U.S. patent application number 11/977456 was filed with the patent office on 2009-05-14 for universal toothbrush.
This patent application is currently assigned to Grigory Podolsky. Invention is credited to Grigory Podolsky.
Application Number | 20090119859 11/977456 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40622315 |
Filed Date | 2009-05-14 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090119859 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Podolsky; Grigory |
May 14, 2009 |
Universal toothbrush
Abstract
A universal toothbrush formed to provide overcoming drawbacks of
the prior arts with elastic pump-dispenser for impeccable supplying
of toothpaste on surface of the bristles with comfortable design
for use and simple manufacturing. A toothbrush is formed from three
separate branches; a replaceable brush, a conic annular resilient
pump formed with cover for short elastic push-button, located on
horizontal axis with opposite bulges in chamber, means to divide
the paste in order to control the supply. The pump located in
conical plastic compartment having on vertical axis an inlet valve
with a ball and an outlet flap valve, which hermetical connected
with resilient pump, and a replaceable/refillable cartridge for the
toothpaste, made from tubing, which bypasses expensive equipment,
it has inside a special piston that capture the paste and indexes.
First support to slide up easily the piston behind toothpaste and
second do not slide down under weight of the paste. Said design
allows an impeccable supplying of the toothpaste on the surface of
the bristles.
Inventors: |
Podolsky; Grigory; (Sunny
Isles Beach, FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Grigory Podolsky
18100 Atlantic Blvd. #210
Sunny Isles Beach
FL
33160
US
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Assignee: |
Podolsky; Grigory
Sunny Isles Beach
FL
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Family ID: |
40622315 |
Appl. No.: |
11/977456 |
Filed: |
October 25, 2007 |
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08434584 |
May 1, 1995 |
5769585 |
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11977456 |
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60857010 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
15/167.1 ;
401/129 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A46B 17/04 20130101;
A46B 11/002 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
15/167.1 ;
401/129 |
International
Class: |
A46B 9/04 20060101
A46B009/04; A46B 11/00 20060101 A46B011/00 |
Claims
1. An universal toothbrush has a vertical axis (opening) between an
end of a brush head and end of the cartridge, and comprising three
separate parts: a replaceable brush head, a conical annular pump's
compartment is made as a single plastic unit with an outlet swing
flap valve, located in upper neck and inlet valve with ball,
located in lower end on a vertical an opposite axis of compartment,
the two necks of the valves are hermetical connected with inside
resilient pump-dispenser formed with outside short button on which
installs plastic covering (button), located on horizontal axis with
opposite bulges in oblong chamber, means for divide the toothpaste,
for controlled supply owing to pressing of the push-button for
creating sufficient pressure for pushing out the toothpaste toward
the bristles from cartridge. In one embodiment of the universal
toothbrush include a cover, which protects the brush head and
pump's button in trip, etc. It also covered inside a cover for
opening between bristles. In retail an inlet valve with ball will
has an elastic temporary stopper used to shut the valve for to
divide the empty pump from cartridge with toothpaste. The bottom
part of the pump-dispenser connects with a replaceable/refillable
cartridge for the toothpaste, made from tubing in which slide up a
special piston that has niche and opening in plate, both captures
the toothpaste for support to slide the piston behind the paste
when in chamber creates vacuum after release the button. The piston
has in bottom part indexes, which does not give room to slide the
piston down under, weight of the paste. In set of the universal
toothbrush could be included a brush holder for the wall that can
be gathered each to other and collar for fill out the cartridge
from any soft tubes with toothpaste.
2. The universal toothbrush described in claim 1 wherein said a
replaceable brush head with a separate cover that close an opening
between bristles and pump's button is covered by special detachable
cover means for transportation, etc.
3. The universal toothbrush described in claim 1 wherein said pump
has on opposite vertical axis an inlet valve with ball and an
outlet swing flap valve, which could have one or few swing able
flaps.
4. The universal toothbrush described in claim 1 wherein said
resilient pump-dispenser formed with short button located on
horizontal axis with one or two bulge located opposite in oblong
chamber, means for divide the toothpaste, for controlled supply,
etc.
5. The universal toothbrush described in claim 1 wherein said the
resilient pump-dispenser has the short button on which installs the
plastic cover (button) for easily creating of sufficient pressure,
by pushing out the toothpaste toward the bristles from
cartridge.
6. The universal toothbrush described in claim 1 wherein said inlet
valve with ball temporary covered by stopper used to shut empty
pump for to divide the cartridge with toothpaste in retail and then
it take apart before using.
7. The universal toothbrush described in claim 1 wherein said
pump-dispenser connects with a replaceable/refillable cartridge for
the toothpaste that could make from tubing, thus bypassing
expensive equipment for production, in said cartridge slide up a
special piston.
