KR200470142Y1 - Mouthpiece type automatic toothbrush - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mouthpiece-type electric toothbrush, the mounting groove is formed on the outer surface is formed in a curved shape corresponding to the tooth arrangement of the human body and the shape corresponding to the mounting groove of the housing 100 The brush is formed to be detachably coupled to the mounting groove and a plurality of brushes are formed to perform tooth cleaning, and is provided in a position wrapped by the curved housing 100 to contact the snow surface of the user It is configured to include a drive between washing the washing unit 300 and the housing 100 and the washing unit 300 to generate vibration to drive the motor (M1 ~ M4). In the present invention, the user's teeth are automatically cleaned as the electric toothbrush operates while the user opens the electric toothbrush having a shape corresponding to the tooth arrangement of the human body. Accordingly, a user who is difficult to move his or her own toothbrush, such as a disabled person, an elderly person or a patient, can easily brush the teeth using the electric toothbrush according to the present invention, and there is an advantage of maintaining the teeth healthy.

Description

Mouthpiece type automatic toothbrush {Mouthpiece type automatic toothbrush}

The present invention relates to an electric toothbrush, and more particularly, to a mouthpiece type electric toothbrush that performs a brushing function by rotating the toothbrush using a drive source.

In general, a toothbrush is a tool for cleaning teeth, and is used to easily remove plaque and tartar, which cause food debris and tooth decay, which remain in the mouth after ingesting the food through brushing.

However, when brushing by a conventional toothbrush is mainly brushed in the left and right directions, if excessive force is applied to the gums easily damaged and if too little force is removed plaque there is a problem that the cleanliness falls.

In order to solve this problem, various electric toothbrushes have recently been developed. The electric toothbrush uses a motor to rotate the toothbrush at high speed to clean the teeth. As can be seen in the various prior art, including the application number 10-2003-0036886, such a powered toothbrush to perform the brushing function by operating the electric toothbrush in a state in which the user grips and rotates the brush portion in close contact with the teeth.

However, the prior art as described above has the following problems.

In addition to the general toothbrush, the electric toothbrush is to be gripped and used by the user. That is, the user touches the brush part to the tooth while holding the handle of the general toothbrush or the electric toothbrush, and moves the toothbrush while moving the entire toothbrush.

Of course, in the case of an electric toothbrush, the brush portion is automatically rotated, so it is not necessary to repeatedly move the toothbrush up and down or left and right, but in order to clean several teeth, the movement of the electric toothbrush itself is necessary.

However, when the user is a disabled person, a senior citizen, or a patient, the operation of gripping and moving the toothbrush may not be easy. Therefore, there is a need for an electric toothbrush that can be easily and cleanly brushed by the disabled, the elderly and the patient.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and to provide an electric toothbrush that can perform a brushing function in a fixed state in the oral cavity of the user's teeth.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electric toothbrush that is easy to replace the brush portion that touches the teeth of the electric toothbrush to perform the actual brushing function.

Another object of the present invention is to properly place the drive motor inside the electric toothbrush to improve the brushing performance.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the object as described above, the present invention is a housing formed in a curved shape corresponding to the tooth arrangement of the human body and the mounting groove is formed on the outer surface, the shape corresponding to the mounting groove of the housing The brush is formed to be detachably coupled to the mounting groove and a plurality of brushes are formed and the toothbrush for performing tooth cleaning, and provided in a position wrapped by the curved housing to wash the snow surface in contact with the user's snow surface And a driving motor provided between the housing and the snow washing unit to generate vibration.

The mounting grooves are provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the housing, respectively, and the brush is coupled to the mounting grooves and the mounting grooves of the upper surface, respectively.

The mounting groove of the housing is provided with a buffer guide of elastic material, the toothbrush is inserted into the mounting space of the buffer guide is fixed.

A drive guide is connected between the housing and the surface washing unit, and the drive motor is provided inside the drive guide.

The driving guide is provided with a plurality of surrounding the side of the housing between the housing and the tongue washing portion, the driving motor is installed inside the driving guide, respectively.

A total of four driving guides are provided on each side of the tongue washing unit facing the housing, two in total, and at least two of them are provided at the distal end of the human teeth.

The surface of the snow washing unit is provided with a washing brush or washing protrusion protruding.

The snow washing unit is provided with a UV lamp for sterilization of the snow surface.

The driving motor is provided with a motor head and the motor head is projected by a blow projection so that the drive shaft of the motor is rotated by constantly hitting one side of the housing or the buffer guide to vibrate.

