Abstract: A method for producing a toothbrush head comprises providing at least two bristle tufts that differ in at least one property; arranging the tufts in a hole-perforation plate comprising holes shaped and distributed according to the desired bristle field; arranging an energy source so that the ends of the bristle tufts and the energy source are arranged contactless, wherein the ends of the bristle tufts to be fused are arranged at different distances to the energy source and are adjusted according to the different property; applying energy to the ends of the bristle tufts until fuse balls are formed; transferring the bristle tufts to a subsequent process position, wherein the distance of the fuse ball of at least one bristle tuft to the hole-perforation plate is different from the distance of said fuse ball to the hole-perforation plate in the fusing position before; over-molding of the fuse balls of the bristle tufts with plastic material thereby forming the brush head or the part (10) thereof.

Abstract: A hairbrush includes a base with a handle and an elongated end portion connected to the handle. The elongated end portion includes a plurality of slots extending inwardly from a front side surface of the elongated end portion and a cavity extending inwardly from a lateral side surface of the elongated end portion. The cavity and the slots extend in different directions and intersect one another inside of the elongated end portion of the base. The hairbrush also includes a locking bar with through holes extending in the cavity and movable between a first position and a second position inside of the cavity. The hairbrush may further include a plurality of bristle structures, insertable into the slots and the through holes of the locking bar, and selectively coupleable to the elongated end portion of the base by moving the locking bar to one of the first and second positions thereof.

Abstract: A mould system for producing a tufted body having a curved outer surface, for example one hemispherical half of a spherical toothbrush head, the mould system comprising a mould form having a receptacle and an annular flange circumscribing an open end of the receptacle and at least one slot formed substantially radially in the flange and extending into a sidewall of the receptacle.

Abstract: A brush head (100) and a method of making a tuft spike (20) and a brush head with a plurality of tuft spikes. The brush head includes a matrix (30) having a plurality of receptacles (32) formed therein. A plurality of tuft spikes are each formed of a plurality of bristle strands (22) arranged in a tuft (21) having a free end (25) and a proximal end (23) inserted in a spike body (24). Each tuft spike is disposed in one of the receptacles of the matrix. A brush head neck (40) has a distal platen (42) that is connected to and at least partially encompassed in the matrix.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a brush head (10). The method includes molding a tuft carrier (50) having at least one retention element (52) that are positioned relative to a handling plate (101). Excess material (59) may be removed from the tuft carrier. The retention elements are loaded into recesses of the handling plate. A bristle tuft (21) comprised of a plurality of bristles (22) is inserted into the opening (51) of each retention element. A proximal end (23) of each bristle tuft (21) is bonded together with at least a portion of the proximal side (53) of each corresponding retention element (52) to form a merged proximal end head portion (26) that secures the bristle tufts and retention elements together as a plurality of merged tuft assemblies (20). A platen (42) of a neck (40) is positioned in relation to the merged tuft assemblies using a cavity in a base plate. A matrix material (30) is overmolded to at least partially encompass the platen and the merged tuft assemblies and form the brush head.

Abstract: A method and device (1) for producing and machining screwed-in brushes (2). In the method and in the device, at least one grinding sleeve (4) is used to grind down free bristle ends (5) of a brush (2) to be machined and thus remove edges and/or burrs on the free bristle ends (5).

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a novel, twisted-in-wire type interproximal brush equipped with yarn strands. According to some embodiments, the yarn strands may be formed of nylon filament having compression memory characteristics.

Abstract: The Hair Removal Device may be a wall mounted assembly of a base attached to a wall. The base having a plurality of holes extending from a top to a bottom. A cluster of tentacles mounted on a bristle ball body. The body having a suction cup on a stem, the suction cup spaced from the tentacles. The base disposed between the suction cup and the tentacles. The bristle ball having a plurality of tentacles extending radially from the bristle ball. The bristles formed of a flexible, resilient material. The each one of the plurality of holes filled with a stem holding the suction cup on the base and the tentacles spaced from the base.

