Gillette Canada Company

The Gillette Company

Mark Edward McConnell

Declan Connolly

Max K Yoshimoto

Gary Lim

Jeff Hoefer

Joseph Watson

David George Grau

Niall O'Gara

Robert Anthony Walsh

Dustin R Brown

Gerald S Szczech

Michael Frank Fryauf

Thomas Craig Masterman

Thomas Overthun

Phillip Maurice Braun

Michael F Roberts

William A Bredall

Karen Claire

Karen Lynn Claire

William Alan Bredall

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

A toothbrush includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements, such as tufts of bristles, extending from the head. Each tooth cleaning element is supported for rotation about primarily only one axis. Each tooth cleaning element is rotatable independent of the other tooth cleaning element(s).

Toothbrush

Toothbrush handle

A floss dispenser includes a housing that includes an exit, and a floss carrier disposed in the housing, where the floss carrier includes an arm extending across the exit, and a strand of dental floss on the floss carrier and extending through the exit.

Dental floss dispenser

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Foster City, CA, United States of America

Mark Edward McConnell