CN211130062U - Cotton toothbrush - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a cotton toothbrush, including brush holder and cotton fibre, the tip of brush holder is through the winding the cotton fibre is in order to form the brush head, be provided with one in the brush holder and run through along the axial the dress liquid hole of brush holder, dress liquid hole intussuseption is filled with the dentifrice, the one end in dress liquid hole is sealed, just the downthehole pressure of dress liquid is less than external atmospheric pressure. Through set up the dentifrice in the brush holder, effectively solved the problem that the powder that cleans the teeth of the adhesion dropped easily on the brush head to only need open during the use the blind end in dress liquid hole can with the dentifrice releases extremely on the brush head, easy operation, it is clean effectual.

Description

Cotton toothbrush

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a toothbrush manufacturing technology field especially relates to a cotton toothbrush.

Background

The cotton toothbrush sold in the market at present is a disposable toothbrush generally, can effectively clean the oral cavity, and can meet the requirements of special people such as puerperae, infants, the old, periodontitis patients and the like.

To improve the cleaning effect of cotton toothbrushes, it is often necessary to spray dentifrice powder onto the brush head or to spray dentifrice onto the brush head and dry it to a powder. However, prolonged exposure to air and prolonged transport of the brush head tend to cause the dentifrice powder adhering to the brush head to fall off, affecting cleaning performance. Moreover, the dentifrice cannot be effectively applied to the tooth surface due to the dirt adsorbed by the brush head during brushing.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a cotton toothbrush can solve the problem that the powder that cleans the teeth on the brush head easily drops to can be convenient release the dentifrice to brush first, improve clean effect.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a cotton toothbrush, including brush holder and cotton fibre, the tip of brush holder is through twining the cotton fibre is in order to form the brush head, be provided with one in the brush holder and run through along the axial the dress liquid hole of brush holder, dress liquid hole intussuseption is filled with the dentifrice, the one end in dress liquid hole is sealed, just the downthehole pressure of dress liquid is less than external atmospheric pressure.

Optionally, the brush head is located at one end of the brush handle, and one end of the liquid filling hole far away from the brush head is closed.

Optionally, one end of the brush handle, which is far away from the brush head, is provided with a groove for breaking the brush handle.

Optionally, the brush head comprises a first brush head and a second brush head respectively located at two ends of the brush handle, and one end of the liquid filling hole close to the first brush head is closed.

Optionally, a groove is formed in the handle for breaking the handle, the groove is located between the first brush head and the second brush head, and the first brush head is closer to the groove than the second brush head.

Optionally, the tip of brush holder is provided with a plurality of barbs, the cotton fibre twines on the barb.

Optionally, a first pasting solution is filled between the brush handle and the cotton wool, and the first pasting solution comprises polyvinyl alcohol and/or milk white glue.

And a second pasting solution is soaked in the cotton-wool belt and comprises polyvinyl alcohol.

Optionally, the brush head is ellipsoidal, and the brush head has two brush surfaces symmetrically arranged.

Optionally, the brush face is corrugated.

The utility model provides an among the cotton toothbrush, including brush holder and cotton fibre, the tip of brush holder is through the winding the cotton fibre is in order to form the brush head, be provided with one in the brush holder and run through along the axial the dress liquid hole of brush holder, dress liquid hole intussuseption is filled with the dentifrice, the one end in dress liquid hole is sealed, just the downthehole pressure of dress liquid is less than external atmospheric pressure. Through set up the dentifrice in the brush holder, effectively solved the problem that the powder that cleans the teeth of the adhesion dropped easily on the brush head to only need open during the use the blind end in dress liquid hole can with the dentifrice releases extremely on the brush head, easy operation, it is clean effectual.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cotton toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a step diagram of a manufacturing process of a cotton toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a brush handle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a cotton wool compacting and shaping structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a top view of a cotton wool compression setting provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a cotton toothbrush provided in the second embodiment of the present invention;

wherein the reference numerals are:

10-a brush handle; 20-a brush head;

100-grooves; 110-liquid filling hole; 211-a stain removal brush head; 212-coating the brush head.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. Advantages and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description and claims. It should be noted that the drawings are in simplified form and are not to precise scale, and are provided for convenience and clarity in order to facilitate the description of the embodiments of the present invention.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a cotton toothbrush, which includes a handle 10 and cotton wool, an end of the handle 10 is wound around the cotton wool to form a brush head 20, a liquid filling hole 110 axially penetrating the handle 10 is provided in the handle 10, a dentifrice is filled in the liquid filling hole 110, one end of the liquid filling hole 110 is sealed, and the pressure in the liquid filling hole 110 is less than the external atmospheric pressure.

