CN210962397U

CN210962397U - Novel prompting device of electric toothbrush and electric toothbrush

Info

Publication number: CN210962397U
Application number: CN201921324797.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈永太
Original assignee: Zhongshan Xinhuoli Intelligent Household Electrical Appliance Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhongshan Xinhuoli Intelligent Household Electrical Appliance Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-15
Filing date: 2019-08-15
Publication date: 2020-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 2029-08-15

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electric toothbrush's novel suggestion device, including setting up toothbrush head, link gear and the suggestion circuit on the toothbrush body, toothbrush head and link gear mechanical connection, the suggestion circuit includes power, suggestion component and touch switch, and suggestion component and touch switch electricity all connect in the power, and link gear can trigger touch switch in its stroke, and when the toothbrush head applied the effort to link gear to make link gear trigger switch, the work of suggestion circuit makes the suggestion component open. When the toothbrush head is excessively stressed, the toothbrush head exerts acting force on the linkage mechanism to enable the linkage mechanism to trigger the touch switch, the prompting circuit works to enable the prompting element to be started, and further prompts a user that the tooth brushing force is too large, the tooth brushing force is reduced, the tooth beds, the gum and other parts are protected, and the user can be enabled to brush teeth more safely and comfortably. And the front part and the rear part of the toothbrush body are provided with prompting elements.

Description

Novel prompting device of electric toothbrush and electric toothbrush

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric toothbrush field especially relates to an electric toothbrush's novel suggestion device and electric toothbrush.

Background

Along with the development of society, the living standard of people is higher and higher, and the use of electric toothbrushes is more and more popular. In the prior art, electric toothbrushes generally operate by driving a toothbrush head through an electric mechanism. When in use, the user is required to hold the electric toothbrush; in the process, the problem that the pressing pressure degree of a user in a hand is too large exists, so that the pressure of the toothbrush head on the gums and the like is too large, and the gums and the like are easily damaged. In severe cases, gum damage and gum bleeding may occur. Therefore, there is a need for a new prompting device for an electric toothbrush to ensure that the user can brush his teeth more safely and comfortably.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims at providing an electric toothbrush's novel suggestion device and electric toothbrush, simple structure, convenient to use, and the practicality is strong.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a novel prompting device of an electric toothbrush, which comprises a toothbrush head, a linkage mechanism and a prompting circuit, wherein the toothbrush head, the linkage mechanism and the prompting circuit are arranged on a toothbrush body, the toothbrush head is mechanically connected with the linkage mechanism, the prompting circuit comprises a power supply, a prompting element and a touch switch, the prompting element and the touch switch are electrically connected with the power supply, the linkage mechanism can trigger the touch switch in the stroke, and when the toothbrush head exerts acting force on the linkage mechanism, the linkage mechanism triggers the touch switch, the prompting circuit works to open the prompting element;

the prompting element is arranged on the front portion of the toothbrush body and the rear portion of the toothbrush body.

The prompting element is arranged on the left side of the toothbrush body and the right side of the toothbrush body.

The linkage mechanism comprises a linkage force arm, one end of the linkage force arm is connected with the toothbrush head, the other end of the linkage force arm is connected with the touch switch, a fulcrum is arranged between the two ends of the linkage force arm, the linkage force arm is connected with the toothbrush body through the fulcrum, when the toothbrush head applies an acting force to one end of the linkage force arm, so that when the touch switch is triggered, the linkage force arm rotates by taking the fulcrum as the center, and the other end of the linkage force arm triggers the touch switch.

The linkage arm of force is cavity form, in the linkage arm of force, follow the other end of the linkage arm of force to the one end of the linkage arm of force has set gradually power unit and output shaft, power unit with output shaft connection, the toothbrush head connect in the output shaft.

The toothbrush body comprises an inner shell, and the linkage force arm is connected to the inner shell through the fulcrum.

The toothbrush body still includes the shell body, the shell body encircle set up in outside the interior casing, the one end of the linkage arm of force is worn out the shell body, just the linkage arm of force in the department of wearing out of shell body is provided with the sealing member.

