Patents Assigned to Advanced Dental Research Corporation
  • Patent number: 5279314
    Abstract: A light electric dental flosser with a rechargeable battery compartment includes a motor casing, interchangeably individualized head units, and disposable plastic floss tips that snap mount within the hinged end of the head unit. The floss tips exhibit bidirectional flossing motion provided from a motion translation system including an eccentric cam, a yoke, and an output shaft with a cam follower mechanism that follows a generally Z-shaped tracking surface with a vertical track component and a horizontal track component enabled by the yoke to complete the resulting "Z" movement. The floss tips have a molded-in filament and are molded from a shock absorbing substance which absorbs the vertical component of the "Z" shaped motion upon the application of pressure to the filament thereby outputting horizontal motion until the filament passes through the contact area between two teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Advanced Dental Research Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Poulos, Leonard L. Hofheins, Del M. Thornock
  • Patent number: D343478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Advanced Dental Research Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Poulos, Leonard L. Hofheins, Del M. Thornock