A46D 3/00
Preparing, i.e. manufacturing brush bodies
Official title: Preparing, {i.e. Manufacturing} brush bodies
A46D3/00 (Preparing, i.e. manufacturing brush bodies) appears on 605 US grants and 573 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46D- Granted patents
- 605
- Published applications
- 573
- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 818
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A46D 3/04Machines for inserting or fixing bristles in bodies272
- A46D 3/005Preparing, i.e. manufacturing brush bodies: by moulding or casting a body around134
- A46D 3/08Parts of brush-making machines90
- A46D 3/06Machines for both drilling bodies and inserting bristles23
- A46D 3/02Machines for drilling bodies3
Recent patents
- Dividing-up device and brush-manufacturing machine having a dividing-up device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,641 B2Zahoransky AG
- Split applicator and packaging container including same1 Sep 2026US 12,721,424 B2Shya Hsin Packaging Industry (China) Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus for producing brushware and method for operating such an apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,708,197 B2Zahoransky AG
- Utility brush21 Jul 2026US 12,685,387 B2Ultrafab, Inc.
- Image forming apparatus having charging brush with crimped and non-crimped fiber30 Jun 2026US 12,669,762 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Electric toothbrush and method of forming the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294604 A1Quip Nyc Inc.
- Rubber composite cleaning head climbing brush17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272154 A1Moikkai LLC
- Brush, method for manufacturing brushes and brush-manufacturing device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256274 A1Zahoransky AG
- Makeup brush13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232103 A1F. S. Korea Industries Inc.
- Bundle segmenting device and method for segmenting bristle bundles, and bristle product manufacturing machine30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215576 A1Zahoransky AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Oral care implement183US 7,143,462 B2Colgate-Palmolive Company · 2006
- Removable head mechanism for automatic cleaning device142US 4,827,550 ADental Research Corporation · 1989
- Automatic cleaning device122US 4,845,795 ADental Research Corporation · 1989
- Process for producing a toothbrush117US 6,988,777 B2Trisa Holding AG · 2006
- Toothbrush head with means to direct and collect radiation110US 6,862,771 B1Helmut Hung GmbH · 2005