The prompting circuit further comprises a prompting circuit board, the power supply, the prompting circuit board and the prompting element are sequentially and electrically connected to form a series circuit, the touch switch is electrically connected to the prompting circuit board, when the touch switch is triggered, the touch switch sends an electric signal to the prompting circuit board to enable the series circuit to work, and the prompting element is started.

The touch switch comprises a touch rod, a first touch end and a second touch end which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, the first touch end is in contact with the second touch end, the touch rod is connected to the other end of the linkage force arm, the first touch end and the second touch end are electrically connected to the prompting circuit board, when the toothbrush head exerts acting force on one end of the linkage force arm to trigger the touch switch, the other end of the linkage force arm drives the touch rod to press the second touch end downwards, so that the second touch end is separated from the first touch end, and the touch switch sends an electric signal to the prompting circuit board.

The first end that touches is the stiff end, first touch the end with be provided with the elasticity piece that resets between the other end of the linkage arm of force, just the second touches the end and is the shell fragment.

The prompting device further comprises an installation frame and a battery frame, the power supply and the installation frame are arranged on the battery frame, and the first touch end is fixed to the installation frame.

The prompting element is a prompting lamp, a buzzer or a vibrator.

The utility model also provides an electric toothbrush, including as above electric toothbrush's novel suggestion device.

The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that: through the structural arrangement, specifically, the toothbrush head is mechanically connected with the linkage mechanism, the prompting element and the touch switch are electrically connected with the power supply, and the linkage mechanism can start to touch the touch switch in the stroke. When the toothbrush head is excessively stressed during use, the toothbrush head exerts acting force on the linkage mechanism, so that the linkage mechanism triggers the touch switch to prompt the circuit to work, the prompt element is started, and then the user can be prompted that the current tooth brushing force is too high, the tooth brushing force is properly reduced, the tooth beds, the gums and other parts are protected, and the user can be enabled to brush teeth more safely and comfortably.

Wherein the prompting element is arranged on the front part of the toothbrush body and the rear part of the toothbrush body. Specifically, the front of the toothbrush body is referred to as the direction corresponding to the brush bristles of the toothbrush head, and the rear of the toothbrush body is referred to as the direction corresponding to the back of the brush bristles of the toothbrush head. When the toothbrush is used, the bristles correspond to the periphery of the toothbrush for brushing teeth, a user can see the rear indicating element, and the rear indicating element is mainly used for prompting that the brushing strength is too high; when the bristles correspond to the inner periphery of the toothbrush for brushing teeth, a user can see the front indicating element, and the front indicating element is mainly used for prompting that the brushing force is too high.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the present invention, wherein the outer casing is omitted;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the present invention, wherein the outer shell and the inner shell are omitted;

fig. 4 is a projection view of the present invention, wherein the outer shell and the inner shell are omitted;

fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of FIG. 5 at A;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a tact switch;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the touch switch, in which the first frame body is omitted;

fig. 9 is a sectional view of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments:

the first embodiment is as follows:

referring to fig. 1 to 9, a novel prompting device for an electric toothbrush comprises a toothbrush head 1, a linkage mechanism 2 and a prompting circuit, the toothbrush head 1 is mechanically connected with the linkage mechanism 2, the prompting circuit comprises a power source 102, a prompting element 4 and a touch switch 3, the prompting element 4 and the touch switch 3 are electrically connected with the power source 102, the linkage mechanism 2 can trigger the touch switch 3 in the stroke, when the toothbrush head 1 applies an acting force to the linkage mechanism 2, so that the linkage mechanism 2 triggers the touch switch 3, the prompting circuit works to enable the prompting element 4 to be opened.

Through the structural arrangement, specifically, the toothbrush head is mechanically connected with the linkage mechanism, the prompting element and the touch switch are electrically connected with the power supply, and the linkage mechanism can start to touch the touch switch in the stroke. When the toothbrush head is excessively stressed during use, the toothbrush head exerts acting force on the linkage mechanism, so that the linkage mechanism triggers the touch switch to prompt the circuit to work, the prompt element is started, and then the user can be prompted that the current tooth brushing force is too high, the tooth brushing force is properly reduced, the tooth beds, the gums and other parts are protected, and the user can be enabled to brush teeth more safely and comfortably.

