JP2005342030A - Oral cavity cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oral cavity cleaner which general people can freely use at home, and in addition, which can easily be used at home without using a special tooth polishing material such as a particle just like a conventional technique. <P>SOLUTION: Micro bubbles are generated by a bubble generator 2 by making water in a water tank 1 circulate in a direction shown by arrow A by a reversible pump 5. The bubbles generated in the water tank 1 are fed out in a direction shown by arrow B by reversing the pump 5 in a direction shown by arrow R, and fed to a toothbrush 20 through a microbubble feeding tube 30. Then, the bubbles are jetted from pores which are provided on a bristle-planted brush surface. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an intraoral cleaning device, and more particularly to an intraoral cleaning device that uses a toothbrush and injects microbubbles from the toothbrush to clean the oral cavity wall and tooth surface.

In modern society, teeth are an important element of beauty, and recently there has been increasing interest in making teeth appear clean. As a means for smoothing the tooth surface or cleaning the tooth surface, conventionally, a spray (air and air) in which fine particles are mixed from a hole provided at the tip of a dental treatment handpiece (microengine, air turbine, etc.). The tooth surface is polished by spraying a mixture flow with water) to clean the tooth surface (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
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  However, the conventional intraoral cleaning device is used by a dentist during dental treatment in a dental clinic, and a general person cannot use it freely at home, and is unusable.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can be used freely by ordinary people at home, and without using special materials such as fine particles as in the prior art. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an intraoral cleaning device that can be used easily and easily.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the microbubbles generated in the water tank by rotating the water tank and the water in the water tank by rotating in one direction to generate microbubbles, and rotating in the reverse direction. And a toothbrush having a microbubble injection port for injecting microbubbles delivered by the pump.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the toothbrush is detachably coupled to a coupling mechanism provided at the tip of a tube that feeds microbubbles delivered from the pump. It is what.

  According to the present invention, it can be used freely in each home, and since the materials used for oral cleaning are only water and air, it can be used simply without being affected by health. . In addition to cleaning the tooth surface, the living tissue of the oral cavity wall can be stimulated, the oral cavity wall tissue can be activated, and blood circulation of the oral cavity wall tissue can be improved.

  FIG. 1 is an overall structural diagram for explaining an embodiment of an intraoral cleaning device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a microbubble generated in water, and the microbubble generated in the water is sent out together with water. An intraoral cleaning device main body having a function, 20 is a toothbrush used in the present invention, 30 is detachably connected to the intraoral cleaning device main body 10 and / or the toothbrush 20, and the intraoral cleaning device main body 10 In the present invention, the microbubbles generated in the inside of the oral cavity cleaning device main body 10 having the function of generating and delivering microbubbles are combined with the water. It is delivered to the toothbrush 20 through the tube 30 and sprayed from the pores provided in the toothbrush 20, and the microbubbles (bubbles) expand and burst in the oral cavity (repel) ) The impact on the inner wall of the oral cavity and teeth and the impact on the water when the microbubbles (bubbles) are repelled, the water impacts the inner wall of the oral cavity and the tooth surface, and the dirt adhered to the inner wall of the oral cavity and the tooth surface is removed. Furthermore, the living tissue is activated (blood circulation is promoted) by giving a massage effect to the inner wall of the oral cavity and the gingiva.

In FIG. 1, an intraoral cleaning device body 10 includes a water tank 1 containing water for generating microbubbles, a microbubble generator 2 provided in the water tank 1, and a microbubble in the water tank 1. A flow passage 3 having a check valve 3 ₁ for circulating water in the water tank 1 and a check valve 3 ₂ for sending out microbubbles generated in the water tank 1 in order to generate bubbles; And a pump 5 for circulating the water in the water tank 1 to generate microbubbles in the water tank 1 and for sending out the generated microbubbles (in the case of the illustrated example, a known tube pump is used). Although the example used was shown, in the present invention, any fluid can be used as long as the fluid in the tube (or pipe) 6 can flow forward and backward), the fluid fed by the pump 5 (water containing microbubbles) A fluid flow path 6 for circulating the water, a check valve 7 ₁ for circulating the water in the water tank 1, and a check valve 7 ₂ for feeding the microbubbles generated in the water tank 1 to the toothbrush 20. And a fluid flow path 7 having

