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US 6,446,295 B1Granted
Electric toothbrush
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorGiuseppe Calabrese
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Abstract
An electric toothbrush comprises a handle and a head, characterised in that the head has a rubbery cleaning element.
Claims1
An electric toothbrush comprising:
- a housing in a form of a handle, the housing containing a motor;
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- a head attached to the handle and projecting from a round surface thereof an array consisting of two rubbery cleaning elements formed as a linear or arcuate lamella in cross-section parallel to a base of the head, a plurality of bristle tufts, the bristle tufts being positioned between the rubbery cleaning elements, the cleaning elements capable of being vibrated or oscillated by the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.