Abstract: Brush bristle assemblies are formed into strips with strips of length of thermoplastic monofilaments which are mutually fused at their bottoms and formed into coupling bars with snaps fastening heads. The bars are slidably coupled to linear or helical channels or slots formed in rotary driven brush drum bristle substrates. In one form, the individual monofilament lengths are bent to form dart shaped loops. The bent thermoplastic lengths are longitudinally stacked with the apices of the contiguous loops being mutually fused to form a bristle strip. A hand brush is formed of a bunch of polypropylene filaments, the bottom section of which being mutually fused and shaped to form a bristle base and handle.

Abstract: A modular paint brush which comprises two or more brush units which are comprised of a upper section and a bottom brush section, each upper section having a top, a front, a back parallel to said front and two parallel sides with dovetail connections attached thereto. Each brush unit is matably connected to another using a series of tapered dovetail connections which insures complete contact and fit of one unit to the next. This complete contact of brush unit to brush unit insures that paint can be applied evenly and over the desired surface without streaking, for example. A handle is connected to one of the tops of one of the brush units proximate to the center of the modular paint brush.

Abstract: This invention pertains to paint brush with bristle clamping panels. The paint brush can be fabricated easily and inexpensively, is easy to use, and provides ready cleaning after use, by releasing the panels and exposing the bristles to the cleaning solution. A paint brush comprising: (a) a paint brush body and handle, the body having formed in one end thereof a cavity for receiving a group of bristles; (b) a pair of pivotal members secured to respective sides of the body, and projecting over the cavity, the pivotal members being capable of abutting bristles when moved to a first closed position, and being remote from such bristles when moved to a second open position; (c) a securing member positioned on the body for securing the pivotal members in a first position and releasing the pivotal members for movement to a second open position.

Abstract: A vehicle-mountable push broom has a generally horizontal frame provided with a plurality of transverse downwardly-opening generally C-shaped channels, and a plurality of removable bristle strips positionable one in each channel. Each strip has a holder specifically configured to be accommodated within the channel, and a plurality of bristles mounted in and extending downwardly from the holder. The strips are loosely held within the channels, such that the holders are permitted to rock within the channels, for example through an angle generally in the range of 10 to 20 degrees.

Abstract: A brush includes a handle, a base plate, a bristle holder, and a plurality of springs. The handle and the base plate are integrally formed. The base plate has a recessed portion defined therein, a locating channel defined around a peripheral wall of the recessed portion, and a plurality of holes defined in the recessed portion. The bristle holder carries a plurality of bristles and has a locating rim defined in a peripheral bottom thereof for engagement with the locating channel. The plurality of springs are respectively received within the plurality of holes and are compressed between an under surface of the bristle holder and peripheries defining corresponding holes to permit a reciprocating movement of the bristle holder against the springs.

Abstract: A multi-purpose broom which can be used in any of three distinct modes: as a conventional broom; as a broom that can reach and clean normally inaccessible horizontal surfaces (e.g., the top surface of a blade of a ceiling fan); and as a hand-held sweeper.

Abstract: A battery contact cleaning tool which comprises a top portion, including a brush for cleaning the battery contact; a bottom portion for reaming and/or smoothing a battery contact; and an intermediate portion connecting the top portion and bottom portion. The present invention additionally provides for a cap to cover the brush located on the top portion of the battery cleaning tool.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a paint brush with a replaceable bristle pack. A unitary paint brush with replaceable bristles comprising: (a) a paint brush body and handle, the body having formed in one end thereof opposite the handle a cavity adapted for receiving a group of bristles; (b) at least one releasable member secured to one side of the paint brush body, and projecting over the cavity, the releasable member being capable of abutting the bristles when moved to a first closed position, and being removed from the bristles when moved to a second open position; (c) at least one movable securing member for securing the hinged releasable member in a first position and releasing the hinged releasable member for movement to a second open position; and (d) a group of bristles held together and located within the cavity of the holder, and held in place by the hinged releasable member, said bristle group being removable and secured in place by the releasable mender.

