Patents Examined by Mellon Bumgarner
  • Fluid reservoir
    Patent number: 6419486
    Abstract: A fluid reservoir for an oral hygiene appliance has a floor valve in its floor which opens when the reservoir is placed on the oral hygiene appliance. The fluid reservoir is subdivided into two separate fluid chambers, each with a fluid outlet leading to the floor valve. The fluid outlets can be controlled by a manually operable selector valve in such a way that one fluid outlet is opened and the other is closed alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Gimelli Produktions AG
    Inventor: Alfred Schütz