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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Charles Louis Urso, Waltham, MA (US);
Charles Louis Urso, Waltham, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A high-speed automatic dental flosser () includes a detachably connected flossing attachment () having a pair of flossing tines () and () for supporting a movable floss span () to floss teeth, a floss supply spool () for continuously supplying fresh floss spans, and a floss take-up spool () includes a built-in floss gripper. A power driver () includes a dual-shaft geared motor () having an anterior drive shaft () drivingly connectable to the take-up spool and a posterior drive shaft () for drivingly rotating an eccentrically supported weight () to oscillate the floss span. An electric momentary switch () actuates the motor energized by a power cell (). A built-in floss-cutter () is provided for cutting off used floss. An alternative flossing attachment (B) includes an alternative floss gripper built into a take-up spool (). Additional flossing attachments (C) and (D) are included.