Patent ID: 6260927
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A46B,A46D

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a brush ring that is to be used with a plurality of similar brush rings as a brush that rotates around a longitudinal axis in a brushing machine, the brush ring comprising a brush part formed of radially directed bristles and a ring shaped frame part that connects the bristles, the brush part and the frame part being formed as a single member and including holding means for preventing the brush ring from twisting when the plurality of brush rings have been assembled one after another in a longitudinal direction on a brush frame of a brushing machine, the method comprising:providing an essentially elongated brush preform in which the bristles are connected to each other at one end;feeding plastic paste in an essentially solid state onto said one end of the bristles at a top edge of the preform, the plastic paste being fed in a finished shape; andworking the brush ring to a final shape utilizing a press mold assembly to form at least the frame part from the plastic paste.