CN101027011A - Electrical toothbrush - Google Patents

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CN101027011A
CN101027011A CNA2005800251225A CN200580025122A CN101027011A CN 101027011 A CN101027011 A CN 101027011A CN A2005800251225 A CNA2005800251225 A CN A2005800251225A CN 200580025122 A CN200580025122 A CN 200580025122A CN 101027011 A CN101027011 A CN 101027011A
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伯恩哈德·博兰
阿明·施瓦茨-哈特曼
乌尔里希·斯托克尔
乌韦·比尔费尔特
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61CDENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C17/00Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices
    • A61C17/22Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like
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    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61CDENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C17/00Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices
    • A61C17/22Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like
    • A61C17/222Brush body details, e.g. the shape thereof or connection to handle
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    • A61CDENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C17/00Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices
    • A61C17/22Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like
    • A61C17/32Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like reciprocating or oscillating
    • A61C17/34Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like reciprocating or oscillating driven by electric motor
    • A61C17/3409Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like reciprocating or oscillating driven by electric motor characterized by the movement of the brush body
    • A61C17/3472Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like reciprocating or oscillating driven by electric motor characterized by the movement of the brush body with combined movements of the brush body
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61CDENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C17/00Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices
    • A61C17/22Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like
    • A61C17/40Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like orbiting, e.g. nutating

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrical toothbrush comprising a hand-held part, a brush head which is mounted in such a way that it can be displaced in relation to the hand-held part, and a drive for driving the brush head in an oscillating and/or rotating manner. The inventive electrical toothbrush is characterised in that the brush head comprises a cleaning fork, the limbs of said fork being provided with a plush or velvety piece on the inside.

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Electric toothbrush
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of electric toothbrush, have handle piece, with respect to the head toothbrushes of handle piece mobile-bearing and the actuating device that is used to vibrate and/or turn round the transmission head toothbrushes.
Background technology
For quickening and cleaning teeth more up hill and dale, the someone proposes to constitute like this head toothbrushes, makes a plurality of facings can obtain simultaneously handling.For example the someone proposes, and three hair brush areas that are provided with each other with 45 approximately are installed on head toothbrushes, its pincer can be placed on the tooth, so that clean this tooth simultaneously from three faces.Three are cleaned simultaneously that self-evident to have shortened the advantage that cleans the required time and itself produce in addition be that single facing is not easy to forget when brushing teeth.
But, a plurality of facings of cleaning make head toothbrushes excessive for being provided with a plurality of hair brush areas.For making bristle have certain pliability, these bristles must have corresponding length under the long filament situation that use is used always at present, make head toothbrushes separately become very big thus.The size of this head toothbrushes makes in the oral cavity feels very ill, thereby toothbrush often no longer reaches on the rearmost molar.Can only be limited in this around teeth to this, particularly circular thus canine tooth and jaw face and hat can not obtain best cleaning to the front tooth of different-thickness.
DE 693 24 373 T2 have introduced a kind of like this toothbrush, and wherein, head toothbrushes has the appearance part that cooperates with the profile phase of molar, and this part has the hair brush area of handling molar from three on the inner surface of its U-shaped.Yet the appearance part that forms head toothbrushes like this is huge and don't be shaped and itself cause above-mentioned shortcoming.
Summary of the invention
Therefore purpose of the present invention is, the toothbrush that provides a kind of above-mentioned class shape to be improved is avoided the shortcoming of prior art and in the mode with advantage the latter further constituted.This toothbrush preferably makes tooth thoroughly and fast be cleaned and allows feels comfortable in the oral cavity of user.
This purpose is achieved according to the described toothbrush of claim 1 by a kind of according to the present invention.The present invention has the theme that constitutes dependent claims of advantage.
Have cleaning piece according to the present invention so head toothbrushes, for example cleaning is pitched, and its yoke inboard has plush or velvet spare.Therefore opposite with prior art, not to have the hair brush area that multiaspect is provided with, but lay the thin plush or the velvet spare of a small amount of coating on the cleaning piece, although it is the head toothbrushes multiaspect coats separately tooth thus, still can structure small and exquisite.The vibration of beyond expectation is toothbrush and/or revolution transmission campaign with the combination of inlaying plush or velvet under a kind of significant between cog cleaning effect of generation.Single tooth can be simultaneously from all three faces, and just buccal surface, lingual surface and jaw face obtain cleaning, can reach thus more thoroughly and the purpose that cleans more rapidly.Use plush or velvet spare by replacing hair brush area, make structure small and exquisite, feel comfortable during use in the oral cavity.
In further formation of the present invention, velvet or plush spare are made up of the fabric pieces with fine hair, wherein, no matter are that fabric pieces or fine hair all can be made up of polyamide.
Under the situation of using different velvets or plush spare, fine hair has 2-8mm, and preferably the height of 3-6mm proves that effective especially cleaning of teeth is had advantage.
Height of naps can outwards change by cleaning piece in this regard.The fine hair of plush or velvet spare is preferably in the bigger height of root or bottom that has on the yoke free end of clearing up fork than yoke.
What have advantage is that plush or velvet spare have thickness and be in the 0.05-0.2mm scope, preferably the fine hair silk thread of about 0.1mm.The thickness of fine hair silk thread also can outwards change by cleaning piece.For example in further formation of the present invention, have on the free end of yoke than thinner fine hair silk thread on the root of yoke or the bottom.
The yoke that can only clear up fork in principle has plush or velvet spare separately.But in the selectable further formation of the present invention, the horizontal contact pin inboard that connects cleaning fork yoke also can have plush or velvet spare, thereby has the plush or the velvet spare of U-shaped on the whole on the interior profile of cleaning fork.
