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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norbert Dumler, Ansbach, DE;
Assignee:
Georg Karl geka-brush GmbH, Bechhofen-Waizendorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B / ; A46B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
151671 ; 15172 ; 15184 ;
Abstract
In an interdental cleaning device comprising a brush and a holder, the brush being pivotably and replaceably disposed on the free end of the holder, and the holder consisting of two shells, it is provided with a view to advantageous pivotablility of the brush and defined stop positions being attained, accompanied with simple implementation in terms of plastics technology, that the brush comprises a ball of a ball and socket joint and that a socket of a ball and socket joint is formed by two socket members to be assembled and disassembled, one socket member at a time being formed on an end of a shell.