Rotary electric toothbrush with a swing head

• US 6,795,993 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2002
• Issued: 09/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yuan Huang Lin
• Original Assignee: Yuan Huang Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Yuan Huang
• Primary Examiner(s): GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE
• Application Number:
  US10/158,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20030221268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 15/221, 15/222, 15/223, 15/224, 15/28
• US Class Current: 15/28
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/222 Brush body details, e.g. the shape thereof or connection to handle
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/3436 Rotation around the axis perpendicular to the plane defined by the bristle holder

Abstract

An electric toothbrush comprised of a handle and a neck; the handle containing a swing link connected to a motor and a cell cabinet; the neck also containing a crank to drive a brush head and another swing link abutted to its counterpart in the handle characterized by that a rotor being inserted to the motor shaft; a U-shape member inserted to the swing link in the handle; the U-shape member being engaged by friction due to reciprocal impact from the rotor thus to drive the swing link in the neck; and the crank further driving the brush head to execute lateral swing at an angle of thirty degrees to achieve the optimal tooth brushing effect.

Claims

1. A rotary electric toothbrush with a swing head comprising a handle and a neck, the handle containing a first swing link connected to a motor, the neck containing a crank to drive a brush head, and second swing link to be abutted to the first link in the handle, wherein a rotor is attached to a motor shaft;

a U-shape member being attached to the first swing link at an upper edge of the handle;

the first swing link indicating a semi-circular plan with a triangle gap to drive the second swing link in the neck when the U-shape member having motion caused by friction from the rotor;

the brush head being driven by the crank to execute lateral swing of thirty degrees respect to a vertical axis; and

wear and tear to the crank being minimized so there is little resistance being transferred to the rotating crank;

a bottom of a front end of the neck and a plastic part of the crank that is held in position by the brush head and are secured.

2. A rotary electric toothbrush with a swing head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a groove is provided around a front end of the crank at where the crank is held in position by the brush.

3. A rotary electric toothbrush with a swing head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rotor in form of a wedge is inserted to the motor shaft to to frictionally impact the U-shape member in the handle when the rotor rotates for the U-shape member to swing.

4. A rotary electric toothbrush with a swing head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a swing motion by the swing link in the neck is converted into lateral rotation of the brush head as driven by the swing motion of the swing link in the handle.