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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
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- A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
- A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
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- the present invention relates to a device for cleaning teeth, which can also be employed for massaging the gums.
- Bristle brushes have great drawbacks and are apt to cause considerable harm; they wound the gums and wear down the dental enamel, and hardly at all fuliil their intended purpose.
- the bristles used for making the brushes are coarse and stili; in use they have a streaky action and they scratch and prick; they do not polish, but have a wearing action upon the dental enamel.
- the bristles give rise to scratches and pricks in the gum, and, since they are carriers of bacteria, the latter are scratched or pricked into the gum and cause infection, suppurations, and paradentitis.
- the object of the present invention is to remove this drawback and other drawbacks in the means hitherto used.
- this object is achieved by means of a small rod consisting of organic fibres secured with a binding medium which is soluble in saliva.
- the binding medium can advantageously consist of bacteria destroying material.
- the rod itself is so manufactured as to be sterile, and remain sterile. When this rod is used, the fibres therein are liberated by the saliva, due to solution of the binding agent, and there is formed a close fitting bunch of fibres or a tight iine bred pencil or brush, which becomes renewed daily until, after a lengthy period, the entire rod is used up. 'Ihus the brush is formed automatically.
- the libre brush can be rubbed on the surface of any tooth with any desired pressure, and will adapt itself intimately to the surface, the bres entering into the fissures. Even with strong pressure, there occurs neither a wearing of the dental enamel nor an injury to the gum, and it is possible to give special treatment to each individual tooth.
- the libres themselves are always completely im- 5 pregnated with the binding agent, which acts as a disinfectant; they do not carry or transfer bacteria to the tooth or the gum.
- a wedge shaped pencil see Fig. 1 which removes 10 foodremnants therefrom and cleans and polishes the side surfaces of the teeth.
- the pencil or brush is formed at every point where the rod is rubbed on the tooth.
- the end pencil there is formed at the end of the brush the end pencil (see Fig. 3).
- the side pencil see Fig. 9
- the end and side pencil see Fig. l0.
- the 20 brous material there may be used wood bre and as the binding or disinfecting medium, boric acid. When wood libres are employed, they are preferably freed from certain materials which impair the durability and the action, e. g. lignin in order 25 that the iibres may be absolutely free from splinters, and in order to preclude any harm to the teeth and injury to the gums; apart from that, they are resistant to breaking.
- Figs. 1 and 2 show a first example in side elevation and in'cross section. 35
- Figs. 3 and 4 showin side elevation and in cross secion a rod having a round cross section.
- Figs. 5 and 6 show a third example in side elevation, partly in section and partly in cross section.
- Figs. 7 and 8 show two ways in which the brush is formed when the pencil is used.
- the rod l shown in Figs. l and 2 consists of wood libres and boric acid. It is of advantage to manufacture the rod I in the following manner:
- Conifer branches are cleansed and crushed mechanically and then boiled in water for a fairly long time under a pressure of 300 atmospheres. Thirty parts by weight of sulphanilic acid are added to the water in order that the fibres may be completely liberated. When this has been done, the water is removed and the fibrous mass is washed out until it is pure, and dried. The fibres are now again boiled in 10% boric acid solution, and the mixture concentrated and dried. This mass is then pressed into a solid rod under a pressure of 2,000 atmospheres.
- fibre-containing vegetable material of all kinds may be used as the basic substance.
- the boiling of the conifer libres gets rid of these materials, especially lignin, which becomes disadvantageous for the effective action of the rod.
- the hardness of the rod corresponds to the magnitude of the pressure used for compressing.
- a square cross section a rectangular cross section, or, as in Figs. 3 and 4, a round cross section, could be selected.
- variations can take place within very wide limits.
- a comparatively large amount of binding medium is used.
- the fibres themselves can be made of any desired iineness, so that it is of advantage to use comparatively fine and soft iibres which cannot in any circumstance injure the gum.