For cleaning fork being matched with different tooth profile and can effectively brush the tooth of different in width simultaneously, cleaning fork formation like this in further formation of the present invention makes yoke have elasticity toward each other.The yoke of cleaning fork can elasticity own constitute.Can select yoke universal sphere on its bottom or root area to constitute and utilize the pre-tensioned each other spring of yoke is produced elasticity.But what have advantage is yoke elasticity formation on the whole, realizes and tooth profile better fit thus.Its mutual distance has advantage ground to be selected like this, and the cleaning fork opens slightly when making it be enclosed within on the tooth, thereby yoke is tight to the sidewall elastic pre-tensioning of tooth.
In further formation of the present invention, the yoke of cleaning fork comprises 15 °-45 ° angle each other.Can bellly expand on the free end of yoke.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning fork comprises two yokes, just constitutes as simple U-shaped Y-piece.Can select to clear up fork and comprise four yokes that extend to opposite face in pairs.Utilize this pair of Y-piece can brush the tooth of lower jaw and the tooth of the upper jaw simultaneously.When needing, the yoke on the one side can have littler each other distance than the yoke on the another side, can use the Y-piece of different in width thus to different dental parts.
For under the situation that need not the corresponding accurate orientation of toothbrush handle spare, head toothbrushes being seated on the tooth, in further formation of the present invention, head toothbrushes be rotatably supported in around with the head toothbrushes support of the transverse axis of the basic vertical distribution of longitudinal axis of toothbrush on, wherein, particularly head toothbrushes is relevant with this transverse axis does not carry out transmission.Particularly alleged transverse axis extends in parallel with direction that the cleaning fork is enclosed within on the tooth on away from the toothbrush end of handle piece.This transverse axis can extend by the symmetrical plane of cleaning fork.What have advantage is, possible angle of revolution is enough big, thereby the cleaning fork that is enclosed within on the tooth can be from the right jaw side shifting of left jaw side direction, takes off from tooth and need not cleaning pitched.
Head toothbrushes has advantage ground braking formation around the rotatable support of alleged not transmission transverse axis, thereby though head toothbrushes can rotate arbitrarily, remains on the position separately.
Actuating device can differently constitute aspect the transmission campaign of the head toothbrushes that is produced.According to a kind of formation with advantage of the present invention, actuating device has the power transmission shaft parallel with the toothbrush longitudinal axis, and head toothbrushes can be around its preferably conical revolution transmission.By the swing transmission campaign of head toothbrushes, utilize the cleaning piece that is implanted with velvet or plush can reach good especially cleaning effect around the toothbrush longitudinal axis beyond expectationly.Can realize the cleaning motion by corresponding swing transmission on three directions, exactly be on the combination in any direction of tooth height, tooth width and or these directions vertical with the tooth first type surface, thoroughly takes out stains thus.
Be the longitudinal axis revolution transmission head toothbrushes of conical rings around toothbrush, head toothbrushes can be on the head toothbrushes support that constitutes as armed levers such as transmissions, on the fulcrum between this head toothbrushes support joint ball hair style motor that to be bearing in head toothbrushes with being arranged on handle piece interior and have transmission connection piece on its end away from head toothbrushes.The head toothbrushes support utilizes simple structural design to reach the advantage of multiaxis cleaning motion as the formation of the armed levers such as solid of double cone shape gyration.What have advantage is, the head toothbrushes support is around the antitorque supporting of its longitudinal axis, thereby it itself does not rotate around the oscillating motion of toothbrush longitudinal axis the time.Particularly the head toothbrushes support can be fixed on the fulcrum of an elastic supporting piece, and this supporting member allows the mode at least finite motion of head toothbrushes support according to the multi-directional ball joint.
What have advantage is, the transmission connection piece of head toothbrushes support can unclamp formation, wherein, what have advantage is that the head toothbrushes support releasably is fixed on head toothbrushes and the brush rod that handle piece is connected, thereby the head toothbrushes support can be changed, that is to say, can take off replacing from the remainder of toothbrush according to the mode of refill-unit.
In further formation of the present invention, also can have releasable the connection between head toothbrushes and the head toothbrushes support, thereby head toothbrushes can change, that is to say, can take off and replace from the head toothbrushes support by refill-unit.
Have armed levers such as transmission in further formation of the present invention for transmission head toothbrushes support, its universal spherojoint formula on handle piece is bearing on the fulcrum and by turning round transmission on the motor space that is arranged in the handle piece.Can on motor reel, cooperate an eccentric part with the terminal interlocking of motor side of armed lever such as transmission for this reason.Armed levers such as transmission utilize the end of its head toothbrushes side to rabbet with the head toothbrushes support that constitutes as armed levers such as transmissions equally, thereby the conical gyration of armed levers such as transmission are converted to the corresponding sports of head toothbrushes support.Armed levers such as transmission have a releasable connector with advantage, are used for can unclamping with the head toothbrushes support being connected.
In further formation of the present invention, transmission equiarm burr is around the antitorque supporting of its longitudinal axis, particularly is fixed on the fulcrum of a handle piece side of elastic supporting piece.Thus can the hermetically enclosed handle piece of plain mode, because between armed levers such as supporting member and transmission, there is not relative motion.
As selection to armed levers such as handle piece side transmissions, for transmission head toothbrushes support also can have a power transmission shaft that protrudes from handle piece, it have can with the eccentric rotating driving member of the terminal interlocking of handle piece side of head toothbrushes support.In this case, on passing the outlet of handle piece, power transmission shaft has a radial axle sealing member.
Being connected between the driving member of handle piece side, armed lever such as transmission just or revolution power transmission shaft with eccentric part and head toothbrushes support can not have the gap in principle substantially and constitutes.Thus the transmission campaign of handle piece side driving member is converted to as the head toothbrushes support that waits armed lever to constitute and turn round the transmission campaign accordingly.
