TWI720811B - Oral cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

An oral cleaner includes a tooth cleaning body and a number of bristle units. The dental prosthesis body is suitable for being contained in the oral cavity and the material has flexibility and biocompatibility. The dental prosthesis body includes two prosthetic sections which are arranged in an up-down direction and are reversely arranged and are substantially U-shaped. The cleaning part is used to match and correspond to the upper and lower gums respectively. The bristle units are arranged at intervals on at least one of the tooth cleaning parts. With the bristle units provided in the cleaning body, the user only needs to put the oral cleaner into the oral cavity, so that the cleaning parts correspond to the upper and lower gums, and the upper and lower rows of teeth are engaged with the cleaning body. Cooperating with the chewing action, the bristle units can be swung to clean the oral cavity. There is no need to hold hands during the process, and the use convenience is better.

Description

Oral cleaner

The invention relates to a device for cleaning the oral cavity, in particular to an oral cleaner that does not need to be hand-held.

Existing oral cleaning devices, such as toothbrushes or electric toothbrushes, need to be held in hand and coordinated with hand movements to brush teeth and clean the oral cavity. However, for users who are older, weakened, or injured in their hands, it is difficult to apply force on their hands. And it is easy to cause problems that do not want to clean and affect oral health, which needs to be improved.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an oral cleaner that does not need to be hand-held.

Thus, the oral cleaner of the present invention includes a cleaning body and a number of bristle units. The dental prosthesis body is suitable for being contained in the oral cavity and the material has flexibility and biocompatibility. The dental prosthesis body includes two prosthetic sections which are arranged in an up-down direction and are reversely arranged and are substantially U-shaped. The cleaning part is used to match and correspond to the upper and lower gums respectively. The bristle units are arranged at intervals on at least one of the tooth cleaning parts.

The effect of the present invention is that with the brush units provided on the cleaning body, the user only needs to put the oral cleaner into the oral cavity, so that the cleaning parts correspond to the upper and lower gums, and the upper and lower teeth occlude The cleaning body is matched with a chewing action to make the brush units swing to clean the oral cavity. There is no need to hold the tooth during the process, and the use is more convenient.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same number, and the front and back direction X and the up and down direction Z in the following description are in normal use. The direction shall prevail.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a first embodiment of the oral cleaner of the present invention includes a tooth cleaning body 1, a bristle counting unit 2, a tongue cleaning body 3, and a stopping unit 4.

The dentifrice body 1 is suitable for being contained in the oral cavity, and the dentifrice body 1 includes two dentifrice portions 11, an inner peripheral surface 12, and an outer peripheral surface 13. The tooth cleaning parts 11 are arranged oppositely in an up-down direction Z and are substantially U-shaped, and the tooth cleaning parts 11 are respectively used for matching and corresponding to the upper and lower gums. Each cleaning part 11 has an inner side 111 and an outer side 112 spaced apart, and the outer side 112 surrounds the inner side 111. The inner peripheral surface 12 is connected to the inner sides 111 of the dentifrice portions 11, and the inner peripheral surface 12 surrounds and defines a setting space 14. The peripheral surface 13 is connected to the outer edges 112 of the tooth cleaning parts 11.

The bristle units 2 are arranged at intervals on the dentifrice body 1 and cover the dentifrice portions 11. Each bristle unit 2 has two long bristle groups 21 spaced apart, and two short bristle groups 22 located between the long bristle groups 21 and spaced apart. Each long bristle group 21 has a long bristle 211 extending along the vertical direction Z, and a plurality of fine brushes 212 branched from the outer surface of the long bristle 211. Each short bristle group 22 has a number of short bristles 221 extending along the vertical direction Z, and the height of each short bristle 221 is smaller than the height of each long bristle 211.

