HEAD FOR A POWERED DENTURE BRUSH AND A DENTURE BRUSH INCORPORATING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A powered denture brush for cleaning a denture where the denture has a grooved side for receiving gum tissue therein and a teeth side opposed therefrom;
- said denture brush comprising;
a handle having a powered drive member mounted therein;
a brush head having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween;
wherein said first end is detachably engageable with said handle, and said second end includes;
a first set of bristles extending outwardly away from a first side of the second end;
said first set of bristles being adapted to clean the groove side of the denture; and
wherein at least some of said first set of bristles are mounted for movement relative to the first side in response to operation of said drive member; and
a second set of bristles extending outwardly away from a second side of the second end;
said second set of bristles being adapted to clean the teeth side of the denture, and wherein at least some of said second set of bristles are mounted for reciprocal linear movement toward and away from said second side in response to the operation of said drive member.
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Abstract
A head for a denture brush that is detachably connected to a powered handle and a denture brush incorporating the same. The head includes a housing having a first set of bristles extending outwardly from a first side and a second set of bristles extending outwardly from a second side. The first and second sets of bristles are mounted such that they are movable in response to rotation of a camshaft in the head. Some of bristles on each side of the head may be linearly pulsed toward and away from the housing substantially orthogonally to a longitudinal axis of the head. Additionally, some of the bristles on each side of the head may be rotated about a horizontal axis that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.
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1. A powered denture brush for cleaning a denture where the denture has a grooved side for receiving gum tissue therein and a teeth side opposed therefrom;
- said denture brush comprising;
a handle having a powered drive member mounted therein; a brush head having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween;
wherein said first end is detachably engageable with said handle, and said second end includes;a first set of bristles extending outwardly away from a first side of the second end;
said first set of bristles being adapted to clean the groove side of the denture; and
wherein at least some of said first set of bristles are mounted for movement relative to the first side in response to operation of said drive member; anda second set of bristles extending outwardly away from a second side of the second end;
said second set of bristles being adapted to clean the teeth side of the denture, and wherein at least some of said second set of bristles are mounted for reciprocal linear movement toward and away from said second side in response to the operation of said drive member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- said denture brush comprising;
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26. A detachable head for a powered denture brush;
- wherein said head comprises;
a housing having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween;
said first end being adapted to be detachably engaged with a powered handle, and wherein said second end of the housing includes;a first set of bristles extending outwardly away from a first side of the second end;
said first set of bristles being adapted to clean a groove side of a denture; and
wherein at least some of said first set of bristles are mounted for movement relative to the first side in response to operation of a drive member in the handle; anda second set of bristles extending outwardly away from a second side of the second end;
said second set of bristles being adapted to clean a teeth side of the denture, and wherein at least some of said second set of bristles are mounted for reciprocal linear movement toward and away from said second side in response to the operation of said drive member. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
- wherein said head comprises;
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