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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Braun Gmbh (a German Corporation), Kronberg, DE;
Thomas Fritsch, Eppstein, DE;
Christof Miltenberger, Neu-Anpach, DE;
Stefan Scheurich, Triefenstein, DE;
Michael Duemig, Kredenbach, DE;
Uwe Tretrop, Frankfurt/Main, DE;
Hermann Frey, Kronberg, DE;
Joerg Kotitschke, Waldems, DE;
Ulrich Stoerkel, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Andreas Reuschenbach, Schwalbach, DE;
BRAUN GMBH, Kronberg, DE;
Abstract
A brush head section for an oral care device is provided. The brush section includes an insert being made from a first thermoplastic material by injection-molding, at least one oral cleaning element and a cleaning element carrier consisting of a second thermoplastic material or a second thermoplastic mixture. The insert and the at least one cleaning element are partially embedded into the cleaning element carrier by over-molding and the cleaning element carrier at least partly engages behind the insert. The hardness of the second thermoplastic material is less than the hardness of the first thermoplastic material.