But the transmission campaign that also can require handle piece side driving member only fractional conversion becomes the corresponding transmission campaign of head toothbrushes support.For this reason between armed lever such as handle piece side transmission or handle piece side revolution eccentric part and the head toothbrushes support be connected with vertical vertical at least one direction of toothbrush on restraint of liberty stroke at least.For example, the armed levers such as transmission of handle piece side can be inserted in the ellipse or ovate canula that is fixed on the head toothbrushes support.The head toothbrushes support also can have the gap of fluting on the end of its handle piece side, the inside cooperates the armed levers such as transmission of handle piece.The transmission motional amplitude of handle piece driving member only is delivered on the direction thus, but only partly or transmits on the perpendicular direction.
What have advantage is that actuating device has the adjusting device that is used to regulate the brushhead movement stroke.What have advantage is, adjusting device can the transmission of regulating handle spare side etc. the lever transmission ratio of head toothbrushes support armed lever and/or that constitute as armed levers such as transmissions equally.For example, above the fulcrum of joint ball hair style supporting head toothbrushes support can toothbrush vertically on skew.As selection or additional, the interlocking point of the eccentric part that cooperates with motor reel on the armed levers such as handle piece side transmission also can change.By the adjustable stroke of head toothbrushes oscillating motion, its motion can be according to the hobby of user from weak, just moves to by force by a small margin, and just motion is regulated significantly.
The head toothbrushes support not necessarily must conical rings turn round transmission around the toothbrush longitudinal axis.A kind of formation with advantage of the present invention is that actuating device has the power transmission shaft parallel with the toothbrush longitudinal axis, but around its rotary vibration transmission head toothbrushes.As selecting or replenish, actuating device can have the power transmission shaft parallel with the toothbrush longitudinal axis, along its removable vibration transmission head toothbrushes, just with the head toothbrushes reach and after move.As selection or additional, actuating device also can have other power transmission shafts with toothbrush longitudinal axis vertical distribution, but around its rotary vibration transmission head toothbrushes.This lateral shaft can with the parallel distribution of the symmetrical plane of cleaning piece, preferably be arranged on basically on the end of head toothbrushes side of handle piece.Corresponding therewith, head toothbrushes is together with the cleaning piece left and right sides double vibrations revolution of implanting plush or velvet.As selecting or replenish, also can have the power transmission shaft with alleged cleaning piece symmetrical plane vertical distribution, this preferably is arranged on the head toothbrushes side end of handle piece equally.Corresponding therewith, head toothbrushes swings up and down in the tooth side, particularly can remove the dirt that is between cog thus.
Velvet or plush spare can be fixed on the cleaning piece in a different manner.What have advantage is that velvet or plush spare can reasonably be fixed on the cleaning piece by material.Particularly velvet separately or plush spare can be pasted or be fixed on cleaning by heat pressure adhesive and stick by the silica gel stick.
As selecting or replenish, velvet or plush spare are can moulding reasonably fixing, and for example velvet separately or plush spare edge side can fix to clamp under the clamp clip of cleaning piece or fixed thereon 's plush support.
When needing, velvet or plush spare have advantage ground also only edge side be fixed on the yoke free end of cleaning fork and when needed additional fastening on the horizontal contact pin end that connects yoke, thereby the only V-arrangement tensioning of velvet or plush spare, but be not that whole plane is close on the interior profile of yoke of cleaning fork.Only under cleaning fork is enclosed within situation on the tooth that will clear up, velvet or the whole plane of plush band ability are close on the interior profile of yoke and/or on the outline of tooth.
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Other purposes of the present invention, feature and application possibility come from by the following explanation of accompanying drawing to preferred embodiment.In this regard, all features that introduced and/or illustrated itself or the combination of going up in all senses all constitute theme of the present invention, even be independent of its summary or its inverse relationship in the claims.Wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates electric toothbrush together with clearing up the perspective illustration of pitching by the implantation velvet or the plush of swash drive transmission;
Fig. 2 illustrates a kind of selectable U-shaped cleaning fork and the perspective illustration that can overlap a tooth is in the above pitched in cleaning, and wherein, the toothbrush of Fig. 1 has the cleaning fork;
Fig. 3 illustrates the sketch map that is used for Fig. 1 toothbrush swing transmission and the different embodiments of eccentric part of motor reel cooperation;
Fig. 4 illustrates a kind of and the perspective illustration similar electric toothbrush of Fig. 1, and wherein, the armed levers such as revolution transmission that the swing transmission replaces on the space have a power transmission shaft of being with eccentric part;
Fig. 5 illustrates the perspective illustration according to another embodiment electric toothbrush of the present invention, and wherein, a bell cleaning fork can swung on the head toothbrushes support of transmission around the transverse axis rotatable support;
Fig. 6 illustrates the signal component according to another preferred implementation electric toothbrush vertical section of the present invention;
Fig. 7 illustrates the vertical section of Fig. 6 electric toothbrush along A-A line segment among Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 illustrates along the brush rod cross section of B-B line chart 6 toothbrushes among Fig. 6;
Fig. 9 illustrates along the brush rod cross section of C-C line chart 6 toothbrushes among Fig. 6;
Figure 10 illustrates the cleaning fork of pitching earlier drawings 6-9 toothbrush under the situation about being enclosed within on the front tooth in cleaning with sketch map;
Figure 11 illustrates the cleaning fork of pitching earlier drawings 6-9 toothbrush under the situation about being enclosed within on the molar in cleaning with sketch map;
Figure 12 illustrates the local diagrammatic top view of the head toothbrushes supporting side impost of Fig. 6 toothbrush;
Figure 13 illustrates and is enclosed within the toothbrush functional diagram of tooth on capable among the earlier drawings 6-9, and the turnability of cleaning fork around transverse axis is described;
Figure 14 illustrates signal component according to another embodiment electric toothbrush of the present invention with the vertical section, and wherein, toothbrush has with two Y-pieces of yoke up and down;
Figure 15 illustrates the vertical section of Figure 14 toothbrush along Figure 14 line segment E-E;
Figure 16 illustrates the brush rod cross section of Figure 14 toothbrush along Figure 14 line segment F-F;
Figure 17 illustrates the brush rod cross section of Figure 14 toothbrush along Figure 14 line segment G-G;
Figure 18 illustrates Figure 14 and the 15 toothbrush head toothbrushes cross section along Figure 14 line segment H-H;
Figure 19 illustrates signal component according to another preferred implementation electric toothbrush of the present invention with the vertical section;
Figure 20 illustrates signal component according to another preferred implementation electric toothbrush of the present invention with the vertical section;
Figure 21 illustrates the sketch map that plush spare is fixed on the yoke free terminal and clears up the Y-piece of brushing teeth on the fork bottom, wherein, component a) illustrates brush teeth Y-piece and component b before being enclosed within on the tooth that will clear up) illustrate and be enclosed within on the tooth cleaning state under and pitch:
Figure 22 illustrates cleaning fork plush or the velvet spare forming mould that is used for the earlier drawings toothbrush, and wherein, component a) illustrates plush or velvet spare and component b before the molding) plush or velvet spare behind the mould of packing into; And
Figure 23 illustrates moulding and rationally is fixed on the plush on the cleaning fork yoke or the sketch map of velvet spare.
