Composition of a vibrating wave type oral cleansing and hygiene appliance

• US 6,823,875 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2001
• Issued: 11/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kunio Hotta, Sei Kato
• Original Assignee: Kunio Hotta, Sei Kato
• Inventors: Kato, Sei, Hotta, Kunio
• Primary Examiner(s): Manahan, Todd E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Doan, Robyn Kieu
• Application Number:
  US10/014,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20030111091A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 132/322, 132/329, 132/323, 601/139, 601/141, 601/142, 15/221, 15/222, 433/89
• US Class Current: 132/322
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 15/02 Toothpicks
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 15/047 power-driven
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/34 driven by electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/40 orbiting, e.g. nutating

Abstract

A composition of a vibrating wave type oral cleansing and hygiene appliance, more especially a hygiene appliance, utilizing the manner of vibrating and agitating wave to drive a cleansing floss material to provide rapid plaque removing for the external surfaces on the gaps between the teeth and on the tooth root as well as to provide massage and hygiene for the tooth root and the gums. The appliance including a holder body with a working section and an insert section situated at the front end for assembling a link rod, the free end of the link rod is designed as a floss bow section to provide expansion of the cleansing floss material, one distal end of the insert section is disposed for assembling a massage bar with horseshoe-shaped contact press end, thereby to achieve the effect of cleansing and massaging.

Claims

1. A vibrating wave oral cleansing and hygiene device comprising:

a) a holder body having;

i) a working section connected to an interior of the holder body; and

ii) an insert section on an end of the holder body; and

b) a link rod having a floss bow section, the link rod and the floss bow section being integrally formed, the link rod being removably connected to the insert section of the holder body, the floss bow section having two floss expansion ends, each of the floss expansion ends having a retaining notch for securing a floss material between the two floss expansion ends and, wherein the floss bow section has a securing screw and a screw rod configured to fasten ends of the floss material, wherein the holder body further includes a motor and an eccentric hammer creating a vibration and moving the link rod in a conical path of movement.

2. The vibrating wave oral cleansing and hygiene device according to claim 1, wherein the link rod has a Y shape.

3. The vibrating wave oral cleansing and hygiene device according to claim 1, wherein the insert section has an insert slot with two elastic clamp components, the link rod has a rod body on an end opposite the floss bow section;

and the rod body is removably inserted into the insert slot and frictionally engaged by the two elastic clamp components.

4. The vibrating wave oral cleansing and hygiene device according to claim 1, wherein the insert section has an insert tenon;

the link rod has an insert tube on an end opposite the floss bow section, and the insert tenon is removably inserted into the insert tube.

5. The vibrating wave oral cleansing and hygiene device according to claim 1, further comprising a horseshoe shaped massage bar.