Dental cleaning device
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1. A handle section of an electrical dental cleaning device, the handle section comprising:
- a mechanical drive coupling for connecting and driving a related brush section of the device;
an electric motor mechanically coupled to the drive coupling;
means for controlling the electric motor, said control means adapted to inhibit operation of the motor in response to a coupled brush section, the control means including a coil for non-contacting transmission and reading of data from a coupled brush section to enable the motor.
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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.
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1. A handle section of an electrical dental cleaning device, the handle section comprising:
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a mechanical drive coupling for connecting and driving a related brush section of the device;
an electric motor mechanically coupled to the drive coupling;
means for controlling the electric motor, said control means adapted to inhibit operation of the motor in response to a coupled brush section, the control means including a coil for non-contacting transmission and reading of data from a coupled brush section to enable the motor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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12. A brush section of an electrical toothbrush, the brush section comprising
a drivable brush head a mechanical coupling device for coupling the brush section to a handle section of an electric toothbrush; - and
a readable data transmission device having a data carrier and a coil for the non-contacting transmission of data from the brush section to a coupled handle section of an electric toothbrush. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 32. A method of operating an electric toothbrush, the method including mechanically coupling a removable brush section to a handle section of the toothbrush, such that the handle section responds to a data transmission device of the coupled brush section to enable a drive motor of the handle section for operation of the toothbrush.
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