The specific embodiment
Toothbrush shown in Fig. 1 comprises handle piece 1 and head toothbrushes 2, and it is connected by toothbrush pipe 3 with handle piece 1.Head toothbrushes 2 is bearing in movably also can be by actuating device 5 transmissions as also will introducing in detail on the toothbrush pipe 3.
Being in handle piece 1 shell 4 is motor 6, and it is in the embodiment shown by battery 7 power supplies.Battery 7 is arranged on the back of motor 6 and can be used as elementary or the secondary battery formation in handle piece 1.Using under the situation of secondary battery, these batteries can charge by the charger induction charging that is not shown specifically or by the contact.
Motor 6 comprises basically the motor reel 9 that the longitudinal axis 8 with toothbrush extends in parallel, and is mated discoidal eccentric part 10.Armed levers 11 such as described eccentric part 10 hinge types and transmission are connected, with to its conical revolution transmission.Armed levers such as transmission 11 pass the end face of handle piece 1 shell, thereby its end extends in toothbrush pipe 3 with the other end in handle piece 1.Its joint ball hair style is bearing on the end-face wall 12 of handle piece shell 4.The fulcrum 13 of joint ball hair style is made of the stopper formula sealing member 14 of caoutchouc elasticity in this regard, the inside is inserted armed lever 11 such as transmission and sealing part itself and is cooperated with export 15 on handle piece shell 4 end-face wall 12, to seal the outlet that armed levers 11 such as transmission pass handle piece shell 4.
Armed levers such as transmission 11 and 14 antitorque cooperations of sealing member, thus when it turned round transmission by eccentric part 10 around the toothbrush longitudinal axis is conical, itself did not rotate.
Armed levers such as transmission 11 utilize it to be connected with head toothbrushes support 17 hinge types by connector 16 away from end of motor 6, thus with the transmission Motion Transmission of armed levers such as transmission 11 to head toothbrushes support 17.Connector 16 is joint sleeve in the embodiment shown, and the end face end of armed levers such as transmission 11 sinks to the inside, and wherein, joint sleeve is rigidly fixed on the end of head toothbrushes support 17.
Head toothbrushes support 17 is bearing on the slide block 19 by multi-directional ball joint 18, and this slide block mobile-bearing on toothbrush is vertical also for example can located on the desired position by otch 20 on the toothbrush pipe 3 separately.As shown in Figure 3, slide block 19 and head toothbrushes support 17 are arranged on the inside of the toothbrush pipe 3 of hollow formation.Toothbrush pipe 3 can unclamp the toothbrush pipe that is fixed on handle piece 1 end-face wall 12 by the moulding ring 21 inside packing into to be held in the place 22.
Head toothbrushes support 17 passes and carries head toothbrushes 2 at its end face end from this toothbrush pipe on away from the end of handle piece 1 at toothbrush pipe 3.Head toothbrushes 2 comprises cleaning fork 23 in the embodiment shown, and it is fixed on the head toothbrushes support 17 by releasable connector 24.Cleaning fork 23 constitutes as simple U-shaped Y-piece in the embodiment shown, and it has the yoke 25 that two best elasticity constitute, thereby it can elasticity open.In the embodiment shown, two yokes 25 are by the pre-relatively tensioning of stage clip 26.When needing, yoke 25 can in its join domain, have hinge point.But they are formed by plastic injection-moulded according to purpose, thus the enough elasticity that yoke 25 has lifting and closes up.The pre-tensioning of yoke 25 is close on the outside of tooth yoke 25 as requested.
As shown in Figure 1, fix the cleaning piece support 27 of inboard molding on the free end of yoke 25, this support inboard also has cleaning piece 28 separately of plush or velvet spare 29 modes.Cleaning piece support 27 is by releasable connector 30, and for example positioning checkpoint releasably is fixed on the yoke 25 of cleaning fork 23.As shown in Figure 1, cleaning piece support 27 and fixed thereon 's cleaning piece 28 basically with the vertical vertical extension of head toothbrushes support 17.They are to the bell expansion of an end, thereby can be enclosed within on the tooth at an easy rate.The transverse axis that cleaning piece 28 preferably can preferably extend in parallel around the symmetrical plane with cleaning fork 23 rotates with respect to head toothbrushes support 17, thereby cleaning fork 23 can cooperate with tooth from the right jaw side shifting of left jaw side direction, and need not handle reverse spare.Therefore cleaning fork 23 can rotate around the z axis perpendicular to the tooth first type surface shown in Fig. 2, and wherein, turnability is preferably braked or stop constitutes, thereby head toothbrushes is on the position that remains under the situation of unable effect separately.
