Patent ID: 8414817

Claim:
A process for manufacturing a bristle ( 10 ) for use in a hairbrush ( 40 ), in which moldable material is introduced into a multi-part, separable mold tool to produce a bristle ( 10 ) with a bristle foot ( 16 ) and a bristle shaft ( 14 ), said process comprising a bristle shaft blank ( 12 ) is formed using an initial molding jaw ( 30 ), wherein moldable material is introduced into a hollow space ( 36 ) in this first molding jaw ( 30 ) and subsequently removed from the hollow space ( 36 ) in the first molding jaw ( 36 ), wherein the hollow space ( 36 ) in the first molding jaw ( 30 ) remains intact and the bristle foot ( 16 ) is formed in a second molding jaw ( 32 ) and a third molding jaw ( 34 ), wherein the second and third molding jaws together define a second hollow space ( 38 ), the shape of which largely corresponds to the bristle foot ( 16 ) to be created, and the second hollow space ( 38 ) is filled with the moldable material and the second and third molding jaws are subsequently separated.