Abstract: A disposable edge pen that is used to stylize the baby hairs of a black woman: the disposable edge pen comprises of an edge brush, a container that holds a styling gel, a screw mechanism that pushes the gel out of the container, a dispensing gel cap that holds the styling gel within the container, and a cap that covers the dispensing gel cap.

Abstract: A method of forming an oral care implement, a method of forming a head plate for an oral care implement, and an oral care implement or head plate formed therefrom. The head plate may have micro-sized or fine features. The method may include providing an amount of a first solid material upstream of a first mold cavity; prior to the first solid material entering the first mold cavity, applying ultrasonic energy to the first solid material to melt the first solid material into a first molten material; flowing the first molten material into the first mold cavity; allowing the first molten material to harden within the first mold cavity to form a head plate comprising micro-sized features; forming a body from a second material, the body including a handle portion and a head portion; and coupling the head plate to the head portion of the body.

Abstract: A double bottom test tube has a first tubular section having an open end and a rounded closed end. A second tubular section has an open end and a rounded closed end. The open end of the first tubular section is couplable to the open end of the second tubular section.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing round brushes includes motor-driven driven rollers (22, 26) which on twisting of the wire halves urge wire to a rotating gripper (60). The wire material slides along diverters (52, 54).

Abstract: An electrophoretic device for detecting biomarkers in collected bodily fluid and methods of using the same.

Abstract: A method for providing bristles for automated production of brushes, in particular toothbrushes or parts thereof may comprise providing a plurality of bristles in a storage container, applying oil to at least a part of the plurality of bristles in the storage container, separating a bristle tuft from the storage and transporting the bristle tuft in a tube using an airflow. The plurality of bristles tufts can be transferred to a providing unit, in which the bristles tufts are arranged in a pre-defined tuft pattern and may be over-molded by injection molding in order to form at least a brush head. A device suitable to perform the method comprises at least an immersion unit to apply oil to bristles and an airflow-using transportation unit.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of scrubbing brushes and/or painting brushes is provided, in which a processing pressure exerted by a processing tool (3, 4) onto a bristle holder (5) to be processed is determined by a pressure sensor (6), which has a pressure-recording surface (7), which is arranged behind the bristle holder (5) to be processed, in the operating direction of the processing tool (3, 4). In this manner, determination of the processing pressure is possible close to the bristle holder (5) to be processed.

Abstract: According to a method or an apparatus for fastening bristles in a bristle carrier (10) without using an anchor a heating (39) is provided in a tool part configured to transport the bristles. After inserting the bristles into anchoring openings (12) in the bristle carrier (10), the anchoring openings are closed by applying pressure.

Abstract: According to a method or an apparatus for fastening bristles in a bristle carrier (10) without using an anchor a heating (39) is provided in a tool part configured to transport the bristles. After inserting the bristles into anchoring openings (12) in the bristle carrier (10), the anchoring openings are closed by applying pressure.

Abstract: An oral care implement including a handle and a replacement head that is detachably coupled to the handle. The handle may include a gripping portion extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a stem extending from the distal end of the gripping portion. The stem may have an inner cavity. A vibratory element including a motor and an eccentric may be partially located in the stem. The eccentric may have a first end that is operably coupled to the motor and a second end opposite the first end, the second end having an aperture therein. A guide pin may be fixed to the stem such that a first portion of the guide pin protrudes into the inner cavity of the stem. The first portion of the guide pin may extend through the aperture in the second end of the eccentric.

Abstract: A bristle insert, in particular for a brush, is formed by at least one bristle pack having a plurality of plastic bristles whose ends are fused to each other to form a self-supporting holding element. A brush with such a bristle insert, and a method for manufacturing such a bristle insert is also provided.

