CN104398312A - Electric toothbrush - Google Patents

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CN104398312A
CN104398312A CN201410473615.6A CN201410473615A CN104398312A CN 104398312 A CN104398312 A CN 104398312A CN 201410473615 A CN201410473615 A CN 201410473615A CN 104398312 A CN104398312 A CN 104398312A
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    • A61C17/00Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices
    • A61C17/22Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like
    • A61C17/24Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like rotating continuously
    • A61C17/26Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like rotating continuously driven by electric motor
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    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61CDENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C17/00Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices
    • A61C17/22Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like
    • A61C17/222Brush body details, e.g. the shape thereof or connection to handle
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61CDENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C17/00Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices
    • A61C17/22Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like
    • A61C17/221Control arrangements therefor
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61CDENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C17/00Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices
    • A61C17/22Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices with brushes, cushions, cups, or the like
    • A61C17/224Electrical recharging arrangements

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of oral health and hygiene, especially to an electric toothbrush. The toothbrush comprises a housing extending along a longitudinal axis, a brush hair shaft assembly comprising a shaft part disposed in the housing and extending along the longitudinal axis, a brush hair head disposed outside the housing, provided with a plurality of peripheries extending to the shaft part and being vertical to the longitudinal axis, and an electric control mechanism disposed inside the housing. The electric control mechanism controls the brush hair assembly to rotate around the longitudinal axis.

Description

Electric toothbrush
Technical field
The invention belongs to oral health and health technology field, particularly relating to a kind of electric toothbrush with making around neck bristle can rotate around 360 degree, this neck.
Background technology
For many years, dentist advises that people are when brushing teeth always, will be come from gingivae brush to tooth by the rotation of wrist motion up or down.But this motion is difficult to learn, especially when the tooth-brushing habit of horizontal reciprocating movement is deep-rooted in the middle of people, be difficult to break in.In fact, adopt the mode of horizontal reciprocating movement to brush teeth, people often can push some antibacterials to gingiva, cause gum disease, as gingivitis.
The electric toothbrush of selling on the market is varied, and often kind of toothbrush both provides a kind of different mechanism to improve the oral hygiene of user.Wherein, the most general electric toothbrush provides rotary, vibration type or shuttle head.But owing to being only that the head of toothbrush is moving, most people still continues the motion mode using horizontal reciprocating when using this electric toothbrush, and continues antibacterial to bring to gingiva.Correct effective these electric toothbrushes of use still require that user continues the motion adopting wrist to rotate, instead of the motion of horizontal reciprocating, therefore require that people break the tooth-brushing habit of both having deposited.
Therefore, necessaryly provide a kind of electric toothbrush with bristle, this bristle can rotate along the longitudinal axis of toothbrush, thus the circular motion required for his/her tooth of brush that the hands mechanically copying user is correct, and do not need the tooth-brushing habit changing user.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to oral health and health, particularly relating to a kind of electric toothbrush with making around neck bristle can rotate around 360 degree, this neck.
According to an aspect of the instruction of some embodiments, the invention provides a kind of electric toothbrush, comprising:
A) housing of Axis Extension along the longitudinal;
B) bristle shaft assembly, comprises and is arranged at described enclosure interior and the axle portion extended along described longitudinal axis,
C) be arranged at described hull outside and there is multiple head extending the surrounding in described axle portion and the bristle with described longitudinal axis orthogonal; And
D) be arranged at the electric control mechanism of described enclosure interior, described electric control mechanism controls described bristle shaft assembly and rotates around described longitudinal axis.
In certain embodiments, described electric control mechanism comprises direction switch, operates the direction that described direction switch can make described bristle shaft assembly rotate around described longitudinal axis and becomes another contrary direction of rotation from a direction of rotation.
In certain embodiments, described electric control mechanism comprises activator switch, operates the rotation that described activator switch can start or stop described bristle shaft assembly.In the embodiment that some are such, operate described activator switch and the rotary speed of described bristle shaft assembly can be made to become another the second rotary speed faster from the first rotary speed.
In certain embodiments, described head comprises substrate, and described substrate is provided with multiple bristle, and described substrate is arranged at around described axle portion.In the embodiment that some are such, multiple described bristle is fixed on described substrate by ultrasonic bonding.
