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20100043162 | Oral Hygiene Device - An oral hygiene device includes a handle, a head coupled to the handle, a substantially planar base disposed on the head, and a plurality of cleaning elements projecting from the base. The plurality of cleaning elements are characterized by at least two different geometries, and at least some of the plurality of cleaning elements are generally oblong cleaning bars. Adjacent cleaning elements define at least one channel that extends in a direction generally transverse to a longitudinal direction of at least some of the oblong cleaning bars. | 02-25-2010 |
20120030891 | ORAL CARE DEVICE - A toothbrush head with a bristle support to which a plurality of tuft-shaped cleaning elements are affixed is described. The bristle support including at least one movable rocker having a first end attached to it on the side remote from a handpiece and having a free second end which is on the side close to the handpiece. Said rocker carrying at least one row of cleaning elements. At least the cleaning elements arranged on the rocker furthest from a longitudinal center plane of the toothbrush head have their free ends inwardly tilted towards said longitudinal center plane at an acute angle. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036662 | TOOTHBRUSH - A toothbrush having a handle, a head with oral care elements and a neck connecting the head with the handle is described. The toothbrush has a base structure of the handle, and the neck and the head are formed by a hard plastic component. Said basic structure of the handle is covered, at least in part, by a first soft plastic component. Said head including a second soft plastic component and said neck including a through-opening, wherein at least one section of a boundary wall of the opening is provided with an elastic muscle. | 02-16-2012 |
20120317737 | Brush Head And Method And Tool For Producing Same - A brush head, particularly a toothbrush head, may have a plurality of cleaning elements, in particular bristle tufts, which are anchored by an end section in a brush carrier, wherein the cleaning elements may be cast with positive engagement in blind-hole shaped retaining recesses. For producing such a brush head different cleaning elements may be placed successively or simultaneously in different mold cavities and may be over-molded using different plastic materials from which injection-molding sections of the bristle carrier are formed in the process. In doing so, a first cleaning element is over-molded in a first mold cavity using a first plastic material, while a second cleaning element is over-molded in a second mold cavity using a second plastic material. | 12-20-2012 |
20120317738 | Brush Head And Method And Tool For Producing Same - A brush head, particularly a toothbrush head, may have a plurality of cleaning elements, in particular bristle tufts, which are anchored by an end section in a brush carrier, wherein the cleaning elements may be cast with positive engagement in blind-hole shaped retaining recesses. For producing such a brush head different cleaning elements, such as bristle tufts may be fused by heat and may be placed in a mold cavity to be over-molded. | 12-20-2012 |
20140352091 | MANUAL TOOTHBRUSH CONCEPT BEING COMBINED FROM THREE PARTS - A toothbrush comprises a head, a neck portion and a handle, wherein the neck portion and the handle portion are connected to one another via a coupling element. The connection is constructed as an inseparable connection, i.e., after being combined once, the neck portion and the handle cannot be separated without the brush being destroyed by such separation. A method for producing such a toothbrush may comprise the following steps: providing a head, a neck portion, a handle, and a coupling element, and combining the neck portion to the handle by the coupling element so that an irreversible connection is formed. | 12-04-2014 |
20140352093 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TOOTHBRUSH AND TOOTHBRUSH PRODUCED THEREBY - A method for producing a toothbrush comprises providing a head, a neck portion, and a handle; providing a coupling element; and combining the neck portion to the handle by the coupling element so that an irreversible connection is formed. The individual parts of the toothbrush to be formed can be produced in parallel or successively, wherein some of the parts can be produced by injection molding. A toothbrush formed by the method comprises a head, a neck portion, and a handle; these elements can be produced as building blocks separately and may be connected to one another via a coupling element to form an inseparable connection. