The Procter Gamble Company

Braun Gmbh

Sven Beutner

Christoph Johann Schmitz

Michael Kloeppel-Riech

Armin Schwarz-Hartmann

Katja Honnefeller

Juergen Seng, Sr

Olaf Soerensen

Jürgen Seng

Markus Schuessler

Gisa Nicolin

Michael Klöppel-Riech

Francis Pinto

Juergen Seng

Catrin Zebe

An apparatus for counting the number of ions emitted by an ion source of a handheld domestic appliance is disclosed. The apparatus includes a collector housing for collecting ions impinging on the inner surface of the collector housing and a determining means coupled with the collector housing for determining the number of ions collected by the collector housing. The collector housing has an input opening dimensioned such that the domestic appliance is at least partially insertable into the collector housing via input opening. A method for counting the number of ions emitted by an ion source of a handheld domestic appliance is also disclosed.

Apparatus for counting ions, and method for counting ions

The present invention relates to a brush and a bristle holder. The invention relates in particular to a bristle holder for a brush, the bristle holder having a frame, a bristle anchoring means, and a back part, the back part having a first end area adjacent to the handle part of a connectable brush and a second end area adjacent to the brush end, the first end area supporting at least one first connecting element and the second end area supporting at least one positioning element and at least one holding element. The invention furthermore relates to a brush with and for a bristle holder of the described type.

Bristle holder for a brush

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