KR20200000029A - Electric Toothbrush Using a Common Toothbrush - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electric toothbrush using a regular toothbrush. More specifically, the present invention allows regular toothbrushes with various specifications to be conveniently mounted and used as an electric toothbrush, such that the toothbrushes of all family members can be mounted and used as an electric toothbrush by using a single electric device. In particular, the electric toothbrush comprises a powered body, a vibrating socket, and a socket body. In particular, the powered body comprises a battery accommodating unit and a motor mounting room that forms a terminal for applying power of a battery accommodated inside the battery accommodating unit to a motor, wherein the motor is mounted in the motor mounting room. In addition, the powered body has a gear room at a rear end thereof to install a cam gear so as to finish the same with a blocking plate, and includes a toothbrush pressing arm at a front end thereof. In particular, the vibrating socket allows the cam gear to be coupled to a rear end thereof, is configured to vibrate about a hinge pin, and allows the rear end of a toothbrush handle to be inserted in the rear end thereof. In particular, the socket body includes, in a front part thereof, a toothbrush mounting room with a binding strip, and includes a holder unit with one open side that is integrally formed at a leading end portion thereof, wherein a neck portion of the toothbrush handle is coupled to the holder unit. In particular, the socket body and the powered body can be coupled to or separated from each other. Here, a spring is elastically held inside the vibrating socket and attached to the rear end of the toothbrush handle, thereby forming a cone-shaped coupling unit which is wide in the front and narrow in the back inside.

Description

Electric Toothbrush Using a Common Toothbrush

The present invention relates to an electric toothbrush that uses a general toothbrush, and in particular, a general toothbrush that allows the entire family to mount and use their own toothbrush as a power tool by easily installing a general toothbrush of various specifications and using it as an electric toothbrush. It relates to an electric toothbrush using.

As human civilization developed, the desire to care for teeth, which is the fivefold of personal health, grew and became a time of brushing teeth several times a day.

In addition to this, research has been conducted to make the brushing of the brush more efficient and the toothbrushes for the disabled and the elderly are being developed and commercialized.

Until now, electric toothbrushes are mainly used to brush teeth by rotating or reciprocating the bristles, and the brush head and handle part (drive part) are integrated, so if the bristles are worn out, only the corresponding product must be purchased. If you want to use the electric toothbrush because other people in your family want to use the electric toothbrush because the electric toothbrush can not be used anymore even though the electric toothbrush can be driven anymore, the purchase cost is additional. Occurs, and can only use the brush head for the product

Thus, look at the patent literature on the electric toothbrush that has been invented and carried out so far as follows.

