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EP 1 675 489 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 05.07.2006 Bulletin 2006/27 (21) Application number: 04784954.2 (22) Date of filing: 24.09.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A46B 5/00(1968.09) A46B 7/04(1968.09) A46B 15/00(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/031339 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/030002 (07.04.2005 Gazette 2005/14)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 25.09.2003 US 670027 (71) Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company New York, N.Y. 10022 (US)

(72) Inventors: KEMP, James Somerset, New Jersey 08873 (US) SPROSTA, Al Union, New Jersey 07083 (US) TRAFICANT, Brett Bayville, New Jersey 08721 (US) DAI, Tau Edison, New Jersey 08820 (US) JIMENEZ, Eduardo Manalapan, New Jersey 07726 (US) PAK, Nancy, Won, Mee New York, New York 10024 (US) (74) Representative: van Loon, C.J.J. et al c/o VEREENIGDE Johan de Wittlaan 7 2517 JR The Hague 2517 JR The Hague (NL)