Patent ID: 6220672
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
A method for the manufacture of brushes with a bristle carrier and a bristle facing of individual, vertical plastic bristles, the method comprising the steps of:a) introducing each individual bristle at fastening sided ends thereof through respective holes of a template, said holes having a hole diameter slightly larger than a bristle diameter, said template having a hole pattern corresponding to positioning of the bristles within the bristle facing, the bristles projecting, in spaced apart relationship corresponding to a hole pattern of said template, through and past an exit side of said template by a substantially same amount;b) fixing each individual bristle with respect to axial and radial displacement within said template;c) submerging, following step b), each individual bristle projecting past said exit side of said template into a bed of liquid curable material to immerse said fastening sided ends of the bristles in said liquid bed such that said liquid flows around ends of the bristles; andd) curing said liquid bed.