Abstract: A modular brush for applying hair treatment solution in a quasi-random pattern includes a brush body and a plurality of removable rotating bristle modules. The bristle modules have tightly packed bristles that retain different volumes of hair treatment solution, such as dye, after the bristles have been dipped into a supply of the solution. The modules may be arranged to achieve the user-selected pattern of treatment. Movement of the brush causes the bristle modules to rotate, providing a fresh supply of solution to the sections of hair which are contacted by bristles and leaving the sections in their natural color where the sections are between bristle modules or between arrays of bristles on the same module. A locking member can be employed to selectively prevent rotation of the bristle modules. A detent-and-notch arrangement may be used to ensure synchronous rotation of the bristle modules.

Abstract: A brush segment for an industrial brush is described. The brush segment includes a polymeric base portion, a plurality of bristles individually anchored to the polymeric base portion and projecting outwardly therefrom and means for securing the brush segment to the hub of a rotary brush. The polymeric base portion preferably comprises a thermoset urethane material. The root member may comprise an extension of material independent of the polymeric base portion which is non-mechanically secured to the polymeric base portion.

Abstract: A toothbrush that affords tilting movement to the bristles thereof only in either of two opposite directions about a tilting axis disposed at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the handle of the toothbrush. The bristles project from the top surface of a bristle support, the bottom surface of which is secured to the distal end of the toothbrush handle. In one embodiment, an elongated attachment rod secured to the bottom surface of the bristle support is rotatably received in an elongated attachment rod receiving slot formed in the distal end of the handle in alignment with the tilting axis. In an alternate embodiment, first and second attachment knobs projecting from opposite ends of the bristle support are rotatably received in first and second opposed attachment knob receiving sockets formed in the distal end of the handle at positions in alignment with the tilting axis.

Abstract: A paint brush with replaceable head comprises a handle (1) and a bristle portion (2) detachably secured to the handle by a removable pin (6). The bristle portion consists of bristles (5) fixedly mounted onto the lower end of a retaining member (4) by adhesives (8).

Abstract: A paint brush assembly includes a clip member arranged to secure a replaceable paint brush head thereto, with the clip member having a u-shaped body, including first and second cooperating jaws engaged with the brush head. A sleeve is received over the clip member subsequent to its securement relative to the brush head. A modification of the invention includes a shield structure, as well as a scraper blade mounted to the sleeve in use.

Abstract: A snap-together, two piece, injection molded hairbrush includes a brush body and a bristle insert. The brush body includes a head and a handle. The head has a first and second end and a first and second side. The first and second ends and first and second sides form an open frame and a plurality of ribs extend between the first and second ends to define a first set of air slots. The handle has first and second ends and the first end of the handle is attached to the second end of the head. The bristle insert includes an open frame, a plurality of convex webs, a plurality of spaced bristles, and a connector. The open frame has first and second sides and first and second ends. The plurality of convex webs extend between the first and second sides of the open frame and are spaced from one another to define a second set of air slots. The plurality of spaced bristles are carried on each of the webs and extend outward from the webs.

Abstract: A conductor cleaning brush has a handle which is a single integral plastic part, the handle including a grippable center section having at opposite ends a mounting section and a brush supporting section. The mounting section includes a portion of noncircular cross section which extends into and mates with an opening of noncircular cross section in a shotgun stick. Two brush parts each have a cylindrical bristle arrangement, and have a stem which is fixedly secured in the brush mounting section of the handle. The brush parts diverge with respect to each other in a direction away from the handle, the ends of the bristle arrangements nearest the handle having radially overlapping bristles and the opposite ends of the bristle arrangements being spaced.

