Patent · US Expired

Process for rounding the bristle tips of toothbrushes and toothbrushes prepared by this process

US4762373A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 5, 1986
Grant dateAug 9, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA46B2200/1066
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for rounding the bristle tips of toothbrushes by the action of laser radiation, characterized in that the rounding process is effected in an electrostatic field, thus avoiding the fusion of the individual bristles as well as the formation of a mushroom-like bristle tip.

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