In the first embodiment, the dentifrice body 1 and the bristle units 2 are integrally formed of silicone, but in other variants, the dentifrice body 1 and the bristle units 2 can also be manufactured separately and then assembled in At the same time, the prosthetic body 1 and the bristle units 2 can also be made of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) or polypropylene (PP), as long as the material is flexible and biological Compatibility is sufficient, not limited to this.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the tongue cleaning body 3 is located in the setting space 14 of the tooth cleaning body 1 and connected to the inner peripheral surface 12. The tongue cleaning body 3 includes two tongue cleaning surfaces 31 oppositely arranged in the up and down direction Z. Each tongue cleaning surface 31 has a plurality of protrusions 311. One of the tongue cleaning surfaces 31 faces downward, and the other The tongue surface 31 faces upward.

When in use, the user only needs to put the oral cleaner into the oral cavity so that the teeth cleaning parts 11 correspond to the upper and lower gums, and the tongue is pressed against one of the tongue cleaning surfaces 31, and the upper and lower teeth bite together The brush unit 2 and the tongue cleaner body 3 are oscillated in the tooth cleaning body 1 in conjunction with a chewing action to clean teeth and tongue coatings. Each group of long bristles 21 can clean both sides of the teeth and each group of long bristles can clean the teeth and tongue coating. 21 of the fine brushes 212 can extend between the teeth, each of the short bristle groups 22 can clean the surface of the teeth, and one of the protruding particles 311 of the tongue cleaning surface 31 is used to clean the tongue fur. It can be cleaned and has high ease of use.

In the first embodiment, the bristle units 2 are all over the tooth cleaning parts 11, which can clean the upper and lower rows of teeth at the same time, which is more convenient to use. However, in other variants, the bristle units 2 It can also be provided in only one of the teeth cleaning parts 11, when in use, after cleaning one row of teeth, the oral cleaner can be turned upside down to clean the other row of teeth, and the oral cavity can also be cleaned without holding it.

In the first embodiment, since the tongue cleansing surfaces 31 all have the protrusions 311 that can be used to clean the tongue coating, there is no need to specifically confirm which tongue cleansing surface 31 has the protrusions 311 during use. The oral cleaner is put into the oral cavity and is convenient to use. However, in other variations, it is also possible that only one of the tongue cleaning surfaces 31 has the protrusions 311, which can also clean the tongue coating.

The blocking unit 4 is arranged on the front side of the dentifrice body 1 along a front-to-rear direction X, and the blocking unit 4 is suitable for blocking outside the oral cavity. The stopping unit 4 includes a spacer 41 extending forward along the front-rear direction X from the peripheral surface 13 of the dentifrice body 1, a blocking piece 42 arranged on the front side of the spacer 41, and a spacer 42 arranged on the front side of the spacer 41. The tab 43 on the front side of the baffle 42. When in use, the spacer 41 penetrates out of the oral cavity and is used to clamp the lips, and the stopper 42 is blocked outside the oral cavity to prevent the user from swallowing accidentally during use, which can improve the safety of use. The pull ring 43 It is convenient for the user to remove the oral cleaner.

The present invention uses the brush units 2 provided in the cleaning body 1 and the protrusions 311 of the tongue cleaning body 3. The user only needs to put the oral cleaner into the oral cavity to make the cleaning parts 11 Corresponding to the upper and lower gums, and the upper and lower rows of teeth bite into the dentifrice body 1 and then cooperate with the chewing action to make the bristle units 2 and the tongue cleaning body 2 swing to clean the oral cavity. There is no need to hold hands during the process, which is more convenient good. Therefore, the purpose of the invention can indeed be achieved.

Referring to Figure 5, a second embodiment of the oral cleaner of the present invention is substantially the same as the first embodiment, except for:

Each bristle unit 2'cancels the short bristle groups 22 (see Figure 1). Since the height of each long bristle 211 is higher than the height of each short bristle 221 (see Figure 1), each long bristle 211 is clean The range is also larger than the cleaning range of each short bristle 221, and each bristle unit 2'only includes the long bristle group 21 can also clean teeth. Therefore, the second embodiment has the same purpose and effect as the first embodiment.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, all simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification still belong to Within the scope of the patent of the present invention.

