Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Implements – Brush or broom
Patent
1997-06-25
1999-09-21
Till, Terrence R.
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Implements
Brush or broom
152072, 15227, A46B 902
Patent
active
059537833
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATION
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a material for cleaning the surfaces of teeth and denture materials having a base member and a plurality of cleaning elements carried by the base member, which cleaning elements have small transverse dimensions compared with their length and to an implement for cleaning the surfaces of teeth and denture materials that has a piece of cleaning material produced from such a material.
2. Discussion of Relevant Art
Known teeth cleaning implements in the form of tooth-brushes, as are disclosed, for example, in DE-A-26 52 744, have some 100 to about 1500 bristles inside a bristle area which are fastened to the underside of a normally rectangular flat bristle carrier.
In the case of such known teeth cleaning implements, owing to the diameter of the bristles (0.1 to 0.3 mm) the ends of the individual bristles are not able to penetrate into the fine surface relief of the teeth or denture surfaces to be cleaned. A toothpaste is therefore advised, the finely disperse particle additives of which are moved by the ends of the bristles and enable the surface relief to be cleaned.
Teeth cleaning implements that have resilient foam bodies have also already been proposed (DE-A-36 21 815). Although these roughly conform to the surface of the teeth, once again toothpastes are advised for cleaning the fine surface relief.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
By means of the present invention, a material for cleaning teeth having a base member and a plurality of cleaning elements carried by the base member, which cleaning elements have small transverse dimensions compared with their length is to be so developed that reliable, residue-free cleaning of the surface relief of teeth and denture surfaces is achieved therewith in a simple manner and in a short time.
That problem is solved according to the invention by a teeth cleaning material having a base member that is flexible, bendable structure and cleaning elements are carried by the base member in the manner of pile loops or pile threads.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The subclaims relate to advantageous developments of the invention.
The invention is described in greater detail below with the aid of preferred embodiments and with reference to the drawings in which:
FIGS. 1A-1C: is a plan view of the working face of a teeth cleaning implement;
FIGS. 2A and 2B: is a plan view of the working face of a modified teeth cleaning implement;
FIG. 3: is a plan view of the working face once more of a modified teeth cleaning implement;
FIGS. 4A and 4B: shows a transverse section through a teeth cleaning implement according to one of FIGS. 1 to 3, in use on the lateral face of a tooth;
FIG. 5: is a view similar to FIGS. 4A and 4B, showing a further modified teeth cleaning implement;
FIGS. 6A and 6B: is a view similar to FIG. 5, showing once more a modified teeth cleaning implement;
FIG. 7: is a view similar to FIG. 5, with yet another embodiment of a teeth cleaning implement;
FIG. 8: is a schematic side view of a teeth cleaning implement placed on a finger;
FIG. 9: shows a schematic longitudinal section through a further modified teeth cleaning implement that has a vibration drive;
FIGS. 10A and 10B: shows a longitudinal section through a shoe-like cleaning head;
FIG. 11: shows a transverse section through the cleaning head of FIGS. 10A and 10B, along the line of section XI--XI therein;
FIG. 12: is a schematic side view of a further teeth cleaning implement with treatment liquid being supplied to the working face;
FIG. 13: is an enlarged schematic view showing various alternatives for attaching cleaning elements to a base member of a teeth cleaning implement according to one of FIGS. 1 to 12;
FIG. 14: shows a transverse, again enlarged, section through a monofilament cleaning element of FIG. 13;
FIGS. 15A and 15B: shows a transverse section through a modified multifilament
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