KR20160124602A

KR20160124602A - Tooth cleaning device

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Publication number: KR20160124602A
Application number: KR1020150055488A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박민식
Original assignee: 박민식
Priority date: 2015-04-20
Filing date: 2015-04-20
Publication date: 2016-10-28

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable tooth cleaning apparatus which is connected to a faucet and is capable of spraying water to teeth. The portable tooth cleaning apparatus includes a connection unit coupled to a faucet so that the user can easily connect to various faucets while using the water, , A tightening cable coupled to the connection unit, and a tightening unit capable of pulling the tightening cable so that the connection unit and the faucet can easily be brought into close contact with each other, so that they can easily be fastened to various kinds of faucets without applying force. The present invention relates to a portable tooth cleaning apparatus.

Description

[0001] TOOTH CLEANING DEVICE [0002]

Various cleaning apparatuses have been proposed in which a toothbrush is used for cleaning the inside of the oral cavity, and water is sprayed by the additional method to wash a portion of the tooth not touching the toothbrush.

As a technique for spraying water into the oral cavity and cleaning it, there is a registered oral application No. 20-0466351 entitled " oral cleaning apparatus &

The above-described prior art is an oral cleaning apparatus comprising a body portion connected to a water supply port and a tip portion connected to an end portion of the body portion and spraying water introduced from the water supply port by water pressure, wherein the body portion communicates with the water, An outflow passage communicating with the inflow passage and forming a spherical internal space; a discharge passage communicating with the ball space portion and the tip portion and having a width smaller than the width of the outflow passage; And at least two intermittent balls formed at a diameter larger than the width of the inflow path and positioned in the ball space and inducing the tip to intermittently spray the water while being rotated by water introduced from the inflow path The present invention also provides an oral cleaning apparatus characterized by the fact that even when the water pressure is low, cleaning is effectively performed not only on the tooth surface but also deeply into the gum The present invention relates to an oral care device that provides an advantageous effect that can be performed.

Also, in the prior art, Patent No. 10-1337774 entitled " oral cleaning system "

The conventional art has a hose coupled to a discharge port of a water receptacle, a filter assembly coupled to the hose to filter water discharged from the discharge port, and an inlet connected to the discharge port of the filter assembly by one- A flow selector valve having a first water outlet pipe and a second water outlet pipe connected to the flow channel, a shower connected to the first water outlet pipe of the flow channel selector valve at one-touch, and an oral cavity And a mouth detergent dispensing system including an oral cleanser dispensing device connected to a second water outlet pipe of the channel selector valve so that the mouth rinse agent can be selectively administered to the oral cleanser.

Furthermore, there is a prior art 10-1290891 " Oral cleaning apparatus and oral cleaning system "

In the prior art, there is provided a washing machine comprising a washer main body having an outflow port of a first flow path formed therein eccentrically to one side of a center line, a second flow path rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the washer main body, A control knob for opening and closing the outlet of the first flow path in accordance with the rotation to adjust the injection amount of the washing water and a control knob provided on the upper part of the control knob, A locking portion provided on the separation button portion and the adjustment knob for controlling the pressing operation of the separation button portion according to whether the first flow path is opened or closed, A cap for supporting a cleaning nozzle inserted into the center of the separation button portion, and a cap inserted into the center of the cap to be engaged with the separation button portion, It suggests the oral cleaner comprising a nozzle made removable by the separation into the opening, and whether the button pressing operation portion.

In addition, Japanese Patent No. 10-1152258 entitled " Tooth and mouth rinse apparatus " can increase the cleaning effect by intermittently injecting a high-pressure rinse solution and applying a shock wave to the foreign matter, and perform filtration and sterilization of the rinse solution during the injection process And a tooth and mouth rinse apparatus capable of adding hand motion while using the apparatus. The proposed tooth and oral cleaning apparatus is provided with a liquid holding member having an inlet port for injecting a cleaning liquid and a liquid holding member provided with a holding chamber for holding a cleaning liquid therein and being elastically deformable, And an injection nozzle for injecting a cleaning liquid supplied from the grazing type pump, and a flow path for guiding the cleaning liquid to the inside of the accommodating chamber by the injection nozzle And a cleaning liquid supply pipe whose one end is connected to the discharge port of the hammer type pump and the other end is connected to the cleaning liquid inlet of the injection device. The injection device is installed in the cleaning liquid flow path on the side of the injection nozzle, Comprising a rotatable body having a plurality of wings radially arranged to implement injection, And an oral cleaning device.

