Coating implements with material supply – Brush – broom – or mop
Patent
1997-04-11
1999-03-30
Walczak, David J.
Coating implements with material supply
Brush, broom, or mop
401282, A46B 1100
Patent
active
058880100
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a dispenser for a cleaning and dental-care formulation which is present in solid form as a sheet and is provided in conjunction with a toothbrush for oral and dental hygiene.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Such a cleaning and dental-care formulation in solid form is also known as a "cleaning wafer".
Toothbrushes are generally known means for cleaning teeth manually. For the cleaning procedure, an amount of toothpaste is usually applied, from a dispenser tube, directly to the brush and cleaning is carried out therewith. Cleaning means in the form of powders or in granular form are also known, these cleaning means sticking to the ends of the bristles, once the previously moistened toothbrush has been dipped therein, and being applied to the teeth by the toothbrush in this way.
Recently, sheet-like teeth-cleaning formulations in solid form, known as "dental-care wafers", which are intended to replace the function of toothpaste have been developed. Such wafers may be stored either as pre-cut individual formulations or as a sheet, preferably in the form of a roll. In any case, a satisfactory technical solution for the usage of these novel sheets or sheet sections, that is to say for the application thereof to the head of the toothbrush, have still not been found or made commercially available. This is because the person using these sheets or sheet sections has to avoid using his or her fingers for applying them to the toothbrush, because it is generally assumed that teeth cleaning is part of a daily body-care routine, in which case one's fingers, if not exactly wet, are at least moist, as a result of which the wafers partly dissolve and either stick to the fingers or disintegrate. There is thus an urgent need to develop a dispenser which is intended for the convenient and ergonomically favourable application of dental-care wafers and takes account of the practical requirements of simple and straightforward storage as well as the application of sheet-like dental-care formulations.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to specify a dispenser for a cleaning and dental-care formulation which is present in solid form as a sheet and is provided in conjunction with a toothbrush for oral and dental hygiene, this dispenser permitting, in a simple and uncomplicated manner, application and storage of a dental-care wafer without the latter coming into contact with one's fingers.
The object is achieved by the invention in that the dispenser and the toothbrush together are designed as a functional unit.
One configuration provides that the sheet is stored in the form of a roll in the handle of the toothbrush.
For this purpose, it is also provided that the toothbrush has a receiving space for the storage roll.
Further advantageous configurations of the invention are provided in accordance with the disclosure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The FIGURE of drawing depicts an embodiment of the invention.
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is presented hereinbelow, with reference to a drawing, it being possible for further advantageous configurations to be gathered from the drawing.
The FIGURE shows a toothbrush 10 which is designed as a functional unit 20 together with a dispenser for a cleaning and dental-care formulation which is present in solid form as a sheet 1 and is provided in conjunction with the toothbrush 10 for oral and dental hygiene.
The sheet 1 is stored in the form of a roll 2 in the handle 11 of the toothbrush 10, for which purpose a receiving space 12 for the storage roll 2 is formed on the handle 11 of the toothbrush 10.
It is fundamental to the invention that, at a location in the vicinity of the head 13 of the toothbrush 10, the receiving space 12 has an outlet orifice 14, directed towards the head 13 of the toothbrush 10, for the sheet 1. Furthermore, a preferably hand-actuable advancement device 15 for the sheet 1 is arranged at said location.
In a further embodiment of the functional unit 20, comprising toothbrush 10 and dispenser, it is provided
REFERENCES:
patent: 4963046 (1990-10-01), Eguchi
patent: 5490530 (1996-02-01), Snowden
LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme GmbH
Walczak David J.
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