CN220175285U

CN220175285U - Electric toothbrush

Info

Publication number: CN220175285U
Application number: CN202321423896.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄少东; 梁东海
Original assignee: Guangdong Alpha Health Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Alpha Health Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-06
Filing date: 2023-06-06
Publication date: 2023-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2033-06-06

Abstract

The utility model provides an electric toothbrush with a spring cover mechanism, which comprises a toothbrush cover and a toothbrush main body which are combined with each other, wherein one part of the spring cover mechanism is arranged on the toothbrush cover, and the other part of the spring cover mechanism is arranged on the toothbrush main body; the spring cover mechanism comprises a control component and at least one group of action components, wherein the control component is used for keeping the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body in a combined state, and is also used for releasing the combination of the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body after receiving external force, and the action components are used for spring the toothbrush cover from the toothbrush main body after the combination of the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body is released; the electric toothbrush with the spring cover mechanism can keep the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body in a combined state, is favorable for protecting the toothbrush head and carrying the electric toothbrush, and simultaneously, can enable a user to easily take down the toothbrush cover from the toothbrush main body, and has the advantages of time and labor saving.

Description

Electric toothbrush

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric toothbrush, in particular to an electric toothbrush with a spring cover mechanism.

Background

In daily life, the automatic cleaning and nursing device is widely applied, and particularly, an electric toothbrush can clean teeth more thoroughly, and the electric toothbrush is covered with a toothbrush cover to protect a toothbrush head when in idle so as to prevent the toothbrush head from being polluted.

The existing electric toothbrush with toothbrush cover in the market at present usually needs to unscrew or directly pull out the toothbrush cover when the user uses, and these two modes of getting the cover are wasted time or energy to after the number of times of screwing or plug between toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main part increases, the junction of two is worn away easily, thereby leads to the combination between toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main part not closely enough, easily to separate, is unfavorable for protecting the toothbrush head, also inconvenient carry.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, the present utility model provides an electric toothbrush with a spring cover mechanism, which can maintain a toothbrush cover and a toothbrush main body in a combined state, and is beneficial to protecting a toothbrush head and carrying an electric toothbrush; simultaneously, the user operates the spring cover mechanism, so that the toothbrush cover can be released from being combined with the toothbrush main body, and at the moment, the user can easily take down the toothbrush cover from the toothbrush main body, thereby saving time and labor.

The utility model provides an electric toothbrush, which comprises a spring cover mechanism, a toothbrush cover and a toothbrush main body, wherein the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body are combined with each other; the spring cover mechanism comprises a control component and at least one group of action components, wherein the control component is used for enabling the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body to be maintained in a combined state, and is also used for removing the combination of the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body after receiving external force, and the action components are used for spring the toothbrush cover from the toothbrush main body after the combination of the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body is removed.

The action assembly comprises an action piece, an acted piece and a second elastic piece, wherein the action piece, the acted piece and the second elastic piece correspond to each other in the vertical direction, the action piece and the second elastic piece are arranged on the toothbrush main body, the acted piece is arranged on the toothbrush cover, the action piece is arranged between the acted piece and the second elastic piece, the lower end of the action piece is connected with the upper end of the second elastic piece, and the upper end of the action piece is abutted to the lower end of the acted piece. The toothbrush main body comprises a toothbrush handle, the toothbrush cover is combined with the toothbrush handle, a positioning part is arranged on the toothbrush handle, at least one part of the acting part and at least one part of the second elastic part are arranged on the positioning part, and the number of the positioning parts corresponds to the number of the acting components.

In other embodiments, the toothbrush main body comprises a toothbrush handle and a connecting piece, the connecting piece is arranged between the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush handle and is used for connecting the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush handle, a positioning part is arranged on the connecting piece or the toothbrush handle, at least one part of the acting piece and at least one part of the second elastic piece are arranged on the positioning part, and the number of the positioning parts corresponds to the number of the acting components.

The control assembly comprises a control piece and a mounting part, wherein the control piece and the mounting part are arranged on the toothbrush main body, the control piece is arranged on the mounting part in a swinging manner, and the control piece swings around an axis extending along the left-right direction; the control assembly further comprises a locked part arranged on the toothbrush cover, the control piece comprises a control piece main body and a locking part connected with the control piece main body, and the locking part is used for being matched with the locked part. The control part is used for receiving external force, and a first elastic piece is arranged between the control part and the toothbrush main body; the control piece further comprises a mounted part connected with the control piece main body, the mounted part is arranged between the locking part and the control part, a swinging shaft is arranged in the mounted part, at least one clamping part is arranged in the mounting part, and the swinging shaft is clamped to the clamping part.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electric toothbrush according to the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a toothbrush cover separated from a toothbrush main body of the electric toothbrush according to the present utility model.