8. The universal toothbrush described in claim 1 wherein said
piston has niche and opening in plate, both captures the toothpaste
for support to slide easily the piston behind the paste when in
chamber is creates vacuum after release the button, the piston has
also in the bottom end the indexes, which does not give room to
slide the piston down under, weight of paste.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation in part of U.S. Pat. No.
5,769,585 named TOOTHBRUSH WITH TOOTHPASTE and Disclosure Document
# 605647 from Sep. 5, 2006, and then submitted the Provision Patent
Application No. 60/857,010 Filing OR 371 (c) Date Nov. 6, 2006,
thereby submit the following Nonprovisional Utility Patent
Application for below described invention named the UNIVERSAL
TOOTHBRUSH.
FIELD INVENTION
[0002] The invention related to the Universal Toothbrush, which has
a detachable/replaceable brush head, a paste dispenser and more
particularly to an all-in-one toothbrush provided with a completed
an elastic conical pump with push-button, the pump located with
related components in plastic compartment and a means for
dispensing toothpaste from replaceable/refillable cartridge to
surface of the bristles and to prevent drying the paste in the
narrow passage of the brush's head.
BACKGRAUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The combinations of toothbrush with toothpaste in a
container is known in the arts, but is not used with any kinds of
pumps and push-button technology, this is because they do not
properly work and have a complicated structure that cannot create a
convenient and attractive design.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0004] It is therefore the principle object of the invention to
create a universal all-in-one toothbrush which provides overcoming
drawbacks of the prior arts, thus to make it convenient for use and
hand operation with an attractive design and impeccable supplying
of toothpaste on surface of the bristles.
[0005] Another object of the invention is to provide the all-in-one
toothbrush with replaceable brush head on which installs a cover
for closing an aperture located between bristles to prevents drying
(dense) toothpaste in narrowing passage.
[0006] Other object of the invention is to provide the brush head
and pump-dispenser with cover, which covered brush head and the
push-button in traveling, etc.
[0007] Another object of the invention is to provide the toothbrush
with pump-dispenser made as a single unit with a new version of
pump's chamber that divides paste for controlled supply and better
compression for distribution of paste on the surface of the
bristles.
[0008] Other object of the invention is to provide the
pump-dispenser with a new version of the inlet valve with a ball
this works impeccable together with the new version of the piston
and with outlet flap valve,
[0009] Another object of the invention is to provide the toothbrush
with the replaceable/refillable cartridge, formed from tubing,
(which are produce companies in a needful size, thus bypassing
expensive equipment for production) and provides the cartridge with
a collar for stabling and installing in below indicated the brush
holder for a wall.
[0010] The other object of the invention is to provide the
cartridge with a special piston that has on upper end a niche with
openings in plate that capture the paste and give an opportunity to
easily slide the piston after paste.
[0011] The other object of the invention is that piston has in
bottom end the indexes which does not give room to slide the piston
down under weight of paste, this does not give opportunity to
discharge paste, thereby ensuring proper supply of toothpaste in
the chamber.
[0012] Yet object of the invention is the elastic temporary stopper
used to shut an inlet valve for to divide the empty pump from
cartridge with paste in retail and then it take apart before
using.
[0013] Another object of the invention is a special universal
collar, which can connect to different soft tubes with toothpaste
to properly fill out the cartridge, without allowing air in the
toothpaste.
[0014] Other object of the invention is a brush holder for the wall
that can be gathered each to other and can be in a retail set with
different color of toothbrushes for family use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0015] The toothbrush according to the invention has the central
axis through which passes the basic components generated with
opening between opposite ends and consist from three cooperated
branches, which connects (fixes each to other); a replaceable brush
head, a completed annular conic pump-dispenser and a cartridge for
toothpaste.
[0016] The detachable brush head has an opening between bunches of
bristles and in bottom end of the detachable brush there is an
index that fixes with the upper conical pump's part.
[0017] The pump means to absorb the paste from the cartridge and
stamping it on surface of the bristles. The pump consists from
circular conical plastic compartments in which are located the
inlet and the outlet valves, the compartment could consist from 3
parts and a cover for a short elastic button, which integrally
formed with an annular resilient conical pump dispenser located in
said compartments,
[0018] The resilient pump has an inner oblong chamber with opposite
bulges or a similar on horizontal axis with said short button. And
on the vertical a longitudinal axis in housing is located two said
valves, formed in the plastic compartment and hermetically
cooperating with elastic pump: The inlet valve formed with a ball
and outlet with flap or valve with ball.
