JP6083010B1 - Intraoral cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed device supplies an appropriate amount of water into the brush portion of a toothbrush, and appropriately removes water and food residue from the oral cavity and simplifies the device configuration. A disclosed apparatus 1 is a toothbrush body 2 having a handle portion, a neck portion, a head portion, and a brush portion, and supplies water to the toothbrush body based on an exhaust operation by a pump 12 that sucks and exhausts air by human power. A toothbrush body to which a drainage channel 32 that drains water from the toothbrush body is connected based on an intake operation by the water supply channel 22 and the pump, an airtight water supply tank 18 that communicates with the water supply channel and an exhaust mechanism of the pump, a drainage channel, and a pump A toothbrush device having an airtight drain tank 20 in communication with the air intake mechanism, wherein the end 24 of the water supply channel is disposed in the brush portion, the tip of the portion disposed in the brush portion is closed, The side part is provided with a hole for discharging water, and the end part of the drainage channel is arranged in the vicinity of the position where it comes into contact with the brush part. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to the technology of an apparatus for cleaning the oral cavity.

  Keeping the oral cavity clean is very important because it can cause severe oral disease and, in some cases, cause respiratory complications and even death. is there.

  On the other hand, so-called physically handicapped persons (hereinafter referred to as patients) such as severely disabled persons, bedridden elderly persons, and severely hospitalized patients require helpers because they cannot brush their own teeth. There is little tendency to dry the oral cavity. Therefore, it is necessary to inject water into the oral cavity, but since the injected water cannot be discharged by itself, it is necessary to suck the water accumulated in the oral cavity simultaneously with the water injection.

  On the other hand, since there is a tendency for lack of clean water at evacuation shelters in earthquake-stricken areas, toothpaste is neglected, resulting in oral diseases caused by dirty oral cavity, and respiratory complications resulting from it The illness is a problem among those staying in shelters.

  From the background as described above, research and development of devices for cleaning the oral cavity have been actively conducted. For example, in Patent Documents 1 to 5, various oral cleaning devices and toothbrush devices have been proposed. .

Special table 2008-501411 JP 9-201233 A JP 2000-139963 A JP 2006-334276 A JP 2006-6570 A

  However, the above-described conventional technique has a problem that not only water cannot be properly distributed to the brush portion of the toothbrush, but also excess water is supplied into the oral cavity. There is a risk of causing a sore throat to the patient by supplying extra water into the oral cavity, while extra water is also supplied to the oral cavity for those living in shelters. It is difficult to brush your teeth, and you will waste valuable water at the shelter.

  Further, in the above-described conventional technology, the device itself is complicated and large-scale, and is not portable and inconvenient to carry, or the price of the device is expensive and the necessary number of units cannot be deployed. There is.

  Therefore, in the present invention, in view of the above problems, an oral cleaning device that supplies an appropriate amount of water into the brush portion of a toothbrush and appropriately removes water, food residue, etc. from the oral cavity and simplifies the device configuration. The purpose is to provide.

One form of the disclosed oral cleaning device is a toothbrush body including a handle part, a neck part, a head part, and a brush part, and water supply to the toothbrush body based on an exhaust operation by a pump that inhales and exhausts by human power A toothbrush body to which a drainage path for draining from the toothbrush body is connected based on a suction path by the path and the pump, an airtight water supply tank communicating with the water supply path and an exhaust mechanism of the pump, the drainage path, and the pump An intraoral cleaning device having an airtight drain tank communicating with the air intake mechanism, wherein the water supply channel has an end portion disposed in the brush portion and a portion disposed in the brush portion. Is arranged so as to be substantially in the same direction as the brush of the part, the tip of the part arranged in the brush part is closed, the side of the part is provided with a hole for discharging water, and the end of the drainage channel is The printing Characterized in that it is disposed near the position where the parts and abutment.

