The Gillette Company

Braun Gmbh

Stephanie Venzke

Benedikt Heil

Armin Tschol

Aycan Senturk Andersson

Marlis Hübner

Fritz T Schubert

Markus Sabisch

Shyam Kishan Mandre

Aycan Sentürk Andersson

Ulrike Galloway

Sabrina Arias Haber

Aycan SENTÜRK Andersson

An oral irrigator has a first liquid container, a nozzle outlet, a pump driven by a drive to pump liquid from the liquid container to the nozzle outlet so that a liquid jet is emitted via the nozzle outlet, a first switch arranged so that the drive is powered when the first switch is actuated once and the oral irrigator is switched into an ON state, and so that powering of the drive is stopped and the oral irrigator is switched into an OFF state when the first switch is actuated once again, and a second switch arranged so that the drive is powered only while the second switch is continuously actuated by the user and powering is stopped when the second switch is released.

Oral irrigator

An oral care implement comprises a head and a handle, the head having a length extension and the handle having a length extension, the length extension of the head and the handle together defining an overall length extension of the oral care implement along a longitudinal axis. The overall length extension of the oral care implement is from about 194 mm to about 197 mm and the ratio of the length extension of the handle to the overall length extension of the oral care implement is from about 0.59 to about 0.65.

Oral care implement and method for manufacturing such oral care implement

An oral care implement comprises a head and a handle made of a first material. The handle has a distal end and a proximal end closest to the head. The handle comprises a thumb rest made of a second material, the second material being different from the first material. The thumb rest comprises an area from about 202 mmto about 360 mmand has a concave shape. The thumb rest comprises a portion being inclined with respect to a remaining portion of the thumb rest by an angle &#x3b1; of about 20&#xb0; to about 25&#xb0;, the angle &#x3b1; being defined by a first line and a second line. The first line extends between a most elevated point and a lowest point of the thumb rest, and the second line extends between the lowest point and an end point of the thumb rest, the end point of the thumb rest being closest to the distal end of the handle.

Oral care implement and method for manafacturing such oral care implement

A head () for an oral care implement () has a mounting surface () comprising at least one tuft of a first type () and at least one tuft of a second type (), the at least one tuft of the first type () and the at least one tuft of the second type () each having a cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional area of the tuft of the first type () is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the tuft of the second type (). The at least one tuft of the first type () comprises flagged filaments having split free ends, and the at least one tuft of the second type () comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and having an end-rounded free end.

Head for an oral care implement, oral care implement and method for manufacturing such head

A head () for an oral care implement () has a mounting surface () with a proximal end () and a distal end (), the head () comprising at least one tuft of a first type () and at least one tuft of a second type (). The at least one tuft of the first type () comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and an end-rounded free end, and the at least one tuft of the second type () comprises flagged filaments having split free ends. The at least one tuft of the first type () is arranged at the distal end (), and the at least one tuft of the second type () is arranged at the proximal end () of the head ().

A head for an oral care implement has a mounting surface comprising at least one tuft of a first length and at least one tuft of a second length, the first length being longer than the second length measured from the mounting surface of the head along a longitudinal axis of the tufts. The at least one tuft of the first length comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and an end-rounded free end, while the at least one tuft of the second length comprises flagged filaments having split free ends.

A head () for an oral care implement () has a mounting surface () comprising at least one tuft of a first type () and at least one tuft of a second type (), the at least one tuft of the first type () and the at least one tuft of the second type () each having a cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional area of the tuft of the first type () is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the tuft of the second type. The at least one tuft of the first type () comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and having an end-rounded free end, and the at least one tuft of the second type () comprises flagged filaments having split free ends.

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