EP2059143B1 - Brosse à dents avec des poils en oblique et des poils effilés - Google Patents

Brosse à dents avec des poils en oblique et des poils effilés Download PDF

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EP2059143B1
EP2059143B1 EP07785100A EP07785100A EP2059143B1 EP 2059143 B1 EP2059143 B1 EP 2059143B1 EP 07785100 A EP07785100 A EP 07785100A EP 07785100 A EP07785100 A EP 07785100A EP 2059143 B1 EP2059143 B1 EP 2059143B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • A46B9/025—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups the bristles or the tufts being arranged in an angled position relative to each other
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  • the present invention relates to brush heads for toothbrushes in which a part of the tufts is inclined and a part of the tufts is vertical.
  • Toothbrushes with a mixed stocking perpendicular to the bristle carrier towering tufts on the one hand and inclined, x-shaped crossing tufts on the other hand, with all the bristles are cylindrical, are from the EP-A-0 885 573 known.
  • the Applicant of the present application sells three toothbrushes of this type in Europe under the names Elmex Inter X, Elmex Inter X sensitive and Elmex Inter X junior. These toothbrushes are distinguished from a brush with exclusively vertical or exclusively x-shaped crossed tufts by a good cleaning performance both in the tooth surfaces and in the interdental spaces.
  • Object of the present invention was a further improvement of the brush heads for toothbrushes.
  • a brush head for a toothbrush having a handle portion, a head portion and a bristle surface with bristle tufts inserted therein, wherein at least one of these bristle tufts is perpendicular to the bristle surface and at least one of these tufts is inclined, characterized in that the inclined Tufts consist of cylindrical bristles and that at least a portion of the vertically protruding tufts consist of sharpened bristles.
  • the brush heads according to the invention comprise, in addition to at least one vertically protruding tuft of sharpened bristles, one or more inclined tufts.
  • inclined in the context of the present application means that an inclined tuft is inclined at an acute angle to an imaginary line perpendicular to the bristle face, this imaginary line passing through the center of the hole in the bristle carrier associated with said tuft.
  • This acute angle may be about 1 to about 45 °, preferably about 1 ° to about 10 °, more preferably about 7 to about 9 °, and most preferably about 8 °.
  • An inclined tuft can thus be inclined in the said acute angle about forward, backward or to one side.
  • those tufts that are at the edge of the bristle carrier are projecting from the bristle carrier projecting at said acute angle outwards, allowing a better cleaning of the gums.
  • skewed means that the tuft in question is skewed forward or backward, more preferably that all skewed tufts are skewed either forwardly or rearwardly.
  • tilt backwards means in the context of the present application that a backward inclined Tuft seen in the longitudinal direction of the bristle carrier is inclined at an acute angle to the handle portion
  • slanted forward means in the present application that a forwardly inclined tuft in the longitudinal direction of the bristle carrier inclined at an acute angle away from the handle portion is.
  • the brush head of the invention has a surface which may be flat or curved and which has the holes intended to receive the tufts.
  • the bristle tufts protrude from this surface in the finished brush head. This surface is called a "bristle face”.
  • the tufts protruding vertically from the bristle face consist at least in part of sharpened bristles.
  • "at least one part” is understood to mean that at least 50% and more preferably at least 80% of the bristle tips are preferably sharpened. Particularly preferably, all bristles are pointed in the vertically protruding tufts.
  • the tufts of the brush head according to the invention preferably have a circular cross section; Also preferably, they all then have the same diameter of the circular cross-sectional area.
  • pointed bristle is common in the art and refers to a bristle whose one end or both ends have been reduced in thickness by chemical etching (eg with sulfuric acid or caustic soda) or by mechanical sharpening so that the bristle becomes one towards its end towards tapering, receives approximately conical profile. If both ends of the bristle are treated in this way, one speaks of a "two-sided sharpened bristle", otherwise of a “one-sided sharpened bristle”. Details of pointed bristle manufacturing techniques are described in various patent publications; it will be exemplary on the EP-A-1 234 525 , Korean Patent No. 130932 and the US-A-2004/0070258 pointed. Sharpened bristles suitable for the present invention are also available on the market, such as from the manufacturers Sogo, Hylon, Best Whasung, Cheil Jedang, Lion and Whessen.