- the libre pencil 2 of the rubbing surface gives an extremely effective and vsoft working surface, with which each tooth can be treated individually with regard to its flat surface and thus thoroughly cleaned and polished.
- the iibre pencil or bre brush 2 conforms fully to the curves of the tooth and there is formed in the rubbing surface a tooth negative of which the fibres penetrate into the fissures in the tooth itself and polishing them. The same thing occurs in the gaps between the teeth, wherethere is formed at the rubbing surface -iirm wedged shaped pencil which cleans and polishes the sides of the teeth.
- the entire bundle of fibres being used always remains impregnated with disinfecting media. These disinfecting media thus come into intimate contact with the Isurface of the teeth during rubbing, in contrast teeth and the gum, since despite many instructions from doctors, it is not possible to direct a tooth brush to the desired place on an individual tooth.
- the rod l is surrounded with an outer covering 3 of disinfectant materials. 'I'he thickness of this coating can be made as desired, so that more or less of the disinfectant can be transferred to the tooth and the gum according to the particular proportions.
- An element intended for cleaning teeth and for massaging the gum said element having the form of a rod and consisting of substantially longitudinally extending wood iibre threads, and a binder of boric acid, the Whole being compacted under sufficient pressure to combine theelements in stick form, said fibres being suitably stiff and having the property when in use, of coming Vapart and erecting themselves at the rubbing surface in the form of a brush after the binding agent has been dissolved in the saliva.
- An element intended for cleaning teeth and for massaging the gum said element having the form of a rod and consisting of substantially longitudinally extending wood libre threads, and a binder of lboric acid, the whole being compacted under a pressure of approximately 2000 atmos-.
- vpheres to combine the elements in stick form, said bres being suitably stiff and having the property when in use, of coming apart and erecting themselves at the rubbing surface in the form of a brush after the binding agent has ⁇ been dissolved in the saliva.
Description
A. HAEBERLIN DENTAL PENCIL May 30, 1939.
Filed May 18, 1938 Patented May 30, 17939 f FATENT OFFICE DENTAL PENCIL Arthur Haeberlin, Zurich-Albisrieden, Switzerland Application May 18, 1938, Serial No. 208,677
2 Claims.
The present invention relates to a device for cleaning teeth, which can also be employed for massaging the gums.
I-Iitherto, there have been used for cleaning y5 teeth both mechanical devices, such as brushes and the like, and chemical means, such as toothpastes and the like. Bristle brushes have great drawbacks and are apt to cause considerable harm; they wound the gums and wear down the dental enamel, and hardly at all fuliil their intended purpose. The bristles used for making the brushes are coarse and stili; in use they have a streaky action and they scratch and prick; they do not polish, but have a wearing action upon the dental enamel. The bristles give rise to scratches and pricks in the gum, and, since they are carriers of bacteria, the latter are scratched or pricked into the gum and cause infection, suppurations, and paradentitis.
It has also been proposed to use very soft wood which has been impregnated. This wood has the great disadvantage that it splinters, and breaks under very light pressure and thus can not fulfil the purpose intended.
Chemical means, such as toothpastes and the like, cannot be brought into intimate contact with the teeth by brushes, and still less into intimate contact with the fissures in the teeth. The action is merely streaky and short, and it is not possible to press iirmly upon and to polish each separate tooth, since intimate contact with the tooth cannot be established at all. Also, separate parts of one tooth cannot receive special treatment by this means, and where these means are employed fresh water is necessary for cleaning the teeth.
