CPC Subclass Not Allocatable
A46B BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G)
Description
A46B covers the design and construction of brushes used for personal hygiene, cleaning, and grooming applications. This classification includes toothbrushes, hairbrushes, shaving brushes, and general-purpose cleaning brushes with various bristle materials, handle configurations, and mechanical features. It encompasses both manually operated brushes and those with powered or semi-automated elements, as well as innovations in bristle attachment, wear resistance, and ergonomic design. Related brush components and manufacturing methods specific to brush construction are included within this subclass.
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A46B 1/00 Brush bodies and bristles moulded as a unit
- A46B 11/00 Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water (driven brush bodies A46B13/00; ; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by liquid carrying members in general, e.g. by pads B05C1/00, B05D1/28)
- A46B 13/00 Brushes with driven brush bodies (power-driven toothbrushes A61C17/16)
- A46B 15/00 Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
- A46B 17/00 Accessories for brushes
- A46B 2200/00 Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
- A46B 3/00 Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier (machines or appliances therefor A46D)
- A46B 5/00 Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
- A46B 7/00 Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body
- A46B 9/00 Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body