Gillette Canada Company

The Gillette Company

Declan Connolly

Mark Edward McConnell

Max K Yoshimoto

Gary Lim

Jeff Hoefer

Niall O'Gara

Robert Anthony Walsh

Dustin R Brown

Joseph Watson

David George Grau

Gerald S Szczech

Michael Frank Fryauf

Michael F Fryauf

Mark Mcconnell

An apparatus for manufacturing toothbrushes is provided that includes a molding unit for substantially simultaneously molding toothbrush bodies, an element that removes toothbrush bodies from the molding unit, a tufter for securing tufts of bristles to toothbrush bodies to form toothbrushes, and a transport for automatically moving toothbrush bodies from the removal element to the tufter. A process for forming toothbrushes is also disclosed.

Automated process and apparatus for substantially simultaneously forming multiple articles having different properties

An apparatus is provided that includes a mold that includes a first cavity defining a toothbrush body, a first injection unit in fluid communication with the first cavity and a second cavity, and a second injection unit also in fluid communication with the first cavity. An apparatus is also provided that includes a mold that includes a first cavity defining a toothbrush body, a second cavity defining a toothbrush body, where the first cavity and the second cavity define substantially identical toothbrush bodies, a first injection unit in fluid communication with the first cavity and a second injection unit incapable of being in fluid communication with the second cavity.

Apparatus for substantially simultaneously forming multiple articles having different properties

Toothbrush bristle pattern

Toothbrush handle

Toothbrush

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Clane, Ireland

Declan Connolly