In this embodiment, the number of the brush heads 20 is one, and the brush heads are arranged at one end of the brush handle 10. The brush head 10 is ellipsoidal, thick in the middle and thin at the edge, and the brush head 10 has two brush faces symmetrically arranged for contacting the tooth surface to clean the tooth surface.

Optionally, the brush face is corrugated. In this embodiment, the brush surface has a plurality of indentations recessed laterally inward, the number of the indentations is between 1 and 10, the width of the indentations is between 1 and 5 mm, and the interval between the indentations is between 1 and 5 mm. It can be understood that the tooth surface can be better cleaned by arranging the brush surface of the brush head 20 to be in an uneven shape, and the cleaning effect is improved.

Optionally, the ends of the handle 10 are wrapped with the batting to form the head 20. The cotton fiber product has good moisture absorption and decontamination properties and is softer, so that the cotton fiber product is suitable for special people such as pregnant women, old people, infants and the like.

With continued reference to fig. 1, the end of the liquid loading hole 110 remote from the brush head 20 is closed. Because the negative pressure is formed in the liquid containing hole 110, the dentifrice is not easy to leak, the problem that the dentifrice powder applied outside the brush head 20 is easy to drop is solved, meanwhile, one end of the brush handle 10 far away from the brush head 20 is broken, so that the air pressure inside the liquid containing hole 110 is balanced with the atmospheric pressure, the dentifrice can flow out, and the dentifrice is liquid, so that the dentifrice can permeate the brush head 20 in the process of cleaning the tooth surface and cannot be blocked by dirt on the tooth surface. It will be appreciated that when the cotton toothbrush is used, the handle 10 is first placed upright with the head 20 facing downward, and then the end remote from the head 20 is opened to allow the pressure inside and outside the liquid filling hole 110 to equalize, so that the dentifrice flows down onto the head 20 by gravity, and then the head 20 is used to clean the tooth surface.

With continued reference to fig. 1, the end of the handle 10 remote from the head 20 is provided with a groove 100 for breaking off the handle 10. The groove 100 extends from the outer surface of the handle 10 into the handle 10, it being understood that the groove 100 does not extend into the fluid bore 110. The shape of the groove 100 may be an arc shape or a circular shape, which is not limited in this application.

Of course, the handle 10 may be closed in other ways, such as by a small wooden plug at the end of the handle 10 remote from the head 20, which plug is then removed when it is desired to release the dentifrice.

Referring to fig. 1, the end of the brush handle 10 is provided with a plurality of barbs, one end of each barb is located on the brush handle 10, the other end of each barb extends in a direction away from the center of the brush handle 10, and the brush handle 10 is connected to the brush head 20 through the barbs. In this embodiment, the brush holder 10 is connected the one end of brush head 20 is provided with a plurality of barbs, makes brush head 20 can be fixed in better on the brush holder 10 through setting up the barb.

Optionally, a first pasting solution is filled between the brush handle 10 and the cotton wool, and the first pasting solution includes polyvinyl alcohol and/or milk white glue. The viscosity between the cotton wool and the brush handle 10 can be improved through polyvinyl alcohol glue or milk white glue, so that the cotton wool is not easy to deform. And a second pasting solution is soaked among the cotton wool, the second pasting solution comprises polyvinyl alcohol, the formed brush head 20 after the cotton wool is shaped is firmer through the polyvinyl alcohol, and the brush head 20 cannot deform in a short time after the brush head is soaked in water.

Based on this, the present embodiment provides a manufacturing process of the cotton toothbrush, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, including:

s1: providing a brush handle 10 and cotton wool;

s2: winding and sticking the cotton wool on the end of the brush handle 10;

s3: at a set temperature, the batting is compressed to set the batting and form the brush head 20.

First, step S1 is executed: a handle 10 and cotton wool are provided.