Abstract: A power hairbrush which oscillates in operation with a frequency in the range of 55 Hz-120 Hz and an amplitude in the range of 8-20°, with a brushhead adapted to remove sebum and other material from the scalp and hair of a user, the brushhead including a plurality of lines or rows of filament tufts, wherein each filament in the filament tufts at its distal end is split into several portions. The brushhead further includes a plurality of lines of solid tuft members positioned adjacent to the lines of filament tufts. The filament tufts are approximately 1-3 mm taller than the solid tuft members.

Abstract: A mechanically tapered bristle filament for an oral care implement. The filament is characterized by a long thin tapered end portion. The tapered end portion has a taper length and tip diameter comparable to chemically tapered filaments. The areal surface roughness of the tapered end portion however is greater than chemically tapered filaments thereby producing increased scrubbing action against the surfaces of the teeth. The foregoing taper and roughness characteristics of the present filament enhance inter-dental cleaning effectiveness.

Abstract: A cleaning device comprises a base having a body and a handle attached to a top surface of the body. A plurality of bristles extends from a bottom surface of the body. The cleaning device further comprises a cover having a lower section defining a reservoir for containing a predefined volume of disinfectant and an upper section defining a space for enclosing the plurality of bristles of the body. The cover is adapted to selectively cover and uncover the plurality of bristles on the base.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flexible belt brush from a flexible brush element is disclosed. The axis of a cylindrical winding drum is aligned with a cylindrical winding base axis. A bottom winding of the flexible brush element is formed around the winding drum with the flexible brush element base adjacent to a winding drum outer surface and the flexible brush element surface disposed against the winding base. A winding ring is center aligned with the winding base and placed over the bottom winding. A top winding of the flexible brush element is formed around the winding drum adjacent to the winding ring. A compression ring is placed above the top winding. The winding bases are welded to form the base of the flexible belt brush.

Abstract: A web slitter assembly comprising a mechanism connected to a support structure and to a blade housing for holding the blade housing adjacent a band so that the side of a blade contacts the side of the band with an appropriate amount of force. The mechanism comprises a body connected to the support structure, and a pair of flexible walls spaced apart and on opposite sides of a portion of the body. The upper ends of the flexible walls are attached to the support structure, and the lower ends of the flexible walls are attached to the blade housing.

Abstract: An applicator for cosmetic products, typically mascara, comprising a brush made up of fibers trapped between two twisted arms extending in an axial direction and defining turns is characterized in that at least one of said turns is a turn that is not circular. More particularly, these turns describe noncircular ellipses. Such an applicator can be obtained by radial crushing of a standard type brush.

Abstract: A paint brush has a handle, a bristle carrier plate fixed directly to the handle, and a plurality of bundles of bristles inserted into the bristle carrier plate through receiving openings.

Abstract: Hair brushes are disclosed that include a brush head having opposing front and back sides with a hollow portion therebetween. The back side includes a plurality of longitudinal apertures that extend between first and second ends of the brush head, at least one of the longitudinal apertures having a length L. The front side includes first and second sets of apertures separated by a medial portion. At least one of the apertures of the first and second sets of apertures has a length dimension of at least about 0.3 L to about 0.6 L.

Abstract: A cosmetic applicator brush having a twisted wire core and an array of thermoplastic bristles with free tips extending radially outwardly from the core, wherein at least some of the bristles have shapes and/or surface textures modified at one or more localities between their free tips and the core by selective irradiation of the aforesaid locality or localities with laser energy. A method of making the brush includes the steps of assembling the core and bristles to form a brush, trimming the bristles to achieve a desired brush profile, and selectively irradiating at least some of the bristles with a laser beam at localities between the bristle tips and the core.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a hygienic brush head (210) for cleaning articles, where the brush head (210) comprises a plurality of flexible bristle filaments (200) extending in a longitudinal direction (212) grouped into flexible sweeping elements (202), being encapsulated in a molded bristle carrier (208) connected to a molded brush head body (206), the method comprises: •collecting the flexible bristle filaments (200) in a grouping module creating at least one group of flexible sweeping elements (202), •encapsulating the one end (216) of the at least one group of flexible sweeping elements (202) in a bristle carrier (208) comprising a flange part (222) that extends from the bristle carrier (208) away from the flexible sweeping elements (202), •positioning a plurality of the encapsulated groups of flexible sweeping elements (202) in a mold (214), and performing a first brush head molding of a brush head body (206) around the plurality of the encapsulated groups of flexible sweeping elements (202),

