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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D531518 | Dispenser for razor cartridge | 11/07/2006 |
| 7086111 | Electric dental cleaning device The invention is directed to a dental cleaning device. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric toothbrushing device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, a drive mechanism for driving the coupled cleaning tool, and... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6893100 | Methods and apparatus for automated brush assembly Methods and apparatus for automated brush assembly are disclosed. A method of end-rounding bristle ends with an abrasive surface in random orbital motion relative to bristle tufts held in a movable gripper is described. A novel tuft carrier adapted to hold a plurali... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6884069 | Oral care device An oral care device includes an electric motor, an air compressor operated by the motor, and an enclosed container for holding a slurry. A first conduit conducts compressed air from the compressor into the container. The compressed air is at a pressure of between ab... | 04/26/2005 |
| D501605 | Toothbrush head | 02/08/2005 |
| 6760946 | Brush head for toothbrush A head for a toothbrush including a neck and, first and second sets of one or more bristles each. The first and second sets are indirectly supported by the neck and movable relative to each other such that at least one component of this relative movement causes the ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6679696 | Apparatus for substantially simultaneously forming multiple articles having different properties An apparatus is provided that includes a mold that includes a first cavity defining a toothbrush body, a first injection unit in fluid communication with the first cavity and a second cavity, and a second injection unit also in fluid communication with th... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6574820 | Brush head for toothbrush A head for a toothbrush including a neck and, first and second sets of one or more bristles each. The first and second sets are indirectly supported by the neck arid movable relative to each other such that at least one component of this relative movement... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6564416 | Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a head having bristle tufts implanted therein. At least two of the tufts cross so as to permit at least some the bristles to intermingle. One of the two tufts is located adjacent a long side of the head.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6553604 | Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements, such as tufts of bristles, extending from the head. Each tooth cleaning element is supported for rotation about primarily only one axis. Each too... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6453497 | Oral care device An oral care device includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, and one or more oral care elements extending from the head. The device also includes a drive for engaging a base portion of each of the one or more oral care elements and for positio... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6439669 | Filament gripper A gripper includes a) a first element that includes a plurality of male components; and b) a second element that includes a plurality of female components dimensioned to receive the male components. The first element and the second element are moveable fr... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6397425 | Polypropylene brush body An oral brush includes a) a body that includes a polymer composition that includes polypropylene and has a melt flow rate of at least about 10 g/10 min, and b) bristles extending from the body.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6372162 | Injection molding of oral brush bodies A method for making an oral brush body using an injection molding apparatus includes injecting polymer into a mold cavity at a pressure no greater than about 250 psi and in an amount sufficient to fill the cavity. The injection molding apparatus includes ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6352313 | Brush tufting The composite brush mold includes a) a first component that includes a pattern of holes extending from a first surface of the first component to a second surface of the first component, the holes being configured to receive tufts that include at least one... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6308367 | Toothbrush A toothbrush having a handle a head extending from the handle, and a plurality of tufts of bristles secured to the head. One of the tufts is secured to the head at a location such that no other tuft is secured to the head at a location which is more dista... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6302121 | Dental floss dispenser A floss dispenser includes a housing that includes an exit, and a floss carrier disposed in the housing, where the floss carrier includes an arm extending across the exit, and a strand of dental floss on the floss carrier and extending through the exit.... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6272714 | Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, and a tuft of bristles extending from the head. The tuft is inclined such that the angle of inclination is an acute angle relative to a surface of the head through which the tuft extends. T... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6247930 | Disposable dental treatment tray for holding medicament gel The present invention relates to a tray for holding medicament to be applied to the teeth and gums of a patient, said tray being unitarily formed of a flexible composite material comprising a flexible, fine-celled polymeric foam upper layer, a tying layer... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6199242 | Tooth polishing brush The present invention relates to a toothbrush with uniform diameter bristles containing a polishing agent with a particle size of from about 0.01 μm to about 100 μm, wherein cleaning of the teeth is improved without any of the adverse side effects assoc... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6173844 | Merchandise display system A merchandise display system includes a support from which merchandise can be suspended. The support includes a rod with a hook at its free end. The rod is angled down towards its free end. A member on one side of the merchandise restricts movement of the... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6146687 | Method of coating a fiber A method and apparatus for coating a fiber used in oral hygiene. The method comprises aerosolizing a coating and projecting the aerosolized coating particles onto a target area of the fiber. The method also comprises recycling recaptured coating particles... