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US 2013/0074869 A1Published application
Interdental cleaner
OwnerSang Sook Leeinventor
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Abstract
An interdental cleaner which can firmly hold a dental floss that has been pulled out of a floss dispenser to a desired length, so that the interdental cleaner can prevent the floss from being further pulled out and can prevent a slip of the floss when a user uses the floss.
Claims28
An interdental cleaner, comprising:
- a dispenser body (10) including a lower body (11) having therein an upward open lower chamber (110), with a fixing shaft (130) being vertically formed on a bottom surface of the lower chamber (110), and an upper body (12) placed on the lower body (11) and having therein a downward open upper chamber (120), with a through hole (140) being formed through a top wall of the upper body so as to communicate with the lower chamber (110);
- a bobbin (30) provided in the dispenser body (10) in such a way that the bobbin is fitted over the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10), with a dental floss (301) being wound around the bobbin;
- an elastic member (50) provided in the dispenser body (10);
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- a pressure unit (70) provided in the dispenser body (10) in such a way that the pressure unit can move upward and downward in the dispenser body (10) by elasticity of the elastic member (50) so that the pressure unit can control a rotation of the bobbin (30) and an upper end of the pressure unit can protrude outside the dispenser body (10) through the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10),
- wherein vertical movement guide grooves (131) are vertically formed at regular intervals around an outer circumferential surface of the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10), and fixing grooves (310) are formed at regular intervals around an upper part of an inner circumferential surface of the bobbin (30),
- wherein the pressure unit (70) includes:
- a pressure button (710) that is vertically movably received in the bobbin (30) so that an upper end of the pressure button protrudes outside the dispenser body (10) through the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10), with vertical movement guide protrusions (711) being formed at regular intervals around a lower part of an inner circumferential surface of the pressure button so as to be engaged with the vertical movement guide grooves (131) of the fixing shaft (130);
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- fixing protrusions (730) that are formed at regular intervals around a lower part of an outer circumferential surface of the pressure button (710) so as to be engaged with the fixing grooves (310) of the bobbin (30), and the elastic member (50) is provided in a lower part inside the dispenser body (10) such that the elastic member is placed in the bobbin (30) in a state in which the elastic member surrounds a lower end of the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10) so as to elastically support a lower end of the pressure button (710).
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An interdental cleaner, comprising:
- a dispenser body (10) including a lower body (11) having therein an upward open lower chamber (110), with a fixing shaft (130) being vertically formed on a bottom surface of the lower chamber (110), and an upper body (12) placed on the lower body (11) and having therein a downward open upper chamber (120), with a through hole (140) being formed through a top wall of the upper body so as to communicate with the lower chamber (110);
- a bobbin (30) provided in the dispenser body (10) in such a way that the bobbin is fitted over the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10), with a dental floss (301) being wound around the bobbin;
- an elastic member (50) provided in the dispenser body (10);
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- a pressure unit (70) provided in the dispenser body (10) in such a way that the pressure unit can move upward and downward in the dispenser body (10) by elasticity of the elastic member (50) so that the pressure unit can control a rotation of the bobbin (30) and an upper end of the pressure unit can protrude outside the dispenser body (10) through the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10),
- wherein vertical movement guide grooves (131) are vertically formed at regular intervals around an outer circumferential surface of the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10), and fixing grooves (310) are formed at regular intervals around a lower part of an inner circumferential surface of the bobbin (30),
- wherein the pressure unit (70) includes:
- a pressure button (710) that is vertically movably received in the bobbin (30) so that an upper end of the pressure button protrudes outside the dispenser body (10) through the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10), with vertical movement guide protrusions (711) being formed at regular intervals around a lower part of an inner circumferential surface of the pressure button so as to be engaged with the vertical movement guide grooves (131) of the fixing shaft (130);
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- fixing protrusions (730) that are formed at regular intervals around a lower part of an outer circumferential surface of the pressure button (710) so as to be engaged with the fixing grooves (310) of the bobbin (30), and the elastic member (50) is provided in an upper part inside the dispenser body (10) such that the elastic member is placed in the bobbin (30) in a state in which the elastic member surrounds the pressure button (710) so as to elastically support upper ends of the fixing protrusions (730).
