Electric toothbrush
AssigneeProxihealthcare Inc.
InventorYoung Wook Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an electric toothbrush that includes an outer case including a handle part having a tubular shape, and a head part extending from the handle part and having an opening area open to front; first and second electrodes disposed in the opening area and providing electromagnetic waves corresponding to a driving signal; and a head cover having a plurality of bristle holes, a first electrode hole, and a second electrode hole, which are formed therein, and closing the opening area. The first and second electrodes may penetrate the first and second electrode holes, respectively, and be exposed to outside.
Claims6
An electric toothbrush comprising:
- an outer case including a handle part, and a head part extending from the handle part and having an opening area open to front;
- first and second electrodes disposed in the opening area and providing electromagnetic waves corresponding to a driving signal;
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- a head cover having a plurality of bristle holes, a first electrode hole, and a second electrode hole, which are formed therein, and closing the opening area,
- wherein the first and second electrodes penetrate the first and second electrode holes, respectively, and are exposed to outside,
- the electric toothbrush further comprising:
- a main substrate on which a signal supply unit for generating the driving signal is mounted, the main substrate being accommodated in the handle part;
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- a sub-substrate elongated from the main substrate toward the head part and having an end portion positioned within the opening area,
- wherein a first substrate hole and a second substrate hole are formed at the end portion of the sub-substrate, and
- wherein the first electrode is inserted into and fixed to the first substrate hole, and the second electrode is inserted into and fixed to the second substrate hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.