Dentifrice and floss dispensing toothbrush

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1999-08-16

2000-01-04

Mancene, Gene

Toilet

Toilet kit

Including toothbrush

132308, 132311, 401175, 401186, 401283, 222390, A45D 4024

Patent

active

060098864

ABSTRACT:
A toothbrush which dispenses dentifrice and dental floss. More specifically, the toothbrush is an assembly including a tubular handle integrally connected to a toothbrush neck and toothbrush head, over which a protective sheath having a floss dispenser is removably attached. A dentifrice dispensing mechanism is provided to drive a supply of dentifrice contained in the tubular handle through a duct and conduit in the toothbrush neck and head. The dispensing mechanism is comprised of a twistable knob, a threaded screw, and a screw driven follower. When the knob is turned the piston moves up to handle to force dentifrice through the brush head and into a outlet passage exiting the toothbrush head between the bristles. A plug of foam-like material is disposed within the conduit of the toothbrush head thereby occluding the outlet passage when the plug is in a decompressed state. When the dentifrice is forced against the material, the material is compressed and thereby clears the outlet passage of the plug allowing the dentifrice to exit. The simplicity of the structures described provide a functional design by which manufacturing can be made extremely cost effective for a single-charge dentifrice dispensing toothbrush.

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