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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185991 | Electric toothbrush and toothbrush head A toothbrush head of an electric toothbrush, the toothbrush extending longitudinally and having a hand part, the toothbrush head including a drive rocker, a brush-head carrier coupled to the drive rocker, a main bristle carrier and an additional bristle carrier, bot... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181301 | Dental cleaning device An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176590 | Oscillating toothbrush Unique dental care devices, systems and methods for cleaning teeth and oral tissue comprises an oscillating tooth brush with dual opposing brush heads, adapted to clean teeth and sulcus area. The devices are capable of brushing a set of opposing upper and lower teet... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176591 | Electrical toothbrush An electrical toothbrush includes an electrical toothbrush main body including a drive source of a brush; an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation of the electrical toothbrush main body; and a controller configured to switch an operation mode of the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8141192 | Oral-care device and system A device with two or more regions configured to clean or treat a working surface is disclosed. Preferably, the device is an oral-care device with a power cleaning head. The power cleaning head comprises two or more regions, wherein at least one of the regions is con... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8087116 | Electric toothbrush The invention relates to a mechanism for driving the head of an electric toothbrush. The mechanism includes a cam 20 rotatably driven by a motor 10 and an elongate transfer mechanism 30 having a receiver 40 for receiving the cam at one en... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8056175 | Toothbrush device A toothbrush device including a brush member and a grip. The brush member includes an electric terminal accommodation chamber and an electric terminal plate accommodated in the electric terminal accommodation chamber. The electric terminal plate includes a contact, ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051520 | Toothbrush and process for producing the same The invention relates to an electric toothbrush (10) having a rechargeable energy store (24) that is arranged in an inner space (36) in the body (12) of the toothbrush (10). The inner space (36) is sealed by a primary sealin... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046861 | Power toothbrush using acoustic wave action for cleansing of teeth The toothbrush includes a handle portion and a brushhead assembly which comprises a head portion and a stem portion. The head portion includes a bellows-like acoustic action member for creating acoustic wave action as it moves in and out in response to an acoustic d... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8037566 | Power toothbrush using acoustic wave action for cleansing of teeth The toothbrush includes a handle portion and a brushhead assembly which comprises a head portion and a stem portion. The head portion includes a bellows-like acoustic action member for creating acoustic wave action as it moves in and out in response to an acoustic d... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032965 | Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush includes a driving source; a vibrating member having a brush; a transmission mechanism which converts an output of the driving source into vibration of the vibrating member; and a control unit that controls the output of the driving source. Th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032964 | Brush section for an electric toothbrush A brush section for use with an electric toothbrush includes a relatively large brush head portion having a generally rectangular shape, although oblong, elliptical and other such shapes having a length to width aspect ration greater than 1 may be employed. The brus... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8020238 | Powered toothbrush A powered toothbrush refill head combines a typical round oscillating or primary tuft block which oscillates in a rotational manner with a secondary tuft block. The secondary tuft block may be oscillated in a rotational manner or may oscillate linearly back and fort... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015648 | System for removably joining a driven member to a driven member with workpiece The system includes a plurality of joining assemblies (37, 38, 39) for removably attaching a driven member assembly (15) of the appliance to an appliance body portion (12), wherein the joining assemblies are separate from the torsional axis of t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015649 | Personal care article with vibrating head part An interdental treatment device, such as a toothbrush, includes a handle configured to accommodate an electric power source, a head carrying an interdental treatment tool, and a neck between the handle and the head. The head or neck includes a mechanical motorized v... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7992244 | Electric toothbrushes In a first embodiment an electric toothbrush having a housing containing an electric motor, the motor being drivingly connected to a first brush head rotatably mounted on an end of the toothbrush remote from the motor and adjacent to at least one other rotatable bru... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987545 | Method and device for cleaning teeth The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device,... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987544 | Brushhead attachment system for a power toothbrush The attachment system includes a brushhead assembly having a spring/carrier combination which comprises a spring assembly and a separate carrier assembly, adapted to mate as a combination with a receiving portion, in the form of a cup member, at the top of the handl... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979938 | Changing amplitude of movement by changing the drive frequency of a toothbrush brushhead The drive system drives a brushhead at a driving frequency. The drive system includes a frequency modulation system which changes. the driving frequency about a center frequency in such a manner, with selected frequency deviation and modulation frequency, which inte... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979939 | 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... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975341 | Bio-activated oral care instrument An oral care instrument, such as a motorized toothbrush, which activates upon exposure to the oral environment of the user, is described. The electrical conductivity of saliva, optionally mixed with toothpaste and water, may be utilized to complete an electrical cir... