Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Paul Gruber

Christian Mikula

Scott E Hall

Craig Kortick Black

Friedrich Stoeffler

Gerald Kauer

Peter Haefele

Jan Peter Elkhuizen

Rembert Fertner

Christoph Winkler

A pumping system for an oral composition, having selected rheological properties, useful in oral treatment. The pumping system has defined rheological characteristics to move such an oral composition from a reservoir to an outlet of the system at a given rate.

Pumping system for an oral composition

The fluid-dispensing power toothbrush includes a selected toothbrush architecture, generally, a handle portion, a head portion which is removable from the handle portion and a fluid-dispensing system which is removable with the head portion. The fluid-dispensing portion includes a pump and a fluid reservoir, with the reservoir being removable from the pump. The entire reservoir extends down along an exterior surface of the handle, below the lower edge of the head portion. A cover member overlies and mates with the handle, covering the reservoir when the cover member is in a closed position.

Structural arrangement for a fluid-dispensing power toothbrush

The invention relates to an appliance for personal care () comprising a fluid channel () having an inlet opening () and an outlet opening (), a coupling structure () for coupling an outlet opening () of a cartridge () for storing an auxiliary fluid to the inlet opening () of the fluid channel (), said coupling structure () comprising a contact element () with at least one orifice () forming the inlet opening () of the fluid channel (), which contact element () is connectable to the outlet opening () of the cartridge (), and a sealing element () which is moveable relative to the contact element () between a first position in which it covers the orifice () and a second position in which it is released from said orifice (), said sealing element () comprising engagement means () for engaging with means () in the cartridge and moving the sealing element () to the first position upon disconnection of the cartridge () from the appliance (). The invention furthermore relates to a cartridge () for use with an appliance for personal care (), said cartridge comprising a space for storage of an auxiliary fluid and an outlet opening for coupling the cartridge to said appliance, wherein the cartridge comprises means () for cooperating with the engagement means () of the sealing element () of the coupling structure (), and to a system comprising such an appliance and such a cartridge.

Appliance, cartridge and system for personal care with auxiliary fluid

A personal care system () comprising a personal care appliance () which comprises a body (), an additive outlet (), and a first reservoir () which is connected with said additive outlet () and has a refill inlet () for refilling said reservoir (), a refill unit () comprising a refill outlet () which can be coupled to the refill inlet () of the personal care appliance () for refilling the first reservoir (), which refill unit () comprises a second reservoir () and means () for transporting additive from the second reservoir () to the first reservoir (), when the personal care appliance () is coupled to the refill unit (). The refill unit () is provided in a holder () for storing the personal care appliance when it is not in use. When the personal care appliance is stored in the same holder in which it is placed to be refilled, both functions are integrated into one holder. The user has to perform a simple operation, placing the personal care appliance in the holder, to realize both storage and refill of the personal care appliance, which enhances the user-friendliness of the system.

Refill and storage holder for personal care appliance

An oral care system () comprising a sonic power toothbrush () which comprises a body (), a brush member () mounted on the body (), a brush head () which is supported by the brush member () at its end remote from the body () so as to be able to vibrate relative to the body () and which is provided with bristles () and an additive outlet (), an additive container () connected to said additive outlet (), driving means () for generating sonic frequency vibrations, and transmission means () for transmitting said sonic frequency vibrations to the brush head (), wherein the toothbrush () comprises at least one further additive container (). Instead of the user having to apply a first and a second additive manually to the brush head (), these additives are already incorporated into the sonic-power toothbrush (), which benefits the user-friendliness of the device. The application of the additives to the teeth is realized in an effective manner, while the sonic frequency vibrations enhance the effect of the additives.

Sonic power toothbrush with multiple containers

A toothbrush ( ) has a cleaning member ( ) equipped with a drivable bristle holder ( ) for holding main bristles ( ) and with a drivable interdental bristle holder ( ) for holding interdental bristles ( ),the interdental bristle holder ( ) being coupled to a drive element ( ) with the aid of a coupling element ( ) and, of the coupling element ( ) and the drive element ( ) at the coupling element ( ) is at least partly elastically deformable parallel to the longitudinal bristle direction ( ) of the interdental bristles ( ) held by the interdental bristle holder ( ).

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Bodensdorf, Austria

Paul Gruber