CN101884568A

CN101884568A - Floss clamp holder

Info

Publication number: CN101884568A
Application number: CN2009101412629A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李志贤
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-05-14
Filing date: 2009-05-14
Publication date: 2010-11-17

Abstract

A floss clamp holder capable of being used together with a floss string comprises a handle with a forked head arranged at a first end thereof. The forked head is provided with a first arm and a second arm respectively extending outwards to a first far end a second far end for supporting a floss. A tension device is arranged on the handle in a sliding manner, is provided with a clamp for receiving one end of the floss string and can move between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is used for freely receiving the floss string in the clamp while the second position is used for fixing the floss string in the clamp. The tension device is also provided with connecting pieces for connecting the main body of the tension device and a central member of the clamp, the connecting pieces enable the central member to be capable of slightly stretching forwards or backwards relative to an abreast jaw along the longitudinal direction of the clamp holder, and the connecting pieces for connecting the main body of the tension device and the central member of the clamp are two bend thin wall parts.

Description

Dental floss holder

Technical field

The present invention relates to use the dental floss cleaning teeth, relate in particular to and be used to keep the dental floss rope with the dental floss holder of contributor with the dental floss cleaning teeth.

Background technology

The applicant has disclosed a kind of flossing tool in the U.S. Patent No. before it 7104266, and wherein, described flossing tool utilizes tightening device so that described dental floss rope is received and is fixed in the clip of described tightening device.

The central component that a common problem of this flossing tool is described flossing tool clip can not move with respect to the clip jaw, makes that the clamping between described central component and the jaw side by side is not very tight.A comparatively special problem is that central component is lacking the mobile closure that may hinder between described jaw and the central component with respect to the clip jaw on the longitudinal direction of flossing tool handle.A more special problem is that central component is lacking the mobile engagement that may hinder the complementary zigzag part on the apparent surface of described jaw and central component with respect to the clip jaw on the longitudinal direction of flossing tool handle.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to eliminate to a certain extent or alleviate the problem that known flossing tool faces.A desired purpose of the present invention provides a kind of dental floss holder, and therefore the better engagement that described dental floss holder provides for jaw provides better and tighter clamping on described dental floss rope, or improves the problem that known flossing tool exists at least.Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of useful dental floss holder that substitutes known flossing tool to the public at least.

According to a first aspect of the invention, provide a kind of dental floss holder that can use with the dental floss rope, described dental floss holder comprises:

Handle, described handle have first end and second end;

Head, described head are at first end of described handle and have the first arm that extends out to first far-end and extend out to second arm of second far-end, described first far-end and second far-end be used for the dental floss rope is supported on therebetween and

Tightening device, described tightening device can longitudinally slide on described handle and have clip, described clip has jaw, described tightening device can be used for the end of described dental floss rope freely being received in the primary importance of described jaw and be used for the end of dental floss rope is fixed between the second position of described jaw and move, described tightening device also can vertically move on described handle, to strain described dental floss rope, wherein

Described tightening device has the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) that connects tightening device and described clip, allowing described central component on the longitudinal direction of clamper, to move, thereby regulate the closure of described jaw and described central component (33) with respect to described jaw.

Preferably, the moving direction of described central component be on the longitudinal direction of described clamper with respect to described jaw forward or backward.

Preferably, the engagement of the complementary zigzag part of described central component on the apparent surface who when its primary importance moves to its second position, is arranged on described jaw and described central component on the longitudinal direction of described clamper with respect to the mobile scalable of described jaw at described tightening device.

Preferably, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clip comprises the thin-walled portion of being made by flexible material that can compress or extend at least on the longitudinal direction of described clamper.

Preferably, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clamper comprises two thin-walled portions of being made by flexible material that can compress or extend at least on the longitudinal direction of described clamper.

Preferably, comprise can be in the compression of the longitudinal direction of described clamper or at least two spaced thin-walled portions being made by flexible material of extending for the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clamper.

Preferably, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clip comprises the thin-walled portion that plays two bendings of being made by flexible material of spring action when the part of the described zigzag on the apparent surface who is arranged on described central component during with described jaw engagement.

Preferably, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clamper comprises the mechanical connecting device that allows described central component to move with respect to described jaw on the longitudinal direction of clamper.

