Abstract: An apparatus (1) for forming bristle bundles (2) is provided. The apparatus (1) includes at least one bundle pocket (3), intended to receive a bristle bundle (2) to be formed. The bundle pocket (3) has at least one piercing (6) in the side. A displacement device (7) on the apparatus (1) can be introduced into the bundle pocket (3) through this piercing (6) to create a clearance (29) inside a bristle bundle (2) to be formed. The bundle pocket (3) and the bristle bundle (2) located therein are heated by the heating device (4) in the apparatus (1) to fix the shape of the bristle bundle (2) defined by the bundle pocket (3) and the displacement device (7).

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for forming bristle bundles (2) is inter alia proposed as an improvement in the technical field of manufacturing and designing brushes. The apparatus (1) includes at least one bundle pocket (3) which is specified for receiving bristle bundles (2) to be formed. The bundle pocket (3) has a common bundle receptacle portion (50) for unifying at least two bristle bundles (2). The bundle pocket (3) and the bristle bundles (2) situated therein are heated by the heating apparatus (4) of the apparatus (1) so as to set the shaping of the bristle bundles (2) that is predefined by the bundle pocket (3) and the displacement means (7).

Abstract: Improvements in the technical field of brush manufacture are provided by a dividing-up device (1), which includes a dividing-up disc (5) with at least two dividing-up indents (6) formed at its circumference. In order for it to be possible to adapt an effective indent volume of the dividing-up indents (6) as desired, the dividing-up device (1) also includes an adjusting device (8), which is designed to adjust the effective indent volume of the dividing-up indents (6) that is available for dividing up clusters (2) of bristles.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for producing brushware (2), in particular brushes, brooms and/or paintbrushes, including at least two tufting stations (3, 4) for tufting tufts of bristles (5) in brushware bodies (6). The tufting stations (3, 4) are arranged in a shared working space (7) of the apparatus (1), and the apparatus (1), for at least one of the tufting stations (3, 4), includes an individual protection device (8, 9) designed to separate an access region (10, 11) that has the tufting stations (3, 4) and is accessible to an operator (12) from the working space (7) of the apparatus (1).

Abstract: A device used in the technical field of producing bristle products. The device (1) includes a tufting tool (3) for tufting bundles of bristles (4) into a provided bristle carrier (5) and a bristle displacer (6) for displacing already tufted bundles of bristles from a tufting region of the tufting tool (3). The tufting tool (3) and the bristle displacement element (6) are connected to a common drive shaft (9) of the device via a respective coupling gear mechanism (7) and/or (8) and are driven by same.

Abstract: A brush manufacturing device (1) for feeding tufts of bristles (2) to receiving openings (3) in a target plate (4) is provided, The device includes at least one sensor (7). The sensor allows to monitor the force which a sliding drive (5) of the device (1) applies to at least one sliding pin (6) of the device (1).

Abstract: An apparatus for producing bristle products is provided. The apparatus (1) has at least two, preferably redundant, tufting units (3, 4) which can optionally be moved from a setting-up position (7) outside a working chamber (8) of the apparatus (1) into a working position (9) within the working chamber (8) and vice versa, in particular such that, whenever one of the at least two tufting units (3, 4) is arranged in the setting-up position (7), another of the at least two tufting units (3, 4) can be or is arranged in the working position (9).

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for producing bristle products (2), in particular brushes, brooms and/or paint brushes, having at least two stations (3,4) and a transport apparatus (5), with which the bristle product bodies (6) and/or bristle products (2) to be processed are movable from station to station. The transport apparatus (5) has at least two transport planes (7,8) which are independent of one another and in which bristle product bodies (6) and/or bristle products (2) can be supplied to the stations (3,4) for processing and/or handling.

Abstract: A method for quality testing of brushes (2) is provided, in which method a trained, preferably AT-based, classifier (4) is used. After corresponding training using a training data set which shows images of defective brushes, the classifier (4) is configured to classify brushes (2) to be checked as defective brushes based on images of the brushes (2).

Abstract: To improve the brush-making field, a tuft-picking device (4) is provided, which includes the tuft picker (8) that is movable in relation to the material box (2) of the brush-making machine (1) and, on its front side (11), which in the operating position faces the bristle supply (3) held in the material box (2), includes at least one tuft-picking notch (12). The tuft-picking notch (12) has two opposing knife edges (14, 15), which delimit the notch opening (13) of the tuft-picking notch (12) and are oriented transverse to the direction of movement of the tuft picker (8). Another part of the tuft-picking device (4) is the counter piece (9), which is provided with the separating edge (17) facing the tuft picker (8). In order to allow bristle filaments (16) to be removed from the bristle supply (4) as gently as possible, at least one of the two knife edges (14, 15) and/or the separating edge (17) is rounded.

