IP Library Granted Patent US 12693072
Granted Patent B2
US 12693072 · App. 18/097,518 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope

Inventors: Ming Wang (Beijing, CN); Shiping Xu (Beijing, CN); Hui Shi (Beijing, CN); Hailan Zhu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: The Second Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital
F26B9/003A61L2/20A61L2/26F26B23/10F26B25/008A61L2103/15A61L2202/11A61L2202/121A61L2202/122
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Patent No.
US 12693072
App. No.
18/097,518
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope is disclosed, including a box and a top cover. The box is a hollow shell structure, and the top cover covers the upper port of the box to form a sealed environment. The upper end of the top cover is provided with a controller to control the operation of the device. The box is internally provided with heating tubes. The box is provided with a water inlet and drainage mechanism. The bottom end of the box is provided with a liquid heater to heat the disinfection solution in the box to generate hot vapor. The top cover and the box are installed and disassembled through a fixed mechanism. The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope has the characteristics of energy saving and high efficiency. And its effect of disinfection and sterilization is better, which increases the practicability.

Claims (16)

1 . An energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope, comprising a box ( 1 ) and a top cover ( 2 ), wherein the box ( 1 ) is a hollow shell structure, the top cover ( 2 ) covers an upper port of the box ( 1 ) to form a sealed environment, an upper end of the top cover ( 2 ) is provided with a controller ( 3 ) to control an operation of the energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope, and the box ( 1 ) is internally provided with heating tubes;

the box ( 1 ) is provided with a water inlet and drainage mechanism, a bottom end of the box ( 1 ) is provided with a liquid heater ( 8 ), and the liquid heater ( 8 ) is arranged to heat a disinfection solution in the box ( 1 ) to generate hot vapor;

the top cover ( 2 ) and the box ( 1 ) are installed and disassembled through a fixed mechanism;

a lower end of the top cover ( 2 ) is connected with a plurality of support plates ( 19 ) through a telescopic mechanism, and an upper end of each one of the plurality of support plates ( 19 ) is provided with a clamp ( 22 ) matched with a digestive endoscope ( 23 ); the clamp ( 22 ) is arranged to position the digestive endoscope ( 23 ), and the telescopic mechanism is configured to drive each support plate ( 19 ) to clamp the digestive endoscope ( 23 ) for positioning;

the plurality of the support plates ( 19 ) are provided, a bottom end of a support plate ( 19 ) at a lowest end is provided with a clamping groove ( 20 ), and the clamping groove ( 20 ) and a clamping column ( 18 ) at an upper end of a curved disc ( 17 ) are mutually matched and inserted;

a partition ( 9 ) is also arranged inside the box ( 1 ), a motor ( 10 ) is installed in the partition ( 9 ), and the motor ( 10 ) is connected with a fan blade ( 16 ) and a mixing blade ( 14 ) through a driving mechanism to drive the fan blade ( 16 ) and the mixing blade ( 14 ) to rotate;

an upper end of a shaft of the motor ( 10 ) is provided with the curved disc ( 17 ), and the curved disc ( 17 ) and a crankshaft rod ( 24 ) form a reciprocating movement structure; a right end of the crankshaft rod ( 24 ) is provided with a piston ( 25 ) through a hinge; a surface of the box ( 1 ) is provided with an air hole ( 27 ), and the piston ( 25 ) is configured to move laterally to open and close the air hole ( 27 ) intermittently to achieve intermittent pressure relief; and

the air hole ( 27 ) is provided with an opening size control mechanism to achieve efficiency required for regulating discharge of high-temperature and high-pressure gas.

2 . The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope of claim 1 , wherein the water inlet and drainage mechanism comprises a water inlet valve ( 6 ) arranged at a lower side of the box ( 1 ) and a drainage valve ( 7 ) arranged at a bottom of the box ( 1 ).

3 . The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope of claim 1 , wherein the fixed mechanism comprises a first snap ( 5 ) arranged at the lower end of the top cover ( 2 ) and a second snap ( 501 ) at a side of the box ( 1 ) matched with the first snap ( 5 ), so that after the top cover ( 2 ) and the box ( 1 ) are combined, the first snap ( 5 ) and the second snap ( 501 ) form a self-locking structure.

4 . The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope of claim 1 , wherein the telescopic mechanism comprises first electric telescopic rods ( 201 ) connected with the lower end of the top cover ( 2 ), and other ends of the first electric telescopic rods ( 201 ) are connected with a support plate ( 19 ) close to the lower end of the top cover, and the plurality of support plates ( 19 ) are connected to each other through second electric telescopic rods ( 202 ); the clamping column ( 18 ) is a hexagonal prism, and the clamping groove ( 20 ) is a hexagonal groove, and a surface of each support plate ( 19 ) is provided with meshes ( 21 ) for through which the hot vapor passes.

5 . The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope of claim 4 , wherein the clamp ( 22 ) is an inverted U-shaped block structure, the digestive endoscope ( 23 ) is a cylindrical structure, and a radius of a U-shaped part of the clamp ( 22 ) is greater than a cylindrical radius of the digestive endoscope ( 23 ).

6 . The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope of claim 5 , wherein the upper end of the top cover ( 2 ) is provided with a handle ( 4 ), and the handle ( 4 ) is made of a thermal insulation material with high temperature resistance.

7 . The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope of claim 1 , wherein the driving mechanism comprises a first gear ( 11 ) connected with a shaft end of the motor ( 10 ), and a surface of the partition ( 9 ) is provided with a rotating hole, and the rotating hole is connected with a first gear shaft ( 12 ) and a second gear shaft ( 15 ) in a rotating manner; a lower end of the first gear shaft ( 12 ) is connected with the mixing blade ( 14 ), and an upper end of the first gear shaft ( 12 ) is connected with a second gear ( 13 ), and the second gear ( 13 ) and the second gear shaft ( 15 ) form gear mesh; an upper end of the second gear shaft ( 15 ) is connected with the fan blade ( 16 ), and the first gear ( 11 ) and the second gear ( 13 ) form gear mesh.

8 . The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the piston ( 25 ) is provided with a through hole ( 26 ) for gas to flow out of the air hole ( 27 ), and the air hole ( 27 ) is a square hole structure.

9 . The energy-saving portable dryer for digestive endoscope of claim 8 , wherein the opening size control mechanism comprises a chute arranged on a side of the box ( 1 ), and a sealing plate ( 28 ) is arranged in the chute; the sealing plate ( 28 ) is located above the through hole ( 26 ) and contacts the surface of the piston; one end of the sealing plate ( 28 ) is connected with a right end of a third electric telescopic rod ( 29 ), and a left end of the third electric telescopic rod ( 29 ) is connected with the side of the box ( 1 ); the third electric telescopic rod ( 29 ) is configured to drive the sealing plate ( 28 ) to slide laterally in the chute to adjust a size of the air hole ( 27 ) accordingly.