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6108851 | Toothbrush The present invention relates to a toothbrush which exhibits superior interproximal and gingival margin cleaning. The toothbrush includes an elongated handle member connected to a toothbrush head member. The head is divided into two regions. A "toe" regio... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6049371 | Image print having one or more positive images and method for making same An image print includes one or more positive images representing one or more corresponding images located on an image recording medium. An alphabetic description is provided on the image print for at least one of the one or more positive images which iden... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6039493 | Ball point pen A ball point pen has a hollow nib member (2) attached to the end of a cylindrical body (1) enclosing a ink reservoir (3), the forward end of the nib member being spaced from the axis (B) of the body and having a tip element (4) welded thereto so that the ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6004058 | Marking instrument A marking instrument, especially a reservoir pen, has a diaphragm which is deflected by retraction of a marking tip to open a port to connect a feed channel to the reservoir containing a marking fluid. A cavity communicating with the port has a volume whi... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5938040 | Display tray A display device includes a generally planar upper surface. The upper surface has at least two upstanding walls, each wall having a profiled edge for receiving and supporting a generally cylindrical object. At least one of the walls is removable from the ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5927819 | Method and device for trimming and end-rounding bristles A method of trimming and end-rounding bristles and a device for carrying out the method are provided. The method includes providing a group of elongated continuous filaments arranged so that the longitudinal axis of each of the filaments is substantially ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5589905 | Camera with illumination source A camera device for a photographer viewing a scene to be photographed includes an illumination source for illuminating the scene and means for linearly scanning the scene with said illumination source to provide a visible linear indication of a scanned re... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5569904 | Multispot autofocus system having a radiation emitter which emits radiation that is divided into a plurality of discrete beams A multispot autofocus system, usable with a camera, includes a radiation emitter for emitting visible or infrared radiation. The radiation is divided into at least three discrete beams of radiation by one or more holographic and/or diffractive optical ele... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5561486 | Assembly for use in electromagnetic actuator An assembly which can be used as a rotor in an electromagnetic actuator for a camera shutter. The assembly generally includes at least two pieces of magnetic material each having a north and south pole, a drive arm, means for magnetically holding the magn... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5555057 | Differential gear for motor driven photographic system A differential gear mechanism for loading, advancing, rewinding and unloading photographic film, and in particular, film in a thrust film cartridge, for a photographic system. The differential gear includes a sun gear, which is rotatable, a planetary gear... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555071 | Camera with self-timer and electronic flash A camera includes a self-timer operable to delay picture taking for a predetermined interval and an electronic flash having a variable re-charge time. Operation of the self-timer is prevented when the predetermined interval is less than the re-charge time... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555069 | Camera with electrochromic filter A camera includes means for supporting an imaging element for recording a scene, an electrochromic filter disposed between the scene and the imaging element and a photoelectric element which emits electrical energy the value of which depends on an amount ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5550606 | Camera with magnetically movable light blocking shield A camera includes a taking lens and at least one light blocking shield which is movable between (1) a light blocking position in which light passing through the taking lens is partially blocked from reaching an image recording surface such that a reduced ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5546156 | Camera with pointing aid A camera having a pointing aid emitter that produces a visible beam generally aligned with the optical axis of the camera objective lens such that the visible beam illuminates an object in the scene includes a scene measurement system that measures an asp... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5541695 | Camera with laser remote controller A camera and remote control mechanism for controlling operation of the camera includes a camera housing, one or more controllable mechanisms disposed in the camera housing, a remote controller separate from the camera housing for transmitting radiation to... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5541697 | Camera with orientation indicator A camera includes a viewfinder for composing a scene to be recorded and means for determining the camera's orientation relative to at least one axis. The camera further includes visual or audio means, cooperating with the determining means, for indicating... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5535062 | Magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus for reading and/or recording information on a magnetic information track on a photosensitive medium A magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus for reading and/or recording information from/on a magnetic information track on a web comprises a magnetic reading and/or recording element and a flexible member for supporting the magnetic reading and/or rec... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5530512 | Autofocus camera A camera includes an autofocus system which receives radiation reflected at least from a predetermined portion of a scene to be photographed to focus a taking lens with respect to the scene. The camera further includes a laser for impinging a visible ligh... | 06/25/1996 |
