JP2015085171A - Auxiliary tool for toothbrushing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent contamination of hands and clothes of a user or the like due to a dentifrice running down from an implanting part of a toothbrush during toothbrushing.SOLUTION: An auxiliary tool 1 for toothbrushing comprises a dentifrice storage part 2 into which a dentifrice flows, and an overall shape of the auxiliary tool is a substantially cylindrical container shape. At the upper part, an opening 3 through which the dentifrice flows into the dentifrice storage part 2 is formed. At the lower part, a fitting hole into which a handle 4a or a neck 4b of a toothbrush 4 is fitted is formed. The auxiliary tool can be attached to the handle 4a and/or the neck 4b of the commercial toothbrush 4.

Description

  The present invention relates to a toothpaste aid for preventing dentifrice from flowing down from a toothbrush when brushing teeth.

  To brush your teeth, apply a toothbrush diagonally (about 45 degrees) to the boundary between the teeth and gums, and gently apply a bath method or a toothbrush that vibrates left and right to your teeth. There are various brushing methods such as scrubbing to remove dirt or rolling to move the toothbrush to rotate from the gums to the teeth. The toothbrush to be used is usually from the tip to the flocked part (head), neck (neck) ), And a handle portion (handle).

  When brushing teeth, generally, a pasty toothpaste is applied to the flocked portion of a toothbrush in advance, and the handle portion is gripped by hand, and the brushing of the teeth is performed using the various toothbrushing methods described above.

JP 2013-192606 A JP 2012-245314 A

  If tooth brushing is performed as described above, the toothpaste that is mixed with saliva in the oral cavity and becomes liquid will accumulate in the oral cavity and flow down from the flocked portion of the toothbrush to the neck and further to the handle. And at this time, if the elbow is not raised than the hand holding the toothbrush, the liquid toothpaste will flow down from the hand to the forearm, and furthermore the clothes such as pajamas worn by the person who is brushing teeth There is also the inconvenience of flowing down and soiling the clothes. In addition, white streaks of toothpaste are attached to the forearm where the liquid toothpaste has been washed away, so after brushing the hands and forearms must be washed away with water or hot water. In fact, it is often the case that toothpaste can be bothered by inconvenience.

  The objective of this invention is providing the toothbrushing auxiliary tool which receives the dentifrice which flows down from the flocked part of a toothbrush during toothbrushing, and a toothbrush equipped with the same.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the whole provided with a dentifrice reservoir into which the dentifrice flows is formed into a container shape, an opening for inflow to the dentifrice reservoir is formed in the upper part, and a toothbrush in the lower part The toothbrushing assisting tool is formed with a fitting hole into which the handle part and / or the neck part of the tooth is inserted.

The present invention according to claim 2 is a technical feature of the toothbrushing assisting device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion around the lower fitting hole has rubber-like elasticity.

The present invention described in claim 3 is a toothbrush comprising a flocked part (head), a neck part (neck) and a handle part (handle) from the tip, wherein the toothbrushing auxiliary tool according to claim 1 or 2 is the handle part or A toothbrush with a toothpaste assisting device, which is mounted on a neck. The toothbrush includes an electric toothbrush.

  The toothpaste aid according to the present invention can be easily attached to the toothbrush through the neck or handle of a commercially available toothbrush in its insertion hole, and a dentifrice is applied to the flocked part of the toothbrush as usual. If toothpaste is applied, even if the toothpaste that is mixed with the saliva in the user's mouth flows down from the toothbrush flocked portion, the toothpaste goes from the inflow opening of the toothpaste aid to the dentifrice reservoir. So that the user's hand, forearm, or clothes are not soiled by the toothpaste.

  In addition, to prevent the user's hand, forearm, or clothes from being soiled by the dentifrice, it is no longer necessary to brush while raising the elbow rather than the hand holding the toothbrush. It is easy to carry out and has the advantage that the trouble of brushing teeth can be eliminated at once, coupled with the anti-staining effect described above.

  Furthermore, as described above, the tooth brushing aid of the present invention has a simple structure and can be manufactured at low cost.

1 is a perspective view of a toothbrushing auxiliary tool according to the present invention and a toothbrush equipped with the same. It is an expansion perspective view of the toothbrushing auxiliary tool in the handle part of the toothbrush of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2.

  Next, although embodiment of this invention is described according to drawing, this invention is not limited to this embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the toothpaste auxiliary tool 1 according to the present invention has a generally cylindrical container shape with a dentifrice reservoir 2 into which the dentifrice flows, and the upper portion is a toothpaste. An opening 3 for inflow of the dentifrice into the agent reservoir 2 is formed, and a fitting hole 5 into which the handle portion 4a or the neck portion 4b of the toothbrush 4 is fitted is formed in the lower portion.

As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the toothpaste auxiliary tool 1 has a hollow shape with a substantially square cross section, and is made of synthetic resin or rubber.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the inflow opening 3 and the fitting hole 5 are both circular, and the peripheral portion of the fitting hole 5 is formed on the handle 4 a and / or the neck 4 b of various toothbrushes 4. In some cases, it may have a rubbery elasticity or a bellows shape so as to be compatible.

  The toothbrush 4 according to the present embodiment is the same as a commercially available one, and is composed of three parts from the tip: a hair transplantation part (head) 4c, a neck part (neck) 4b, and a handle part (handle) 4a. A plurality of rows of fiber bundles are erected on the flocked portion 4c.

  Since the toothbrushing auxiliary tool according to the present invention can be manufactured at low cost and can be easily attached to a commercially available toothbrush, it can be expected to be widely used in the hygiene daily necessities field.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tooth brushing aid 2 Dentifrice storage part 3 Inflow opening 4 Toothbrush 4a Handle part 4b Neck part 4c Flocking part

Claims (3)

  The whole provided with a dentifrice reservoir into which the dentifrice flows is formed into a container shape, an opening for inflow to the dentifrice reservoir is formed in the upper part, and a handle and / or neck part of the toothbrush is formed in the lower part. A toothpaste assisting tool in which a fitting hole is formed.   The toothpaste aid according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion around the lower fitting hole has rubber elasticity.   A toothbrush having a flocked portion (head), a neck portion (neck) and a handle portion (handle) from the tip, wherein the toothbrushing auxiliary tool according to claim 1 or 2 is attached to the handle portion or the neck portion. Toothbrush with tools.

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