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Electric toothbrush

US8430590B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

7References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

Bernhard Boland · Frankfurt, DE
Uwe Bielfeldt · Bad Soden, DE
Christof Miltenberger · Schmitten, DE
Peter Schaefer · Pfungstadt, DE
Norbert Schaefer · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Michael Sauer · Corning, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 26, 2008
Grant date	Apr 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61C17/227
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The toothbrush includes a handle part and an attachment part, wherein the handle part has a housing, in which a reservoir for a care substance, a pump for delivering the care substance and a drive unit for driving the pump are arranged. The housing is divided into a liquid-tight first chamber and a second chamber by a partition extending in the longitudinal direction of the housing. The first chamber housing the drive unit is arranged in the first chamber and the reservoir and the pump are arranged in the second chamber.

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