DR. JOHN ALLEN SMITH, DC
Chiropractic at 37 St, Loveland, CO

License number

Colorado 6395

Professional information

Dr. John A Smith, Loveland CO - DC (Doctor of Chiropractic)

Specialties:

Chiropractic

Address:

340 W 37Th St, Loveland 80538
(970) 663-4494 (Phone), (970) 663-9458 (Fax)

Languages:

English

Oral Hygiene Appliance

US Patent:

5399089, Mar 21, 1995

Filed:

Aug 11, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/105293

Inventors:

Kim T. Eichman - Fort Collins CO
John E. Smith - Loveland CO
Clifford J. Snyder - Fort Collins CO
Gerald T. Swanson - Norwood MA

Assignee:

Teledyne Industries, Inc. - Fort Collins CO

International Classification:

A61C 1702, A61H 900

US Classification:

433 80

Abstract:

An oral hygiene appliance includes a base on which upstands a cabinet having top, front and rear vertical walls. A pair of recesses are formed in either side of that front wall. A plurality of seats within those recesses are each receptive of a jet tip. An inlet is defined in the top wall. A cover is shaped to envelope the cabinet over the recesses and the inlet with the cover being invertable to serve as a reservoir. Disposed within the cabinet is a pump responsive to a pressure control for delivering water received from the inlet. Seated toward one end of the base is the lower end of an elongated electric toothbrush body. Individual brushes are seated in the base around the body and those brushes ordinarily to the rear of the body are elevated on a pedestal. At the opposite end of the base is a well in which is seated the lower end of a handle in which a faceted lower end of one of the jet tips may be captivated. A pressure control unit cooperates with the pump assembly to guard against excessive pressure and permit easy control of the level of pressure delivered from the jet tip mounted in the handle.