WO2005039438A1 - Munddusche und handstück für eine munddusche - Google Patents
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- WO2005039438A1 WO2005039438A1 PCT/EP2004/008379 EP2004008379W WO2005039438A1 WO 2005039438 A1 WO2005039438 A1 WO 2005039438A1 EP 2004008379 W EP2004008379 W EP 2004008379W WO 2005039438 A1 WO2005039438 A1 WO 2005039438A1
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- piston
- spray nozzle
- reservoir
- oral irrigator
- handpiece
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- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title claims abstract description 25
- 239000007921 spray Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 27
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- 239000008399 tap water Substances 0.000 abstract description 3
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- 238000006073 displacement reaction Methods 0.000 abstract description 2
- 238000004140 cleaning Methods 0.000 description 2
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- 239000002324 mouth wash Substances 0.000 description 2
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C3/00—Dental tools or instruments
- A61C3/02—Tooth drilling or cutting instruments; Instruments acting like a sandblast machine
- A61C3/025—Instruments acting like a sandblast machine, e.g. for cleaning, polishing or cutting teeth
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C17/00—Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
- A61C17/02—Rinsing or air-blowing devices, e.g. using fluid jets or comprising liquid medication
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C17/00—Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
- A61C17/02—Rinsing or air-blowing devices, e.g. using fluid jets or comprising liquid medication
- A61C17/032—Rinsing or air-blowing devices, e.g. using fluid jets or comprising liquid medication using pressurised tap-water, e.g. rinsing devices specially adapted for being connected to the main water supply
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C1/00—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design
- A61C1/0061—Air and water supply systems; Valves specially adapted therefor
- A61C1/0076—Sterilising operating fluids or fluid supply elements such as supply lines, filters
Definitions
- the invention relates to an oral irrigator with a line leading from a water container to a spray nozzle and an additional reservoir for supplying a treatment agent to the spray nozzle.
- the treatment agent can be, for example, a mouthwash or abrasive substances which intensify tooth cleaning.
- the invention is based on the problem of developing an oral irrigator which offers this possibility of simultaneously supplying water and a treatment agent to the spray nozzle.
- the oral irrigator has means for continuously admixing the treatment agent to the water flowing to the spray nozzle.
- the admixture of the treatment agent to the water flowing to the spray nozzle ensures that the desired additives are already introduced into the teeth or into the mouth when the oral irrigator is used to clean the teeth.
- the reservoir is preferably designed as a mixing reservoir and is arranged between the water container and the spray nozzle, so that the water conveyed to the spray nozzle is guided through the mixing reservoir.
- the mixing reservoir preferably has a piston-cylinder unit which delimits on the one hand a pressure space and on the other hand the reservoir space with the treatment agent, the pressure space being connected to the main line and then, viewed in the direction of flow, the reservoir space being connected to the main line.
- This configuration makes particular sense when the piston is stepped and has a larger cross section on the side of the pressure chamber than on the side of the reservoir space. Then the substrate is pushed with a high pressure from the reservoir space into the main line.
- the substrate is preferably a semi-solid substrate in the form of a gel, a paste or the like.
- the invention further relates to a handpiece for an oral irrigator with an elongated handle body, at the front end of which there is a spray nozzle and which has a hose connection, a longitudinal channel forming the main line running in the handle body between the hose connection and the spray nozzle.
- the invention is based on the object of appropriately forming a mixing reservoir in such a handpiece. that allows the continuous admixture of a treatment agent to the water flowing to the spray nozzle.
- the invention provides that a piston-cylinder unit is arranged in the handle body.
- the piston-cylinder unit is therefore part of the handpiece and can be formed integrally with it. Internals, e.g. B. in the inlet hose are not necessary. In addition, the manufacturing effort is low, since only the injection mold needs to be adjusted to manufacture the handpiece.
- the piston-cylinder unit is formed in an insert piece that forms an end piece of the handpiece that is attached to a tubular, central section of the handle piece.
- a tube to form a section of the main line.
- the tube can be plugged into a plug hole connected to the longitudinal channel on the insert. With the insertion of the insert on the handle, a connection between the longitudinal channel and the tube is simultaneously created.
- a pump that delivers the water to the spray nozzle is generally located in or on the water tank. Since the admixture of the treatment agent in the supply line from the pump to the spray nozzle is preferably carried out in the area of a handpiece - that is, the mixing system is located downstream of the pump - the chemically aggressive and / or abrasive treatment agent cannot get into the pump and damage it.
- the mixing system is located downstream of the pump - the chemically aggressive and / or abrasive treatment agent cannot get into the pump and damage it.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the handpiece of an oral irrigator
- FIG. 2-4 different versions of a piston-cylinder unit.
