WO2010082779A2 - Nail clippers - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to nail clippers which cut nails by means of a transverse shearing force, and which are able to cut nails by means of a single action while safely protecting the finger nails and the fingers. The nail clippers (20) of the present invention comprise: a nail-cutter main body (21); a fingernail insertion part (22) provided in the main body in such a way as to allow finger nails to be inserted; and a cutter (30) which is provided to the centre of the fingernail insertion part, and which is provided in the main body in such a way as to apply a transverse shearing force to a fingernail which has been passed into the fingernail insertion part.

Description

Nail clipper

The present invention relates to a nail clipper, and more particularly to a nail clipper to cut the nail by a transverse shear force, so that the nail can be cut in one operation while protecting the nail and the finger safely.

Conventional nail clippers have a structure in which the nail is inserted between the cutter blades, the cutter is pressed, and the nail is cut by the pressing pressure.

Such a conventional nail clipper has a working table (crowd bar) which can semi-process the shape of the nail clipper body having a cutter at one end by a method such as pressing a metal sheet with elasticity, and to transmit the pressing pressure on the principle of the lever. It is a combination.

As for the cutter 11 of the conventional nail clipper 10, the crescent shape as shown in FIG. 1 is typical. Cutter 11 is located at the end of the body 12, the nail can be sandwiched between the cutter 11 and the state is open unless pressed from the outside by the elasticity of the body 12, the top of the cutter 11, The lower blades are symmetrically facing each other to correspond to each other. When the pressing force is transmitted from the outside, the sharp blades directly touch each other to generate shear force.

The operating table 13 is coupled to the upper body 12 and the pin 14 by the shaft, and at the end there is a projection to press the cutter 11 of the body 12, the inner side can grind or trim the nail There is a trim plate 15.

There is a known technique for improved nail clipper to improve the inconvenience or performance of the common nail clipper 10, and in general, it does not deviate significantly from the basic structure due to the interrelationship of the cutter 11 and the body 12 listed above Do not.

However, since the conventional nail clipper 10 is to generate a shear force by pressing the operating table 13, it was difficult and inconvenient to use, and there were the following problems.

It is difficult to use the operating table (13) because it is difficult to use, and nails can be deeply cut if not used safely.

When cutting nails, it is difficult to precisely adjust the cut length of the nail because the naked eye predicts and manipulates the rough shear site.

In addition, it is difficult to use infants or children more because the operating table 13 must be pressed strongly.

Since the nails are cut in correspondence with the shape of the finger, the shape of the cutter 11 is formed in view of such a point, but the nails cannot be cut in a round shape at one time and cut repeatedly.

In addition, the cut nails bounced to the outside, and had to be collected again.

Therefore, the present invention was created in view of the above circumstances, and the present invention is to provide a nail clipper that is convenient, safe and easy to use to cut the nail by the transverse shear force.

Still another object of the present invention is to be able to safely use a nail or finger without damaging and at the same time to cut a nail in a single operation.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a nail clipper, which is capable of recovering a cut nail.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a nail clipper having a standardized nail cutting depth adjustment function.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a nail clipper that can be easily used by recognizing a cutting direction and setting an initial position when cutting a nail.

Nail clipper according to the present invention for achieving this object,

A nail clipper body, a nail insertion part configured in the body so that the nail can be inserted, and a cutter mounted on the body to apply a transversal cutting force to the nail installed around the nail insertion part and passing through the nail insertion part. It is made, the cutter, there is a fixed plate that is supported and fixed to the body, characterized in that a portion of the surface of the fixing plate consists of a cutter blade having a blade surface for cutting the nail.

Another nail clipper according to the present invention,

A nail clipper body, a nail insertion part configured in the body so that the nail can be inserted, and a cutter mounted on the body to apply a transversal cutting force to the nail installed around the nail insertion part and passing through the nail insertion part. The body is divided into an upper case and a lower case, respectively, and the upper case and the lower case are formed with grooves for forming the nail insertion portions, respectively, so that the nail insertion portions can be formed at mutual coupling, and the upper case and Inside the nail inserting portion of the lower case constitutes a cutter fixing portion capable of supporting and fixing the cutter, characterized in that the cutter is coupled to the cutter fixing portion.

Another nail clipper according to the present invention,

A nail clipper body, a nail insertion portion formed in the body so that the nail can be inserted, and a cutter provided inside the body to apply a cross cutting force to the nail installed around the nail insertion portion and passing through the nail insertion portion. And an ejection hole formed in the vicinity of the cutter of the side surface of the body, to eject nails cut by the cutter to the outside of the body.