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: A shearing device (1) having a blade (2) with at least one blade cutting edge (5) which is helically coiled, and rotatable, about an axis of rotation (R) of the blade (2). The blade cutting edge (5) is assigned a counterpart blade cutting edge (4) of a counterpart blade (3). The shearing movements, by which for example bristle filaments (7) of brushes (8) for machining can be cut to length, are generated by relative rotational movement of the at least one helically coiled blade cutting edge (5) with respect to the preferably static counterpart blade cutting edge (4) of the counterpart blade (3). Since the blade (2) and the counterpart blade (3) can keep their spacing to one another constant during operation, there is a relatively low risk of injury during the use thereof.

Abstract: A method and device for the production of bristle fields for brushes is provided. The method for producing bristle fields includes filling bundle holders (3) of a bristle field support plate (2) with bundles of bristles using at least two different funnel plates (4, 5). The device includes at least two different funnel plates with complementary hole patterns in relation to a complete hole pattern (13) formed by inlet openings (12) of the bundle holders (3) on the bristle field support plate.

Abstract: A method of producing a brush as well as a brush (1), in particular a toothbrush, which has at least one bristle bundle (3) which includes at least one bristle filament having a curved and/or kinked profile.

Abstract: A method and device for the production of bristle fields for brushes is provided. The method for producing bristle fields includes filling bundle holders (3) of a bristle field support plate (2) with bundles of bristles using at least two different funnel plates (4, 5). The device includes at least two different funnel plates with complementary hole patterns in relation to a complete hole pattern (13) formed by inlet openings (12) of the bundle holders (3) on the bristle field support plate.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for forming bristle bundles (2) is inter alia proposed as an improvement in the technical field of manufacturing and designing brushes. The apparatus (1) includes at least one bundle pocket (3) which is specified for receiving bristle bundles (2) to be formed. The bundle pocket (3) has a common bundle receptacle portion (50) for unifying at least two bristle bundles (2). The bundle pocket (3) and the bristle bundles (2) situated therein are heated by the heating apparatus (4) of the apparatus (1) so as to set the shaping of the bristle bundles (2) that is predefined by the bundle pocket (3) and the displacement means (7).

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for forming bristle bundles (2) is provided. The apparatus (1) includes at least one bundle pocket (3), intended to receive a bristle bundle (2) to be formed. The bundle pocket (3) has at least one piercing (6) in the side. A displacement device (7) on the apparatus (1) can be introduced into the bundle pocket (3) through this piercing (6) to create a clearance (29) inside a bristle bundle (2) to be formed. The bundle pocket (3) and the bristle bundle (2) located therein are heated by the heating device (4) in the apparatus (1) to fix the shape of the bristle bundle (2) defined by the bundle pocket (3) and the displacement device (7).

Abstract: To improve the brush-making field, a tuft-picking device (4) is provided, which includes the tuft picker (8) that is movable in relation to the material box (2) of the brush-making machine (1) and, on its front side (11), which in the operating position faces the bristle supply (3) held in the material box (2), includes at least one tuft-picking notch (12). The tuft-picking notch (12) has two opposing knife edges (14, 15), which delimit the notch opening (13) of the tuft-picking notch (12) and are oriented transverse to the direction of movement of the tuft picker (8). Another part of the tuft-picking device (4) is the counter piece (9), which is provided with the separating edge (17) facing the tuft picker (8). In order to allow bristle filaments (16) to be removed from the bristle supply (4) as gently as possible, at least one of the two knife edges (14, 15) and/or the separating edge (17) is rounded.

Abstract: A toothbrush head (3) is provided, the cleaning element carrier (11) of which and/or at least one cleaning element (12, 12a, 12b, 12c) of the toothbrush head (3) are/is produced via an additive manufacturing process.

Abstract: For handling blanks, semi-finished products or finished products in an automated production processes, a gripping device (3) is provided that has a gripper (4) that is assigned a stripper (5), with the stripper having at least one stripping element (6). The stripping element (6) can be moved as required past the gripper (4) in a stripping movement between a starting position and an end position in order to remove bodies (2) possibly interfering with the gripping process from a gripping region of the gripper (4). This occurs in particular when the gripper (4) has already gripped a body (2) to be gripped.