Patent Application
20190307223
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The disclosure and prior art relates to curing devices and more particularly pertains to a new curing device for curing and hardening nail polish.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a stand is that may be rolled along a support surface. A light emitting unit is coupled to the stand and the light emitting unit is positionable above a person's hand whose nails have been polished. The light emitting unit emits electromagnetic radiation when the light emitting unit is turned on to cure polish on the nails.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A tube 26 is coupled to and extends upwardly from the top side 18; the tube 26 has an outer wall 28 and a distal end 30 with respect to the top side 18. The outer wall 28 has a slot 32 extending into an interior of the tube 26 and the slot 32 extends downwardly from the distal end 30. A collar 34 is provided and the collar 34 is slidably positioned around the tube 26. Additionally, the collar 34 is positionable at a selected point along the tube 26 between the base 16 and the distal end 30 of the tube 26. A fastener 36 extends through the collar 34 and frictionally engages the outer wall 28 of the tube 26 to retain the collar 34 at a selected height on the tube 26. The fastener 36 may be a thumb screw or any other type of mechanical fastener 36 that can frictionally engage the tube 26.
An arm 38 is coupled to and extends laterally away from the collar 34 and the arm 38 is comprised of a bendable material. Thus, the arm 38 may be bent into a selected shape and the arm 38 remains in the selected shape. Alternatively, the arm 38 may be constructed with a plurality of articulating joints or the like. The arm 38 has a distal end 40 with respect to the collar 34.
A light emitting unit 42 is coupled to the stand 12. Additionally, the light emitting unit 42 is positionable above a person's hand or foot whose fingernails or toenails have been polished. The light emitting unit 42 emits electromagnetic radiation, such as ultra-violet light, when the light emitting unit 42 is turned on. Thus, the electromagnetic radiation from the light emitting unit 42 cures and hardens nail polish that has been applied to the person's fingernails or toenails.
The light emitting unit 42 comprises a bowl 44 that has an outer wall 46 and an opening 48 therein. The outer wall 28 is coupled to the distal end 40 of the arm 38 having the opening 48 being directed downwardly towards the base 16. The bowl 44 is comprised of a light reflecting material, such as polished steel or the like. A light emitter 50 is positioned within the bowl 44 to emit light outwardly through the opening 48 in the bowl 44. The light emitter 50 may be a UV light bulb or other electronic source of electromagnetic radiation.
A conductor 52 is electrically coupled to the light emitter 50 and the conductor 52 extends through the arm 38 and the slot 32 in the tube 26. Moreover, the conductor 52 extends through the collar 34 and the conductor 52 travels upwardly and downwardly in the slot 32 when the collar 34 is slid upwardly and downwardly along the tube 26. The conductor 52 may be an insulated electrical wire or the like.
A power supply 54 is coupled to the base 16 and the conductor 52 is electrically coupled to the power supply 54. Thus, the power supply 54 is an electrical communication with the light emitter 50. The power supply 54 comprises a housing 56 that is coupled to the top side 18 of the base 16. At least one battery 58 is positioned within the housing 56 and the at least one battery 58 is electrically coupled to the conductor 52. Moreover, the at least one battery 58 may be a rechargeable battery or the like.
A button 59 is coupled to the housing 56 and the button 59 is electrically coupled the conductor 52 to turn the light emitter 50 on and off. A charge port 60 is coupled to the housing 56 and the charge port 60 is electrically coupled to the at least one battery 58. The charge port 60 may be electrically coupled to a power source 62 for charging the at least one battery 58. Additionally, the charge port 60 may be a usb port or the like and the power source 62 may be a battery charger.
In use, the base 16 is positioned on the support surface 14 and the base 16 is rolled next to the person getting their fingernails or toenails polished. The collar 34 is slid along the tube 26 to position the arm 38 at a selected height and the bowl 44 is directed toward the persons' fingernails or toenails. The button 59 is pushed to turn the light emitter 50 on and the emitted electromagnetic radiation cures and hardens the polish on the fingernails or toenails. In this way the quality of the polish is enhanced with respect to the finish and the hardness of the polish. Additionally, the power supply 54 is electrically coupled to the power source 62 to charge the power supply 54.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
