Technical Field The present invention relates to facial skin care equipment for keeping a facial skin healthy, and more particularly, to simplified facial skin care equipment which can supply a fatigued facial skin with oxygen and/or fragrance of plants which nourish the skin so that skin moisturization is maintained, wrinkles in the face are smoothed, and cell respiration is promoted, and thus, slcin resistance can be enhanced and a healthy skin can be maintained Background Art Generally, natural separation of horny tissues from a skin is very good for skin health, and night is the most important time for recovering the skin. During the night, cells are regenerated and the skin needs sufficient oxygen which nourishs the slcin.

As a person ages, physical functions of his/her skin weaken and blood vessels therein are narrowed. Further, since regeneration capability of the skin is reduced due to lack of the supplied oxygen, resilience and tension of the skin are reduced. Thus, wrinkles and suffocation phenomena are produced in the skin.

In addition, fresh oxygen should be constantly supplied to a human being so that the human being can live. The supplied oxygen is exchanged with carbon dioxide in the lung, the oxygen entrained in blood is exchanged with waste products within tissues in peripheral capillaries and then discharged in the form of carbon dioxide. The

oxygen is not supplied only through the lung, but the oxygen should be smoothly and sufficiently supplied through the skin to be perfectly and rapidly exchanged with harmful gas or waste products. Respiration through only one of the lungs and skin cannot maintain a human being's life. In this respect, the skin is a second lung and heart.

Therefore, by cleaning the skin so that skin respiration is activated, clean oxygen can be introduced and harmful waste products can be discharged through the skin. By doing this, skin moisturization is maintained and wrinkles in the face are smoothed. Thus, skin resistance can be enhanced and a healthy skin can be maintained.

Since oxygen plays an essential role in cell division for activating cell functions and supplying fresh energy, mechanisms for supplying a high concentration of fresh oxygen have been proposed.

As a conventional oxygen supply mechanism,"Oxygen Mask (Korean Laid- Open Utility Model Publication No. 93-19400)"and"Respiration Mask attached to Portable Oxygen Can (Korean Laid-Open Utility Model Publication No. 95-504)"have been proposed and used. These masks are constructed to supply supplementary oxygen to a first-aid or cardiorepiratory patient's lung through the patient's nose or mouth.

Since the masks are constructed to supply the oxygen to the lung through the nose and mouth, there are problems in that they are limited to cases of activating cardiorespiratory functions due to dyspnoea, overwork, breather and shock, and the oxygen required for skin respiration is not supplied, whereby rapid recovery cannot be achieved.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, the present invention is contemplated to solve the above problems in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide facial skin care equipment, by which skin resistance can be enhanced since cell respiration is promoted and a healthy slcin can be maintained since skin moisturization is maintained and wrinkles in the face are smoothed, by simultaneously supplying a high concentration of fresh oxygen to a facial skin and lung through a hygienic and simplified mask.

Further, another object of the present invention is to provide facial skin care equipment, by which functions of skin tissues can be further improved by connecting a container to a hose for supplying oxygen to a face and lung, putting the contents such as fruits, leaves, and/or roots of plants in the container, and supplying fragrance produced from the contents and the oxygen in a state where they are mixed with each other.

According to an aspect of the present invention for accomplishing the objects, there is provided facial skin care equipment for supplying oxygen contained in an oxygen cylinder 2 into a mask 1, which is positioned close to a face 61 of a user, through a hose 3 for connecting the mask 1 and the oxygen cylinder 2, wherein : an upper portion of the mask 1 is formed with a connection tube 11 which protrudes rearward therefrom to be connected to one end of the hose 3; a cover 4 is detachably coupled to a rear portion of the mask 1 and has a tightening means to be tightened after the cover wraps around the back 62 of the user'head ; and a porous pulp sheet 5 is disposed on an inner surface of the mask 1 so that the oxygen introduced into the mask can be uniformly distributed and supplied to the entire facial slcin of the user.

Preferably, a container 7 is interposed between the oxygen cylinder 2 and the hose 3 and allows the contents 8 including fruit, leaves, and/or roots of plants to be accommodated therein ; a lower portion of the mask 1 is formed with a concave catching

recess 13 to be in comfortable contact with a neck 64 of the user; a comb 10 to be put in the user's hair 63 is coupled to an upper center portion of the inner surface of the mask 1; the cover 4 has an elastic body 42 coupled thereto along a front periphery thereof to be fitted into and caught in the mask 1; and a string 41 is used as the tightening means.

More preferably, a nostril portion 12 is formed in the inner surface of the mask 1 at a position corresponding to nostrils of the user, and an opening/closing valve 6 is connected to the nostril portion of the mask so as to open and close a passage 15 of the nostril portion 12.

Brief Description of Drawings FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of facial slcin care equipment according to the present invention; and FIGS. 2a and 2b are sectional views showing a use state of the facial skin care equipment according to the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Facial skin care equipment according to the present invention comprises a mask 1, which is positioned close to a face 61 of a user, an oxygen cylinder 2 containing a high concentration of oxygen, and a hose 3 for connecting the mask and the oxygen cylinder, so that the oxygen contained in the oxygen cylinder 2 is supplied into the mask 1.

The mask 1 is injection molded out of synthetic resin, which is light in weight, for convenience of wearing it on the face and is made to cover the entire face and ear

portions by duplicating the face 61 on an enlarged scale, and a lower portion of the mask is formed with a concave catching recess 13 to be in comfortable contact with a neck 64 of the user. An inner surface of the mask 1 is formed to be spaced apart from the face 61 by approximately 2 to 5 cm and to provide a flow space for the oxygen to be supplied.

