39 results about "Manual toothbrush" patented technology

An ultrasonic toothbrush for daily oral hygiene application is disclosed, having an ultrasound transducer in direct contact with the fluids in the oral cavity, without ultrasound energy attenuation between the transducer and the fluids in the oral cavity. Maximum level of ultrasound energy coupled to the fluids within the oral cavity and to the teeth and gums and periodontal pockets, achieving maximum loosening of soft plaque. Toothbrush configurations of ultrasonically enhanced manually operated toothbrushes and motorized toothbrushes having lateral direction sonic frequency vibrating brush heads emitting ultrasonic energy are disclosed. To generate the sonic frequency lateral vibration of the brush head, a motion transducer is utilized. Removable and user replaceable brush heads are described. In the various configurations low voltage DC energy supplied by a battery is converted to ultrasonic frequency DC current to activate the ultrasonic transducer. All configurations are utilizing bristle tufts to effectively dislodge plaque loosened by the ultrasonic waves from the surfaces of teeth and gums.

Toothbrush organizers provide a holder to keep toothbrushes free from contamination. A circular base and top are connected by one or more supports. The top has toothbrush holders adapted to receive electric toothbrushes or manual toothbrushes, along with an optional toothpaste holder for holding toothpaste. Toothbrush receivers are present in the top of the base beneath the toothbrush holders for holding manual toothbrushes. A cover removably encloses the top via a flange that is inserted into a cover receiver. Section walls within the interior of the cover isolate the toothbrush heads from one another. A finger hole in the top of the cover facilitates its removal.

A toothpaste formulation contains ultraviolet brighteners as a whitening ingredient. Such optical brighteners have a whitening or bleaching effect when in contact with ultraviolet radiation. The activation of the brighteners preferably occurs through the use of a toothbrush having a UV source which transmits light through the bristle field of the toothbrush. The toothbrush could be a manual toothbrush or a powered toothbrush.

A toothpaste formulation contains an oxidizing agent as a whitening ingredient. The activation of the oxidizing agent occurs through the use of a toothbrush having a source of light energy which includes LED's in the bristle field of the toothbrush. The toothbrush could be a manual toothbrush or a powered toothbrush.

The invention provides an electric toothbrush automatically identifying a handle of a toothbrush. The electric toothbrush comprises an eccentric wheel motor, a key, a light touch switch, a motor support, a housing, a Hall element, a dry battery, elastic pieces, a sealing ring, a bottom cover, a handle mounting cavity and a magnetic element, the eccentric motor is mounted on the head of the motor support, the key is twice molded on the surface of the shell, the light touch switch is fixed on the motor support, the Hall element is fixed on the surface of the motor support, the elastic pieces aredistributed on the inner wall of the handle mounting cavity, the handle mounting cavity is an independent cavity of the shell, the dry battery is installed in the motor support, the sealing ring is installed on the bottom cover, and the bottom cover is installed on the bottom of the shell. The manual toothbrush is installed in the handle mounting cavity, the manual toothbrush is changed into an electric toothbrush, and the cleaning effect of the manual toothbrush is greatly improved.

A hand-held portable electric or manual toothbrush that is capable of delivering and removing fluid while the toothbrush is being used. A fluid delivery tube delivers fluid from a clean fluid repository to the head of the toothbrush. A fluid removal tube removes used fluid from the user's mouth. The clean fluid is delivered via a pump positioned within a cavity of the toothbrush. The used fluid is removed via a vacuum positioned within the cavity of the toothbrush. This invention enables everyone, including the young, elderly, busy, healthy, sick, disabled, handicapped, and immobile, to brush anytime and anywhere. As a result, this invention would greatly improve the oral health of the general population.

An electric toothbrush having a central longitudinal axis is disclosed. The electric toothbrush has a brush head having a bristle roll shaft with a plurality of bristle tufts radially and outwardly disposed thereon, thereby forming a bristle roll covered by the cover member. The bristle roll shaft, the horizontal drive shaft and the central drive shaft are operatively connected by a belt and pulley system and a bevel gear system, causing the bended or angle feature of the toothbrush head. The central drive shaft and the horizontal drive shaft cause a one-way forward rotating motion of the bristle roll. This rotating motion and direction simulates the brushing technique recommended by most dentists to the conventional manual toothbrush users.

