Global Patent Index - EP 1080663 A1

EP 1080663 A1 20010307 - TOOTHBRUSH

Title (en)

TOOTHBRUSH

Title (de)

ZAHNBÜRSTE

Title (fr)

BROSSE A DENTS

Publication

EP 1080663 A1 20010307 (EN)

Application

EP 99919556 A 19990512

Priority

  • JP 9902469 W 19990512
  • JP 13081898 A 19980513
  • JP 692399 A 19990113

Abstract (en)

The main theme is to present a toothbrush with improved tight-space cleaning performance while maintaining smooth-surface cleaning performance and particularly, to present a toothbrush with improved tight-space cleaning performance and which is durable enough that this tight-space cleaning performance can be retained. A sub-theme is to present a toothbrush that has good appearance and is excellent in terms of durability. In order to realize the above-mentioned main theme, the tufting holes formed in the tufting part are almost elliptic or almost rectangular, and they are inclined to the tufting surface, and monofilaments with a rectangular cross section are used to further improve cleaning power. Moreover, in order to realize the sub-theme, a method for driving in the anchor is disclosed, and adjacent tufting holes are staggered so that the anchors that have been driven into the holes will not be on a single straight line. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A46B 9/04

IPC 8 full level

A46B 9/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

A46B 9/04 (2013.01 - KR); A46B 9/045 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9958019A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1080663 A1 20010307; CA 2331186 A1 19991118; CN 1148131 C 20040505; CN 1299245 A 20010613; ID 28002 A 20010503; KR 100581613 B1 20060522; KR 20010071168 A 20010728; WO 9958019 A1 19991118

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 99919556 A 19990512; CA 2331186 A 19990512; CN 99805913 A 19990512; ID 20002474 A 19990512; JP 9902469 W 19990512; KR 20007011741 A 20001023