Patent ID: 8915551

Claim:
An apparatus ( 1 ) for producing round brushes ( 37 ), which have bristles ( 19 ) twisted in between two portions of wire ( 14 ) of a folded wire, the apparatus ( 1 ) comprising a bristle feeding device ( 17 ), a rotary gripper ( 13 ) for twisting two portions of wire ( 14 ) with bristles ( 19 ) located between them, a deflecting device ( 5 ) with two deflecting rollers ( 11 ) spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of a fed wire ( 3 ), the rotary gripper ( 13 ) is linearly displaceable transversely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the fed wire ( 3 ), and is adapted to grip a folded region ( 12 ) of the wire ( 3 ) that is formed by force being applied by an application element ( 10 ) that is adjustable between the deflecting rollers ( 11 ) transversely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the wire, the bristle feeding device ( 17 ) being adapted to feed the bristles ( 19 ) to bent-around portions of wire ( 14 ), is located in a region of the deflecting rollers ( 11 ), and in a region of the unfolded portions of wire ( 6 a , 6 b ) there is respectively provided a device for slowing advancement of the wire.