KR20070010206A - Tooth whitening toothbrush - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tooth whitening toothbrush,

More specifically, it provides a brushing function for brushing teeth, which is the main function of the toothbrush. The toothbrush head part is coupled with the toothbrush handle part and the screw fastening structure by combining the light generated from the light emitting diode LED using the power supply and the on / off switch inside the toothbrush handle part. The transparent portion of the coupling portion was used as the input of the light source, and the output of the light source was made to the end of the optical fiber which is implanted with the top of the toothbrush head. One of the features of the present invention is that the bristles use an optical fiber hair so that the teeth can be directly reflected when the light source is brushed. Toothbrush head part made of transparent acrylic, PC, PE, etc. is made transparent, and the toothbrush head except light input / output is opaquely coated to block the light inside. The LED light is emitted to the top of the toothbrush head and the end of the optical fiber with the bristles. In addition, the toothbrush handle part is also opaque, and the storage space is placed inside, and the light emitting diode LED is connected in series between the light emitting diode LED coupled by the connection holder to the internal storage space using a battery or a rechargeable battery and the battery in series. A switch for selectively opening and closing between the battery and the battery; LEDs, batteries, and electrical circuits that electrically connect the power switch to each other. Applying power to the LEDs, the LEDs emit light, and when the toothbrush heads are combined, the light is shined through the transparent part of the internal acrylic to the toothbrush head with the optical bristles. It was made.

In other words, the upper surface of the toothbrush head, in which the optical brush head is implanted in a transparent resin coated with a transparent or opaque light inside the toothbrush head that emits blue or red light emitted from the LED powered by the switch. To help the whitening of teeth by directing it to the teeth when it comes to shut the teeth. For general teeth whitening, a plasma whitening method or a blue light therapy device, which is used for tooth whitening products or teeth whitening in dentistry, is used.

The present invention has been obtained from the blue light therapy device for teeth whitening that is used in the dentist, the blue to teeth whitening can also be used as an LED light source to emit light to the teeth to direct the blue light directly to the teeth It was.

Only daily brushing can help the teeth whitening with the blue or red light source of LED with the optical brush head using transparent acrylic.

Description

Tooth whitening toothbrush {omitted}

1 is a perspective view of the use state of the present invention

2 is an internal view of a portion of the embodiment;

3 is an exploded view in the same embodiment

4 is an assembled perspective view of the same embodiment;

5 is a wiring diagram of the same embodiment;

(Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawing)

One; Toothbrush head portion 2; Toothbrush Head Top

3; Toothbrush handle part 4; Fiber optic toothbrush cap

5; Battery 6; switch

7; Light emitting diode LED 8; Connection holder

9; Through hole 10; Torso bottom cover

11; Resistance 12; Transparent cotton

13: male thread 14; female screw

S; Storage P: Rechargeable Battery

P2: charging device

100; Whitening toothbrush

The present invention relates to a tooth whitening toothbrush using a light emitting diode LED and a transparent synthetic plastic plastic inside, and the outside is opaquely coated except for a portion where the inside is transparent and the optical fiber bristles are combined with the through hole of the toothbrush handle. When the toothbrush head is combined with the body with the LED light source, the LED light source passes through the transparent toothbrush head neck and emits light to the top of the toothbrush head. The tip of the brush head was used to illuminate the light source. In addition, by installing a switch in the body of the toothbrush to be a handle to selectively open and close the power to the LED, there is a storage space inside the body to insert a battery or to install a light emitting diode LED and a connection holder.

An object of the present invention is to brush the teeth repeatedly every day so that the tooth surface is whitened with the light of the LED light source.

Prior arts of tooth whitening include mechanical methods of controlling tooth plaque by means of abrasive toothpaste or ultrasonic waves, whitening by carboxylate or peroxide products, and plasma light source and bleaching of blue light whitening method, that is, hydrogen peroxide. To form a whitening paste in the form of a gel containing a photoactive agent that reacts to blue light around 470 nm in the component, apply it to the whitening tooth, and then irradiate the blue light of the above wavelength so that the whitening agent activates the bleaching ingredient so that the whitening of the tooth There are ways to do it.

