Brush head manufacturing method

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PATENT NO 12178313
APP PUB NO 20230148738A1
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18097275

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A brush head (10) and a method for manufacturing a welded tuft assembly (20) for a brush head (10). The method includes insertin g a bristle tuft (21) into an opening (51) in a retention element (52). A proximal end of the bristle tuft (23) and a proximal side (53) of the retention element are laser welded to at least partially melt the bristle tuft and at least a portion of the proximal side of the retention element together to create a merged proximal end head portion (26) that holds the welded tuft assembly together.

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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N VTHE CITY OF EINDHOVEN IN HOLLAND EINDHOVEN NORTH BRABANT

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Gaertner, Thomas Johannes Villach, AT 5 19
Kopeinig, Florian Klagenfurt, AT 5 19
Meidl, Michael Seeboden, AT 10 36
Varch, Martin St. Margareten, AT 8 25
Zainitzer, Christian Klagenfurt, AT 6 304

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