Patent ID: 6036277
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A46B,A46D

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing brushware, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a bristle carrier of elastic material having at least one substantially cylindrical elongated recess,(b) providing an elongated bristle bundle having a plurality of individual bristles;(c) melting said bristles at a fastening end thereof to form a bristle-connecting thickened portion having a traverse cross-section larger than a narrowest traverse cross-section of the recess; and(d) with the longitudinal axis of the bristle bundle aligned with the longitudinal axis of the recess, applying a force longitudinally on the thickened portion to cause a wall of the recess to elastically spring out so as to permit passage of the thickened portion, while allowing the wall to spring back after passage of the thickened portion until engagement of the wall on bristles of the bristle bundle occurs to secure the bristle bundle in the recess.