Patents by Inventor Armin Baertschi
Armin Baertschi 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: 8756743Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Armin Baertschi, Franz Fischer, Christian Hilfiker
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Patent number: 8387196Abstract: An oral care implement having an turbine-like arrangement of cleaning elements. In one aspect, the invention is an oral care implement comprising a handle: a head connected to the handle, the head comprising a first surface, the first surface comprising an elliptical zone and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart spirals spreading out from the elliptical zone; and for each spiral, an arcuate cleaning element wall extending outward from the first surface of the head along the spiral. In another aspect, the invention may be an apparatus for incorporation into an ansate oral care implement that utilizes the aforementioned arrangement of cleaning elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Michael Rooney, Robert Moskovich, Armin Baertschi
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Patent number: 8382208Abstract: The inventive handle for a brush, in particular for a toothbrush or a domestic brush, has an integral handle body with a hollow space which is surrounded by a wall. Recesses which are offset in relation to one another and open into the hollow space are formed in the wall. The handle is produced from a plastic in an injection-molding process using an injection-molding die which has finger elements, with sections of these finger elements touching in a sealing manner when the injection-molding die is in the closed state and, as a result, these finger elements forming the recesses and the hollow space in the hardened handle.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Trisa HoldingInventors: Armin Baertschi, Martin Zwimpfer, Christian Hilfiker
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Patent number: 8365335Abstract: 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: May 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20120121312Abstract: A brush, in particular a toothbrush, including a head part with a cleaning structure that with bristles, a hand part and a neck part, a cavity with at least one outlet opening for an active substance being located in the head or neck part. In one embodiment, the cavity incorporates an active substance element, which contains the active substance in a carrier material and releases the substance in a controlled manner when it comes into contact with water. The cavity may be adapted to the shape of an active substance element by means of defined external contours. The volume of the cavity is preferably 1-2 times and no more than 4 times greater than the volume of the active substance element, ensuring that the latter is preferably surrounded by water during use. This allows the active substance to be effectively metered and ensures that the brush is easy to use.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Peter GROSS
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Publication number: 20120110768Abstract: 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: December 22, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin BAERTSCHI, Franz FISCHER, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 8109686Abstract: A brush, in particular a toothbrush, including a head part with a cleaning structure that with bristles, a hand part and a neck part, a cavity with at least one outlet opening for an active substance being located in the head or neck part. In one embodiment, the cavity incorporates an active substance element, which contains the active substance in a carrier material and releases the substance in a controlled manner when it comes into contact with water. In another embodiment, the cavity is adapted to the shape of an active substance element by means of defined external contours. The volume of the cavity is preferably 1-2 times and no more than 4 times greater than the volume of the active substance element, ensuring that the latter is preferably surrounded by water during use. This allows the active substance to be effectively metered and ensures that the brush is easy to use.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Peter Gross
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Patent number: 8089227Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Armin Baertschi, Franz Fischer, Christian Hilfiker
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Patent number: 8079110Abstract: An oral care implement with a handle includes a head with a tissue cleanser. The tissue cleanser may be a pad composed of an elastomeric material. The pad is disposed on the head on a surface opposite the tooth cleaning elements. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of nubs extending for cleaning between the papillae of the tongue. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of conically shaped nubs. A tissue cleanser can be used to reduce oral malodor problems and remove oral epithelial cells.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Douglas J. Hohlbein, Thomas E. Mintel, Armin Baertschi
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Patent number: 8046864Abstract: The toothbrush body according to the invention has on its top side a hand-supporting section with at least one longitudinal support strip which extends along the longitudinal axis of a handle part and next to which is located at least one recess which extends laterally from the top side to a bottom side. The recesses can take the form of holes located between two longitudinal support strips or of open lateral recesses formed in the broad sides of the toothbrush body.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Armin Baertschi, Beat Huber
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Patent number: 7908699Abstract: An oral care implement with a handle includes a head with a tissue cleanser. The tissue cleanser may be a pad composed of an elastomeric material. The pad is disposed on the head on a surface opposite the tooth cleaning elements. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of nubs extending for cleaning between the papillae of the tongue. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of conically shaped nubs. A tissue cleanser can be used to reduce oral malodor problems and remove oral epithelial cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Douglas J. Hohlbein, Thomas Mintel, Armin Baertschi
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Publication number: 20110047734Abstract: An oral care implement having an turbine-like arrangement of cleaning elements. In one aspect, the invention is an oral care implement comprising a handle: a head connected to the handle, the head comprising a first surface, the first surface comprising an elliptical zone and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart spirals spreading out from the elliptical zone; and for each spiral, an arcuate cleaning element wall extending outward from the first surface of the head along the spiral. In another aspect, the invention may be an apparatus for incorporation into an ansate oral care implement that utilizes the aforementioned arrangement of cleaning elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Colgate PalmoliveInventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Michael Rooney, Robert Moskovich, Armin Baertschi
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Patent number: D632084Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Bäertschi, Robert Moskovich
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Patent number: D642802Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Robert Moskovich
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Patent number: D642803Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Robert Moskovich
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Patent number: D642804Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Robert Moskovich
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Patent number: D655916Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Robert Moskovich
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Patent number: D655917Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Robert Moskovich
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Patent number: D655918Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Robert Moskovich
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Patent number: D671325Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Armin Bärtschi, Robert Moskovich