In FIG. 1, in order to generate microbubbles, the pump 5 is rotated in the direction of arrow N, and the water in the water tank 1 is supplied with a check valve 7 ₁ , a pump 5, a check valve 3 ₁ , a microbubble generator ( The microbubble aerator 2 and the water tank 1 are circulated in the direction of arrow A, and microbubbles (indicated by white circles in the figure) are generated in the water tank 1.

As described above, after sufficiently generating microbubbles in the water tank 1, when the pump 5 is rotated in the reverse direction (rotated in the direction of arrow R), the microbubbles generated in the water tank 1 3 ₂ , the pump 5 (tube 6), the check valve 7 ₂ , and the tube 30 are fed to the toothbrush 20, and preferably injected through pores provided on the surface of the toothbrush 20 on the side of the flock 21. .

  As described above, the microbubbles injected from the flocked side of the toothbrush 20 are mixed in the water in the water tank 1 and compressed by the water, but are injected from the toothbrush 20 into the oral cavity (outside air). However, the impact of the bubble itself and the impact of water impacted by the impact on the oral cavity wall surface and tooth surface are received by the impact, and the dirt on the oral cavity wall surface and tooth surface is removed by the impact. Furthermore, the toothbrush bristles (flocked) 21 are cleaned.

  Although an example of a manual toothbrush is shown in the figure, the present invention can also be applied to an electric toothbrush. In that case, a lead wire is provided in the microbubble feeding tube 30 to grip the toothbrush 20. If the holding part is provided with a switch for turning on / off the electric drive of the toothbrush, and further provided with a valve switch for injecting or stopping microbubbles (drive / stop switch for the pump 5), the intraoral cleaning operation is extremely performed. It becomes easy.

  Thus, since the toothbrush 20 is normally used for each individual when used at home, the toothbrush 20 and the bubble feeding tube 30 are detachably connectable, and the microbubble generator 10 Only the microbubble feeding tube 30 may be used in common. Further, as described above, when a hand switch is provided on the toothbrush 20, the toothbrush becomes expensive, and further, a lead wire is required in the microbubble feeding tube 30, and the microbubble feeding tube 30 is also provided. It becomes expensive.

  In order to suppress the high cost as described above, if these operation switches are provided in the intraoral cleaning device main body 10, the toothbrush 20 and the microbubble feeding tube 30 can be made cheaper. Can be used, the toothbrush 20 can be made disposable and more sanitary. Or by making the intraoral cleaning apparatus main-body part 10 portable, this intraoral cleaning apparatus main-body part 10 can be used together more effectively.

It is a principal part structure diagram for demonstrating one Example of the intraoral cleaning apparatus by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... water tank, 2 ... microbubble generators, 3 ... fluid channel, 3 _1, 3 ₂ ... check valve, 5 ... reversible pump, 6 ... tube, 7 _1, 7 ₂ ... check valve, 7 ... fluid A flow path, 10 ... main part of an intraoral cleaning device, 20 ... toothbrush, 21 ... flocking, 30 ... microbubble feeding tube.

Claims (2)

  A water tank, a pump that circulates water in the water tank by rotating in one direction to generate microbubbles, and a microbubble generated in the water tank by rotating in the reverse direction; An intraoral cleaning device comprising a toothbrush having a microbubble injection port for injecting microbubbles delivered by a pump.   The intraoral cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the toothbrush is detachably connected to a connection mechanism provided at a distal end of a tube that feeds microbubbles delivered from the pump.

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