Fig. 3A is an exploded view of a portion of the components of an electric toothbrush in accordance with the present utility model.

Fig. 3B is a perspective view of a control member in accordance with the present utility model.

Fig. 3C is a perspective view of a connector according to the present utility model.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the functional assembly of the present utility model when the toothbrush cover is combined with the toothbrush body.

Detailed Description

The present utility model will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electric toothbrush in accordance with the present utility model; fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a toothbrush cover separated from a toothbrush main body of the electric toothbrush according to the present utility model.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present utility model provides a spring cover mechanism and an electric toothbrush 100 having the same, the electric toothbrush 100 including a spring cover mechanism, a brush head 22, and a brush cover 10 and a brush body 20 coupled to each other in a length direction, the brush head 22 being disposed between the brush cover 10 and the brush body 20 and coupled to the brush body 20, the brush cover 10 for protecting the brush head 22, the spring cover mechanism being disposed on the brush cover 10 at one portion and on the brush body 20 at the other portion. The spring cover mechanism includes a control unit 40 and at least one set of action units 50 (see fig. 3), wherein the control unit 40 is used for maintaining the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 in a combined state, and also is used for releasing the combination of the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 after receiving an external force, and the action units 50 are used for spring the toothbrush cover 10 from the toothbrush main body 20 after the combination of the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 is released.

For a better description of the utility model, the orientations referred to in this description are defined first; as shown in fig. 1, the length direction of the electric toothbrush 200 is the up-down direction, wherein the side of the toothbrush cover 10 is the up side and the side opposite to the side of the toothbrush cover 10 is the down side; the front-rear direction intersects with the up-down direction, preferably the front-rear direction is perpendicular to the up-down direction, wherein the side on which the control unit 40 is located is the front and the side opposite to the side on which the control unit 40 is located is the rear; the left-right direction intersects the front-rear direction and the up-down direction, and is preferably perpendicular to the front-rear direction and the up-down direction.

FIG. 3A is an exploded view of a portion of the components of an electric toothbrush in accordance with the present utility model; fig. 3B is a perspective view of a control member in accordance with the present utility model.

As shown in fig. 3, the control assembly 40 includes a control member 41 and a mounting portion 42 provided on the toothbrush main body 20, and a locked portion 413 (see fig. 2) provided on the toothbrush cover 10, the control member 41 being mounted on the mounting portion 42, the locked portion 413 being provided near an end where the toothbrush main body 20 is located. As shown in fig. 3A and 3B, the control member 41 includes a control member main body 411, a locking portion 412, a mounted portion 414, and a control portion 415, the mounted portion 414 being disposed between the locking portion 412 and the control portion 415.

The control body 411 extends in the up-down direction and the left-right direction, and in other embodiments, the toothbrush body 20 is entirely cylindrical, and the control body 411 extends in the up-down direction and the circumferential direction. The locking portion 412 is connected to the control member main body 411 and is capable of being engaged with the locked portion 413; one of the locking part 412 and the locked part 413 is provided with an opening or a slot, and the other is provided with a protrusion, which is engaged with the toothbrush cover 10 while the toothbrush main body 20 is maintained in a coupled state.

The attached portion 414 is connected to the control member main body 411, and the control member 41 is attached to the attachment portion 42 by the attached portion 414, and at this time, the control member 41 can swing about an axis 41a extending in the left-right direction. In the present embodiment, the swing shaft 414a is provided in the mounted portion 414, and at least one engaging portion 421 is provided in the mounting portion 42, and preferably, the middle portion of the swing shaft 414a is engaged to the engaging portion 421. Preferably, in the present embodiment, the mounting portion 42 is formed recessed inward from the surface of the toothbrush main body 20, and when the control member 41 is mounted to the mounting portion 42, the control member 41 is flush with the surface of the toothbrush main body 20.

In other embodiments, instead of the swinging shaft 414a, a ball may be disposed in the mounted portion 414, and in this case, a ball engaging portion may be disposed in the mounting portion 42, and the ball may be engaged with the ball engaging portion, and in this case, the control member 41 may swing around another axis in addition to the axis 41a, that is, the embodiment makes the swinging degree of freedom of the control member 41 larger.

In other embodiments, a protrusion extending in the left-right direction may be provided in one of the mounted portion 414 or the mounting portion 42, and a groove or a through hole formed in the left-right direction may be provided in the other, into which the protrusion is allowed to enter, so that the control member 41 is allowed to swing about the fixed axis 41a extending in the left-right direction; in other embodiments, a pinned connection may also be employed between the mounted portion 414 and the mounting portion 42.

