Patent Application
20210196038
The present invention relates to a cleaning brush connected to a cleaner liquid supply member, and more particularly to a cleaning brush connected to a cleaner liquid supply member for storing a cleaning liquid wherein the cleaning liquid is sprayed inside a pet or infant's mouth so that food stuck in teeth, plaque, foul breath, etc. can be removed, and the cleaning brush can also play a role as a massager by stimulating teeth and gums so that the inside of the pet or infant's mouth can be maintained healthy and clean.
Dental caries is one of diseases that humanity has been suffering from for a long time. The incidence rate of dental caries is increasing due to the use of sugar, which is a daily sweetener, but caries have not occurred in animals in nature. However, recently, the incidence of dental caries in pets is increasing due to frequent feeding of human snacks containing sugar or the supply of artificial feeds.
In general, dental caries is an infectious disease accompanied by the destruction of teeth and is a multifactorial disease caused by the interaction between bacteria, food, and saliva in the dental plaque. Among the bacteria in the dental plaque, Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is a main causative bacterium, and causes dental caries through adhesion, proliferation, and acid production processes on the tooth surface. That is, dental caries bacteria (S. mutans) synthesize a glucose polymer, insoluble glucan, from sucrose in food by glucosyltransferase (Gtase) produced after attachment to the tooth surface film. It has been reported that almost all of insoluble glucans are composed of α-1,3 bonds. Synthesized glucan increases bonding between bacteria that proliferate on the tooth surface, and dental caries bacteria attached to the tooth surface are located on the tooth surface and generate organic acids, such as lactic acid, in a carbohydrate metabolism process, thereby causing decalcification of enamel of teeth, and thus, causing dental caries.
Dentalis lapis is the cause of dental caries and is also the largest cause of periodontitis. If inflammation is localized in the gingiva, i.e., the gum, it is gingivitis, and if the inflammation is more advanced and has already spread to the periodontal tissue, particularly the alveolar bone, it is periodontitis. When plaque is calcified, dentalis lapis occurs, which acts as a factor that further accelerates the pattern of destruction. In addition, bacterial plaque is a main factor causing gingivitis, and chronic gingivitis causes periodontitis.
Meanwhile, animals cannot by themselves clean residues in the oral cavity and unclean mouths due to eating, etc., and especially the mouth and teeth of animals are used not only for nutritional intake and tasting or breathing, but also for actions such as movement of objects, biting of objects, or licking things on their body. In other words, the mouth and teeth of an animal are used to perform more actions than actions performed with a human hand.
These actions are not limited to clean objects, and because animals taste or lick unsanitary objects contaminated with harmful microorganisms that cause various diseases, this carries harmful microorganisms and causes diseases.
Animals cannot brush their own teeth for dental and oral care, and it is not easy for humans to do this. In addition, animals hate brushing their teeth. Even if the teeth are brushed in any way, animals cannot rinse or spit out the brushed toothpaste and swallow it.
For this, existing toothpaste compositions for cleaning animal teeth include an abrasive, a softener, a sweetener for neutralizing bitter taste, a fragrance for neutralizing bad breath, and a viscosity modifier. Some of plaque can be removed somewhat with an abrasive, but the abrasive is inconvenient to use every brushing time and animals hate the same. In conclusion, the effects of existing toothpaste compositions cannot be expected due to inconsistent use, and the toothpaste compositions are not effective in cleaning the oral cavity of animals, removing harmful microorganisms, and preventing periodontitis, bad breath, and plaque.
To address such problems, Korean Patent No. 1737903 proposes an oral irrigator for pets. Particularly, by spraying a high-pressure cleaning liquid into the pet's mouth through a nozzle, debris in the pet's teeth, dentalis lapis, bad breath, etc. can be removed together with a massage effect of stimulating the teeth and the gums, without animal's reluctance, thereby keeping pets healthy. In addition, since a protective part made of an elastic material is formed outside a nozzle part and is formed longer than the nozzle of the nozzle part, the nozzle part from which a high-pressure cleaning liquid is sprayed does not directly contact the pet's teeth, so that the pet is not irritated or surprised and thus oral cleaning can be comfortably performed in a short time.
However, since a high-pressure cleaning liquid is simply sprayed into the oral cavity through the nozzle using water pressure, is not possible to clean every corner of the oral cavity in a process of washing through a long exposed nozzle stand.
Disadvantages of such existing technologies apply equally to humans such as infants and adolescents.