The present invention has been made in view of the situation of the conventional blue light irradiation machine for whitening as described above, the light source of 403 ~ 470nm, red LED 620 ~ 635nm as a blue LED through a transparent resin, such as acrylic, PC, PE It is made to be reflected on the teeth, and it is possible to whiten teeth by using functional toothpaste containing hydrogen peroxide solution, which is commercially available.

The present invention relates to a tooth whitening toothbrush,

More specifically, it provides a brushing function for brushing teeth, which is the main function of the toothbrush. The toothbrush head part is coupled with the toothbrush handle part and the screw fastening structure by combining the light generated from the light emitting diode LED using the power supply and the on / off switch inside the toothbrush handle part. The transparent portion of the coupling portion was used as the input of the light source, and the output of the light source was made to the end of the optical fiber which is implanted with the top of the toothbrush head. One of the features of the present invention is that the bristles use an optical fiber hair so that the teeth can be directly reflected when the light source is brushed. Toothbrush head made of transparent acrylic, PC, PE, etc. is made transparent, and the outside of the toothbrush head except light input / output is opaquely coated to block the light inside. The LED light is emitted to the top of the toothbrush head and the end of the optical fiber with the bristles. In addition, the toothbrush handle part is also opaque and the storage space is placed inside, and the battery is connected to the internal storage space by using a battery or a rechargeable battery. A switch for selectively opening and closing between the LED and the battery; LEDs, batteries, and electrical circuits that electrically connect the power switch to each other. Applying power to the LEDs, the LEDs emit light, and when the toothbrush heads are combined, the light is shined through the transparent part of the inner acrylic to the toothbrush head with the optical bristles. It was made.

In other words, the upper surface of the toothbrush head, in which the optical brush head is implanted in a transparent resin coated with a transparent or opaque light inside the toothbrush head that emits blue or red light emitted from the LED powered by the switch. To help the whitening of teeth by directing it to the teeth when it comes to shut the teeth. For general teeth whitening, a plasma whitening method or a blue light therapy device, which is used for tooth whitening products or teeth whitening in dentistry, is used.

The present invention has been obtained from the blue light therapy device for teeth whitening that is used in the dentist, the blue to teeth whitening can also be used as an LED light source to emit light to the teeth to direct the blue light directly to the teeth It was.

Only daily brushing can help the teeth whitening with the blue or red light source of LED with the optical brush head using transparent acrylic.

1 is a perspective view of the use state of the present invention

2 is an internal view of a portion of the embodiment;

3 is an exploded view in the same embodiment

4 is an assembled perspective view of the same embodiment;

5 is a wiring diagram of the same embodiment;

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It has the form of a general toothbrush, and it is connected to the optical brush head, the toothbrush head part, the upper toothbrush head, the toothbrush handle part corresponding to the body, the power connector installed in the inner housing, the high-brightness LED LED and the connection holder, and the battery or the rechargeable battery. Power supply, etc.

The present invention relates to a tooth whitening toothbrush 100, wherein the toothbrush head portion is transparent inside and is coupled to each other by the through-hole 9 and the screwing structure of the toothbrush handle portion 3 and the optical fiber toothbrush head on the transparent surface 12 (4) was passed through the light source to the toothbrush head upper surface (2) to be implanted so that the light shines on the teeth. All parts of the outside except for the transparent surface 12 and the toothbrush head upper surface 2 of the toothbrush head part 1 are opaquely coated so that only the teeth light when the light source is brushed. In addition, by placing a storage space (S) inside the toothbrush handle (3) to install an open and close switch (6) to selectively apply power to the LED (7), put a battery (5) or a rechargeable battery (P) to be installed The connection holder 8 is placed to fix the diode LED 7. The connection holder has a light emitting diode LED (7) inserted so that the light source is input only to the toothbrush head (1) transparent surface 12, and in the case of the connection holder (8), a plurality of light emitting diode LED (7) and Of course, it can be made to be combined.

