KR200484576Y1 - Toothbrush - Google Patents

Abstract

A toothbrush is disclosed which is capable of simultaneously cleaning the inner surface, the outer surface, and the bottom surface of a tooth.
The toothbrush includes a toothbrush body having a mounting groove formed therein, a first bristle provided at an end of the toothbrush body to brush the inner vertical surface of the tooth, and a toothbrush providing a second bristle provided at an end of the toothbrush body, And a cleaning unit detachably coupled to the mounting groove portion.

Description

Toothbrush {TOOTHBRUSH}

The present invention relates to a toothbrush capable of simultaneously cleaning the inner surface, the outer surface, and the bottom surface of a tooth.

A toothbrush is an oral hygiene tool used in conjunction with toothpaste. The toothbrush removes dirt and plaque from the surface of the tooth, between the teeth, and the gums to keep the teeth healthy.

Such a toothbrush is basically made of a bristle body and bristles, and a user can wipe a tooth surface or gums in a state in which toothbrushes are put on the bristles.

However, when brushing using a toothbrush is used, it is customary to brush with excessive pressure. However, if brushing is performed under excessive pressure, tooth wear and periodontal disease may be increased. Particularly, when brushing the outer side and the inner side of the tooth, it is necessary to wipe the inside of the tooth after first wiping the outer side of the tooth, or wiping the inside of the tooth first, and then brushing the outer side of the tooth.

Registration Utility Model Bulletin No. 20-0468941 (Registered on Mar. 09, 03)

Embodiments of the present invention provide a toothbrush capable of simultaneously cleaning the inner side surface, the outer side surface, and the bottom surface of a tooth to effectively remove garbage collected between the teeth.

In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide a toothbrush capable of effectively cleaning teeth on the inner surface, the outer surface, and the bottom surface of the tooth with an appropriate pressure.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a toothbrush includes: a toothbrush body having a mounting groove; A first bristle provided at one side of the end of the toothbrush body to brush an inner vertical surface of the tooth; and a second toothbrush provided at the other end of the toothbrush body to brush the outer vertical surface of the tooth; And a cleaning unit detachably coupled to the mounting groove portion.

The cleaning unit may include: a cleaning bar mounted on the mounting groove so as to be movable along a longitudinal direction of the toothbrush body; And a cleanser provided at an end of the cleansing bar for brushing against the bottom surface of the tooth.

In addition, the cleaning unit may further include a tongue cleaner provided at an end of the cleaning bar to remove foreign substances on the tongue.

The first and second positioning grooves are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush main body. The other surface of the mounting groove portion is provided with a rail extending along the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush main body, Wherein the first position groove and the second position groove are formed on one side of the cleaning bar, and convex-shaped fixing protrusions selectively fixed to the first position groove and the second position groove are formed on the other side of the cleaning bar, Possible rail projections may be provided.

Further, the toothbrush body may include a rigid knob capable of being held by a user; A first head portion having the first bristles; A second head portion having the second bristles; A soft first neck portion that branches from one side of the handle portion with the mounting groove portion interposed therebetween and is connected to the first head portion having the first bristles at an end thereof; And a flexible second neck portion branched at the other side of the handle portion with the mounting groove portion interposed therebetween and connected to the second head portion having the second bristles at an end thereof.

Further, the toothbrush main body may be formed to be curved in a "U" shape with the mounting groove portion interposed therebetween.

The end portion of the toothbrush body may be bent and extended so that the first bristles and the second bristles are eccentric to one side on an extension line of the toothbrush body.

In addition, the cleaning unit can be used independently of the toothbrush body for cleaning a fine groove or tongue of the tooth.

Embodiments of the present invention have an advantage in that the inner side surface, the outer side surface, and the bottom surface of the teeth can be cleaned at the same time, so that the food waste sandwiched between the teeth can be effectively removed and the time required for cleaning the teeth can be remarkably reduced .

Embodiments of the present invention also have the advantage of reducing tooth wear by preventing excessive tooth cleaning.

Embodiments of the present invention also have the advantage that the cleaning unit can be detached to clean the separate cleaning unit or to use it as a separate toothbrush for toothbrushing.

