Application substance reservoir for toothbrushes and electric toothbrush
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsAlexander Hilscher, Christian Neyer
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Abstract
An application substance reservoir for a toothbrush is provided. The reservoir has a data carrier and may be filled with toothpaste or another application substance. An electric toothbrush is also provided. The data carrier of the application substance reservoir may contain, for example, information regarding the prevailing filling level of the application substance reservoir and the type of application substance. The electric toothbrush has a data receiver for reading the data stored in the data carrier, a data transmitter for writing to the data carrier, and a control unit which may display the filling level in the application substance reservoir or the particular application substance used.
Claims25
An application substance reservoir for a toothbrush,
- the reservoir comprising:
- a body which may be filled with toothpaste or another application substance, and
- a data carrier readable by the toothbrush and having a data memory that is writable by the toothbrush,
- wherein the data carrier contains data for activation and/or control of at least one function of the toothbrush.
An electric toothbrush comprising:
- a body configured to receive a replaceable application substance reservoir;
- a data receiver for reading data contained in a data carrier which is mounted on the replaceable application substance reservoir and
- a data transmitter configured to write on the data carrier.
An application substance reservoir for a toothbrush,
- the reservoir comprising:
- a body which may be filled with toothpaste or another application substance, and
- a data carrier readable by the toothbrush and having a data memory that is writable by the toothbrush,
- wherein the data carrier contains user-specific data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.