  • the pointed ends of the bristles taper towards their tapered end, rotationally symmetric about a central axis of the bristle.
  • the sharpened bristles most preferably have a profile (ie a diameter of the body of revolution as a function of the distance from the pointed end) which corresponds approximately to the numerical values from one of the following Tables 1 to 5.
  • Tables 1 to 5 the average diameters of the bristles are listed as a function of the distance from the pointed end.
  • the "diameter range" given in these tables is a typical standard deviation of the diameter determined from several copies of the bristle; this standard deviation may also be considered as a characteristic characterizing the range limits of the diameter of these five particularly preferred profiles according to the invention.
  • the non-tapered portion of the sharpened bristles when these bristles are rotationally symmetric, may have a diameter of about 0.12 to 0.25, preferably about 0.17 to 0.20 mm.
  • the tufts of the inventive brush head are arranged in transverse to its longitudinal transverse rows, in each transverse row either only forwardly inclined tufts with cylindrical bristles, or only backward inclined tufts with cylindrical bristles, or only perpendicular from the bristle surface protruding bristles with pointed and / or cylindrical bristles are present, wherein at least one transverse row of forward or backward inclined tufts and at least one transverse row of vertically protruding from the bristle surface tufts is present.
  • the cylindrical bristles preferably have a diameter of about 0.12 to about 0.25, preferably about 0.17 to about 0.19 mm.
  • the brush heads according to the invention preferably include a first and a second transverse row of vertically protruding tufts of sharpened bristles, these two rows being adjacent.
  • the tufts of these two transverse rows are preferably arranged so that each a tuft of the first transverse row and a tuft of the second transverse row in pairs on an imaginary, parallel to the longitudinal direction of the brush head line and these two tufts on this line at a distance d of about 0th , 65 to about 0.95 mm, preferably about 0.7 to about 0.9 mm, and more preferably about 0.75 to about 0.85 mm apart.
  • the tufts of the first and second transverse rows have a height h a of from about 10.0 to about 13.0 mm, preferably from about 11.3 to about 11.7 mm, and more preferably about 11.5 mm.
  • the brush heads according to the invention also comprise one, preferably two double rows of tufts crossing over in an X-shaped manner.
  • One of these double rows is adjacent to the above-mentioned first transverse row and the second double row is adjacent to the above-mentioned second transverse row.
  • Each of these double rows consists of a transverse row of forward sloping tufts and a further transverse row of tucked backwards tufts.
  • the tufts of one of these transverse rows are offset from the tufts of the other transverse row, so that each a tuft of one of these transverse rows and a tuft of the other of these transverse rows cross in pairs x-shaped.
  • the distance d x between the two transverse rows forming a double row is preferably about 0.7 to about 1.3 mm, more preferably about 0.9 to about 1.1 mm, and most preferably about 1 mm.
  • the inclined tufts may have a height h s equal to or slightly higher than the height h a of the tufts of the first and second transverse rows mentioned above.
  • the height h s is preferably about 10.5 to about 13.5 mm, more preferably about 11.5 to about 12.5 mm; more preferably, it is about 11.5 mm or about 12.5 mm.
  • the height of an inclined tuft is the height, measured perpendicular to the bristle face, of the center of the brush surface of this bundle, which is preferably made flat by trimming and perpendicular to the central axis of the bundle.
  • the distance d a between a double row of tufts crossing over in an x-shape and the adjacent first (or second) transverse row of vertically protruding tufts is preferably about 2.5 to about 3.5 mm, more preferably about 2.7 to about 3.3 mm, and most preferably about 3.0 mm.
  • X-shaped crossed tufts When there are exactly two double rows of X-shaped crossed tufts, they are preferably at a distance dxx in the longitudinal direction of about 8.5 to about 9.5 mm, more preferably about 8.7 to about 9.3 mm, and more preferably about 8.9 mm apart.
