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Interdental cleaning and polishing tool

  • US 4,706,695 A
  • Filed: 04/10/1986
  • Issued: 11/17/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An interdental cleaning tool comprising:

  • a housing;

    a pair of reciprocating tines pivotally supported on the housing wherein the tines receive teeth to be cleaned therebetween, each tine having guides for guiding the transfer of dental floss from one tine to the other tine wherein the floss forms a movable span therebetween;

    a dispensing spool having wound dental floss, the spool rotatably supported on the housing for dispensing the dental floss which passes to a reciprocating tine for supplying the span;

    a take-up spool rotatably supported on the housing for retrieving used dental floss passing from a reciprocating tine;

    means for reciprocating the tines up and down relative to the teeth;

    means for producing continuous slow rotation of the take-up spool in order to produce continuous slow longitudinal movement of the floss span; and

    means for separately enclosing each reciprocating tine for shielding the same from contact with oral tissues.

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