Patent ID: 8172336
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: A46D

Abstract:
1. A tuft picking device for a brush making machine, comprising a bristle magazine for holding a supply of loose bristles in a mutually parallel condition, a tuft picker including a tuft picking notch having an effective depth being movable in a working stroke past an open side of said bristle magazine, at least one shield member adapted to be shifted across the tuft picking notch to vary the effective depth of said notch, and an actuating drive coupled to the shield member and adapted to adjust the shield member in each working stroke, so as to vary the effective depth of said notch and thereby vary the size of a tuft engaged in the tuft picking notch, wherein a lever is provided to be pivotally mounted on said tuft picker, a first portion of which forms said shield member for varying the depth of said notch and a second portion of which is coupled to said actuating drive.