The control part 415 is used for receiving an external force, the control part 415 is positioned in front of the control part main body 411, and the user presses the control part 415 to move the locking part 412 away from the locked part 413. A first elastic member 416 is provided between the control member 41 and the toothbrush main body 20, more specifically, the first elastic member 416 is provided between the mounting portion 42 and the control portion 415, the front end of the first elastic member 416 is connected to the control member 41, the rear end is connected to the mounting portion 42, and the first elastic member 416 may be provided as a spring, rubber, sponge, plastic, or other elastic material.

FIG. 3C is a perspective view of a connector according to the present utility model; fig. 4 is a schematic view of the functional assembly of the present utility model when the toothbrush cover is combined with the toothbrush body.

As shown in fig. 3A, preferably, the toothbrush main body 20 includes a coupling member 21 and a toothbrush handle 23, the coupling member 21 being disposed between the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush handle 23 for coupling the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush handle 23. As shown in fig. 2, 3A and 4, the acting component 50 includes an acting element 501, a second elastic element 502 and an acted element 503, further, the acted element 503 is disposed on the toothbrush cover 10, and a positioning portion 24 is disposed on the connecting element 21 or the toothbrush handle 23, preferably, in this embodiment, the positioning portion 24 is disposed on the toothbrush handle 23, at least a part of the second elastic element 502 and at least a part of the acting element 501 are mounted on the positioning portion 24, and the number of the positioning portions 24 corresponds to the number of the acting components 50. Preferably, in the present embodiment, two sets of the action assemblies 50 are disposed at opposite intervals in the left-right direction of the electric toothbrush 100. In the group of action assemblies 50, the positions of the action member 501, the second elastic member 502 and the acted member 503 in the up-down direction correspond, wherein the action member 501 is arranged between the second elastic member 502 and the acted member 503, the action member 501 and the acted member 503 are formed by extending in the up-down direction, the lower end of the action member 501 is connected with the upper end of the second elastic member 502, and when the toothbrush cover 10 is combined with the toothbrush main body 20, the upper end of the action member 501 is abutted with the lower end of the acted member 503; the second elastic member 502 may be provided as a spring, rubber, sponge, plastic, or other elastic material.

As shown in fig. 3C, the connecting member 21 is provided with a first avoidance portion 211 and a guide portion 212, where the first avoidance portion 211 is used to avoid the locking portion 412 of the control member 41; the number of the guide portions 212 corresponds to the number of the acting assemblies 50, the guide portions 212 are disposed between the acting member 501 and the acting member 503, and are used for guiding the acting member 501 and the acting member 503 to move in the up-down direction, the connecting member 21 further comprises second avoidance portions 213 and engagement portions 214, and the number of the second avoidance portions 213 and the number of the engagement portions 214 correspond to the number of the acting assemblies 50. The second avoidance portion 213 is configured to avoid the positioning portion 24; the positioning portion 24 is provided with a portion to be engaged 241, and the portion to be engaged 241 can be engaged with the engaging portion 214, and the engagement of the two allows the toothbrush cover 10 to be more firmly combined with the toothbrush main body 20, but does not prevent the spring cover action of the spring cover mechanism. In other embodiments, the connecting member 21 may not be provided on the toothbrush main body 20, and the toothbrush handle 23 and the toothbrush cover 10 may be directly coupled.

In the following, the action process of the spring cover mechanism will be described, after the electric toothbrush 100 is used, the user can cover the toothbrush cover 10 on the toothbrush main body 20 to protect the toothbrush head 22 from contamination, in the process of covering the toothbrush cover 10, the user presses the control part 415 of the control part 41, the first elastic member 416 is compressed to store elastic potential energy, the control part 41 swings around the fixed axis 41a, so that the locking part 412 of the control part 41 is far away from the locking part 413, and thus the combination of the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 is not hindered; during the coupling of the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20, the acted member 503 moves downward under the guide of the guide portion 212 of the connecting member 21 and compresses the second elastic member 502, the second elastic member 502 thus accumulates elastic potential energy, and when the to-be-engaged portion 214 is engaged with the engaged portion 241, the user releases the pressing of the control portion 415, and the first elastic member 416 releases the elastic potential energy, so that the locking portion 412 is engaged with the to-be-locked portion 413, thereby maintaining the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 in the coupled state.