Wherein the prompting element 4 is arranged at the front part of the toothbrush body and the rear part of the toothbrush body. Specifically, the front of the toothbrush body is referred to as the direction corresponding to the brush bristles of the toothbrush head, and the rear of the toothbrush body is referred to as the direction corresponding to the back of the brush bristles of the toothbrush head. When the toothbrush is used, the bristles correspond to the periphery of the toothbrush for brushing teeth, a user can see the rear indicating element, and the rear indicating element is mainly used for prompting that the brushing strength is too high; when the bristles correspond to the inner periphery of the toothbrush for brushing teeth, a user can see the front indicating element, and the front indicating element is mainly used for prompting that the brushing force is too high. Further, the left side of toothbrush body and the right side of toothbrush body all is provided with the suggestion component, has realized that the toothbrush body sets up the suggestion component all around, and the suggestion component can encircle and set up in the toothbrush body promptly, and then has realized the suggestion effect of suggestion component full dimension on the toothbrush body, simple structure facilitates the use.

In particular, the prompting element 4 is preferably a prompting lamp, but may also be a buzzer or a vibrator. The prompting lamp is used for visual prompting, the buzzer is used for auditory prompting, and the vibrator is used for tactile prompting; of course, the prompting element can also be an element with other structures, and only the prompting effect is required to be met.

As a preferred embodiment of this embodiment, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the linkage mechanism 2 includes a linkage force arm 21, one end of the linkage force arm 21 is connected to the toothbrush head 1, and the other end of the linkage force arm is connected to the trigger switch 3, the linkage force arm 21 is provided with a fulcrum 22 between two ends, the linkage force arm 21 is connected to the toothbrush body through the fulcrum 22, when the toothbrush head 1 applies an acting force to one end of the linkage force arm 21 to trigger the trigger switch 3, the linkage force arm 21 rotates around the fulcrum 22, so that the other end of the linkage force arm 21 triggers the trigger switch 3, and the toothbrush is simple in structure and high in reliability.

Further, the linkage arm of force 21 is the cavity form, in the linkage arm of force 21, follow the other end of linkage arm of force 21 to the one end of linkage arm of force 21 has set gradually power unit 5 and output shaft 6, power unit 5 with output shaft 6 connects, toothbrush head 1 connect in output shaft 6. Through the structure, the power mechanism can drive the toothbrush head to work through the output shaft, and the toothbrush is simple in structure and convenient to assemble; in addition, the power mechanism, the output shaft and other structures are hidden in the linkage force arm, so that the space is effectively saved. Wherein, the power mechanism can be a power source such as a motor; the linkage arm can be assembled by a left part and a right part.

In this embodiment, the toothbrush body comprises an inner housing 7, and the linkage arm 21 is connected to the inner housing 7 through the fulcrum 22. The fulcrum can be a rotating shaft, and the linkage force arm is arranged on the inner shell through the rotating shaft.

In this embodiment, the toothbrush body further includes an outer casing 101, the outer casing 101 surrounds the inner casing 7, one end of the linkage force arm 21 penetrates through the outer casing 101, and a sealing member is disposed at a penetrating position of the linkage force arm 21 on the outer casing 101. Through the structure setting of above-mentioned sealing member, ensure the linkage arm of force and can keep the state sealed mutually with the shell body all the time at the pivoted in-process, ensure that external liquid can not pass through this department of wearing out and get into in the shell body and the toothbrush body, simple structure, reliable.

Wherein, the sealing member is flexible, and based on the flexible characteristic of flexible sealing member, flexible sealing member can laminate in linkage arm and shell body all the time, ensures that this department of wearing out is in flexible sealing state all the time and makes the structure of product more reliable. Specifically, the sealing element can be a sealant, at least one layer of soft rubber, a sealing gasket and the like, as long as a flexible sealing effect can be realized.

