Patent ID: 7503093
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: A46B,A46D,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A brush ware comprising: a carrier having a plurality of through holes from which bristles extend; wherein at least one of the through holes has a minimal width of ≦3 mm along at least a portion of its depth; wherein each of said bristles are formed from a thermoplastic material and have a maximum width transverse to a longitudinal axis thereof of ≦3 mm; wherein a ratio R between said transverse width and a bristle length is ≦1:5, wherein said at least one of said through holes has an insertion funnel, a cylindrical hollow guiding path and a transition zone, all of which communicate with a plurality of cylindrical hollow smoothing paths extending down through said through hole, the number of smoothing paths corresponding to a number of bristles of a bundle of said bristles each of which extend out and down from said through hole and a respective smoothing path, wherein the longitudinal length of each of the plurality of smoothing paths is parallel to the axis of the through hole, and wherein, the upper diameter of the guiding path, the transition zone, and each of the plurality of smoothing paths progressively decrease relative to that of the insertion funnel, and wherein, the upper diameter of the guiding path, the transition zone and each of the plurality of smoothing paths progressively decrease relative to that of the insertion funnel.