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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941886 | Toothbrushes Toothbrush heads, e.g., for power toothbrushes, are provided. The toothbrush heads include a support member and a plurality of bristles or tufts of bristles extending from the support member, the bristles or bristle tufts having different lengths. The contour of the... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7832042 | Brush head for toothbrush An elongated toothbrush head defining a longitudinal axis includes a first brush member having a first brush support surface and a second brush member which is a pivot arm mounted for pivotal movement on the first brush member. The pivot arm has a second brush suppo... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7761947 | Complex motion toothbrush An electrically driven toothbrush may comprise a shaft comprising a cam. The cam may contact and move a first bristle holder. The shaft may drivingly engage the first bristle the holder. A second bristle holder may be driven by the first bristle holder. The second b... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7421753 | Electric toothbrushes An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has an elongated body including a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. A first bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles and a second bristle carrier having a plurality... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7392562 | Motor-driven toothbrush and brush head for it A brush head for a motor-driven toothbrush includes a multitude of bristles and a plate shaped bristle support to which the bristles are attached. The brush head is connectable to a motor-driven toothbrush for oscillatory rotation and translation. The bristle suppor... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386904 | Drive system for electric toothbrushes and the like A drive system for imparting motion to a treating implement such as a toothbrush or the like includes a cam rotatably driven around an axis of rotation by a motor. The cam has a closed loop cam track eccentric to the axis of rotation. A control member is disposed be... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7360269 | Cleaning apparatus with reciprocating brush head A cleaning apparatus includes an elongated housing bounding a chamber with a motor disposed therein. A drive shaft is at least partially disposed within the chamber of the housing, the drive shaft being coupled with the motor such that during selective operation of ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7340794 | Multi-motion toothbrush An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The electric toothbrush includes a body having an interior hollow region for retaining one or more motors, batteries, and drive mechanisms. The toothbrush includes multiple bristle carriers. Each of the bristle carriers undergoes... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331076 | Electric tooth brush with a latitudely oscillating brush head An electric motor driven toothbrush is provided. The head of the toothbrush of the current application oscillates latitude to the body of the toothbrush. One end of a specially designed shaft, with an annular portion developed at that end, is connected to an electri... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7266855 | Electric toothbrush The present invention is directed towards an electric toothbrush having a replaceable tuft assembly. The electric toothbrush comprises a main body, an electric motor mounted in the main body, a support member coupled to the main body, a tuft assembly which is releas... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258747 | Multi-motion stainbrush A method of using an electric stainbrush for cleaning inanimate surfaces is provided. The electric stainbrush includes a handle having a motor disposed therein, a head having a longitudinal axis, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head. First and second ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7225494 | Multi-motion toothbrush An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush includes a handle having a motor disposed therein, a head having a longitudinal axis, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head. First and second bristle holders are associated with the head. The ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219384 | Powered toothbrush A powered toothbrush is disclosed wherein portion of the toothbrush head is movable about a hinge. The movable portion of the head reciprocates about that hinge through the interaction of a flexible extension of that portion containing a slot. Movable within the slo... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7150061 | Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush has a neck extending in a longitudinal direction, a head at a remote end of the neck, a handle at a proximal end of the neck, an electric motor located within the handle, and a tuft block mounted to the head in a manner allowing pivotal oscill... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7120960 | Electric toothbrushes An electric toothbrush has a brush head which is mounted in a movable manner, and a drive for producing an oscillating operating movement in the brush head. The drive includes a cyclically movable drive part and a follower part. The follower part is biased against t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007332 | Powered toothbrush A powered toothbrush is disclosed wherein portion of the toothbrush head is movable about a hinge. The movable portion of the head reciprocates about that hinge through the interaction of a flexible extension of that portion containing a slot. Movable within the slo... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007331 | Electric toothbrushes having a moving viewing surface An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush includes a handle having a motor disposed therein and a head having one or more moving bristle holders, wherein the one or more moving bristle holders are operatively connected to the motor. A neck disposed... