Tongue vacuum cleaner

摘要

A portable hand held tongue vacuum cleaner that includes a small vacuum pump and power supply contained within a hollow housing. A removable cleaning head is attached to a vacuum port which extends out from the housing. The cleaning head includes bristles and a centrally located vacuum tube whose end terminates just below the height of the bristles. The cleaning head is oriented at a forty-five degree angle with respect to the cleaning head extension tube. A removable filter trap is located inside the extension tube to catch debris removed from the surface of the tongue.

主权项

1. tongue vacuum cleaner comprising:
a hollow housing; a diaphragm type vacuum pump; a pump connection tube; a pair of O rings; a motor; an on-off switch; a cleaning head; a cleaning head extension tube; a filter trap; an extension tube retaining assembly; a battery power supply; a recharging station; said vacuum pump, motor, switch and battery contained within said hollow housing; said on-off switch mounted on the front surface of said housing just below said cleaning head extension tube said battery powering said motor; said motor powering said vacuum pump; said pump connection tube fixedly attached to said vacuum pump and extending outwardly in a perpendicular fashion from the upper portion of said housing; said O rings surrounding said pump connection tube; said cleaning head including a flat rigid plate having a plurality of bristles extending there-from and having a central tubular aperture extending to just below the height of said bristles; said cleaning head fixedly attached to said cleaning head extension tube; said extending out from said housing; said cleaning head extension tube capable of being slidably inserted or removed over said pump connection tube and said 0 rings; said filter trap removably retained within said cleaning head extension tube between said cleaning head and the end of said pump connection tube; said extension tube retaining assembly attached to the outside of said housing and engaging in a spring biased manner at least one detent located on the outside wall of said cleaning head extension tube; and the base of said housing capable of being inserted into a recharging station for recharging said battery power supply.