  • the brush head according to the invention can be seen in the longitudinal direction of the head part and viewed in the longitudinal direction of the handle part preferably further transverse rows of vertically protruding tufts of cylindrical and / or pointed bristles, preferably only from pointed bristles. If the brush head according to the invention has two double rows of tufts crossing over in an X-shape, it preferably has one (better two) of such further transverse rows adjacent to the double row lying closer to the handle part in the longitudinal direction towards the handle part; and he also preferably has seen in the longitudinal direction of the head part, adjacent to the second, closer to the headboard double row on one (better two) such other transverse rows.
  • the inventive brush head adjacent to the lying closer to the handle part, formed from third and fourth rows of transverse double row in the longitudinal direction of the handle part seen a further (seventh) transverse row of vertically protruding tufts, and adjacent to the lying closer to the head part, formed from fifth and sixth transverse row double row seen in the longitudinal direction to the head part has a further (eighth) transverse row of vertically protruding tufts are so the seventh and eighth transverse rows preferably at a distance d b of about 2.5 to about 3.5, more preferably about 2.7 to about 3.3 mm and more preferably about 3.0 mm from the lying closer to the handle portion double row or spaced from the lying closer to the headboard double row.
  • the ninth row of transverse rows is preferably at a distance d c of about 5.0 to about 6.0 mm, more preferably about 5.2 to about 5.8 mm, and most preferably about 5.5 mm from the closer to the handle portion Double row spaced; and the tenth transverse row is preferably at a distance d d of from about 4.9 to about 5.9 mm, more preferably about 5. 2 to about 5.6 mm, and most preferably about 5.4 mm from the double row closer to the header spaced.
  • the heights h b and h cd of the tufts of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth transverse rows are preferably about 10.0 to about 13.0 mm, more preferably about 11.0 to about 12.0 mm, and most preferably about 11.3 to about 11.7 mm. Particularly preferably, the heights h b and h cd are equal to the height h a of the tufts the first and second transverse row.
  • the heights h a , h b and h cd of the vertically protruding tufts may be medium heights if these tufts contain or consist of pointed bristles, because they are preferably not trimmed and therefore the individual bristles are different Heights may have.
  • distances between two transverse rows of tufts are generally measured as the distance between two imaginary lines connecting the centers of the cross-sectional areas of the tufts of one transverse row or the centers of the cross-sectional areas of the tufts of the other transverse row.
  • the diameter of the tufts present in these two transverse rows are subtracted from the spacing of the transverse rows as determined above.
  • the distance in the longitudinal direction of the brush head between a transverse row of vertically protruding tufts and a double row of x-shaped crossed tufts is the average of a) the distance between the transverse row in question and the transverse row forming the double row, and b) the distance between the questionable transverse row and the second transverse row forming the double row. This concerns the distances d b , d c and d d .
  • the distance d xx between two double rows of x-shaped crossing tufts is the average of a) the distance between the forward inclined transverse row of the first double row and the obliquely inclined transverse row of the second Double row, and b) the distance between the rearward slanted transverse row of the first double row and the forward slanted transverse row of the second double row.
  • the pointed bristles may be made of any material commonly used for pointed toothbrush bristles.
  • the bristles are made of a polyester, in particular a poly (C 2 -C 8 ) alkylene terephthalate, wherein the (C 2 -C 8 ) alkylene is preferably unbranched.
  • Rather preferred as bristle materials are polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate and polypentylene terephthalate; Particularly preferred is polybutylene terephthalate.
  • the cylindrical bristles may be made of any material commonly used for toothbrush bristles.
  • the non-sharpened bristles are preferably made of a polyamide, in particular of a polyamide, which consists of a preferably unbranched (C 2 -C 8 ) -1, ⁇ -diamine and a preferably unbranched (C 4 -C 14 ) -1, ⁇ -dicarboxylic acid is made.
  • the bristle materials for the cylindrical bristles Polydimethylenadipinamid, Polytrimethylenadipinamid, Polytetramethylenadipinamid, Polypentamethylenadipinamid, Polyhexamethylenadipinamid, Polydimethylendodecanamid, Polytrimethylendodecanamid, Polytetramethylendodecanamid, Polypentamethylendodecanamid and Polyhexamethylendodecanamid.