Eccentric part 10 rotates by the rotation of motor reel 9, thereby the fulcrum 31 of armed levers such as transmission 11 on eccentric part 10 described the rotary track that armed levers 11 such as circular trace and transmission are described taper shape or double cone shape.Because armed levers such as transmission 11 are not rotated around its intrinsic axle in this case, so can seal by the sealing that supporting and sealing member 14 reach handle piece by plain mode.
Armed levers such as transmission 11 carry out corresponding circular trace motion with the relative end of connector 16 interlockings, wherein, and the diameter of circular trace and lever length l 1And l 2Proportional (referring to Fig. 1).The open-angle that gyration forms two circular cones a that respectively does for oneself 1(referring to Fig. 1).
Sink in the connector 16 by armed levers such as transmission 11, the Motion Transmission of armed levers such as transmission 11 is to head toothbrushes support 17, and wherein, head toothbrushes support 17 has advantage also not rotation of ground, thereby also can use the supporting member of caoutchouc elasticity here for joint ball head 18.Depending on the geometry ratio, particularly the interlocking point of armed levers 11 such as multi-directional ball joint 18 and connector 16 and transmission is apart from l 3Situation under, the gyration of head toothbrushes support 17 same double cone shapes is formed cone angle alpha 2(referring to Fig. 1).By cleaning piece support 27 separately on yoke 25 with axis or the longitudinal axis skew of angle beta (referring to Fig. 1) to head toothbrushes support 17, carry out three-dimensional motion with respect to axial tooth with the vertically disposed cleaning piece 28 of head toothbrushes support axis on short transverse z, length direction x and width y, this point as shown in Figure 2.
The moving of toothbrush pipe 3 inside, armed levers such as transmission 11 and head toothbrushes support 17 are put 32 positions in the interlocking of connector 16 inside and are changed, and therefore the amount of institute's transmitting movement changes by slide block 14.By moving of slide block 14, the cone angle alpha of head toothbrushes support 17 gyrations 2Adjusted, therefore and the amounts of cleaning fork 23 motions are adjusted.The adjusting device that is formed by the mobility of slide block 19 can make brushing teeth motion match with the hobby of user.
The amount of cleaning motion also can be regulated by the degree of eccentricity e of eccentric part 10.Fig. 3 illustrates the replaceable eccentric part 10 various possible formations that are fixed on the motor reel 9.Also can use the eccentric part 10 that the fulcrum 31 of armed levers 11 such as transmission can step-less adjustment.
In addition, the amount of cleaning motion can also be passed through movable length l 4, just cleaning fork 23 is realized regulating with the distance of head toothbrushes support 17 fulcrums 18.For example, head toothbrushes support 17 can pull out or clear up fork 23 head toothbrushes support 17 vertically on can move with respect to it fixing.
Degree of eccentricity e (referring to Fig. 3) and lever length l by eccentric part 10 1-l 4And angle beta is determined the amount of cleaning motion.By regulating the degree of eccentricity and lever arm l 1-l 4And angle beta, can be with respect to the axis of movement shown in Fig. 2, step-less adjustment is the amount σ of 0mm-10mm for example x, σ y, σ z
The tension force of yoke 25 on tooth width y (referring to Fig. 2) direction by cleaning fork 23, just elastic pre-tensioning is tight and by cleaning piece 28 or the flexible suspension of cleaning piece support 27 on yoke 25 each other for yoke 25, and cleaning piece 28 two side planes all the time both had been on the wide molar and also is on the narrow front tooth.
Fig. 2 and 5 illustrates 23 1 kinds of selectable embodiments of cleaning fork.The cleaning fork is compared with the embodiment of Fig. 1 and is turned 90 ° of settings, thereby plush or velvet spare 29 can directly be implanted in the whole inboard of yoke 25.U-shaped constitutes on cleaning fork 23 cross sections, wherein, and the bell outside expansion of the free end of yoke 25.Cleaning fork 23 around with vertically disposed rotating shaft 33 rotatable support of the longitudinal axis of head toothbrushes support 17 on head toothbrushes support 17.Corresponding cradle head 34 best stop constitute, thereby the rotational motion of cleaning fork 23 is braked around rotating shaft 33.By the setting of the fork of the cleaning shown in Fig. 5 23, this cleaning fork can be enclosed within on the tooth and move to the right-hand part jaw from the left side jaw, and wherein, the cleaning fork correspondingly rotates with respect to head toothbrushes support 17.As shown in Figure 2, the cleaning fork is just also implanted plush or velvet spare on the transverse connection between two yokes 25 on the U-shaped bottom.Reach the purpose of effectively clearing up around tooth thus, wherein the top while of tooth also obtains cleaning.
Fig. 4 illustrates a kind of embodiment that compared to Figure 1 slightly changes, and it is different aspect armed levers such as transmission 11.Armed levers 11 such as replacement transmission have the rotating power transmission shaft of the eccentric part of utilization.Particularly motor reel 9 end faces protrude and extend in the toothbrush pipe 3 from handle piece 1.Motor reel 9 comprises eccentric part 10 at it near on the end of head toothbrushes support 17, and it constitutes as the hook of crank-like in the embodiment shown.Eccentric part 10 embeds in the connector 16 that has on the head toothbrushes supports 17 and also double cone shape revolution transmission head toothbrushes support 17 thus.For having radial axle sealing member 35 with respect to handle piece shell 4 sealing electric arbors 9, it matches with respective clearance on the end-face wall 12 that motor reel 9 passes.Embodiment and Fig. 1 of other aspects Fig. 4 are corresponding, thereby use same width of cloth schematic symbol and related content to consult the explanation of front to corresponding parts.
