in wash water to be
supplied into the
irrigator and also can keep the wash water at a constant temperature, thereby
supplying
harmless wash water to a human body.
Description of the Related Art
As well known, the human large intestine has functions of not only regulating
the
content of moisture and maintaining a predetermined amount of electrolyte, but
also making
feces from ingesta by bacterial action. However, if the large intestine is not
functioning
properly, harmful ingredients and poisonous substances are accumulated in the
human body,
and thus, intestinal paralysis as well as expansion or rupture of aged blood
vessels may be
caused. As a result, the large intestine may be a hotbed of bacteria and
various intestinal
diseases such as constipation, dian:hea, indigestion, slim feces, abdominal
intumescence, large
intestine cancer, colitis, anaphylaxis syndrome, ulcer of the large intestine,
piles, etc.
Accordingly, since accumulation of waste materials in the intestines causes
intestinal
paralysis, malfunction of the intestines, skin aging, and other various
diseases, there is the
urgent need for appropriate measures to eliminate the causes of the various
intestinal diseases.
For this reason, conventional intestinal irrigators have been used to remove
the waste materials
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in the intestines and consequently prevent the various intestinal diseases.
The conventional
intestinal inigators have been found to obtain outstanding effects in the
removal of poisonous
substances caused by feces contained for a long time in the large intestine,
and therefore, are
being widely used for the prevention and treatment of various intestinal
diseases.
As an example of the conventional intestinal irrigators, Korean Utility Model
Registration Nos. 338,146 and 342,570, which are registered by the applicant
of the present
invention, disclose portable irrigators having advantages of simple and
convenient use with no
cumbersome use feeling. However, the disclosed portable irrigators have
problems in that a
water container, in which wash water to be supplied into the irrigator is
received, has a poor
outer appearance and also is undesirable in view of sanitation because it has
no function of
preventing invasion of impurities into the received wash water.
Furthermore, the disclosed container has a problem of inconvenience in use.
SUNIlVIARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
and it
is an object of the present invention to provide a wash water storage
apparatus for exclusive use
with a portable irrigator used by a patient or woman for the washing of the
large intestine or
vagina, which can remove impurities contained in wash water to be supplied
into the irrigator
and also can appropriately regulate the temperature of the wash water.
In accordance with the present invention, the above and other objects can be
accomplished by the provision of a wash water storage apparatus for supplying
wash liquid
such as wash water into a irrigator that is usable to wash the interior of the
vagina or intestine,
comprising: a cover provided at an upper end of the outer body and configured
to be pivotally
opened from and closed to the outer body by means of a hinge shaft, and an
outer body
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composed of grip recesses, a power switch, temperature regulation switches,
and a temperature
gauge board which are provided at a middle region thereof; a filtering bucket
configured to be
inserted into and received in the outer body, and having a filter; and a
supporting base mounted
at a lower end of the outer body and having a heater installed to come into
contact with a lower
surface of the filter and adapted to heat the wash water supplied from the
filtering bucket into
the filter, at least one water level sensor and water temperature sensor for
detecting the level and
temperature of the wash water, and a wash liquid drain channel to be connected
to a wash liquid
supply hose of the irrigator.
BRIEF DESCRIPTTON OF TIIE DRAWINGS
The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present
invention
will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken
in conjunction
with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. I is a side elevation view illustrating a state wherein a filtering
bucket is lifted
upward through an opened cover of a wash water storage apparatus according to
the present
invention;
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section view taken along the line I-I of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view of FIG. 1 having no filtering bucket;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view illustrating the wash water storage apparatus
according to the
present invention, which is connected to a portable irrigator;
FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 11-II of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating a irrigator that is
connectable to the
wash water storage apparatus according to the present invention; and
FIGS. 7A and 7B are views illustrating different embodiments of a nozzle
injector
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included in the irrigator.
DESCRIPTION OF TUE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Now, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be explained in
detail with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIGS. I and 2 are a side elevation view and a longitudinal section view,
respectively,
illustrating a state wherein a filtering bucket is lifted upward through an
opened cover of a wash
water storage apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a
top plan view
illustrating a state wherein the filtering bucket is removed from the wash
water storage
apparatus.
The wash water storage apparatus of the present invention, which is designated
as
reference numeral 1, is used to supply wash liquid such as wash water into a
irrigator 100 that is
usable to wash the interior of the vagina or large intestine. The wash water
storage apparatus 1
basically includes an outer body 8, a filtering bucket 10 configured to be
inserted into and
received in the outer body 8, and a supporting base 15 mounted at a lower end
of the outer body
8. More particularly, the outer body 8 is provided at an upper end thereof
with a cover 3
configured to be pivotally opened from and closed to the outer body 8 by means
of a hinge shaft
2. The outer body 8 is also provided at a middle region thereof with grip
recesses 4, a power
switch 5, temperature regulation switches 6, and a temperature gauge board 7.