  • Particularly preferred is polyhexamethylenedodecanamide.
  • the inventive brush head can be used for a manual toothbrush or for an electric toothbrush.
  • the attached on the brush head Bristles are set in motion either by hand movements, by motor drive or by sound waves.
  • the production of the brush heads according to the invention can be carried out analogously to the production of previously known brush heads.
  • one-sided or two-sided sharpened bristles may be used.
  • the holes of the bristle carrier which serve to receive the tufts, may have previously been drilled at any angle ⁇ or ⁇ in the bristle carrier, preferably they can also be produced directly in the manufacture of the bristle carrier by injection molding using punch punches.
  • the holes are preferably circular in cross section to allow the preferred circular tuft cross section.
  • the tuft is preferably anchored in a hole of the bristle carrier by means of an anchor plate or a loop.
  • all the bristles of the forming tufts are bent U-shaped within the hole, so that both ends of each bristle protrude from the hole.
  • the holes are usually not consistent here.
  • the proportion of the pointed ends of the tuft here is just equal to the proportion of double-pointed bristles used.
  • the tuft can be anchored in the hole as described previously or produced by the known AFT (anchor-free tufting) process.
  • AFT anchor-free tufting
  • the bristles are inserted into a support plate having through holes, and the bristles of each tuft are welded together at the back hole opening with each other by means of a heating punch.
  • the bristles then protrude from the front hole opening of the carrier plate.
  • the tufts provided with the tufts can then be poured or welded into a brush head. Details of this procedure are approximately in the EP-A-0 405 204 described.
  • the proportion of the pointed ends in the tuft is in the production variant with anchoring equal to half of the proportion used unilaterally pointed bristles; when using the AFT method, it is just equal to this proportion used.
  • the inclined tufts which contain only cylindrical bristles, are preferably trimmed according to the invention to a uniform height.
  • the vertically protruding tufts which may contain pointed or cylindrical, or pointed and cylindrical bristles, or contain only pointed bristles, are preferably not trimmed according to the invention.
  • the selective trimming of the tufts, which contain only non-sharpened bristles, can most easily be carried out with a small, pointed pair of scissors, for example a microscope scissors.
  • FIG. 1 shows first that brush heads according to the invention need not necessarily have the inclined tufts in the form of an X-shaped crossed arrangement; the slanted rows of tufts may also be present either slanted forward or backward.
  • a first particularly preferred embodiment of the brush head of the invention ( Figures 2 and 3 ) has a first and a second transverse row of vertically protruding tufts of tapered bristles. The distance d between them is about 0.8 mm. In the first and second transverse rows, the widths of the tufts in the transverse direction are about 2.9 mm and their height h a about 11.5 mm. These two transverse rows are bordered by two double rows of oblique, x-shaped crosses of cylindrical bristles.
  • the one double row closer to the grip part 11 is represented by a third transverse row of three bristle tufts inclined to the rear (represented by its foremost tuft 301) and a fourth transverse row of two tufts inclined forwardly (represented by it) foremost tuft 302).
  • the other double row lying closer to the head part 12 is formed by a third transverse row of two tufts of bristles inclined backwards (represented by their foremost tuft 303) and a fourth transverse row of three tufts inclined forwardly (represented by their foremost tuft 304).
  • the distance d x the two have a double row forming transverse rows in the longitudinal direction of the brush head from each other, each about 1 mm.
  • the height h s of the inclined tufts contained therein is about 11.5 mm, and the angles ⁇ and ⁇ , respectively, in which they are inclined forward and backward, are about + 8 ° and about -8 °, respectively (definitions of ⁇ and ⁇ according to FIG. 1 ).
  • the distance d a the adjacent to the first transverse row double row to this first transverse row (or the second transverse row adjacent double row to this second double row), is about 3.2 mm.
  • the distance d xx between the two double rows is about 8.9 mm.
  • the intervals between the tufts in the transverse direction are about 4.5 mm.
  • a seventh transverse row of four vertically rising from the brush body tufts with tapered bristles is arranged.
  • an eighth transverse row of four vertically protruding tufts of tapered bristles is arranged.