However, the above-mentioned prior arts are related to a cleaning device for cleaning the inside of the oral cavity by spraying water coupled to the water supply device, and can be integrally fastened by having a separate coupling device in the water supply, And the user can not use it while carrying it, which makes it impossible to use it outside, and the inside of the mouth can not be easily cleaned.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable tooth cleaning apparatus,

A connection unit detachably coupled to the faucet so that the user can easily carry the device; and a tightening unit for tightly connecting the connection unit and the faucet by pulling the tightening cable and the tightening cable provided in the connection unit, The present invention is directed to a portable tooth cleaning apparatus.

The first and second cogs are provided on the outer surface of the first cable and the inner surface of the second cable so as to pull the fastening cable and the second cable is positioned in the insertion hole of the first cable, And it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable tooth cleaning apparatus which can pull the first and second cables with the same force so that the connection unit can be brought into close contact with the faucet when the tooth member is rotated as it is coupled with the outer surface of the tooth member on the same surface.

Further, since the nozzle for spraying the water is provided with the first injection hole, and the auxiliary nozzle having the second injection hole formed in a shape different from that of the first injection hole can be fastened to the nozzle end, various types of spray can be selected according to the user The tooth cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, a portable tooth cleaning apparatus according to the present invention comprises:

A connection unit including an inlet connected to the faucet to receive the water, and a drain for discharging the introduced water;

A spraying unit including a nozzle for spraying water discharged from the discharge unit;

A tightening cable comprising a first cable and a second cable respectively coupled to both sides of the connection unit;

A fastening unit provided on the faucet and including a toothed member to which the first cable and the second cable are coupled;

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And the tightening unit pulls the first cable and the second cable at the same time to closely contact the connecting unit to the faucet.

As described above, the portable tooth cleaning apparatus according to the present invention includes a connecting unit connected to a pre-installed faucet to which spraying means for spraying water is connected. In order to secure the adhesion between the connecting unit and the faucet, The user can easily carry it around and install it on the installed faucet so that the user can keep the mouth clean even from the outside.

The fastening cable may be formed of first and second cables so that both sides of the connection unit can be respectively pulled. An interpolation hole is formed in the first cable so that the first toothed portion and the second cable provided on the outer surface of the first cable, Since the second toothed portion provided on the inner surface is coupled to the toothed member of the tightening unit on the same surface, the first and second cables can be pulled together with the same force by the rotation of the toothed member, have.

In addition, the injection means is capable of easily selecting various spraying methods according to a user's selection or a cleaning part in the mouth through an auxiliary nozzle having a second spray hole which is connected to the nozzle and has a shape different from that of the first spray hole of the nozzle have.

1 is a perspective view of a portable tooth cleaning apparatus according to the present invention;
2 is an enlarged view of a portable tooth cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the fastening cable of the portable tooth cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a portable tooth cleaning apparatus according to the present invention
Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing the embodiment of the fixing unit of the portable tooth cleaning apparatus according to the present invention

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the invention. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the same reference numerals, and in particular, the numerals of the tens and the digits of the digits, the digits of the tens, the digits of the digits and the alphabets are the same, Members referred to by reference numerals can be identified as members corresponding to these standards.

In the drawings, the components are expressed by exaggeratingly larger (or thicker) or smaller (or thinner) in size or thickness in consideration of the convenience of understanding, etc. However, It should not be.

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. In the present application, the term " comprising " or " consisting of ", or the like, refers to the presence of a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

1 and 2, a tooth cleaning apparatus A according to the present invention includes a connection unit 10 connected to a faucet A1 and a connection unit 10 connected to both sides of the connection unit 10, A fastening unit 40 for pulling the fastening cable 30 to improve the adhesion between the faucet A1 and the connecting unit 10, And a spray unit 20 coupled to the spray nozzle 10 for spraying water.

In more detail, the connection unit 10 includes an inlet portion connected to the faucet A1 to receive the water, and a discharge portion 15 through which the introduced water is discharged.

More specifically, when the connection unit 11 of the connection unit 10 is connected to the faucet A1 so that the water from the faucet A1 can be introduced, the water flowing into the connection unit 10 moves The flow path 13 is formed. The injection unit 20 is connected to the end of the flow path 13, that is, to one side of the connection unit 10, specifically, to the lower side of the connection unit 10, So that it can be sprayed.

In this case, when the connection part 11 is coupled to the faucet A1, a gap with the connection part 11 may occur due to the size of the various faucets A1. To seal the gap, It is preferable that the member 17 is further coupled. The packing member 17 is generally made of a material such as silicone or rubber so as to improve adhesion and may be formed in a ring shape. However, the packing member 17 may be formed with a cutout 171 at the center of the packing member 17 It is more desirable to prevent water from leaking by coupling to the faucet A1 through the cutout 171. [

The discharge unit 15 is connected to the injection unit 20 and is connected to the water supply unit 15 through the water supply pipe 15. The connection unit 10 is provided with a discharge unit 15 through which the inflow water is discharged, So that it can be sprayed through the injection unit 20.

