Braun Gmbh

The Procter Gamble Company

Phillips Petroleum Company

Michael Schmid

Georges Driesen

M Bruce Welch

Helmut G Alt

Syriac J Palackal

Rory McGarry

Max P McDaniel

Gil R Hawley

Rolf L Geerts

Uwe Jungnickel

Wolfgang Stegmann

Norbert Schaefer

Paul D Smith

Thomas Willi Fritsch

Tilmann Winkler

Benedikt Heil

Duy Phong Vu

Armin Schwarz-Hartmann

Martin Stratmann

Eric T Hsieh

Konstantinos Patsidis

Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay

Ulrich Störkel

Martin Haas

Ulrich Stoerkel

Christian Stief

Michael Stolper

Bernhard Boland

Ingo Vetter

Stefan Schamberg

Harald De Buhr

Michael Sauer

Philipp Jung

Jay Janzen

Ivo Kunath

Heiko Bornheimer

Hansjoerg Reick

Roland Zenk

Wolfgang Schüppert

Florian Baier

Manfred Ringelmann

Roland Trombelli

Peter Scheurich

Michael Dümig

Bernd Nootbaar

Thorsten Koch

Roland Doerr

Eva Susanne Thurnay

Simone Back

Alma Alejandro

Vladimir Fischer

Rory Mc Garry

Rory Mcgarry

Electric toothbrush

A brush head for an electric toothbrush is disclosed. The brush head includes a bristle support having mounting means for the movable mounting of the bristle support and a plurality of bristle tufts arranged on the bristle support in at least one outer ring and one middle ring, the middle ring being nested within the outer ring and having a central area. The outer ring includes outer bristle tufts having an elongated tuft cross-section, which outer bristle tufts are mounted on opposing sides of the outer ring. The middle ring includes at least two middle bristle tufts that each have a cross-section that is smaller than the cross-section of the outer bristle tufts and a central area including at least one bristled section that consists of two center bristle tufts having a cross-section larger than the cross-section of the middle bristle tufts. The center bristle tufts each having an elongated, substantially kidney-shaped form that complement each other so that the bristled section of the central area has an approximately circular, oval or elliptical structure.

Electric toothbrush and brush head for an electric toothbrush

The invention is directed to a bristle for a toothbrush, said bristle being comprised of a plastic monofilament, with the preferably cloverleaf-shaped bristle body having several longitudinal ribs arranged in star shape and projecting laterally from a core section of the bristle body. The invention is also directed to a brush head for an electric toothbrush having at least one bristle tuft with at least one such bristle as well as to an electric toothbrush having such a brush head. According to the invention, the bristle of the type initially referred to is configured to be self-fanning in such a manner that the cleaning forces acting on the bristles during normal brushing cause the bristle to split open at its free end. As a result, the need to use complex splitting methods and corresponding splitting machines in the manufacture of the toothbrush can be obviated.

Toothbrush and bristle and brush head for a toothbrush

The present invention relates to a method for producing a brush head for a toothbrush head in which the bristle tufts that are already fixed to a bristle support of the brush head are cut at the free ends thereof such that a desired tuft end contour is generated. According to the invention, at least one bristle tuft is bent away at least in parts and held in a bent-away position while the tuft end contour of this at least one and/or of another bristle tuft is cut.

Method for producing a toothbrush head

The present invention relates to a personal use device, preferably a toothbrush, a shaving device, or a hair removal device. The invention relates to a refill pack for such a personal use device, having a supply container (), particularly a supply bag, containing at least one hygiene or care substance such as toothpaste or the like, and a pump () tightly connected to the supply container, the pump chamber of which is connected to the interior () of the supply container via an input valve (). By deformation of a membrane which bounds the pump chamber (), the pump chamber volume can be changed. The invention also relates to a method for filling such a refill pack.

Refill pack for a personal use device

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

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.

Toothbrush head

Toothbrush refill

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Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Michael Schmid