Patent ID: 9089202
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A46B,A46D

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a brush head for a toothbrush, comprising the steps of: a) providing a bristle carrier; b) providing cleaning elements having first ends which will not be embedded in the bristle carrier and second ends which will be embedded in the bristle carrier, wherein the cleaning elements are selected from at least two different types of cleaning elements or at least two distinctive cleaning elements of the same type; c) placing the first ends of the cleaning elements in a carrier part, wherein the carrier part at least partially forms an injection mold for injection-molding of the bristle carrier, wherein the carrier part comprises at least a first absorbing surface and a second absorbing surface, the first and second absorbing surfaces having different absorbing properties relative to one another; and d) supplying heat to the second ends of the at least two different types of cleaning elements or the second ends of the at least two distinctive cleaning elements of the same type, wherein the heat being supplied reflects from the first and second absorbing surfaces such that the heat reflecting from the first absorbing surface differs from the heat reflecting from the second absorbing surface, and wherein the second ends of the at least two different types of cleaning elements or the second ends of the at least two distinctive cleaning elements of the same type melt substantially equally.