Further, the embodiments of the present invention have an advantage that one of the bristles and the tongue cleaner can be selectively used in the cleaning unit.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which a cleaning unit is drawn into a toothbrush body according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the cleaning unit is drawn into the toothbrush body according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
4 is a plan view showing a state in which the cleaning unit is drawn out to the toothbrush body according to one embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a side view showing a state in which the cleaning unit is drawn out to the toothbrush body according to one embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exploded perspective view showing a toothbrush according to a modification of the present invention.
7 is an exploded perspective view showing a toothbrush according to another modification of the present invention.
8 is a side view showing a state in which the cleaning unit is drawn into the toothbrush body according to another modification of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, configurations and operations according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The following description is one of many aspects of the present invention which can be claimed as utility model registration, and the following description may form part of the detailed description of the present invention. In describing the present invention, however, a detailed description of known configurations or functions may be omitted for clarity.

The present invention is capable of various modifications and may include various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in the detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the appended claims are not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments, and that all changes, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

And terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the constituent elements are not limited by such terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one component from another. It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which a cleaning unit is drawn into a toothbrush body according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the cleaning unit is drawn out to the toothbrush body according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which the cleaning unit is drawn into the toothbrush body according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a side view showing a state in which the cleaning unit is drawn out to the toothbrush body according to one embodiment of the present invention;

1 to 5, a toothbrush according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a toothbrush body 100, a toothbrush unit 200 for brushing the inner vertical and outer vertical surfaces of the tooth, And a cleaning unit 300 for cleaning the surface.

In particular, the toothbrush body 100 may be provided in the form of a tooth-shaped toothbrush that is easy for the user to grasp for brushing. In the present embodiment, the toothbrush body 100 may be curved and extended in a "U" shape with the mounting groove 104 therebetween.

The toothbrush main body 100 includes a handle 110 capable of being held by the user, a first hard head 140 having the first bristles 210, A soft first head portion 150 connected to the head portion 140 and a hard second head portion 150 provided with the second bristles 220; And a flexible second neck portion 130 connected to the second head portion 150. The first neck portion 120 and the second neck portion 130 may be disposed opposite to each other with the mounting groove portion 104 therebetween and the first neck portion 120 and the second neck portion 130 may have first The head portion 140 and the second head portion 150 may be connected to each other.

Particularly, in order to detachably mount the cleaning unit 300 to the mounting groove portion 104 of the toothbrush body 100, the toothbrush body 100 requires elastic force of a certain strength for selectively restraining the cleaning unit 300 do. The handle 110, the first head 140 and the second head 150 may be made of a hard material, for example, a hard plastic material, and the first neck 120 and the second neck 150, (130) may be made of a soft material, for example a soft plastic material or a silicone material.

In the present embodiment, the handle 110 is made of a hard material, but is not limited thereto. In actual production, the handle 110 may be made of a soft material on a hard skeleton, There will be.

A mounting groove 104 may be formed at the center of the toothbrush body 100 to allow detachment of the cleaning unit 300. The first positioning groove 101 and the second positioning groove 102 may be spaced along the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush body 100 on one side of the mounting groove 104. On the other side of the mounting groove 104, A rail groove 103 extending along the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush body 100 may be formed. The first position groove 101 and the second position groove 102 may be provided in the form of a concave groove in which fixing protrusions 311 of a cleaning unit 300 described later can be selectively fixed, The rail protrusion 312 of the cleaning unit 300 can be provided in the form of a slit groove capable of sliding movement.

The toothbrush unit 200 may be composed of a first bristles 210 and a second bristles 220 for bristling an inner vertical surface and an outer vertical surface of a tooth. The first bristles 210 may be provided on the first neck 120 of the toothbrush body 100 to brush the inner vertical surfaces of the teeth and the second bristles 220 may be provided on the toothbrush body 100 The second neck portion 130 of the main body 100 may be provided. Since the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220 are disposed opposite to each other with the teeth therebetween, the bristles can brush the outer and inner vertical surfaces of the teeth through the bristles.

The cleaning unit 300 can be selectively attached to and detached from the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100. When the cleaning unit 300 is mounted on the toothbrush body 100, the cleansing hair 320 described later can be disposed at a position orthogonal to the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220, The surface can be brushed. When the cleaning unit 300 is detached from the toothbrush body 100, the detached cleaning unit 300 can be cleaned by a separate cleaning tool or used as a separate toothbrush for brushing teeth.