The front of the housing is provided with a power supply for supplying power to the drive motor, the power supply is provided with an operation switch for the stepwise operation of the drive motor and a display for displaying the remaining amount of power.

According to the mouthpiece type electric toothbrush according to the present invention, the following effects can be expected.

In the present invention, the user's teeth are automatically cleaned as the electric toothbrush operates while the user opens the electric toothbrush having a shape corresponding to the tooth arrangement of the human body. Accordingly, a user who is difficult to move the toothbrush by himself or herself, such as a disabled person or an elderly person or a patient, can easily brush the teeth using the electric toothbrush according to the present invention, thereby maintaining the teeth healthy.

In the present invention, the toothbrush is detachably coupled to the housing constituting the electric toothbrush by a press-fit structure. Accordingly, the user can easily remove the old toothbrush from the housing and replace it with a new toothbrush, thereby improving the usability of the electric toothbrush.

In particular, in the present invention, since the brush is exposed to the outside of the housing, the user can replace only the brush without having to open the housing has the effect of easy maintenance of the electric toothbrush.

In addition, in the present invention, a cushioning guide is provided between the housing and the brush to prevent damage to the gums or teeth due to the strong vibration generated by the driving motor, thereby enabling a more comfortable brushing.

In addition, in the present invention, since the tongue washing part is provided to touch the user's tongue, the driving motor vibrates with the toothbrush, thereby performing the function of washing not only teeth but also the tongue, thereby improving the effect of oral washing. .

In addition, in the present invention, since the UV lamp is provided on the surface of the washing surface can be expected to sterilize the surface of the snow.

In addition, the present invention can more effectively wash the molar and the like inside the oral cavity through the proper arrangement of the drive motor, there is also an effect of improving the toothbrushing performance of the mouthpiece-type electric toothbrush.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of a mouthpiece type electric toothbrush according to the present invention.
2 is a plan view showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a conceptual view briefly showing the internal structure of the present invention embodiment.
Figure 4 is an enlarged view showing the main portion of the drive motor constituting the embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the present invention from below
Figure 6 is a conceptual view of the configuration of another embodiment of a mouthpiece type electric toothbrush according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a mouthpiece type electric toothbrush according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of the mouthpiece type electric toothbrush according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view of the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in these figures, first, the appearance and skeleton of the mouthpiece type electric toothbrush of the present invention are formed by the housing 100. The housing 100 is a portion in which the buffer guide 150 and the toothbrush 200 to be described below are mounted, and is formed in a curved shape forming a substantially 'U' shape as shown. More precisely, the housing 100 is formed in a curved shape corresponding to the tooth arrangement of the human body. This is because, as described below, the electric toothbrush is operated while the user is using the tooth to open the housing 100.

In the present embodiment, the housing 100 is composed of an upper body 110 and a lower body 120. The upper body 110 and the lower body 120 is a separate object, it is combined with each other to form one housing 100. This is to facilitate the maintenance of the components installed in the inner space of the housing 100.

The housing 100 is provided with a mounting groove (not shown). The mounting groove is formed in a shape concaved in the housing 100, and corresponds to a space in which the shock absorbing guide 150 is installed or the toothbrush 200 is directly installed.

In this case, the mounting groove is preferably formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the housing 100, respectively. This is because the toothbrush 200 is inserted into the upper and lower mounting grooves (if the buffer guide 150 is provided in the mounting space 160 of the buffer guide 150), respectively, both the upper and lower teeth of the user can be brushed It is to make it possible. Of course, in some cases, the mounting groove may be provided only at one side of the top or bottom of the housing 100.

The housing 100 is provided with a buffer guide 150. The shock absorbing guide 150 is inserted into the mounting groove of the housing 100, and is located between the housing 100 and the toothbrush 200 to a certain degree of vibration by the driving motors M1 to M4 to be described later. Absorbs. That is, the shock absorbing guide 150 prevents too strong vibration is directly transmitted to the toothbrush 200, thereby preventing the user's teeth or gums from being damaged.

To this end, the buffer guide 150 is formed in a shape corresponding to the mounting groove of the housing 100, the buffer guide 150 has a mounting space 160 that can be inserted into the toothbrush 200 again Is formed. And, the buffer guide 150 is made of an elastic material so that the buffer function can be effectively expressed. For example, the buffer guide 150 is preferably made of a harmless rubber material such as silicone rubber or natural rubber.

