Electric skin hygiene brush

Claim 1

A skin cleansing brush comprising a housing having side walls diverging from a narrow driving end with a passage therein to a broad actuating end, said housing having a configuration to be gripped by a hand of a user; an electric motor mounted in said housing having a rotor; a tubular drive shaft rotatably mounted in said housing in alignment with said passage in said driving end of said housing; reduction gear means disposed in said housing and coupled with said rotor and said drive shaft to drive said drive shaft at a rotational speed less than the rotational speed of said rotor; brush means having a stem removably received in said drive shaft and carrying soft bristles for engaging the skin of a user; switch means disposed in said housing connected with said motor and adapted to be connected with a source of electricity; and actuator means including an elongate post having one end controlling said switch means and terminating at an opposite end at a button exteNding transversely of said post external of said housing; said actuating end of said housing having a recess therein extending over a substantial portion thereof and having a configuration mating with the configuration of said button means, said button being depressible into said recess to actuate said switch means and energize said motor to rotate said brush means.