Portable nail polish remover

This invention relates to a portable nail polish remover. The prior nail polish remover has some problems in that, since the remover solution accommodating bottle and the swabs have to be keep individually, the keeping and management for them is troublesome. The remover of the invention comprises a remover body 10 having an opening at an upper end thereof; a non-woven fabric 40 accommodated within the remover body with wound to be exposed through the opening of the remover body; a remover solution receptacle 20 built in the remover body so that a outlet of the remover solution receptacle is directed to the opening of the remover body, the remover solution receptacle providing the non-woven fabric with the remover solution; and a head 30 engaged with the opening of the remover body to open and close the remover body, the head providing the non-woven fabric with the remover solution. Thus, since a user has a nail polish removed with the remover erected, the user may use and treat it simply. Further, the woman may keep and manage simply within her handbag due to its portability.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates to a nail polish remover, and more specifically relates to a portable nail polish remover to be used, treated and keep easily.

BACKGROUND ART

Generally, a nail polish is removed by having rag, cotton or tissue paper sucked in a remover solution containing the composition of acetone.

Therefore, according to the prior art, there has been an inconvenience in that a user has to repeat a motion for saturating a cotton-tip of a swab with the remover solution whenever removing the nail polish. That is, while the user removes the nail polish using the cotton-tip of the swab saturated with the remover solution, if the remover solution is evaporated from the cotton-tip of the swab, the user opens again the cap of the remover solution accommodating bottle to saturate the cotton-tip of the swab with the remover solution, and then closes again the cap.

Further, there has been a problem that, since the remover solution accommodating bottle and the swabs have to be keep individually, the keeping and management for them is troublesome.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the invention to provide a nail polish remover adapted to be treated and used simply.

Further, another object of the invention is to provide a nail polish remover adapted to be keep and managed conveniently.

To accomplish the above objects, a nail polish remover according to the invention comprises a remover body having an opening at an upper end thereof, a non-woven fabric accommodated within the remover body with wound to be exposed through the opening of the remover body, a remover solution receptacle built in the remover body so that a outlet of the remover solution receptacle is directed to the opening of the remover body, the remover solution receptacle providing the non-woven fabric with the remover solution, and a head engaged with the opening of the remover body to open and close the remover solution receptacle, the head providing the non-woven fabric with the remover solution.

Preferably, the inside of the remover body is provided with a supplying roller supplying the opening of the remover body with the non-woven fabric and a withdrawing roller withdrawing the non-woven fabric come out of the supplying roller.

Preferably, the remover body is provided with a reverse rotation-preventing projection, and the withdrawing roller is provided with a reverse rotation-preventing lever for hanging on the reverse rotation-preventing projection.

Preferably, a side casing of the remover body is formed with a positioning hole, and the remover solution receptacle is formed with a positioning projection passing through the positioning hole and projecting to the outside.

Preferably, the head engaged with the remover body is integrally formed with a cap for opening and covering the outlet of the remover solution receptacle, and the inclined portion of the head is formed with a plurality of discharging hole for discharging the remover solution supplied from the remover solution receptacle Preferably, the lower end of the remover body is formed with a support for erecting the remover body.

Preferably, the opening of the remover body is provided with a head cap for covering the head.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Referring toFIGS. 1 and 2, the nail polish remover comprises a remover body10including an upper casing and a lower casing. The remover body10is formed with an opening11at its upper end. Further, the remover body10is integrally formed with supports12disposed with an isosceles square shape at its lower end.

A remover solution receptacle20receiving a remover solution is installed within the remover body10. The remover body10is provided with a supplying roller41supplying a non-woven fabric40and a withdrawing roller42withdrawing the non-woven fabric40at its lower side. A head30is engaged with the opening11of the remover body10, and a head cap50covers the upper part of the head30.

The remover body10is formed to being curved in one side direction with having a width narrowing more and more from the lower part to the upper part so that the opening11formed at the upper end of the remover body10is formed in the inclined status enough to supply the remover solution with the remover body10erected.

The remover solution receptacle20is erected so that an outlet21of the remover solution receptacle20corresponds to the opening11of the remover body10.

The head30is integrally formed with a cap31for opening and covering the outlet21of the remover solution receptacle20, and an inclined portion32of the head30is formed with a plurality of discharging hole33for discharging the remover solution.

The non-woven fabric40come out of the supplying roller41is passed through the opening11, and then is winded on a outer surface of the head30. Then, the non-woven fabric40is withdrawn to a withdrawing roller42via the opening11again.

One casing of the remover body10is provided with a reverse rotation-preventing projection13for preventing the non-woven fabric40come out of the supplying roller41from being rotated reversely against the rotating direction winded to the withdrawing roller42so that the reverse rotation-preventing projection13is formed on the portion corresponding with the withdrawing roller42. The withdrawing roller42is provided with a reverse rotation-preventing lever43for hanging on the reverse rotation-preventing projection13.

Further, the other side casing of the remover body10is formed with a positioning hole14. The remover solution receptacle20is formed with a positioning projection22passing through the positioning hole14.

The operation of the above portable nail polish remover according to the invention will be given herein below.

Referring toFIG. 2, if the supplying roller41is rotated clockwise, the withdrawing roller42engaged with the supplying roller41is rotated counterclockwise.

Then, the non-woven fabric40winded on the supplying roller41is unwound, and then the non-woven fabric40contacted on the inclined portion32of the head is moved forwardly to be winded on the withdrawing roller42.

At this time, since the withdrawing roller42is rotated only counterclockwise by the reverse rotation-preventing projection13constraining the reverse rotation-preventing lever43, the reverse rotation of the supplying roller41and the withdrawing roller42is prevented.

Referring toFIG. 3, the positioning projection22of the remover solution receptacle20is moved from the positioning hole14to the head30. Further, the cap31of the head30covers the outlet21of the remover solution receptacle20.

At the status shown inFIG. 4, the positioning projection22of the remover solution receptacle20is moved to the opponent side of the head30, the outlet21of the remover solution receptacle20is open, and then the remover solution flows downwardly out of the remover solution receptacle20, and then soaks into the non-woven fabric40winded on the outer surface of the head30via the discharging holes33of the head30.

After a predetermined amount of the remover solution is supplied to the non-woven fabric40, a user erects the remover body10, and then removes the nail polish. If the user wants to supply the non-woven fabric40with the more remover solution, the user has the remover body10tilted slightly so that the remover solution is supplied to the non-woven fabric40from the remover solution receptacle20via the head30.

Thus, the remover solution removes the nail polish with continuously supplied to the non-woven fabric40exposed to the opening11via the discharging hole33of the head30.

After using the portable nail polish remover, the user may keep simply the nail polish remover within a handbag by covering the head30with the head cap50after closing the outlet21of the remover solution receptacle20by moving the positioning projection22to the opening11.

From the foregoing, the portable nail polish remover according to the invention simply supplies the non-woven fabric with the remover solution if necessary by having the remover solution receptacle and the non-woven fabric. Further, the non-woven fabric is supplied in the reel type according to the usage state. Therefore, there is an effect in that the nail polish remover is treated and used simply.

Further, there is another effect in that, due to the portability that the remover solution receptacle and the non-woven fabric is built in the remover body, a user may keep and manage conveniently the nail polish remover within a handbag or in a predetermined place.

The present disclosure relates to subject matter contained in priority Korean Patent Application No. 20-2002-25394, filed on Aug. 26, 2002, the contents of which is herein expressly incorporated by reference in its entirety.