The object of the present invention is to remove this drawback and other drawbacks in the means hitherto used. According to the present invention, this object is achieved by means of a small rod consisting of organic fibres secured with a binding medium which is soluble in saliva. The binding medium can advantageously consist of bacteria destroying material. The rod itself is so manufactured as to be sterile, and remain sterile. When this rod is used, the fibres therein are liberated by the saliva, due to solution of the binding agent, and there is formed a close fitting bunch of fibres or a tight iine bred pencil or brush, which becomes renewed daily until, after a lengthy period, the entire rod is used up. 'Ihus the brush is formed automatically. The libre brush can be rubbed on the surface of any tooth with any desired pressure, and will adapt itself intimately to the surface, the bres entering into the fissures. Even with strong pressure, there occurs neither a wearing of the dental enamel nor an injury to the gum, and it is possible to give special treatment to each individual tooth. The libres themselves are always completely im- 5 pregnated with the binding agent, which acts as a disinfectant; they do not carry or transfer bacteria to the tooth or the gum. When rubbed over the space between teeth there is formed a wedge shaped pencil (see Fig. 1) which removes 10 foodremnants therefrom and cleans and polishes the side surfaces of the teeth. The pencil or brush is formed at every point where the rod is rubbed on the tooth. 'Ihus there is formed at the end of the brush the end pencil (see Fig. 3). 15 When the rod has to be held obliquely there is is formed the side pencil (see Fig. 9). Since in practice the rod must be rubbed both at the end and also obliquely at its edge, there is formed the end and side pencil (see Fig. l0). As the 20 brous material there may be used wood bre and as the binding or disinfecting medium, boric acid. When wood libres are employed, they are preferably freed from certain materials which impair the durability and the action, e. g. lignin in order 25 that the iibres may be absolutely free from splinters, and in order to preclude any harm to the teeth and injury to the gums; apart from that, they are resistant to breaking.
The invention is more particularly described with reference to the examples of construction shown diagrammatically in the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figs. 1 and 2 show a first example in side elevation and in'cross section. 35
Figs. 3 and 4 showin side elevation and in cross secion a rod having a round cross section.
Figs. 5 and 6 show a third example in side elevation, partly in section and partly in cross section.
Figs. 7 and 8 show two ways in which the brush is formed when the pencil is used.
The rod l shown in Figs. l and 2 consists of wood libres and boric acid. It is of advantage to manufacture the rod I in the following manner:
Conifer branches are cleansed and crushed mechanically and then boiled in water for a fairly long time under a pressure of 300 atmospheres. Thirty parts by weight of sulphanilic acid are added to the water in order that the fibres may be completely liberated. When this has been done, the water is removed and the fibrous mass is washed out until it is pure, and dried. The fibres are now again boiled in 10% boric acid solution, and the mixture concentrated and dried. This mass is then pressed into a solid rod under a pressure of 2,000 atmospheres.
Instead of conifer iibres, fibre-containing vegetable material of all kinds may be used as the basic substance.
The boiling of the conifer libres gets rid of these materials, especially lignin, which becomes disadvantageous for the effective action of the rod. The hardness of the rod corresponds to the magnitude of the pressure used for compressing. Instead of a square cross section, a rectangular cross section, or, as in Figs. 3 and 4, a round cross section, could be selected. For combining the fibres and boric acid, variations can take place within very wide limits. A comparatively large amount of binding medium is used. The fibres themselves can be made of any desired iineness, so that it is of advantage to use comparatively fine and soft iibres which cannot in any circumstance injure the gum. The libre pencil 2 of the rubbing surface gives an extremely effective and vsoft working surface, with which each tooth can be treated individually with regard to its flat surface and thus thoroughly cleaned and polished. The iibre pencil or bre brush 2 conforms fully to the curves of the tooth and there is formed in the rubbing surface a tooth negative of which the fibres penetrate into the fissures in the tooth itself and polishing them. The same thing occurs in the gaps between the teeth, wherethere is formed at the rubbing surface -iirm wedged shaped pencil which cleans and polishes the sides of the teeth. The entire bundle of fibres being used always remains impregnated with disinfecting media. These disinfecting media thus come into intimate contact with the Isurface of the teeth during rubbing, in contrast teeth and the gum, since despite many instructions from doctors, it is not possible to direct a tooth brush to the desired place on an individual tooth.
In Figs. 5 and 6 the rod l is surrounded with an outer covering 3 of disinfectant materials. 'I'he thickness of this coating can be made as desired, so that more or less of the disinfectant can be transferred to the tooth and the gum according to the particular proportions.