  • the widths of the tufts in the transverse direction are about 2.3 mm and the height h b of the tufts about 11.5 mm.
  • a ninth transverse row of three vertically protruding tufts of sharpened bristles In the longitudinal direction of the brush head to the head portion 12 at a distance d d of about 5.4 mm to the second double row, a tenth transverse row of three vertical tufts of tapered bristles is arranged, the middle tuft relative to the two outer tufts by about 0.9 mm is offset to the front (but this is not mandatory, it could also be all three tufts on a straight line).
  • the distance between the two outer tufts from each other in the transverse direction is about 4.3 mm; the distance between one of the outer tufts and the middle, slightly forward tuft is about 2.2 mm in the transverse direction. If all tufts of the tenth transverse row were exactly in line, the transverse spacing between them would be about 2.2 mm.
  • the height h cd of the tufts of the ninth and tenth transverse rows is about 11.5 mm. This results in a stocking of a total of 32 tufts (10 tufts of non-tapered cylindrical bristles crossing x-shaped and 22 vertical tufts of sharpened bristles, all the vertical tufts having the same height).
  • All bristles have a circular cross section over their entire length; the sharpened parts of the pointed bristles are thus rotational bodies.
  • the diameter D n of all cylindrical, not sharpened bristles and the maximum diameter D z of all pointed bristles is about 0.18 mm.
  • All tufts are of circular cross-section; the diameter of all tufts is about 1.7 mm.
  • FIG. 3 also shows as a horizontal dashed line the longitudinal direction of the brush head.
  • FIG. 4 are the mesial / distal cleaning performance, which were achieved with embodiments of the inventive brush head with horizontal, vertical or circular cleaning movement, compared to the corresponding cleaning performance of some previously known brush heads shown.
  • the teeth of a maxillary sextant model (with 3 molars, 2 prebend teeth and 1 incisor) were first stained black and then with a titanium dioxide paste (25g / v in 26% ethanol). white whitewashed.
  • a standardized brushing operation with the brush heads to be tested of 1 minute duration with 2.45 Newton contact force, the percentage of tooth surfaces freed from the titanium dioxide paste was determined.
  • the standardized brushing process consisted of 60 reciprocating motions with an amplitude of 30 mm; in vertical cleaning it consisted of 60 up and down movements with an amplitude of 8 mm; and in the circular cleaning it consisted of 60 circles of radius 4 mm with 16 horizontal reciprocating movements with amplitude of 30 mm at the same time.
  • 4 pieces of the brushhead were tested on 4 maxillary sextants each.
  • FIG. 4 the mesial / distal cleaning performance achieved is plotted as the sum of the horizontal, vertical and circular cleaning tests as a percentage of the cleaned tooth surface.
  • each vertical bar which represents a summed cleansing power
  • the proportion from the rotating test is hatched diagonally upwards; the proportion from the vertical test is hatched diagonally downwards, and the proportion from the horizontal test is not hatched.
  • Table 7 1 First embodiment of the invention, as described above 2 2nd embodiment of the invention, from the above Table 5 V1 Comparison brush head similar to FIG.
  • the brush heads 1 and 2 according to the invention are superior to all comparison brush heads in terms of mesial / distal cleaning performance, in particular when the head is rotating horizontally.

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  1. Tête de brosse pour une brosse à dents, qui une partie de poignée (11), une partie de tête (12) et une surface de poils dans laquelle sont introduits des faisceaux de poils (201, 202, 301, 302, 303, 304, 401, 402, 501, 502), dans laquelle au moins l'un de ces faisceaux de poils (201, 202, 401, 402, 501, 502) dépasse perpendiculairement de la surface de poils, et au moins l'un de ces faisceaux (301, 302, 303, 304) est incliné, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux de poils inclinés (301, 302, 303, 304) sont constitués de poils cylindriques, et en ce qu'au une partie des faisceaux dépassant perpendiculairement (201, 202, 401, 402, 501, 502) sont constitués de poils taillés en pointe.
  2. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le faisceau qui est incliné est incliné l'arrière (301, 303) ou vers l'avant (302, 304).