The toothbrush 200 is coupled to the mounting space 160 of the buffer guide 150. The toothbrush 200 is formed in a shape corresponding to the mounting groove and the housing 100, that is, a shape corresponding to the tooth arrangement of the human body, and corresponds to a portion performing a brushing function substantially in contact with the user's teeth. do.

The brush 200 is detachably coupled to the mounting space 160. In this embodiment, the brush 200 is press-fitted to the mounting space 160 of the buffer guide 150 in this embodiment. Are combined through.

The brush 200 is coupled to the upper and lower buffer guide 150, respectively. The body 210 of the toothbrush 200 is formed with a recess groove 220 into which the user's teeth can be inserted, and the inner surface of the recess groove 220 is provided with a plurality of brushes 230 to the surface of the tooth. Will be cleaned.

The housing 100 is provided with a tongue washing unit 300. The tongue washing unit 300 is provided at a position surrounded by the curved housing 100 to be in contact with the tongue of the user, and is driven by vibrations of the driving motors M1 to M4. It will perform the function of cleaning the snow.

To this end, it is preferable that a washing brush or washing protrusion 315 is provided on the surface 310 of the tongue washing unit 300. 5 shows a state in which the washing protrusion 315 is provided on the bottom surface of the snow washing part 300. The washing protrusion 315 may also perform a function of washing the tongue of the user by using vibration generated when the driving motors M1 to M4 are operated.

In this case, the snow washing unit 300 may be omitted, or may be used only when necessary to be assembled to the housing 100 in a removable form.

In addition, the surface cleaning unit 300 may be provided with a UV lamp 380 for sterilization of the surface. The UV lamp 380 can be sterilized on the inside of the tongue and the oral cavity while operating with the drive motors (M1 ~ M4), in this embodiment is composed of UVLED.

The driving surface 300 and the housing 100 are connected by a driving guide 330. The driving guide 330 is coupled between the snow washing unit 300 and the housing 100, and at the same time the driving motor (M1 ~ M4) is provided therein to serve to protect it. In addition, both ends of the driving guide 330 are in contact with each other between the tongue washing unit 300 and the housing 100 so that the vibrations of the driving motors M1 to M4 are not concentrated on any one side of the housing (1). 100) and the snow washing unit 300 to be delivered to both sides. Although not shown, when the snow washing unit 300 is omitted, the driving motors M1 to M4 may be provided inside the housing 100 or outside the housing 100.

In this case, the driving guide 330 is provided with a plurality of the driving guide 330 is surrounded by the side of the housing 100 between the housing 100 and the tongue washing unit 300, the driving guide 330 Inside the drive motors (M1 ~ M4) are respectively installed. This is to allow vibration to be evenly transmitted to the entire tooth through the plurality of driving guides 330.

Preferably, the driving guide 330 is provided with a total of four on each side of the snow washing unit 300 facing the housing 100, two in total, at least two (M2, M3) of the human body It is provided at the end where the molars are located in the tooth arrangement. This is for brushing molar teeth which are relatively inward and not easy to clean.

As shown in FIG. 4, the driving motors M1 to M4 may be provided inside the separate motor housing 100, and one end of the driving motors M1 to M4 is provided with a motor head MH. A blow protrusion protrudes from the motor head MH so that the driving shafts of the driving motors M1 to M4 are rotated to vibrate by constantly hitting one side of the housing 100 or the buffer guide 150.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 1, the front of the housing 100 is provided with a power supply unit 400 for supplying power to the driving motor (M1 ~ M4) and UV lamp 380, the power supply unit 400 An operation switch 450 for operating the driving motors M1 to M4 and a display 430 for displaying the remaining amount of power are provided. At this time, the operation switch 450 may be operated step by step to control the rotational speed of the drive motor (M1 ~ M4), although not shown is provided with a separate timer drive motor (M1 ~ M4 only for a certain time) ) Can also work.

In this embodiment, the power supply 400 is composed of a general primary battery (battery), a rechargeable battery may be used. 3 schematically illustrates an electrical connection between the power supply unit 400 and the driving motors M1 to M4. Reference numerals W1 to W3 denote wirings for electrical connection.

Hereinafter, the operation of the mouthpiece type electric toothbrush according to the present invention as described above will be described in detail.

First, the user moves the housing 100 into the oral cavity while holding the power supply body 410 of the power supply unit 400, so that the housing 100 is an external surface, more precisely, the indentation groove of the toothbrush 200. Bite (220).