- FIG. shows the typical design of an oral irrigator 1.
- a spray nozzle 3 is attached to the front end of a handpiece 2.
- a hose connection 4 to which a hose 5 is connected.
- This is connected to a pump, not shown here, which in turn has a connection to a water tank, not shown here.
- a longitudinal channel (not yet recognizable here) runs within the handpiece 2 and connects the hose connection 4 to the spray nozzle 3.
- an actuation button 8 by the actuation of which the longitudinal channel can be closed or opened depending on the configuration.
- an insert 10 with a piston-cylinder unit which is shown in more detail in FIGS. 2 to 4.
- a main line 11 forming the longitudinal channel the end of which is shown on the left in the figure with the hose connection 4, via which tap water is supplied to the main line, and with its respective end the end shown in the picture on the right is connected to the spray nozzle 3 of the oral irrigator.
- a piston-cylinder unit Parallel to the main line 11 is a piston-cylinder unit with a piston 12 which delimits a pressure chamber 13 with one end face and a reservoir space 14 with the other end face. Both rooms 13, 14 are connected to the main line 11 via short branch lines 15, 16, the branch line 15 to the pressure chamber 13 opening into the main line 11, viewed in the flow direction, in front of the branch line 16 to the reservoir space 14.
- the feed rate of the piston 12 determines the admixing rate. This can be set in different ways.
- the effective end face on both sides of the piston 12 is the same size, since it is a cylinder piston with a constant cross section. If the pressure in both rooms is the same, there is no displacement of the piston.
- a pressure reduction in the reservoir space 14 is necessary: the main line 11 between the two branch line connections is narrowed in cross-section, so that the pressure drops in the direction of flow when the oral irrigator is actuated, as a result of which the pressure in the pressure chamber 13 is greater than in the reservoir space 14, so that a A sufficiently large pressure drop causes the piston to move against the frictional forces that are always present.
- the restoring forces can be reduced and thus the admixing rate increased if the piston according to FIGS. 3 and 4 is designed as a stepped piston.
- the piston 12 has a piston section 17 of smaller diameter, which is tightly guided in a bore.
- the resulting step space 18 functions as a reservoir space 14, the effective end face of which is formed by the step face 19, which is smaller than the end face delimiting the pressure space 13.
- the step space 18 is connected to the atmosphere and the end face of the piston section 17 of smaller diameter delimits the reservoir space 14 in the bore designed as a blind bore, the end face of this piston section forming the effective effective area.
- a stopper 20 closing it is removed and the substrate is inserted.
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- Dentistry (AREA)
- Epidemiology (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Public Health (AREA)
- Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
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- Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
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PCT/EP2004/008379 WO2005039438A1 (de) | 2003-09-24 | 2004-07-27 | Munddusche und handstück für eine munddusche |
PCT/EP2004/008378 WO2005039437A1 (de) | 2003-09-24 | 2004-07-27 | Munddusche und handstück für eine munddusche |
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US (1) | US20070080240A1 (de) |
EP (1) | EP1670380A1 (de) |
JP (1) | JP2007506490A (de) |
CA (1) | CA2540018A1 (de) |
WO (2) | WO2005039438A1 (de) |
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WO2008046580A1 (de) * | 2006-10-16 | 2008-04-24 | Gimelli Produktions Ag | Munddusche mit einer einrichtung zum zumischen von zusatzstoffen zum wasser |
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US9724178B2 (en) | 2014-04-02 | 2017-08-08 | David Michael Roberts | Water flosser tip having a container for treatment tablets |
GB2538303B (en) | 2015-05-15 | 2017-09-20 | Dyson Technology Ltd | Cleaning appliance |
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- 2004-07-27 EP EP04741283A patent/EP1670380A1/de not_active Withdrawn
- 2004-07-27 JP JP2006527286A patent/JP2007506490A/ja not_active Withdrawn
- 2004-07-27 US US10/573,366 patent/US20070080240A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2004-07-27 WO PCT/EP2004/008379 patent/WO2005039438A1/de active Application Filing
- 2004-07-27 WO PCT/EP2004/008378 patent/WO2005039437A1/de active Application Filing
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DE1134179B (de) * | 1960-04-29 | 1962-08-02 | Siemens Reiniger Werke Ag | Zahnaerztliches Handstueck zur Abgabe medikamentoeser Spritzmittel |
US4214871A (en) * | 1978-01-23 | 1980-07-29 | Arnold Carter H | Method and apparatus for cleaning teeth and removing plaque |
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CA2540018A1 (en) | 2005-05-06 |
US20070080240A1 (en) | 2007-04-12 |
JP2007506490A (ja) | 2007-03-22 |
WO2005039437A1 (de) | 2005-05-06 |
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