Powered toothbrush head having a tuft block with a combination of oscillating motions

    公开(公告)号:US10327877B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15106581

    申请日:2014-12-17

    Abstract: A powered toothbrush head that, in one embodiment, includes a head portion including a first movable tuft block configured for holding tooth cleaning elements. The first movable tuft block is operably connected to a motor-driven drift shaft for movement. An eccentric cam formed on the shaft drives the first movable tuft block via engagement with a slot formed in the body of the first movable tuft block. The first movable tuft block is movable in a combination oscillating motion comprising vertical motion and lateral pivoting or tilting motion upon rotation of the drive shaft. A related method for oscillating the first movable tuft block is disclosed.

    ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT
    74.
    发明申请
    ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190175319A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US15838709

    申请日:2017-12-12

    Abstract: An oral care implement including a handle and a replacement head that is detachably coupled to the handle. The handle may include a gripping portion extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a stem extending from the distal end of the gripping portion. The stem may have an inner cavity. A vibratory element including a motor and an eccentric may be partially located in the stem. The eccentric may have a first end that is operably coupled to the motor and a second end opposite the first end, the second end having an aperture therein. A guide pin may be fixed to the stem such that a first portion of the guide pin protrudes into the inner cavity of the stem. The first portion of the guide pin may extend through the aperture in the second end of the eccentric.

    Powered toothbrush
    76.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10172697B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15106564

    申请日:2014-12-17

    Abstract: A powered toothbrush apparatus with capacitive touch control, which includes a head portion having an oscillating tuft block driven by a motor, a handle portion, and an elastically deformable capacitive touch control panel mounted in the handle portion. In one embodiment, the control panel includes movable sensor targets each paired with a corresponding capacitance sensor electrically connected to a programmable microprocessor. Applying finger pressure on the control panel adjacent a sensor target operates to change the capacitance of the respective sensor target-sensor pair. The microprocessor detects the change in capacitance, which may be used to control the motor speed for changing the oscillation rate of the tuft block. In one embodiment, a linear array of sensor targets-sensors is provided which is activated by a sliding finger or thumb motion across the array. A related operating method is disclosed.

    ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT HAVING PRESSURE SENSOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME
    78.
    发明申请
    ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT HAVING PRESSURE SENSOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME 有权
    具有压力传感器的口腔护理实施及其形成方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160192769A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-07

    申请号:US14654543

    申请日:2013-03-18

    Abstract: A toothbrush having a pressure sensor. In one embodiment, the invention can be a toothbrush comprising: a handle; a head; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements mounted to and extending from a front surface of the head; a printed circuit board located within the head, the printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface; a pressure sensor operably coupled to a front surface of the printed circuit board, wherein pressure applied to the plurality of tooth cleaning elements is transmitted to the pressure sensor; and a light source attached to a rear surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the light source is illuminated upon the pressure sensor being subjected to a pressure that exceeds a predetermined threshold.

    Abstract translation: 具有压力传感器的牙刷。 在一个实施例中,本发明可以是牙刷,其包括:手柄; 先; 多个牙齿清洁元件,安装到头部的前表面并从头部的前表面延伸; 位于头部内的印刷电路板,印刷电路板具有前表面和后表面; 压力传感器,其可操作地耦合到所述印刷电路板的前表面,其中施加到所述多个牙齿清洁元件的压力传递到所述压力传感器; 以及附接到印刷电路板的后表面的光源,其中在经受超过预定阈值的压力的压力传感器上照射光源。

    ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT COMPRISING MIRROR AND LIGHT DISTRIBUTIVE ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME
    79.
    发明申请
    ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT COMPRISING MIRROR AND LIGHT DISTRIBUTIVE ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME 审中-公开
    包含镜子和光分布元件的口腔护理实施及其形成方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150342337A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-03

    申请号:US14654526

    申请日:2013-03-18

    Inventor: Brian Bloch

    Abstract: An oral care implement, such as a toothbrush, that comprises a mirror and a light pipe adjacent the mirror. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising a body comprising a handle portion and a head portion; a mirror coupled to the body; a light source coupled to the body, and a light pipe coupled to the body and surrounding at least a portion of the mirror, the light pipe operably coupled to the light source to distribute light emitted by the light source through the light pipe.

    Abstract translation: 一种口腔护理器具,例如牙刷,其包括反射镜和邻近镜子的光管。 在一个实施例中,本发明可以是口腔护理器具,其包括主体,其包括把手部分和头部; 与身体相连的镜子; 耦合到所述主体的光源,以及耦合到所述主体并围绕所述反射镜的至少一部分的光管,所述光管可操作地耦合到所述光源以将由所述光源发射的光分配通过所述光管。

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