EP1727445A1 - Dispositif support pour tete de brosse a dents - Google Patents

Dispositif support pour tete de brosse a dents

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Publication number
EP1727445A1
EP1727445A1 EP04801147.2A EP04801147A EP1727445A1 EP 1727445 A1 EP1727445 A1 EP 1727445A1 EP 04801147 A EP04801147 A EP 04801147A EP 1727445 A1 EP1727445 A1 EP 1727445A1
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holding
toothbrush
toothbrush head
web
support surface
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EP1727445B1 (fr
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Reto Straehler
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Trisa Holding AG
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Trisa Holding AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D3/00—Preparing, i.e. Manufacturing brush bodies
    • A46D3/08—Parts of brush-making machines
    • A46D3/087—Holders or supports for brush bodies

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  • the present invention relates to a device for holding a toothbrush head in one
  • Toothbrush head one attached to it
  • Toothbrush neck and a toothbrush handle attached to it The part which gives the structure to the toothbrush head and in particular the part which receives the bristles is usually made of a hard plastic, for example polypropylene.
  • Toothbrush head can also have an elastic soft plastic material.
  • U-shaped bristle bundles are anchored by means of metal plates in holes in the part of the brush head made of hard plastic.
  • the toothbrush heads are held by means of holding devices.
  • holding devices As is known, for example, from WO-A-98/58563, these can have a holding plate which cooperates with the free end of the toothbrush head and two in
  • Toothbrushes or toothbrush heads of this type are known, for example, from the publications DE-U-29822826, DE-U-20109123, US-A-5, 269, 038 and US-A-5,799,354. All these toothbrushes have in common that they have a plate-shaped bristle carrier and a holding web made of a structuring hard plastic. The holding web merges into the toothbrush neck and there is a recess between the holding web and the bristle holder. This gives the bristle carrier freedom of movement in relation to the holding bridge.
  • This flexibility is achieved either by weakening the material in the hard plastic, for example in the form of a film hinge or a thin material bridge or a hinge made of soft rubber-elastic plastic. It is an object of the present invention to provide a holding device which, in a simple manner, ensures that the toothbrush head is held securely while reliably supporting the bristle holder.
  • the holding device has a holding part with a holding flange which engages between the bristle carrier and the holding web.
  • a support surface of the holding flange interacts with the bristle carrier, so that the bristle carrier is now positioned in the holding device despite its mobility with respect to the holding web and is held in such a way that it can absorb the forces occurring during processing, such as plugging, cutting and grinding.
  • Fig. 1 in plan view and greatly simplified a tamping machine and a post-processing machine, wherein the toothbrushes to be processed are held by holding devices according to the invention; 2 shows a view of a toothbrush head and part of the toothbrush neck of a first embodiment of a toothbrush, for the mounting of which the device according to the invention is particularly suitable;
  • FIG. 3 shows a top view of the toothbrush head and part of the toothbrush neck of the toothbrush according to FIG. 2;
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 shows a top view of a device according to the invention with two holding parts in the holding position, in which they hold the toothbrush head of the toothbrush shown in FIGS. 2 and 3;
  • FIG. 5 also shows the device shown in FIG. 4 in a top view, the holding parts being in the receiving position;
  • FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the toothbrush head and toothbrush neck of a further embodiment of a toothbrush with two bristle carriers and a holding web;
  • FIG. 7 shows a view of the toothbrush head and toothbrush neck of the toothbrush according to FIG. 6; 8 shows a top view of the toothbrush head and toothbrush neck of the toothbrush according to FIGS. 6 and 7;
  • FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 show a cross section through the toothbrush head shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8;
  • FIGS. 6-9 shows a side view of a device with two holding parts which are in the holding position and which hold a toothbrush head which has not yet been bristled according to FIGS. 6-9;
  • Fig. 11 as shown in Fig. 6 device with holding parts in a receiving position and the not yet bristled toothbrush head.
  • the device 10 according to the invention for firmly holding a toothbrush head 12 of a toothbrush 14 is intended for use in toothbrush processing machines.
  • tamping machines 16 and this post-processing machines 18 with a cutting station for cutting the bristles to the desired length, a grinding station for rounding off the free ends of the cut bristles and possibly other work stations considerable forces can be exerted on the toothbrush heads 12, which is why the invention Holding device 10 is particularly, but not exclusively, suitable for use in such machines.
  • the tamping machine 16 of known design has a tamping unit 20, by means of which bristle bundles in the Toothbrush head 12 are used.
  • the toothbrush head 12 is held by means of a holding device 10 according to the invention.