In certain embodiments, the circumference of each described bristle is less than or equal to 0.1mm.In the embodiment that some are such, the circumference of each described bristle is between 0.04mm to 0.07mm.
According to an aspect of the instruction of some embodiments, the invention provides a kind of method of brushing teeth, what comprise user holds electric toothbrush of the present invention, makes described head relative with the tooth of user, the gingiva line parallel of described longitudinal axis and described user tooth; Operate the activator switch of described toothbrush, described head is rotated around described longitudinal axis with the first required rotary speed or the second rotary speed; And operate the direction switch of described toothbrush, select the direction of rotation of described head, described bristle is rotating away from described gingiva line, and rotate towards the tooth end of described user.
In certain embodiments, described direction of operating switch comprises, and when the upper tooth of brush user, direction of operating switch, makes the tooth of described bristle relative usage person rotate down.In the examples below, described direction of operating switch comprises, and when the lower tooth of brush user, direction of operating switch, makes the tooth of described bristle relative usage person rotate upward.
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Fig. 1 is the exploded view of the toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 2 is the internal view of the handle of one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 3 is the top view of the toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 4 is the upward view of the toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 5 is the side view of the toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 6 is that in one embodiment of the present of invention, visual angle is seen from the side, and bristle forms the number of assembling steps figure of a part for the bristle of toothbrush.
Fig. 7 is the side view of a part for the bristle axle formation toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 8 is in one embodiment of the present of invention, the bristle pack of Fig. 6 is installed to the bristle axle of Fig. 7 to form the schematic diagram of the bristle shaft assembly of toothbrush.
Fig. 9 is in one embodiment of the present of invention, the side view of the bristle shaft assembly of the toothbrush of Fig. 8 assembling.
Figure 10 is in one embodiment of the present of invention, the circuit diagram of pcb board.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, the present invention and Advantageous Effects thereof are described in detail, but the specific embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this.
In one embodiment, toothbrush has rotate head and cervical region, and bristle can around the cervical region 360 degree rotation of toothbrush.The actuating device (as gear) being connected to driving wheel makes the head of toothbrush rotate in the mode of circular motion.When it is flatly placed near tooth, head with circumference and/or the mode that rotates towards or away from teeth training, thus imitate the motion of the wrist of the user of brushing teeth.
According to an aspect of the instruction of some embodiments, the invention provides a kind of electric toothbrush, comprise the housing of Axis Extension along the longitudinal; Bristle shaft assembly, comprises and is arranged at described enclosure interior and along the axle portion that described longitudinal axis extends, is arranged at described hull outside and has multiple head extending the surrounding in described axle portion and the bristle with described longitudinal axis orthogonal; And being arranged at the electric control mechanism of described enclosure interior, described electric control mechanism controls described bristle shaft assembly and rotates around described longitudinal axis.
Clear in order to make technology disclosed in embodiment more understand, now describe in conjunction with following accompanying drawing and be described.
Refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, Fig. 1 shows the exploded view of the toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention, and Fig. 2 shows the internal view of the handle of one embodiment of the present of invention.As seen from the figure: bristle axle 2 extends along the longitudinal axis 30 of toothbrush, and ends at the close end of bristle 1, bristle 360 degree around the whole periphery of bristle axle 2, thus forms a bristle shaft assembly, and further detailed description refers to Fig. 9 to Figure 11.
Bristle axle 2 is respectively by adapter 3, the O-ring seals 4 being installed on bristle axle 2 end, O-ring seals 5 and be connected with transmission case 7 with transmission case (geared spur box) 7 adapters be connected 6.Transmission case 7 is connected with motor 8, and during use, motor 8 drives the rotation of bristle 1, as will be explained hereinafter.Motor 8 is connected with pcb board 10, and this pcb board 10 comprises activator switch 9 and direction switch 11.
Motor 8 is also connected with rechargeable battery 13 with pcb board 10, and rechargeable battery 13 is powered for motor 8 and pcb board 10, and rechargeable battery 13 is arranged between battery electroplax 12 and 14.Battery 13 is also electrically connected with mains transformer 15, and mains transformer 15 is connected with USB 16, toothbrush can be connected with external power source by USB 16, for battery 13 charges.
