Toothpaste administering automatic toothbrush

Claim 1

A dental appliance comprising: a housing including a curved tubular extension, said housing having opposite ends and formed with first and second elongated recesses; first and second pump means secured to said housing for pumping a paste and fluid directly through said first and second recesses, respectively, for the fluid to emerge from said second recess near said other of said ends; electric rotary drive means disposed in said housing between said opposite ends and having a first longitudinal axis; a flexible drive shaft having a second longitudinal axis and first and second ends rotatably disposed within said curved tubular extension, said first end of said drive shaft being operatively connected to said drive means and said second end of said shaft extending through the other of said housing ends, said housing being divided into first and second portions separable along a plane substantially intersecting said longitudinal axes; bearing means for rotatably supporting said flexible shaft extending therethrough and for securing the first and second portions of said tubular extension together; a toothbrush drivably attached to said second end of said flexible shaft to rotate therewith; valve means to close off said first and second elongated recesses, respectively, near said other of said ends of said housing; and switch means attached to said housing and connected to said electric rotary drive means and to a power supply for switching said electric rotary drive means on and off, whereby upon actuation of said pump means the paste and the fluid are applied to an oral cavity containing teeth and the teeth therein are cleanable by said toothbrush upon actuation of said switch means, and direct application of the toothpaste and the fluid.