Abstract: A tuft picker device for a brush making machine has a bristle magazine for holding a supply of loose bristles and a tuft picker having a tuft picking notch being movable past an open side of the bristle magazine in a working stroke. A shield member is adapted to be shifted across the tuft picker notch to change the effective depth thereof. The shield member can be adjusted by an adjusting device in each working stroke in order to vary the effective depth of the tuft picking notch from one working stroke to the next to change the size of a tuft engaged in the notch.

Abstract: Device (1) for manufacturing injection molding pieces (2) which mainly consists of a stack mold (3) with a central cubical part (4) and two mold impressions (9,10), whereby the device (1) is provided with a cooling station (15) and an ejection station (16) as well as four holders (17-20) for holding an injection molding piece (2), which are formed as a piece (17-20) which can be taken out of the cube and which partly co-determines a mold impression (9,10), and with means (24) to detach the holders (17-20) from the cube faces (5, 13, 6, 14) with mold impressions (9, 10) and to put them in the latter again, as well as means (25) to each time move the holders (17-20) a quarter of a turn to a following cube face (13, 6, 14, 5) after the injection molding.

Abstract: A brush stuffing machine comprising a bristle magazine and a stuffing tool which is movable between a bundle take-over position and a stuffing position, the stuffing tool is pivotally mounted about an axis for movement on a circular arc between the take-over position and the stuffing position.

Abstract: A bristle magazine for a broom or brush stuffing machine includes a receiving space for a multitude of bristles, a bending edge and a bracket opposite the bending edge for maintaining the bristles in a curved condition.

Abstract: A method of producing, by injection molding, a hollow cylindrical syringe body which is provided with a scale applied in the longitudinal direction. The scale is applied to a thin carrier film and the carrier film with the scale is inserted into the injection mold prior to the injection molding process.

Abstract: A tuft picker device for a brush making machine has a bristle magazine for holding a supply of loose bristles and a tuft picker having a tuft picking notch being movable past an open side of the bristle magazine in a working stroke. A shield member is adapted to be shifted across the tuft picker notch to change the effective depth thereof. The shield member can be adjusted by an adjusting device in each working stroke in order to vary the effective depth of the tuft picking notch from one working stroke to the next to change the size of a tuft engaged in the notch.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing brushes, whereby bundles of fibers (12) are provided in a brush body (13), whereby this method also comprises a step whereby the far ends (2) of the fibers (3) are subjected to a processing by bringing them into contact with a processing equipment (5), characterized in that, during the aforesaid step, the fibers (3) and the processing equipment (5) are mutually put into contact whereas the fibers (3) are being held loosely together.

Abstract: A tuft picker device for a brush making machine has a bristle magazine for holding a supply of loose bristles, a tuft picker having a tuft picking notch being movable past an open side of the bristle magazine in a working stroke. A shield member is adapted to be shifted across the tuft picker notch to change the effective depth thereof. The shield member can be adjusted by an adjusting device in each working stroke in order to vary the effective depth of the tuft picking notch from one working stroke to the next to change the size of a tuft engaged in the notch.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing brushes, whereby bundles of fibers (2) are provided in openings (3) in a brush body (4) by a filling tool (5) of the type which at least consists of a bundle remover (7) for separating bundles of fibers (2) from a fiber magazine (8), a mechanism (9) for supplying fastening material (10) in order to fix the bundles of fibers (2) in the openings (3), a filling tool slide (11) moving to and fro to guide the bundles of fibers (2) to the brush body (4) and a needle (13) to put every bundle of fibers (2) concerned in the corresponding opening (3) together with a fastening element (14) formed of the fastening material (10), wherein at least the filling tool slide (11) is controlled by an individual electric drive element (27).

Abstract: Device for compensating the vibrations caused by the movements of a tool of a brush manufacturing machine, more particularly of a tool (1) having at least one slide (2) which is provided in a first guide (3) such that is can move to and fro and which is provided with driving device (4) for this slide, wherein the device includes a compensating mass (16) and of a moving device (17) to move this compensating mass (16) in the opposite sense of the movement of the slide (2).