The filtering
bucket 10 is intemally provided with a filter 9. The supporting base 15
includes a heater 11
installed to come into contact with a lower surface of the filter 9 and
adapted to heat the wash
water supplied from the filtering bucket 10 into the filter 9. The supporting
base 15 also
includes at least one water level sensor 12 and water temperature sensor 13
for detecting the
level and temperature of the wash water, and a wash liquid drain channel 14 to
be connected to
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a wash liquid supply hose 101 of the irrigator 100.
The cover 3 of the outer body 8, which is pivotally opened and closed by means
of the
hinge shaft 2, is made of a transparent material. Also, the outer body 8 is
provided with a
water level window 16 for visually inspecting the amount of water received in
the filtering
bucket 10. Here, the filtering bucket 10 is detachably received in the outer
body 8. A one-
touch coupling 17 is coupled to an end of the drain channel 14 mounted in the
supporting base
for the connection of the wash liquid supply hose 101 of the irrigator 100
which will be
explained hereinafter.
The heater 11, which is mounted in the supporting base 15, is connected to an
10 overheating prevention bimetal 18. In the wash water storage apparatus of
the present
invention, a siiver-plated body water container 19 is integrally mounted in
the outer body 8 for
sterilizing harmful bacteria contained in the wash water having passed through
the filter 9 of the
filtering bucket 10.
With this configuration, if the wash liquid is supplied into the irrigator
100, the wash
15 liquid is primarily filtered by the filter 9, and then, is sterilized by
the body water container 19
plating with a silver purity of 99.9% to sterilize harmful bacteria contained
in the filtered wash
water. Thereby, the wash water storage apparatus of the present invention is
able to supply the
sterilized clean wash water to a human body, while keeping the wash water at a
temperature
most suitable for a human body (approximately 38 C).
The temperature of the wash water can be regulated by using the left and right
temperature regulation switches 6 and the temperature gauge board 7. Also, the
amount of the
wash water can be checked by using the water level sensor 12 and water level
window 16. If
no wash water remains, the water level sensor 12 detects the exhaustion of the
wash water, and
commands the heater 11 to be automatically tumed off.
The supporting base 15 equipped with the heater 11 is mounted at the lower end
of the
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outer body 8, and is made of an incombustible material.
Meanwhile, the irrigator 100, which is connectable to the wash water storage
apparatus I of the present invention by use of the wash liquid supply hose
101, includes a wash
liquid supply body 106 having an inner wash liquid inflow passage 109 and wash
liquid
outflow passage 110, which communicate with each other. The wash liquid supply
body 106
is formed with a flange 107 for the integral connection of the wash liquid
supply hose 101.
The irrigator 100 further includes a nozzle injector 103 connected to an end
of another wash
liquid supply hose 101 that is connected at the other end thereof to the wash
liquid supply body
106, and a manual air pump 102 attached to a lower end of the wash liquid
supply body 106
below the wash liquid outflow passage 110.
Here, the manual air pump 102 takes the form of a handle portion of a shut
gun.
The nozzle injector 103 is a member to be inserted into the anus or vagina.
Accordingly, it is desirable that the nozzle injector 103 be detachably
connected to the wash
liquid supply hose 101 in a screw fastening manner so as to be easily
exchangeable when it is
polluted. As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, a plurality of wash liquid supply holes
103a are
formed at a tip end portion of the nozzle injector 103, to achieve high
injection efficiency of
wash liquid.
The wash liquid supply body 106 is also internally provided with first and
second
check valves 111 and 112 t.o ensure the supply of wash liquid in a direction
indicated by arrows,
without the risk of backflow.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be explained with
reference
to FIGS. 4 and 5.
In use, first, the wash liquid supply hose 101 of the irrigator 100 is
connected to the
drain channel 14 of the supporting base 15 that is mounted at the lower end of
the outer body 8.
In this case, the wash liquid supply hose 101 is smoothly connectable to the
drain channel 14 by
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use of the one-touch coupling 17.
Subsequently, after a power cord 20 is connected to an extemal power source,
the
temperature of wash water, which is supplied into the silver-plated body water
container 19 by
passing through the filtering bucket 10, is regulated to an appropriate value.
Thereafter, the
wash liquid can be supplied into the intestine or vagina by way of the nozzle
injector 3 by
regulating the manual air pump 102 of the irrigator 100.
Herein, reference numeral 104 (not explained) indicates a flow rate adjustor.
As apparent from the above description, the present invention provides a wash
water
storage apparatus for portable irrigator, which is capable of not only
filtering and sterilizing
wash water to be supplied into the irrigator, but also keeping the wash water
at an appropriate
temperature, thereby enabling the washing of the interior of the intestine or
vagina using the
clean and temperature regulated wash water. Further, the wash water storage
apparatus of the
present invention can achieve good outer appearance and convenience in use,
and is easy to
store and carry wash water due to a compact size thereof. Accordingly, the
wash water
storage apparatus of the present invention is advantageously usable together
with a portable
irrigator.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been
disclosed for
illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various
modifications, additions
and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of
the invention as
disclosed in the accompanying claims.
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