Another nail clipper according to the present invention,

A nail clipper body, a nail insertion portion formed in the body so that the nail can be inserted, and provided inside the body to apply a cross cutting force to the nail installed around the nail insertion portion and passed through the nail insertion portion. Protrudes in front of the nail insertion portion corresponding to the shape of the nail insertion portion to guide the insertion of the nail into the nail insertion portion and to adjust the depth of the nail to be inserted into the nail insertion portion, thereby contacting the finger tip. It characterized in that it comprises a nail insertion guide and depth adjustment guide to guide.

Another nail clipper according to the present invention,

A nail clipper body and a nail inserting portion formed in the body so that the nail can be inserted, and the nail is cut by applying a transverse cutting force to the nail installed around the nail inserting portion and passing through the nail inserting portion. It includes a cutter provided inside the body, and a direction indicating protrusion guide protruding forward from one end of the head portion of the body to correspond to the shape of the nail insertion portion to display the cutting direction of the nail and the initial position of the nail. It features.

Nail clipper according to the present invention, can be used safely without nail or finger damage in the cutting of the nail at the same time has the effect that anyone can easily and simply use the nail shearing can be completed in a short time. In addition, there is no inconvenience in collecting nails separately in the recovery process of cut nails.

1 is a block diagram of a typical nail clipper.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the nail clipper according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the nail clipper according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 shows the nail insertion portion of the nail clipper according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a horizontal type, (b) is a round nail insertion portion.

Figure 5 shows a head portion of the nail clipper according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is the outer round surface type, (b) the horizontal surface type, (c) the inner round surface type.

6 is a single-type cutter according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a single round blade-faced cutter, (b) a single round blade-faced cutter, (c) is a single straight blade-faced cutter.

7 is a single type cutter according to another embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a single round blade cutter, (b) a single round blade cutter, (c) a single straight blade cutter.

8 is a double-type cutter according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a double-round blade-faced cutter, (b) a double-round blade-faced cutter, (c) is a double-sided straight-faced cutter.

9 is a mounting example of the cutter according to the embodiment of the present invention, (a) is an example of the arrangement of the left-side cutting type cutter, (b) is an example of the arrangement of the right-side cutting type cutter.

10 is a mounting example of a cutter according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a left position of the cutter, (b) is a right position of the cutter, (c) is a left and right arrangement of the cutter.

11 is a mounting example of the cutter according to another embodiment of the present invention, (a) is the left and right arrangement state of the cutter, (b) is the right and left arrangement state of the cutter, (c) is the left and right up and down arrangement state of the cutter.

12 is a cross-sectional view of the main portion of the nail clipper use state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of a nail clipper for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a plan view for explaining the entire structure of the nail clipper according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 15 is a side perspective view showing the main part of the nail clipper according to an embodiment of the present invention according to FIG.

16 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of use of the nail clipper according to the embodiment of the present invention according to FIG.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

20: nail clipper

21: body

22: nail insert

23: head

24: upper case

25: lower case

26: cutter

27: space

29: eviction hole

30: cutter

31: fixed plate

32: Break

33: flying

34: cutter blade

54: nails

56: nail insertion guide and depth adjustment guide

57: directional protrusion guide

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the nail clipper 20 according to the present invention has a nail clipper body 21, a nail insertion part 22 installed on the body, and the nail insertion part 22. The cutter 30 is installed on the body 21 so as to apply a transversal cutting force to the nail passed through the nail inserting portion 22, and the cutter 30 on the side of the body 21 is located It is formed in the vicinity and is composed of a hole 29 for discharging the nail cut out by the cutter 30 to the outside of the body 21.

The body 21 may be configured as a structure movable in an independent state, or may be configured to be directly fixed to the structure, although not shown in the figure.

The body 21 may be composed of a detachable upper case 24 and a lower case 25, to guide the nail 54, which is cut inside the body 21, to the ejection hole 29. Partition wall 29a may be installed. When the inside of the lower case 25 constituting the body 21 is formed as an empty space 27, it can be utilized as a space for recovering the cut nails. In addition, by attaching a trim plate 28 to trim the nail on the lower case 25 surface, the nail can be trimmed simply.

Each head portion 23 of the upper case 24 and the lower case 25 of the body 21 is formed with a groove, by the combination of the upper case 24 and the lower case 25, the nail insertion portion (22) can be formed.

Inside the nail insertion portion 22 of the upper case 24 and the lower case 25, a cutter fixing part 26 capable of supporting and fixing the cutter 30 is provided, and the cutter fixing part 26 The cutter 30 can be fixed. In the coupling structure of the cutter 30 and the cutter fixing part 26, when the cutter 30 is detachable, for example, a structure in which the cutter and the cutter fixing part are inserted and coupled to each other, the cutters can be replaced.

