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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1996
Adam B Craft, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Teledyne Industries, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A brush-head assembly for a motor driven toothbrush including an elongated handle housing a motor with a primary drive shaft extending outwardly from one end of the handle, said assembly comprising a housing sleeve attachable at one end to said handle, said sleeve having a second end defining an inner cylindrical bearing surface and an annular end surface, a brush head including a shaft journaled in said second sleeve end and defining an outer cylindrical bearing surface juxtaposed with said inner cylindrical bearing surface and an annular shoulder juxtaposed with said annular end surface of said sleeve, and a soft resilient annular bushing positioned between said brush head shoulder and said sleeve end surface.