1: Clean tooth body

11: Dental cleaning department

111: inner side

112: Outer side

12: inner circumference

13: Peripheral surface

14: Set up space

2, 2': bristle unit

21: Long bristle group

211: Long bristles

212: Fine Brush

22: Short bristle group

221: short bristles

3: Clean tongue body

31: Cleansing tongue and face

311: bump

4: stop unit

41: Spacer

42: baffle

43: pull ring

X: front and back direction

Z: Up and down direction

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a first embodiment of the oral cleaner of the present invention; Figure 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view illustrating that the number of bristle units of the first embodiment are arranged at intervals on a dentifrice body; Figure 3 is a top view of the first embodiment; Figure 4 is a bottom view of the first embodiment; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a second embodiment of the oral cleaner of the present invention.

1: Clean tooth body

11: Dental cleaning department

111: inner side

112: Outer side

12: inner circumference

13: Peripheral surface

14: Set up space

2: Brush unit

21: Long bristle group

22: Short bristle group

221: short bristles

3: Clean tongue body

31: Cleansing tongue and face

311: bump

4: stop unit

42: baffle

43: pull ring

X: front and back direction

Z: Up and down direction

Claims (9)

An oral cleaner, comprising: a dental prosthesis body suitable for being contained in the oral cavity and the material is flexible and biocompatible; the dental prosthesis body includes a substantially U-shaped and reversely arranged in an up-down direction Two cleansing parts, the cleansing parts are used to cooperate and correspond to the upper and lower gums respectively; the number of bristle units are arranged at least one of the cleaning parts, and each bristle unit has two long bristle groups arranged at intervals , Each long bristle group has a long bristle extending along the up and down direction, and a number of fine brushes branched from the outer surface of the long bristle; and a stop unit, the stop unit is arranged in the cleaning along a front-to-rear direction On the front side of the tooth body, the stopping unit is suitable for stopping outside the oral cavity. The oral cleaner according to claim 1, wherein each tooth cleaning part of the tooth cleaning body has an inner side and an outer side spaced apart, the outer side surrounds the inner side, the The dental prosthesis body also includes an inner peripheral surface connected to the inner sides of the dental prosthesis parts, and a peripheral surface connected to the outer sides of the dental prosthetic parts, and the inner peripheral surface surrounds and defines a set Space, the oral cleaner further includes a tongue cleaning body, which is located in the setting space and connected to the inner peripheral surface. The oral cleaner according to claim 2, wherein the tongue cleansing body includes two tongue cleansing surfaces arranged oppositely in the up and down direction, and at least one of the tongue cleansing surfaces has a plurality of protrusions for cleaning the tongue coating . The oral cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the brush units are covered with at least one tooth cleaning part. The oral cleaner according to claim 4, wherein each bristle unit further includes two short bristle groups located between the long bristle groups and arranged at intervals, and each short bristle group has a number of short bristles extending in the up and down direction. For bristles, the height of each short bristle is less than the height of each long bristle. The oral cleaner according to claim 1, wherein each tooth cleaning part of the tooth cleaning body has an inner side and an outer side spaced apart, the outer side surrounds the inner side, the The dentifrice body also includes an inner peripheral surface connecting the inner sides of the dentifrice portions, and a peripheral surface connecting the outer sides of the dentifrice portions. The oral cleaner according to claim 6, wherein the stopping unit includes a spacer extending forward from the peripheral surface of the dentifrice body in the front-to-rear direction, and a stop provided on the front side of the spacer sheet. The oral cleaner according to claim 7, wherein the blocking unit further includes a pull ring provided on the front side of the blocking piece. The oral cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning body and the bristle units are integrally formed of silicone.

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