[0019] The valves are extending relatively the axis of the
toothbrush; works to open and to close in contrary ways, when in
chamber create a pressure or vacuum.
[0020] When pressed on the button, the bulges is touch together,
thus dividing a paste, the lower part is pressing on the inlet
valve and shuts it, and upper part is pressing on outlet flap valve
and will open it, and when the button with bulges returns to the
initial position in the chamber the creates a vacuum the outlet
valve is shut down and the inlet opens and a new part of the paste
is absorb from cartridge into chamber.
[0021] The cartridge for paste is formed to be detachable and
connecting to the pump's bottom by indexes, means to be replaceable
and can be easily refillable by user. The cartridge has inside a
special piston with a niches, which has several openings, they
formed for to capture paste, thus helps the piston to slide up to
the upper side after the paste.
[0022] The piston also has indexes, means preventing the piston
from sliding down, under weight of the paste and due to interaction
with the inlet valve with a ball that does not the part of a paste
forcibly to return into the cartridge when sufficient pressure in
the pump's chamber is created, thereby does not detente the paste
in the cartridge, thus the pump is works properly and absorb paste
into chamber when in it is creating a vacuum.
[0023] All said features means, to immaculacy supplying a paste
from cartridge into pump's chamber and then on surface of the
bristles.
[0024] The inlet valve in retail will be closed by a stopper to
divide the empty pump with brush head from cartridge with
toothpaste, to prevent to dense paste in cartridge in retail.
[0025] The brush head with a separate cover that close an opening
between bristles and pump's button is covered by special detachable
cover means for transportation, etc.
[0026] In set of the universal toothbrush could be including; the
toothbrush holder for the wall that can be gathered, each by
indexes for family use. And also the universal collar to connect
one end to any kind of head to the tubes with toothpaste the other
end to the cartridge is used to fill it out,
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0027] The above and other objects, features and advantages will
became more readily apparent from the following description,
references being made to the following accompanying drawings, in
which:
[0028] FIG. 1. is a view of the longitudinal sections of the
gathered Universal Toothbrush.
[0029] FIG. 2. is a view of the longitudinal sections of the
separate parts of the Universal Toothbrush.
[0030] FIG. 3. is a view of the longitudinal sections of the
gathered and separate parts of the Pump Dispencer.
[0031] FIG. 4. is a view of the volumetric design of the Holders
for wall for the Universal Toothbrush.
[0032] FIG. 5. is a view of the volumetric design of the three
separated branches of the Universal Toothbrush.
[0033] FIG. 6. is a view of the longitudinal sections of the
Toothbrush with displaced centre of the Brush and Pump with one
bulge in chamber and stopper 4g which close the inlet valve for
divide empty pump from cartridge with toothpaste in retail. And a
special cover for pump's push button with inside cover for close an
opening between bristles in brush head,
[0034] FIG. 7. is a front view of the said cover.
[0035] FIG. 8. is a view of the longitudinal sections of the
Cartridge with cover for save toothpaste from drying in retail.
[0036] FIG. 9. is a view of the longitudinal sections of the fill
out the Cartridge from soft tube owing to of the Universal Collar
and a separate view of said Collar.
SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION
[0037] As described above and shown in the FIGS. 1, 2, 3, & 5
The universal toothbrush in accordance with the present invention
consists of three branches, which fixes each to other by indexes,
such as; a replaceable brush head with shortcut hollow handle #1, A
pump dispenser # 2, which consist from an annular conical plastic
compartment in which installs elastic pump # 3, it integrally
formed with few new features described below. Said plastic
compartment could consists from four parts for simple manufacture
and assemble, such as; the upper conical part 2, the middle conical
part 3, the circular bottom part 4 and a cover-button 5 for a
resilient short button 3a, and the refillable-replaceable cartridge
#6, which has inside slides up a special Piston #7 and collar for
stability 6b, and upper cover 6c, for extra cartridges with
toothpaste, see FIG. #8.
[0038] In the set will be included a brush cover 1a to close
aperture 1b located between bunches of bristles in brush head #1,
said brush head with cover 1a and push button 5 in retail and tripe
could be covered by cover #8 and 8a for button 5. See FIGS. 6 &
7. Also in the set will be included brush holder # 9, see FIG. #4
and universal collar # 10 see FIG. 9, to refill the cartridge from
soft tubes #11 with several kinds of toothpaste. The collar
consists from short tube divided into two parts, the top narrow
part incorporates with cartridge owing to internal indexes 10b and
indexes on the cartridge 6a and in the bottom part installs an
elastic part 10a with thread that connect with different kind of
tube with toothpaste, as shown. As you can see in the FIGS. 1, 2
and 5. the replaceable brush head #1, has a short handle with
prolonging aperture 1c, in the bottom end of said handle there is
an index 1d between two cuts 1f that make the index 1d springiness
that fixes it in the passage 2a, located in the upper end of the
pump's conical compartment 2, on the opposite end of this passage
there is a neck 2b, in which located an outlet flap valve 2c that
can have one flap or several, as shown in 2e or in neck could also
be an outlet valve with a ball 2f.