This form of construction renders it possible not only to use extremely effective supply wood fibres, but also simultaneously most effective disinfectants, whereby there exists the certainty that the latter will also be rubbed on to the entire surface of the tooth.
What I wish to claim and secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:
1. An element intended for cleaning teeth and for massaging the gum, said element having the form of a rod and consisting of substantially longitudinally extending wood iibre threads, and a binder of boric acid, the Whole being compacted under sufficient pressure to combine theelements in stick form, said fibres being suitably stiff and having the property when in use, of coming Vapart and erecting themselves at the rubbing surface in the form of a brush after the binding agent has been dissolved in the saliva.
2,. An element intended for cleaning teeth and for massaging the gum, said element having the form of a rod and consisting of substantially longitudinally extending wood libre threads, and a binder of lboric acid, the whole being compacted under a pressure of approximately 2000 atmos-.
vpheres to combine the elements in stick form, said bres being suitably stiff and having the property when in use, of coming apart and erecting themselves at the rubbing surface in the form of a brush after the binding agent has `been dissolved in the saliva.
ARTHUR HAEBERLIN.
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Cited By (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2538076A (en) * | 1946-03-07 | 1951-01-16 | Mildred R Bates | Manicuring device |
US3939520A (en) * | 1974-06-13 | 1976-02-24 | Axelsson P A T | Tooth brush |
EP0052353A2 (en) * | 1980-11-18 | 1982-05-26 | Showa Yakuhin Kako Co., Ltd. | A dental implement for removing plaque and massaging gums |
US5766008A (en) * | 1996-07-29 | 1998-06-16 | Hughes; Michael F. | Intracoronal bristle brush |
US5939049A (en) * | 1996-10-11 | 1999-08-17 | Colgate-Palmolive Company | Chewing stick made from natural fibers |
US5987691A (en) * | 1997-01-06 | 1999-11-23 | Colgate-Palmotive Company | Toothbrush bristles containing microfilaments |
US20040168703A1 (en) * | 2001-04-09 | 2004-09-02 | Cho Myoung-Ho | Floss-pick |
US20110061189A1 (en) * | 2009-09-15 | 2011-03-17 | Mark Stephen Meadows | Oral care products and methods of using and making the same |
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Cited By (11)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2538076A (en) * | 1946-03-07 | 1951-01-16 | Mildred R Bates | Manicuring device |
US3939520A (en) * | 1974-06-13 | 1976-02-24 | Axelsson P A T | Tooth brush |
EP0052353A2 (en) * | 1980-11-18 | 1982-05-26 | Showa Yakuhin Kako Co., Ltd. | A dental implement for removing plaque and massaging gums |
EP0052353A3 (en) * | 1980-11-18 | 1982-09-22 | Showa Yakuhin Kako Co., Ltd. | A dental implement for removing plaque and massaging gums |
US4462136A (en) * | 1980-11-18 | 1984-07-31 | Showa Jakuhin Kako Co., Ltd. | Dental implement for removing plaque and massaging gums |
US5766008A (en) * | 1996-07-29 | 1998-06-16 | Hughes; Michael F. | Intracoronal bristle brush |
US5939049A (en) * | 1996-10-11 | 1999-08-17 | Colgate-Palmolive Company | Chewing stick made from natural fibers |
US5987691A (en) * | 1997-01-06 | 1999-11-23 | Colgate-Palmotive Company | Toothbrush bristles containing microfilaments |
US20040168703A1 (en) * | 2001-04-09 | 2004-09-02 | Cho Myoung-Ho | Floss-pick |
US20110061189A1 (en) * | 2009-09-15 | 2011-03-17 | Mark Stephen Meadows | Oral care products and methods of using and making the same |
US8677541B2 (en) | 2009-09-15 | 2014-03-25 | Braun Gmbh | Oral care products and methods of using and marking the same |
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