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is one object of the present invention to provide a cleaning brush connected to a cleaner liquid supply member for storing a cleaning liquid wherein a cleaning liquid is supplied from the cleaner liquid supply member by a pressing force applied by fingers, food stuck in teeth, plaque, foul breath, etc. can be removed in a state in which the cleaning brush is fitted and fixed to a person's finger, and the cleaning brush can also play a role as a massager by stimulating teeth and gums so that the inside of the pet or infant's mouth can be maintained healthy.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a cleaning brush wherein the cleaning brush is fit into the index finger, a brush made of a soft material is formed on one part or desired part of the cleaning brush, and a high-pressure cleaning liquid is supplied through the brush, so that oral cleaning can be performed accurately and easily.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the above and other objects can be accomplished by the provision of a cleaning brush connected to a cleaner liquid supply member, including:
a cleaning brush; and a cleaning liquid supply member,
wherein, with regard to the cleaning brush, a cleaning liquid is supplied from a storage container for storing a cleaning liquid to the cleaning brush by a predetermined pressure, an insertion space into which a finger is to be fitted is formed in a finger cover, a supply hole, to which a supply pipeis connected, is installed on an upper side of the finger cover, nozzles are formed by regular intervals on an upper side of a nozzle part to which the supply hole is connected, and a brush protrudes upwardly around parts at which the nozzles are formed, and the cleaning liquid supply member is coupled to a connector connection pipe of a connector connected to the supply hole, and configured to supply the cleaning liquid in the storage container.
As apparent from the above description, the present invention provides a cleaning brush connected to a cleaner liquid supply member for storing a cleaning liquid wherein a cleaning liquid is supplied from the cleaner liquid supply member by a pressing force applied by fingers, food stuck in teeth, plaque, foul breath, etc. can be removed in a state in which the cleaning brush is fitted and fixed to a person's finger, and the cleaning brush can also play a role as a massager by stimulating teeth and gums so that the inside of the pet or infant's mouth can be maintained healthy.
The present invention provides a cleaning brush wherein the cleaning brush is fitted onto the index finger, a brush made of a soft material is formed on one part or desired part of the cleaning brush, and a high-pressure cleaning liquid is supplied through the brush, so that oral cleaning can be performed accurately and easily.
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A cleaning liquid supply member 30 is configured to store a cleaning liquid therein and to be held in the palm of the hand, so that the cleaning liquid can be supplied by pressing the cleaning liquid supply member 30 with grip force of fingers.
A cleaning brush 10 is connected to the cleaning liquid supply member 30 through a connector 20 connected to an upper side of the cleaning liquid supply member 30 so as to supply a cleaning liquid. The cleaning brush 10 is installed to be fitted to the index finger 51 of the hand 50.
A connector connection pipe 21 is coupled to the cleaning liquid supply member 30 for supplying a cleaning liquid and the connection pipe 21 installed at the connector 20 in an assembly manner. Since the connector connection pipe 21 of the connector 20 may be assembled with a discharge hole 31, the connector connection pipe 21 is used only when in use.
An insertion space 12 of the cleaning brush 10 is formed in a circular shape such that a finger cover 11 to be fitted to the index finger 51 is fitted to about the second knuckle of the index finger 51. The finger cover 11 is formed of a soft material harmless to the human body.
A supply hole 14 is formed on an upper side of the finger cover 11 to be connected in a roly-poly toy shape as a whole. Preferably, a connector 13 further protrudes to the outside of the supply hole 14.
Inside the supply hole 14, a nozzle part 15 is formed in a flat shape with a low height and wide width. A brush 17 protrudes from an upper side of the nozzle part 15 to have a predetermined area. A plurality of nozzles 16 for discharging a cleaning liquid are formed, in a direction in which the brush 17 protrudes, at regular intervals on the nozzle part 15.
The brush 17 may be molded integrally with the finger cover 11 using the same material as the finger cover 11, or may be coupled to the finger cover 11 after separately molding using a different material from the material of the finger cover 11.
Preferably, the connector connection pipe 21 protruding downwardly from the connector 20 is coupled to the discharge hole 31 so as to supply a cleaning liquid, the cleaning liquid supply member 30 provided with the discharge hole 31 thereof is formed in a cylindrical or roly-poly toy shape and in a size that can be held by hand, and a control plate 32 and a control lip 33 are formed inside the discharge hole 31 so that a cleaning liquid inside the discharge hole 31 is supplied to the outside and the discharged cleaning liquid does not flow back.
