Braun Gmbh

The Procter Gamble Company

Ivo Kunath

Wolfgang Stegmann

Georges Driesen

Armin Schwarz-Hartmann

Paul Albert Sagel

Thomas Willi Fritsch

Norbert Schaefer

Benedikt Heil

Duy Phong Vu

Rory McGarry

Martin Haas

Alexander Hilscher

Phong Duy Vu

Martin Stratmann

Ulrich Störkel

Michael Schmid

Michael Stolper

Ingo Vetter

Jens Uwe Stoerkel

Michael Sauer

Lucy Abigail Zimmermann

Philipp Jung

Cloyd Dixon, Jr

Herbert Petzold

Steffi Raehse

Armin Andreas Tschol

Vladimir Fischer

An oral composition capable of identifying a condition within the oral cavity by causing a visual contrast between the condition and the hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity has at least one disclosing agent. The disclosing agent can fluoresce in order to highlight conditions within the oral cavity.

Products and methods for disclosing conditions in the oral cavity

An inductive charger for charging a hand-held appliance is disclosed. The inductive charger includes a charger coil surrounding a magnetic core, the magnetic core forming at least a part of a charger projection, wherein the charger projection is surrounded by the charger coil which is adapted to be inserted, together with the charger projection of the magnetic core, into a charging recess of the hand-held appliance.

Inductive charger for hand held appliances

A storage device for tooth cleaning attachments of a tooth cleaning device is provided. The storage device includes a storage body for storing the tooth cleaning attachments. The storage body has a storage base with at least one storage depression for receiving a tooth cleaning attachment in flat-lying alignment.

Toothbrush charging station with brush storage 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 present invention relates to a tooth cleaning bristle, which is configured as a monofilament and has a outer surface having a contour that is structured preferably in the shape of a longitudinal flute and that has projections and depressions, alternating in the peripheral direction. The invention further relates to a toothbrush head having a bristle holder to which at least one such tooth cleaning bristle is fastened, and finally to a preferably electric toothbrush having such a toothbrush head.

Toothbrush, toothbrush head and tooth cleaning bristle

A bristle cluster for a toothbrush is provided. The bristle cluster includes a number of bristles of a first type and a number of bristles of a second type. The bristles of the first type have wear characteristics that differ from the wear characteristics of the second type. The bristles of the first type have a wear indicator which causes a color change of the bristles, and the bristles of the second type, upon continuous mechanical stress, undergo a visible mechanical change and the free ends of the bristles of the second type are designed to be capable of being longitudinally fanned out.

Bristle tufts and toothbrush with bristle tufts

A brush head of compact design, which includes a bristle carrier having secured to it bristles, and an elastic element for holding an oral, dental and/or gingival cleaning and/or care substance. The elastic element is joined to the bristle carrier by means of a support element. The bristle carrier is made of a first plastic, the support element of a second plastic, and the elastic element of a third plastic.

Brush head for electric and/or manual toothbrushes

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Kronberg, Germany

Ivo Kunath