Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
  • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
  • A61B17/24—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for use in the oral cavity, larynx, bronchial passages or nose; Tongue scrapers
  • A61B17/244—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for use in the oral cavity, larynx, bronchial passages or nose; Tongue scrapers for cleaning of the tongue
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
  • A46B15/0055—Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors
  • A46B15/0081—Brushes with a scraper, e.g. tongue scraper
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
  • A46B15/0055—Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors

Definitions

• This descriptive report refers to a utility model patent for a tongue cleaner, belonging to the field of mouth hygiene devices and which has received a lay-out in order to provide a better utilization and efficiency compared to the usual ones.
• mouth health is the object of great attention.
• the tongue is known to be the structure which accumulates the greatest quantity of bacteria in the entire oral cavity, harming both, itself and the organism as a whole, being also responsible for bad breath (halitosis).
• purpose-built tongue cleaning devices are already known, comprised generally of: a stretch with geometry adequate to be used inside the mouth; an edge, incorporated in such stretch, for scraping the tongue; and a means of handle, for the user to hold the device. This kind of device, in spite of its large utilization, is not fully efficient in the removal of the severest tongue coating formations (a bacterial plaque which forms on the tongue).
• devices which are equipped with a scraping edge and/or bristles
• devices equipped with edge e bristles have these active elements disposed in a sequence one to the other, on a same face of the device, like, e.g., the edge situated on the free tip and the bristles on a stretch next to the tip.
• the edge is more advanced and causes sickness, nausea and cough, hindering a better performance of the operation.
• Another kind of device comprehends only bristles, but both this and the kind above have respectively one and two alignments of bristles, which are insufficient for adequate coating removal.
• Another inconvenient of this second device is to have its stretch that is introduced in the mouth, generally, with a geometry that causes sickness, nausea and cough.
• the objective of the lay-out which is the object of this utility model patent, is to provide a device that acts efficiently in cleaning the tongue and overcomes the usual ones' inconveniences and limitations.
• Another objective is to provide a device that is easy to use and does not cause, or at least decreases appreciably, sickness or nausea or cough when used.
• Another objective is to provide a device that, despite providing the advantages above, is not, for this reason, of such complex construction and manufacturing as to make it uninteresting compared to the usual ones.
• Another objective is to provide a device of adequate cost.
• object of this utility model patent which is comprised essentially of: an elliptical stretch that is introduced into the mouth, one tip having a scraping edge disposed on one of the stretch's faces, and a brush area disposed on the stretch's face opposite that having an edge; and a handle that is elongated from the opposite tip of such elliptical stretch and coplanar to it.
• tongue cleaner's construction provides a more efficient action, as the bristles' area, brush, enables the brushing and releasing of the bacterial plaque formed on the tongue, and the opposite edge enables the removal of it.
• this tongue cleaner is to have a geometry developed to outstandingly prevent or decrease sickness or nausea or cough.
• the edge and the brush area are located in the free tip of the device's tip that is introduced into the mouth. This way, when such active elements are used for cleaning the tongue's rear portions, no stretch of the device is beyond these elements, preventing sickness, nausea or cough.
• Another characteristic of this device is to have its stretch, which is introduced into the mouth, equipped with a geometry developed taking into consideration ergonomic and elliptical aspects, in order to also prevent sickness, nausea or cough. The handle is adequate to make it easier for the user to hold the device during utilization. Further, the geometry was developed aiming also to make transport and storage easier.
• FIG 1 shows it from the face having the tongue scraping edge
• figure 2 shows it from the face having the bristles area, brush, to brush the tongue
• figure 3 shows the device in a plan from the face having the bristles area
• figure 4 shows the device in a plan from the face having the scraping edge
• figure 5 shows the device from the tip having the bristles and the scraping edge
• figure 6 shows it with a partial cut on the tip having the scraping edge and brush area. It is shown on a side view for better comprehension
• figure 7 shows another cleaner realization possibility for a better comprehension. It is shown sideways, with a partial cut on the tip having two opposite scraping edges
• figure 8 shows a use scheme for the tongue cleaner.
• the tongue cleaner object of this utility model patent, aims to brush and scrap the tongue for bacterial plaque removal and is comprised, essentially, of one body 1 , composed of: stretch 2, which is introduced into the mouth; device for tongue cleaning, disposed in one tip of stretch 2 and comprehended of scraping edge 3; and bristles 4; such tongue cleaner is comprised, still, of handle 5 disposed at the opposite tip of stretch 2, and coplanar to this stretch 2.
• edge scraper 3 and bristles instead of edge scraper 3 and bristles
• scraping edge 3 and bristles 4 are disposed on opposite faces of the free curve tip of stretch 2, which is introduced into the mouth.
• Bristles 4 instead of being formed of some bristle alignments, comprehend a bristles area forming substantially a brush.
• stretch 2, which is introduced into the mouth has been developed taking into consideration ergonomic aspects, due to its application, aiming to prevent sickness, nausea or cough and, with this purpose, has the shape of an elliptical ring, on whose free tip scraping edge 3 and bristles area 4 are incorporated, on opposite faces, and handle 5 is incorporated on the opposite tip.
• the bristles area 4 is comprised of a number of bristle tufts 6, implanted on a semi-elliptical base 7 incorporated on the tip of stretch 2.
• the tongue cleaner has body 1 obtained from polystyrene and non-toxic pigment and nylon bristles. Thus, the cleaner works in the following manner: The user holds it through handle 5, introduces elliptical stretch 2 into the mouth and slides first brush 4 and then edge 3 along the tongue, for bacteria formations removal.
• the tongue cleaner's innovative shape, with brush and cleaning edge allows a better adaptation to lingual "V", i.e., as its tip is not very wide, it can clean in the middle of the caliciform or circumvallates papillae
• tongue coating which is the bacterial plaque responsible for halitosis origin in a huge percentage of cases
• tongue cleaner object of this utility model patent, may present modifications related to materials, dimensions, constructive details and/or functional and/or ornamental configuration, without escaping the scope of the solicited protection.
• the cleaner device instead of foreseeing a tongue cleaning edge 3 and a bristles area 4, the cleaner device, as described above, has two opposite edges 3, on the respective faces of the elliptical tip of stretch 2 (figure

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