Apparatus for cleaning dentures

摘要

An apparatus for cleaning dentures including a motor box and a cleaning unit. The cleaning unit is constructed with a rectangular configuration having a bottom face, a front face, a rear face, and a pair of end faces defining a closed interior space and a top opening. The cleaning unit further has a drive shaft coupled to the motor box and rotatably situated in apertures formed in the end faces of the cleaning unit. Such drive shaft is equipped with a drive gear coupled thereto within the interior space of the cleaning unit. Also included is a first brush assembly with a plurality of vertical brushes each having a dowel rotatably coupled between the end faces of the cleaning unit. The vertical brushes include gears for communicating with the drive gear of the drive shaft. Further, a plurality of bristles are coupled to the dowels of the vertical brushes and are radially extended therefrom. Further provided is a second brush assembly including a plurality of horizontal brushes each including a disk with a plurality of bristles extending outwardly therefrom. The second brush assembly is also equipped with gears for communicating with the drive gear of the drive shaft.