Patent ID: 8239991
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A46B,A61C,H02K

Abstract:
1. An electric-electronic toothbrush comprising; a handle carrying a shaft; an actuator being disposed within said handle and configured to vibrate said shaft along and/or about its axis; a brush head connected to said shaft; a touch electrode disposed on outer peripheral surface of said handle for contact with a user's hand; a brush electrode supported to said brush head; and an electric source configured to generate a potential difference between said touch electrode and said brush electrode, wherein said shaft is electrically conductive, and is coupled by way of an extendible electrically conductive coupler to an electrically conductive member connected to one of poles of said electric source, and wherein said electrically conductive coupler is secured at its one end to said shaft, and at the other end to said electrically conductive member located at a predetermined position within said handle.