According to a second aspect of the invention, provide a kind of dental floss holder that can use with the dental floss rope, described dental floss holder comprises:

Shank portion, described shank portion have first end and second end;

Head, described head are at first end of described handle and have the first arm that extends out to first far-end and extend out to second arm of second far-end, and described first far-end and second far-end are used for the dental floss rope is supported on therebetween,

Passage, described passage from first end of described handle and second end longitudinally extends and

Tightening device, the described relatively passage of described tightening device is mounted slidably, and has jaw side by side, described tightening device can be used for the end of described dental floss rope freely being received in the primary importance of described jaw and be used for the end of described dental floss rope is fixed between the second position of described jaw and longitudinally move, and described tightening device also can vertically move on described handle, is used to strain the dental floss rope between described first far-end and second far-end, wherein

Described tightening device has the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) that connects described tightening device and described clip, allowing described central component on the longitudinal direction of described clamper, to move, thereby regulate the closure of described jaw and described central component (33) with respect to described jaw.

Other aspect of the present invention will become clearer by the mode of embodiment in description subsequently.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing with reference to enclosing will be described embodiments of the invention, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows first perspective view according to dental floss holder of the present invention,

Fig. 2 shows second perspective view of described dental floss holder,

Fig. 3 shows the decomposition diagram of described dental floss holder,

Fig. 4 shows the head of described dental floss holder and the plane graph of handle,

Fig. 5 shows the lateral elevational view of described head and handle,

Fig. 6 shows the clip portion of described dental floss holder and the perspective view of tightening device,

Fig. 7 shows the lock part of described tightening device,

Fig. 8 shows the cross section lateral elevational view of head and handle with tightening device,

Fig. 9 is the first detailed displayed map of the region D of Fig. 8,

Figure 10 is the second detailed displayed map of the region D of Fig. 8,

Figure 11 is second embodiment of the head of described dental floss holder,

Figure 12 is the dop that is used to keep the dental floss rope of certain-length,

Figure 13 is the perspective view of dop,

Figure 14 is the decomposition view of dop,

Figure 15 be Fig. 7 tightening device vertical view and

Figure 16 is the upward view of the tightening device of Fig. 7.

The specific embodiment

The invention provides a kind of dental floss holder that comprises improved tightening device, wherein, described tightening device has the connector of the central component 33 of the main body 27 that connects tightening device and clip.Described connector allows described central component to make elastic displacement slightly forward or backward with respect to

jaw

11 and 12 side by side on the longitudinal direction of described clip.When

jaw

11 and 12 closed and with the apparent surface who is arranged on central component on complementary zigzag when partly meshing, elastic reaction makes jaw mesh better, therefore provides better on the dental floss rope and tighter clamping.In a preferred embodiment, described connector is the thin-walled

portion

52 and 53 of two bendings.

Referring to figs. 1 to 3, the dental floss holder 1 that uses with the dental floss rope 2 of certain-length comprises the handle 3 that extends at the forked head 4 of its first end.Described forked head 4 has the first arm 5 that extends out to first far-end 6 and second arm 7 that extends out to second far-end 8.In use, described dental floss rope 2 is supported between first far-end and second far-

end

6,8 of described arm.The outward flange of each in the described the first arm and

second arm portion

5,7 has

groove

15,16, is used for along each

arm

5,7 guiding dental floss ropes 2 to far-

end

6,8.

Tightening device 9 is slidably disposed on the handle 3.Described tightening device 9 comprises the clip 10 of the

jaw

11,12 that has side by side, and the

end

13,14 of described dental floss rope 2 passes described jaw.Tightening device 9 the primary importance of the contiguous head 4 that shows as Fig. 1 and as Fig. 2 demonstration away from as described between the second position of head 4 slidably.

With reference to Figure 4 and 5, described handle 3 and head 4 be by integrally formed, and described head 4 with angle C from handle 3 orientations, so that comfortable operating position is provided.The first arm and second arm member the 5, the 7th, the branch of integrally formed forked head 4.In a preferred embodiment, the described the first arm and

second arm

5,7 are formed with outside and extend separated from one anotherly, make operating area between far-

end

6,8 greater than the Nominal Width of head 4.

Handle 3 and head 4 are made by known thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) (TPE), so that flexibility and better elastic recovery character to be provided.Under the tension force effect, the first arm and

second arm

5,7 as the bending inwardly toward each other that shows by arrow A and B.In order to help described bending, each

arm

5,7 has

semicircular recess

17,18 in the proximal end of its contiguous head 4.From

arm

5,7 release tension force the time, they are back to their outward extending positions.

