Patents by Inventor Armin Bärtschi
Armin Bärtschi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11944188Abstract: An oral hygiene product, in particular a toothbrush, comprises at least one application unit and at least one handle unit, the at least one handle unit being formed partly from a soft component and partly from a hard component, wherein the soft component extends at least over a substantial part of a main extent of the at least one handle unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventor: Armin Bärtschi
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Publication number: 20220354627Abstract: An electrical appliance for personal care includes a handle with a longitudinal axis, and a plug-on part which can be attached to the handle, wherein a vibration unit having an electric motor and an eccentric element is arranged in the handle, wherein a plug-like coupling structure protrudes from the handle, which plug-like coupling structure forms an interface with a substantially mirror-inverted socket-like coupling structure of the plug-on part, wherein the interface has at least two stages with different circumferential geometry, wherein at least one of the stages has a rotation-preventing device between the handle and the plug-on part, and wherein a stop surface of the handle for the plug-on part extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin BÄRTSCHI, Herbert FISCHER, Michael SCHÄR
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Patent number: 11426265Abstract: An electrical appliance for personal care includes a handle with a longitudinal axis, and a plug-on part which can be attached to the handle, wherein a vibration unit having an electric motor and an eccentric element is arranged in the handle, wherein a plug-like coupling structure protrudes from the handle, which plug-like coupling structure forms an interface with a substantially mirror-inverted socket-like coupling structure of the plug-on part, wherein the interface has at least two stages with different circumferential geometry, wherein at least one of the stages has a rotation-preventing device between the handle and the plug-on part, and wherein a stop surface of the handle for the plug-on part extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Herbert Fischer, Michael Schär
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Publication number: 20210196034Abstract: An oral hygiene product, in particular a toothbrush, comprises at least one application unit and at least one handle unit, the at least one handle unit being formed partly from a soft component and partly from a hard component, wherein the soft component extends at least over a substantial part of a main extent of the at least one handle unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventor: Armin BÄRTSCHI
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Publication number: 20210145162Abstract: A cleaning device, in particular a toothbrush, with a handle body consisting of a handle part, a head part and a neck part connecting the handle part to the head part. The head part has applied to it one or more applicator and/or cleaning elements, which form a bristle area which has at least one outer side and/or an upper side. At least one of the applicator and/or cleaning elements on the at least one outer side and/or an upper side of the bristle area and/or the handle body is/are marked or printed with a marking/color medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin BAERTSCHI, Peter GROSS, Walter HESS
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Publication number: 20200253704Abstract: An electrical appliance for personal care includes a handle with a longitudinal axis, and a plug-on part which can be attached to the handle, wherein a vibration unit having an electric motor and an eccentric element is arranged in the handle, wherein a plug-like coupling structure protrudes from the handle, which plug-like coupling structure forms an interface with a substantially mirror-inverted socket-like coupling structure of the plug-on part, wherein the interface has at least two stages with different circumferential geometry, wherein at least one of the stages has a rotation-preventing means between the handle and the plug-on part, and wherein a stop surface of the handle for the plug-on part extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin BÄRTSCHI, Herbert FISCHER, Michael SCHÄR
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Patent number: 10667892Abstract: An electrical appliance for personal care includes a handle with a longitudinal axis, and a plug-on part which can be attached to the handle, wherein a vibration unit having an electric motor and an eccentric element is arranged in the handle, wherein a plug-like coupling structure protrudes from the handle, which plug-like coupling structure forms an interface with a substantially mirror-inverted socket-like coupling structure of the plug-on part, wherein the interface has at least two stages with different circumferential geometry, wherein at least one of the stages has a rotation-preventing means between the handle and the plug-on part, and wherein a stop surface of the handle for the plug-on part extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Herbert Fischer, Michael Schär
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Patent number: 10470558Abstract: A toothbrush including a main member that includes a handle portion, a neck portion and a head portion. At least one brush member, which forms at least part of the brush head along with the head portion and is movable relative to the head portion, is disposed in the head portion. The at least one brush member can be moved under the effect of a cleaning movement manually exerted on the teeth.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Christoph Willi, Pierre Kirchhofer, Armin Bärtschi, Vivek Patel, Matthew Kwang, Gerhart Huy
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Publication number: 20190117356Abstract: An electrical appliance for personal care includes a handle with a longitudinal axis, and a plug-on part which can be attached to the handle, wherein a vibration unit having an electric motor and an eccentric element is arranged in the handle, wherein a plug-like coupling structure protrudes from the handle, which plug-like coupling structure forms an interface with a substantially mirror-inverted socket-like coupling structure of the plug-on part, wherein the interface has at least two stages with different circumferential geometry, wherein at least one of the stages has a rotation-preventing means between the handle and the plug-on part, and wherein a stop surface of the handle for the plug-on part extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin BÄRTSCHI, Herbert FISCHER, Michael SCHÄR
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Publication number: 20180228583Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz FISCHER, Armin BAERTSCHI, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 9968427Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20170189151Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz FISCHER, Armin BAERTSCHI, Christian HILFIKER
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Publication number: 20170135462Abstract: A toothbrush including a main member that includes a handle portion, a neck portion and a head portion. At least one brush member, which forms at least part of the brush head along with the head portion and is movable relative to the head portion, is disposed in the head portion. The at least one brush member can be moved under the effect of a cleaning movement manually exerted on the teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Christoph WILLI, Pierre KIRCHHOFER, Armin BÄRTSCHI, Vivek PATEL, Matthew KWANG, Gerhart HUY
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Patent number: 9572642Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Patent number: 9549607Abstract: An oral care implement including a head, a gum massaging element extending from proximate a peripheral side of the head, and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements positioned on the head. The plurality of tooth cleaning elements including a side tooth cleaning element positioned inwards and adjacent the gum massaging element. The gum massaging element provides transverse support to the side tooth cleaning element during brushing.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANYInventors: Armin Baertschi, Martin Zwimpfer, Robert Moskovich
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Publication number: 20150289958Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Franz FISCHER, Armin BAERTSCHI, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 9125714Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20140310899Abstract: An oral care implement including a head, a gum massaging element extending from proximate a peripheral side of the head, and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements positioned on the head. The plurality of tooth cleaning elements including a side tooth cleaning element positioned inwards and adjacent the gum massaging element. The gum massaging element provides transverse support to the side tooth cleaning element during brushing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Armin Baertschi, Martin Zwimpfer, Yuri Moskovich
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Publication number: 20140237744Abstract: A toothbrush has a removable end cap at its free end area directed away from the bristles, which end cap closes off an inner space of a grip element. The end cap accommodates an electrical control element, in particular a potentiometer, which can be adjusted via an adjustment element arranged rotatably on the end cap. The toothbrush also comprises an electrical power consumption unit, in particular an electric motor, which is designed to set the bristles in vibration. The energy supply from an energy reservoir arranged in the interior to the electrical power consumption unit can be adjusted continuously by means of the control element, as a result of which the vibration intensity of the bristles can be steplessly adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin BAERTSCHI, Franz FISCHER, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 8776302Abstract: An oral care implement has a head and a first tooth cleaning element. The first tooth cleaning element has a generally convex end surface such that dentifrice applied to the head is adapted to be directed towards a distal cleaning surface of the head. The oral care implement can also include a gum massaging element extending from a peripheral side of the head.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Baertschi, Martin Zwimpfer, Robert Moskovich