Title:
Electric toothbrush
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5983860
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an electric toothbrush with a thinner handle part to ensure the ease of manual tooth-brushing while improving the ease of a switch operation between the operating state and the stopped state, the electric toothbrush being configured to realize an effective oral cleaning by automatically giving a necessary mechanical assistance to a brush part according to the brushing state constantly varying during tooth-brushing depending on the cleaned part and the ways of holding and moving the toothbrush. The electric toothbrush includes: a toothbrush main body (2) having a brush part (15) and a handle part (20) for manually operating the brush part (15); a vibration generation means (3) that vibrates the brush part (15); an acceleration sensor (4) that detects a manual brushing action; and a control means (5) that controls at least the vibration generation means (3).
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Inventors:
Kazuaki Yoshida
Masahiro Nishiura
Masahiro Nishiura
Application Number:
JP2015505441A
Publication Date:
September 06, 2016
Filing Date:
March 07, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Sunstar Inc.
International Classes:
A61C17/22; A61C17/34
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2009219757A | 2009-10-01 | |||
| JP2010213908A | 2010-09-30 | |||
| JP2008543418A | 2008-12-04 | |||
| JPH05273227A | 1993-10-22 | |||
| JPS62275407A | 1987-11-30 |
Foreign References:
| US20030135940A1 | 2003-07-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takao Yanagino
Norio Morioka
Hisayoshi Sekiguchi
Masato Nakagawa
Norio Morioka
Hisayoshi Sekiguchi
Masato Nakagawa