  • 22 also designates a known feed device which feeds toothbrush bodies which are not bristled to the tamping machine 16 and which are introduced individually into the holding device 10 by means of a handling device.
  • Another handling device removes the respective toothbrush 14 after the tamping process of the holding device 10 and transfers it to a conveyor 24 for further transport to the postprocessing machine 18.
  • the bristled toothbrushes 14 are also inserted into a holding device 10 by means of a handling device, the holding devices are moved step by step V in order to move the toothbrushes 14 held by the holding devices 10 from one processing station to the next.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 An embodiment of the toothbrush 14, for which the holding device 10 according to the invention is particularly suitable, is disclosed in the document DE-U-29822826.
  • the toothbrush head 12 and part of a toothbrush neck 26 adjoining this are shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the toothbrush head 12 has two plate-shaped circular bristle carriers 28 which are provided on their upper side with receiving holes 30 for anchoring bristle bundles 32.
  • the toothbrush head 12 has a holding web 34 which, seen in the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush 14, subsequently passes over the bristle carriers 28 into the toothbrush neck 26.
  • the bristle carriers 28 are arranged parallel to and at a distance from the holding web 34, and are fastened to the holding web 34 by means of a centrally arranged material bridge 36.
  • an annular free space or an annular recess 38 is provided between the holding web 34 and the bristle carriers 28.
  • the bristle carrier 28, material bridges 36 and the holding web 34 are made together with the toothbrush neck 26 in one piece from hard plastic, for example polypropylene PP.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show a holding device 10 according to the invention for toothbrush heads 12 according to FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the holding device 10 has a base plate 40, on which two holding parts 42 in the manner of a tension clip are movably mounted in and opposite to the direction of the double arrow P.
  • the holding parts 42 are in the holding position 44. From this they can be displaced symmetrically to a longitudinal center plane 46 in the direction of the double arrow P and thus at right angles to the longitudinal center plane 46 into the receiving position 48 shown in FIG.
  • the two holding parts 42 are spaced apart from one another to such an extent that the toothbrush head 12 has room between them with play.
  • the holding parts 42 are mirror-symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal center plane 46. They have a cuboid basic shape, on which receiving recesses 50 matched to the toothbrush head 12 are formed. Viewed from above, these receiving recesses 50 each have two annular segment-shaped depressions 52, the base surface of these depressions 52 forming a support surface 54 for the bristle carriers 28. The radially inner end of these depressions 52 is limited by a passage recess 56 for the material bridges 36. Following this passage recess 56, the receiving recesses 50 are shaped in the same way as the retaining web 34 of the toothbrush head 12, as is indicated in FIG. 4 by the outline of the web 34 shown in broken lines.
  • the recess 52 is delimited radially on the outside by a clamping surface 58 in the form of a circular cylinder jacket segment. In the holding position 44, these clamping surfaces 58 interact with the peripheral lateral surface 60 of the bristle carrier 28.
  • the receiving recesses 50 thus delimit a holding flange 62 with which the holding parts 42 engage in the holding position 44 in the recesses 38 between the bristle carriers 28 and the holding web 34.
  • the bristle carriers 28 are supported flatly on their lower side facing away from the receiving holes 30 by means of the support surfaces 54 formed on the holding flanges 64.
  • the holding parts are arranged ⁇ 42 in the holding position 44 at a distance to each other. This ensures that the clamping surfaces 58 come into contact with the lateral surfaces 60 and can clamp the bristle carriers 28.
  • the holding flanges 62 have, on their lower side facing away from the supporting surface 54, further supporting surfaces 54 'which rest on the holding web when the holding device 10 is closed.
  • the toothbrush 14 with its toothbrush head 12 is thus securely held and precisely positioned by means of the holding device 10 shown. Because the bristle carriers 28 are supported directly, they can be used without any problems, despite their flexible connection to the holding web the considerable forces involved in stuffing and post-processing.
  • the recesses 38 can be filled after bristling by means of a soft, elastic plastic material, for example TPE, as disclosed in the document DE-U-29822826.
  • FIGS. 6-9 show the toothbrush head 12 and the toothbrush neck 26 of a toothbrush 14 of a similar design, as is known from the document DE-U-20109123. It has two plate-shaped, approximately rectangular bristle carriers 28, which are arranged one behind the other as seen in the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush 14. At the free end of the toothbrush head 12 there is a brush head segment 64 which, like the bristle carriers 28, is provided with receiving holes 30 for fastening bristle bundles 32. Between the brush head segment 64 and the toothbrush neck 26 there is a holding web 34 at a distance from the bristle carriers 28. Another toothbrush head segment 66 with receiving holes 30 for bristle bundles 32 is located on the toothbrush neck side of the bristle carrier 28.