Patent application No. 10-2017-7036103 (April 25, 2016) is a fluid delivery system of a tooth cleaning device, a fluid inlet, a pump for drawing a working fluid through the fluid inlet, a hydraulic pressure for receiving the working fluid from the pump An accumulator, a nozzle having a fluid outlet, and a valve positioned between the accumulator and the nozzle, the valve being in an open position that allows the accumulator to deliver a working fluid jet to the nozzle, and the accumulator under the action of the pump. Has a closed position to allow replenishment. Utility Model Registration No. 20-2003-0038892 (2003.12.12) has a built-in battery, motor, timer, and waterproof switch in the handle. The present invention relates to an electric toothbrush that induces brushing for a long time, and has the advantage of allowing a user to brush during the brushing time required to obtain a sufficient brushing effect without having to watch the watch so that they can have good habits for dental health. have Utility Model Registration No. 20-2004-0001685 (2004.01.20) is configured to assemble and disassemble the toothbrush bar on one side of the body of the toothbrush, and configured to accommodate the toothbrush bar in the body of the toothbrush. Toothbrushes can be exchanged, and if the toothbrush is to be carried, it is provided in the storage space (storage section) provided in the toothbrush body and has a storage unit for hygienic carrying, and an exchangeable and portable toothbrush for changing the bristles To provide a toothbrush holder housing at one end of the body portion, the hollow portion is formed at the other end portion, the key groove is formed therein, and the outer diameter is cut in a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction to have a predetermined tension force Toothbrush handle including a fastening portion provided with a screw thread on the outer diameter of the fastening portion in the outer diameter; A lid coupled to the opening and closing portion; A toothbrush attached to one side of the bristle and having an extension formed on the other side of which a key groove is inserted into the fastening portion and engaged with the key groove; The extension part penetrates and is fastened to the screw thread of the fastening part to press the fastening part circumferentially inward, thereby providing the convenience of exchange and bristling of the bristles, thereby reducing the occurrence of household garbage. It can also reduce the cost of purchasing a toothbrush, and offers all the advantages of easy to carry toothbrush when outdoors or on a business trip. Utility Model Registration Application No. 20-2009-0014339 (2009.11.04) relates to an electric toothbrush which can be mounted on a commercially available general toothbrush, and includes a battery compartment, a switch, a motor assembly, and a toothbrush. It consists of a toothbrush fixing part that rotates left and right about the rotating shaft and a toothbrush fixing part that can fix the toothbrush to the toothbrush storing part, a fixing cap, and a housing.The motor assembly and the reduction gear are integrated into the rotating shaft by the motor assembly and the rotational force of the motor. Toothbrush housing and housing that reciprocate left and right at around 45 degrees (40 degrees to 50 degrees), and the upper end is attached to the toothbrush housing, and the front and back of the toothbrush handle inside the cylinder (hereinafter referred to as the front of the toothbrush handle) Toothbrush fixing consisting of a resilient fastener to resiliently secure the other side to the back of the toothbrush handle and a click to tighten the side of the toothbrush handle. And, it consists of a fixed cap that can be mounted to all the toothbrush by tightening the click when screwed with the toothbrush fixing unit, unlike the electric toothbrush made of a set of conventional bristles to use all the general toothbrush on the market It can be used semi-permanently by replacing only the toothbrush, and the electric toothbrush can be used by the whole family to replace it with their own toothbrush, which can reduce the cost, and unlike the conventional electric toothbrush, it is fixed to the toothbrush housing rather than the rotational movement of the brush head. The toothbrush itself is made by reciprocating the left and right reciprocating movement (about 45 degrees (40 ~ 50 degrees)) to implement general brushing to enhance the effectiveness of the brushing. Utility Model Registration No. 20-2011-0008833 (2011.10.04) relates to a portable sound wave vibration toothbrush that can be carried in a portable, the cover portion is formed with a receiving space opening in one side; A body part including a head part inserted into the accommodation space, bristles planted in the head part, and an extension part connected to the head part and having a fitting space therein; An intermediate connection portion having a fitting portion for fitting with the fitting space and an insertion portion connected to the fitting portion and inserted into the receiving space; A flexible cover part coupled to the intermediate connection part; A handle part which is detachably coupled to the flexible cover part; A vibration motor inserted into an inner space of the fitting portion; A motor driving circuit inserted into an inner space of the insertion part, electrically connected to the vibration motor, and supplying power to the vibration motor; A motor switch inserted into the flexible cover part and electrically connected to the vibration motor and the motor driving circuit; A battery inserted into an inner space of the handle part; A motor seating portion formed in a cylindrical shape having a side portion opened and fitted to a body portion of the vibration motor by an inner receiving portion; A circuit seat part integrally connected to a lower part of the motor seat part and providing a space in which the motor driving circuit can be seated; A packing seating unit formed integrally with a lower portion of the circuit seating unit and having a boundary protrusion plate abutting between the intermediate connection unit and the handle unit; And a battery seating part which is formed integrally with the packing seating part and extends from the lower part of the packing seating part, and accommodates the battery, wherein the switch for the motor is disposed within the flexible cover part. The body part is formed to be detachable from the intermediate connection part, and the motor driving circuit is further provided with a timer function for driving the vibration motor only for a predetermined driving time, and the cover part is formed by penetrating a part of the body surface. A ventilation hole is formed, and the packing seating portion further includes an upper packing groove formed at an upper portion of the boundary protrusion plate and a lower packing groove formed at a lower portion of the boundary protrusion plate, and inserted into the upper packing groove and the intermediate connection portion. Upper packing in close contact with the inner circumference of the; And a lower packing inserted into the lower packing groove and in close contact with an inner circumference of the intermediate connecting portion. By configuring a portable sonic vibration toothbrush further includes a body portion is detachably coupled to the intermediate connection can be used to replace only the body portion when the bristles wear, toothbrush purchase cost is lowered, the present invention is provided with a cover part bristles Since it covers, the portability is improved, and the ventilation hole is formed in the cover part, and the sterilization lamp is provided in the cover part, so that water remaining after brushing is easily removed, thereby creating an environment in which bacteria do not propagate. By installing a part to provide a space for internal drive circuit components to be seated, and providing a space for connecting the upper packing and the lower packing, forming a waterproof structure between the intermediate connection portion and the handle portion does not short-circuit the internal circuit function even when water is in contact Waterproof function will be implemented.