In the embodiment of Fig. 6-9, head toothbrushes 2 is not by rotating head toothbrushes support transmission on double cone, but carries out oscillating motion.Power transmission shaft 9 end face from the handle piece 1 of electric toothbrush stretches out.Power transmission shaft 9 carries out one of following motion at least: around the rotary oscillation 36 of toothbrush longitudinal axis 8 or the power transmission shaft that overlaps with it; Around with the rotary oscillation 37 of the gyroaxis 38 (referring to Fig. 6) of toothbrush longitudinal axis vertical distribution, this gyroaxis have advantage ground in the front end rigion of handle piece 1 with basically with the symmetrical plane 39 vertical extensions of cleaning fork 23 (referring to Fig. 9); Around the rotary oscillation 40 of gyroaxis 41, this gyroaxis and toothbrush longitudinal axis 8 are vertical and extend in parallel (referring to Fig. 7) with the symmetrical plane 39 of cleaning fork 23 basically; And with the mobile swing 42 of toothbrush longitudinal axis 8.
Toothbrush pipe 3 matches with power transmission shaft 9, and the former locatees by unshowned keeper but can take off.
Toothbrush pipe 3 comprises rectangular channel 43 near the front portion of head toothbrushes 2, and two arms 44 that are shaped are extended in the inside on supporting member 45.Each arm 44 carries a flange 46, and their embed in the opening separately or gap 47 of toothbrush pipe 3.Supporting member 45 end faces can insert in the toothbrush pipe 3 and be fixed in the above thus.Four grooves 48 are arranged in the toothbrush pipe 3, by they with the combination in two gaps 47 under form two spring arms 49.The free end of spring arm 49 is on the free end 50 of arm 44.If user is pushed spring arm 49 in the zone of top 51 (referring to Fig. 8), flange 46 is thrown off so.Supporting member 45 can be pulled out from toothbrush pipe 3 thus.
Rotatable support cleaning fork 23 in the hole 52 of supporting member 45, it has the fulcrum post 53 of a tape spool 54, two yokes 25 and the horizontal contact pin 55 that two yokes 25 are connected.Fulcrum post 53 has two flanges 56 and a groove 57 on its free end, can resilience by its flange 56.For installing, fulcrum post 53 is pressed in the hole 52 of supporting member 45, thereby flange 56 is compressed and separates again after passing hole 52, axial location ground cooperates with supporting member 45 thereby fulcrum post 53 turns.
Cleaning fork 23 can rotate with respect to the supporting member annular.In the embodiment shown, but this turnability by rotational stop 58 (referring to Fig. 6) restriction.
Yoke 25 comprises the angle γ between best 15 ° and 45 ° as shown in Figure 9.They have outside bell knee 59 on its free end.
Velvet or plush spare 29 are carried in the horizontal contact pin 55 inboard and connection yoke 25 of yoke 25, and it can be fixed by stickup, heat pressure adhesive or additive method.
Velvet or plush spare 29 is preferably by being made up of fabric pieces 60 and fine hair 61 that polyamide is formed.In the zone of horizontal contact pin 35 and connection yoke 25 thereon, the silk thread of fine hair 61 preferably has the thickness of 3/1000-5/1000 inch and have the thickness of 2/1000-4/1000 inch on the bell knee 59 of yoke 25.The thickness of fine hair 61 silk threads can be different in a zone.
The height of fine hair 61 can change.What have advantage is the height H of fine hair 61 1In the zone of horizontal contact pin 55, be about 2mm-6mm, and the height H of fine hair 61 2On yoke 25 and bell knee 59 thereof, be about 4mm-8mm.Height H 1And H 2Can change equally at its intra-zone.
In the embodiment shown, the distance 62 between the longitudinal axis of toothbrush pipe 3 and fine hair 61 scope of freedoms preferably is about-6mm-+6mm.
Figure 10-13 illustrates the operation principle of toothbrush.Cleaning fork 23 utilizes the cleaning piece 28 of plush or velvet to be seated on tooth 63 or 64.The yoke 25 of cleaning fork 23 and the elasticity of plush or velvet spare 29 fine hair 61 compensate the different-thickness of nipper 63 shown in Figure 10 and molar shown in Figure 11 64 in this regard.If power transmission shaft 9 descriptions around the rotary oscillation 36 of longitudinal axis 8, are cleared up the facing of vestibular surface, occlusal surface and little lingual surface so simultaneously.
As shown in figure 13, cleaning fork 23 can make toothbrush move on the right side from the left side of jaw 65 together with the cleaning fork that is enclosed within on the tooth around its rotary shaft 33 that rotates with respect to the supporting member 45 of head toothbrushes support 17.For cleaning whole jaw 65, the cleaning fork 23 that user is held handle piece 1 and will be had velvet or a plush spare 29 slowly is pulled through from all teeth of jaw 65 under the situation of head toothbrushes swing transmission campaign.Clear up all teeth by cleaning fork 23 equably around the turnability of gyroaxis 33.
As shown in figure 12, cleaning fork 23 can have with gyroaxis 33 and makes cleaning fork 23 unbalanced additional materials 66 apart.When the rotary oscillation 36 that produces around toothbrush longitudinal axis 8, cleaning fork 23 can carry out rotary oscillation 67 around gyroaxis 33 thus.
