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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Edward McConnell, Naas, IE;
Michael Frank Fryauf, West Branch, IA (US);
Declan Connolly, County Kildare, IE;
Gerald S. Szczech, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
Gillette Canada Company, Halifax, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing toothbrushes is provided that includes a molding unit for substantially simultaneously molding toothbrush bodies, an element that removes toothbrush bodies from the molding unit, a tufter for securing tufts of bristles to toothbrush bodies to form toothbrushes, and a transport for automatically moving toothbrush bodies from the removal element to the tufter. A process for forming toothbrushes is also disclosed.