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US 9,173,476 B2Granted
Chewing-based oral self-cleaning device
OwnerFernando Miñano Fernandezinventor
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Abstract
A chewing-based oral self-cleaning device includes a pair of tubes (2, 3) placed back to back either directly or separated by a base plate (13), optionally provided with an external handle (1) and a positioning flange (15). Each of the tubes includes a channel (14) into which the teeth are inserted and each channel is provided with side drag elements and descaling elements on the base thereof.
Claims13
A chewing-based oral self-cleaning device, comprising:
- a semi-rigid elongated body comprising two tubes forming a frame with one of a cylindrical and prismatic section,
- a base plate,
- buffer strips at the base plate,
- the tubes including a set of cleaning, massage and dragging items selected from the group of:
- bristles,
- protrusions, and
- scraping rasps,
- each tube having a semi-rigid, flexible and elastic body, formed as a slotted tube grooved in a longitudinal direction thereof to form a slot, each forming a cleaning channel tangentially superimposed relative to the longitudinal direction,
- the two tubes and the base plate collectively forming a shape of a curved capital “H”,
- the two tubes being joined together one of
- directly and
- by the base plate,
- two edges of each tube forming the respective slot extending towards an interior of the channel to form two cleaning ailerons adapted to elastically deform when a tooth arch pushes and penetrates between these two cleaning ailerons until the tooth arch reaches the buffer strips at the base plate, and
- the cleaning ailerons and the base plate are provided with said cleaning, massage and dragging items, securely fitted and located so that said cleaning, massage and dragging items act elastically when they reach a surface area of teeth and gums when the teeth and gums move during mastication.
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