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100032471 | Connector Between a Reaction Pipe and a Cooling Pipe and Method for Connecting a Reaction Pipe to a Cooling Pipe - Connector between a reaction pipe and a cooling pipe and method for connecting a reaction pipe to a cooling pipe. The cooling pipe is a double pipe having an inner pipe, disposed in the extension of the reaction pipe, and an outer pipe that surrounds the inner pipe to form an intermediate cooling space between them. A supply chamber is connected to the cooling space for supplying coolant thereto. A transition piece, connected to the reaction pipe, has a fork-shaped end portion composed of an inner portion and an outer portion with heat-insulating material between them. The outer portion is secured to the base of the supply chamber coaxially relative to the longitudinal axis of the cooling pipe. The supply chamber, transition piece and half shells form a prefabricated unit. An inner tube section is welded to, and extends out of, the supply chamber and is aligned with the inner portion of the transition piece. The inner tube section has a thickness, inner diameter and outer diameter corresponding to those of the inner pipe. The thickness, inner diameter and outer diameter of the half shells correspond to those of the outer pipe. The axial length of the half shells is greater than the length of the part of the inner tube section extending out of the supply chamber. | 02-11-2010 |
20100319888 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR COOLING REACTION GAS, INCLUDING A TUBULAR CONNECTION BETWEEN A COOLED TUBE AND AN UNCOOLED TUBE - A heat exchanger for cooling reaction gas. A cooled tube receives hot reaction gas from a hot, uncooled tube. The cooled tube comprises a cooled inner tube and a tubular jacket that extends about the inner tube. A tubular connection is disposed between the uncooled and the cooled tubes, and includes a fork-shaped inlet head via which the inner tube is in communication with the uncooled tube. The inlet head is provided with an outer tubular section and an inner tubular section between which is disposed an intermediate space filled with heat-insulating material. The outer tubular section is connected to the tubular jacket. The inner tubular section is spaced slightly axially from the inner tube and is provided with an edge region that juts outwardly and is spaced slightly axially from the inner tube, this slight axial spacing being equal to or less than a maximum thermal expansion of the inlet head. A U-shaped sealing ring is disposed between facing end faces of the inner tube and the inner tubular section, and is disposed in a recess formed in the end face of the inner tubular section, the recess being disposed radially outwardly of the edge region of the inner tubular section. | 12-23-2010 |
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20090022471 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AN OPTICAL FIBER OR AN OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE - Disclosed is a device for adjusting an optical fiber ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090086315 | ARRANGEMENT FOR EXAMINING MICROSCOPIC PREPARATIONS WITH A SCANNING MICROSCOPE, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR A SCANNING MICROSCOPE - The arrangement for examining microscope preparations with a scanning microscope comprises a laser ( | 04-02-2009 |
20100073757 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND INFLUENCING A LIGHT RAY - An optical arrangement and a related method for operating this optical arrangement are suggested, particularly in microscopes, for use as at least one of a main beam splitter and a beam combiner. One or more light beams can be coupled into the arrangement and at least one of the light beams that were coupled in can be coupled out again after having passed through the optical arrangement. In the path of the coupled in light beams at least one controllable microstructured element is provided, allowing to switch beam paths within the optical arrangement. This allows controlling or influencing the one or more light beams that are coupled out. | 03-25-2010 |
20100214654 | APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF LIGHT IN A SCANNING MICROSCOPE - A light detector for use in a line scanning microscope and a microscope comprising such a light detector are described. The light detector comprises—a line array of avalanche semiconductor detectors; and an electronic trigger circuit that is adapted to operate the avalanche semiconductor detectors in at least one of a Geiger mode with internal charge amplification and in a linear mode. The trigger circuit further comprises a parallel counter that is designed to read out in parallel light pulses detected by the avalanche semiconductor detectors. The parallel counter is adapted to accumulate the light pulses detected by the avalanche semiconductor detectors over a preset counting time. | 08-26-2010 |
20110304900 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL SYSTEM, MICROSCOPE AND METHOD OF USE OF THE ACOUSTO-OPTICAL SYSTEM - An acousto-optical system is described comprising at least one acousto-optical element having at least one transducer that is attached to a crystal, a driver unit for generating at least one acoustic signal for driving acousto-optical elements modifying light transmitted through the acousto-optical element and comprising at least one digital data processing unit, at least one digital-to-analog converter transforming the digital combination signal into an initial analog driver signal, and an amplifier for amplifying the initial analog driver signal to become said analog electronic driver signal. Further, a microscope and a method of operating the acousto-optical element is are described. Various objectives are achieved like more flexibility, real time compensation for non-linearity and reducing the number, size, costs and energy consumption of electronic components. | 12-15-2011 |
