JP2019187527A - Attachment for tooth surface cleaning tool and tooth surface cleaning tool using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool in which a risk of a melamine sponge being an abutment part with a tooth surface to fall off can greatly be decreased in the tooth surface cleaning and the replacement of a melamine sponge portion is easy, and provide the tooth surface cleaning tool using the same.SOLUTION: An attachment 30 for a tooth surface cleaning tool is used for the tooth surface cleaning tool 10 by connecting it to a handle 20. The attachment is characterized by comprising: a base piece 32A; a support 32 having a first extension piece 32B and a second extension piece 32C extending from the tip of the base piece 32A to the opposite direction with each other, and forming a T-shape; a first sandwiching body 34A and a second sandwiching body 34B for sandwiching and fixing a first end 40A and a second end 40B of a melamine sponge 40 arranged along an outer surface of the support 32 between the front and rear sides of the base piece 32A of the support 32; and a support side connection part 36 integrally formed in the proximal end of the support 32.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool and a tooth surface cleaning tool using the attachment.

  One of the tooth surface cleaning tools for cleaning the tooth surface is one in which a contact portion with the tooth surface is formed of a soft material wiping piece. Such a tooth surface cleaning tool is advantageous in that the tooth surface cleaning tool can be used in a sanitary manner by making the soft material wiping piece part replaceable. As a tooth surface cleaning tool in which such a soft material wiping piece can be replaced, configurations disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-3005866) and Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-233656) are disclosed. It has been known.

JP 2000-300586 A JP 2010-233656 A

  Since the tooth surface cleaning tool disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a configuration in which the soft material wiping piece is bonded to the tip of the handle with an adhesive sheet or the like, the soft material wiping piece is used during tooth surface cleaning. May fall off the handle. Further, since the tooth surface cleaning tool disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a soft material wiping piece attached to the handle by winding, there is a problem that the attachment and detachment of the soft material wiping piece with respect to the handle is complicated. is there.

  Therefore, the present invention can greatly reduce the risk that the soft material wiping piece that is in contact with the tooth surface will fall off during the tooth surface cleaning, and replacement of the soft material wiping piece portion is possible. An object is to provide an easy attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool and a tooth surface cleaning tool using the attachment.

  That is, the present invention is an attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool used as a tooth surface cleaning tool by being connected to a handle, and includes a base piece and a first extension extending in opposite directions from the first end of the base piece. A T-shaped support body having a piece and a second extension piece, and both ends of a soft material wiping piece disposed along the outer surface of the support body, the base piece of the support body A sandwiching body that is sandwiched and fixed between the front and back surfaces, and a support-side connecting portion that is formed on the second end side of the base piece of the support and is detachably attached to the handle. This is an attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool.

  This can greatly reduce the risk that the melamine sponge that is in contact with the tooth surface will fall off during cleaning of the tooth surface, and can easily replace the soft material wiping piece. Become.

  Further, the sandwiching body is constituted by a first sandwiching body and a second sandwiching body that are formed wider than the width dimension of the base piece, and the first sandwiching body is in the width direction of the base piece. A first ridge body that stands up at an outer position; and a first ridge body insertion portion that is formed adjacent to the standing position of the first ridge body, wherein the second sandwiching body includes A second ridge body standing upright at a position facing the first ridge body insertion section; and a second ridge body insertion section drilled at a position facing the standing position of the first ridge body. The first sandwiching body and the second sandwiching body cause the first projecting body to be inserted into the second projecting body insertion part, and the second projecting body to be inserted into the first projecting body insertion part. It is preferable to attach to the said support body by making it insert in.

  Thereby, a soft material wiping piece can be clamped reliably and easily.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said 1st clamping body and the said 2nd clamping body are formed with the convex part extended in the width direction on the contact surface with the said soft material wiping piece.

  Thereby, it can mount | wear with the state which prevented the soft material wiping piece from coming off to the support body.

  The soft material wiping piece is preferably a melamine sponge.

  This facilitates the arrangement of the soft material wiping piece.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the length of the said 1st extending piece is longer than the length of the said 2nd extending piece as for the said support body. The first extending piece preferably has an obtuse angle with respect to the base piece. Furthermore, it is preferable that the support body side connecting portion is formed in a state of being bent toward the second extending piece with respect to the base piece.

