Sunstar Suisse S.a.

Interbros Gmbh

Rhodia Engineering Plastics, S.a.

Gerhard Pötsch

Jürgen Butz

Marcel Op De Laak

Hannes Hauser

Steffen Lehr

Marcel On De Laak

Markus Rümmele

Christian Leisinger

Didier Chomier

Klaus Schwitzer

Stefan Holtermann

An interdental cleaner () has a rod-shaped support () made of plastic, a handle part () connected to the support (), and a cleaning part () which has a sleeve-shaped cover () arranged on the support (). The cover carries radially outwardly protruding cleaning elements (). Provision is made that the cover consists of a plurality of cover parts, wherein a first cover part () consists of a first soft-elastic plastic, and wherein a second cover part () consists of a second soft-elastic plastic or of a thermoplastic, wherein the plastics material of the first cover part () is different than the plastics material of the second cover part (). Preferably, the plastics material of the first cover part () has a lower Shore hardness than the plastics material of the second cover part ().

Interdental cleaner

An interdental cleaner with a rod-like support which has a cleaning device in an axial end region. The cleaning device includes a cover on the support made of a soft-elastic plastic, and structuring is formed on the outside of the cover having a plurality of fingers protruding with radial components from the cover, which fingers are made of the same material as the cover and are connected as one piece thereto. The structuring additionally has a bristle edging with a plurality of bristle bundles protruding with radial components from the cover and/or individual bristles which are each formed from pre-produced bristles embedded in the cover and/or in the support.

An interdental cleaner has a rod-shaped support which is made of plastic and which, at a support rear end region, has a grip part. A support opposite front end region has a flocking with flock fibers made of plastic. The rod-shaped support is provided, in the support front end region, with a sleeve-shaped cover made of a flexible plastic. The flocking is arranged on the cover.

An interdental cleaner has a rod-shaped carrier formed of plastic, which has a structuring with structural elements radially protruding from the carrier on at least one section of an axial length thereof. The carrier is twisted in at least one part of the section having the structuring together with the structuring about a carrier longitudinal axis.

Method for the production of an interdental cleaner

The invention concerns the production of articles comprising at least a rigid element () and at least an element () made of a thermoplastic material obtained by moulding. The rigid element () has a profiled transverse section defining a concave space, wherein is positioned at least partly an element made of thermoplastic material.

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Freiburg, Germany

Gerhard Pötsch