The interproximal toothbrush includes an appliance body and neck with a nozzle member having a nozzle tip shaped to fit into interproximal teeth spaces. Bursts of air or air/liquid mixture are generated, exiting through the nozzle tip. A helix member or, alternatively, a spring, is supported within a channel in the nozzle member. The helix member is free to rotate as air or the air/liquid mixture is moved through the channel. A set of bristles is attached to a forward end of the helix member, so that it rotates with the helix member. Alternatively, a set of bristles is attached to the distal end of the spring so that successive bursts of air or the air/liquid mixture produce an in-and-out movement of the set of bristles toward and away from the teeth.

An electrically driven toothbrush is provided, comprising a hollow handle having a first end provided with a tooth brushing portion and a second end provided with an opening. An electrical assembly module is inserted into the hollow handle through the opening and provides power to turn on the toothbrush. A conductive elastic piece is fitted with the electrical assembly module and contacts with an electrical fixture. A cap member is removably attached to the hollow handle for encapsulation. At least one trigger portion is provided on one side of the cap member. When the trigger portion contacts with the conductive elastic piece, the conductive elastic piece deforms and touches with the electrical fixture to form an electrical loop with the electrical assembly module to generate power for turning on the proposed toothbrush. By designing above, it successfully achieves purposes of improving and enhancing the conveniences of use for users.

An electric toothbrush having bristle driven pulsation includes a brush head having a bristle holder and bristle tufts attached to the bristle holder. The bristle tufts and corresponding bristles are disposed at a perpendicular and/or a non-perpendicular angle with respect to a mounting surface of the brush head. The electric toothbrush also includes an electric toothbrush handle removably attached to the brush head. The electric toothbrush handle includes a linear motor configured to drive the bristle holder via a gearing structure coupled to the linear motor and the bristle holder. The linear motor causes the bristle holder to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise at a rotation frequency which exceeds a rotation frequency threshold (e.g., 100 Hz, 120 Hz, etc.). The linear motor also causes the brush head to vibrate in a direction toward and away from a contact surface in synchronization with the rotation of the bristles.

An electric toothbrush having bristle driven pulsation includes a brush head having a bristle holder and bristle tufts attached to the bristle holder. The bristle tufts and corresponding bristles are disposed at a perpendicular and/or a non-perpendicular angle with respect to a mounting surface of the brush head. The electric toothbrush also includes an electric toothbrush handle removably attached to the brush head. The electric toothbrush handle includes a linear motor configured to drive the bristle holder via a gearing structure coupled to the linear motor and the bristle holder. The linear motor causes the bristle holder to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise at a rotation frequency which exceeds a rotation frequency threshold (e.g., 100 Hz, 120 Hz, etc.). The linear motor also causes the brush head to vibrate in a direction toward and away from a contact surface in synchronization with the rotation of the bristles.

A personal hygiene device has a drive unit having a support, a stator fixedly mounted at the support, and an armature spring-mounted at the support for driven linear oscillating motion along a first longitudinal direction parallel to or coinciding with an x-axis of an x-y-z coordinate system. The armature has a center of gravity located in rest at a coordinate [x.sub.a, y.sub.a, z.sub.a], and a drive shaft fixedly coupled with the armature and having a center of gravity located in rest at a coordinate [x.sub.d, y.sub.d, z.sub.d]. A first treatment head assembly, detachably connected to the drive shaft, has a center of gravity located in rest at a coordinate [x.sub.t1, y.sub.t1, z.sub.t1]. A secondary mass element, spring-mounted at the support for essentially linear oscillating motion along the first longitudinal direction, has a center of gravity located in rest at a coordinate [x.sub.m, y.sub.m, z.sub.m]. At least the coordinate [x.sub.a, y.sub.a, z.sub.a] of the center of gravity of the armature has an offset in at least one of the y-direction and z-direction with respect to the coordinate [x.sub.d, y.sub.d, z.sub.d] of the center of gravity of the drive-shaft or with respect to the coordinate [x.sub.t1, y.sub.t1, z.sub.t1] of the center of gravity of the first treatment head assembly, i.e., y.sub.ay.sub.d and/or y.sub.ay.sub.t1 and/or z.sub.az.sub.d and/or z.sub.az.sub.t1; and the secondary mass element is configured such that the coordinate [x.sub.m, y.sub.m, z.sub.m] of the center of gravity of the secondary mass element is aligned with the coordinate [x.sub.j, y.sub.j, z.sub.j] of the joint center of gravity of the drive shaft, the first treatment head assembly and the armature in the at least one offset direction, i.e., y.sub.m=y.sub.j and z.sub.m=z.sub.j, so that a line connecting the coordinate [x.sub.m, y.sub.m, z.sub.m] of the center of gravity of the secondary mass element and the coordinate [x.sub.j, y.sub.jz.sub.j] of the joint center of gravity is parallel to or coincides with the x-axis.

A photosensitive pressure alarm device for electric cleaning care appliances comprises at least one light source, at least one photosensitive unit, a light reflecting surface, a detection circuit, and an alarm portion. The light source and the photosensitive unit are provided on a movable component or a movable component on a same side, and the light reflecting surface is provided on a stationary component or the movable component. Under the combined action of an external force (F.sub.1) and an elastic force (F.sub.2), the light reflecting surface or the light source and the photosensitive unit provided on the movable component can move with the movable component, and the incident angle and the reflection angle of the light on the light reflecting surface change, causing that the light receiving area of the photosensitive unit changes, and in turn resulting in change of the electrical performance of the photosensitive unit.

A brush attachment for a toothbrush handpiece, in particular for an electric toothbrush handpiece, has a head portion which includes a brush head, has an attachment portion which includes an interface receptacle, and has a neck portion arranged between the head portion and the attachment portion, wherein the interface receptacle is implemented by a universal interface receptacle for receiving at least two different interfaces of different toothbrush handpieces.

An electric toothbrush includes a grip portion, a brush portion on which a replaceable toothbrush is mounted, and an illumination ring between the grip portion and the brush portion. The illumination ring is provided around the toothbrush as an annular structure so that a user can view the illumination ring no matter what angle he/she is holding the toothbrush.

An electrically driven device includes a housing, an electric motor with a drive shaft having a first rotary axis and a drive pin eccentrically connected to the drive shaft, and a driven shaft having a second rotary axis and mounted in the housing for a pivoting movement. The driven shaft is coupled to the drive pin by a gear mechanism converting a rotary motion of the drive shaft into the reciprocating pivoting of the driven shaft. The gear mechanism has first and second transmission stages, the former including a cross slider, and the latter an elastically deformable transmission member. The cross slider has a sliding support extending perpendicular to the first rotary axis and receiving the drive pin. The cross slider is axially guided in the housing to move in an axial direction perpendicular to the first rotary axis and perpendicular to the extension of the sliding support. A link, offset relative to the second rotary axis, connects the cross slider to the elastically deformable transmission member.

The invention relates to a fixing structure for use in a driver apparatus of an electric cleaning appliance. The driver apparatus comprises a transducer assembly and a drive coil assembly within a handle housing. The transducer assembly comprises a transducer, a transducer frame and a transducer assembly fixing member. The drive coil assembly comprises a drive coil, a drive coil frame and a drive coil assembly fixing member. The transducer frame and the drive coil frame respectively comprise left and right frames disposed separate from each other. The handle housing is respectively fastened with the transducer assembly or the drive coil assembly via a first or second structural feature part in a way that one cannot move relative to the other. The transducer assembly and the drive coil assembly are connected via a third structural feature part in a way that one can move relative to the other.