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US 6,874,247 B1Granted
Toothbrush dryer
OwnerTsang-Hung Hsuinventor
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Abstract
A toothbrush dryer includes a housing formed as a heating chamber for storing toothbrush in the housing, and a heating device provided in the housing preferably at a bottom portion of the housing for warming the toothbrush for keeping a dried toothbrush for preventing bacteria, fungi or algae infection or contamination.
Claims11
A toothbrush dryer comprising:
- a housing having a cover formed thereon for defining an interior in said housing when closing the cover, with said cover opened for inserting a toothbrush into said housing or for withdrawing a toothbrush from said housing;
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- a heating device formed in said housing for heating a drying pan formed in a bottom portion of said housing for transferring heat from said heating device to said toothbrush for indirectly heating the toothbrush, and for heating said drying pan for heating air in said interior for effecting a thermosiphon of the air for carrying and discharging moisture outwardly as released from the toothbrush to dry the toothbrush for preventing from bacteria infection or contamination.
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