Abstract: A toothbrush assembly includes a handle having a toothbrush head mounted at a forward distal end of the handle, with the handle head having a head top surface. Plural rows of bristle columns are mounted fixedly to the handle head's top surface, with the bristle rows arranged in varying angulations towards a forward or rear end of the toothbrush head to accommodate access to various portions of an individual's mouth during a toothbrushing procedure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toothbrush having a replaceable head that is held in place to the handle by a latch. The head also pivots.

Abstract: A paint brush or like structure, and method of making the same, in which bristles having a back binding the bristles into a permanent format are mounted on a handle and quick replaceably retained thereon with the bristles projecting usefully from the handle. The brush may be used by manipulating the handle, and the bristles can be readily removed and replaced. When removed, the bristles can be efficiently cleaned. The bristles and back can be supplied in a tape-like preformed strip from which the user can cut selected width panels for making up paint brushes of desired sizes and bristles density.

Abstract: The present invention offers a device for fixing a writing or coating member in a writing or coating tool for a liquid composition, such as a writing brush, comprising a main body with a hole having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of a plate portion provided at the rear end of the writing or coating member, a cutaway communicating from one side fringe of the main body to the hole with tapered side lines, a bow-shape leaf spring portion which is protruded from the fringe side opposite to the cutaway of the main body and lapped in such a manner that an intermediate portion approaches substantially in contact with the side face of the main body while its top end being maintained apart from the side face of the main body by a distance larger than the distance of a nearest approached portion, and 2 leg plates which are protruded from both the other fringes of the main body substantially vertically to the plane of the main body, and in the side opposite to the side where the leaf spring is located

Abstract: A grating bar for floor mats. The bar has two legs that form the walls of a U-shaped profiled strip. Cleaning elements are disposed between these walls, and the latter are provided with openings for holding elements. Provided on the outer surfaces of the walls, between the openings and the free ends of the legs, are projections that can be united to form an element that extends over the entire length of the bar.

Abstract: A broom whose branches made of plastic material are fixed into a main sheath which holds the handle. Each bundle of branches is terminated at the base by a locking tip with a square cross-section. These tips lock into housings arranged inside the main sheath along two coaxial circumferences arranged along planes and staggered along the axis of the broom.

Abstract: A broom body having artificial boughs simulating natural boughs for sweeping. The body is an assembly of a tubular socket of an elastic plastic, artificial boughs and a cover sleeve also of plastic. The socket has a cylindrical portion and a portion having a frusto-conical configuration and axially spaced collars of equal dimension and thereon axially spaced. The collar outer diameters are greater than that of the socket. The boughs with a lateral ring at one end and artificial twigs axially distributed on the rod and may have connecting twigs between the longest twigs. The broom body is assembled by placing the rings of the boughs axially on the socket and sliding them axially until the individual rings are disposed circumferentially of a respective collar. The collars may each have a radial projection filtering a groove of the corresponding bough rod to preclude on the socket in a circumferential.

Abstract: A paint brush comprises a handle (1) and a bristle portion (2) detachably secured to the handle (1). The bristle portion consists of bristles (5) fixedly mounted in a retaining member (4) which is received in a hollow portion (11) of the handle. A pair of resilient arms (6) are provided on the retaining member and are formed with projections (8) which engage in the hollow portion of the handle.

Abstract: A ferruleless paint brush comprises, a bristle knot having one end embedded in a rigid molded plastic head and a detachable handle. The handle is molded to a form which adapts it for engagement with the head which is likewise adapted such that the head and handle are releasably engagable. The head may be pivotally mounted on the handle. In addition the head may be in the form of a plurality of modules one or more of which may be employed to provide heads of different widths. A storage device for paint brushes is also provide. The storage device comprises; a receptacle having a chamber proportioned to receive at least a major portion of a paint brush head in a close-fitting relationship and a closure cap adapted to sealingly engage the receptacle to seal said chamber. A valve opens into the chamber through which conditioning fluid may be introduced into said chamber when said cap is sealed to said receptacle.