In particular, the shape of the handle 10 may be a cylinder, a hexahedron, or an irregular shape, which is not limited in this application. The material of the handle 10 may be plastic, wood or other materials, which is not limited in this application.

In this embodiment, a hollow plastic tube is provided, which corresponds to the brush handle 10, and a liquid filling hole 110 is provided in the brush handle 10, and the liquid filling hole axially penetrates through the brush handle 10.

Before performing step S2, the cotton toothbrush further includes:

step S11 is executed: barbs are provided on the end of the handle 10. The barbs may be cut by mechanical means and are not limited in number. The barb with an contained angle has between the brush holder 10, just the one end of barb is connected in brush holder 10, and the other end is towards keeping away from the center of brush holder 10 extends. The barb is arranged on the surface of the end part of the brush holder 10 to prevent the end part of the brush holder 10 from slipping in the process of winding cotton wool, and the efficiency of winding the cotton wool by the brush holder 10 is influenced.

Step S12 is executed: a groove 100 for breaking off the handle 10 is provided on the side of the handle 10 remote from the head 20.

Step S13 is executed to inject dentifrice into the liquid filling hole 110.

Specifically, the step of injecting the dentifrice into the liquid filling hole 110 includes:

closing one end of the liquid filling hole 110 by using a small wooden plug;

injecting dentifrice from the other end of the liquid loading hole 110;

closing the other end of the liquid containing hole 110 to form negative pressure in the liquid containing hole 110;

the small wooden plug at the one end of the liquid filling hole 110 is removed.

Then, step S2 is performed to wind and stick the cotton wool on the end of the handle 10. The step S2 includes the steps of:

s21: smearing a first pasting solution on the brush handle 10;

s22: contacting the end of the handle 10 with the cotton wool and rotating the handle 10 until the cotton wool is completely wrapped around the end of the handle 10;

s23: compacting the cotton wool, and smearing a second pasting solution on the cotton wool;

after the step S13 is executed, a step S21 is executed to apply a first pasting solution on the brush holder, so that the brush holder 10 can paste the cotton wool for the subsequent shaping of the cotton wool. In this embodiment, the first pasting solution includes polyvinyl alcohol and/or milk white glue. In the embodiment, the hot melt adhesive containing fluorescent agent is not used for sticking, but medical polyvinyl alcohol glue or milk white glue is used for improving the viscosity between the cotton wool and the brush handle 10 and between the cotton wool, so that the human body is not damaged. Moreover, the whole manufacturing process does not need to manually stick the brush head 20, so that the cotton toothbrush is more sanitary and clean.

Then, execution proceeds to S22: contacting the end of the handle 10 with the cotton wool and rotating the handle 10 until the cotton wool is completely wrapped around the end 10 of the handle;

specifically, because the cotton wool has the characteristics of easy breaking, easy gathering and shaping, common cotton slivers in the market can be broken into the cotton wool, and then the cotton wool is wound. It will be appreciated that the cotton wool is easier to feed and that the volume of cotton wool wound on the handle can be controlled by adjusting the rate of supply of the sliver. In the embodiment, the shape and the size of the brush head 20 can be effectively controlled by controlling the supply speed of cotton wool, the problem that gauze strips are difficult to automatically adhere and form and need to be adhered manually in the traditional brush head 20 manufacturing process is effectively solved, and the full-automatic production of cotton toothbrushes is realized. For example, the volume of the cotton wool required for manufacturing can be calculated according to the designed size of the brush head, so that the rotating speed, the cotton wool crushing speed and other factors of the brush handle 10 are constant, and the volume of the cotton wool rolled on the end part of each brush handle 10 can be ensured to be the same by adjusting the supply speed of the cotton wool. Or, the supply speed of the cotton wool, the cotton crushing speed and other factors are constant, and the same purpose can be achieved by adjusting the rotating speed of the brush handle 10.

