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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Brian R. Williams, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Robert D. Wagner, Firestone, CO (US);
Assignee:
WATER PIK, INC., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 15/16 (2006.01); H01H 3/08 (2006.01); H01H 3/62 (2006.01); A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61H 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 15/16 (2013.01); A61C 17/0202 (2013.01); A61H 13/005 (2013.01); H01H 3/08 (2013.01); H01H 3/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuation assembly for an oral irrigator includes a bezel secured to or formed as part of a housing of the oral irrigator, an actuator operably connected to the bezel and moveable relative thereto, and an augmentation fluid positioned between the bezel and the actuator. The augmentation fluid modifies a frictional relationship between the bezel and the actuator to provide a predefined resistance force between the actuator and the bezel as the actuator is rotated relative to the bezel.