Abstract:
A portable sterilizing device for sterilizing at least one of a feeding bottle, a nipple, a bottle stopper, and a cap comprises: a sterilization covering body and a containing bottle. The sterilization covering body includes a covering member and a sterilizing member provided on the covering member, a UV-light emitting unit of the sterilizing member is emitting the UV light in a covering direction. The containing bottle includes a body portion and a connecting portion extensively formed from the body portion, the body portion covering the covering member along the covering direction in a manner that the connecting portion is attached to the attaching portion so as to form a containing space that faces toward the UV light for the sterilization. Thus, the portable sterilizing device has the advantages of small size and low power consumption, and therefore it is convenient for baby caretaker to portably carry it.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a sterilizing device, and more particularly, to a portable sterilizing device having a containing space for containing a feeding bottle, a nipple, a bottle stopper, and a cap. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     A baby&#39;s immune system is not fully developed until he/she is over 6 months old. For the comfort and the health of a baby, people pay more attention to articles that may be in any contact with a baby. In general, since a baby is feed with milk or breast milk as a daily food, it needs to thoroughly sterilize the baby necessities such as a feeding bottle, a nipple, a bottle stopper, and a cap prior to or after the use to thus prevent the hurt to the baby&#39;s health. 
     There are two conventional methods for sterilization. One of the methods applies a high-temperature steam generated by a sterilization container to sterilize a feeding bottle, a nipple, a bottle stopper, and a cap. The other method is for boiling a nipple for 3-5 minutes and boiling a feeding bottle, a bottle stopper, and a cap for 8-12 minutes with water and thereafter drying the feeding bottle, the nipple, the bottle stopper, and the cap in the air. 
     However, for a baby caretaker in outdoors, the sterilization container is too bulky to carry it in outdoors and is high power consumption as well. In addition, it is hard to boil water in outdoors, so it is not practicable to apply boiling water for sterilization. Furthermore, the conventional sterilizing methods that apply a high-temperature steam or boiling water may not only likely cause a burn accident but also tend to result in a hazardous substances released from the chemical material deformation of materials such as plastics, rubbers and any other polymers. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Therefore, in view of the above drawbacks, the present invention provides a portable sterilizing device that is not only for convenient carriage, but also prevents any hazardous substances released from the material of plastics, rubbers and any other polymers. 
     A portable sterilizing device for sterilizing at least one of a feeding bottle, a nipple, a bottle stopper and a cap, comprising: a sterilization covering body, including a covering member and a sterilizing member provided on the covering member, the sterilizing member including a power supply unit and a UV-light emitting unit, the UV-light emitting unit being electrically connected with the power supply unit and emitting the UV light in a covering direction, the covering member being extensively formed with an attaching portion; and a containing bottle, including a body portion and a connecting portion extensively formed from the body portion, the body portion covering the covering member along the covering direction in a manner that the connecting portion is attached to the attaching portion so as to form a containing space that faces toward the UV light emitted from the UV-light emitting unit for the sterilization. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting portion includes an extending element and a fastening element, the extending element extends upward from the body portion, the fastening element is formed protruding outward from the extending element, and the attaching portion has a fastening hole corresponding to the fastening element. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, the covering member has a stepped flange at an edge thereof, and the body portion has a complementary stepped flange corresponding to the stepped flange. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting portion is a threaded portion, and the attaching portion is a complementary threaded portion to the threaded portion. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting portion is a circular rib portion, and the attaching portion is a circular groove portion complementary to the circular rib portion. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, the sterilizing member further includes a push switch including a cover element and a pressing element, the cover element is placed for covering a the power supply unit by means of providing a pressing gap between the cover element and a power switch of the power supply unit, the pressing element is arranged within the pressing gap for triggering the power switch by means of a pushing operation. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, the covering member is extensively downward formed an annular covering wall, the attaching portion is located on the annular covering wall, and the containing space is sealed by the annular covering wall and the body portion. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, the sterilizing member further includes a timer module electrically connected with the power supply unit. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, a cross sectional area of the containing space is gradually decreased along the height of the body portion from top to bottom. 
     According to an embodiment of the present invention, a height of the portable sterilizing device is between 250 mm and 350 mm, a length and a width of a cross-sectional area of the connecting section between the covering member and the body portion is between 75 mm and 100 mm, and a length and a width of a bottle bottom of the body portion is between 55 mm and 80 mm. 