In this case, the user's teeth are located between the brushes 230 protruding out of the brush 200. In particular, since the brush 200 is composed of a pair of upper and lower portions, the upper teeth of the user is located in the upper brush 200, the lower teeth are located in the lower brush 200, respectively.

At the same time, the user's tongue is in contact with the bottom surface of the tongue cleaning unit 300. This is naturally made because the tongue washing unit 300 is located between the housing 100.

When the user presses the operation switch 450 in such a state, the driving motors M1 to M4 are operated, and the motor heads MH are rotated while the driving motors M1 to M4 are rotated. Strike one side, the vibration is generated in the process is to be transmitted to the brush brush 200 and the tongue washing unit 300.

Then, the toothbrush 200 vibrates to wash the user's teeth, and at the same time the tongue washing unit 300 is to wash the user's tongue, at this time, also implements the sterilization function in the oral cavity by the UV lamp 380 at the same time Can be.

At this time, since the shock absorbing guide 150 is positioned between the toothbrush 200 and the housing 100, excessive vibration by the driving motors M1 to M4 is reduced and transmitted by the shock absorbing guide 150 so that teeth or Damage to the gums can be prevented.

In addition, the drive motors (M1 ~ M4) is provided with a plurality of surrounding the housing 100, in particular, a pair of drive motors (M2, M3) is also installed in the position corresponding to the molar teeth located inside the oral cavity, usually The difficult molar and medial oral cavity can be effectively washed.

Next, looking at the process of replacing the brush yang 200 from the housing 100, the user gripping the brush yang 200 and pulls in a direction away from the buffer guide 150, the brush yang 200 ) Are separated.

In addition, the user may press the new brush 200 again in the mounting space 160 of the buffer guide 150 to finish the replacement. As such, in the replacement of the brush 200, the user can easily replace the brush 200 outside the housing 100 without having to remove the housing 100.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but is defined by the claims, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various changes and modifications within the scope of the claims It is self-evident.

For example, as shown in Figure 6, the driving motor (M1 ~ M3) is composed of a total of three, one (M2, M3) on the side of one (M1) and the surface of the washing surface 300, respectively. May be

100: housing 200: toothbrush
300: surface washing unit 400: power unit

Claims (11)

A housing having a mounting groove formed on an outer surface thereof and having a curved shape corresponding to a tooth arrangement of a human body;
A tooth brush formed in a shape corresponding to the mounting groove of the housing and detachably coupled to the mounting groove and having a plurality of brushes formed thereon to perform tooth cleaning;
It is configured to include a drive motor connected to the inside or outside of the housing to generate vibration in the brush;
Mouthpiece-type electric toothbrush, characterized in that the mounting groove of the housing is provided with a buffer guide of elastic material, the toothbrush is inserted into the mounting space of the buffer guide is fixed.
The mouthpiece type electric toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the mounting groove is provided on the top and bottom surfaces of the housing, respectively, and the toothbrush is coupled to the mounting groove on the top surface and the mounting groove on the bottom surface, respectively.
delete According to claim 1 or 2, wherein the position wrapped by the curved housing is provided with a washing surface for washing the snow surface in contact with the user's snow surface, the drive motor is provided between the housing and the snow surface washing portion. Mouthpiece type electric toothbrush, characterized in that.
The toothbrush type toothbrush of claim 4, wherein the housing and the tongue washing unit are connected by a driving guide, and the driving motor is provided inside the driving guide.
6. The mouthpiece type electric toothbrush of claim 5, wherein the driving guide includes a plurality of driving guides surrounding the side surface of the housing between the housing and the tongue washing unit, and the driving motors are installed in the driving guide, respectively. .
According to claim 6, The driving guide is provided with a total of four on each of the two sides of the tongue washing portion toward the housing, a total of four, at least two of which is provided at the end where the molar is located in the tooth arrangement of the human body Mouthpiece type electric toothbrush.
8. The mouthpiece type electric toothbrush of claim 7, wherein the surface of the tongue washing unit is provided with a washing brush or a washing protrusion.
9. The mouthpiece type electric toothbrush of claim 8, wherein the surface cleaning unit is provided with a UV lamp for sterilization of the surface.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the drive motor is provided with a motor head, the motor head is projected by a blow projection to rotate the drive shaft of the drive motor to vibrate and vibrate constantly hitting one side of the housing or the buffer guide. Mouthpiece type electric toothbrush.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the front of the housing is provided with a power supply for supplying power to the drive motor, the power supply is provided with an operation switch for the step-by-step operation of the drive motor and a display for displaying the remaining amount of power Mouthpiece type electric toothbrush.

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