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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Thomas F. Holloway, Southbury, CT (US);
Frederick J. Dobbins, Prospect, CT (US);
Stephen G. Dudienski, Ansonia, CT (US);
Raymond P. Legassie, Laconia, NH (US);
Thomas F. Holloway, Southbury, CT (US);
Frederick J. Dobbins, Prospect, CT (US);
Stephen G. Dudienski, Ansonia, CT (US);
Raymond P. Legassie, Laconia, NH (US);
HCP Packaging USA, Inc., Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
A brush assembly with an applicator rod, a brush sleeve with a tubular core member and a plurality of bristles, a rod hole in the distal end of the applicator rod, and a rivet for being received into the rod hole to retain the brush sleeve. A peripheral retaining wall can retain and protect a proximal end of the brush sleeve. The brush sleeve can have radially projecting, diamond-shaped bristles and can be slidably received over a body portion of the rivet or over a support stem forming a distal portion of the applicator rod. The body portion of the rivet or the support stem can have a non-circular cross section or an arcuate longitudinal profile to induce the brush sleeve to have the non-circular cross section or acruate longitudinal profile. A method for producing brush assemblies can produce brush assemblies with brush sleeves of varied cross sections.