Oral lavage apparatus
OwnerJames R. Powellinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an oral lavage apparatus. The apparatus includes a hand-held trigger actuated device for providing liquid in streams of pulses and an external reservoir for holding the liquid to be distributed through the device. The invention is additionally chracterized in that all elements may be easily stored inside the reservoir when the trigger actuated device is not in use. This provides the two-fold benefit of portability while maintaining a sufficient amount of liquid to supply to the hand-held device.
Claims11
An oral lavage apparatus comprising a hand-held trigger actuated dental jet stream device having pump means therein for delivering liquid through said device into an oral cavity, tube means connected to said device for delivering said liquid to a human mouth, an external reservoir means for containing and supplying liquid to said device, and first connecting means for connecting said external reservoir means to said device, said reservoir means comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, said bottom portion containing second connecting means for connecting said first connecting means to said reservoir means and wherein said top and bottom portions are sized so that when the device is in use said top portion is attached to said bottom portion to enclose the liquid contained in said reservoir means, the interior of said reservoir means comprising retaining means for securing said device, tube means and first connecting means to the interior of said reservoir means when said device is not in use.
A manually operated liquid discharge apparatus comprising a reservoir containing a supply of liquid, a hand-held pump located remotely from the reservoir, an elongated flexible inlet tube connecting the pump to the reservoir to supply liquid to the pump, a discharge tube connected to the pump for discharging liquid from the pump at a remote discharge point, said pump including a housing having a pistol-type handgrip thereon, a movable trigger mounted on said housing adjacent the handgrip for engagement by the finger of a user holding the handgrip, said trigger being connected to said pump for actuation of the pump in response to movement of the trigger to discharge liquid from the discharge member, said pump housing including groove means partially receiving and storing said inlet and discharge tubes.
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