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Toothbrush having main bristles and having transversely and longitudinally adjustable interdental bristles

  • US 6,463,615 B1
  • Filed: 10/23/2000
  • Issued: 10/15/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A toothbrush having a grip member andhaving a cleaning member, which is connected to the grip member and which extends substantially parallel to a cleaning-member longitudinal direction, and having drive means, which are partly accommodated in the grip member and partly in the cleaning member and which include a drivable first drive element and a drivable second drive element in the cleaning member in the area of that end of the cleaning member which is remote from the grip member, and having a drivable bristle holder, which holds a plurality of main bristles and which is coupled to the first drive element, with the aid of a first coupling element, and having a drivable interdental bristle holder, which holds a plurality of interdental bristles which extend substantially parallel to a longitudinal bristle direction, which is oriented transversely to the cleaning-member longitudinal direction, and which is coupled to the second drive element with the aid of a second coupling element, wherein, of the second coupling element and the second drive element, at least the second coupling element is at least partly elastically deformable substantially parallel to the longitudinal bristle direction of the interdental bristles.

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