The nail insertion portion 22 is a portion for inducing nails to be inserted into the body 21, the shape is preferably to facilitate the entrance of the end of the nail. For example, the nail insertion portion 22 may be formed in a rounded round surface (FIG. 4B) to correspond to the shape of the nail. However, it may be formed as a horizontal type (Fig. 4 (a)) that is a shape that can be inserted into the nail even if the round surface is not necessarily round. Here, the gap between the nail insertion portion 22 is preferably within about 5 mm thicker than the thickness of the nail.

The head part 23 of the body 21 in which the nail insertion part 22 is formed may selectively form various shapes so that the finger tip portion naturally contacts as shown in FIG. 5. For example, the head portion 23 of the body 21 in which the nail insertion portion 22 is formed has an outer round surface shape in which the head end surface of the head portion 23 is rounded outwardly to induce finger contact. 5 (a)), a horizontal plane shape (FIG. 5 (b)), it can be configured as an inner round surface shape (FIG. 5 (c)) rounded inward.

On the other hand, the nail ejection hole 29 is formed in the vicinity of the cutter 30 on the side of the body 21 is located, to eject the nail cut by the cutter 30 to the outside of the body 21. . The ejection hole 29 may be formed at one side of the body 21 or may be formed at both sides of the body 21.

The cutter 30 may be fixed to the inside of the nail inserting portion 22 of the body 21 by selecting various shapes as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, and a fixing plate supported and fixed to the cutter fixing part 26 ( 31). The cutter 30 is arranged so that the fastening type (FIGS. 6 and 7) which form the blade surface 33 in one fixed plate 31, and the fixed plate 31 of the cutter 30 correspond to each other, and the upper blade surface ( 33) and the lower side surface 33 may be configured by selecting any one of the double type (FIG. 8). (A), (b) and (c) of FIG. 6 is a single-type cutter 30, Comprising: One side of the fixed plate 31 was formed by the blade surface 33, and FIG. ) Is another single-type cutter 30, a cutter blade portion 34 having a blade 33 for cutting the nail by cutting a part of the fixing plate 31 to let the nail pass through the cut gap 32. ).

The blade surface 33 may be formed in a straight or curved shape. The blade surface 33 is preferably 5 ° ~ 175 ° and 185 ° ~ 355 ° within the straight form.

9 shows an example in which the cutter 30 made of one fixing plate 31 is mounted.

As shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 10, the cutter 30 may be mounted on either side of the nail insertion unit 22 as a reference, and as shown in FIG. It can be mounted symmetrically or asymmetrically on both sides of the side with reference to (22). Also, as shown in Fig. 11 (a) (b) (c), the two cutters 30 to the nail insertion portion 22 ) Can be mounted on the upper and lower sides respectively.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 14 to 16, the nail clipper of the present invention may be provided with a nail insertion guide and depth adjustment guide 56 to induce contact with the finger tip. The guide 56 may protrude toward the nail insertion portion 22 in a shape corresponding to the shape of the nail insertion portion 22 to the head portion 23 of the lower case 25 of the body 21. It is installed, preferably integrally formed to guide the nail insertion to the nail insertion portion 22 and to adjust the depth of the nail 54 to be inserted. The nail clipper of the present invention may be provided with a directional guide guide 57 to easily recognize the initial position and direction of the cut nail. The protrusion guide 57 may be formed to protrude toward the nail insertion portion 22 from one end of the adjustment guide 56.

Referring to the method of using the nail clipper according to the present invention configured as described above in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 12, 13, and 16, the finger is inserted into the nail insertion portion 22 of the nail clipper 20 and the nail is inserted into the gap of the nail insertion portion 22. Direction, in the direction A1 and A2 in FIG. 13, the nail 54 inserted into the nail insertion portion 22 by the blade surface 33 of the cutter 30 attached to the nail insertion portion 22 when a pushing force is applied. Is cut out, the nail 54 to be cut out is blocked by the partition 29a and cannot move inside the body 21, and exits through the eviction hole 29.

That is, unlike the conventional nail clipper that cuts the nails by the pressing shear force, in the case of the nail clipper according to the present invention, by placing the nail into the nail inserting portion 22 and moving the finger or nail clipper in one direction, the nails are safe at once. Easily cut

In addition, since the tip of the finger contacts the nail insertion guide and the insertion depth adjusting guide 56 protruding in front of the surface of the head part 23, the finger may not be in contact with the cutter 53, so that the finger may be used more safely.

The nail can be easily inserted into the nail inserting portion 22, so that infants and children can easily use it, and the depth of the nail inserted into the nail inserting portion 22 can be checked, thereby controlling the amount of the nail being cut.

