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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Sunstar Inc., Takatsuki-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuaki Yoshida, Takatsuki, JP;
Masahiro Nishiura, Takatsuki, JP;
Assignee:
SUNSTAR INC., Takatsuki-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A61C 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/3481 (2013.01); A46B 15/0006 (2013.01); A61C 17/221 (2013.01); A61C 17/225 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.