  With these, when cleaning the back side of the front teeth on the upper jaw side etc., it is possible to easily contact the soft material wiping piece of the first extending piece, and it is possible to increase the contact area with the tooth surface, Efficient tooth surface cleaning can be performed.

  In addition, the attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool according to any one of the above, the soft material wiping piece attached to the attachment for the tooth surface cleaning tool, and the attachment for the tooth surface cleaning tool are detachably connected. And a handle having a built-in drive source that vibrates the attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool.

  This can greatly reduce the risk that the soft material wiping piece that is in contact with the tooth surface will fall off during the tooth surface cleaning and the risk that the handler of this product will be infected with an infectious disease, etc. It is possible to provide a tooth surface cleaning tool capable of easily replacing a soft material wiping piece.

  According to the configuration of the tooth surface cleaning tool attachment and the tooth surface cleaning tool using the same according to the present invention, the risk of the soft material wiping piece that is in contact with the tooth surface falling off during the tooth surface cleaning is greatly reduced. It can be reduced, and the soft material wiping piece can be easily replaced.

It is a perspective view of the tooth surface cleaning tool in this embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the attachment procedure of the melamine sponge to the attachment for tooth surface cleaning tools in this embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the attachment procedure of the melamine sponge to the attachment for tooth surface cleaning tools in this embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the attachment procedure of the melamine sponge to the attachment for tooth surface cleaning tools in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the melamine sponge to the attachment for tooth surface cleaning tools in this embodiment.

  The tooth surface cleaning tool in this invention is demonstrated based on embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the tooth surface cleaning tool 10 according to this embodiment is attached to a handle 20, a tooth surface cleaning tool attachment 30 detachably connected to the handle 20, and a tooth surface cleaning tool attachment 30. A melamine sponge 40 as a soft material wiping piece is provided.

  The handle 20 is formed with a handle side connecting portion 22 for connecting the tooth surface cleaning tool attachment 30 to the tip portion. The handle side connecting portion 22 is integrally formed with a synthetic resin at the tip of the output shaft AX of the vibration motor M that is a drive source built in the handle 20. The vibration motor M is driven by a battery B built in the handle 20. As such a handle 20, what is called an electric toothbrush can be used conveniently.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the attachment 30 for a tooth surface cleaning tool supports a support body 32 to which the melamine sponge 40 is attached and a melamine sponge 40 disposed so as to surround the support body 32 along the outer surface of the support body 32. A clamping body 34 that is clamped together with the body 32, and a support body side coupling portion 36 that is integrally formed at the end of the support body 32 on the handle 20 side are provided. The support body side connecting portion 36 is detachably connected to the handle side connecting portion 22.

  The support body 32 has a T-shape having a plate-like base piece 32A and a first extending piece 32B and a second extending piece 32C extending in opposite directions from the distal end (first end) of the base piece 32A. There is no. Further, in the base piece 32A in the present embodiment, a convex part 32D that bites the melamine sponge 40 into the contact surface with the melamine sponge 40, and a positional shift of the position where the base piece 32A and the melamine sponge 40 are held by the holding body 34. A stopper 32E is formed to prevent this. Although the convex portion 32D is formed in a simple rectangular shape here, it can be formed in a shape (for example, an arrow shape) having a retaining portion at the tip portion of the convex portion 32D.

  Further, the length of the first extending piece 32B in the support body 32 in the present embodiment is formed longer than the length of the second extending piece 32C. Further, the first extending piece 32B extends so as to form an obtuse angle with respect to the base piece 32A, and the second extending piece 32C extends so as to form an acute angle with respect to the base piece 32A. That is, the support body 32 is formed in a T-shape that is asymmetric with respect to the base piece 32A. And the support body side connection part 36 is formed in the state bent to the side of the 2nd extension piece 32C (theta direction in FIG. 2) with respect to the base piece 32A. By adopting these configurations, the melamine sponge 40 on the side of the first extension piece 32B is provided on the back surface of the front teeth on the upper jaw side, and the melamine sponge 40 on the side of the second extension piece 32C is provided on the back surface of the front teeth on the lower jaw side. Each can be made to contact easily. Further, it is advantageous in that the contact area between the teeth and the melamine sponge 40 can be increased.

