Toothbrush with internal toothbrush dispenser

摘要

A toothbrush for dispensing toothpaste from a main body or removable cartridge to one or more openings proximate bristles on the toothpaste head. The toothbrush includes a main body which is adapted to receive a disposable cartridge, a brush head, a neck, and a pumping system. The neck and an adapter connect the head to the main body. The pumping system comprises a spring-loaded pump system for forcing toothpaste stored in the housing or disposable cartridge through a fluid passage way to the head. A piercing tube or straw is used to pierce the tight plastic seal of the disposable cartridge.

主权项

1. A toothbrush that dispenses fluid material, comprising:
a removable toothbrush head having a front face wherein the front face has a plurality of bristles and at least one opening, wherein the at least one opening allows for fluid material to be dispensed proximate the plurality of bristles; an adapter for receiving the removable toothbrush head; a neck having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is connected to the adapter and the lower end engages a fluid pumping assembly; wherein the fluid pumping assembly is engaged by pushing a lever attached to the neck; the fluid pumping assembly having a pump casing, a pump spring, a pump tube; wherein the neck is configured to allow the lower end of the neck to move in and out of the pump casing; wherein the pump casing is configured to receive the lower end of the neck; wherein the pump casing encompasses the pump spring and an upper end of the pump tube, wherein the pump casing has a lower portion which engages the pump tube; the upper end of the pump tube configured to be inserted into the pump casing and a lower end of the pump tube extending out of the pump casing and into a main housing body, wherein the lower end of the pump tube has a tip; the main housing body having an upper end configured to receive the fluid pumping assembly and at least a portion of the neck, and a lower end having a removable end cap; wherein the end cap comprises an inner surface and an outer surface and the inner surface is adapted to receive a removable fluid dispensing cartridge; wherein when fully assembled the toothbrush provides a fluid passage from the main housing through the pump tube into the pump casing, through the neck and adapter to the at least one opening in the toothbrush head.