An interdental cleaner having a rod-shaped support made of a first plastic, which has a handle part at its rear end region and has a cover made of a soft flexible second plastic at its opposite front end region. Several radially-protruding fingers are situated on the outer side of the cover and are integrally joined to the cover in their base region. At least some of the fingers and preferably almost all the fingers have a slenderness of at least 3.0, wherein the slenderness results from the quotients of the axial length l of the finger and the maximum diameter d thereof in the base region (S=l/d). The slenderness (front slenderness) of at least some fingers is lower in a front region VB than the slenderness (rear slenderness) of at least some fingers in a rear region HB of the cover.

An interdental cleaning tool includes a base portion including a shaft portion having a shape insertable in an interdental space, a top end side cleaning portion including a top end side body covering a top end side portion of the shaft portion, and a plurality of top end side bristles protruding outward from an outer circumferential surface of the top end side body, and a base end side cleaning portion including a base end side body covering a portion of the shaft portion further in a base end side than the top end side body, and a plurality of base end side bristles protruding outward from an outer circumferential surface of the base end side body. The top end side cleaning portion has a lower hardness than the base end side cleaning portion.

A brush for cleaning a wafer includes a core extending lengthwise in a first direction, a brushing roller arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the core and having a first region and a second region defined at an outer circumferential surface of the brushing roller, a plurality of first brushing bristles extending from the first region in a radial direction of the brushing roller, wherein the radial direction of the brushing roller is perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of second brushing bristles extending from the second region in the radial direction of the brushing roller. Each of the plurality of first brushing bristles has a first shape, and each of the plurality of second brushing bristles has a second shape different from the first shape.

A lice brush includes a body that supports a plurality of bristles. The body also includes a handle. One or more of the plurality of bristles is configured for use in brushing a user's hair for lice. In particular, one or more of the bristles includes recesses, grooves, indentations, notches, pits or similar inwardly-extending spaces configured to facilitate removal of lice as the bristles pass through the hair. Multiple bristles can be provided in a bristle unit and multiple bristle units can be employed in a bristle assembly of the brush.

A hairstyling apparatus according to certain embodiments generally includes a handle, a barrel, and a plurality of bristles. The handle is configured to be gripped by a hand of a user. The barrel is mounted to the handle. The bristles extend from the barrel, and are configured to engage hair of the user. The handle includes graphene, and has a surface resistivity of at least 10.sup.4 Ohms per square.

A head for an oral-care implement comprises a number of colored filaments extending from a mounting surface of the head and being grouped together to define an initial color pattern. The colored filaments comprise at least a first and a second type of filament, wherein the types of filaments differ in color-changing characteristics over a pre-defined period of time, the pre-defined period of time being the same for the first and the second type of filament so that the initial color pattern changes color characteristics over at least a first pre-defined period of time to a first color pattern, the first color pattern being different form the initial color pattern.

A lice brush includes a body that supports a plurality of bristles. The body also includes a handle. One or more of the plurality of bristles is configured for use in brushing a user's hair for lice. In particular, one or more of the bristles includes recesses, grooves, indentations, notches, pits or similar inwardly-extending spaces configured to facilitate removal of lice as the bristles pass through the hair. Multiple bristles can be provided in a bristle unit and multiple bristle units can be employed in a bristle assembly of the brush.

The invention pertains to a novel scraper assembly having a plurality of interchangeable scraper heads and handles and corresponding method for use. The scraper assembly further comprises a plurality of abrasive mechanisms, namely spring bristles, coiled springs, chainmail abraders and wire cloth abraders capable of effectively cleaning a surface without scoring or otherwise damaging the surface. The invention may be particularly useful for cleaning grills and ovens. Additionally, the invention may also be useful for shaping, adding texture to, stripping materials from or otherwise preparing a surface, including wood, metal or ceramic surfaces.

A method for manufacturing a cosmetic applicator brush, where the cosmetic applicator brush comprises a plurality of discs assembled relative to one another, each disc having a body with a plurality of bristles extending radially therefrom, comprises the step of forming the cosmetic applicator brush by a mono-injection molding, wherein adjacent discs are maintained at an angular relationship with respect to one another independent of a disc specific keying element.

An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing member, a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image, and a brush member configured to come into contact with a surface of the image bearing member in a contact portion. In a case where a ratio of an area in which the brush member is in contact with the image bearing member per unit area in the contact portion is defined as a contact area ratio, and a range in a rotation axis direction of the image bearing member in which the developing member is configured to supply toner to the developing portion is defined as an image area, the brush member includes a portion which is outside the image area in the rotation axis direction and in which the contact area ratio is higher than the contact area ratio in the image area.