In addition, the toothbrush body also comprises an outer shell 101, which is convenient for a user to hold the electric toothbrush, and the outer shell is arranged outside the inner shell in a surrounding way; of course, the toothbrush head and the indicator light need to be exposed out of the outer shell.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 7 and 8, the prompting circuit further includes a prompting circuit board 9, the power source 102, the prompting circuit board 9, and the prompting element 4 are sequentially electrically connected to form a series circuit, the touch switch 3 is electrically connected to the prompting circuit board 9, when the touch switch 3 is triggered, the touch switch 3 sends an electrical signal to the prompting circuit board 9, so that the series circuit operates, and the prompting element 4 is turned on. Specifically, it can be understood that when the prompting circuit board receives an electrical signal sent by the touch switch, the serial circuit formed by the power source 102, the prompting circuit board 9 and the prompting element 4 is electrically conducted, so that the prompting element can be turned on; also, when the tact switch is not activated, indicating that the circuit board has not received an electrical signal, the series circuit should be open, i.e., indicating that the element is closed. Further, the technical effect described above should be realized by a circuit module of the circuit board, the circuit module should be a conventional circuit module, and only needs to achieve electrical conduction of the series circuit after receiving an electrical signal, which is not described in detail herein.

Specifically, touch switch 3 is including the touch rod 31, the first touch end 32 and the touch end 33 of second that from top to bottom set gradually, first touch end 32 with the touch end 33 of second contacts each other, touch rod 31 connect in the other end of the linkage arm of force 21, first touch end 32 and the touch end 33 of second electricity all connects in prompt circuit board 9 works as toothbrush head 1 is right the effort is applyed to the one end of the linkage arm of force 21 for trigger when touch switch 3, the other end of the linkage arm of force 21 drives touch rod 31 pushes down the touch end 33 of second, so that touch end 33 of second with the separation of first touch end 32, in order to realize touch switch 3 to prompt circuit board 9 sends the signal of telecommunication, simple structure, the equipment is convenient.

Further, first touch end 32 is the stiff end, first touch end 32 with be provided with elasticity reset 8 between the other end of the linkage arm of force 21, just second touch end 33 is the shell fragment. Through the structure arrangement, when the tooth brushing force of a user is reduced, the elastic reset piece can push the linkage force arm to rotate and reset, the structure is simple, and the use is convenient; wherein, elasticity resets and can be the spring, and the quantity of spring is two, distributes respectively in the both sides of touch bar. Similarly, because the second touch end is a spring plate, when the touch rod presses the second touch end down, the second touch end can deform and separate from the first touch end; in the process of resetting the linkage force arm, the second touch end is also reset, so that the prompt element is closed.

In this embodiment, the prompting device further includes an installation frame 35 and a battery frame 10, the power source 102 and the installation frame 35 are disposed on the battery frame 10, and the first touch end 32 is fixed to the installation frame 35. Wherein, the mounting bracket is clamped on the battery bracket, and the power supply can be a battery. The mounting bracket is provided with a receiving groove 34 for receiving the elastic sheet. And the mounting bracket is provided with a through hole 36, the elastic sheet is arranged below the through hole, and the touch rod penetrates through the through hole to press the elastic sheet.

Example two:

referring to fig. 1 to 9, an electric toothbrush includes the novel reminder device of the electric toothbrush as described above.

Because the electric toothbrush of this embodiment has contained foretell novel suggestion device, through suggestion device's structure setting, toothbrush head and link gear mechanical connection, suggestion component and touch switch all electricity connect in the power, and the link gear can be set out touch switch in its stroke. When the toothbrush head is excessively stressed during use, the toothbrush head exerts acting force on the linkage mechanism, so that the linkage mechanism triggers the touch switch to prompt the circuit to work, the prompt element is started, and then the user can be prompted that the current tooth brushing force is too high, the tooth brushing force is properly reduced, the tooth beds, the gums and other parts are protected, and the user can be enabled to brush teeth more safely and comfortably.

Various other modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art based on the above-described technical solutions and concepts, and all such modifications and changes are intended to fall within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A novel prompting device of an electric toothbrush is characterized by comprising a toothbrush head (1), a linkage mechanism (2) and a prompting circuit, wherein the toothbrush head (1) is arranged on a toothbrush body, the linkage mechanism (2) is mechanically connected with the toothbrush head (1), the prompting circuit comprises a power supply (102), a prompting element (4) and a touch switch (3), the prompting element (4) and the touch switch (3) are electrically connected with the power supply (102), the touch switch (3) can be triggered by the linkage mechanism (2) in the stroke of the linkage mechanism, and when the toothbrush head (1) exerts acting force on the linkage mechanism (2) to enable the linkage mechanism (2) to trigger the touch switch (3), the prompting circuit works to enable the prompting element (4) to be turned on;

the prompting element (4) is arranged on the front part of the toothbrush body and the rear part of the toothbrush body.