Abstract: Device for manufacturing brushes, which mainly consists of a number of tools along which is provided a transport means (7), onto which transport means (7) is fixed at least one brush holder (12), characterized in that the device (1) is provided with coupling means which make it possible to couple and uncouple the brush holder (12) concerned to and from the transport means (7), and in that, opposite to at least one tool, a drive (35) is provided to position and move the uncoupled brush holder (12) in relation to said tool (2-6), whereby this drive (35) is provided with locking means which make it possible to fix an uncoupled brush holder (12) to this drive (35).

Abstract: Device for manufacturing brushes by means of successive operations, which mainly consists of a number of brush holders (9-11) which are provided on a means of transport and which can be moved between different posts (5-8) which are provided along the means of transport, more particularly working posts (6-8) where a processing can take place and/or waiting posts (5) where the brush holders (9-11) can be put in a wait position, characterized in that the means of transport is provided with means which make it possible to move the brush holders (9-11) independently from one another.

Abstract: A bristle magazine for a broom or brush stuffing machine includes a receiving space for a multitude of bristles, a bending edge and a bracket opposite the bending edge for maintaining the bristles in a curved condition.

Abstract: A brush stuffing machine comprising a bristle magazine and a stuffing tool which is movable between a bundle take-over position and a stuffing position, the stuffing tool is pivotally mounted about an axis for movement on a circular arc between the take-over position and the stuffing position.

Abstract: A toothbrush comprises a brush body with a brush head and a carrier platelet attached to the brush head. A plurality of bristle bundles consisting of a thermoplastic material are attached anchor-less to the platelet. The brush head in addition has: bores, recesses or holes which have bristle bundles inserted and affixed with anchors or loops; and/or bores, recesses or holes which have knobs, pegs, pointed bristles or pointed cones inserted therein; and/or knobs, pegs, pointed bristles or pointed cones attached to the brush head.

Abstract: A tuft picker device for a brush making machine has a bristle magazine for holding a supply of loose bristles, a tuft picker having a tuft picking notch being movable past an open side of the bristle magazine in a working stroke. A shield member is adapted to be shifted across the tuft picker notch to change the effective depth thereof. The shield member can be adjusted by an adjusting device in each working stroke in order to vary the effective depth of the tuft picking notch from one working stroke to the next to change the size of a tuft engaged in the notch.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing brushes, whereby, on one hand, fibers (3) are supplied to at least one filling tool (4) by means of at least one auxiliary device (15) comprising at least two fiber loading chambers (16-20) and, on the other hand, said fiber loading chambers (16-20) are replenished by taking up fibers (3) from at least two respective fiber supply channels (8-12), whereby, by means of the filling tool (4), the fibers (3) are inserted into brush bodies (6), wherein, on one hand, the supply of the fibers (3) from the fiber loading chambers (16-20) to the filling tool (4) and, on the other hand, the replenishing of the fiber loading chambers (16-20) with fibers (3) from the fiber supply channels (8-12) is realized by means of working cycles which as such are independent.

Abstract: A brush tufting machine includes a machine tool table having a slide that is displaceably guided on the machine tool table in at least two mutually orthogonal directions. A first drive is provided for reciprocating the slide in a first one of the two directions, and a second drive is provided for reciprocating the slide in a second one of the two directions. Two drums are mounted at the slide for rotation about parallel, spaced axes. Two tufting tools are arranged at the machine tool table at a distance from each other and each in opposition to a peripheral surface of one of the drums. The peripheral surface of each drum has brush body holders arranged thereon.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing brushes whereby brush bodies are provided with brush fibers and these brush fibers are then cut off by means of a device comprising at least a rotating cutting knife and a counter knife, wherein the brush fibers are cut off by making the cutting knife as well as the counter knife carry out a rotational movement, mainly along one and the same axis of rotation.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing brushes, whereby, on one hand, fibers (3) are supplied to at least one filling tool (4) by means of at least one auxiliary device (15) comprising at least two fiber loading chambers (16-20) and, on the other hand, said fiber loading chambers (16-20) are replenished by taking up fibers (3) from at least two respective fiber supply channels (8-12), whereby, by means of the filling tool (4), the fibers (3) are inserted into brush bodies (6), wherein, on one hand, the supply of the fibers (3) from the fiber loading chambers (16-20) to the filling tool (4) and, on the other hand, the replenishing of the fiber loading chambers (16-20) with fibers (3) from the fiber supply channels (8-12) is realized by means of working cycles which as such are independent.