| CPC A45D 29/00 (2013.01) [A45D 2200/205 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
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1. An ultraviolet (UV) curing apparatus for nail art comprising:
a housing having a receiving space in which user's fingernails or toenails are received;
a light source, installed in the housing, for irradiating UV light rays;
an optical module provided with a focusing lens for focusing the light rays irradiated from the light source to a target position in the receiving space; and
a scanning unit, installed in the housing, for driving the optical module to be capable of reciprocating within the housing in one scanning direction, to allow the target position to move to the entire region of user's fingernails or toenails received in the receiving space,
wherein the light source comprises a plurality of light sources arranged to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other in a direction crossing the scanning direction, and a plurality of light sources arranged in one column or multiple columns in the scanning direction, and the focusing lens comprises one or more cylindrical lenses arranged in the direction crossing the scanning direction so as to focus the light rays irradiated in the scanning direction, so that the light rays emitted from the plurality of light sources are irradiated into the target position in an overlapping state in the direction crossing the scanning direction.
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