[0039] The middle conical part 3, has a side opening 3e, see FIG. 5
in which installed a cover 5 that make more powerful a short
elastic push-button 3a, see FIG. 3, that integrally formed with
resilient pump.
[0040] The bottom compartment 4, has inside the inlet valve, which
consists from a short pipe 4a, that has slides inside 4b, which
give an opportunity to slide the ball 4c, to the open and close
position. The said slides have on upper end a central catch 4d that
does not let the ball pop out. The middle conical compartment 3,
after installed inside with the resilient pump #3, is fixing with
upper conical compartment 2 by indexes or could be welded and then
the bottom end of the middle conical compartment connected with
upper end of the bottom circular compartment 4, by internal niches
3f, and outside indexes 4e or could be welded, see FIG. 2.
[0041] The bottom circular compartment 4 has outside indexes 4f for
connected with the cartridge #6, by internal niches 6a, as shown in
FIGS. 2 and 5.
[0042] The resilient annular pump #3 has an inner chamber
relatively of vertical longitudinal central axis two passages 3b
and 3e that cooperate hermetical with valves formed in the plastic
compartments 2 and 4. The elastic pump #3 has an inner chamber, see
FIG. 3, which has opposite sides an oblong bulges 3d or similar see
FIG. 6, located on horizontal axis with short-button 3a, around the
button and bulge located a limited membrane 3g that makes the pump
springing after pressing on button #5.
[0043] The resilient pump #3 with an upper opening 3b connects with
the neck 2c for an outlet flap valve 2d or valve with a ball 2f and
the lower opening 3e of the pump, connects with a neck of the inlet
valve 4a, see FIG. 3, formed with a ball 4c, located in the bottom
compartment 4.
[0044] The Cartridge #6 consists from plastic tubing and a piston
#7 that has on the upper end niche 7a, with openings 7b for
comprise the toothpaste that gives an opportunity the piston to
easily slide upward after the paste, when in chamber creates
negative pressure (vacuum), when the push-button return in initial
position and paste absorb in chamber 3c. In the bottom of the
Piston there are supports 7c, made from a metal plate that does not
give an opportunity for the piston to slides down under the weight
of the paste, thus discharge toothpaste.
[0045] On the bottom of cartridge installs a Collar 6b, for stable
and fixed the cartridge in the brush holder # 9, shown on FIG. 4,
which has Indexes 9a and 9b that give an opportunity to fix each
other for family use. Each holder has glue a back 9c to put it on
the wall or on the tile.
[0046] In retail the bottom passage of the inlet valve 4a will be
closed by the stopper 4g to divide empty the pump from the
cartridge with toothpaste and then it will be taken off before
use.
[0047] The device operates as follows: As can be seen in FIGS. 5
and 6. A buyer divide pumps a part from cartridge with toothpaste
and takes out from inlet valve a stopper 4g, then fixed together
both said branches then pressing by finger on the Piston, until a
small amount of toothpaste comes out on the surface of bristles.
After that the device will work properly by pressing the
Push-Button.
[0048] Installed next to the extra cartridge with toothpaste a
buyer removes the empty cartridge, install new and provides the
above action.
[0049] For refills the old cartridge is flushed with water, thereby
the piston slips out and at the same time the cartridge washes,
then in the lower end installs the piston, the upper end installs a
universal collar # 10 and the other end of the collar the throat of
tube with toothpaste. Then by pressing on the tube with paste the
cartridge is filled out. Then the cartridge connects with pump and
provides the above action and the toothbrush will be ready for
use.
[0050] How to work the pump? When the chamber of the pump is filled
with toothpaste, by pressing on the Push-Button the inlet valves is
hermetically shut and do not give part of the paste to return in to
the cartridge. Thereby provides sufficient pressure in the chamber
to open an outlet valve and toothpaste is stamping on the surface
of the bristles through an aperture between the bristles. Upon
withdrawing of the external pressure the push-button with bulge
returns to the initial position, thus in the chamber creates a
vacuum, (a negative pressure) the outlet valves are closed and the
inlet is opened, and a new portion of toothpaste is absorbed in the
chamber and the piston slides upwards behind the toothpaste, also
owing to niches with openings that comprise toothpaste.
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