Abstract A toothbrush holder and sterilizer having a cylindrical body with an interior shoulder adjacent the upper end and a perforated bottom wall with an annular flange extending downwardly relative to the body. A fluid reservoir upstanding from the bottom wall, the reservoir being open at the top and having a plurality of annularly spaced openings spaced downwardly of the upper end of the reservoir. There is also an exterior shoulder adjacent the upper end of the reservoir in the same plane as the shoulder at the upper end of the body to support an annular disk having a plurality of spaced openings for reception of toothbrushes. A shallow cup is disposed on the flange on the bottom of the body for reception of condensed disinfectant or the like which will flow through the openings or perforations in the bottom wall. Any suitable disinfectant, antiseptic, germicide or the like in liquid form, is disposed in the reservoir and the fumes from the disinfectant pass upwardly and out of the upper end of the reservoir into the chamber where the bristled ends of the toothbrushes are disposed.
A toothbrush holder and sterilizing device comprising: a wall defining a holder body; a bottom wall fixedly attached to said holder body wall at the lower end of said body, said bottom wall having a plurality of perforations therethrough; a substantially imperforate tubular reservoir means for holding sterilizing liquid extending upwardly from the bottom wall and closed at the lower end by said bottom wall, the upper end of said reservoir being open, the reservoir being defined by a tubular wall of smaller cross-sectional area than the interior cross-sectional area of the body, the space between the wall of the body and the wall of the reservoir defining a sterilizing chamber therebetween; an annular disk having a plurality of spaced apart toothbrush handle receiving openings through said annular disk, said disk having a central opening therethrough for accommodating the upper end of said tubular reservoir, said holder body having means for supporting said disk adjacent the upper end of the body, the perforations in said bottom wall acting to drain any liquid which would otherwise accumulate within said chamber; a drainage cup mounted at the lower end of said holder body below said perforations in said bottom wall for collecting liquid draining through said perforations; and a removable cap for the upper end of the body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A toothbrush holder and sterilizing device comprising: a wall defining a holder body; a bottom wall fixedly attached to said holder body wall at the lower end of said body, said bottom wall having a plurality of perforations therethrough; a substantially imperforate tubular reservoir means for holding sterilizing liquid extending upwardly from the bottom wall and closed at the lower end by said bottom wall, the upper end of said reservoir being open, the reservoir being defined by a tubular wall of smaller cross-sectional area than the interior cross-sectional area of the body, the space between the wall of the body and the wall of the reservoir defining a sterilizing chamber therebetween; an annular disk having a plurality of spaced apart toothbrush handle receiving openings through said annular disk, said disk having a central opening therethrough for accommodating the upper end of said tubular reservoir, said holder body having means for supporting said disk adjacent the upper end of the body, the perforations in said bottom wall acting to drain any liquid which would otherwise accumulate within said chamber; a drainage cup mounted at the lower end of said holder body below said perforations in said bottom wall for collecting liquid draining through said perforations; and a removable cap for the upper end of the body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The invention defined by claim 1, wherein the collecting cup is removably mounted on said holder body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The invention defined by claim 1, wherein the bottom wall has a plurality of channels in the upper side thereof, said channels communicating with the openings in the bottom wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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THe invention defined by claim 3, wherein said channels are inclined downwardly toward respective openings in the bottom wall.