Patent ID: 9526596
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A46B,A61C

Claim Text:
1. A driver for power-driving an otherwise manual dental implement of the type including manual toothbrushes and manual floss picks, each implement having an elongate implement handle attached to a dental hygienic head, the driver comprising: an elongate socket having an entrance for detachably receiving said implement handle within said socket, said socket including an elastic constrictor in the form of an elongate funnel-shaped helical wire spring having an open front end portion, said spring being positioned in said socket for receiving and constrictively gripping said implement handle after being received through said open front end portion and longitudinally within said spring; a cap coupled to the elongate socket at the entrance and being rotatably supported frontally of said front end portion of said spring, said cap defining a through slot for receiving said implement handle enabling rotation thereof with said cap to screw said dental implement further into said spring to become tightly gripped thereby; and an electric-powered driving device connected to said socket for power-driving said dental implement to facilitate oral hygiene.