A filling hole 35 is formed on a lower side of the storage container 34 for storing a cleaning liquid so as to be filled with a cleaning liquid. The filling hole 35 may be closed with a finishing cap 36, and a lid 37 may be coupled with the discharge hole 31.
The cleaning liquid in the storage container 34 may be supplied by various methods, e.g., by holding the storage container 34 by hand and pressing the same with fingers, by means of a separate cleaning machine for automatic supply, or by holding and pressing by another hand or by another person.
In accordance with the present invention having the above configuration, a cleaning liquid is stored in a cleaning liquid supply member 30, and the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply member 30 is supplied by holding and pressing the same by hand. The cleaning liquid supply member 30 may be used by connecting the same to a general oral irrigator, instead of holding by hand. The cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply member 30 may be supplied by holding and pressing the cleaning liquid by another hand or by another person.
A discharge hole 31 formed on the cleaning liquid supply member 30 is coupled with a connector connection pipe 21 protruding downwardly from a connector 20 such that the cleaning liquid in a cleaning liquid supply member 30 is supplied. The connector 20 may be formed integrally with a cleaning brush 10 and may be assembled with the cleaning brush 10.
The cleaning liquid supply member 30 protruding downwardly from the connector 20 is covered and held by hand in a state in which the index finger 51 of the hand 50 is fitted into an insertion space 12 of a finger cover 11 as shown in
When a storage container 34 of the cleaning liquid supply member 30 is pushed and pressed by fingers in a state in which the cleaning brush 10 is fixed to the index finger 51 of the hand 50, the cleaning liquid stored inside the storage container 34 opens a control plate 32 and is supplied from the discharge hole 31 to the connector 20 by a predetermined water pressure.
A brush 17 of the cleaning brush 10, into which the user's index finger 51 is fitted, is put into the pet or infant's mouth to clean every corner of the oral cavity according to the oral structure of the pet or infant's mouth.
Since a cleaning liquid supplied to the supply hole 14 is discharged, by a predetermined pressure, from nozzles 16 that are formed, toward the brush 17, by regular intervals at the nozzle part 15 in a process of cleaning the teeth, gums, etc. in the oral cavity by means of the brush 17, every corner of the oral cavity can be cleanly, quickly cleaned using the brush 17 made of a soft material.
The supply hole 14 formed on the finger cover 11 and the insertion space 12 are configured to have a roly-poly toy shape so as to supply a cleaning liquid, and a part at which the nozzle part 15 is formed has a wide width and a low height such that the cleaning liquid is uniformly sprayed from the nozzles 16.
A top end of the brush 17 may be molded to have the same height or irregular heights, for easy cleaning of the teeth and gums.
The supply hole 14 may be formed in a circular shape on an upper side of the insertion space 12 inside the finger cover 11, and the brush 17 may be formed to protrude not only to an upper side, but also to slantly or vertically protrude to opposite sides or any one side. Accordingly, the inconvenience of rotating the index finger 51 to determine a direction in a process of cleaning with the index finger 51 can be reduced, and, even when cleaning only in a straight direction, every corner of the oral cavity can be cleaned.
A cleaning liquid may be supplied through a filling hole 35 by opening a finishing cap 36 of the cleaning liquid supply member 30 and stored in the storage container 34. A control plate 32 and a control lip 33 are installed at the discharge hole 31 so that the cleaning liquid is discharged by a pressing force applied to the storage container 34. The discharged cleaning liquid does not flow back due to the control plate 32 and the control lip 33.
The aforementioned description is provided only to illustrate the technical spirit according to the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described through limited examples and drawings, the technical spirit of the present invention is not intended to be limited to the examples and drawings. The scope of the invention is defined not by the detailed description of the invention but by the appended claims, and all differences within the scope will be construed as within the scope of the present invention.
The present invention provides a cleaning brush connected to a cleaning liquid supply member for storing a cleaning liquid. The cleaning brush is configured to be capable of being sprayed inside a pet or infant's mouth so that food stuck in teeth, plaque, foul breath, etc. can be removed. In addition, the cleaning brush can also play a role as a massager by stimulating teeth and gums so that the inside of the pet or infant's mouth can be maintained healthy and clean.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2018-0057230 | May 2018 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/KR2019/004892 | 4/23/2019 | WO | 00 |
