Toothbrush with internal toothbrush dispenser
View Patent ↗A toothbrush for dispensing toothpaste from a main body or removable cartridge to one or more openings proximate bristles on the toothpaste head. The toothbrush includes a main body which is adapted to receive a disposable cartridge, a brush head, a neck, and a pumping system. The neck and an adapter connect the head to the main body. The pumping system comprises a spring-loaded pump system for forcing toothpaste stored in the housing or disposable cartridge through a fluid passage way to the head. A piercing tube or straw is used to pierce the tight plastic seal of the disposable cartridge.
1. A toothbrush that dispenses fluid material, comprising:
a removable toothbrush head having a front face wherein the front face has a plurality of bristles and at least one opening, wherein the at least one opening allows for fluid material to be dispensed proximate the plurality of bristles;
an adapter for receiving the removable toothbrush head;
a neck having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is connected to the adapter and the lower end engages a fluid pumping assembly;
wherein the fluid pumping assembly is engaged by pushing a lever attached to the neck;
the fluid pumping assembly having a pump casing, a pump spring, a pump tube;
wherein the neck is configured to allow the lower end of the neck to move in and out of the pump casing;
wherein the pump casing is configured to receive the lower end of the neck; wherein the pump casing encompasses the pump spring and an upper end of the pump tube,
wherein the pump casing has a lower portion which engages the pump tube;
the upper end of the pump tube configured to be inserted into the pump casing and a lower end of the pump tube extending out of the pump casing and into a main housing body, wherein the lower end of the pump tube has a tip;
the main housing body having an upper end configured to receive the fluid pumping assembly and at least a portion of the neck, and a lower end having a removable end cap;
wherein the end cap comprises an inner surface and an outer surface and the inner surface is adapted to receive a removable fluid dispensing cartridge;
wherein when fully assembled the toothbrush provides a fluid passage from the main housing through the pump tube into the pump casing, through the neck and adapter to the at least one opening in the toothbrush head.
2. The toothbrush of claim 1 , wherein the adapter is configured to mechanically fasten to the upper end of the main housing body.
3. The toothbrush of claim 1 , wherein the tip has a sharp end adapted to pierce a sealed opening in the fluid dispensing cartridge.
4. The toothbrush of claim 1 , wherein said inner surface of the end cap includes a threaded fastening design adapted to receive a threaded design on the removable cartridge.
5. The toothbrush of claim 1 , wherein said inner surface of the end cap includes a friction fit design adapted to receive the removable cartridge.
6. The toothbrush of claim 1 , wherein the end cap includes a compression clamp adapted to receive the removable cartridge.
7. The toothbrush in claim 1 , wherein the end cap comprises an outer surface and the outer surface is adapted to receive a dental floss holder.
8. A toothbrush that dispenses fluid material, comprising:
a removable toothbrush head having a front face wherein the front face has a plurality of bristles and at least one opening, wherein the at least one opening allows for fluid material to be dispensed proximate the plurality of bristles;
an adapter for receiving the removable toothbrush head;
a neck having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is connected to the adapter and the lower end engages a fluid pumping assembly;
wherein the fluid pumping assembly is engaged by pushing a lever attached to the neck;
the fluid pumping assembly having a pump casing, a pump spring, and a pump tube;
wherein the neck is configured to allow the lower end of the neck to move in and out of the pump casing;
wherein the pump casing is configured to receive the lower end of the neck; wherein the pump casing encompasses the pump spring and an upper end of the pump tube,
wherein the pump casing has a lower portion which engages the pump tube;
the upper end of the pump tube configured to be inserted into the pump casing and a lower end of the pump tube extending out of the pump casing and into a main housing body, wherein the lower end of the pump tube has a tip;
the main housing body having an upper end configured to receive the fluid pumping assembly and at least a portion of the neck, and a lower end having a removable end cap; wherein when fully assembled the toothbrush provides a fluid passage from the main housing through the pump tube into the pump casing, through the neck and adapter to the at least one opening in the toothbrush head;
wherein the toothbrush is adapted to pump fluid from within the main housing body to the at least one opening by pushing the lever on the pump assembly up and down which moves the neck in and out of the pump case to create the pumping action;
wherein the end cap comprises an inner surface and an outer surface and the inner surface is adapted to receive a removable fluid dispensing cartridge and the outer surface is adapted to mechanically receive a dental floss holder; and
wherein the tip has a sharp point adapted to pierce a sealed opening in the fluid dispensing cartridge.
9. The toothbrush in claim 8 , wherein the lower portion of the pump casing comprises a tapered end with ridges that line the outer circumference of the tapered end of the pump case.
10. The toothbrush of claim 8 , wherein inner surface of the end cap includes a threaded fastening design adapted to receive the removable cartridge.
11. The toothbrush of claim 8 , wherein inner surface of the end cap includes a friction fit design adapted to receive the removable cartridge.
12. The toothbrush of claim 8 , wherein the end cap includes a compression clamp adapted to receive the removable cartridge.