UV LED curing apparatus with improved housing and switch controller
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1. An UV LED curing apparatus, comprising:
- a light reflective inner casing having a light reflective inner wall enclosing an inner chamber and an outer wall;
wherein the inner chamber includes at least one front opening facing toward a front side of the apparatus; and
wherein said inner casing provides a support structure for affixing an UV LED light source;
an outer casing detachably attached to the outer wall of the inner casing;
said outer casing and said inner casing defining a space suitable for affixing said UV LED light source to said inner casing;
said UV LED light source comprising at least one UV LED module affixed to the inner casing and having a light emitting side facing toward the inner chamber thereof;
a switch controller comprising at least one button, a substrate and a photo interrupt module, said switch controller attached to the inner casing and electrically connected to the UV LED light source; and
said photo interrupt module located at the inner wall of the inner casing;
wherein the substrate further comprises a timer, a current regulator integrated thereon;
whereby the switch controller controls an on-off state of the UV LED light source with reference to a first input signal received from and triggered by said photo interrupt module to turn on the UV LED light source and with reference to a second input signal received from the timer and the current regulator to turn off the UV LED light source; and
whereby the light reflective inner wall of the inner casing directs and reflects UV light emitted from the UV LED light source within the inner chamber thereof.
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Nail gel curing devices emitting ultraviolet light, as well as methods of their making and use are disclosed. The devices are useful for curing, inter alia, acrylic compositions, more particularly, acrylic nail gel compositions, and typically employ ultraviolet and/or visible light emitting diodes (“LED”) to cure such ultraviolet and/or visible light curable nail gel resins.
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1. An UV LED curing apparatus, comprising:
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a light reflective inner casing having a light reflective inner wall enclosing an inner chamber and an outer wall;
wherein the inner chamber includes at least one front opening facing toward a front side of the apparatus; and
wherein said inner casing provides a support structure for affixing an UV LED light source;an outer casing detachably attached to the outer wall of the inner casing;
said outer casing and said inner casing defining a space suitable for affixing said UV LED light source to said inner casing;said UV LED light source comprising at least one UV LED module affixed to the inner casing and having a light emitting side facing toward the inner chamber thereof; a switch controller comprising at least one button, a substrate and a photo interrupt module, said switch controller attached to the inner casing and electrically connected to the UV LED light source; and
said photo interrupt module located at the inner wall of the inner casing;
wherein the substrate further comprises a timer, a current regulator integrated thereon;whereby the switch controller controls an on-off state of the UV LED light source with reference to a first input signal received from and triggered by said photo interrupt module to turn on the UV LED light source and with reference to a second input signal received from the timer and the current regulator to turn off the UV LED light source; and
whereby the light reflective inner wall of the inner casing directs and reflects UV light emitted from the UV LED light source within the inner chamber thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An UV LED curing apparatus, comprising:
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a housing comprising an inner casing enclosing an inner chamber and an outer casing detachably attached to the inner casing;
wherein the inner chamber further comprises at least one front opening formed on a front side of the housing;
wherein said inner casing provides a support structure for affixing an UV LED light source; and
wherein said outer casing and said inner casing define a space suitable for affixing said UV LED light source to said inner casing;a reflector comprising a plurality of light reflective planes angled from one another and a plurality of apertures formed thereon, attached to the inner casing and fitted to the inner chamber of the housing; said UV LED light source comprising at least one UV LED module affixed to the inner casing and positioned within the plurality of apertures of the reflector, having a light emitting side facing toward the inner chamber of the housing; a switch controller comprising at least one button, a substrate and a photo interrupt module, said switch controller attached to the inner casing and electrically connected to the UV LED light source; and
said photo interrupt module located at the inner wall of the inner casing;
wherein the substrate further comprises a timer, a current regulator integrated thereon;a power supply comprising at one rechargeable battery, electrically connected to the UV LED light source and the switch controller and enclosed by the outer casing; whereby the switch controller controls an on-off state of the UV LED light source with reference to a first input signal received from and triggered by said photo interrupt module to turn on the UV LED light source and with reference to a second input signal received from the timer and the current regulator to turn off the UV LED light source; and
whereby the plurality of light reflective planes of the reflector directs and reflects UV light emitted from the UV LED light source within the inner chamber thereof. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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