Interdental cleaner
An interdental cleaner ( 10 ) has a rod-shaped support ( 11 ) made of plastic, a handle part ( 12 ) connected to the support ( 11 ), and a cleaning part ( 13 ) which has a sleeve-shaped cover ( 14 ) arranged on the support ( 11 ). The cover carries radially outwardly protruding cleaning elements ( 15 ). Provision is made that the cover consists of a plurality of cover parts, wherein a first cover part ( 16 ) consists of a first soft-elastic plastic, and wherein a second cover part ( 17 ) consists of a second soft-elastic plastic or of a thermoplastic, wherein the plastics material of the first cover part ( 16 ) is different than the plastics material of the second cover part ( 17 ). Preferably, the plastics material of the first cover part ( 16 ) has a lower Shore hardness than the plastics material of the second cover part ( 17 ).
1. Interdental cleaner comprising a rod-shaped support made of plastics material, a handle part connected to the support, and a cleaning part which has a sleeve-shaped cover arranged on the support the cover supporting radially outwardly protruding cleaning elements, wherein the cover comprises a plurality of cover parts a first cover part comprising a first soft-elastic plastics material and a second cover part comprising a second soft-elastic plastics material or a thermoplastics material, the plastics material of the first cover part being different from the plastics material of the second cover part.
2. Interdental cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the plastics material of the first cover part and the plastics material of the second cover part have different Shore hardnesses.
3. Interdental cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the plastics material of the first cover part has a lower Shore hardness than the plastics material of the second cover part.
4. Interdental cleaner according to claim wherein a groove is formed between the first cover part and the second cover part.
5. Interdental cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein the groove is filled with an additive.
6. Interdental cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein the groove has a width in the range of from 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm.
7. Interdental cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein the groove has a width in the range of from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.
8. Interdental cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the first cover part is arranged in a front end region of the support and in that the second cover part is arranged so as to be axially offset, relative thereto, on the support in a direction of the handle part.
9. Interdental cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the first cover part and the second cover part are each designed as a partial shell or half shell.
10. Interdental cleaner according to claim 9 , wherein the first cover part covers a longitudinal side of an axial length of front portion of the support and the second cover part covers a diametrically opposite longitudinal side of the axial length of the front portion of the support.
11. Interdental cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the first cover part is arranged in a front end region of the support and covers a longitudinal side of the support and, in a region axially offset from the front end region in a direction of the handle part, covers a diametrically opposite longitudinal side of the support, and in that the second cover part covers the longitudinal sides of the support diametrically opposite the first cover part.
12. Interdental cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the first cover part ( 16 ) and the second cover part are each designed as a helix extending around the support.
13. Interdental cleaner according to claim 12 , wherein the first and second cover parts are combined so as to be offset by half a pitch of the helix.
14. Interdental cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the cleaning part comprises a plurality of cleaning-part portions lying one behind each other in an axial direction of the support.
15. Interdental cleaner according to claim 14 , wherein the plurality of a cleaning-part portions comprise a first cleaning-part portion, a second cleaning-part portion and a third cleaning-part portion, wherein the first cleaning-part portion is formed by the first cover part the second cleaning-part portion is formed by the first cover part and the second cover part, and the third cleaning-part portion is formed by the second cover part.
16. Interdental cleaner according to claim 15 , wherein the second cleaning-part portion is formed in each case by a region of the first and second cover parts formed as helices extending around the support, the two helical regions of the first and second cover parts being combined so as to be offset by half a pitch of the helices.