Oral care instrument
AssigneeM+C Schiffer GmbH
InventorsMaik Hundenborn, Bernhard Josef Schmidt, Rebecca Mühle
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Abstract
The invention relates to an oral care instrument, in particular a toothbrush or a tongue cleaner, including at least one cleaning element made from a first plastic component, wherein the first plastic component contains a thermoplastic elastomer and activated carbon. The invention also relates to a method for producing an oral care instrument, in particular a toothbrush or a tongue cleaner, including the following steps: a) providing a first plastic component by adding activated carbon to a thermoplastic elastomer, and b) producing a cleaning element from the first plastic component using an injection molding method.
Claims13
An oral care instrument comprising at least one cleaning element made of a first plastic component, wherein the first plastic component comprises a thermoplastic elastomer, 1 to 50% by weight of activated carbon and 1 to 35% by weight of chalk, and wherein the first plastic component having a Shore hardness of 1 to 50 Shore-A measured according to DIN ISO 7619-1:2012.
A method for producing an oral care instrument, comprising the steps:
- a) providing a first plastic component by adding activated carbon to a thermoplastic elastomer wherein the first plastic component has a Shore hardness of 1 to 50 Shore-A measured according to DIN ISO 7619-1:2012, and wherein the first plastic component comprises 1 to 50% by weight of activated carbon and 1 to 35% by weight of chalk, and
- b) producing a cleaning element from the first plastic component by an injection molding method.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.