2. The novel reminder device for an electric toothbrush according to claim 1, characterized in that the reminder element (4) is provided on both the left side of the toothbrush body and the right side of the toothbrush body.

3. The novel prompting device of the electric toothbrush according to claim 1, wherein the linkage mechanism (2) comprises a linkage force arm (21), one end of the linkage force arm (21) is connected with the toothbrush head (1), the other end of the linkage force arm is connected with the trigger switch (3), a fulcrum (22) is arranged between the two ends of the linkage force arm (21), the linkage force arm (21) is connected with the toothbrush body through the fulcrum (22), and when the toothbrush head (1) applies an acting force to one end of the linkage force arm (21) to trigger the trigger switch (3), the linkage force arm (21) rotates by taking the fulcrum (22) as a center, so that the other end of the linkage force arm (21) triggers the trigger switch (3).

4. The novel prompting device of the electric toothbrush according to claim 3, wherein the linkage force arm (21) is hollow, a power mechanism (5) and an output shaft (6) are sequentially arranged in the linkage force arm (21) from the other end of the linkage force arm (21) to one end of the linkage force arm (21), the power mechanism (5) is connected with the output shaft (6), and the toothbrush head (1) is connected with the output shaft (6).

5. The novel reminder device for electric toothbrushes according to claim 3, characterized in that the toothbrush body comprises an inner housing (7), the linkage arm (21) being connected to the inner housing (7) through the fulcrum (22).

6. The novel prompting device of the electric toothbrush according to claim 5, wherein the toothbrush body further comprises an outer housing (101), the outer housing (101) is disposed around the outer housing (7), one end of the linkage force arm (21) penetrates through the outer housing (101), and a sealing member is disposed at the penetrating position of the linkage force arm (21) out of the outer housing (101).

7. The novel prompting device of the electric toothbrush according to claim 3, wherein the prompting circuit further comprises a prompting circuit board (9), the power source (102), the prompting circuit board (9) and the prompting element (4) are electrically connected in sequence to form a series circuit, the touch switch (3) is electrically connected to the prompting circuit board (9), when the touch switch (3) is triggered, the touch switch (3) sends an electrical signal to the prompting circuit board (9) to enable the series circuit to work, and the prompting element (4) is turned on.

8. The novel prompting device of an electric toothbrush according to claim 7, wherein the trigger switch (3) comprises a trigger rod (31), a first trigger end (32) and a second trigger end (33) sequentially arranged from top to bottom, the first trigger end (32) and the second trigger end (33) are in contact with each other, the trigger rod (31) is connected to the other end of the linkage arm (21), the first trigger end (32) and the second trigger end (33) are electrically connected to the prompting circuit board (9), when the toothbrush head (1) applies an acting force to one end of the linkage arm (21) to trigger the trigger switch (3), the other end of the linkage arm (21) drives the trigger rod (31) to press down the second trigger end (33) so as to separate the second trigger end (33) from the first trigger end (32), so as to realize that the touch switch (3) sends an electric signal to the prompting circuit board (9).

9. The novel prompting device of an electric toothbrush according to claim 8, wherein the first touch end (32) is a fixed end, an elastic reset member (8) is arranged between the first touch end (32) and the other end of the linkage force arm (21), and the second touch end (33) is a spring plate.

10. The novel reminder device for an electric toothbrush according to claim 9, further comprising a mounting bracket (35) and a battery holder (10), wherein the power source (102) and the mounting bracket (35) are disposed on the battery holder (10), and the first touch end (32) is fixed to the mounting bracket (35).

11. The new reminder device for an electric toothbrush according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the reminder element (4) is a reminder light or a buzzer or a vibrator.

12. An electric toothbrush comprising a novel reminder device for an electric toothbrush according to any one of claims 1 to 11.