EP0688527A1 - Dispositif de réception des objets de soins de la bouche ou des dents - Google Patents

Dispositif de réception des objets de soins de la bouche ou des dents Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0688527A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: insert; housing; opening; latching; open position
Prior art date: 1994-06-21
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP95201545A

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German (de)

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EP0688527B1 (fr

Inventor

Peter Häfele

Ernst Poganitsch

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Koninklijke Philips NV

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Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

Philips Electronics NV

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1994-06-21

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1995-06-12

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1995-12-27

1995-06-12 Application filed by Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, Philips Electronics NV filed Critical Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

1995-12-27 Publication of EP0688527A1 publication Critical patent/EP0688527A1/fr

2000-12-13 Application granted granted Critical

2000-12-13 Publication of EP0688527B1 publication Critical patent/EP0688527B1/fr

2015-06-12 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
- A47K1/00—Wash-stands; Appurtenances therefor
- A47K1/08—Accessories for toilet tables, e.g. glass plates, supports therefor
- A47K1/09—Holders for drinking glasses, tooth brushes, hair brushes, or the like

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Such a device according to the type mentioned above in the first paragraph is known for example from EP-B1-0 379 497.
This known device is used to hold devices and cleaning tools for oral and dental care.
the opening in the ceiling area of the housing is provided exclusively in this ceiling area and the insert is guided in the housing and is only displaceable upwards out of the housing, this displacement of the insert by manual adjustment of one to close the
the opening provided for a closure device takes place by the cover being coupled to the insert via a lever mechanism.
the insert due to the fact that the insert is guided displaceably, tilting and therefore jamming of the insert when moving the same can occur relatively easily, as a result of which large forces can occur in the area of the lever mechanism, so that it is relatively easy to Damage can occur.
the insert can only be shifted upwards out of the housing and consequently, devices and tools housed in the insert can only be removed upwards out of the insert, so that a relatively large amount of free space is made available above the device must be to ensure unhindered and convenient removal of equipment and tools.
the invention has set itself the task of avoiding the difficulties mentioned above and improving a device of the type mentioned in the first paragraph in such a way that an easy adjustment of an insert of the device is always guaranteed and when adjusting the use of the device no risk of Damage to the same exists and that furthermore only a relatively small space requirement is required above the device and furthermore a simple and convenient removal of objects from use of the device is ensured.
a device is characterized in that the opening additionally opens into the side area of the housing and that the insert is pivotably mounted transversely to the side area of the housing and at least partially through the opening opening into the ceiling area and into the side area of the housing is pivotable out of the housing and that for closing the opening in the side region of the housing the insert is provided with a closure section forming part of the closure device.
the pivotable mounting of an insert means that the removal of objects after the insert has been pivoted, the insert being pivoted toward a user, can be carried out very conveniently and without hindrance.
the pivot bearing device is provided for use at least partially in the side area of the housing. In this way, an insert is advantageously pivoted far out of a device according to the invention.
the swivel bearing device consists of bearing parts which can be separated from one another and, when the insert is pivoted out of the housing and the separable bearing parts of the swivel bearing device are separated from one another, the insert can be removed from the housing.
a particularly simple removal of an insert from a device according to the invention is possible. Such removal is necessary, for example, in order to be able to subject the insert to cleaning.
the insert is provided with a handle in the area of its closure section for pivoting the insert. This is advantageous with regard to a convenient pivoting of an insert of a device according to the invention.
