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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Kurt M. Taylor, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Harold A. Luettgen, Windsor, CO (US);
Jeremy James Johnson, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/0202 (2013.01); A61C 17/0205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oral irrigator including a handle through which fluid flows to a tip. Fluid flows to the tip during irrigate mode, and fluid flow may be interrupted by selecting a pause mode. The handle includes a mechanically controlled actuator for selecting the pause mode. The actuator may include a rack gear operably connected to a pinion gear formed on a valve spool inside the handle. The valve spool may include a ball that blocks fluid flow to the tip during pause mode but not during irrigate mode.