Here, the injection unit 20 includes an extension hose that can extend the length of the injection unit 20, and a nozzle 23 that is provided at the end of the extension hose and through which water is injected.

At this time, it is preferable that the extension hose of the injection unit 20 is made of a material having a high flexibility so that the user can easily bend the hose so as to improve the convenience of use. One end of the extension hose is coupled to the discharge unit 15, A nozzle 23 is coupled to the water supply port so that the water from the faucet A1 can be sprayed through the nozzle 23. [

It is preferable that the connection between the discharge portion 15 and the extension hose can be easily combined and separated through a screw connection. It is also possible to further include a hermetic packing , Or may be coupled through coupling as in the known art.

A nozzle 23 is coupled to an end of the extension hose. A first injection hole 231 is formed in the nozzle 23 so that water can be injected through the first injection hole 231.

Here, the first injection hole 231 is formed by a single hole having a diameter of 1 mm, so that it can be sprayed not by a straight line but by a thick spray so that the inside of the mouth is gently massaged and cleaned.

The auxiliary nozzle 25 may be further provided with a plurality of second injection holes 251 each having a diameter of 0.2 mm, And the water can be injected in a straight and strong manner by the second injection hole 251. This makes it easy to clean the foreign substances trapped in the gaps between the teeth, .

A coupling thread 233 is provided on the outer surface of the nozzle 23 in order for the auxiliary nozzle 25 to be coupled to the nozzle 23 and an inner surface of the auxiliary nozzle 25 corresponds to the coupling thread 233 So that the nozzle 23 and the auxiliary nozzle 25 can be easily attached and detached.

The tightening unit 40 and the tightening cable 30, which are core technologies of the tooth cleaning apparatus A according to the present invention, will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG.

First, the tightening cable 30 is coupled to the connection unit 10. More specifically, the tightening cable 30 includes a first cable 31 and a second cable 33, One end of the first cable 31 and the second cable 33 are fixedly coupled to both sides of the connection unit 10, respectively.

The first cable 31 and the second cable 33 are coupled to each other so that the first cable 31 and the second cable 33 are pulled together to strongly connect the faucet A1 and the connecting unit 10 And a tightening unit 40 for tightly adhering it is further provided.

The tightening unit 40 is provided on the faucet A1 and includes a first through hole 41 into which the first cable 31 is inserted, The second through hole 43 into which the second cable 33 is inserted and the inserted first and second cables 31 and 33 are rotated so that the connecting unit 10 is brought into close contact with the faucet A1, (47).

More specifically, the tightening unit 40 is located above the faucet A1, and first and second through-holes 41 and 43 are formed at both lower ends of the faucet A1, The ball 45 is formed.

As the first cable 31 flows through the first through hole 41 and the second cable 33 flows through the second through hole 43, The connecting unit 10 coupled to the faucet A1 can be pulled in the direction of the faucet A1 to improve the adhesion force by simultaneously pulling the cables 31 and 33, So that the unit 10 can be fixed.

However, it is important that this pulling operation simultaneously pulls the first and second cables 31 and 33 with the same force so that the connecting unit 10 can be held in horizontal contact with the faucet A1.

In order to solve such a problem, the fastening unit 40 is provided with a toothed member 47 having a toothed portion 471 formed on the outer surface thereof, and the toothed portion 471 of the toothed member 47 The first and second cables 31 and 33 can be engaged with each other to pull the first and second cables 31 and 33 in accordance with the rotation of the toothed member 47. [

The first cable 31 has a first toothed portion 311 formed on an outer surface thereof and the second cable 33 has a second toothed portion 331 on an inner surface thereof. . The width of the second cable 33 is the same as the width of the insertion hole 313 and the length of the second cable 33 Can be inserted into the interpolating hole 313.

More specifically, the coupling of the first and second cables 31, 33 and the toothed member 47 will be described in more detail. The first cable 31 is connected to the tightening unit 40 Through the first through hole 41 provided at the lower right end of the toothed member 47 and wound clockwise along the lower surface of the toothed member 47. Therefore, the first toothed portion 311 provided on the outer surface of the first cable 31 can be fastened to the outer surface of the toothed member 47.

