Patent ID: 8505557

Claim:
An elongate dental flosser, comprising: a motorized rotary driver including drive components and serving as a handle; a driven shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end of said motorized rotary driver; a pair of spaced flossing tines oriented substantially perpendicular to said driven shaft and supported at a front distal end portion of said flosser, said tines for supporting a movable floss span for engaging and cleaning teeth; a floss supply supporter for supplying fresh floss to said tines; and a rotatably supported take-up spool coupled to said driven shaft and positioned directly over one of said tines when viewed with the tines directed downwardly and said motorized rotary driver and driven shaft oriented horizontally, said rotatably supported take-up spool being flanged to retain spooled used floss and arranged for being power-driven to rotate by said driver to wind used floss coming from said tines, said spool being proximate to at least one of said tines such that immersion of said tines and take-up spool in the shallowest antiseptic liquid that covers said tines and said take-up spool allows for sanitation thereof.