Refer to Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 now, Fig. 3 shows the top view of the toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention, and Fig. 4 shows the upward view of the toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention, and Fig. 5 shows the side view of the toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention.
The composition of toothbrush except bristle 1 and adapter 3, remainder be closed in comprise upper shell 19 and lower house 20 housing in.Fig. 5 shows each parts be arranged in lower house 20.Housing parts 19 and 20 is interconnected, and connected mode can adopt any one suitable mode, such as clamping, bonding, welding, brazing filler metal etc.The end of housing is sealed by waterproof cover 17, opens seal cover 17 and can contact USB 16, thus charge for battery 13.Switch cover 18 is made up of silicon in certain embodiments, and it is arranged at the inside of upper shell 19, and just arranges PCB 10, switch 9 and 11 and be positioned at the top of PCB 10, switch 9 and 11.
In use, user holds toothbrush, and make bristle 1 facing to tooth, so, longitudinal axis 30 is horizontal, almost parallel with gingiva line.
Press activator switch 9, activate toothbrush with the first bristle rotary speed, again press activator switch 9 and bristle rotary speed is become the second bristle rotary speed, the second bristle rotary speed is greater than the first bristle rotary speed, and then press activator switch 9, make toothbrush deexcitation or closedown.Like this, user can determine according to his or her comfort level the rotary speed wanted by activator switch 9.
Press direction switch 11, when brush action, change the direction of rotation of bristle 1.Such as, if bristle 1 turns clockwise relative to longitudinal axis 30, so press direction switch 11 and bristle 1 can be made to be rotated counterclockwise relative to longitudinal axis 30.By using direction switch 11, user can guarantee that bristle rotates to tooth from gingiva, and so, the movement progress antibacterial of bristle and foul leave gingiva, no matter be that toothbrush uses on upper tooth or on lower tooth.Therefore, when brushing tooth, user presses direction switch 11 to guarantee that bristle is according to first direction rotary motion from top to bottom.Contrary, when brush lower tooth, user presses direction switch 11 to guarantee that bristle is according to the rotary motion from the bottom up of contrary direction.
Refer to Fig. 6 now, which show in one embodiment of the present of invention, visual angle is seen from the side, and bristle forms the number of assembling steps figure of a part for the bristle of toothbrush.Concrete, Fig. 6 A shows the side view of the flexible substrate 21 being essentially plane, and it is used as the matrix of the bristle of bristle 1.Substrate 21 can adopt any suitable material to make, and in certain embodiments, it is made up of flexible nylon.In certain embodiments, the thickness of substrate 21 is not more than 1mm.As can be seen from Fig. 6 B and Fig. 6 C: bristle 22 is connected with the plane orthogonal of substrate 21.Bristle 22 can be connected to substrate 21 by any suitable mode, and in certain embodiments, bristle 22 is connected to substrate 21 by the mode of ultrasonic bonding.In certain embodiments, the diameter of every root bristle, between 0.1mm to 0.01mm, in certain embodiments, is 0.05mm.In certain embodiments, the length of every root bristle, in 5mm to 10mm scope, in certain embodiments, is 8mm.The quantity being connected to the bristle 22 of substrate 21 is determined by the size of substrate 21.But, in certain embodiments, more than 10,000 bristle, more than 12,000 bristle, more than 15,000 bristle, or more than 18,000 bristle is used on a substrate 21.
Refer to Fig. 7, Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 now, Fig. 7 shows the side view of a part for the bristle axle formation toothbrush of one embodiment of the present of invention, Fig. 8 shows in one embodiment of the present of invention, the bristle pack of Fig. 8 is installed to the bristle axle of Fig. 9 to form the schematic diagram of the bristle shaft assembly of toothbrush, Fig. 9 shows in an embodiment, the side view of the bristle shaft assembly of the toothbrush of Fig. 8 assembling.
As seen from Figure 7: bristle axle 2 comprises the top 32 of close end, and it has the first diameter, and bristle is mounted thereon.In certain embodiments, the diameter at top 32, slightly larger than 3mm, is 3.2mm in certain embodiments.Flange 33 is arranged at the end at top, and its diameter is greater than first diameter at top 32.In certain embodiments, the diameter of flange 33 is approximately the twice of the diameter at top 32, is 6mm in certain embodiments.Axle portion 34 is arranged at the end of flange 33, and in certain embodiments, its diameter is slightly less than first diameter at top 32, and in certain embodiments, diameter is 3mm.Connecting portion 35 is arranged at the end of bristle axle 2, and it is connected with transmission case 7 and is transmitted case 7 and drives.In certain embodiments, the diameter of connecting portion 35 is slightly less than the diameter in axle portion 34, in certain embodiments, is 2.6mm.