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6928685 | Complex motion toothbrush A detachable head for use with an electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has a handle with a motor disposed therein that is operatively connected to a shaft. The detachable head has an elongate body with a longitudinal axis and a first end and a se... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6920659 | Toothbrush A power toothbrush including a handle and a brush head with bristles. In one embodiment, the toothbrush includes vibratory means for causing the brush head and the bristles to vibrate, and vibration isolation means for reducing the transfer of vibrations from the vi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6907636 | Dental care device An electric dental care device with a care head 7 oscillatingly driven about a rotational axis DV powered by a rotating driving shaft 2. One end of driving shaft 2 has a driving element 17 disposed eccentrically to the rotation... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6836918 | Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush is provided a cam mechanism and a crank mechanism in the handle. The cam mechanism comprises a cam, mounted on a rotary shaft of a motor via a frame; and a slave unit making a reciprocating movement, defined within the handle and engaged with ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6813794 | Vibratory electric toothbrush This invention relates to a battery powered electric toothbrush whose toothbrush head can vibrate laterally relative to the longitudinal axis of the toothbrush. The electric toothbrush comprises a handle containing a drive head eccentrically mounted to a motor shaft... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6795993 | Rotary electric toothbrush with a swing head An electric toothbrush comprised of a handle and a neck; the handle containing a swing link connected to a motor and a cell cabinet; the neck also containing a crank to drive a brush head and another swing link abutted to its counterpart in the handle characterized ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6785926 | Mechanically-driven toothbrush with improved brushing action A mechanically-driven toothbrush consists of a handle, which contains a driving motor with a conversion mechanism, and a toothbrush attachment removably connectable to the output shaft of the conversion mechanism. The handle with the conversion mechanism and the dri... | 09/07/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6453498 | Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush has a housing incorporating a motor with a drive shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis A. A shank extends beyond the housing and is integrally formed with a brush head at its remote end. The shank is pivotably supported intermed... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6140723 | Vibration generating device and oral hygiene device using same An oral hygiene device comprises a rotating body 22 mounted to a rotating shaft 21 of an electric motor 14, an output shaft 11 resiliently supported via a resonance pin 25 to be swingable finely, a drive magnetic body 23 provided on the rotating body 22, ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5974613 | Brush section for an electric toothbrush The invention is directed to a brush section (1) for an electric toothbrush which includes a mounting tube (2) in which a shaft (7) rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis (3) and driveable in an oscillatory or rotary fashion is received. Further, the... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5974615 | Rotary electric toothbrush with stroke-type bristle movement An electric toothbrush (1) is described which incorporates a handle (2) and a brush attachment (3). The handle (2) houses an electric motor (8). Protruding from the handle (2) is a shaft (20), which is coupled to the electric motor (8). The brush attachme... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5867856 | Brush section for an electric toothbrush The invention is directed to a brush section (1) for an electric toothbrush which includes a mounting tube (2) in which a shaft (7) is received which is mounted so as to be rotary about a longitudinal axis (3) and is adapted to be driven in an oscillatory... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5794295 | Electrically operated oscillatory toothbrush An electrically operated oscillatory toothbrush comprises generally a housing, a motor in the housing, an actuator, an oscillator and a sleeve member sequentially secured to the top of the housing and protected by a cap member, and a toothbrush secured in... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5617603 | Brush head assembly of an electric toothbrush The present invention provides a staggered swing brush head assembly of an electric toothbrush. There are two swing bodies adjoin in the head part of the toothbrush by a swing bar. They can wobble to the opposite direction as the rear swing body is driven... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5504959 | Electric toothbrush A brush provided on an end surface of a handle is equipped with a drive device capable of producing a reciprocating rectilinear motion in the direction of a handle axis and a reciprocating motion about the handle axis, while also producing a reciprocating... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5500970 | Automatic toothbrush An automatic toothbrush to optimally clean at least two sides of a tooth or a row of teeth comprising a cleaning head with a substantially U-shaped support to which are mounted clusters of bristles. The clusters of bristles are mounted on self-positioning... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5341535 | Window scraper A window scraper and method are provided wherein a scraping brush has filaments and wherein the tips of the filaments are moved linearly across the work surface as the brush rotates. Preferably, the brush has brass filaments trimmed to a point, and the br... | 08/30/1994 |
| 4765012 | Manually operated cleaner A manually operated cleaner is provided with a body in the form of a box-shaped container having a removable lid and a bottom wall. Two parallel openings are provided through the bottom wall of the container. A roll brush is mounted to project out of one ... | 08/23/1988 |