  3. Tête de rosse selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente des rangées transversales de faisceaux, s'étend transversalement par au longitudinal de la surface de poils, laquelle, chacune de ces rangées transversales, sont soit uniquement des faisceaux vers l'arrière (301, 303), soit uniquement des faisceaux inclinés vers l'avant (302, 304), soit uniquement des faisceaux de poils dépassant perpendiculairement (201, 202, 401, 402,501,502).
  4. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente une première et une deuxième rangées transversales de faisceaux de poils (201, 202) perpendiculairement, avec des poils taillés en pointe, qui sont voisins les unes des autres, et dans laquelle chaque un faisceau (201) de la première rangée transversale et chaque un faisceau (202) de la deuxième rangée transversale sont agencés par paires sur une ligne virtuelle, parallèle au sens longitudinal de la tête de brosse, et, sur cette ligne, sont disposés à une distance d l'une de l'autre de 0,65 à 0,95 mm, de référence de 0,7 à 0,9 mm et d'une manière encore plus préférée de 0,75 à 0,85 mm.
  5. Tête de selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que la hauteur ha des faisceaux de la et de la deuxième rangées transversales est de 10,0 à 13,0 mm, de préférence de 11,3 à 11,7 et d'une manière encore plus préférée d'environ 11,5 mm.
  6. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente une troisiéme rangée transversale de faisceaux (301) inclinés vers l'arrière, et une quatrième rangée transversale, voisine à une distance dx de cette troisième rangée transversale dans la direction de la partie de poignée (11), de faisceaux (302) inclinés verts décalés dans le sens transversal par aux faisceaux (301) de la troisième rangée transversale ; dé telle sorte que les faisceaux de la est de la quatrième rangées transversales forment une rangée double de faisceaux se croisant en x ; et dans laquelle la troisième et la quatrième rangées transversales sont agencées plus près de la partie de poignée (11) que la première et la deuxième rangées transversales.
  7. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente une cinquième rangée transversale de faisceaux (303) inclinés vers l'arrière, et une sixiéme rangée transversale, voisine à une distance dx de ce cinquième rangée transversale dans la direction de la partie de poignée (11), de faisceaux (304) inclinés vers l'avant, décalés dans le sens transversal par rapport aux faisceaux (303) de la cinquième rangée transversale ; de telle sorte que les faisceaux de la cinquième et de la sixième rangées forment une rangée double de faisceaux se croisant en x ; et dans laquelle la cinquième et la sixiéme rangées transversales sont agencées plus près de la partie de tête (12) que la et la deuxième rangées transversales.
  8. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que la rangée double formée de la troisième et de la quatrième rangées est la rangée double formée de la cinquième et de la sixième rangées transversales sont agencées, quand on regarde dans le sens longitudinal de la tête de brosse, à une distance dxx l'une de l'autre, qui est de 8,5 à 10,0 mm, de préférence de 8,7 à 9,3 mm et d'une particulièrement référée d'environ 8,9 mm.
  9. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente une septième rangée transversale de faisceaux (401) dépassant perpendiculairement de la surface de poils, laquelle rangée est agencée dans le sens longitudinal de la tête de brosse et vers la partie de poignée (11) à une distance db de la rangée double formée de la troisième et de la quatrième rangées transversales, et en ce qu'elle présente une huitième rangée transversale de faisceaux (402), dépassant perpendiculairement de la surface de poils, qui dans le sens longitudinal de la surface de poils, et vers la partie de tête (12), est agencée à une distance db de la rangée double formée de la cinquième et de la sixième rangées transversales, qui est de 2,5 à 3,5 mm, de référence de 2,7 à 3,3 mm et d'une manière particulièrement préférée d'environ 3,0 mm.
  10. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux de la septième et de la huitième rangées transversales sont constitués de poils taillés en pointe, et en ce que leur hauteur hb est de 10,0 à 13,0 mm, de préférence de 11,0 à 12,0 mm et d'une manière encore plus préférée d'environ 11,3 à environ 11,7 mm, et en ce que d'une manière particulièrement préférée la hauteur hb est égale à la hauteur ha des poils de la première et de la deuxiéme rangées transversales.