  2 to 4, the melamine sponge 40 is formed in a rectangular plate shape having the same width as the width of the support 32 (base piece 32A, first extension piece 32B, second extension piece 32C). Is formed. Moreover, in this embodiment, the clamping body 34 which clamps the melamine sponge 40 with the support body 32 is larger than the width dimension of the support body 32 (base piece 32A, 1st extension piece 32B, 2nd extension piece 32C). The first sandwiching body 34A and the second sandwiching body 34B are formed in a wide plate-like body.

  34 A of 1st clamping bodies adjoin the standing position of the 1st protrusion body 38A and the 1st protrusion body 38A which stand at predetermined intervals in the position outside the base piece 32A in the width direction of the base piece 32A of the support body 32. And a first ridge member insertion portion 39 </ b> A that is drilled at a position. Further, the second sandwiching body 34B is adjacent to the standing position of the second projecting body 38B and the second projecting body 38B that erects at a predetermined interval at a position outside the base piece 32A in the width direction of the base piece 32A. And a second protrusion insertion portion 39B drilled in. The first sandwiching body 34A and the second sandwiching body 34B formed as described above are inserted into the second projecting body insertion portion 39B at a position where the first projecting body 38A faces the first projecting body 38A, The second protrusion 38B is inserted into the first protrusion insertion part 39A at a position facing the second protrusion 38B and attached to the base piece 32A. Here, the first ridge body 38A and the first ridge body insertion portion 39A, and the second ridge body 38B and the second ridge body insertion portion 39B are arranged in a straight line, respectively. An arrangement such as a so-called staggered arrangement may also be used.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the melamine sponge 40 abuts the first end 40A in the longitudinal direction against the stopper 32E at the end on the first surface side (back surface) of the base piece 32A of the support 32. Deploy. And after making the melamine sponge 40 get over the convex part 32D, as shown in FIG. 4, along the outer surface of the T-shaped support body 32, the base piece 32A, the first extending piece 32B, and the second extending piece 32C. After passing over the convex portion 32D on the second surface side (front surface) of the base piece 32A, the second end portion 40B of the melamine sponge 40 is abutted against the stopper 32E. 4 and 5, the first sandwiching body 34A and the second sandwiching body 34B are attached to the base piece 32A, so that both ends 40A, 40B of the melamine sponge 40 are attached to the surface of the base piece 32A of the support 32. It is sandwiched between the back and fixed.

  The melamine sponge 40 fixed to the support body 32 in this way is in a state where the convex portion 32D is engulfed along the width direction of the melamine sponge 40, and the holding position by the holding body 34 is not shifted by the stopper 32E. It is in the state where it was positioned as follows. For this reason, the pinching body 34 and the melamine sponge 40 do not fall off from the attachment 30 for the tooth surface cleaning tool during the cleaning of the tooth surface. Further, by attaching the melamine sponge 40 so as to surround the outer surface of the support body 32, the outer portions of the first extending piece 32B and the second extending piece 32C (main contact surfaces with the tooth surfaces). The melamine sponge 40 can be thickened. This is advantageous in that the replacement cycle of the melamine sponge 40 can be extended even if the melamine sponge 40 is worn due to tooth cleaning.

  Further, when the tooth surface cleaning tool 10 is used, the first extending piece 32B is arranged on the upper side so that the melamine sponge 40 can easily reach the back surface of the front teeth on the upper jaw side, which is difficult to clean, and the upper jaw side. The contact area between the back surface of the front teeth and the melamine sponge 40 can be increased. These are very convenient in that the back surface of the front teeth on the upper jaw side can be reliably and easily cleaned. Further, after the use of the tooth surface cleaning tool 10, the attachment 30 for the tooth surface cleaning tool can be easily replaced by simply releasing the connection between the handle side connection part 22 and the support body side connection part 36. This is economical in that it allows hygienic use of the tooth surface cleaning tool 10.

  Although the tooth surface cleaning tool 10 in this embodiment was demonstrated above, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the thickness dimension of the melamine sponge 40 is constant in the longitudinal direction of the melamine sponge 40, but the portions that contact the tooth surface (the first extending piece 32B and the second extending piece 32C). It is also possible to employ a melamine sponge 40 in which the thickness of the portion) is thicker than other portions. In addition, the soft material wiping piece is not limited to melamine sponge, and other known products represented by synthetic resin plate bodies such as silicone rubber and compressed fiber body plate bodies such as felt are used. It is also possible.

