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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Bernd Stein, Schmitten, DE;
Bryan Flood, Iowa City, IA (US);
Inventors:
Bernd Stein, Schmitten, DE;
Bryan Flood, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
Braun GmbH, Kronberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46D001/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is directed to a device for the manufacture of bristle products, in particular toothbrushes, with a feed unit for precut lengths of upstanding bristles arranged loosely in a supply duct, the bristles being routed directly to a picker segment picking up the bristles. The device includes a driven conveyor at the end of the supply duct close to the picker segment, or a further processing station.