Patent ID: 6145935
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: A46D

Abstract:
A device for supplying fibres to a filling unit of a brush manufacturing machine, the device comprising:a fibre cartridge having at least two individual fibre supply ducts, each of the supply ducts arranged to store fibres;a moveable drawer having individual loading spaces, the drawer being configured to receive fibres from said individual supply ducts into the individual loading spaces and to move the fibres from the cartridge to a bundle remover for transfer to a filling unit;at least one loading device associated with each fibre supply duct and operable to transfer fibres from its associated supply duct to one or more of the spaces of the drawer; anda control device operable to control the movements of the loading devices and the drawer such that fibres from an individual fibre supply duct may be transferred into its respective loading device and then into selected individual ones of said loading spaces of said drawer by the loading devices.