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US 5,286,192 AGranted
Oral irrigation apparatus
OwnerDavid J. Dixoninventor
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Abstract
A tool member is arranged to provide a compressed air discharge into a fluid filled chamber to direct fluid from the chamber into one of a plurality of irrigation tools. The irrigation tools are arranged for frictional engagement within a socket of the tool member.
Claims4
An oral irrigation apparatus, comprising,
- a support base, the support base including a first cavity, and a tool member having a tool member floor received within the first cavity,
- and
- the support base having at least a second cavity mounting a first tool head therewithin, the first tool head having a tool head base defined by a first diameter, and the tool member defined about a predetermined axis, wherein the tool member includes a tool member resilient socket having an integral diameter equal to the first diameter to receive the tool member base therewithin, wherein the tool member socket is coaxially aligned with the axis at an upper distal end of the tool member, and
- the first tool head includes a fluid delivery conduit directed coextensively through the first tool member, and at least one fluid exit port directed through the first tool head into fluid communication with the fluid delivery conduit, and a tool head door directed into the first tool head, and a fluid mixing chamber positioned within the first tool head in adjacency relative to the tool head door, the fluid mixing chamber having a chamber diameter and the fluid delivery conduit having a conduit diameter less than the chamber diameter, and at least one cylinder means arranged for reception within the fluid mixing chamber for imparting a predetermined additive into fluid directed through the fluid delivery conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.