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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Bernd Stein, Kirchzarten, DE;
Bernhard Rees, Aitern, DE;
Ingo Kumpf, Todtnau, DE;
Florian Kiefer, Frohnd, DE;
Bernd Stein, Kirchzarten, DE;
Bernhard Rees, Aitern, DE;
Ingo Kumpf, Todtnau, DE;
Florian Kiefer, Frohnd, DE;
ZAHORANSKY AG, Todtnau, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus () for producing bristle arrangements for brushes, in particular toothbrushes, having a bristle supply () and an apparatus () for extracting individual bundles () of bristles from the bristle supply (), and also having a transporting apparatus for transporting the bundles () of bristles by way of at least one hollow line () by means of a stream of gas or air in perforations in a bundle-retaining plate, is characterized in that the apparatus () for extracting the bundles () of bristles from the bristle supply () has at least one bundle holder (), and in that the bundle holder(s) () of the extraction means (), the inner contour () of the hollow line(s) () and the perforations in the bundle-retaining plate are each contoured in a manner corresponding to the bundle contour which is desired in the bristle arrangement.