Abstract: A hand-held steam hair curler-brush includes a perforated open-ended metallic cylinder extending forwardly from a handle. Secured to the handle and extending into the interior of the cylinder is a cylindrical member containing an electric heating element and having a closed end remote from the handle and a side wall spaced from the interior of the cylinder to define a first annular space therebetween. A rotatable perforated cylindrical barrel surrounds the cylinder and is spaced therefrom by first and second supports at the ends of the cylinder to define a second annular space therebetween. The support at the end of the cylinder remote from the handle includes a manually actuatable steam producing means closing the open end of the cylinder and arranged to create steam in the first annular space by bringing water into contact with the heated closed end of the cylindrical member.

Abstract: A cleaner for circuit boards includes two elongate hollow housings positioned one above the other to provide a slot between two facing walls. Each wall has an aperture therein spaced from its ends, and brushes extending into the slot from the walls, both in advance of and behind the apertures, to restrict air flow to the apertures to entry at the ends of the slot. Ion emitters are carried by each wall, between two brushes in advance of the apertures. Motor driven fans are in the housings to draw air across the printed circuit board and into the apertures. The housings also contain a power supply for the ion emitters and a motor to drive pinch rollers.

Abstract: A vertical axis brush for use with a rotary floor maintenance apparatus is disclosed. The brush includes a holder plate having an integral peripherally extending and depending skirt to which are detachably secured a plurality of brush segments. Each brush segment is generally U-shaped in plan and is held to the holder plate by a pair of opposed clamps which define a channel. The clamps are integral with the plate and radially receive the brush members in a detachable snap fit fashion. When mounted, each of the brush members is engaged by the clamps and also engaged by the depending skirt of the holder plate.

Abstract: A paint brush assembly includes a pair of complete, handle-equipped brushes frictionally, but removably held in side-by-side relationship by a tubular holder to provide a unitary, relatively wider bristle brush assembly. The wider brush assembly may be easily separated or disassembled to provide two independently operable paint brushes of relatively narrow widths.

Abstract: A hair brush having bristles extending from openings extending through a cushion on the base of the hair brush is disclosed. The openings allow a flow of air from a hand-held hair dryer or blower to reach the hair and scalp during brushing. The brush has a handle, a base connected to the handle, and vents running through the base. Bristles are mounted on a long, narrow, substantially rectangular track. The track is affixed to the base so that the bristles extend from the openings. The openings are wider than the tracks and bristles to allow a flow of air to pass through.

Abstract: Brush bodies are held in recesses between webs for cleaning of a shoe by way of a foot mat of rubber, synthetic material or metal and the brushes project over the webs of the grate-formed mat. The brush bodies are insertable in the mat to be easily replaced when the brushes are worn whereby the wear on the basic body of the mat becomes reduced since the webs are used only for support and no longer for the cleaning function.

Abstract: An extensible scraping and brushing tool for use in removing ice and snow from vehicle windows or the like has an elongate handle provided with a scraper member at one end and has a brush assembly that is telescopically received in the handle. The brush assembly is nested in the handle when the tool is to be used as a scraper or as a brush of a relatively short length or, the brush assembly may be extended from such a first position to a second position in which the brush assembly extends beyond the handle in order that the tool may be used as a brush having an extended reach. Guide structure for reciprocably shifting the brush assembly and retaining the same in connection with the handle is formed integrally as a part of the handle and brush assembly and is of a configuration providing a relatively high degree of rigidity at the point of connection between the two when the tool is in its extended condition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a broom comprising a bundle of plastics stems wound around a hollow bar for the broom handle. The winding of the plastics stems is ensured by a binding strip co-operating with opposite crenels of the stems serving as a fixing point for the strip and as a passageway for the spirals of the strip to absorb its thickness.

Abstract: A sectional paint brush in which the sections may be used separately or the brush combined to an assembled width, and the individual sections or assembled brush may be supported within a paint can.