Patent ID: 8291541

Claim:
Brush ( 1 ) for a scrubbing, sweeping and/or polishing machine for mechanical cleaning of several surfaces that are separated from each other by means of grooves and/or joints, such as, inter alia, paving stones, tiles, Bangkirai and/or building bricks, wherein the scrubbing, sweeping and/or polishing machine is provided so as to move the brush in a plane that is substantially parallel to the said surfaces that are separated from each other, wherein the brush ( 1 ) is provided with at least one set of polishing bristles ( 2 ) for cleaning or polishing the surfaces; at least one set of joint bristles ( 3 ) for cleaning the grooves and/or joints between the surfaces; the polishing bristles ( 2 ) having a length (a) that is shorter than the length (b) of the joint bristles ( 3 ), wherein the joint bristles ( 3 ) extend between the polishing bristles ( 2 ) in a cross shape ( 4 ), having on the end of each leg ( 4 a ) of the cross shape ( 4 ) a second leg ( 4 b ) perpendicular to said first leg ( 4 a ), and the polishing bristles ( 2 ) extend over substantially all of the remaining surface of the brush ( 1 ).