Dental cleaning device

a dental cleaning and electric technology, applied in the field of electric dental cleaning devices, to achieve the effect of preventing improper use of dental cleaning devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-01-31
HILSCHER ALEXANDER +5
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[0014] It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved handle section of an electrical dental cleaning device and improved brush sections therefor, which avoid the disadvantages of the prior art, develop it further and afford additional advantages. In particular the invention aims to provide a comfortable safety device with the possibility of activating further specific functions and / or preventing improper use of the dental cleaning device.

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Furthermore, it is unnecessary to remove switch mechanisms or other components from the handle section in order to achieve a security function during travel.

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[0078] The electrical toothbrush shown in the Figures has a handle section 10 with a closed housing 26 accommodating, among other components and as illustrated in FIG. 2, in a manner known in the art an electric motor 22, a power supply, in particular a storage battery 24 adapted to be coupled to a charging station through a charging module 28 disposed at the bottom, and a control device or controller 18 which may include a printed circuit board with a microprocessor or an ASIC or other electrical components. Adapted for coupling engagement with the end of the handle section 10 is a brush attachment 20 or replacement brush serving as brushing or cleaning tool which, as the case may be, can be color coded for its specific user. By means of a coupling device 30 the brush attachment 20 can be mechanically coupled to the handle section 10 in order to transmit the driving motion of the electric motor to the brush head 14 of the brush attachment 20 via a drive shaft 16 mounted in the hand...

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Abstract

An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.

Description

[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 USC §119 of a priority application filed in Germany, serial number 10159395.3, filed Dec. 4, 2001, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated in their entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] This invention relates to an electrical dental cleaning device. The invention relates in particular to the handle section of such a dental cleaning device which has a coupling device for the coupling of various or different brush sections, a drive mechanism for driving the respectively coupled brush section, and a control device. The invention further relates to the brush sections, particularly brush attachments, for such a handle section. BACKGROUND [0003] Devices for brushing or cleaning teeth such as electrical toothbrushes or electrical oral irrigators customarily have a grip or a handle section or handhold to which a variety of cleaning tools such as brush attachments, jet nozzles, interproximal brushes or brush sections are attachable,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61C17/22
CPCY10T29/49716A61C17/221A61C17/222Y10T29/49826A61C17/22
Inventor HILSCHER, ALEXANDERREICK, HANSJORGSTRATMANN, MARTINTRAWINSKI, PETERVORBECK, WOLFGANGSCHWARZ-HARTMANN, ARMIN
Owner HILSCHER ALEXANDER
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