Retaining member on a handle, and dental brush for exchangeable attachment to a holder
AssigneeBreitschmid AG.
InventorUeli Breitschmid
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Abstract
A retaining member on a handle for the exchangeable attachment of an interdental brush (29) exhibiting a fastening element (36) with transverse element (37) has a recess which is designed so that the interdental brush (29) can be introduced in the direction of its longitudinal axis, with the transverse element (37) leading, into the recess (34) and can be locked in place in the latter especially by being folded over.
Claims8
A handle with a retaining member on one end for exchangeably retaining an interdental brush on the handle, the retaining member comprising a bifurcated end having a pair of spaced arms facing each other and cantilevered in the longitudinal direction of the handle from one end of the handle,
- said bifurcated end comprising a means for exchangeably retaining an interdental brush at right angles on the end of the handle,
- one of said arms comprising a pair of spaced apart opposed fingers cantilevered in the longitudinal direction of the handle and constituting a pincer-like member,
- the other arm of said pair of arms connected opposite the pincer-like member, and
- a slot separating said other arm and said pair of spaced fingers,
- whereby the bifurcated end retaining member is integrally formed on the end of said handle.
A combined handle and an interdental brush having a longitudinal element having a rear end, a front end, and a transverse member, said transverse member connected in proximity to the rear end of said longitudinal element, and a wire with bristles thereon connected to the front end of said longitudinal element and in axial alignment therewith, a retaining member on one end of said handle for exchangeably attaching said interdental brush to the end of said handle, comprising a bifurcated end having a pair of spaced arms facing each other and cantilevered in the longitudinal direction of the handle from one end of the handle,
- one of said arms comprising a pair of spaced apart opposed fingers cantilevered in the longitudinal direction of the handle and constituting a pincer-like member,
- the other arm of said pair of arms connected opposite the pincer-like member,
- a slot separating said other arm and said pincer-like member,
- whereby the bifurcated end retaining member is integrally formed on the end of said handle, and
- said longitudinal element engaged between said pincer-like member and extending normal thereto and to the longitudinal direction of the handle, with said transverse member engaged in said slot between said other arm and said pincer-like member.
A combined handle and an interdental brush having a plug-like longitudinal element with a transverse shoulder, a retaining member on one end of said handle for exchangeably attaching the longitudinal element of the interdental brush to the end of said handle, comprising a bifurcated end having a pair of spaced arms facing each other and cantilevered in the longitudinal direction of the handle from one end of the handle,
- one of said arms comprising a pair of spaced apart opposed fingers cantilevered in the longitudinal direction of the handle and constituting a pincer-like member,
- the other arm of said pair of arms connected opposite the pincer-like member,
- said other arm includes an aperture therethrough extending transversely to said longitudinal direction of said handle,
- a slot separating said other arm and said pincer-like member, whereby the bifurcated end retaining member is integrally formed on the end of said handle, and
- said longitudinal element engaged in at least one of said aperture of said other arm and in said pincer-like member, and extending normal thereto and to the longitudinal direction of the handle, with said transverse shoulder engaging one of said other arm or said pincer-like member on a side opposite said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.