The

longitudinal edge

19,20 of handle 3 makes progress and inwardly rolls, and longitudinally to form passage 21 on handle 3, passage 21 has the

groove

22,23 along inner edges.Near described head 4, described passage 21 leads to an oral area, forms the

inlet shoulder

24,25 of sphering with edge 19,20.In the bottom of passage 21, formed the locking teeth 36 of " sawtooth " shape.

Fig. 6 shows the details of tightening device 9.Tightening device 9 is included in the locking component 26 that shows among Fig. 7.Tightening device 9 comprises the main body 27 that extends to clip 10 at one end.Described tightening device 9 is also made by thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) (TPE), so that flexibility and better elastic recovery character to be provided.Main body 27 is formed with roughly the cross section of " medicated cap " shape, and it has the outward extending

rail

28,29 along its arbitrary edge.The end 30 of tightening device 9 is empty in its lower section, and has the opening 31 that is used to receive locking component 26.In the center of tightening device 9 are anchor clamps 32, with this anchor clamps user can be on handle 3 mobile slidably tightening device 9.Extending to from described anchor clamps 32 in the empty end 30 is locking plate 37.

The clip 10 of tightening device 9 comprises central component 33, and described central component 33 has the corrugated matching surface that is formed on the either side.Turn up the soil that what extend is two

clamp arms

34,35 in that the outside direction in the either side upper edge of central component 33 is separated from one another.But described two

clamp arms

34,35 have corresponding corrugated matching surface and along inside direction deformation move so that their corresponding corrugated matching surfaces engage with each matching surface of central component 33, so that

jaw

11,12 to be provided.

Connector by two thin-

walled portions

52,53 is connected central component 33 with main body 27.Described two thin-walled portions are also made by thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) (TPE).Should be appreciated that so long as flexibility and better elastic recovery character can be provided, other material also can be used.Described two thin-walled portions are outwardly-bent, make the substantially elliptical opening be formed between described two wall parts.

Because the thin-walled portion of described two bendings, at described

jaw

11 and 12 closed and during with central component 33 engagements, described central component 33 on the longitudinal direction of clamper with respect to side by

side jaw

11 and 12 resilient movement or stretch song slightly forward or backward.The moving direction that in Fig. 6, has shown central component 33, wherein, direction A is forward, direction B is backward.In use, described

jaw

11 and 12 and during described central component 33 engagement, the elastic reaction of described two crooked thin-walled portions is regulated the engagement of described jaw and described central component, therefore makes that the engagement of described jaw is better, and better and tighter clamping are provided on described dental floss rope.

More specifically, when lip-deep separately zigzag part that is arranged on described

clamp arm

34 and 35 and complementary zigzag on the apparent surface who is arranged on central component 33 partly mesh, the elastic force of the thin-walled portion of described two bendings or flecition scalable central component move with respect to described jaw, thereby regulate the engagement of complementary zigzag part, thereby make that the engagement of described

jaw

11 and 12 is better, and better and tighter clamping are provided on described dental floss rope.

By described central component along regulating the engagement of the complementary zigzag part of described clamp arm and described central component with respect to moving of described jaw on the direction of the longitudinal axis of the handle of described clamper, the tooth of avoiding or reducing at least in tightening device zigzag part when its primary importance moves to its second position may mesh probability improperly, promptly avoid or reduce the probability that the tooth of zigzag part meets in out of mesh mode, for example when lip-deep separately zigzag part that is being arranged on described

clamp arm

34 and 35 and complementary zigzag part on the apparent surface who is arranged on central component 33 do not mesh, the top of a tooth engages the top of relative tooth, and this causes the dental floss rope clamp tightly very poor.Figure 15 and 16 shows the top and bottom perspective views of tightening device 9 respectively.

Show that as Figure 15 and 16 each crooked thin-

walled portion

52 and 53 thickness (being labeled as d) approximately are 0.5-0.6mm, and the width of described main body 27 (being labeled as D) approximately is 8-10mm.Therefore described thickness d only is the 5-6% of width D.In fact this increased the flexibility of central component 33.Compare with the flossing tool that is disclosed in the applicant's the U.S. Patent No. 7104266, the thickness that connects the straight thick wall part of described central component and described main body approximately is 4mm, and it is the 40-50% of the width of main body 27.Made by thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) (TPE) though be appreciated that the tightening device of the applicant's U.S. Patent No. 7104266, the flexibility of described central component is restricted, because described straight thick wall part only is ductile a little can not being compressed.

