Patent ID: 8186000

Claim:
An end brush with reduced bristle flare, comprising: a body having a rotational axis and a substantially planar face that is generally orthogonal to the rotational axis; a plurality of bristles forming a tuft of bristles, each bristle fastened at a fixed end to a body and extending outward from the body in a direction generally parallel to the rotational axis of the body, each bristle having a free end distal from the body, the bristles comprising a plurality of inner bristles proximal to the rotational axis of the body and a plurality of outer bristles distal to the rotational axis, the inner bristles having a substantially uniform inner bristle length, and the free ends of the outer bristles being cut at an angle to the rotational axis such that the outermost portion of the outer bristles has a length shorter than the inner bristle length, and the innermost portion of the outer bristles has a length that is greater than the length of the outermost portion of the outer bristles and slightly shorter than the inner bristle length, the lengths of the inner bristles and the outer bristles being measured from the body to the free ends of the bristles.