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Patented March 15, 1904.
UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE C. BESSONET, OF CHANNING, TEXAS.
TOOTH-CLEANING IMPLEMENT.
SPECIF1CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,841, dated March 15, 1904.
Application filed November 28, 1903. Serial No. 183,064. (No model.)To all whom 'it i7ay corncern:
Be it known that I, GEORGE C. BESSONET, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Chan-
ning, in the county of Hartley and State of
5 Texas, have invented new and useful Improve-
ments in Tooth-Cleaning Implements,of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to tooth-cleaning im-
plenents of that class having a strand exposed
Io across a portion thereof for insertion between
the teeth to remove sediment and small par-
ticles of food; and the object of the same is to
simplify devices of this character and equip
them with means for controlling the feed of
15 the strand and reliably hold the latter under.
proper tension, the several parts being com-
pact and comparatively simple in construc-
tion, as well as convenient in assemblage or
disconnection.
20 The invention consists in the construction
and arrangement of the several parts, which
will be more fully hereinafter set forth.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva-
tion of an implement embodying the features
25 of the invention and shown broken away in
part. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the im-
plement. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view
of a feed-controlling plug forming part of the
implement.
30 Similar numerals of reference are employed
to indicate corresponding parts in the several
views.
The numeral 1 designates a handle or grip,
2 a screw-cap for closing a bobbin-chamber
35 3 in the rear end of the handle, and 4 a forked
head having arms 5 deflected at an angle, as
clearly shown by Fig. 2, and terminally pro-
vided with seat-grooves 6. The forked head
4 is removably secured to the handle 1 by a
40 screw-threaded shank 7, and extending trans-
versely into the handle near the end to which
the head is attached is a tension-screw or simi-
lar device 8. The handle is formed with a longi-
tudinal groove 9, leading from an outlet-open-
45 ing 10, communicating with the bobbin cham-
ber or cavity 3 at the rear end of the handle
and continuing through an enlarged front end
11 of said handle. The outer portion of one
of the arms 5 is also formed with a groove 12,
50 and in the opposite arm is a headed securing-stud 13. A bobbin 14 is rotatably held in the
chamber or cavity 3 and is adapted to be filled
with a strand 15. This strand may consist of
waxed or other thread or silk floss ordinarily
used for dental purposes and is drawn out- 55
wardly through the opening 10, passed up-
wardly through the groove 9 to the tension-
screw 8, and then through the grooved arm 5
and across the terminals of both arms and the
end wound on the headed securing-stud, as '60
clearly shown by Fig. 1. The tension-screw
8 is used to give the strand sufficient tight-
ness, especially across the forked head 4, so
that it may be practically inserted between
and withdrawn from the teeth. 65
The one end, 16, of the bobbin is reduced and
rotatably engages a socket 17 in the inner end
wall of the chamber or cavity 3. The opposite
end, 18, of the bobbin is squared or angular in
cross-section and removably fitted in a corre- 70
spondingly-shaped socket 19 in the head of a
plug 20, rotatably mounted in the cap 2. The
plug 20 has a stem 21, which rotatably projects
through the cap 2 and is provided with a rear
or outer milled head 22, which is always held 75
exteriorly of the cap. The chamber or cavity
3 is rendered readily accessible for disposition
of the bobbin 14 therein by removing the cap
2, and simultaneously the plug 20 is with-
drawn. The bobbin then has its squared or 8o
angular extremity 18 fitted in the socket 19
and projected centrally into the said chamber
or cavity, when the cap is applied and caused
to accurately register with the cavity 17 at
the inner end of the said chamber 3. The 85
strand is then drawn outwardly through the
opening 10 and arranged as heretofore ex-
plained. When it is desired to unwind the
strand from the bobbin, the plug is 'turned
through the medium of the milled head 22 90
to release as much of the strand as may be
necessary and refills the part thereof which
has been used and disposed across the ends.of
the arms of the forked head 4. The plug,
though rotatably disposed in the cap 2, is held 95
snug enough to prevent free movement of the
bobbin, and by the use of the plug independ-
ent rotation of the bobbin and looseness of
the strand is prevented.
It will be understood that when the portion 100No, 754,841.
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Bessonet, George C. Tooth Cleaning Implement, patent, March 15, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512923/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.