Oral hygiene device, particularly a toothbrush, and method for the production thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8973202
APP PUB NO 20120284944A1
SERIAL NO

13518953

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The oral hygiene device, particularly a toothbrush, has in the neck part, a cavity, which is closed off from the surroundings and in which a snap dome is arranged. This snap dome produces an acoustic warning signal when a limiting bending of the neck part is exceeded as a result of a limiting pressing force with which the head part is pressed, for example, against the teeth and gums is exceeded. On the one hand, this has the effect of protecting the snap dome, usually produced from metal, from corrosion and, on the other hand, the cavity serves as a resonance chamber to amplify the warning signal.

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  • COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fischer, Franz Triegen, CH 90 2338
Gross, Peter Sempach, CH 63 1146
Huber, Beat Buron, CH 21 707

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