Abstract: An anti-loose interdental brush includes a plurality of fixing portions formed on a bristle stem of an interdental brush. Each fixing portion includes a bottom wall, a side wall formed laterally from the bottom wall, and a capacity area surrounded by the bottom wall and the side wall. The adjacent bottom walls of the adjacent fixing portions are orientated in different directions. Thus, the adjacent capacity areas are set in different directions to contact the handle. An outer diameter of the bottom wall can be preferably larger than or equal to an outer diameter of the bristle stem. Accordingly, a dual engaging and fixing effect between the bristle stem and the handle is attained to prevent the bristle stem from loosening and rotating due to an external force and to enhance safety in using.

Abstract: The invention is related to a toothbrush head which comprises a head base, a head frame, and bristles. The head base comprises a front end, a back end, multiple strip-substrates, and multiple junctions. The multiple strip-substrates are aligned between the front end and the back end and each two adjacent strip-substrates link with each other with each of the multiple junctions, and each of the multiple strip-substrates comprises multiple sockets for inserting the bristles. The head frame comprises a bottom surface and multiple accommodating spaces for accommodating the head base. The toothbrush head allows the bristles to be bent into the arc shape when touching the teeth, so as to increase touching areas between the brushes and the teeth for enhancing cleaning effect and decreasing risks of causing caries.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a toothbrush comprises providing an integral head mold configured to simultaneously form bristles and head board in one injection molding process, heating head molding material to a predetermined temperature, filling the integral head mold with the head molding material in an injection molding machine, applying pressure to the integral head mold for a predetermined period and applying a cooling process to the integral head mold to produce a molded integral head. The molded integral head includes bristles molded on a head board.

Abstract: A method for producing a brush head for a toothbrush head is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a bristle carrier; providing cleaning elements having first ends which will not be embedded in the bristle carrier and second ends which will be embedded in the bristle carrier, wherein the cleaning elements are selected from at least two different types of cleaning elements or at least two distinctive cleaning elements of the same type; placing the first ends of the cleaning elements in the bristle carrier in a carrier part for holding; and supplying different amounts of heat to the second ends in the bristle carrier by reflecting the heat supplied partially from the carrier part and/or absorbing the heat supplied partially by the carrier part resulting in the second end being molten.

Abstract: An industrial brush comprises a brush body having a cup-shaped containing portion with a bottom wall and at least one side wall, which together define a receiving cavity, a bundle of filament or cable lengths partly housed in the cavity and externally protruding therefrom, means for retaining the bundle inside the cavity, where at least one side wall of the containing portion has a neck of a predetermined length, corresponding to at least ? of the length of the side wall and extending towards an access opening of the cavity to at least partly define the retaining means. The side wall of the containing portion also comprises a plurality of longitudinal ribs, which are substantially parallel to the central axis and angularly spaced from each other so as to define a corresponding plurality of longitudinal channels.

Abstract: A process for creating multiple tufts for a tufted article comprises directing the initial filament bundle into a first channel, causing the bundle to move through the first channel while splitting the bundle into a plurality of tufts according to a predetermined pattern, and directing the plurality of tufts into the plurality of second channels such that each of the plurality of tufts has its own second channel. An apparatus comprises a first plate having a first channel for receiving a filament bundle, a splitting element for separating the bundle into the plurality of individual tufts, a second plate having a plurality of second channels for receiving the plurality of tufts, and a driving means for moving the filaments in the channels.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bristle head for a brush is provided. The method includes a first step of obtaining a fiber bundle by reeling up a melt-spun synthetic fiber, a second step of obtaining a unit fiber bundle by cutting the fiber bundle in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, a third step of forming a tapered shape at a tip portion of each fiber included in the unit fiber bundle, a fourth step of forming a bristle head by isolating a part of the unit fiber bundle, and a fifth step of forming a conductive portion including a conductive material on a surface of each by immersing the bristle head in a treatment bath accommodating a treatment liquid.

