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The disclosure and prior art relates to toothbrush devices and more particularly pertains to a new toothbrush device for containing and dispensing toothpaste.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a toothbrush that may be manipulated. The toothbrush has a conduit therein. The conduit transports a fluid into the toothbrush thereby facilitating the toothbrush to clean teeth. A dispensing unit is provided and the dispensing unit contains toothpaste. The dispensing unit may be manipulated thereby facilitating the dispensing unit to urge the toothpaste outwardly from the toothbrush.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The first end 16 is open. The conduit 14 extends upwardly from the first end 16 toward and outwardly from the front side 20. The toothbrush 12 flares outwardly adjacent to the second end 18 to define a flange 24 on the second end 18. The flange 24 has an inner surface 26.
The toothbrush 12 has a plurality of bristles 28. Each of the bristles 28 is positioned on the front side 20. The bristles 28 are aligned with the second end 18. Moreover, the bristles 28 are aligned with the conduit 14. Each of the bristles 28 frictionally engages the teeth.
A dispensing unit 30 is provided. The dispensing unit 30 contains toothpaste 32. The toothpaste 32 may be fluid toothpaste 32 or the like. The dispensing unit 30 may be manipulated. Thus, the dispensing unit 30 urges the toothpaste 32 outwardly from the toothbrush 12.
The dispensing unit 30 comprises a cylinder 34 that may be gripped. The cylinder 34 has a top end 36, a bottom end 38 and an outer wall 40 extending therebetween. The cylinder 34 is substantially hollow to contain the toothpaste 32. The outer wall 40 has an inside surface 42.
A nozzle 44 is coupled to the top end 36 of the cylinder 34. The nozzle 44 has a distal end 46 with respect to the top end 36 and an outer surface 48. The distal end 46 has an opening 50 extending into an interior of the cylinder 34. The outer surface 48 is threaded. The inner surface 26 of the flange 24 threadably engages the outer surface 48 of the nozzle 44. Thus, the toothbrush 12 is removably coupled to the cylinder 34. Moreover, the conduit 14 is in fluid communication with the nozzle 44.
A shaft 52 is positioned within the cylinder 34 and the shaft 52 is threaded. A knob 54 is rotatably coupled to the bottom end 38 of the cylinder 34 and the knob 54 may be manipulated. The shaft 52 is coupled to and extends upwardly from the knob 54. Thus, the knob 54 rotates the shaft 52 when the knob 54 is manipulated. A bushing may be coupled between the shaft 52 and the knob 54. The bushing may engage the bottom end 38 of the cylinder 34.
A disk 56 is positioned within the cylinder 34. The disk 56 has an outer edge 58. The outer edge 58 engages the inner surface 26 of the cylinder 34. The shaft 52 extends through the disk 56 and the disk 56 threadably engages the shaft 52. The disk 56 is urged upwardly along the shaft 52 when the knob 54 is rotated. Thus, the disk 56 urges the toothpaste 32 outwardly through the nozzle 44 thereby facilitating the toothpaste 32 to be dispensed onto the bristles 28.
A valve 60 is movably coupled to the toothbrush 12. The valve 60 is in fluid communication with the conduit 14. Thus, the valve 60 selectively restricts and allows the toothpaste 32 to flow through the conduit 14. The valve 60 includes a button 62 that is positioned on the back side 22 of the toothbrush 12. Thus, the button 62 may be manipulated. The button 62 urges the valve 60 between an open position and a closed position. The valve 60 may be a fluid valve 60 or the like.
In use, the cylinder 34 is manufactured containing the toothpaste 32. The toothbrush 12 is threadably coupled to the nozzle 44. The button 62 on the valve 60 is manipulated to urge the valve 60 into the open position. The knob 54 is rotated to urge the toothpaste 32 outwardly from the conduit 14 to be deposited on the bristles 28. The cylinder 34 is discarded when the cylinder 34 is emptied. A replacement cylinder 34 is purchased and the toothbrush 12 is threadably coupled to the replacement cylinder 34.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.