Electric toothbrushes developed so far as described above must be purchased separately to use a dedicated toothbrush, so when the toothbrush is broken, it causes inconvenience to buy and replace a new one, each of the inconvenience of having to secure each individual electric toothbrush. Here, the improved utility model registration No. 20-0448960 was designed to use an existing toothbrush, but it is also difficult to attach and detach the toothbrush, and when the handle is enlarged when the inner diameter of the vibration socket is increased to accommodate the toothbrush handles of various shapes. The thin toothbrush had a problem that it could not fulfill its role as an electric toothbrush because vibration was not properly transmitted due to play with the vibration socket.

The present invention solves this problem, so that it can be easily mounted and used regardless of the type of toothbrush can be used by the whole family as a single electric mechanism and the cone-shaped coupling portion held on the spring inside the vibration socket to which the handle end of the toothbrush is coupled. Its purpose is to make the formed clutch to be coupled to the toothbrush without play, so that the vibration of the vibration socket is transmitted as it is to be convenient to use.

The present invention is to receive the battery in the battery compartment to achieve the above object and the switch is turned on when the motor is mounted in the motor mounting chamber is driven and the cam gear of the gear chamber to convert the rotational motion to a reciprocating motion to combine the toothbrush In the electric toothbrush which uses a toothbrush in the socket,

The motor is installed in the motor mounting room consisting of terminals to apply the power of the battery stored in the battery compartment to the motor.The motor is equipped with a gear chamber at the rear end.The cam gear is installed to finish with a blocking plate and press the toothbrush on the tip. A power component body constituting the arm; It is coupled to the cam gear at the rear end and swings around the hinge pin, and constitutes a vibration socket to which the rear end of the toothbrush handle is inserted and is coupled, and constitutes a toothbrush mounting chamber having a binding frame in front of the toothbrush handle. One side is coupled to the socket body which is formed integrally with the blown holder portion to configure the electric toothbrush using a general toothbrush to separate and separate the socket body and the power component body, wherein the inside of the vibration socket is supported by a spring The clutch which formed the cone-shaped coupling part of the beneficiation rear narrow so that the toothbrush handle was closely attached to the rear end was comprised.

The present invention can be easily mounted and used regardless of the type of the general-purpose toothbrush, so that the entire family can be used as a single electric mechanism, and the cone-shaped coupling portion in the spring-tight clutch inside the vibration socket that the toothbrush handle end is coupled to It is a novel invention that creates a convenient effect by allowing the toothbrush to be coupled without play so that the vibration of the vibration socket is transmitted as it is.

1 is an exemplary view of the overall configuration of the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exemplary cross-sectional view of Figure 1 showing the main structure of the present invention.
Figure 3 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the motor and the power transmission unit of the power component body of the present invention.
Figure 4 is an exemplary view of mounting the toothbrush on the socket body in the present invention.
Figure 5 is an exemplary view of coupling the power component body to the socket body of the present invention.

Referring to the configuration of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows.

When the battery 51 is stored in the battery compartment 11 and the switch 50 is turned on, the motor 52 mounted in the motor mounting chamber 12 is driven to drive the cam gear 53 of the gear chamber 13. In the electric toothbrush to convert the rotational movement into a reciprocating motion to be used by mounting the toothbrush handle 41 of the toothbrush 40 to the shaking vibration socket 30,

The motor mounting chamber 12 having a terminal is configured to apply the power of the battery stored in the battery storage unit 11 to the motor 52 to mount the motor 52, and the gear chamber 13 is formed at the rear end thereof. And a cam gear 53 to finish with the blocking plate 14 and to configure the toothbrush press arm 15 at the tip;

It is coupled to the cam gear 53 at the rear end and swings around the hinge pin 31, and constitutes a vibration socket 30 into which the rear end of the toothbrush handle 41 is inserted and coupled, and the binding frame 23 in front thereof. The socket body is configured by forming a toothbrush mounting chamber (21) but a socket body (20) which integrally forms a holder portion (22) in which one side of the neck (42) of the toothbrush handle (41) is coupled to the front end thereof. The electric toothbrush using the general toothbrush is constructed so that the 20 and the power component body 10 can be separated.

Here, a variety of toothbrushes constituted by a clutch (35) formed therein the cone-shaped coupling portion 36 of the beneficiation rear narrow so as to be in close contact with the rear end of the toothbrush handle (41) inside the vibration socket (30). Regardless of the shape of the toothbrush handle 41 of 40, it was easy to respond.

And the end of the toothbrush press arm 15 is coupled to the rupture of the holder portion 22 formed in the socket body 20 is gripped by the neck portion 42 of the toothbrush handle 41 becomes a working point toothbrush 40 Brush shake will be perfect.

Referring to the embodiment of the present invention as described above.

When the motor 52 is mounted with the motor mounting chamber 12 having a terminal configured to apply the power of the battery 51 stored in the battery storage unit 11 to the motor 52, the power of the battery 51 is supplied to the motor. The motor 52 is applied to the cam 52 to drive the cam gear 53 of the gear chamber 13.

