Electrically powered appliance for oral hygiene

US5344317A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Lothar Pacher · Mainz, DE
• Gustav Gassner · Kelkheim, DE
• Gottfried Voigt · Frankfurt, DE
• Peter Hilfinger · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 1992
• Grant date: Sep 6, 1994
• Expiry date: May 6, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61C17/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to an appliance for oral hygiene, in particular an oral irrigating apparatus 10, comprising a hand-held unit 12 and a base unit 14 interconnected by a fluid conducting hose 19 and electrical conductors 21, 23. By means of an operating means 33 arranged on the handle section 28 of the hand-held unit 12, two operating parameters, particularly the On/Off state and the jet pressure of the oral irrigating apparatus 10, can be varied.