In general, two types of electric toothbrushes can be divided into a toothbrush head (1) and a toothbrush handle (3),

More specifically,

The toothbrush head 1 serves as a passage for the light source, and the light source input to the transparent surface 12 is outputted to the top of the toothbrush head 2 and the tip of the bristle 4 into which a plurality of optical fibers are implanted. An important point of the toothbrush head 1 is that if the inside is processed transparently, the outside of the toothbrush head 1 except for the transparent face 12 at the input of the light source and the upper face 2 of the toothbrush head 2 at the output of the light source is opaquely coated. Is processed. The outer coating of the toothbrush head 1 is to allow the light of the light emitting diode LED 7 to be emitted only to the ends of the optical fiber bristle 4 and the toothbrush head top surface 2 when they are coupled to the toothbrush handle.

Toothbrush handle (3) has a storage space (S) penetrated therein, the battery (5) and the ON / OFF switch (6) light emitting diode LED (7) is connected to the holder (8) Are combined and installed. In addition, a charging device P2 for charging the rechargeable battery P may be installed as an external device. The power source may be a battery (5) or a rechargeable battery (P), and the generated power is opened and closed through the switch (6) and emits light according to the color (red, green, blue, white, yellow) of the light of the LED (7). Since the number of bolts is different, the resistor 11 is selectively installed. For example, red is 3V, blue is 2.3V, green is 2.8V, and white is 3.5V. Then, a female screw 14 penetrated by the toothbrush handle 3 coupled to the toothbrush head 1 was installed to secure a passage of the light emitting diode LED 7 light source installed inside the toothbrush handle 3.

In other words, the toothbrush head portion 1, in which the optical fiber is implanted on the toothbrush head upper surface 2 at which the bristles are the output of the light source, and the input transparent surface and the inside of the light source are transparent and the outside is opaquely coated; The male screw 13 of the transparent surface 12 and the female screw 14 of the through hole 9 are coupled to each other by a screwing structure, and are connected in series with the light emitting diode LED 7 and the battery 5 in the inner storage space. A switch 6 connected to the switch to selectively open and close the light emitting diode LED 7 and the battery 5 according to an external operation; It consists of a toothbrush handle portion 3 including an electric circuit portion for electrically connecting the light emitting diode LED 7, the battery 5, and the power switch 6 to each other.

In addition, the rechargeable battery (P) is applied in place of the battery, and further includes a charging terminal (unsubstrate) and the like, and may be charged by the external charging device (P2). The structure of a general powered toothbrush may be added.

As described above, the present invention provides a whitening toothbrush using a light emitting diode LED and a transparent plastic resin inside, and uses a toothpaste product using hydrogen peroxide solution, which is commercially available. If you brush your teeth, you may need phototherapy at the dentist. Dentistry costs a lot of time for one-time whitening care, and the administration time is 30 minutes to 1 hour, whereas whitening toothbrushes have the advantage of only whitening teeth every day.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described using specific terms, such descriptions are for illustrative purposes only, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims. It must be understood.

Claims (2)

In the toothbrush made of synthetic resin, A light source output unit having an upper surface of the toothbrush head which has been implanted with optical fiber bristles and is transparently treated so that light can be emitted; A light source input unit having a transparent surface and having a male screw coupled to the toothbrush handle and the screwing structure; Toothbrush head portion is opaque coating of all parts except the inner and the light source input transparent surface and the light source output toothbrush head upper surface; Between the light emitting diode LED and the battery coupled to the inner storage space having a through-hole and a female screw and a connection hole in the inner storage space in the handle portion formed in the opaque, through-open storage space, the toothbrush head is screwed together A switch connected in series to selectively open and close the light emitting diode LED and the battery according to an external operation; A tooth whitening toothbrush with a toothbrush handle section including an electrical circuit section that electrically interconnects the LED, battery and power switch. The method of claim 1, Tooth whitening toothbrush is a synthetic brush which is a component of the general toothbrush simulated bristles of the light source output unit.

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