When the preparation for driving in the above state is completed, the toothbrush 40 is mounted in the toothbrush mounting chamber 21 of the socket body 20. The vibration socket is configured to swing the hinge pin 31 in the shaft of the socket body 20. The rear end of the toothbrush handle 41 of the toothbrush 40 is inserted into the cone-shaped coupling portion 36 of the clutch 35 held by the spring 34 to the clutch 35 to vibrate the socket 30. The neck part 42 of the toothbrush 40 is inserted into the popped space in the holder part 22 of the socket body 20 while being pushed into the spring 34 so as to be gripped by the holder part 22.

At this time, the spring 34 corresponds to the length of the toothbrush handle 41 of the various toothbrushes 40, and the cone-shaped coupling portion 36 of the clutch 35 corresponds to the various shapes of the toothbrush handle 41 and the toothbrush 40. Regardless of the type, it is mounted to be easy to vibrate.

When the toothbrush 40 is mounted in this way, the toothbrush presser arm 15 enters the power structure body 10 into the socket body 20 on which the toothbrush 40 is mounted, and the toothbrush handle 41 is inserted between the binding frames 23. When it is fitted to press the eccentric pin (not shown) of the cam gear 53 is coupled to the cam groove (not shown) formed in the rear end of the vibration socket 30, the rotational motion of the cam gear 53 is changed to reciprocating motion Prepare to shake the vibration socket (30).

At this time, the end of the toothbrush press arm 15 is coupled to the rupture of the holder portion 22 formed in the socket body 20 to grip the neck 42 of the toothbrush handle 41 becomes the working point toothbrush 40 Brush shake will be perfect.

When the motor 52 is driven by turning on the switch 50 in the above state, the rear end is coupled to the clutch 35 of the vibration socket 30 while the vibration socket 30 is shaken by the power transmitted through the cam gear 53. The holder portion 22 and the tip of the toothbrush press arm 15 which have formed the neck portion 42 of the toothbrush handle 41 on the socket body 20 are gripped and the portion of the toothbrush 40 shakes the brush. This works perfectly and you brush your teeth.

As described above, the present invention can be easily mounted and used regardless of the type of the general-purpose toothbrush, so that the whole family can use it as a single electric device, and the cone-shaped coupling to the clutch held on the spring inside the vibration socket to which the handle end of the toothbrush is coupled. To configure the part so that the toothbrush is coupled without play, the vibration of the vibration socket is transmitted as it is, creating a convenient effect.

10: power structure body 11: battery compartment 12: the motor compartment
13: gear chamber 14: blocking plate 15: toothbrush push arm
20: socket body 21: toothbrush mounting chamber 22: holder
23: binding frame 30: vibration socket 31: hinge pin
34: spring 35: clutch 36: cone coupling part
40: toothbrush 41: toothbrush handle 42: neck
50: switch 51: battery 52: motor
53: cam gear

Claims (3)

When the battery 51 is stored in the battery compartment 11 and the switch 50 is turned on, the motor 52 mounted in the motor mounting chamber 12 is driven to drive the cam gear 53 of the gear chamber 13. In the electric toothbrush to convert the rotational movement into a reciprocating motion to be used by mounting the toothbrush handle 41 of the toothbrush 40 to the shaking vibration socket 30,
A motor mounting chamber 12 having a terminal configured to apply the power of the battery stored in the battery storage unit 11 to the motor 52 is mounted to mount the motor 52, and a gear chamber 13 is formed at the rear end thereof. A cam gear 53 installed to close the blocking plate 14 and constitute a toothbrush press arm 15 at the tip;
It is coupled to the cam gear 53 at the rear end and swings around the hinge pin 31, and constitutes a vibration socket 30 into which the rear end of the toothbrush handle 41 is inserted and coupled, and the binding frame 23 at the front thereof. To configure the toothbrush mounting chamber 21 is formed with a socket body (20) integrally forming a holder portion 22, one side of which is coupled to the neck portion 42 of the toothbrush handle (41) at the distal end of the socket body Electric toothbrush using a general toothbrush, characterized in that configured to separate the body 20 and the power component body 10 The method of claim 1,
Electric toothbrush using a general toothbrush, characterized in that the clutch 35 is configured to be in close contact with the rear end of the toothed toothbrush handle (41) inside the vibration socket (30). The method of claim 1,
The clutch 35 is an electric toothbrush using a general toothbrush, characterized in that the inner circumferential surface formed a cone-shaped coupling portion 36 of the beneficiation rear narrow.

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