Figure 14-18 illustrates a kind of scheme of earlier drawings toothbrush.Toothbrush pipe 3 comprises the avette passage 43 with two grooves 68 near the end section of head toothbrushes 2, extends in two arms 44 that are shaped on the supporting member 45 of head toothbrushes support 17 in the groove.The free end 50 of arm 44 is in the inside of passage 43, and wherein, each arm 44 carries one and embeds toothbrush pipe 3 flange 46 in opening or the gap 47 separately.Supporting member 45 is fixed in the toothbrush pipe 3 thus.If user is pressed pressure arm 44 in the zone at top 51, flange 46 is thrown off so, the supporting member 45 of head toothbrushes support 17 can be pulled out from toothbrush pipe 3 thus.
The cleanings fork 23 that hole 52 internal supports of supporting member 45 constitute as two forks, it have 54, four on a fulcrum post 53 and axle in pairs and opposite face away from yoke 25 and separately one connect into the horizontal contact pin 55 of yoke 25 is set.Have advantage ground by supporting member 45 and cleaning fork 23 assemblies of forming and to adopt two composition injection moulding manufacturings, the supporting member 45 of injection-moulded plastic and will pitch 23 as the plastics cleaning that two forks constitute then and be injection-moulded on the described supporting member 45 at first during manufacturing.In this regard, fulcrum post the last 53 of cleaning fork 23 shunk, thereby but forms cleaning fork 23 around the enough radial clearances of the turning quality of gyroaxis 33.For producing radial clearance, injection mold can have reed in the gap 69 between supporting member 45 and the horizontal contact pin 55.
Self-evident, also can otherwise make as cleaning fork 23 and supporting member 45 that two forks constitute, wherein, particularly supporting member 45 and/or cleaning fork 23 can the binary manufacturings.
The inboard of the fork that is made of yoke 25 and horizontal contact pin 55 has the velvet or the plush spare 29 of a previously described mode separately.
The embodiment of Figure 14-18 can be cleared up the tooth of the upper jaw and the tooth of lower jaw simultaneously.
In embodiment shown in Figure 19, the passage 43 interior mobile-bearings of toothbrush pipe 3 have the localizer 70 with toothbrush longitudinal axis 8 parallel bands 71.Localizer 70 is pressed to the end face of power transmission shaft 9 by spring 72.If toothbrush pipe 3 cooperates with power transmission shaft 9, the front end of localizer 70 is between the free end 50 of arm 44 so, supporting member 45 and toothbrush pipe 3 can not be separated thus.Avoid the user mistake to unclamp supporting member 45 thus.If toothbrush pipe 3 is taken off from power transmission shaft 9, spring 72 moves after with localizer 70 so, thus the free end 50 of release arm 44.Can push top 51 and supporting member 45 is taken off from toothbrush pipe 3 by user now.
In the embodiment of Figure 20, decide the length of the arm 44 of supporting member 45 like this, when toothbrush pipe 3 is inserted on the power transmission shaft 9, its free end 50 is on two faces of power transmission shaft 9 front ends.In this state, supporting member 45 can similarly to the embodiment of Figure 14 can not separate with toothbrush pipe 3.And if toothbrush pipe 3 is taken off from power transmission shaft 9, the free end 50 with arm 44 discharges so, can push top 51 by user thus supporting member 45 is taken off from toothbrush pipe 3.
What have advantage is, by suitably determining cleaning fork 23, the particularly size of its yoke 25 and horizontal contact pin 55, it is identical with rotary oscillation 36 frequencies around toothbrush longitudinal axis 8 to reach the natural bending frequency of yoke 25.Yoke 25 makes the improved bending vibration 73 (with reference to Fig. 9 and 18) of brushing teeth thus.
Self-evident, the cross section of passage 43 in toothbrush pipe 3 front ends not necessarily must be rectangle or avette; Also can be other cross sections.
What have advantage is storage place that plush or velvet spare 29 can form chemistry and/or bio-additive.What have advantage is that additive can comprise in disruptive in use little shape capsule.Fabric pieces 60 and or the silk thread of fine hair 61 can form by silver by the plastics or the sub-fraction of adding silver, to obtain antibacterial action.
Plush or velvet spare 29 can be fixed on the cleaning fork 23 in principle in a different manner.According to one embodiment of the present invention, plush separately or velvet spare 29 utilize thermal head or laser beam to separate from velvet or plush breadth.In two kinds of methods, heat melts the silk thread of cutting off, thereby avoids running.The fabric of velvet or plush also can adopt suitable method dipping and then cold punching cut out or for example utilize the water jet cutting.In this regard, prevent running by dipping.
In principle velvet separately or plush spare 29 can paste or thermal weld on the inboard of cleaning fork 23 yokes 25.Accurately adapt in conjunction with the velvet or the plush spare 29 that reach separately by the plane with the profile phase of predesignating of clearing up fork 23 yokes 25.
Figure 21 illustrates a kind of embodiment on the contrary, and wherein only point-like or wire stick on inboard or its yoke 25 of cleaning fork 23 velvet or plush spare 29.Particularly shown in Figure 21 (a), velvet or plush spare one end can be fixed on the free end of yoke 25 and the other end can be fixed on the bottom of the horizontal contact pin 55 that connects yoke 25.Be enclosed within on the tooth that will clear up if will clear up fork 23, velvet or plush spare 29 elasticity are on the tooth profile so, and this point is shown in Figure 21 (b).
Figure 22 illustrates a kind of method of utilizing it can process cleaning fork 23 according to purpose.At first with velvet or plush spare 29 with still for example paste or solder bond for planar cleaning fork material base.To clear up the fork material base then and under still being in planar state and together with the velvet or the plush spare that are in above it, lie on the mould 74, will clear up the fork material base and draw in the corresponding mould of the profile hole 75 of pitching by apply vacuum by vacuum passage 76 then with desired cleaning.When being needed, this can heat material base.
