Oral care implement
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsDonghui Wu, Matthew Lee Kolb, Paul Donald Carse
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Abstract
An oral care implement having a body having a handle, a head at an end of the handle, and at least one fluid outlet, the head having at least one oral care element extending therefrom; a reservoir in the body and for storing an oral care fluid; and a supply mechanism connected to the body, the supply mechanism having a user-operable selector comprising a cam, and an actuator comprising a follower in contact with the same, the actuator operable to cause the oral care fluid to flow from the reservoir towards the fluid outlet, and wherein the cam is movable relative to the body to cause movement of the follower relative to the body and thereby operate the actuator.
Claims18
An oral care implement, comprising:
- a body comprising a handle, a head at an end of the handle, and at least one fluid outlet, the head having at least one oral care element extending from a front side of the body;
- a reservoir in the body storing an oral care fluid;
- and
- a supply mechanism connected to the body, the supply mechanism comprising:
- a user-operable selector comprising a cam on the front side of the body;
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- an actuator comprising a flow passage and a follower, the follower in contact with the cam, the actuator operable to cause the oral care fluid to flow from the reservoir towards the fluid outlet through the flow passage;
- wherein the cam comprises a planar first surface in contact with a planar second surface of the follower, the first surface being parallel to the second surface;
- wherein the cam is movable relative to the body to cause movement of the follower relative to the body and thereby operate the actuator;
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- wherein the planar second surface of the follower is located between the front side of the body and the flow passage of the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.