A toothbrush with a bristled head and a handle that includes a pivotable stand. The stand is movable between a collapsed position where an interior surface of the stand is proximate an outer wall of the handle, and an extended position where the stand extends outwardly away from the outer wall and at an angle thereto. This movement is effected by contacting a small flange or a lever on the stand that extends slightly outwardly from the handle. Preferably, the stand is U-shaped and is configured to be received in a complementary cavity in the front wall of the handle. When in the extended position, the legs of the stand together with the end of the handle may be placed in contact with a horizontal surface thereby causing the brush to be oriented in a head-down position with the bristles retained a distance above the surface so that they can drip-dry.

The present invention discloses a powered or manual toothbrush having a polymer battery as a power source. The polymer battery contains no heavy metals, making it environmentally safe, and contains no alkaline, making it physically safe. The polymer battery is inexpensive and rechargeable, making it an economical power source for the toothbrush. The small size of the polymer battery saves space in the toothbrush housing, enabling the housing to be smaller and saving on materials of construction. The flexible nature of the polymer battery enables it to be shaped to fit into or around the periphery of the toothbrush housing design.

A toothbrush shaft (1) designed to carry a polishing member (7; 107) that includes an element (15) of microfibre fabric. The toothbrush shaft according to the present invention may relate both to a manual toothbrush, i.e. a toothbrush where an operator manually performs the brushing motion, or to an electrical toothbrush, i.e. a toothbrush where the motion of the brush head is generated by an electrical power source. The polishing member (7) is intended to be detachably mounted on the brush head, and includes a cup shaped portion (9; 109), in which the element (15) of microfibre fabric is received.

The present invention discloses a powered or manual toothbrush having a polymer battery as a power source. The polymer battery contains no heavy metals, making it environmentally safe, and contains no alkaline, making it physically safe. The polymer battery is inexpensive and rechargeable, making it an economical power source for the toothbrush. The small size of the polymer battery saves space in the toothbrush housing, enabling the housing to be smaller and saving on materials of construction. The flexible nature of the polymer battery enables it to be shaped to fit into or around the periphery of the toothbrush housing design.

A toothbrush comprises a head, a neck portion and a handle, wherein the neck portion and the handle portion are connected to one another via a coupling element. The connection is constructed as an inseparable connection, i.e., after being combined once, the neck portion and the handle cannot be separated without the brush being destroyed by such separation. A method for producing such a toothbrush may comprise the following steps: providing a head, a neck portion, a handle, and a coupling element, and combining the neck portion to the handle by the coupling element so that an irreversible connection is formed.

The invention discloses a stereoscopic and full-direction rapid cleaning toothbrush, and relates to the technical field of toothbrushes. In the prior art, the inner side surface of the teeth can not be effectively brushed with the traditional toothbrush. With the present invention, the technical problem in the prior art can be solved. The stereoscopic and full-direction rapid cleaning toothbrush of the present invention comprises a brushing handle and a brushing head arranged on the front end of the brushing handle, and is characterized in that the brushing head comprises an outer side brushing head and an inner side brushing head, the brushing surfaces of the outer side brushing head and the inner side brushing head are oppositely arranged, the outer side brushing head is connected with the front end of the brushing handle, the inner side brushing head is connected with the outer side brushing head through a connection member, and the connection member is further provided with bristles. According to the present invention, the inner side brushing head arranged opposite to the outer side brushing head is added on the basis of the traditional manual toothbrush or electric toothbrush, the bristles on the inner side brushing head can synchronously perform effective cleaning on the inner side of the teeth while the outer side brushing head performs brushing and cleaning on the outer side surface of the teeth, and the bristles on the connection member can brush and clean the end surface of the molar teeth, such that the use is convenient, and the teeth can be subjected to the full-direction and efficient cleaning.