On the contrary, but two crooked thin-walled portions of the present invention are deformation.In use, when 33 engagements of described clamp arm and central component, described

jaw

11 and 12 engagement may not be completely.Because the thin-walled portion that provides function class to be similar to two bendings of spring, described central component 33 can move slightly forward or backward, to find the optimum position that makes

jaw

11 and 12 engagements.

Though used the thin-walled

portion

52 and 53 of two bendings in a preferred embodiment of the invention, but be appreciated that, the connector of other replaceable form of the main body 27 of connection tightening device and the central component 33 of clip also may be utilized, to realize purpose of the present invention.For example, a thin-walled portion also can suitably play the effect of spring, as long as guarantee the not only enough strong central component 33 with prop clip of a described thin-walled portion, and can extend on the longitudinal direction of clamper or compress.

In addition, spring or similar device can be used as the connector of the central component 33 of the main body 27 that connects tightening device and clip.Again in addition, the mechanical connecting device that is similar to the layout of piston and cylinder can be used as the connector of the central component 33 of the main body 27 that is connected tightening device and clip.Be in the layout of piston and cylinder type at connector, piston is connected with the central component 33 of clip, and cylinder is installed on the main body 27 of tightening device.Described cylinder has very narrow opening at one end, and it prevents that piston from shifting out from cylinder, and described piston can move at the cylinder neutral line.

Tightening device 9 is received in the passage 21 of handle 3 slidably.The

rail

28,29 of tightening device 9 is slidably engaged in the

groove

22,23 of passage 21.Tightening device 9 moves to primary importance slidably, and wherein, anchor clamps 10 extend beyond the oral area of the passage 21 of contiguous head 4.On described position, gripper-

arm

34,35 is on the outward extending naturally position of the

jaw

11,12 of opening clip 10.In use, the dental floss rope 2 of certain-length is stretched by loosely between the far-

end

6 and 8 of cephalad arm 5 and 7.One end 13 of dental floss rope 2 is arranged in the groove 15 of arm 5, and passes through the opening jaw 11 of clip 10.The other end 14 of dental floss rope 2 is arranged in the groove 16 of arm 7, and the jaw of opening 12 by clip 10.In Fig. 1, shown this layout.

Refer again to Fig. 2, tightening device 9 can move slidably backward along the passage 21 of handle 3.When tightening device 9 quilts were mobile slidably, clip 10 was pulled in the oral area of passage 21.The

shoulder

24,25 of oral area is engaging

clip arm

34,35 respectively, and closed

jaw

11 and 12 is clamped in wherein with the

end

13,14 with dental floss rope 2.Further slide when mobile along passage 21 at tightening device 9, tension force is applied to dental floss rope 2, between the far-

end

6,8 of

arm

5,7 its tension.Under the tension force effect,

arm

5,7 inside flexible deformation.

Fig. 8-10 shows that how locking device 26 slides in the end 30 of the sky of tightening device 9 mobile, so that locking plate 37 engages with locking teeth 36.Locking component 26 moves to the position near holder part 32 slidably.On described position, tightening device 9 in passage 21 when mobile slidably, locking plate 37 freely moves on locking teeth 36.Be moved when applying required tension force to dental floss rope 2 at tightening device 9, locking component 26 is moved slidably with away from described anchor clamps 32, makes locking plate 37 engage with locking teeth 36, thereby locks tightening device 9 in position.It is common in the prior art that such locking is arranged, and the whole bag of tricks is known.In market, can find typical example in the common a greater variety of recoverable blade universal cutter.

Dental floss holder easy operating of the present invention and controlling.When the dental floss rope between the far-

end

6,8 of

arm

5,7 was dirty, user moved forward tightening device 9 slidably, discharging the

jaw

11,12 of clip 10, and drew the clean part of dental floss rope 2 with location dental floss rope 2 between far-

end

6,8 by jaw 11,12.Afterwards, tightening device 9 is retracted once more slidably, with tensioning dental floss rope 2 once more.

With reference to Figure 11, the far-

end

6,8 of

arm

5,7 has the eyelet 38 that splits.Described eyelet 38 keeps dental floss ropes 2, otherwise described dental floss rope 2 be not in tension force effect following time may landing from groove 15,16.Passing the dental floss rope by the hole in the eyelet 38 39 obviously is unnecessary for dental floss holder of the present invention.Because the crack 40 in the wall of eyelet can make the dental floss rope be pulled in the eyelet 38.Therefore described crack 40 is under the tension force effect, and described dental floss can landing from described eyelet 38, unless its is retracted by crack 40.

