Motor driven dental floss applicator

Details Motor driven dental floss applicator Motor driven dental floss applicator

1991-10-30

1993-02-16

O'Connor, Cary E.

Toilet

Toothpick

And motor driven mechanism or fluid applicator

132324, 132325, A61C 1500

Patent

active

051861917

ABSTRACT:
A motor driven dental floss applicator for use in dispensing and supporting a strand of dental floss for cleaning teeth comprising a rigid elongated frame having a handle on one end and two laterally spaced, upstanding furcations on the other end, the furcations having floss-guiding portions on the tips thereof by means of which a floss strand may be tensioned and moved therebetween. A supply of strand is supported on the frame. A supply and takeup device is provided for supplying and taking up the strand after it is threaded across the tips of the furcations. An electric motor is provided on the frame for actuating the second means unidirectionally, and a switch is provided for controlling the energization of the motor whereby the strand may be controllably drawn across and between said furcations.

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