In other embodiments, the user may not press the control portion 415 of the control member 41, that is, opposite inclined surfaces are provided on the locking portion 412 and the locked portion 413, respectively, the inclined surfaces are used to guide the locking portion 412 to be matched with the locked portion 413, and during the process of covering the toothbrush cover 10, the locking portion 412 and the locked portion 413 are mutually pressed by the inclined surfaces, so that the locking portion 412 swings away from the locked portion 413, and thus the toothbrush cover 10 can continue to move towards the direction approaching the toothbrush main body 20, and the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 are maintained in the combined state when the locking portion 412 is matched with the locked portion 413.

When the user uses the electric toothbrush 100, the user presses the control portion 415 of the control member 41, the locking portion 412 of the control member 41 is far away from the locked portion 413, that is, the locking portion 412 is disengaged from the locked portion 413, at this time, the second elastic member 502 releases elastic potential energy, the acting member 501 pushes the acting member 503 upward, the engaging portion 214 is disengaged from the engaged portion 241, and the toothbrush cover 10 is sprung up to be separated from the toothbrush main body 20.

The present utility model provides an electric toothbrush 100 having a flip mechanism, the electric toothbrush 100 comprising a toothbrush cap 10 and a toothbrush body 20 combined with each other, the flip mechanism being disposed on one portion of the toothbrush cap 10 and on the other portion of the toothbrush body 20. The spring cover mechanism comprises a control assembly 40 and at least one group of action assemblies 50, wherein the control assembly 40 is used for maintaining the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 in a combined state, and is also used for releasing the combination of the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 after receiving external force, and the action assemblies 50 are used for spring the toothbrush cover 10 from the toothbrush main body 20 after the combination of the toothbrush cover 10 and the toothbrush main body 20 is released. The electric toothbrush with the spring cover mechanism can keep the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body in a combined state, is favorable for protecting the toothbrush head and carrying the electric toothbrush, and simultaneously, can enable a user to easily take down the toothbrush cover from the toothbrush main body, and has the advantages of time and labor saving.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model, and are not limited thereto. It should be noted that modifications to the embodiments described above, or equivalents of some of the features, may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present utility model; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present utility model.

Claims

1. An electric toothbrush is characterized by comprising a spring cover mechanism, a toothbrush cover and a toothbrush main body, wherein the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body are combined with each other, one part of the spring cover mechanism is arranged on the toothbrush cover, and the other part of the spring cover mechanism is arranged on the toothbrush main body; the spring cover mechanism comprises a control component and at least one group of action components, wherein the control component is used for enabling the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body to be maintained in a combined state, and is also used for removing the combination of the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body after receiving external force, and the action components are used for spring the toothbrush cover from the toothbrush main body after the combination of the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush main body is removed.

2. The electric toothbrush according to claim 1, wherein the action assembly comprises an action member, an acted-on member and a second elastic member which are positioned correspondingly in the up-down direction, the action member and the second elastic member are provided on the toothbrush main body, the acted-on member is provided on the toothbrush cover, the action member is provided between the acted-on member and the second elastic member, the lower end of the action member is connected with the upper end of the second elastic member, and the upper end of the action member abuts against the lower end of the acted-on member.

3. The electric toothbrush according to claim 2, wherein the toothbrush main body includes a handle, the toothbrush cover is combined with the handle, a positioning portion is provided on the handle, at least a portion of the acting member and at least a portion of the second elastic member are mounted on the positioning portion, and the number of the positioning portions corresponds to the number of the acting members.

4. The electric toothbrush according to claim 2, wherein the toothbrush main body comprises a toothbrush handle and a connecting member provided between the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush handle for connecting the toothbrush cover and the toothbrush handle, the connecting member or the toothbrush handle being provided with positioning portions on which at least a part of the acting member and at least a part of the second elastic member are mounted, the number of the positioning portions corresponding to the number of the acting members.

5. The electric toothbrush according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the control assembly comprises a control member disposed on the toothbrush body and a mounting portion on which the control member is swingably mounted.

6. The electric toothbrush according to claim 5, wherein the control member swings about an axis extending in the left-right direction.

7. The electric toothbrush according to claim 5, wherein the control assembly further comprises a locked portion provided on the toothbrush cover, the control member comprising a control member body and a locking portion connected to the control member body for mating with the locked portion.

8. The electric toothbrush according to claim 7, wherein the control member further comprises a control portion provided on the control member body, the control portion for receiving an external force.

9. The electric toothbrush according to claim 5, wherein a first resilient member is disposed between the control member and the toothbrush body.

10. The electric toothbrush according to claim 8, wherein the control member further comprises a mounted portion connected to the control member body, the mounted portion being provided between the locking portion and the control portion, a swinging shaft being provided in the mounted portion, at least one engaging portion being provided in the mounting portion, the swinging shaft being engaged to the engaging portion.