Abstract: There is a need to reduce raw materials used in the manufacturing of wet mops, to reduce the weight of the wet mop which will decrease user fatigue and related injuries and to address the difficulty of attaching standard wet mops to commonly used mop handles. The improvement is a tubular headband wet mop with yarn strands on only one side of the headband, reducing the amount of unused yarn incorporated into the wet mop while not reducing floor surface coverage area. The tubular headband also eliminates the possibility of exposing the bottom side of the mop handle which can damage or mar the floor surface, coatings and finishes. This reduction in raw materials results in a lighter product, which reduces effort required to lift and wring out the wet mop, and reduces fatigue and injuries associated with mopping.

Abstract: There is a need to reduce raw materials used in the manufacturing of wet mops, to reduce the weight of the wet mop which will decrease user fatigue and related injuries and to address the difficulty of attaching standard wet mops to commonly used mop handles. The improvement is a tubular headband wet mop with yarn strands on only one side of the headband, reducing the amount of unused yarn incorporated into the wet mop while not reducing floor surface coverage area. The tubular headband also eliminates the possibility of exposing the bottom side of the mop handle which can damage or mar the floor surface, coatings and finishes. This reduction in raw materials results in a lighter product, which reduces effort required to lift and wring out the wet mop, and reduces fatigue and injuries associated with mopping.

Abstract: A brush is provided herein, the brush having heating elements dispersed on and protruding from its face and spacers arranged to maintain a specified distance between protruding ends of the heating elements and a scalp of a head that is being brushed. The spacers are dispersed on the brush's face at a specified density that assures maintaining the specified distance with respect to a resilience of the spacers.

Abstract: A method for making a toothbrush including a handle, a head including at least one cleaning element extending therefrom, and a hinge arranged between the head and the handle, said hinge including a joint between the handle and the head of a harder thermoplastic component covered by a softer thermoplastic component is provided, the method including: forming a base body by injection molding of a first thermoplastic material forming one of the handle or the head, and injection molding of a second thermoplastic material for forming the other of the handle or the head to thereby fuse the second thermoplastic material against the first thermoplastic material; placing the base body into a further mold; and injection molding the softer thermoplastic component for covering the joint.

Abstract: A wire core brush, preferably in the form of a cosmetic or mascara applicator, having bristle-forming elements held between at least two wires that are twisted together, forming bristles arranged essentially along at least one helix, between which a helical open space is provided, characterized in that the helical open space is partially filled by a film strip, which wraps around circumference surface shared by the wires that are twisted together.

Abstract: A wire core brush composed of a core comprising at least two wires twisted together between which are held bristle-forming elements, which form bristles that protrude from the core, characterized in that the wire core brush has been produced in such a way that after the twisting, it has first bristles protruding from the core essentially in the radial direction with a first length and also has second bristles protruding from the core essentially in the radial direction with a second length that is greater than the first length so that the second bristles protrude beyond the first bristles essentially in the radial direction; after this, the brush has been pulled through a hot tube whose inner diameter and temperature are selected and matched to the residence time of the brush in the tube so that a section of the second bristles is permanently oriented essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the wire core.