  The disclosed intraoral cleaning device supplies an appropriate amount of water into the brush portion of the toothbrush, and appropriately removes water, food residue, etc. from the oral cavity and simplifies the device configuration.

It is a figure which shows the whole intraoral cleaning apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the toothbrush main body which concerns on this Embodiment. (A) Side view, (b) Plan view. It is a figure which shows the pump (1st pump, 2nd pump) which concerns on this Embodiment. (A) Pump at normal time, (b) Pump at contraction. It is a figure which shows the head and brush part of the toothbrush main body which concern on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the mechanism which adjusts the water supply amount in the water supply path which concerns on this Embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Structure of intraoral cleaning device according to this embodiment)

  The structure of the intraoral cleaning device (hereinafter simply referred to as “the present device”) 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the entire apparatus 1.

  This device 1 is a device that supplies water to a toothbrush by using a pump that sucks and exhausts air by human power, and collects water and food residue remaining in the vicinity of the toothbrush. This device 1 simplifies the configuration of the device by using human power as a power source, and properly and efficiently cleans the oral cavity by devising the method of pouring water into the toothbrush and the method of collecting water and food residue near the toothbrush. To be able to do.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus 1 includes a toothbrush body 2, a pump 12, a water supply tank 18, a drainage tank 20, a water supply path 22, a drainage path 32, a mechanism for adjusting the water supply amount (hereinafter referred to as “water supply”). 36) ”.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the toothbrush body 2 is a so-called toothbrush and includes a handle portion 4, a neck portion 6, a head portion 8, and a brush portion 10. The toothbrush body 2 is connected to the water supply channel 22 and the drainage channel 32. The water supply channel 22 and the drainage channel 32 will be described in detail later.

  The pump 12 is a device that performs intake and exhaust by human power. As shown in FIG. 3, for example, the pump 12 discharges air in a process of shifting from a state in which the bellows-shaped body portion is expanded to a state in which it is crushed ((a) → (b) in FIG. 3). Air is sucked in the process of shifting from the crushed state to the expanded state ((b) → (a) in FIG. 3).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pump 12 includes a first pump 14 and a second pump 16. The first pump 14 has a function of exhausting by human power. For example, the first pump 14 exhibits the function in the process of transition from (a) to (b) of FIG. The second pump 16 has a function of inhaling by human power, and exhibits that function in the process of transition from (b) to (a) of FIG. 3, for example. As will be described later, by using the two pumps 14 and 16, the present apparatus 1 can independently perform water supply into the oral cavity and recovery of water and meal from the oral cavity.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the pump 12 (the first pump 14 and the second pump 16) has an exhaust port and an intake port, respectively, so that these two pumps 14 and 16 are not used. Any one of the pumps may be used. The configuration of the apparatus 1 can be further simplified.

  The water supply tank 18 is a secret tank connected to the water supply path 22 and the exhaust port of the pump 12 (first pump 14), and the pump 12 discharges air (the exhaust force of the pump 12), The liquid (mainly water) stored in the tank 18 is supplied to the toothbrush main body 2 (brush part 10) through the water supply path 22.

  The drainage tank 20 is a confidential tank connected to the drainage channel 32 and the intake port of the pump 12 (second pump 16), and uses a force that the pump 12 sucks air (the intake force of the pump 12), and a toothbrush. A liquid (mainly water), a food residue, etc. staying in the vicinity of the main body 2 (brush portion 10) are collected in the tank 20 through the drainage channel 32.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the water supply path 22 has one end connected to the water supply tank 18 and the other end connected to the toothbrush main body 2, and a liquid (mainly stored in the water supply tank 18 to the toothbrush main body 2. Supply water).

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the water supply channel 22 passes through the handle portion 4, the neck portion 6, and the head portion 8 of the toothbrush body 2, and its end portion 24 is disposed in the brush portion 10, and its end portion The tip 26 is closed so that liquid does not leak (the tip 26 is in a closed state).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the side portion 28 of the end portion 24, which is a portion disposed in the brush portion 10 of the water supply passage 22, discharges the liquid supplied into the brush portion 10 through the water supply passage 22. Hole 30 is provided, and the liquid supplied thereby can be circulated in the brush portion 10.