     By technical means applied by the present invention, the portable sterilizing device having a containing space for accommodating a feeding bottle, a nipple, a bottle stopper, and a cap applies the UV light to excite oxygen into ozone to thus remove bacteria and rotten milk odor existing in the feeding bottle, the nipple, the bottle stopper, and the cap that are received in the containing space. In addition, the portable sterilizing device that uses UV light for sterilizing has the advantages of small size and low power consumption, and therefore it is convenient for baby caretaker to portably carry it. Moreover, the sterilization of UV light is advantageous in that it not only avoids a burn accident caused by the high-temperature steam or boiling water, but also prevents the harmful substances being released from the material of plastics, rubbers and other polymers caused by the high-temperature steam or boiling water. Moreover, it further reduces the possibility of chronic poisoning for a baby and a baby caretaker as long-term exposing in front of harmful substances. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objectives can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings. 
         FIG. 1  is a stereogram illustrating a portable sterilizing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is an explosion diagram illustrating the portable sterilizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating a sterilization covering body of the portable sterilizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram of use illustrating the portable sterilizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is a stereogram illustrating the sterilizing covering body of the portable sterilizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective drawing illustrating a portable sterilizing device according to another embodiment of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 7  is a perspective drawing illustrating a portable sterilizing device according to another embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Embodiments are described in detail below with reference to the  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 6 , and the description is used for explaining the embodiments of the present invention only but not for limiting the scope of the claims. 
     As referring to  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , a portable sterilizing device  100  according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided for sterilizing at least one of a feeding bottle  301 , a nipple  302 , a bottle stopper  303 , and a cap  304 , as shown in  FIG. 4 . The portable sterilizing device  100  includes a sterilization covering body  1  and a containing bottle  2 . 
     The sterilization covering body  1  includes a sterilizing member  11  and a covering member  12 . The sterilizing member  11  is supplied on the covering member  12  and includes a power supply unit  111  and a UV-light emitting unit  112 . The UV-light emitting unit  112  is electrically connected with the power supply unit  111  and projects UV light toward a covering direction D. An attaching portion  121  is formed by extending the covering member  12 . Specifically, the power supply unit  111  may be a battery chamber. The containing bottle  2  includes a body portion  21 . The body portion  21  is covered by the covering member  1  along the covering direction D, and thus a sealed containing space  211  is formed by covering the body portion  21  with the covering member  1 . More particularly, the body portion  21  is extendingly formed with a connecting portion  212 . The connecting portion  212  is formed within the covering member  12  and the body portion  21  as the attaching portion  121  and the containing space  211  are connected with each other. A placing opening  213  of the containing space  211  faces toward the UV light projecting from the UV-light emitting unit  112  to thus apply the UV-light emitting unit  112  to sterilize the area in the containing space  211 . As referring to  FIG. 2  to  FIG. 4 , the UV-light emitting unit  112  receives an electrical energy of the power supply unit  111  and emits in the covering direction D to project the UV light, and thus oxygen in the containing space  211  is excited to produce ozone to fulfill the containing space  211  with ozone. Ozone is able to sterilize bacteria, viruses, mildew and other unicellular microbe to be immediate dead or reproductive capacity losing, and therefore it able to effectively kill the bacteria and remove rotten milk odor in the feeding bottle  301 , the nipple  302 , the bottle stopper  303 , and the cap  304 . In addition, the covering member  12  is preferably made from material that is able to filter the UV light. In this embodiment, the covering member  12  is made from material of polypropylene able to filter the UV light, and thus it is able to avoid the eye damage from the UV light. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The covering member  12  may be made from any material that is unable to filter the UV light. 
     As referring to  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 2 , and  FIG. 4 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the connecting portion  212  includes an extending element  214  and a fastening element  215 . The extending element  214  is upwardly (i.e. along a height direction of the body portion  21 ) extended from the body portion  21 . The fastening element  215  is an outward convex extending from the extending element  214 , and the attaching portion  121  is supplied with a fastening hole  22  corresponding to the fastening element  215 . As a result, the fastening hole  122  is buckled with the fastening element  215  to connect the covering member  12  with the body portion  21 , and thus the containing space  211  is sealed by the covering member  12  and the body portion  21 . 
