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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Braun Gmbh, Kronberg, DE;

Inventors:

Ulrich Störkel, Bad Nauheim, DE;

Heidrun Schmelcher, Oberursel, DE;

Niclas Altmann, Niddatal, DE;

Anke Renz, Schwalbach, DE;

Assignee:

BRAUN GMBH, Kronberg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A61C 17/34 (2006.01); A46B 7/04 (2006.01); A46D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/222 (2013.01); A46B 7/046 (2013.01); A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46D 1/0276 (2013.01); A61C 17/3436 (2013.01);
Abstract

A brush head for an electric toothbrush comprises an attachable housing and a carrier having a mounting side and mounted for driven oscillatory rotational motion around a rotation axis that extends through a center point on the carrier's mounting side. Each of the tufts has a tufting area of at least about 2.0 mm. Filaments in each of the tufts have a cross-sectional area perpendicular to their length extension direction that corresponds to a circular cross sectional area having a diameter in the range of between 140 μm and 102 μm, wherein the brush head comprises only tufts of the defined type.


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