The cleaning unit 300 includes a cleaning bar 310 that can be attached to the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100 and a cleaning blade 320 provided at an end of the cleaning bar 310 to brush the bottom surface of the tooth, ≪ / RTI >

The cleaning bar 310 is mounted on the mounting groove 104 so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush body 100 and can be inserted into and out of the end of the toothbrush body 100. To this end, a convex fixing protrusion 311 which can be selectively fixed to the first position groove 101 and the second position groove 102 of the mounting groove 104 may be formed on one surface of the cleaning bar 310 And a rail protrusion 312 slidable along the rail groove 103 of the mounting groove 104 may be provided on the other surface of the cleaning bar 310. The cleaning bar 310 may be provided with a convex A portion 313 may be provided.

2 and 3, when the fixing protrusion 311 of the cleaning bar 310 is positioned in the first position groove 101, the cleaning unit 300 is configured such that the cleaning hair 320 is attached to the toothbrush unit 310, The state of being drawn into the mounting groove portion 104 of the toothbrush body 100 can be maintained to be spaced apart from the toothbrush body 200. 4 and 5, after the rail protrusion 312 of the cleaning bar 310 slides along the rail groove 103 of the mounting groove 104, the fixing protrusion 311 of the cleaning bar 310 The cleaning unit 300 can be drawn into the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100 such that the cleaning hair 320 is adjacent to the toothbrush unit 200. [ At this time, the cleansing hair 320 can be disposed at a position orthogonal to the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220, so that the bottom surface of the tooth can be brushed.

The thickness of the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220 may be smaller than the thickness of the cleaning hair 320 of the cleaning unit 300. For example, the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220 may be constructed of fine micro-scales whose thickness is relatively thinner than the scouring protuberances 320 to remove small food waste sandwiched between the teeth and the teeth, The bristles 320 of the first bristles 300 may be thicker than the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220 in order to remove large food wastes which are caught up to the bottom surface of the teeth.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described.

First, the cleaning unit 300 is attached to the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100. At this time, the rail protrusion 312 of the cleaning bar 310 is inserted into the rail groove 103 of the mounting groove portion 104 so that the fixing protrusion 311 of the cleaning bar 310 is positioned in the first position groove 101 do. Thus, the cleaning unit 300 can maintain the state where the cleaning unit 300 is pulled into the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100.

In the state where the toothpaste is applied to the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220, the user places the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220 facing each other with their teeth therebetween The first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220 can be moved up and down or left and right to brush the inner and outer surfaces of the tooth cleanly. As a result, food waste accumulated between the teeth can be effectively removed.

When the user pushes the convex portion 313 of the cleaning unit 300 when the user wants to clean the bottom surface of the tooth, the rail protrusion 312 of the cleaning bar 310 contacts the rail groove 103 of the mounting groove portion 104, The fixing protrusion 311 of the cleaning bar 310 is positioned in the second position groove 102 so that the cleaning unit 300 can protrude from the toothbrush body 100. [ When the cleaning unit 300 protrudes from the toothbrush body 100, since the first bristles 210, the second bristles 220, and the cleaning bristles 320 are spaced apart at intervals of 90 degrees to enclose the teeth, It is possible to clean the inner and outer surfaces of the tooth as well as the bottom surface of the tooth cleanly.

After the cleaning of the bottom surface of the tooth is completed, the cleaning unit 300 may be retracted into the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100 and stored. For example, when the user pulls the convex portion 313 of the cleaning unit 300, the rail projection 312 of the cleaning bar 310 slides along the rail groove 103 of the mounting groove portion 104 in the drawing direction, The fixing protrusion 311 of the cleaning unit 310 is positioned in the first position groove 101 so that the cleaning unit 300 can be inserted into the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100.

On the other hand, when the cleaning unit 300 is separated from the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100, the separated cleaning unit 300 can be cleaned by a separate cleaning tool, Can be used as a toothbrush.

6 is an exploded perspective view showing a toothbrush according to a modification of the present invention.

6, a cleaning unit 300 'according to a modified embodiment of the present invention includes a cleaning bar 310 that can be attached to the mounting groove 104 of the toothbrush body 100, And a tongue cleaner 330 provided on the other side of the end of the cleaning bar 310. The cleaning bar 310 may be provided with a plurality of cleaning tongues.