     As referring to  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 5 , optionally, an edge  123  of the covering member  12  has a stepped flange  124 , and a fastening hole  216  of the body portion  21  has an annular covering wall  217  corresponding to the stepped flange  124 . The annular covering wall  217  is correspondingly engaged with the stepped flange  124  to closely seal the sterilization covering body  1  and the containing bottle  2 . However, the present invention is not limited to this. The stepped flange  124  of the covering member  12  can be formed as a concave toward outside, and the annular covering wall  217  of the body portion  21  can also be formed as a convex toward outside. 
     As referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 3 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the sterilizing member  11  further provides with a push switch  113 . The push switch  113  includes a cover element  114  and a pressing element  115 . The cover element  114  is covered on an upper surface  125  of the covering member  12  so as to cover the power supply unit  111 . A press gap is formed between the cover element  114  and a power switch  116  of the power supply unit  111 , and the pressing element  115  is provided between the cover element  114  and the press gap of the power supply unit  111 , and thus the power switch  116  is triggered by pressing. Particularly, in the embodiment, the cover element  114  is provided with several fastening element  117  fastened on several fastening hole  126  of the covering member  12 . When a user presses the cover element  114  corresponding to the position of the pressing element  115 , the pressing element  115  will trigger the power switch  116  to enable the power supply unit  111  to transmit the electrical energy to the UV-light emitting unit  112 . 
     As referring to  FIG. 2  to  FIG. 4 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the covering member  12  is extending downwardly to form an annular covering wall  127 . A covering space is formed and is surrounded by the annular covering wall  127 , and the attaching portion  121  is provided on the annular covering wall  127 . In detail, by attaching the attaching portion  121  with the connecting portion  212 , the containing space  211  is sealed by the annular covering wall  127  and the body portion  21  to form a large space together with the covering space  128 . It is noted that the covering member  12  may not provided with the annular covering wall  127  and the covering space  128 , and the covering member  12  is connected with the body portion  21  by attaching the attaching portion  121  with the connecting portion  212 . 
     As referring to  FIG. 3 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the sterilizing member  11  further includes a timer module  118  electrically connected with the power supply unit  111 . Thereby, after the UV-light emitting unit  112  projects UV light for a predetermined time period, the power supply unit  111  will stop the transmission of the electric energy to the UV-light emitting unit  112 . In the present embodiment, the predetermined time period is 6 minutes. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The predetermined time period may be configured as larger or smaller than six minutes. 
     As referring to  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 2 , and  FIG. 4 , in the embodiment of the present invention, a cross sectional area of the containing space  211  is gradually reduced toward downward from a connecting portion between the covering member  12  and the body portion  21 . In detail, the nipple  302 , the bottle stopper  303 , and the cap  304  will be maintained in a position of the containing space  211  adjacent to the UV-light emitting unit  112 , such as in the covering space  128 , when they are putted into the containing space  211  while the feeding bottle  301  is already in the containing space  211 . Thus, it will ensure the feeding bottle  301 , the nipple  302 , the bottle stopper  303 , and the cap  304  to be not blocked by the feeding bottle  301  in front of the UV light, so a sterilization effect will be enhanced. Preferably, a height H of the portable sterilizing device  100  is between 250 mm and 350 mm, and a length L1 and a width W1 of the cross sectional area of the connecting portion between the covering member  12  and the body portion  21  is between 75 mm and 100 mm, and a length L2 and a width W2 of a bottle bottom  218  of the body portion  21  is between 55 mm and 80 mm. 
     As referring to  FIG. 6 , a portable sterilizing device  100   a  according to another embodiment of the present invention is similar to the portable sterilizing device  100  of  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 5 , and thus the same parts of the embodiment will not be repeated here. The difference is that the connecting portion  212   a  is a screw threaded portion, and the attaching portion  121   a  is a threaded portion matching with the screw threaded portion. The attaching portion  121   a  is screwed into the connecting portion  212   a  to seal the containing space  211  by connecting the covering member  12  and the body portion  21 . 
     Alternatively, as referring to  FIG. 7 , a connecting portion  212   b  of a portable sterilizing device  100   b  according to another embodiment of the present invention is a circular rib portion, and an attaching portion  121   b  is a groove portion matching with the circular rib portion. The attaching portion  121   b  is engaged with the connecting portion  212   b  to seal the containing space  211  by means of the covering member  12  and the body portion  21 . However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the connecting portion and the attaching portion can be connecting with each other in other manners. 
     The above description should be considered as only the discussion of the preferred embodiments of the present invention. However, a person skilled in the art may make various modifications to the present invention. Those modifications still fall within the spirit and scope defined by the appended claims.