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An interdental cleaner, comprising:
- a dispenser body (10) including a lower body (11) having therein an upward open lower chamber (110), with a fixing shaft (130) being vertically formed on a bottom surface of the lower chamber (110), and an upper body (12) placed on the lower body (11) and having therein a downward open upper chamber (120), with a through hole (140) being formed through a top wall of the upper body so as to communicate with the lower chamber (110);
- a bobbin (30) provided in the dispenser body (10) in such a way that the bobbin is fitted over the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10), with a dental floss (301) being wound around the bobbin;
- an elastic member (50) provided in the dispenser body (10);
- and a pressure unit (70) provided in the dispenser body (10) in such a way that the pressure unit can move upward and downward in the dispenser body (10) by elasticity of the elastic member (50) so that the pressure unit can control a rotation of the bobbin (30) and an upper end of the pressure unit can protrude outside the dispenser body (10) through the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10), wherein fixing grooves (121) are formed at regular intervals on a lower surface of the top wall of the upper body (12) that defines the upper chamber (120) such that the fixing grooves (121) are placed at locations around the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10),
- wherein the pressure unit (70) includes:
- a pressure button (710) that is vertically formed on a center of an upper surface of the bobbin (30) and moves upward and downward in the dispenser body (10) together with the bobbin (30) so that an upper end of the pressure button protrudes outside the dispenser body (10) through the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10);
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- fixing protrusions (730) that are formed at regular intervals around an outer circumferential surface of an upper part of the pressure button (710) in a state in which the fixing protrusions (730) are integrated with the upper surface of the bobbin (30) so that the fixing protrusions (730) can be engaged with the fixing grooves (121) of the dispenser body (10), and the elastic member (50) is placed in the dispenser body (10) in a state in which the elastic member (50) surrounds a lower part of the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10) so as to elastically support a lower surface of the bobbin (30).
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An interdental cleaner, comprising:
- a dispenser body (10) including a lower body (11) having therein an upward open lower chamber (110), with a fixing shaft (130) being vertically formed on a bottom surface of the lower chamber (110), and an upper body (12) placed on the lower body (11) and having therein a downward open upper chamber (120), with a through hole (140) being formed through a top wall of the upper body so as to communicate with the lower chamber (110);
- a bobbin (30) provided in the dispenser body (10) in such a way that the bobbin is fitted over the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10), with a dental floss (301) being wound around the bobbin;
- an elastic member (50) provided in the dispenser body ();
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- a pressure unit (70) provided in the dispenser body (10) in such a way that the pressure unit can move upward and downward in the dispenser body (10) by elasticity of the elastic member (50) so that the pressure unit can control a rotation of the bobbin (30) and an upper end of the pressure unit can protrude outside the dispenser body (10) through the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10),
- wherein fixing grooves (111) are formed on the bottom surface of the lower chamber (110) of the lower body (11) at regular intervals so that the fixing grooves (111) are placed at locations around the fixing shaft (130) of the dispenser body (10),
- wherein the pressure unit (70) includes:
- a pressure button (710) that is vertically formed on a center of an upper surface of the bobbin (30) and moves upward and downward in the dispenser body (10) together with the bobbin (30) so that an upper end of the pressure button protrudes outside the dispenser body (10) through the through hole (140) of the dispenser body (10);
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- fixing protrusions (730) that are formed at locations around a center of a lower surface of the bobbin (30) at regular intervals in a state in which the fixing protrusions (730) are integrated with the lower surface of the bobbin (30) so that the fixing protrusions (730) are engaged with the fixing grooves (111) of the dispenser body (10), and the elastic member (50) is placed in the dispenser body (10) in a state in which the elastic member (50) surrounds the pressure button (710) so as to elastically support the upper surface of the bobbin (30).
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The interdental cleaner as set forth in claim 24, wherein an annular groove (115) is formed around an outer circumferential surface of the shaft (113) so as to hold the dental floss (301).
The interdental cleaner as set forth in claim , wherein a cutting member (123) is provided in an upper surface of a first end of the top wall of the upper body (12) of the dispenser body (10) so that the cutting member (123) can cut the dental floss (301) that has been pulled out of the dispenser body (10).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.