  Moreover, in the above embodiment, although the 1st extending piece 32B of the support body 32 demonstrated the form formed longer than the 2nd extending piece 32C, the 1st extending piece 32B and the 2nd extending piece were demonstrated. The form of the support body 32 in which the lengths of the pieces 32C are equal may be employed. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the first extending piece 32B extends in an obtuse angle direction with respect to the base piece 32A, and the second extending piece 32C extends in an acute angle direction with respect to the base piece 32A. However, the first extending piece 32B and the second extending piece 32C may be extended in the direction perpendicular to the base piece 32A.

  Moreover, in the above embodiment, although the form which comprises the clamping body 34 by 34 A of 1st clamping bodies and 34 A of 1st clamping bodies separate from the 1st clamping body 34A was demonstrated, It is also possible to adopt a form in which the second sandwiching body 34B is connected in a bivalve shape by a connecting body not shown. Moreover, the form which formed the recessed part which is not shown in figure in the part of 1st clamping body 34A and 2nd clamping body 34B which opposes convex part 32D formed in base piece 32A of the support body 32 is also employable. This is advantageous in that the melamine sponge 40 over the convex portion 32D can be released into the concave portion and the melamine sponge 40 can be easily held by the holding body 34. Moreover, the form of base piece 32A in which convex part 32D is not formed is also employable.

  Moreover, in the above embodiment, although the support body side connection part 36 has shown the form bent to the 2nd extension piece 32C side with respect to the base piece 32A, the support body side connection part 36 of the base piece 32A is shown. A form provided in the extending direction can also be adopted.

  Furthermore, the form which combined suitably the modified example described in the specification with the structure in the above embodiment and another well-known structure is also employable.

10 Tooth surface cleaning tool,
20 handle,
22 Handle side connecting part,
30 Attachment for tooth surface cleaning tool,
32 support,
32A base piece, 32B first extending piece, 32C second extending piece,
32D convex part, 32E stopper,
34 Nipping body,
34A 1st clamping body, 34B 2nd clamping body,
36 support body side connection part,
38A 1st protrusion body, 38B 2nd protrusion body,
39A 1st protrusion insertion part, 39B 2nd protrusion insertion part,
40 melamine sponge,
40A first end, 40B second end M vibration motor,
AX output shaft,
B battery

Claims (8)

An attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool used as a tooth surface cleaning tool by connecting to a handle,
A T-shaped support body having a base piece, a first extending piece and a second extending piece extending in opposite directions from the first end of the base piece;
A sandwiching body for sandwiching and fixing both ends of the soft material wiping piece disposed along the outer surface of the support body between the front and back surfaces of the base piece of the support body;
A support-side connecting portion formed on the second end side of the base piece of the support and detachably attached to the handle;
An attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool, comprising: The sandwiching body is constituted by a first sandwiching body and a second sandwiching body that are formed wider than the width dimension of the base piece,
The first clamping body includes a first ridge body that stands at an outer position in the width direction of the base piece, and a first ridge body insertion portion that is formed adjacent to the standing position of the first ridge body. And having
The second sandwiching body includes a second projecting body standing at a position facing the first projecting body insertion portion, and a second projecting hole formed at a position facing the standing position of the first projecting body. A strip insertion part,
The first sandwiching body and the second sandwiching body insert the first projecting body into the second projecting body insertion portion and insert the second projecting body into the first projecting body insertion portion. The attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the attachment is attached to the support body.   The tooth surface cleaning according to claim 2, wherein a convex portion extending in a width direction is formed on a contact surface with the soft material wiping piece on the first sandwiching body and the second sandwiching body. Equipment attachment.   The tooth surface cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support has a length of the first extending piece longer than a length of the second extending piece. Attachment for.   The attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first extending piece has an obtuse angle with respect to the base piece.   The said support body side connection part is formed in the state bent in the side of the said 2nd extension piece with respect to the said base piece, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Attachment for tooth surface cleaning tool.   The attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the soft material wiping piece is a melamine sponge. The attachment for a tooth surface cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A soft material wiping piece attached to the attachment for the tooth surface cleaning tool;
The handle for attaching the tooth surface cleaning tool is detachably connected, and has a built-in drive source for vibrating the attachment for the tooth surface cleaning tool;
The tooth surface cleaning tool characterized by having.

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