ACTUATOR AND ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH UTILIZING SAME

摘要

Disclosed is an actuator that realizes reciprocal rotational motion of an electric toothbrush, for example, without utilizing a drive transmission mechanism that is separate from the drive source. In the actuator, a stationary body (120) has a coil (128) that is disposed around a magnet (160) and faces the magnetic faces with different polarities within the magnet (160) at individual prescribed distances, and an outer yoke (150) that covers the outer periphery of the coil (128). The stationary body (120) rotatably supports a movable body (110), which holds the magnet (160), via a coil spring that is an elastic material (130) made from a wire. An alternating current supply unit (140) supplies an alternating current having roughly the same resonance frequency as that of the stationary body (120) to the coil (128) to cause the movable body (120 [sic; 110]) to vibrate in a reciprocal rotational motion. The coil spring that is the elastic material (130) uniformly disperses stress generated by the vibration.