  11. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente une neuvième rangée transversale de faisceaux (501) dépassant perpendiculairement de la surface de poils, laquelle rangée est agencée dans le sens longitudinal de la tête de brosse et vers la partie de poignée (11) à une distance dc de ladite rangée double constituée de la troisième et de la quatrième rangées transversales, et en ce qu'elle présente une dixième rangée transversale de faisceaux avec des poils taillés en pointe (502), dépassant perpendiculairement de la surface de poils, qui dans le sens longitudinal de la tête de brosse, et vers la partie de tête (12), est agencée à une distance dd de ladite rangée double formée de la cinquième et de la sixième rangées transversales, dans laquelle la distance de est de référence de 5,0 à 6,0 mm, d'une manière davantage préférée de 5,2 à 5,8 mm et d'une manière particulièrement préférée d'environ 5,5 mm, et la distance dd est de préférence de 4,9 à 5,9 mm, d'une manière davantage préférée de 5,2 à 5,6 mm et d'une manière particulièrement préférée d'environ 5,4 mm.
  12. Tête de brosse selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux (501, 502) de la neuvième et de la dixième rangées transversales sont constituées de poils taillés en pointe, et présentent une hauteur hcd de 10,0 à 13,0 mm, de préférence 11,0 à 12,0 mm, d'une manière particulièrement référée de 11,3 à 11,7 mm, et en ce que d'une manière particulièrement préférée hcd est égal à ha.
  13. Tête de brosse selon l'une des revendications 6 à 12, caractérisée en ce que la distance dx est de 0,7 à 1,3 mm, d'une manière davantage préférée de 0,9 à 1,1 mm et d'une maniére particulièrement préférée d'environ 1,0 mm.
  14. Tête de brosse selon l'une des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisée en ce que la hauteur hs des faisceaux inclines (301, 302, 303, 304) est de 10,5 à 13,5 mm, de préférence de 11,5 à 12,5 mm et d'une manière particulièrement référée d'environ 11,5 mm, ou d'environ 12,5 mm.
  15. Tête de brosse selon l'une des revendications 5 à 14, caractérisée en ce que la partie de tête (12) présente uniquement des faisceaux dépassant perpendiculairement de la surface de poils, dont les poils ont la même longueur, et dont la hauteur est égale à la hauteur ha des faisceaux e la première et de la deuxième rangées transversales.
  16. Tête de brosse selon l'une des revendications 1 à 15, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux inclinés sont inclinés vers l'avant, par rapport à une ligne perpendiculaire au support de suivant un angle α de +1° à +45°, de référence de +1° à +10°, d'une manière davantage préférée de +7° à +9° et d'une manière particulièrement préférée d'environ +8° ; ou en ce qu'ils sont inclinés vers l'arrière, par rapport à une ligne perpendiculaire au support de brosse, suivant un angle β de -1° à -45°, de préférence de -1° à -10°, d'une manière davantage préférée de -7° à -9° et d'une manière particulièrement préférée d'environ -8'.
  17. Tête de brosse selon l'une des revendications 1 à 16, caractérisée en ce que tous les poils taillés en pointe sont constitués d'un polyalkylène en C2-C8 téréphtalate, en particulier d'un polyéthylène-téréphtalate, d'un polypropylène-téréphtalate, d'un polybutyléne-téréphtalate ou d'un polypentylène-téréphtalate ; et en ce que tous les poils non taillés en pointe sont constitués d'un polyamide préparé à partir d'une 1,ω-diamine en C2-C8 et d'un acide 1,ω-dicarboxylique en C4-C14, en particulier d'un polydiméthylène-adipinamide, d'un polytriméthylène-adipinamide, d'un polytétraméthylène-adipinamide, d'un polypentaméthylène-adipinamide, d'un polyhexaméthylène-adipinamide, d'un polydiméthylène-dodécanamide, d'un polytriméthylène-dodécananide, d'un polytétraméthylène-dodécanamide, d'un polypentaméthylène-dodécanamide ou d'un polyhexaméthylène-dodécanamide.
  18. Brosse à dents contenant une tête de brosse selon l'une des revendications 1 à 17. contenant une des
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