Then, execution proceeds to S23: compressing the cotton wool and smearing a second pasting solution on the cotton wool at the same time. It will be appreciated that the handle 10 is provided with a preliminary shape after the batting has been rolled, but is relatively loose and requires further compaction to facilitate final shaping. In this embodiment, the compressed shape of the cotton wool on the handle 10 is cylindrical. The second pasting solution includes, but is not limited to, polyvinyl alcohol. Further, the concentration of the polyvinyl alcohol is between 0.3% and 30%, so that the cotton wool can be conveniently compacted and shaped, the shape of the brush head 20 formed after shaping is kept constant, and the problems of different shapes and sizes of the brush head 20 are solved. Because the second pasting solution of the embodiment adopts the polyvinyl alcohol without the fluorescent agent for pasting, the brush head 20 is more rigid after subsequent setting, the brush head 20 can not deform in a short time after being soaked in water, the phenomenon of degumming can not occur even when hot water with higher water temperature is encountered, and the problem that the brush head 20 can degum when the hot melt adhesive encounters the water temperature higher than 30 ℃ is solved.

Step S24 is then executed: and drying the cotton wool to set humidity. The cotton wool is relatively wet due to the second pasting solution and is dried by high temperature so as to be convenient for the next shaping.

Optionally, the set humidity is between 10% and 80%. Through making the cotton fibre possesses certain humidity, utilizes the stickness of second sticking solution to make the cotton fibre compress tightly the setting more easily, and the shape is more stable after compressing tightly the setting. If the moisture content of the batt is less than 10%, it is not advantageous to maintain the stability of the compact set shape of the batt, and if it is more than 80%, it is not advantageous to compact set the batt.

Then, step S3 is executed: compressing the batting to set the batting and form the brush head 20.

It will be appreciated that this is a reshaping of the batt which may be shaped into the final desired shape. In this embodiment, the cotton wool may be compacted and shaped by the squeeze film mold, and under the condition of the set humidity of the cotton wool and the concentration of the second pasting solution, the molding requirement may be achieved by adjusting the temperature and the pressing time of the press mold, and the pressing time and the pressing are in an inverse relationship with each other, and the higher the temperature, the shorter the time, the higher the production efficiency, and vice versa.

Optionally, the set temperature is reached by adopting an electric heating or ultrasonic heating mode, and when the set temperature is between 50 ℃ and 950 ℃, the shape setting effect of the brush head 20 is the best, and the shape setting efficiency is the highest. In this embodiment, adopt ultrasonic heating's mode to reach set temperature, rate of heating is fast, and can be better keep the constancy of temperature, and then promote the speed that the cotton fibre press forming. Besides, the factors such as the components of the brush handle, the cotton wool and the dentifrice need to be comprehensively considered, so that the brush surface is not burnt by high temperature, and the efficacy of the dentifrice is not influenced.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the final shape of the brush head 20 is an ellipsoid shape having two symmetrical brush faces, and the brush faces are corrugated, i.e. the ellipsoidal brush faces have grooves or protrusions thereon for better cleaning of the tooth surfaces.

Based on this, this embodiment still provides a toothbrush production facility for realizing the cotton toothbrush.

The toothbrush production apparatus includes:

first paste solution supply mechanism: for providing a first pasting solution;

brush holder feed mechanism: the glue supply mechanism is connected with the brush holder, and the end part of the brush holder is wrapped with a first pasting solution;

cotton fibre feed mechanism: automatically feeding cotton, kneading the cotton wool into cotton wool and supplying the cotton wool to the brush handle;

the cotton rolling mechanism comprises: the cotton wool feeding mechanism is connected with the brush holder and the cotton wool feeding mechanism to receive the brush holder and the cotton wool, and the cotton wool is wound and stuck on the end part of the brush holder;

a cotton suction mechanism: the cotton wool feeding mechanism is connected with the cotton wool winding mechanism and the cotton wool feeding mechanism and is used for stabilizing the position of the cotton wool and sucking away residual cotton wool which is not wound away by the brush handle;

compress tightly and roll up real mechanism: the brush handle is connected with the cotton rolling mechanism and used for receiving the cotton rolling mechanism and compacting, rolling and shaping the cotton wound on the surface of the brush handle;

a second sticking solution supply mechanism: the rolling mechanism is connected with the first pasting solution and is used for conveying the first pasting solution to the rolling mechanism so as to facilitate the pressing and rolling of the wetted cotton wool;

the brush handle guiding mechanism: and the compaction rolling mechanism is connected with: used for guiding the brush handle out;

and (3) a drying mechanism: the brush holder guiding mechanism is connected with the brush holder guiding mechanism to receive the brush holder and dry the cotton wool containing the second pasting solution to a set temperature at a high temperature;

a die pressing mechanism: the drying structure is connected with the brush handle and is used for pressing and shaping the cotton wool on the surface of the end part of the brush handle to form a brush head; in this embodiment, the film pressing mechanism includes an upper and a lower mold mechanisms, and the cylindrical brush holder is pressed into an oblate ellipsoid shape by opening and closing the upper mold and the lower mold, and an upper corrugated brush face and a lower corrugated brush face are formed at the same time. The upper die and the lower die are opened and closed in a pneumatic mode, so that the energy consumption is low and the control is convenient.

