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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Enrico E DiVito, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 66 ; 128 / ; 433 80 ; 433 91 ; 433100 ;
Abstract
An oral hygiene apparatus for facilitating the accomplishment of an oral hygiene program. The apparatus includes liquid injection ports and a suction opening which are located proximate the bristles provided on the apparatus with the liquid injection ports being coupled to a remote source of liquid under pressure and the suction opening being coupled to a remote source of negative static pressure. The injected liquid in conjunction with a conventional brushing action will dislodge foreign matter in the oral cavity and the injected liquid along with the dislodged matter are evacuated from the oral cavity via the suction port of the apparatus.