Abstract: The invention concerns a toothbrush head comprising a brush head housing, and a bristle carrier movable relative to the brush head housing around an axis of pivoting, the bristle carrier containing a plurality of tooth cleaning elements, wherein a first portion of bristles is arranged annularly and disposed in an outward leaning angle compared to the axis of pivoting by means of a wedge ring, and a second portion of bristles is arranged radially inwards of the first portion of bristles. The invention also concerns a method for manufacturing a toothbrush head.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a hygienic brush head (210) for cleaning articles, where the brush head (210) comprises a plurality of flexible bristle filaments (200) extending in a longitudinal direction (212) grouped into flexible sweeping elements (202), being encapsulated in a moulded bristle carrier (208) connected to a moulded brush head body (206), the method comprises: collecting the flexible bristle filaments (200) in a grouping module creating at least one group of flexible sweeping elements (202), encapsulating the one end (216) of the at least one group of flexible sweeping elements (202) in a bristle carrier (208) comprising a flange part (222) that extends from the bristle carrier (208) away from the flexible sweeping elements (202), positioning a plurality of the encapsulated groups of flexible sweeping elements (202) in a mould (214), and performing a first brush head moulding of a brush head body (206) around the plurality of the encapsulated groups of flexible sweeping elements (202)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a hygienic brush head for cleaning articles, where the brush head (comprises a plurality of flexible bristle filaments extending in a longitudinal direction grouped into flexible sweeping elements being connected to a moulded brush head body, the method comprising: collecting the flexible bristle filaments in a grouping module creating at least one group of flexible sweeping elements, melting one end of the at least one group of flexible sweeping elements using a melting module, creating a melted end, gliding the flexible sweeping elements positioned in the grouping module away from the melting module in a direction substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the flexible bristle filaments, positioning a plurality of the groups of flexible sweeping elements in a mould, and performing a first brush head moulding of a brush head body around the plurality of the groups of flexible sweeping elements, performing a second brush head moulding around the brush

Abstract: A broom with hooked bristles section that may include a broom handle and a broom head having an upper section, a lower section, a first side and a second side. The broom handle may attach to the upper section of the broom head. A plurality of straight bristles may attach to the first side of the lower section of the broom head, while a plurality of hooked bristles may attach to the second side of the lower section of the broom head. The plurality of hooked bristles allows for the ability to collect and remove debris from underneath objects.

Abstract: A formable handle toothbrush has a handle portion that allows a user to heat and form the handle to the shape of their hand to provide for more secure grip of the toothbrush. In one embodiment, a hand formable toothbrush has a toothbrush head attached to a shank that can be inserted into a socket within the toothbrush handle. This configuration allows for the use of replacement toothbrush heads. This makes manufacturing of higher cost handles more economical, as the formable handle portions would not be thrown out when the toothbrush head needs replacement. To customize the formable handle portion, a user may simply place the toothbrush, or handle portion of the toothbrush, in boiling water for a period of time and then remove the toothbrush handle, allow it to cool to a safe temperature and then grasp the handle to form it into the shape of their hand.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing round brushes, which have bristles twisted in between two portions of a folded wire. The apparatus has a bristle feeding device and a rotary gripper for twisting two portions of wire with bristles located therebetween, a deflecting device with two deflecting rollers spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the wire. The rotary gripper is linearly displaceable transversely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the wire, for gripping the folded region of the wire that is formed by force being applied by an application element that is adjustable between the deflecting rollers transversely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the wire. A bristle feeding device, for feeding bristles to the bent-around portions of wire, is provided in the region of the deflecting rollers. In the region of the unfolded portions of wire there is provided a device for slowing the advancement of the wire.

Abstract: A brush head, particularly a toothbrush head, may have a plurality of cleaning elements, in particular bristle tufts, which are anchored by an end section in a brush carrier, wherein the cleaning elements may be cast with positive engagement in blind-hole shaped retaining recesses. For producing such a brush head different cleaning elements, such as bristle tufts may be fused by heat and may be placed in a mold cavity to be over-molded.

Abstract: A washing element for a washing system is provided, in particular an automatic motor vehicle washing system, wherein the washing element is formed by a foam material. To provide a washing element of this kind wherein the risk of damage to the article to be washed can be reduced, the washing element is a foam sheet which has at least on one side a skin, wherein the skin is provided, at least in certain sections, with a surface texturing.