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US 12,376,947 · App. 17/512,731 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Oral cavity cleaner for automatically sucking contaminated water for washing oral cavity

Inventors: sungkwon Ko (Chuncheon-si, KR); hyunjong Kim (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SMDsolution Co., Ltd.
A61C17/06A61C17/0211
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Patent No.
US 12,376,947
App. No.
17/512,731
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An oral cavity cleaner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a handle including an inflow path through which washing water flows and a discharge flow path through which contaminated water sucked from an oral cavity flows; a mouthpiece configured to spray the washing water supplied through the handle into the oral cavity; and a core suction part having an edge surrounded by the mouthpiece, the core suction part being configured to suck the contaminated water that has been discharged from the mouthpiece and washed teeth.

Claims (11)

1. An oral cavity cleaner comprising:

a handle comprising an inflow path through which washing water flows and a discharge flow path through which contaminated water sucked from an oral cavity flows;

a mouthpiece configured to spray the washing water supplied through the handle into the oral cavity;

and a core suction part having U-shaped lower suction holes for sucking the contaminated water that has been discharged from the mouthpiece and washed teeth;

wherein the core suction part comprises a U-shaped suction guide portion connected to the U-shaped lower suction holes and protruding downward;

wherein the U-shaped lower suction holes are arranged in a forward/rearward centerline direction of the mouthpiece and vertically aligned;

wherein the U-shaped suction guide portion includes a trough formed through the center of each U-shaped suction guide portion at the forward/rearward centerline direction of the mouthpiece to form a gap that allows the contaminated water to flow forward.

2. The oral cavity cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the U-shaped lower suction holes comprise a first lower suction hole and a second lower suction hole, wherein the second lower suction hole is formed at a rear side of the first lower suction hole, and a first suction guide portion formed in the first lower suction hole is higher than the lingual surface corresponding portion.

3. The oral cavity cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the U-shaped lower suction holes comprise a first lower suction hole and a second lower suction hole, wherein the second lower suction hole is formed at a rear side of the first lower suction hole, and a first suction guide portion formed in the first lower suction hole is higher than a second suction guide portion formed in the second lower suction hole.

4. The oral cavity cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the U-shaped suction guide portion has a front end extending forward and a rear end recessed rearward.

5. The oral cavity cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the core suction part has a rear suction hole that is opened rearward and formed on the forward/rearward centerline direction of the mouthpiece.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2022
From: KO, SUNGKWON
To: SMDSOLUTION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058901/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2022
From: KIM, HYUNJONG
To: SMDSOLUTION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058901/0525 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0143686 · Oct 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220133452A1 · May 5, 2022
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