Electric toothbrushes having a moving viewing surface
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsNicola Mills Davics, Frank Delmar Macaulay, Douglas A. Gall
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Abstract
An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush includes a handle having a motor disposed therein and a head having one or more moving bristle holders, wherein the one or more moving bristle holders are operatively connected to the motor. A neck disposed is between the handle and the head. The handle has a viewing window and a movable viewing surface disposed there beneath, wherein at least a portion of the viewing surface is visible through the window. The viewing surface is mechanically coupled to the motor so that rotational output of the motor causes movement of the viewing surface. The viewing surface may be directly or indirectly coupled to the motor.
Claims19
An electric toothbrush, comprising:
- a handle having a motor disposed therein;
- a head having one or more moving bristle holders, wherein said one or more moving bristle holders are operatively connected to said motor;
- a neck disposed between said handle and said head;
- a movable shaft that is operatively connected to said motor and said one or more movable bristle holders, wherein said shaft passes through said neck;
- wherein the handle has a viewing window and a movable viewing surface disposed there beneath, wherein at least a portion of said viewing surface is visible through said window;
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- wherein said viewing surface is coupled to said motor so that rotational output of said motor causes movement of said viewing surface.
An electric toothbrush, comprising:
- a handle having a motor disposed therein;
- a head having one or more moving bristle holders, wherein said one or more moving bristle holders are operatively connected to said motor;
- a neck disposed between said handle and said head;
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- wherein the handle has a viewing window and a movable viewing surface disposed there beneath, wherein at least a portion of said viewing surface is visible through said window;
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- wherein said viewing surface is attached to a first gear that engages a second gear that is attached to said motor so that rotational output of said motor causes movement of said viewing surface is solid and wherein said viewing surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.