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US 7,863,535 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for processing toothbrushes
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorRex E. Reinking
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Abstract
A method of processing toothbrushes includes supplying a plurality of toothbrushes with tufts of bristles attached to heads of the toothbrushes. Similar portions of each of the toothbrushes differ in color from each other. A color of the portion of each of the toothbrushes is determined. The toothbrushes are reorganized according to the determined color.
Claims6
A method of processing toothbrushes, comprising the steps of:
- supplying plurality of toothbrushes with tufts of bristles attached to heads of the toothbrushes, similar portions of each of the toothbrushes differing in color from each other;
- determining a color of the portion of each of the toothbrushes;
- reorganizing the toothbrushes according to the determined color by removing a toothbrush from the supply of toothbrushes and placing the removed toothbrush in a buffer designated for the determined color of the removed toothbrush;
- and
- detecting the location of the removed toothbrush on the buffer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.