  In order to efficiently circulate the supplied liquid in the brush portion 10, the end portion 24 of the water supply channel 22 is positioned closer to the tip (near the tip) than the center of the brush portion 10, and the hole 30 is formed on the side portion 28. It is preferable that the drainage channel 32 is disposed toward the end 34. The reason why the end portion 24 is arranged at this position is to make the brush portion 10 wide to create a flow of water. The reason for leaving the brush at the tip of the brush portion 10 is that the brush is excellent in the ability to scoop out food residues such as the tooth neck, and makes use of it. Further, it is preferable that the hole 30 is disposed at a position of about 45 ° to the left and right from the center of the side portion 28. This is for efficiently circulating the supplied liquid in the brush portion 10.

  By adopting the above configuration, an appropriate amount of liquid (mainly water) is supplied to the brush portion 10 for the brushing operation, so that an appropriate brushing operation using the toothbrush body 2 can be performed.

  Further, the end portion 24 of the water supply channel 22 is made of a material having a property of bending similarly to the brush of the brush portion 10 when performing a brushing operation so that the tooth brushing can be performed without a sense of incongruity, for example, silicon, rubber, etc. It is preferable to be made of the following materials.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the water supply path 22 may have a form that passes through the back side of the handle portion 4, the neck portion 6, and the head portion 8, penetrates the head portion 8, and reaches the brush portion 10. 4, the neck 6 and the head 8 may pass through the toothbrush body 2 and protrude from the front side of the head 8 to the brush portion 10. In the case of the former structure, since this apparatus 1 can be manufactured using a commercially available toothbrush, an apparatus structure can be simplified. The latter is not shown.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drainage channel 32 has one end connected to the drainage tank 20 and the other end connected to the toothbrush body 2, and liquid (mainly water) that stays in the vicinity of the toothbrush body 2 and Collect food waste etc. into the drain tank 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the drainage channel 32 passes through the handle portion 4 and the neck portion 6 of the toothbrush body 2, and is disposed in the vicinity of the position where the end portion 34 contacts the brush portion 10 (the front side base of the head 8). The

  By adopting the above configuration, the water supplied to the brush portion 10 can be efficiently recovered, and the food residue away from the teeth can be immediately recovered by brushing. The occurrence of (seed) can be suppressed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the drainage channel 32 may pass through the front surface of the handle portion 4 and the neck portion 6 and reach the brush portion 10 (near the base of the head 8). The form which passes through the inside of the toothbrush main body 2 of the part 6 and reaches the brush part 10 (near the base of the head 8) may be sufficient. In the case of the former structure, since this apparatus 1 can be manufactured using a commercially available toothbrush, an apparatus structure can be simplified. The latter is not shown.

  In FIG. 2, the water supply path 22 and the drainage path 32 are fixed to the toothbrush body 2 by using three binding tools, but the three fixing methods are not limited to this, and other methods are used. It is good also as a form fixed using.

  The water supply amount adjustment mechanism 36 is a mechanism that adjusts (changes) the supply amount (water supply amount) of the liquid to the toothbrush body 2 by holding the water supply passage 22 and changing the cross-sectional area of the water supply passage 22. As shown in FIG. 5, the water supply amount adjusting mechanism 36 changes the cross-sectional area of the water supply passage 22 by changing the pushing condition of a spherical (circular) member into the water supply passage 22, thereby changing the toothbrush body 2. You may employ | adopt the structure which adjusts the supply amount of the liquid to the. The amount of liquid supplied into the oral cavity is adjusted according to the needs of those who brush their teeth, and the sore throat is suppressed.

