Patent ID: 6079788
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A46D

Abstract:
A device for removing individual fiber tufts from a plurality of fiber bins of a brush making machine, said fiber bins comprising a central bin and at least two outer bins, the device comprisinga tuft remover;a counterpart matching said tuft remover;a movable slide arranged between said counterpart and said fiber bins; whereina) said slide has a plurality of through-passages each of which is consistently associated with one of said fiber bins, said through-passages comprising a central through-passage and at least two outer through-passages;b) said outer through-passages of said slide are inclined at an angle to said central through-passage; andc) a ram is arranged between said central bin and each of said outer bins, each ram having an end face facing said slide and either bearing on one side surface area of said slide or applying pressure to an opposite end of one of said outer through-passages, depending on whether said slide presents to said ram end face an end of an outer through-passage or a surface area on said slide between an outer through-passage and said central through-passage.