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US 6,659,674 B2Granted
Oral irrigator and brush assembly
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorsVito J. Carlucci, Paul Joseph Denhup, Dale S. Ziolkowski
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Abstract
An oral irrigator including a main body and a brush assembly. The main body has an elongated shaft, a connector connected to the elongated shaft, and a receiving cavity connected to the neck for receiving and retaining a brush assembly. The oral irrigator is adapted to work in conjunction with a mechanism for providing pressurized liquid (e.g. a pump).
Claims14
An oral irrigator comprising:
- a main body having an elongated shaft with a first end and a second end, a connector being connected to said first end of said elongated shaft, and a neck being connected to said second end of said elongated shaft,
- a receiving cavity having a side wall and a bottom surface forming a cup-like shape, said bottom surface having at least one outlet orifice centrally disposed therein;
- a brush assembly having a base with a plurality of bristle tufts disposed thereon, said base having at least one centrally disposed aperture therein, said base fitting in said receiving cavity, said at least one aperture being in fluid communication with said at least one outlet orifice;
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- a tapered fluid channel in said main body, said fluid channel being in fluid communication with said at least outlet orifice.
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An oral irrigator comprising:
- a main body having an elongated shaft with a first end and a second end, a connector being connected to said first end of said elongated shaft, and a neck being connected to said second end of said elongated shaft, said neck being connected to a receiving cavity;
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- a brush assembly having a disk shaped base with a plurality of bristle tufts disposed in a plurality of circular rows on said base, said base having at least one aperture centrally disposed therein, said base fitting in said receiving cavity,
- wherein said plurality of bristle tufts have different rigidities and are of more than one length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.