Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Alexandra Kulas

Pieter Johannes Bax

Franciscus Jozef Bosman

Scott Robert Wills

Paulus Cornelis Duineveld

Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek

Jasper Zuidervaart

A power toothbrush apparatus may include a body having a cavity and an opening leading to the cavity. An electric motor may be situated within the cavity and may include first and second biasing members; a stator casing situated between, and linearly biased by, the first and second biasing members, the stator casing may further include at least one opening and at least one electromagnet to generate a magnetic field; and a rotor which may have opposed ends and which may extend through the at least one opening of the stator casing, the rotor may further include an output shaft. The power toothbrush may further include a workpiece having a brush head coupled thereto and which may be coupled to one of the opposed ends of the output shaft.

Drive system for personal-care appliance and method of operation thereof

The sprayhead device includes a housing () having an orifice plate () therein with at least one orifice opening () therethrough. A liquid line () delivers liquid to the sprayhead, where it proceeds through the orifice opening, wherein the liquid flow rate through the orifice and the liquid pressure are sufficiently great relative to the size of the orifice that the liquid moves through the orifice as a continuous stream. Gas is delivered to the housing and gas flows to the interior of the sprayhead through at least two openings () in the housing. The gas streams (flows) intercept the liquid flow perpendicularly, approximately 180&#xb0; apart. The velocity of the gas flows is sufficient to break up the liquid stream from the orifice into a spray of droplets of desired size and velocity, accelerating them out of an acceleration duct () exit portion of the housing.

Sprayhead apparatus for generating a gas-assisted droplet spray for use in oral cleaning

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Sammamish, WA, United States of America

Alexandra Kulas