Toothbrush with movable bundles of bristles

• US 5,546,626 A
• Filed: 12/20/1995
• Issued: 08/20/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chin-Fu Chung
• Original Assignee: Chin-Fu Chung
• Inventors: Chung, Chin-Fu
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hook, James F.
• Application Number:
  US08/575,633
• Time in Patent Office: 244 Days
• Field of Search: 15/201, 15/167.1, 15/191.1, 15/198, 15/22.1, 15/22.2
• US Class Current: 15/167.1
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1066 Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures A61C17/16 takes precedence; bristles arrangements for toothbrushes A46B9/04
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/06 movably during use , i.e. the normal brushing action causing movement driven brush bodies A46B13/00
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/04 Arranged like in or for toothbrushes

Abstract

A toothbrush wherein a plurality of tubular bristle holders are sleeved onto respective upright pins inside the head of the toothbrush and supported on a respective spring to hold a respective bundles of bristles outside a respective hole at the top of the head of the toothbrush so that each tubular bristle holder is rotated downwards along a spiral groove around the respective upright pin when the respective bundle of bristles is depressed by the teeth, or rotated upwards when the respective bundle of bristles is released from the teeth.

Claims

1. A toothbrush of the type comprising a handle, and a head at one end of said handle to hold bundles of bristles, wherein said head comprises:

a box-like easing having rows of upright pins on the inside, each upright pin having a spiral groove around the periphery;

a cover covered on said box-like casing, having rows of through holes respectively disposed in alignment with the rows of upright pins of said box-like casing;

a plurality of tubular bristle holders respectively sleeved onto said upright, pins and stopped inside said box-like casing by said cover, each tubular bristle holder holding a bundle of bristles outside one through hole of said cover, and has two steel balls retained at two opposite sides by two plugs and partially forced into the spiral groove of the respective upright pin; and

a plurality of spring elements respectively mounted around said upright pins and stopped between said box-like casing and said tubular bristle holders to force said tubular bristle holders upwards.