In addition, the angle is not fixed at the time of pushing the nail, so you do not know which angle to cut, so you need to cut the nail sensibly. You can easily cut your nails as you go. By the nail insertion guide and the insertion depth adjustment guide 56 and the direction indicating protrusion guide 57, the user can recognize the position of the direction in which the nail is pushed and cut in advance, and the nail clipper user is the initial position to push the nail. B. The depth of nail insertion can be obtained as a preliminary information of the nail insertion depth through the guides 56 and 57 by the contact feeling of the tip of the finger, so that the nail can be cut precisely by finding the initial position to push the nail accurately. In addition, since the entry depth of the nail into the nail insertion portion is constant, it is possible to prevent the problem that the nail is cut off more than the intended cutting length, or conversely, the nail is cut off less than the intended cutting length.

While the invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such changes and modifications are set forth in the claims. Belongs to the range.

Claims (15)

Nail clipper body, A nail insertion portion configured in the body so that the nail can be inserted, It is installed around the nail insertion unit and made of a cutter installed on the body so that the nails can be cut by applying a cross cutting force to the nail passing through the nail insertion unit, The body is composed of an upper case and a lower case separable from each other, Grooves are formed in the upper case and the lower case, respectively, and the nail insertion part is formed by the groove when the upper case and the lower case are combined. A nail clipper is installed inside the nail inserting portion of the upper case and the lower case, and a cutter fixing part capable of supporting and fixing the cutter is provided and the cutter is coupled to the cutter fixing part. The method of claim 1, The cutter is a nail clipper, characterized in that consisting of a cutter blade portion having a blade surface for cutting the nail portion of the surface fixed to the body fixed. The method of claim 1, The cutter is a nail clipper, characterized in that the portion of the fixing plate which is fixed to the body is fixed to the cut portion, the surface portion of the cut gap is made of a cutter blade having a blade surface for the nail to be cut. The method of claim 1, The cutter is nail clipper, characterized in that mounted to any one side of the nail insertion section. The method of claim 1, The cutter is nail clipper, characterized in that mounted on both sides of the symmetrical reference to the nail insert. The method of claim 1, The head portion of the body in which the nail insertion portion is formed, the nail clipper, characterized in that the front end surface is rounded outward to induce the contact of the finger. The method of claim 1, The upper and lower surfaces of the nail inserting portion, the nail clipper, characterized in that formed in a round surface corresponding to the shape of the nail to correspond to the shape of the nail. Nail clipper body, A nail insertion portion configured in the body so that the nail can be inserted, It is installed around the nail insertion unit and made of a cutter installed on the body so that the nails can be cut by applying a cross cutting force to the nail passing through the nail insertion unit, The cutter is a nail clipper, characterized in that consisting of a cutter blade portion having a blade surface for cutting the nail portion of the surface fixed to the body fixed. The method of claim 8, A portion of the fixing plate is made of a cut gap, the cut surface portion of the nail clip characterized in that it consists of a cutter blade having a blade surface for cutting the nail. Nail clipper body, A nail insertion portion formed in the body so that the nail can be inserted therein; The cutter is installed around the nail insertion unit and is installed in the body so that the nail is cut by applying a transversal cutting force to the nail passing through the nail insertion unit, and the cutter of the body is formed in the cutter. A nail clipper, characterized in that consisting of an ejection hole for discharging the nail cut out by the outside of the body. The method of claim 10, The body is composed of a detachable upper case and a lower case, nail clipper, characterized in that the partition is installed to guide the nail to be cut into the interior of the body to the extraction hole. Nail clipper body, A nail insertion portion formed in the body so that the nail can be inserted therein; A cutter provided inside the body such that the nail is cut off by applying a transversal cutting force to the nail passing through the nail inserting portion and centering the nail inserting portion; To guide the insertion of the nail into the nail insertion portion, and to adjust the depth of the nail to be inserted into the nail insertion portion, the shape corresponding to the nail insertion portion, protruding forwardly installed in the head portion of the body of the finger tip Nail clipper comprising a nail insertion guide and depth adjustment guide to induce contact. The method of claim 12, The guide is nail clipper, characterized in that formed integrally with the head of the body. Nail clipper body, A nail insertion portion formed in the body so that the nail can be inserted therein; A cutter provided inside the body so that the nail is cut by applying a transversal cutting force to the nail passing through the nail insertion portion and installed around the nail insertion portion; And a direction indicating protruding guide protruding forward from one end of the head portion of the body to correspond to the shape of the nail inserting portion so as to display the nail cutting direction and the initial position of the nail. The method of claim 14, And the direction indicating protrusion guide is formed integrally with the head portion.

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