IP Library Granted Patent US 8,038,441
Granted Patent B2
US 8,038,441 · App. 10/906,861 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Combination rotating dental cleaning brush and paste device

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Patent No.
US 8,038,441
App. No.
10/906,861
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The combination rotating dental cleaning brush and paste device. The device includes a housing having a rotating shaft therethrough. A compressible tube has two opposed ends, a first end which is rotated by the shaft and a second end having an opening therethrough. A brush is integral with, connected to, and rotated by the second end of the tube. Compression of the compressible tube forces dental paste inside of the tube out of an opening in the second end of the tube and onto the brush.

Claims (17)

1. A combination rotating dental cleaning brush and paste device, which device comprises:

a housing having a rotating shaft therethrough, said housing having a first cylindrical portion and a second portion in angular relation therewith, wherein said rotating shaft terminates in a first gear that rotates a second gear in said second portion of said housing;

a disk extending from said second gear;

a compressible tube having two opposed ends, a first end attached to and extending from said disk and rotated by said shaft and a second end;

a brush integral with, connected to and rotated by said second end; and

dental paste inside said compressible tube whereby compression of said tube by pressing said brush against the teeth of a patient forces said paste out of said second end.

2. A combination brush and paste device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first cylindrical portion is oriented at a ninety degree (90°) angle to said second portion.

3. A combination brush and paste device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said brush is a flexible resilient conical cone.

4. A combination rotating dental cleaning brush and paste device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said second end has an opening therethrough to permit said paste to pass from said tube to said brush.

5. A combination rotating dental cleaning brush and paste device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said dental paste is stored in a bead inside of said compressible tube.

6. A method of using a combination dental cleaning brush and paste, which method comprises:

storing a quantity of dental paste in a compressible tube having two opposed ends, a first end extending from a disk connected to a second gear rotated by a first gear connected to a rotating shaft and a second end;

rotating a brush integral with and connected to said compressible tube by rotation of said tube; and

axially compressing said compressible tube to force said paste out of an opening in said second end of said tube and on to said brush, wherein said compressible tube may be compressed by pressing said brush against the teeth of a patient.

7. A method as set forth in claim 6 wherein said rotating shaft passes through a cylindrical housing.

8. A method as set forth in claim 6 wherein said paste is forced out of a bead in said tube, through said opening in said second end, and thereafter on to said brush.

9. A method as set forth in claim 6 wherein said rotating shaft terminates in a first gear which engages a second gear connected to said first end of said compressible tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2013
From: TARR, DANIEL EDWARD
To: ADVENT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 031071/0469 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 10418235 · Apr 17, 2003
Provisional Application 60404563 · Aug 20, 2002
Related Publication 20050158688A1 · Jul 21, 2005