EP 1387647 A1 20040211 - FLOSSING DEVICE WITH ADVANCING AND TENSIONING MECHANISM
Title (en)
FLOSSING DEVICE WITH ADVANCING AND TENSIONING MECHANISM
Title (de)
ZAHNSEIDENSPENDER MIT VORSCHUB- UND SPANNMECHANISMUS
Title (fr)
PORTE-FIL DENTAIRE COMPRENANT UN MECANISME D'AVANCEMENT ET DE TENSION
Publication
Application
Priority
US 0115990 W 20010518
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO02094118A1] A hand-held dental flossing device has a housing (4) with a handle (6) that may be held with one hand. A dental floss supply (14) is located in the housing (4) and a winding gear (22) is rotatably mounted to the housing (4). A free end of the dental floss strand (15) from the floss supply (14) is threaded through the housing (4) into a floss exit arm (92) of the housing (4) where it passes through an exit opening (86) to an exposed area (30) of the flossing arm (8). Used dental floss returns into the housing (4), via a receiving opening (34), where it passes through an optinal disinfectant supply (90) before or as it wound onto the winding gear (22). The winding gear has teeth (44) that cooperate with a stopper to form a one-way ratchet gear.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61C 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61C 15/046 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 02094118A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0115990 W 20010518; EP 01941495 A 20010518