Further, the second cable 33 flows into the lower left end of the tightening unit 40 so as to surround the toothed member 47 in a clockwise direction. In order to engage with the toothed member 47, the second cable 33 And the second toothed portion 331 is formed on the inner side surface. In this case, the first cable 31 and the second cable 33 are overlapped on the left portion of the toothed member 47. To prevent this, the first cable 31 is provided with an insertion hole 313, The width of the second cable 33 is the same as that of the insertion hole 313 and penetrates the insertion hole 313 so that the first toothed portion 311 and the second toothed portion 331 are positioned on the same plane And is coupled to the toothed portion 471 of the toothed member 47 as if it were a single cable.

Also, as shown in the drawing, a third through hole 45 is provided at the right upper end of the tightening unit 40 so that the first and second cables 31 and 33 can be discharged together Do.

The first and second cables 31 and 33 are simultaneously rotated in the clockwise direction in accordance with the rotation of the toothed member 47 due to such a coupling relationship, So that the connection unit 10 connected to the ends of the first and second cables 31 and 33 rises and the adhesion with the faucet A1 becomes strong.

In addition, as shown in the drawing, the toothed member 47 is provided with a protruding adjustment switch 473 so that the user can easily rotate the toothed member 47.

When the toothed member 47 is rotated and the first and second cables 31 and 33 are pulled again, a means for fixing the toothed member 47 (for preventing the toothed member 47 from rotating in the reverse direction) To this end, the tooth cleaning apparatus A according to the present invention further includes a fixing unit 50 at one side of the tightening unit 40.

5, the fixing unit 50 includes a fixing protrusion 51 coupled to an outer surface of the toothed member 47, An elastic body 53 for supporting the fixing protrusion 51 and a fixing switch 55 for fixing the fixing protrusion 51 to prevent rotation of the tooth member 47. [

More specifically, the fixing protrusion 51 is inserted into the toothed portion 471 formed on the outer surface of the toothed member 47. The end of the fixing protrusion 51 is connected to the tooth forming portion 471, And an elastic body 53 is provided at the other end of the fixing protrusion 51 so that the elastic body 53 supports the inner surface of the tightening unit 40. [ Accordingly, when the toothed member 47 is rotated, the fixing protrusion 51 is moved back and forth by the elastic body 53 so as not to interfere with the rotation.

Further, since the fixing protrusion 51 is prevented from moving back and forth, the rotation of the tooth member 47 can be prevented. To this end, a fixing switch 55 is provided on one side of the fixing protrusion 51, A fixing bar 551 protruding from the fixing bar 55 is formed and a fixing groove 511 through which the fixing bar 551 can be inserted is formed in the fixing bar 51.

Therefore, when the fixing bar 551 is inserted into the fixing groove 511 by rotating the fixing switch 55, the fixing protrusion 51 is fixed without being moved back and forth, so that the rotation of the toothed member 47 The fixing bar 551 and the fixing groove 511 are separated from each other so as not to interfere with the rotation of the toothed member 47 and the toothed member 47 In order to control the rotation.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, Changes and substitutions are to be construed as falling within the scope of protection of the present invention.

A: Tooth cleaning device A1: Faucet
10: connection unit 11: connection
13: Flow path 15:
17: packing member 171:
20: injection unit 21: connecting hose
23: nozzle 231: first spray hole
233: Coupling thread 25: Auxiliary nozzle
251: second minute hole 30: fastening cable
31: first cable 311: first toothed portion
313: Insertion hole 33: Second cable
331: second toothed portion 40: tightening unit
41: first through hole 43: second through hole
45: third through hole 47: tooth member
471: tooth forming part 473: adjusting switch
50: Fixing unit 51: Fixing projection
511: fixing groove 53: elastic body
55: Fixed switch 551: Fixed bar

Claims

A connection unit including an inlet connected to the faucet to receive the water, and a drain for discharging the introduced water;
An ejection unit including a nozzle for ejecting water discharged from the discharge unit;
A tightening cable comprising a first cable and a second cable respectively coupled to both sides of the connection unit;
A fastening unit provided on the faucet and including a toothed member to which the first cable and the second cable are coupled; , &Lt; / RTI >

Wherein the tightening unit simultaneously pulls the first cable and the second cable so that the connection unit is brought into close contact with the faucet.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first cable has a first toothed portion on an outer surface thereof and the second cable has a second toothed portion on an inner surface thereof.

3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first cable of the tightening cable is provided with an interpolating hole and the second cable is passed through the interpolating hole so that the first toothed portion and the second toothed portion are coupled to the outer surface of the toothed member on the same surface.

The method according to claim 2 or 3,
A first injection hole is formed in the nozzle of the injection means,
Wherein the spraying means further comprises an auxiliary nozzle having a second spray hole communicating with the first spray hole and coupled to the nozzle end.