  • This further toothbrush head segment 66, the toothbrush neck 26, the retaining web 34 and the brush head segment 64 are integral made of a hard plastic by injection molding.
  • the two bristle carriers 28 are also made of a hard plastic; they are connected to one another and to the brush head segment 64 or further brush head segment 66 by means of a soft, elastic plastic material. These soft-elastic plastic material bridges running at right angles to the longitudinal direction are designated by 68 in FIGS. 6-8.
  • the holding device 10 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 for receiving and holding the toothbrush head 12 according to FIGS. 6-9 has the same basic structure as the holding device 10 according to FIGS. 4 and 5. It also has a base plate 40 which two holding parts 42 formed mirror-symmetrically to the longitudinal center plane 46 are slidably mounted at right angles to the longitudinal center plane 46.
  • the holding parts 42 are shown in the holding position 44 in FIG. 10 and in the receiving position 48 in FIG. 11.
  • the receiving recesses 50 are now shaped in relation to the toothbrush head 12 shown in FIGS.
  • the essentially cuboidal holding parts 42 have an approximately oval segment-like depression 52, which corresponds to the lateral outer contour of the toothbrush head 12.
  • the depression is delimited at the bottom by a support surface 54 which is intended to engage under the two bristle carriers 28 when the holding device 10 is closed and to support them flatly.
  • the circumference of the recess 52 is delimited by a clamping surface 58. Viewed in cross section, this is concave in shape in order to enclose the bristle carriers 28 from the side in the holding position 44 of the holding parts 42.
  • the support surfaces 54 are in turn molded onto a holding flange 62, on which a further support surface 54 ′ for the holding web 34 is formed on the side facing away from the support surface 54.
  • the holding flange 62 extends in the longitudinal direction over an area which is somewhat shorter than the recess 38 between the holding web 34 and the bristle carriers 28.
  • the holding flanges 62 are delimited by an end face 70 running parallel to the longitudinal center plane 46 , In the holding position 44 of the holding parts 42, these end faces 70 are held at a small distance from one another. This in turn ensures that the clamping surfaces 58 for clamping the bristle carriers 28 come into contact with their lateral lateral surfaces 60.
  • the receiving recesses 50 are shaped opposite the brush head segment 64 and further brush head segment 66, so that in the holding position 44 the entire toothbrush head 12 is held securely by the holding parts 42 and the bristle carriers 28 which are only fastened by means of a soft plastic material also have no problem Can be exposed to stress in a tamping machine or the like.
  • the material thickness of the holding flanges 62 at the end face 70 - FIGS. 10 and 11 - or at the passage recess 56 - FIGS. 4 and 5 - is preferably at least 1 mm. This material thickness increases continuously in the direction away from the longitudinal center plane 46. Furthermore, the support surfaces 54 and the further support surfaces 54 'run to a plane parallel to the base plate 40 each at an acute but opposite angle, so that a centering effect is achieved when the holding device 10 is closed.
  • the base plate 40 is preferably formed between the holding parts 42 in such a way that the toothbrush head 12 or holding web 34 is supported in the holding device 10.
  • a toothbrush of this type is disclosed, for example, in US Pat. No. 5,799,354 - a holding part can be provided to support the bristle holder, which enters the recess in the longitudinal direction of the toothbrush.
  • the holding part stationary in the holding device and to slide the toothbrush onto the holding flange when it is introduced into the holding device.
  • the holding part or the holding parts can, for example, move into the recess of the toothbrush from the side.
  • the diameter of the receiving holes 30 for the bristle bundles 32 can be selected to be less than or equal to 1.7 mm. Studies have shown that the force acting on the bristle carrier 28 is minimal with such hole diameters. Minimum diameters of the receiving holes 30 allow a minimal depth of the receiving holes 30, whereby the thickness of the bristle carrier 28 and the toothbrush head 12 can be kept to a minimum. The depth of the receiving holes 30 is preferably less than or equal to 4 mm.
  • soft-elastic material is displaced by means of the holding part or the holding parts in order to support the bristle carriers 28.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif pour maintenir de manière fixe une tête de brosse à dents (12) dans une machine d'usinage, ce dispositif comportant des parties supports (42) dotées d'une surface d'appui (54) moulée sur une collerette de maintien (62), laquelle est conçue pour être insérée entre le support de poils de brosserie (28) et la barrette support (42) de la tête de brosse à dents (12), la surface d'appui (54) de la collerette servant d'appui au support de poils de brosserie (28).
EP04801147.2A 2004-03-24 2004-12-08 Dispositif support pour tete de brosse a dents Not-in-force EP1727445B1 (fr)

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CH4962004 2004-03-24
PCT/CH2004/000724 WO2005089592A1 (fr) 2004-03-24 2004-12-08 Dispositif support pour tete de brosse a dents

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EP1727445A1 true EP1727445A1 (fr) 2006-12-06
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CN (1) CN100571573C (fr)
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