The toothbrush production equipment can realize the production of single-head toothbrushes and the simultaneous production of double-head toothbrushes, and the application does not limit the production.

Example two

In contrast to the first embodiment, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, there are two brush heads 20, and the two brush heads 20 are respectively disposed at two ends of the handle 10; the two brush heads are respectively a first brush head 211 and a second brush head 212, and one end of the liquid filling hole close to the first brush head 211 is closed.

Optionally, a groove 100 is disposed on the handle 10 for breaking the handle 10, the groove 100 is located between the first brush head 211 and the second brush head 212, and the first brush head 211 is closer to the groove than the second brush head 212.

It can be understood that, when in use, the tooth surface is firstly cleaned preliminarily by the first brush head 211, and then one end of the first brush head 211 is broken off, so that the dentifrice flows to the second brush head 212 and is used for coating the decontaminated tooth surface with the dentifrice, thereby not only solving the problem that the release of the dentifrice is influenced by the dirt adsorbed on the brush head 20 when the same brush head 20 is used for cleaning the tooth surface, but also solving the problem that cross contamination is easy to occur.

To sum up, the embodiment of the utility model provides a cotton toothbrush, including brush holder and cotton fibre, the tip of brush holder is through twining the cotton fibre is in order to form the brush head, be provided with one in the brush holder and run through along the axial the dress liquid hole of brush holder, dress liquid hole intussuseption is filled with the dentifrice, the one end in dress liquid hole is sealed, just the downthehole pressure of dress liquid is less than external atmospheric pressure. Through set up the dentifrice in the brush holder, effectively solved the problem that the powder that cleans the teeth of the adhesion dropped easily on the brush head to only need open during the use the blind end in dress liquid hole can with the dentifrice releases extremely on the brush head, easy operation, it is clean effectual.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. Any technical personnel who belongs to the technical field, in the scope that does not deviate from the technical scheme of the utility model, to the technical scheme and the technical content that the utility model discloses expose do the change such as the equivalent replacement of any form or modification, all belong to the content that does not break away from the technical scheme of the utility model, still belong to within the scope of protection of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a cotton toothbrush, its characterized in that, includes brush holder and cotton fibre, the tip of brush holder is through twining the cotton fibre is in order to form the brush head, be provided with one in the brush holder and run through along the axial the dress liquid hole of brush holder, the downthehole packing of dress liquid has the dentifrice, the one end in dress liquid hole is sealed, just the downthehole pressure of dress liquid is less than external atmospheric pressure.

2. A cotton toothbrush according to claim 1, wherein the head is located at one end of the handle and the end of the bore remote from the head is closed.

3. A cotton toothbrush according to claim 2, characterised in that the end of the handle remote from the head is provided with a recess for breaking off the handle.

4. A cotton toothbrush as claimed in claim 1, wherein the head comprises first and second heads at respective ends of the handle, the end of the bore adjacent the first head being closed.

5. The cotton toothbrush of claim 4 wherein said handle has a notch formed therein for breaking said handle, said notch being located between said first head and said second head, and said first head being closer to said notch than said second head.

6. The cotton toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the end of said handle is provided with barbs, said cotton wool being wrapped around said barbs.

7. The cotton toothbrush of claim 1, wherein a first pasting solution is filled between the handle and the cotton wool, and the first pasting solution comprises polyvinyl alcohol and/or white latex.

8. The cotton toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the cotton batting is impregnated with a second bonding solution comprising polyvinyl alcohol.

9. A cotton toothbrush according to claim 1, wherein the head is ellipsoidal and has two symmetrically disposed brush faces.

10. A cotton toothbrush according to claim 9, wherein the brush face is corrugated.

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