Toothbrush having a brush holder movable against spring force

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5901397
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08988599

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In a toothbrush (1) comprising a stationary part (10) and a brush holder (24) which is movable with respect to the stationary part (10), and comprising a spring (48) which acts between the stationary part (10) and the brush holder (24), a link-motion device (49) is arranged between the stationary part (10) and the brush holder (24), in addition to the spring (48), in order to obtain a desired force characteristic, which link-motion device (49) is loaded by the spring (48) and comprises a link-motion follower (51) and a link-motion surface (50) having two link-motion surface portions (52, 53), the two link-motion surface portions (52, 53) adjoining one another by an edge-like transition portion (54).

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U S PHILIPS CORPORATION100 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK NY 10017

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hafele, Peter Klagenfurt, AU 3 508
Roddeman, Gerardus J H Son en Breugel, NL 2 216
Wolfger, Arno Grafenstein, AT 7 451

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