With reference to figure 12-14, dop 41 selectively is provided with, and is used to store the dental floss rope of the certain-length that uses with dental floss holder.Dop 41 is connected to the far-end of handle 3 removedly.

Dop 41 is included in bonded shell 42 and the lower casing 43 gone up in intermediate line 44 places so that inner chamber 46 to be provided, and the dental floss rope of some can be accommodated in the described inner chamber 46.Connect releasedly at intermediate line 44 places by clip or the described

housing parts

42,43 of other known devices, make them can separatedly be used to insert and remove the dental floss rope of certain-length.The front end 45 of last shell 42 is tapers.Being positioned in the described taper is opening 50, and as previously described, the dental floss rope passes opening 50 to be through on the dental floss holder.

The fore-end 47 of lower casing 43 has indentation part 48.Described indentation part 48 has rail 49, and described rail 49 can be bonded in the

groove

22,23 of passage 21 with receiving, with fixed chuck 41 releasedly to the far-end of handle 3.

Dop 41 provides for described device to be convenient to the device of the dental floss rope 2 that stores certain-length.One end of dental floss rope can be extracted out via

jaw

11,12 and around head 4 threading of described device and by hole 50 as previously described.When described dental floss rope is used and is abandoned, more pull out by opening 50 without the fresh dental floss rope cocoa that uses.

Blade 51 is set up along an edge of opening 50, is used to cut described dental floss rope.

In an interchangeable embodiment, dop 41 is unit of sealing, and inseparable at intermediate line 44 places.The dental floss rope can be sold and comprise to described closed cell discretely with described dental floss holder.When all the dental floss ropes in dop 44 all were used, dop can be dropped and buy a new dop.

Element or the integral body with known equivalent is described in introduction before, these are just as explanation is in the present invention involved separately herein.

This description is described embodiments of the invention, yet, be appreciated that under the situation of the scope of the claim that does not deviate from essence of the present invention or enclose, can be out of shape, improve or revise the present invention.

Claims

1. dental floss holder, described dental floss holder comprises:

Handle, described handle have first end and second end;

2. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the moving direction of described central component be on the longitudinal direction of described clamper with respect to described jaw forward or backward.

3. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the engagement of the complementary zigzag part of described central component on the apparent surface who when its primary importance moves to its second position, is arranged on described jaw and described central component on the longitudinal direction of described clamper with respect to the mobile scalable of described jaw at described tightening device.

4. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clip comprises the thin-walled portion of being made by flexible material that can compress or extend at least on the longitudinal direction of described clamper.

5. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clamper comprises two thin-walled portions of being made by flexible material that can compress or extend at least on the longitudinal direction of described clamper.

6. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, comprise can be in the compression of the longitudinal direction of described clamper or at least two spaced thin-walled portions being made by flexible material of extending for the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clamper.

7. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clip comprises the thin-walled portion that plays two bendings of being made by flexible material of spring action when the part of the described zigzag on the apparent surface who is arranged on described central component during with described jaw engagement.

8. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clamper comprises the mechanical connecting device that allows described central component to move with respect to described jaw on the longitudinal direction of clamper.

9. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described the first arm has and is used to guide described dental floss rope to first groove of described first far-end and described second arm to have to be used to guide second groove of described dental floss rope to described second far-end.

10. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the described the first arm and second arm stretch out apart from each other.

11. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 10, wherein, the described the first arm and second arm be inwardly elastic deformation toward each other.

12. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described handle has the contiguous passage that extends towards its second end from its first end, is used for receiving slidably described tightening device.

13. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described first far-end and second far-end have the eyelet that splits.

14. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1 further comprises the dop that is mounted to described handle releasedly, is used to keep the dental floss rope.

15. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 14, wherein, described dop is included in the opening that first crust component that the intermediate line place connects releasedly and second crust component and dental floss rope can pass.

16. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 15, wherein, described opening is provided with blade, is used to cut described dental floss rope.

17. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described clip jaw comprises jaw side by side.

18. a dental floss holder that uses with the dental floss rope, described dental floss holder comprises:

Shank portion, described shank portion have first end and second end;

19. dental floss holder as claimed in claim 18, wherein, the connector of the central component (33) of the main body (27) of the described tightening device of described connection and described clamper comprises the thin-walled portion that plays two bendings of being made by flexible material of spring action when the part of the described zigzag on the apparent surface who is arranged on described central component during with described jaw engagement.