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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Brenda Lee Thomas, Windsor, CO (US);
Kurt Michael Taylor, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
WATER PIK, INC., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61C 17/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/0202 (2013.01); A61C 17/0205 (2013.01); A61C 17/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oral irrigator including a fluid reservoir, a pumping assembly, a pressure control assembly, and a nozzle. The pumping assembly comprises a power source, a motor in electrical communication with the power source, and a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir. The pressure control assembly is in fluid communication with the pump; mechanically varies a pressure of a fluid exiting the nozzle to change the outlet pressure of the oral irrigator a high pressure to a low pressure and vice versa.