An upper portion of the mask 1 is formed with a convection tube 11 which is connected to the inner surface of the mask and protrudingly extends rearward therefrom to be connected to one end of the hose 3. A comb 10 which can be put in the user's hair 63 to wear the mask 1 on the face 61 is attached to an upper center portion of the inner surface of the mask with screws or the like. The coupling means for the comb 10 is not limited to screws, but super glue may be used or the mask 1 may be formed with a recess (not shown) for allowing the comb 10 to be fitted thereinto and coupled thereto.

A cover 4 is coupled to a rear portion of the mask 1. The cover 4 is made of impermeable vinyl, synthetic textile or the like so that the back 62 of the user's head can be covered and the oxygen to be introduced is prevented from being discharged via the back 62 of the user's head to the outside, and comprises a string 41 which can tie a rear opening portion. Further, the cover 4 is detachably coupled to the rear portion of the mask 1 in a state where an elastic body 42 of steel wire or band is wrapped in a front periphery of the cover 4. A groove 14 may be formed along the inner surface of the mask 1 so that the elastic body 42 is further safely fitted into and caught in the groove.

Further, on the inner surface of the mask 1 is provided a porous pulp sheet 5 which is disposed close thereto by about 10 mm or less so that the oxygen introduced into the mask can be supplied to the slcin and lung by uniformly distributing the oxygen to be introduced. When the cover 4 is coupled to the mask 1, the pulp sheet 5 is interposed and fitted between the cover 4 and the mask 1. Since the pulp sheet 5 can

be exchanged with a new one, the pulp sheet may be exchanged after two or three-time use or every use in a business office.

In the meantime, a nostril portion 12 of the mask 1 is provided with a thin opening/closing valve 6 for opening and closing a passage 15 of the nostril portion so that waste gas can be discharged to the outside after the introduced oxygen has been supplied to the skin and/or the lung. Since the periphery of the nostril portion 12 of the mask 1 for discharging the waste gas is shown in an open state in the figure, fresh oxygen may be discharged together with the waste gas upon discharge of the waste gas.

However, since the amount of the discharged oxygen is very small, and a complex cutoff structure for preventing the discharge of oxygen is not necessarily needed. The amount of the discharged oxygen can be further decreased by bringing the waste gas discharge passage 15 of the mask 1 close to a position of nostrils of the user.

Further, in another embodiment, an inlet and outlet of a container 7, which can allow the contents 8 such as fruit, leaves and/or roots of plants to be accommodated therein, are coupled to the oxygen cylinder 2 and the hose 3, respectively. Thus, fragrance produced from the contents and the oxygen can be supplied in a state where they are mixed with each other. The container 7 is separable so that the contents can be exchanged. A net 9 is installed at the outlet portion of the container so that the contents 8 cannot be introduced into the mask 1 along the hose 3.

The operation of the facial skin care equipment according to the present invention constructed as such will be described.

First, in a state where the cover 4 is coupled to the mask 1 by using the elastic body 42 of the cover 4 so that the pulp sheet 5 is disposed on the inner surface and the other end of the hose 3 with one end thereof connected to the oxygen cylinder 2 is connected to the connection tube 11 of the mask 1, the comb 10 of the mask is put in the

user's hair 63 as shown in FIG. 2a, the catching recess 13 of the mask 1 comes in contact with the neck 64, and the string 41 of the cover 4 is tightened so that the cover 4 wraps around the back 62 of the user's head.

In this state, if the oxygen is discharged from the oxygen cylinder 2, the oxygen flows into between the inner surface of the mask 1 and the pulp sheet 5 through the hose 3 and the connection tube 11, then passes through the pulp sheet 5 and finally is transferred to the user's face 61 and lung.

The oxygen transferred to the skin of the face 61 is infiltrated deeply into the facial skin through pores, so that the facial skin becomes clear and resilient through skin respiration in which the oxygen is inhaled and waste gas, i. e. carbon dioxide, is discharged. After the oxygen transferred to the lung is entrained in blood while being exchanged with carbon dioxide in the lung, is exchanged with waste products within tissues in peripheral capillaries, and is then discharged to the outside in the form of carbon dioxide. Through discharge of the waste gas exchanged with the waste products within the facial skin and tissues by supply of the fresh oxygen, there are obtained effects in that functions and metabolism of the facial skin are activated. Thus, skin moisturization is maintained, wrinkles in the face are smoothed (retardation of the aging), cell respiration is promoted, and skin resistance can be enhanced. The waste gas discharged through the respiratory organs, i. e. the user's nostrils and skin, is discharged to the outside through opening and closing operations of the opening/closing valve 6 in the passage 15 of the mask 1.

Further, in a case where the container 7 is coupled to the hose 3 for supplying the oxygen, by putting the contents 8 such as fruit, leaves, and/or roots of plants in the container 7 and then passing the oxygen through the container, the oxygen and the fragrance produced from the contents 8 are supplied. The supplied fragrance is

permeated deeply into a meridian, a nervous system and a blood vessel to help blood circulation and energy communication. Thus, the functions of the facial skin are enhanced.

The contents 8 producing the fragrance are preferably used by mixing angelicae gigantis radix, cnidii rhizoma, saussureae radix, menthae herba, olibanum, caryophylli flos, juniperi lignum, agastachis herba, angelicae tenuissimae radix, ocimum basilicum, borneolum and foeniculi fructus. By using pure vegetable-based crude drugs without adding any chemical, there can be simultaneously obtained effects of slcin function promotion, disease prevention and medical treatment.

The simplified facial skin care equipment of the present invention constructed as such supplies a fatigued facial skin with the oxygen and/or fragrance of the plants which are nourishing the skin so that skin moisturization is maintained, wrinkles in the face are smoothed (retardation of the aging), and cell respiration is promoted. Thus, skin resistance can be enhanced and a healthy skin can be maintained.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes can be made to the facial skin care equipment without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention defined by the appended claims.