The configuration of the cleaning bar 310 and the cleaning hair 320 may be the same as those of the cleaning bar 310 and the cleaning hair 320 described in the embodiment except for the tongue cleaner 330. For example, A detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The tongue cleaner 330 may be made of a material that is easy to remove foreign matter, for example, white stain / stain, on the tongue. For example, the tongue cleaner 330 may be comprised of silicone, natural rubber, artificial rubber, and the like. Of course, the tongue cleaner 330 may be composed of various types of soft materials other than silicone, natural rubber, and artificial rubber.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a toothbrush according to another modified example of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state in which a cleaning unit is drawn into the toothbrush body according to another modified example of the present invention.

As shown in Figures 7-8, in another variation of the present invention, the end of the toothbrush body 100 "can be bent upwardly to be eccentric on one side on the extension of the toothbrush body 100" have.

For example, the toothbrush body 100 "may include a handle 110", a first neck 120 ", a second neck 130", a first head 140 "and a second head 150" The ends of the first neck portion 120 "and the second neck portion 130" may be upwardly bent so as to be eccentric to one side on an extension of the toothbrush body 100 ".

The first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220 may be eccentric to one side of the toothbrush body 100 "as a result of eccentrically bending the end of the toothbrush body 100 & Through the first bristles 210 and the second bristles 220 eccentrically connected to the toothbrush body 100 "

As described above, according to the present invention, since the inner side surface, the outer side surface and the bottom surface of the teeth can be cleaned simultaneously, food waste accumulated between the teeth can be effectively removed, the time required for cleaning the teeth can be remarkably reduced, It is possible to prevent tooth cleaning of excessive pressure to reduce tooth wear and to clean the separated cleaning unit cleanly or as a separate toothbrush for tooth brushing and to select one of the bristles and the tongue cleaner in the cleaning unit And can be used.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. For example, a person skilled in the art can change the material, size, etc. of each component according to the application field, or can combine or substitute the embodiments in a form not explicitly disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, Of the range. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and that such modified embodiments are included in the technical idea described in the claims of utility model registration of the present invention.

100: toothbrush main body 110:
120: first neck portion 130: second neck portion
200: toothbrush unit 210: first bristle
220: second bristles 300: cleaning unit
310: Cleaning bar 320:
330: Tongue Cleaner

Claims (8)

A toothbrush body having a mounting groove portion;
A first bristle provided at an end of the toothbrush body to brush an inner vertical surface of the tooth; and a second toothbrush provided at an end of the toothbrush body to brush the outer vertical surface of the tooth; And
And a cleaning unit detachably coupled to the mounting groove,
Wherein the cleaning unit includes a cleaning bar mounted on the mounting groove so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush body,
Wherein a first groove and a second groove are formed on a surface of the mounting groove part along a longitudinal direction of the toothbrush body, and a rail groove extending along a longitudinal direction of the toothbrush body is formed on the other surface of the mounting groove, Formed,
The cleaning bar has a convex fixing protrusion selectively fixed to the first position groove and the second position groove, and a rail protrusion is provided on the other surface of the cleaning bar, the rail protrusion being slidable along the rail groove toothbrush. The method according to claim 1,
The cleaning unit
Further comprising a cleanser provided at an end of said cleansing bar for brushing against a bottom surface of said tooth. 3. The method of claim 2,
The cleaning unit
Further comprising a tongue cleaner provided at an end of said cleaning bar to remove foreign matter from the tongue. delete The method according to claim 1,
The toothbrush body
A hard grip capable of being held by a user;
A first head portion having the first bristles;
A second head portion having the second bristles; a soft first neck portion branched from one side of the knob portion and connected to the first head portion with the mounting groove portion interposed therebetween; And
And a soft second neck portion branched from the other side of the handle portion and connected to the second head portion with the mounting groove portion interposed therebetween. The method according to claim 1,
The toothbrush body
Wherein the mounting groove portion is branched into a "U" shape so as to be curved. The method according to claim 1,
The end of the toothbrush body
Wherein the first bristle and the second bristle are elongated such that they are eccentrically eccentric to one side on an extension of the toothbrush body. The method according to claim 1,
The cleaning unit
A toothbrush that is detachable from the toothbrush body and can be used independently for cleaning a fine groove or tongue of the tooth.

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