Oral cleaning tool for an oral hygiene device

Patent Number: 9387059

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

An oral cleaning tool for an electric oral hygiene device is disclosed. The oral cleaning tool includes a housing having a head section with a head cavity for accommodating a movable oral cleaning head and a neck section with a neck cavity and a handle coupling section; a first magnetic coupling element including at least a permanent magnet or a magnetizable element being provided in the neck section for mechanical handle drive shaft connection by magnetic interaction. The first magnetic coupling element is mounted at a motion transmitter, the motion transmitter extending inside the neck cavity to the head cavity, the motion transmitter arranged so as to be movable in a linear or longitudinal direction. The motion transmitter is coupled with the oral cleaning head, the oral cleaning head arranged so as to oscillate in a rotational direction.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
Norbert Schaefer - - -
Joern Utsch - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
A 61 C 17 34
A 61 C 17 22

Assignee

Organization First Name Last Name City State Country
Braun GmbH - - - - -