the lid of the locking device can also be adjusted by hand. It has proven to be particularly advantageous, however, if the insert is provided with at least one control link and that the cover of the closure device has a counter link provided for cooperation with the control link of the insert, via which the control link of the insert swivels the insert out of the housing the lid is adjustable towards its open position. In this way it is achieved that when the insert of a device according to the invention is pivoted manually, the cover is automatically adjusted by actuating its handle.
the latching connection formed with the latching projection and the latching recess is designed to be detachable and the latching connection is releasable by pivoting the insert from its open position into the housing. In this way it is achieved that no separate manipulation is required to release the latching connection, but rather the loosening of the latching connection takes place simply by simply resetting an insert from its open position.
An advantageous embodiment of a device according to the invention is characterized in that the device is an integral part of a basic device of a tooth cleaning device.
FIG. 1 shows schematically in an oblique view a tooth cleaning device designed as an oral irrigator, which has a basic device and a handle connected to the basic device via a hose, the basic device with a device for receiving cleaning tools of the tooth cleaning device, namely mouthpieces each with a nozzle head , is provided.
FIG. 2 schematically shows an oblique view of the handle of the tooth cleaning device according to FIG. 1, a mouthpiece being attached to the handle. 3 shows in cross section the device for receiving mouthpieces, an insert and a locking device of this device each being in a closed position.
FIG. 4 shows the device according to FIG.
the insert and the closure device occupying an intermediate position that occurs during the opening.
5 shows the device according to FIGS. 3 and 4, the insert and the closure device each occupying an open position in which they are locked together.
6 shows the device according to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, the insert and the closing device taking up an intermediate position occurring during the closing.
a tooth cleaning device 1 designed as an oral irrigator, which has a basic device 2 and a handle 4 connected to the basic device 2 via a flexible hose 3.
a water tank 5 is placed on the base unit 2, and a motor-driven pump device is provided in the base unit 2, with which water can be pumped from the water tank 5 via the hose 3 to the handle 4.
Various mouthpieces can be placed on the handle 4, as shown for a mouthpiece 6 in FIG.
the water pumped to the handle 4 is fed to the mouthpiece 6 and is dispensed in a jet form for cleaning teeth via a nozzle head 7 of the mouthpiece 6.
An adjusting ring 4r is provided on the handle 4 for setting a desired amount of water. By rotating the setting ring 4r, a device for regulating the amount of water provided in the handle 6 can be adjusted.
the tooth cleaning device 1 is provided with a device 11 which is an integral part of the Basic device 2 of the tooth cleaning device 1.
the device 11 is partially shown in detail in FIGS. 3 to 6 in section.
the device 11 has a housing 12 which has a composite bottom wall 13, a rear wall 14, a side wall 15, a front wall 17 provided in the front side area 16 and a top wall 19 located in the ceiling area 18.
the housing 12 is provided with an opening 20 opening into both the ceiling region 18 and the front side region 16 of the housing 12.
the device 11 has an insert 21, which is adjustable in the housing 12 and is pivotably held, for receiving four mouthpieces 6, 8, 9 and 10.
the insert 21 is open in its ceiling area 22 and in its bottom area 23 and has two side walls 25, of which only the rear side wall 25 is shown in FIGS. 3 to 6.
the side walls 25 are connected to one another via transverse webs 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, and the insert 21 also has a front wall 34 which connects the two side walls 25 to one another.
the insert 21 is pivotally mounted with a pivot bearing device 35 transversely to the front side area 16 of the housing 12 and can be partially pivoted out of the housing 12 into an open position through the opening 20 opening into the ceiling area 18 and into the front side area 16 of the housing 12.
the pivot bearing device 35 is essentially provided in the front side region 16 of the housing 2 in order to ensure that the insert 21 is pivoted out of the housing 12 as far as possible.
the pivot bearing device 35 essentially consists of the upper end region 36 of the front wall 17 of the housing 12, which is low below the front wall 34 of the insert 21, and the lower end region 37 of the front wall 34 of the insert 21, which is supported on the upper end region 36 of the front wall 17.
the pivot bearing device 35 also has two wall sections 38 protruding from the side walls 25 with an arcuate boundary and a wall section 39 of the base wall 13 of the housing 12 which runs in the form of an arc and which cooperates with these wall sections 38.
the pivot bearing device 35 thus consists of separable bearing parts 36, 37 and 38, 39, so that when the insert 21 is pivoted out of the housing 12 and the separable bearing parts 36, 37 and 38, 39 of the pivot bearing device 35, the insert 21 is removed from the housing 12 is removable.
