Braun Gmbh

Helen of Troy Limited

Braun Aktiengesellschaft

The Procter Gamble Company

Gillette Canada Inc

Pur Water Purification Products, Inc.

Gillette Canada Company

Armin Schwarz-Hartmann

Hansjörg Reick

Peter Trawinski

Alexander Hilscher

Martin Stratmann

Wolfgang Vorbeck

Georges Driesen

Horst Mannebach

Rainer Hans

Thomas Willi Fritsch

Ahmet Cem Firatli

Norbert Schaefer

Christian Neyer

Peter Hilfinger

David James Emmons

Brian David Andres

Richard Paul Riedel

John D Tanner

Matthew Lloyd Newman

Bernhard Boland

Steven James Schroeck

Simon Leung

Peter Stoeffel

Michael Harms

Mingchih M Tseng

Martin Haas

Werner Haczek

Philipp Jung

Ivo Kunath

Heiko Bornheimer

Scott Batson

Helge Zimmet

Michael Drössler

Thomas Craig Masterman

Jean L Spencer

Gordon Gerald Guay

Michael F Roberts

Karl Herzog

Thomas Aurele Christman

Michael Schmid

Michael Stolper

William Ralph Brown, Jr

Katja Honnefeller

Jeffrey S Meessmann

Michael Kloeppel-Riech

Juergen Seng, Sr

Joachim Lepper

Olaf Soerensen

Jürgen Seng

Sven Beutner

Michael Klöppel-Riech

Götz Gardlo

Manfred Ringelmann

Michael Roberts

John David Tanner

William Brown

Lars Lieberwirth

A faucet-mounted filter system includes a body forming a fluid chamber having a water inlet, a quick connect device positioned adjacent the water inlet for mounting the filter system to a water faucet, a filtered water flow path disposed within the body and in fluid communication with the water inlet, an unfiltered water flow path disposed within the body and in fluid communication with the water inlet, a diverter valve disposed within the fluid chamber and operable to open and close the filtered and unfiltered water flow paths, a seal, an actuator engaging the diverter valve to open and close the filtered and unfiltered water flow paths, a flow meter connected to the body and in fluid communication with the filter flow path, a filter housing connected to the body and having a reservoir, and a filter cartridge disposed within the reservoir.

Apparatus and methods for faucet-mounted water filtration systems

A faucet-mounted filter system that includes a body forming a fluid chamber having a water inlet, a quick connect device positioned adjacent the water inlet for mounting the filter system to a water faucet such that the water inlet is placed in fluid communication with the water faucet, a filtered water flow path disposed within the body and in fluid communication with the water inlet, an unfiltered water flow path disposed within the body and in fluid communication with the water inlet, a diverter valve disposed within the fluid chamber and operable to open and close the filtered and unfiltered water flow paths, a seal for sealing the fluid chamber, an actuator engaging the diverter valve to open and close the filtered and unfiltered water flow paths without having to interrupt the seal, a flow meter connected to the body and in fluid communication with the filter flow path, a filter housing connected to the body and having a reservoir, and a filter cartridge disposed within the reservoir. The filter cartridge is in fluid communication with the flow meter.

An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.

Dental cleaning device

The invention relates to a brush head for a toothbrush. The brush head has a brush disc () mounted in a rotatable fashion on a brush body () and a channel () with an opening for the application of a cleaning product and a composite part () that serves as a valve () for opening the channel () and as a rotational bearing for the brush disc (). The composite part () comprises a tube () made of hard material on the one end thereof and is connected to the channel () there. The valve (), which is made of an elastic material, is disposed on the other end of the composite part (). The tube () of the compound part () is connected to the brush body () in a stationary fashion, for example, pressed into the brush body (). The brush disc () is mounted in a rotatable fashion on the tube (). The valve () is preferably designed as a slotted valve with a slot ().

Brush head for a toothbrush

The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled.

Method and device for cleaning teeth

An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The toothbrush includes a housing; a brush; an electric motor for driving the brush; a power supply for providing the electric power required for operation of the toothbrush; a switch mechanism for turning the drive on and off; and an electronic circuit for adjusting the effective voltage (U) applied to the electric motor. In operation, a voltage supplied by the power supply declines with the discharge status of the power supply from a high-voltage range to a low-voltage range. During operation of the toothbrush in the high-voltage range (H), the effective voltage (U) applied to the electric motor is lowered to a level at which the electric motor has reached a rotational speed corresponding essentially to the rotational speed of the electric motor in the medium-voltage range.

Electric toothbrush

The present invention relates to a brush and a bristle holder. The invention relates in particular to a bristle holder for a brush, the bristle holder having a frame, a bristle anchoring means, and a back part, the back part having a first end area adjacent to the handle part of a connectable brush and a second end area adjacent to the brush end, the first end area supporting at least one first connecting element and the second end area supporting at least one positioning element and at least one holding element. The invention furthermore relates to a brush with and for a bristle holder of the described type.

Bristle holder for a brush

An electric toothbrush is provided, the electric toothbrush having a housing, with a drive that is elastically mounted on the housing by means of a spring device and can be moved in an oscillatory fashion in at least one plane of motion, and with a transmission element that is connected to the drive and serves for transmitting the driving motion to a brush head.

A head for an electric toothbrush includes a support member having a plurality of holes extending completely therethrough. A plurality of tufts of bristles each extends through one of the holes. A first brushing end of each tuft projects from a first side of the support member. Each tuft is prevented from being withdrawn from its hole when a tensile force is applied to the first end of each tuft along a long axis of the tuft. A resilient cushion is positioned adjacent a second side of the support member such that a second end of each tuft can contact the cushion. When a compressive force is applied to the first end of each tuft along the long axis of each tuft, each tuft can move in its hole in a first direction into the cushion. When the compressive force is removed the cushion causes each tuft to move in its hole in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction.

Electric toothbrush head

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Wendelsheim, Germany

Armin Schwarz-Hartmann