Figure 23 illustrate on a kind of yoke separately 25 that velvet or plush spare 29 is fixed on cleaning fork 23 or use for this reason be not out of shape selectable method on the material base as yet.By velvet or plush spare 29 are shifted onto on the pin 77,, pin reaches the rational combination of appearance thereby passing the material of plush spare or velvet spare.Utilize push rod 78 to make pin 77 distortion then, thereby form the medicated cap of mushroom-shaped or rivet shape, plush or velvet spare 29 are kept and preferably fix to clamp on pin.

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1. electric toothbrush, have handle piece (1), with respect to the head toothbrushes (2) of handle piece (1) mobile-bearing and be used for vibration and/or the actuating device (5) of revolution transmission head toothbrushes (2), it is characterized in that, head toothbrushes (2) has the cleaning piece of belt length lint or velvet spare (29), for example (23) are pitched in cleaning, and its yoke (25) inboard has plush or velvet spare (29).
2. by the described toothbrush of aforementioned claim, wherein, velvet or plush spare (29) have fabric pieces (60) and the fine hair of preferably being made up of polyamide (61) separately.
3. press one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, height of naps (H 1, H 2) be 2mm-8mm, be preferably 3mm-6mm.
4. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, plush or velvet spare (29) have thickness and are in the 0.05mm-0.2mm scope, preferably the fine hair silk thread of about 0.1mm.
5. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, on yoke (25) free end of cleaning fork (23), have than bigger length (H on yoke (25) root 2) and/or the fine hair silk thread of littler thickness.
6. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, the horizontal contact pin (55) that connects cleaning fork (23) yoke (25) has plush or velvet spare (29).
7. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, yoke (25) elasticity of cleaning fork (23) constitutes.
8. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, the yoke (25) of cleaning fork (23) comprises 15 °-45 ° angle each other and/or have bell expanding section (59) on its free end.
9. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, head toothbrushes (2) is rotatable around transverse axis (33), preferably can not have transmission and is bearing in rotationally on the head toothbrushes support (17), the longitudinal axis of this transverse axis and toothbrush (8) vertical distribution.
10. by the described toothbrush of one of aforementioned claim, wherein, cleaning fork (23) has basically the vertically extending axis of symmetry of longitudinal axis (8) with toothbrush.
11. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, actuating device (5) has and the parallel power transmission shaft of toothbrush longitudinal axis (8), preferably can conical revolution transmission head toothbrushes (2) around it.
12. by the described toothbrush of claim 11, wherein, head toothbrushes (2) is on the head toothbrushes support (17) that constitutes as armed levers such as transmissions, this support joint ball hair style be bearing in head toothbrushes (2) with the motor (6) that is arranged in the handle piece (1) between fulcrum (18) on and on its end, have a transmission connection piece (16) away from head toothbrushes (2).
13. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, actuating device (5) has the adjusting device (19,10) that is used to regulate head toothbrushes (2) movement travel.
14. by claim 12 or 13 described toothbrushes, wherein, the fulcrum (18) of head toothbrushes support (17) can toothbrush vertically on skew.
15. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, head toothbrushes support (17) particularly is fixed on the fulcrum (18) of elastic supporting piece around the antitorque supporting of its longitudinal axis.
16. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, for transmission head toothbrushes support (17), have armed levers such as transmission (11), it is bearing in fulcrum (13) at handle piece (1) with going up universal spherojoint formula upward also preferably can spatially turn round transmission by eccentric part (10).
17. by the described toothbrush of claim 16, wherein, armed levers such as transmission (11) particularly are fixed on the fulcrum (13) of elastic supporting piece (14) around the antitorque supporting of its longitudinal axis.
18. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, have connector (16) between armed levers such as transmission (11) and the head toothbrushes support (17), it and toothbrush longitudinal axis (8) vertically seamlessly are delivered to the transmission campaign of armed levers such as transmission (11) on the head toothbrushes support (17).
19. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, have connector (16) between armed levers such as transmission (11) and the head toothbrushes support (17), it at least with the vertical vertical direction of toothbrush on limit the free travel of armed levers (11) such as transmission at least with respect to head toothbrushes support (17).
20. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, be transmission head toothbrushes support (17), have the power transmission shaft (9) of band eccentric revolution driving member (10).
21. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, actuating device (5) has and the parallel power transmission shaft of toothbrush longitudinal axis (8), can be around its whirling vibration ground transmission head toothbrushes (2).
22. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, actuating device (5) has and the parallel power transmission shaft of toothbrush longitudinal axis (8), can move transmission head toothbrushes (2) quiveringly along it.
23. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, actuating device (5) has the power transmission shaft (38,41) with toothbrush longitudinal axis (8) vertical distribution, can be around its whirling vibration ground transmission head toothbrushes (2).
24. by the described toothbrush of claim 23, wherein, power transmission shaft (41) and the parallel distribution of symmetrical plane (39) of clearing up fork (23), preferably to handle piece (1) direction apart from head toothbrushes (2).
25. by the described toothbrush of claim 24, wherein, power transmission shaft (38) and symmetrical plane (39) vertical distribution of clearing up fork (23), preferably to handle piece (1) direction apart from head toothbrushes (2).
26. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, cleaning fork (23) has the yoke (25) that extends to opposite face in pairs.
27. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, velvet or plush spare (29) are pasted or are fixed on the cleaning fork (23) by heat pressure adhesive.
28. by the described toothbrush of claim 27, wherein, velvet or plush spare (29) stick on the cleaning fork (23) by the silica gel stick.
29. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, head toothbrushes (2) can unclamp with handle piece (1), wherein, preferably actuating device (5) is at the driving member (11 of head toothbrushes support (17) with motor side; 10) has burble point between.
30. by one of aforementioned claim described toothbrush, wherein, head toothbrushes (2) is bearing in and can unclamps on the toothbrush pipe (3) that is fixed on the toothbrush handle spare (1).
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