Patent ID: 6578929
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A46D,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a toothbrush comprising:(a) feeding each free end of a plurality of long, continuous strands of filaments into corresponding holes in a moldbar; (b) selectively clamping one or more of the strands with a single selective clamping device while advancing the selected strands; (c) cutting the strands of filaments so that an anchoring portion of each cut strand extends above a surface of the moldbar; (d) placing the moldbar in a molding machine so that the anchoring portion of the filaments extends into a molding cavity defined in part by the moldbar, the molding cavity being shaped to form the body of the toothbrush; and (e) delivering resin to the molding cavity to form a toothbrush body around the anchoring portion.