EP1116447A2 - Reinigungsgerät - Google Patents

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EP1116447A2
EP1116447A2 EP01300283A EP01300283A EP1116447A2 EP 1116447 A2 EP1116447 A2 EP 1116447A2 EP 01300283 A EP01300283 A EP 01300283A EP 01300283 A EP01300283 A EP 01300283A EP 1116447 A2 EP1116447 A2 EP 1116447A2
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bristles
group
handle
cleaning implement
head
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EP1116447A3 (de
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Victor Owen Davies
Adrian Llewellyn-Jones
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LLEWELLYN JONES ADRIAN
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
    • A46B15/0055—Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors
    • A46B15/0069—Brushes fitted with a interdental devices, e.g. toothpick
    • A46B15/0071—Toothbrushes with flossing arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B1/00—Brush bodies and bristles moulded as a unit

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  • This invention relates to a cleaning implement and more particularly but not solely to a brush.
  • Brushes are well known implements for cleaning a wide variety of items and surfaces.
  • brushes comprise a head portion and an integral or separate handle extending from the head.
  • a plurality of bristles are attached to the head.
  • Brushes having bristles or groups of bristles axially spaced apart are more suited to cleaning than brushes in which all of the bristles are side-by-side.
  • a disadvantage of known brushes is that it is difficult to make very small cleaning brushes in which the bristles or groups of bristles are laterally spaced apart.
  • a one-piece cleaning implement formed of plastics material by injection moulding, the implement comprising an elongate handle, a head at one end of the handle and a group of at least thirty resiliently flexible bristles extending from the head generally axially of the handle, the bristles in the group being laterally spaced apart from each other, wherein each bristle is less than 2mm in diameter.
  • the cleaning implement is a one-piece member of injection moulded plastics material and as such is cheap to manufacture from waste plastics.
  • the group of bristles is substantially circular in cross-section.
  • each bristle is the same length, with each bristle being between 4 and 15mm in length.
  • the bristles around the outside of the group are shorter than the bristles in the centre of the group, with the longest bristles being between 4 and 15mm in length.
  • the length of the bristles in the group increases in a stepwise manner towards the centre of the group.
  • the bristles extend from a surface of the head which lies in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
  • the gap between adjacent bristles of the implement may contain a cleaning material such as toothpaste.
  • the bristles are sufficiently flexible to enable opposite ends of the bristle to be brought end-to-end.
  • the cleaning implement is arranged as a toothbrush, preferably of the type for single use only.
  • the opposite end of the handle to the head is pointed, so that it can be used as a toothpick.
  • the plastics material is polypropylene or polyethylene, which respectively form hard and soft bristles.
  • the maximum distance between any two bristles is less than 10mm.
  • a one-piece cleaning implement moulded from plastics material, such as polypropylene or polyethylene and comprising an elongate handle 10, an enlarged head 11 at one end of the handle 10 and a plurality of resiliently flexible bristles 12 extending from the head 11, axially of the handle 10.
  • plastics material such as polypropylene or polyethylene
  • the bristles 12 extend parallel to each other and are spaced apart by a gap which is less than the width of one bristle 12.
  • Each bristle 12 is circular in section and has a diameter of approximately 0.5mm.
  • each bristle 12 is of the same length to form a flat tip, although the tip of the implement could be convex.
  • the bristles 12 extend from a flat surface of the head 11, which lies in a plane normal to the axis of the elongate handle 10.
  • the bristles 12 are arranged in a circular group having a diameter less than 10mm.
  • the cleaning implement can be used to clean a wide variety of surfaces, such as the inside of a nozzle of a baby's feeding cup.
  • the cleaning implement would be arranged as a single use toothbrush which can be provided in restaurants etc. for cleaning teeth after a meal.
  • the opposite end of the handle 10 to the head 11 may be pointed, so as to form a toothpick.
  • a cleaning implement in accordance with this invention is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and yet forms an ideal implement for cleaning a wide variety of surfaces.

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EP01300283A 2000-01-17 2001-01-15 Reinigungsgerät Withdrawn EP1116447A3 (de)

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GB0001009 2000-01-17
GB0001009A GB2358130A (en) 2000-01-17 2000-01-17 One-piece toothbrush

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EP1116447A2 true EP1116447A2 (de) 2001-07-18
EP1116447A3 EP1116447A3 (de) 2002-11-06

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GB2159699A (en) * 1984-05-23 1985-12-11 Rodney David Cole Cosmetic applicator
US4712936A (en) * 1981-06-26 1987-12-15 Milton Kessler One-piece cap and brush and method of forming it
GB2297489A (en) * 1995-02-04 1996-08-07 Michael William Hindmarch Unobtrusive tooth-cleaner comprising a toothbrush and toothpick
US5758384A (en) * 1997-02-07 1998-06-02 Kelly; James Device for brushing dentures
EP0903115A2 (de) * 1997-09-22 1999-03-24 Centrix, Inc. Wegwerfbare, zahnärztliche Auftragevorrichtung
US5915436A (en) * 1995-04-28 1999-06-29 Minnesota Mining And Manufacting Company Molded brush

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GB760619A (en) * 1954-04-07 1956-11-07 Brushes Ltd Spa Improvements in or relating to brushes for applying cosmetics
GB811195A (en) * 1956-07-20 1959-04-02 G O L Sarl Tooth brush
FR2559361A1 (fr) * 1984-02-09 1985-08-16 Gilanton Etienne Henri Ensemble de brossage pour les dents a usage unique avec manche et poils moules d'un meme bloc en plastique semi rigide type, par exemple, polyethylene avec pate dentifrice deshydratee posee sur les poils

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US4712936A (en) * 1981-06-26 1987-12-15 Milton Kessler One-piece cap and brush and method of forming it
GB2159699A (en) * 1984-05-23 1985-12-11 Rodney David Cole Cosmetic applicator
GB2297489A (en) * 1995-02-04 1996-08-07 Michael William Hindmarch Unobtrusive tooth-cleaner comprising a toothbrush and toothpick
US5915436A (en) * 1995-04-28 1999-06-29 Minnesota Mining And Manufacting Company Molded brush
US5758384A (en) * 1997-02-07 1998-06-02 Kelly; James Device for brushing dentures
EP0903115A2 (de) * 1997-09-22 1999-03-24 Centrix, Inc. Wegwerfbare, zahnärztliche Auftragevorrichtung

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2535033A1 (de) 2011-06-17 2012-12-19 Topro as Handgriff für eine Gehhilfe, Herstellungsverfahren für den Handgriff und die Gehhilfe

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GB2358130A (en) 2001-07-18
GB0001009D0 (en) 2000-03-08
US20010008032A1 (en) 2001-07-19

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