the two wall sections 38 are connected to one another via a crosspiece 40, which is provided for cooperation with a wall section 41 of the bottom wall 13 in order to Limit pivoting movement of the insert 21, as can be seen from FIG. 5.
the device 11 is provided with an adjustable closing device 42.
the closure device 42 here has a pivotable, essentially hood-like cover 43, which is provided for closing the opening 20 in the ceiling area 18 and which is also adjustable into an open position.
the cover 43 is connected via a hinge 44 to a web 45 which is held on the rear wall 14 of the housing 12 of the device 11.
the insert 21 is provided with a closure section forming part of the closure device 42, which in the present case is formed by the front wall 34 of the insert 21. In this way, a good closing of the opening 20 in the housing 12 is ensured by means of the cover 43 and the front wall 34 of the insert 21.
the insert 21 is provided with a handle 46 in the region of its closure section, that is to say in the region of its front wall 34.
the handle 46 is essentially formed by a wall extension which is angled with respect to the front wall 34.
the insert 21 is provided with a control link 47 in the region of its two side walls 25.
the cover 43 has two mutually parallel side walls 48, the boundaries of which each have a counter link 49 for interacting with a control link 47 of the insert 21.
the cover 43 can be adjusted in the direction of its open position via the counter link 49, as is shown in FIG. 4.
the control links 47 of the insert 21 each merge into a locking projection 50 with an essentially wedge-shaped course.
the counter baffles 49 of the cover 43 each merge into a locking recess 51, which have a V-shaped configuration which is adapted to the wedge-shaped profile of the locking projections 50.
the locking projections 50 enter the locking recesses 51, so that the insert 21 and the cover 43 can each be locked together in their open position by forming a locking connection 52 with a locking projection 50 and a locking recess 51 are.
This situation is shown in Fig. 5.
one or more of the mouthpieces 6, 8, 9 and 10 can be removed from the insert 21.
the latching connections 52 or the latching projections 50 and the latching depressions 51 are designed in such a way that the cover 43 and the insert 21 remain in the situation shown in FIG. 5 as long as no force is exerted on the handle 46.
the locking connections 52 formed with the locking projections 50 and the locking recesses 51 are detachable.
the latching connections 52 are released.
a situation that occurs after the latching connections 52 have been released is shown in FIG. 6.
the cover 43 is also pivoted in the direction of its closed position, specifically as a result of the weight of the cover 43.
the pivoting movement of the cover 43 is determined here by the control link 47 and the counter link 49.
the cover 43 also assumes its closed position, as shown in FIG. 3.
the insert 21 can be adjusted very easily due to the pivoting bearing of the same, so that only small forces are required for its adjustment and only slight when it is adjusted Forces occur so that damage to the insert 21 due to its adjustment is practically excluded. Due to the pivotable mounting of the insert 21 of the device 11 described above, the removal of mouthpieces 6, 8, 9 and 10 after the insert 21 has been pivoted into its open position can be carried out very conveniently and without hindrance. In the device 11 described above, even with a relatively small space requirement in the height direction of the device 11, sufficiency is found because the cover 43 of the device 11 only executes a relatively small stroke in the height direction.
a device according to the invention can also have two or more inserts which are covered either by a common or by separate lids.
the inserts of devices according to the invention can also be provided for receiving pluggable and removable brush heads of electric toothbrushes.
Such a device according to the invention can also be designed as a separate container for holding objects for dental or oral care and can also be provided for holding further objects, for example tubes with toothpaste.

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EP95201545A 1994-06-21 1995-06-12 Dispositif de réception des objets de soins de la bouche ou des dents Expired - Lifetime EP0688527B1 (fr)

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT122394		1994-06-21
AT122394		1994-06-21
AT1223/94		1994-06-21

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EP0688527A1 true EP0688527A1 (fr)	1995-12-27
EP0688527B1 EP0688527B1 (fr)	2000-12-13

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EP (1)	EP0688527B1 (fr)
JP (1)	JPH0810273A (fr)
AT (1)	ATE198027T1 (fr)
DE (1)	DE59508895D1 (fr)

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EP0688527B1 (fr)	2000-12-13
ATE198027T1 (de)	2000-12-15
DE59508895D1 (de)	2001-01-18

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