An electric double-head counter-rolling toothbrush head structure comprises two brush head bodies, a transmission component, a hollow neck and a back shell. The transmission component is used for connecting the brush head bodies with the output end of a motor. The back shell comprises a side wall and a back wall. The side wall is arranged on the periphery of the back wall in an encircling mode, and is connected with the back wall. An accommodating cavity is formed in the back shell. The two brush head bodies are arranged in the accommodating cavity. The top end of the neck is fixedly connectedwith the back shell. A through hole communicated with an inner cavity of the neck is formed in the side wall of the back shell. The transmission component passes through the through hole downwards toenter the inner cavity of the neck. Compared with conventional double-head counter-rolling toothbrushes, the electric double-head counter-rolling toothbrush head structure has the advantages that discomfort caused by the fact that reverse sides of the brush head bodies rub oral cavity walls and impact on teeth can be avoided, vibration generated during rotation of the brush head bodies can be relieved, and frictional noise can be reduced; the brush head thickness can be basically equivalent to that of conventional manual toothbrushes, thinner brush heads can easily extend into oral depths, and the tooth brushing effect is better.

The invention discloses a method and a system for oral care of children. The method comprises the following steps: a) firstly, fully examining the oral cavity of a child, i.e., examining smell, teethand gingiva state in the oral cavity; b) collecting saliva in the oral cavity, and then testing and analyzing the saliva to obtain contents of various bacteria; and then making a plan for oral care; c) thoroughly cleaning interior of the oral cavity, and adopting a cotton ball wiping method for clearing away dirt in the oral cavity of the child; d) preparing a mouthwash solution and utilizing a mouthwash method to fully sterilize and disinfect interior of the oral cavity; e) letting the child clean the interior of the oral cavity by himself / herself by using an electric or manual toothbrush, and meanwhile, using a dental floss and a coated tongue brush for cleaning. According to the method and the system for oral care of the child disclosed by the invention, a systemic method is adopted forfully examining the oral cavity and then making an oral care plan for fully cleaning and protecting the oral cavity, and the method is scientific and is worthy of popularization.

A plurality of mass-produced versatile toothbrush refills for a secure removable engagement with a plurality of mass-produced non-identical toothbrush handles including handles of electric toothbrushes and handles of manual toothbrushes. Each of the refills comprises: a proximal and distal ends opposite thereto and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end; a cleaning head with a plurality of cleaning elements adjacent to the distal end; and a neck extending from the cleaning head and terminating at the proximal end. The neck has a wall defining a cavity for receiving a handle engagement structure of any one of the toothbrush handles. The refill includes a refill engagement structure configured to form the secure removable engagement with the handle engagement structure.

The invention discloses a household personal care dental calculus removing device. The device comprises a device body, telescopic sliding grooves are formed in the device body in a bilateral symmetrymode, telescopic rods are connected between one side wall of the telescopic sliding groove and one side face of the device body in an up-down symmetrical sliding mode. The teeth on the upper side andthe lower side bite a soft cushion, the masseter applies the force, therefore, a trigger rod is driven to move downwards, a L-shaped plate is driven to be overturned, according to the invention, the interiors of teeth can be rotationally cleaned through the cleaning wheels which are symmetrical up and down and left and right, compared with a traditional electric toothbrush and a common manual toothbrush, the device can clean the inner sides and the outer sides of the teeth at the same time, and dead-corner-free cleaning is achieved through the cleaning wheels which rotate at a high speed.

The invention discloses an electric toothbrush, belonging to the technical field of living goods. In order to ensure that the toothbrush can be used for better cleaning teeth, the electric toothbrush adopts the following technical measures: a brush head 4 is arranged on a handle 2, the handle 2 is a Y-shaped structure, the brush head 4 is formed by forming an I-shaped skeleton which consists of two circular discs and one cylinder and planting brush hairs on the inner surface of the I-shaped skeleton, a motor 1 is arranged on the handle 2, a rotating shaft 3 of the motor 1 is provided with a worm rod 5, a rotating shaft of the brush head 4 is provided with a worm wheel 6, the worm rod 5 is meshed with the worm wheel 6 together, and the motor 1 can be used for driving the brush head 4 to rotate by virtue of the worm rod 5 and the worm wheel 6. By virtue of the mode, the electric toothbrush disclosed by the invention has the advantages that because the foremost end of the electric toothbrush is provided with the brush hairs, and the brush head of the electric toothbrush can rotate infinitely instead of performing small-range swing as existing manual toothbrushes and electric toothbrushes, the problems of motion delay, amplitude decrease and the like caused by soft brush hairs can be effectively solved by the electric toothbrush, and the cleaning of innermost cheek teeth and wisdom teeth in the oral cavity can be effectively improved.