By adopting the configuration as described above, the present device 1 supplies an appropriate amount of water into the brush portion of the toothbrush, and appropriately removes water and food residue from the oral cavity and simplifies the device configuration. .
(Usage method of the oral cavity cleaning device according to the present embodiment)

The usage method of this apparatus 1 is demonstrated using FIG. 1 thru | or 5. FIG. The operator of the device 1 pushes the first pump 14 by hand or steps on the foot, causes the first pump 14 to discharge air, and sends the air to the water supply tank 18. Then, the present apparatus 1 injects the liquid (mainly water) stored in the water supply tank 18 into the brush of the brush unit 10 through the water supply path 22.
The operator appropriately adjusts the amount of water injected into the brush portion 10 by operating the water supply amount adjusting mechanism 36.

  On the other hand, the operator pushes the second pump 16 with his hand or steps with his / her foot to cause the second pump 16 to suck the air in the drain tank 20. Then, the present apparatus 1 collects the liquid (mainly water), the food residue, etc. near the end of the drainage channel 32 into the drainage tank 20 through the drainage channel 32.

  The operator performs the brushing operation using the toothbrush body 2 while performing the water injection operation to the toothbrush body 2 and the recovery operation such as liquid and food residue in the vicinity of the toothbrush body 2 as described above, thereby cleaning the oral cavity. I do.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Change is possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Intraoral cleaning apparatus 2 Toothbrush main body 4 Handle part 6 Neck part 8 Head part 10 Brush part 12 Pump 14 1st pump 16 2nd pump 18 Water supply tank 20 Drain tank 22 Water supply path 24 End part of water supply path 26 End of water supply path Front end 28 Water supply channel end side 30 Water supply channel end side hole 32 Drain channel 34 Drain channel end 36 Mechanism for adjusting the amount of water supply

Claims (10)

A toothbrush body having a handle part, a neck part, a head part, and a brush part, wherein the toothbrush body is supplied with water based on an exhaust operation by a pump that inhales and exhausts by human power and the intake operation by the pump A toothbrush body to which a drainage channel draining from the toothbrush body is connected;
An airtight water supply tank communicating with the water supply path and the exhaust mechanism of the pump;
An oral cleaning device having an airtight drainage tank communicating with the drainage channel and the intake mechanism of the pump,
The water supply channel is disposed such that an end portion thereof is disposed in the brush portion, and a portion disposed in the brush portion is substantially in the same direction as the brush of the brush portion, and is disposed in the brush portion. The tip of the mouth is closed, and the side of the part has a hole for discharging water,
An intraoral cleaning device, wherein an end of the drainage channel is disposed in the vicinity of a position where the end of the drainage channel comes into contact with the brush portion. The intraoral cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the water supply channel is arranged so that a portion arranged in the brush portion has substantially the same length as the brush of the brush portion. The end of the water supply channel is disposed at a position closer to the tip than the center in the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush body in the brush portion,
The intraoral cleaning device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a hole provided in a side portion is provided toward an end portion of the drainage channel in the water supply channel disposed in the brush portion.   The intraoral cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a material of the water supply channel disposed in the brush portion is a material having a property of bending in the same manner as the brush. .   The intra-oral cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pump includes a first pump that exhausts air by human power and a second pump that inhales air by human power.   The said water supply path is provided with the mechanism which adjusts the amount of water supply to the said toothbrush main body by pressing down this water supply path and changing the cross-sectional area of this water supply path, It is any one of Claim 1 thru | or 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. The intraoral cleaning device as described.   The water supply path passes through the handle part, the neck part, and the back side of the head part, penetrates the head part from the back side to the front side, and protrudes from the head surface to the brush part. The intraoral cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.   The said water supply path passes through the inside of the said handle part, the said neck part, and the said head, and protrudes from the said head front side to the said brush part, The Claim 1 thru | or 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. Intraoral cleaning device.   The intraoral cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the drainage channel is disposed on a surface of the handle portion and the neck portion. The intraoral cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the drainage channel is disposed inside the handle portion and the neck portion.

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