As can be seen from Figure 8: substrate 21 rotates around the top 32 of bristle axle 2, thus the whole of top 32 around all covered by substrate 21 and bristle 22.As seen from Figure 9: in bristle shaft assembly, bristle 22 and the longitudinal axis of the bristle 1 whole periphery perpendicularly and around top 32 extends.
As can be seen from Figure 10, the circuit of pcb board 10 comprises IC, charging IC and USB, and first port of charging IC is connected the vdd terminal of USB successively by blue led lamp L1 with R1, its 3rd port is connected with battery BT, and battery BT is also connected with C2 and electric fuse Fuse.
The 3rd port that 5th and the 4th port of IC is connected to switch S 1 and S2, IC is connected with R4 and the first audion Q1 in turn, and the base stage of the first audion Q1 is connected with R7 and the 5th audion Q5 in turn, and its emitter stage is connected with the second audion Q2; First port of IC is connected with R5 and the 3rd audion Q3 in turn, and the base stage of the 3rd audion Q3 is connected with R6 and the 6th audion Q6 in turn, and its emitter stage is connected with the 4th audion Q4, and second port of IC is connected with battery BT.
The announcement of book and instruction according to the above description, those skilled in the art in the invention can also carry out suitable change and amendment to above-mentioned embodiment.Therefore, the present invention is not limited to detailed description of the invention disclosed and described above, also should fall in the protection domain of claim of the present invention modifications and changes more of the present invention.In addition, although employ some specific terms in this description, these terms just for convenience of description, do not form any restriction to the present invention.

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1. electric toothbrush, comprising:
The housing of Axis Extension along the longitudinal;
Bristle shaft assembly, comprise be arranged at described enclosure interior and along the axle portion that described longitudinal axis extends, be arranged at described hull outside and there is multiple head extending the surrounding in described axle portion and the bristle with described longitudinal axis orthogonal; And
Be arranged at the electric control mechanism of described enclosure interior, described electric control mechanism controls described bristle shaft assembly and rotates around described longitudinal axis.
2. electric toothbrush according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described electric control mechanism comprises direction switch, operate the direction that described direction switch can make described bristle shaft assembly rotate around described longitudinal axis and become another contrary direction of rotation from a direction of rotation.
3. electric toothbrush according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described electric control mechanism comprises activator switch, operates the rotation that described activator switch can start or stop described bristle shaft assembly.
4. electric toothbrush according to claim 3, is characterized in that: operate described activator switch and the rotary speed of described bristle shaft assembly can be made to become another the second rotary speed faster from the first rotary speed.
5. electric toothbrush according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described head comprises substrate, and described substrate is provided with multiple bristle, and described substrate is arranged at around described axle portion.
6. electric toothbrush according to claim 5, is characterized in that: multiple described bristle is fixed on described substrate by ultrasonic bonding.
7. electric toothbrush according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the circumference of each described bristle is less than or equal to 0.1mm.
8. electric toothbrush according to claim 7, is characterized in that: the circumference of each described bristle is between 0.04mm to 0.07mm.
9. the method for brushing teeth, comprising:
User hold electric toothbrush according to claim 1, make described head relative with the tooth of user, the gingiva line parallel of described longitudinal axis and described user tooth;
Operate the activator switch of described toothbrush, described head is rotated around described longitudinal axis with the first required rotary speed or the second rotary speed; And
Operate the direction switch of described toothbrush, select the direction of rotation of described head, described bristle is rotating away from described gingiva line, and rotate towards the tooth end of described user.
10. method according to claim 9, is characterized in that: described direction of operating switch comprises, and when the upper tooth of brush user, direction of operating switch, makes the tooth of described bristle relative usage person rotate down.
11. methods according to claim 9, is characterized in that: described direction of operating switch comprises, and when the lower tooth of brush user, direction of operating switch, makes the tooth of described bristle relative usage person rotate upward.
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