20120130670 | System and Method for Computer-Controlled Execution of at Least One Test in a Scanning Microscope - The invention relates to a method and a system for central computer controlled execution of at least one test run in a scanning microscope, particularly a confocal microscope, wherein at least one first software module of an application software is tested. The invention achieves the aim by a network made of individual scanning microscope clients and a central server. The clients can be contacted via a network interface and are administered in a central directory in the server. The application software for the individual components of a scanning microscope is made of individual software modules, each associated with a potential test. In order to be able to perform the various tests, the scanning microscope clients have been equipped on the hardware side with additional sensors and components that allow various operating parameters to be determined. | 05-24-2012 |
20120169864 | Method for Correcting Image Distortions in a Confocal Scanning Microscope - In order to identify scan coordinate values (φ | 07-05-2012 |
20120175505 | Method and Device for Scanning-Microscopy Imaging of a Specimen - A method and a device for scanning-microscopy imaging of a specimen ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120193513 | LASER SYSTEM FOR A MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LASER SYSTEM FOR A MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a laser system ( | 08-02-2012 |
20130003172 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING ONE OR MORE SAMPLES - A device in the form of a scanning microscope, a device in the form of a structural unit for a microscope and a method and a device for optically scanning one or more samples. A device in the form of a scanning microscope has a light source ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130010340 | DEVICE FOR SCANNING AN OBJECT, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE DEVICE AND SCANNING MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a device for scanning an object comprising a carrier body ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130015331 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LIGHTAANM Birk; HolgerAACI MeckesheimAACO DEAAGP Birk; Holger Meckesheim DEAANM Seyfried; VolkerAACI NusslochAACO DEAAGP Seyfried; Volker Nussloch DE - A device for detecting light includes at least one silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) having an array of a plurality of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), the array being larger in area than an incident light. The device is configured so as to at least one of activate and analyze only the SPADs upon which a specific minimum intensity of light impinges. | 01-17-2013 |
20130043377 | DETECTOR APPARATUS - A detector apparatus is configured to receive light and generate electrical signals. The detector apparatus includes a light sensor having a light incidence side and a cooling component. The cooling component is in direct contact with at least one of the light sensor, on the light incidence side, or a substrate carrying the light sensor. | 02-21-2013 |
20130043378 | DETECTOR APPARATUS - A detector apparatus is configured to receive light and generate electrical signals. The detector apparatus includes a housing, a detector disposed in the housing and a cooling component disposed in the housing. The cooling component electrically insulates the detector with respect to the housing or is part of an insulator electrically that insulates the detector with respect to the housing. | 02-21-2013 |
20130044370 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCANNING AN OBJECT AND A MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a device for scanning an object comprising a focusing lens system ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130306398 | Apparatus for Damping Sound in the Optical Beam Path of a Microscope, and Microscope Having a Corresponding Apparatus - An apparatus for damping sound in the optical beam path of a microscope, having an acoustic insulation housing for encapsulating a sound-emitting component, preferably a rapidly moving or oscillating beam deflection means, in particular a resonantly oscillating mirror, the housing comprising at least one optical entrance/exit opening, is characterized in that the housing, preferably the opening of the housing, is embodied and/or configured in such a way that the sound otherwise emerging from the housing is largely extinguished by destructive interference without thereby influencing the optical beam. A microscope having a corresponding apparatus is furthermore claimed. | 11-21-2013 |
20140306098 | DETECTOR APPARATUS - A detector apparatus that is embodied to receive light and to generate electrical signals has a housing and a detector arranged in the housing. The detector includes a light sensor that is embodied to receive light and to release electrons. The light sensor is at a lower electrical potential level than the housing; and that the detector is in thermally conductive contact with the housing via an electrically insulating intermediate arrangement, the thermal conduction direction inside the housing being opposite to the light propagation direction of the light to be detected. | 10-16-2014 |