Abstract: A process for manufacturing a brush having an integral bristle retention feature. One end of each bristle tuft to be inserted into a molded brush body is fused into a ball-shaped mass. The body is molded around the mass, thereby anchoring the tufts in the body.

Abstract: An improved shower brush having a reciprocating head includes a housing, a liquid inlet to the housing, and a turbine member positioned to be rotated by liquid entering the housing through the inlet. A brush drive plate is slidably mounted on the housing and confined within a chamber of the housing. The brush drive plate has a surface facing the turbine member, with the surface having a cam slot in it. A pin is mounted on the turbine member and extends into the cam slot on the brush drive plate. The cam slot has a configuration such that rotary motion of the turbine member is converted to reciprocating motion of the brush drive plate. A massage brush head is mounted on the brush drive plate. The brush also has a plurality of discharge orifices from the housing disposed around the brush head and means forming a part of the housing for distributing the liquid to the discharge orifices after it causes the turbine member to rotate so that the shower brush may massage and shower the user at the same time.