The invention discloses an electric toothbrush handle, which comprises a handle shell, a support frame, an elastic clamping device, and a driving device. The handle shell has a hollow inner cavity anda mounting opening for inserting a hand-operated toothbrush into the hollow inner cavity; the support frame is mounted in the hollow inner cavity; the elastic clamping device is located in the hollowinner cavity and connected to the support frame, a elastically adjustable clamping chamber is formed by the elastic clamping device and the support frame and used for clamping the hand-operated toothbrush; and the driving device is installed in the hollow inner cavity for driving the hand-operated toothbrush to generate vibration. The hand-operated toothbrush is turned into an electric toothbrushby providing the elastic clamping device having the clamping chamber in the handle of the electric toothbrush, and in the case where the hand-operated toothbrush is purchased, no waste is generated,users can choose the hand-operated toothbrush according to the user own preferences, the selection range is large, and the application scope is wide.

The present invention relates to a toothbrush having a head utilising a vibrating device for the generation of motion contained within the head and fixed directly on the top part of the head having bristles, the top part of the head with the electromechanical device being connected to a lower part or a side part of the head through a flexible part, and the lower part or side part of the head being connected to the neck and handle such that the energy of vibration is focused on the top part which can move relative to the neck part with only minimal vibration being transmitted to the toothbrush handle. The invention provides a toothbrush head whereby the entire mechanism for motion generation is contained within the head with all energy of the motion generating device being concentrated on the tufted part of the head, while the size of the toothbrush can correspond roughly to the size of manual toothbrushes and flexibility is provided for the design of the neck and handle.

A hybrid design between manual and electric toothbrush technology with a mechanical rotation or manual brushing action. Brush or polishing units on the toothbrush head are rotated and counter rotated many times when activated by a spring loaded lever but when the lever is locked, the toothbrush allows a conventional manual operation. Permutations of rotary or rectangular brush or polishing units can be used on the same head. The brush units consist of bristle clusters surrounded by a ring of elastomeric nodes suspended over a cavity which moulds to teeth contours. The brush unit design is also shown applied to a manual toothbrush handle. The force applied to the lever allows variable rotation, and when slowly rotating, the bristles on the brush units can search into deep contours of teeth and gum surfaces especially at difficult to reach rear corners of teeth, rather than skipping over them at high speed.

The invention relates to a manual toothbrush (1), which comprises a brush handle (2) and a brush head (3) fastened on the front end (5) of the brush handle (2). On the brushing end, the tufts of bristles (8) extend away from the surface (6) of the brush head (3) in their respective lateral edge regions. The free ends of the bristles converge only to the extent that they form tooth receiving spaces (19) and can simultaneously clean the inside and outside of one or more teeth during brushing. A support (22) is arranged between the brush head (3) and the handle (2) and allows the brush head (3) to pivot relative to the longitudinal axis (9) of the handle (2) during brushing. The present invention is characterized in that the support (22) is additionally provided with an elastic member (26) between the brush head (3) and the brush handle (2). The elastic member (26) is elastically pre-stressed when the brush head (3) pivots during brushing so that it returns the brush head (3) to its starting position once brushing has ended. The present invention provides a pivoting brush head that can always be returned to its starting position, so that the user can always conveniently place the brush head surrounding the teeth on the teeth.

A manual tooth brush having a timer function. The tooth brush has a body that defines a cavity therein and in which a timer is located. The brush uses an inversion switch instead of an accelerometer to activate the timer. The inversion switch, or tilt switch, may be a mercury type tilt switch or a ball type tilt switch. When the tooth brush is tilted such that the head is below the brush body, the tilt switch is activated and the switch in turn activates the microprocessor. Activating the tilt switch also starts the timer that is linked to the microprocessor. Because the microprocessor is only activated when the tooth brush is tilted, the battery life of the tooth brush is extended. The brush timer is programed to run for about 2 minutes. The tooth brush vibrates or makes a sound every 30 seconds. The timer deactivates after 2.5 minutes.