ATTACHMENT FOR AN ORAL CARE DEVICE HANDLE

• Main Author: SCHAEFER, Norbert
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.08.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; DENTISTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

The present disclosure is concerned with an oral care device attachment that is arranged for being coupled to an oral care device handle having an essentially cylindrical drive shaft coupling end, the attachment having an outer attachment tube having a coupling end that is intended for being detachably secured at a housing of the oral care device handle, a carrier being mounted for driven motion at the outer attachment tube, a motion transmitter being disposed inside of the outer attachment tube, the motion transmitter having a first end coupled with the carrier and a second end being arranged for coupling with the essentially cylindrical drive shaft coupling end, the second end having a coupling unit having a top plate and at least one at least partly deformable essentially cylindrical wall element extending from the top plate or at least two elastic or deflectable wall elements extending from the top plate, respectively, where each of the elastic or deflectable wall elements extends over a portion of a virtual receiver cylinder so that an essentially cylindrical receiver receptacle is defined by the top plate and the one at least partly deformable essentially cylindrical wall element or by the top plate and the at least two elastic or deflectable wall elements.