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962988 | Toothbrush with powered head A powered toothbrush includes a handle having a neck. A head is mounted to the neck and has a first surface and an opposed second surface. At least one fixed tuft block is mounted to the head in a fixed orientation and has a plurality of tooth cleaning elements exte... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954192 | Powered toothbrush with rotating sections The head of a toothbrush includes a first tuft block having bristles and a second tuft block having bristles. The first and second tuft blocks are mounted for counter-rotational or counter-rotational oscillating movement in a direction parallel to the outer surface ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954191 | Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a head having a prophylaxis polishing cup closely surrounded by cleaning elements in the form of a bristle ring extending above the upper surface of the cup. Alternatively, the cups could be in the form of arrays of densely packed cleaning elem... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934284 | Toothbrushes Toothbrush heads, e.g., for power toothbrushes, are provided. The toothbrush heads include a support member, a resilient member extending from the support member, and a plurality of tufts of bristles extending from the support member and at least partially surroundi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7917983 | Vibrating hair brush A vibrating hair brush for enhanced detangling of hair, comprising a head with a base and a bristle-bearing pad, the pad comprising a motor and a vibrating actuator for generating a vibration movement in the pad, the pad being pivotally attached to the base such tha... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917984 | Electric toothbrushes An electric toothbrush comprises a handle having an electric motor, a head, a rotating shaft, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. The head has a first and second bristle holders, each having a plurality of bristles, wherein the second bristle holde... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917982 | Electric toothbrush and charging unit A handpiece of an electric toothbrush having a housing in which a drive unit is received. The housing has a forward or rearward housing opening adapted to be closed by a cover in a preferably moisture- and liquid-proof manner, with snap-action detent elements provid... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7886393 | Vibrating toothbrush A vibrating toothbrush is provided with vibration-isolating zones that substantially isolate vibrations in the head and reduce vibrations transmitted to the handle without sacrificing structural integrity around the vibration-isolation zones. Such zones may generall... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877832 | Toothbrush An electrically powered toothbrush comprising a handle which contains an electric motor and power supply, a head part connected to the handle to be driven in motion by the electric motor by a transmission means between the motor and the oral head part. The head part... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865994 | Vibrating hair brush A vibrating hair brush for enhanced detangling of hair, comprising a head portion including a motor assembly for operating a vibrating actuator and a plurality of bristles depending from a bristle pad of the head portion, wherein the actuator is disposed for generat... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861348 | Electric toothbrushes An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has a handle, a head with carriers and a longitudinal axis, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head. A motor is disposed within the handle. A shaft is operatively connected to the motor. The sha... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861349 | Method and device for cleaning teeth The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device,... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861350 | Multi-motion toothbrush An electrically powered toothbrush comprises a body having a first end, a head opposite from the first end, and a neck extending between the first end and the head. The body defines a hollow region therewithin. An electrical motor and a power source are disposed in ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7849548 | Extended reach ultrasonic toothbrush An ultrasonic toothbrush for daily oral hygiene application is disclosed, having an ultrasound transducer in direct contact with the fluids in the oral cavity, without ultrasound energy attenuation between the transducer and the fluids in the oral cavity. Maximum le... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845039 | Toothbrush with severable electrical connections Disclosed is an electrical connector having particular application in an oral care implement having a removable and/or replaceable head. In particular, an electric toothbrush having a removable brush head and/or head and neck assembly and a severable electrical conn... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836537 | Toothbrush with independently mobile bristle groups for vertical brushing of teeth A toothbrush with independently mobile bristles comprises a toothbrush body with a handle section, a head section and a neck section, with a long axis there through. A plurality of individual, linear slots extends from a top surface of the head section and terminate... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827644 | Toothbrush with resilient head section A powered toothbrush is provided and includes a handle portion having a neck formed at one end and a head coupled to the neck. The head includes a first carrier coupled to the head and operatively connected to a drive mechanism for moving the first carrier in a firs... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810199 | Electric toothbrush and toothbrush head for the same A toothbrush head of an electric toothbrush, the toothbrush extending longitudinally and having a hand part, the toothbrush head including a drive rocker, a brush-head carrier coupled to the drive rocker, a main bristle carrier and an additional bristle carrier, bot... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7793375 | Powered toothbrush with curved neck and flexible shaft A powered toothbrush having a curved neck and a flexible shaft within said neck is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a powered toothbrush having a curved neck of a constant radius, a flexible shaft and a clutch mechanism to disengage the flexible shaft from a dri... | 09/14/2010 |
