EP3169191A1 - Plaque de support et brosse, notamment brosse à dents, équipée d'une plaque de support - Google Patents

Plaque de support et brosse, notamment brosse à dents, équipée d'une plaque de support

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EP3169191A1
EP3169191A1 EP15737983.5A EP15737983A EP3169191A1 EP 3169191 A1 EP3169191 A1 EP 3169191A1 EP 15737983 A EP15737983 A EP 15737983A EP 3169191 A1 EP3169191 A1 EP 3169191A1
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carrier plate
bristle
bundles
filaments
bristle filaments
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EP3169191B1 (fr
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Ingo Kumpf
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Zahoransky AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B3/00—Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier
    • A46B3/04—Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier by mouldable materials, e.g. metals, cellulose derivatives, plastics
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D3/00—Preparing, i.e. Manufacturing brush bodies
    • A46D3/005—Preparing, i.e. Manufacturing brush bodies by moulding or casting a body around bristles or tufts of bristles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • A46B9/04—Arranged like in or for toothbrushes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D3/00—Preparing, i.e. Manufacturing brush bodies
    • A46D3/04—Machines for inserting or fixing bristles in bodies
    • A46D3/045—Machines for inserting or fixing bristles in bodies for fixing bristles by fusing or gluing to a body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D3/00—Preparing, i.e. Manufacturing brush bodies
    • A46D3/08—Parts of brush-making machines
    • A46D3/082—Magazines for bristles; Feeding bristles to magazines; Knot picking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
    • A46B2200/1066—Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures

Definitions

  • the invention finds application in a method for producing bristle fields for brushes, in particular for toothbrushes, bristle filaments being taken from a material box containing a stock of boron filaments and combined into bristle bundles, then by means of a gas or air flow through a bundle receiving device and hollow lines connected thereto passed through comprehensive transport device and then introduced into holes in a bundle plate.
  • the invention relates to a carrier plate with a plurality of the carrier plate: interspersing perforations, can be used in the existing bristle filament bundles of bristles and anchorable to the carrier plate.
  • the invention also relates to a brush, in particular a toothbrush, with a handle and a brush head, wherein the brush head has a carrier platelet receptacle and a carrier plate mounted thereon and equipped with bristle bundles.
  • the method described above can be applied to a device for producing bristle areas for brushes, in particular toothbrushes, with a material box containing a supply of bristle filaments and at least one removal device for removing individual bundles of bristles from the bristle supply and with a transport device having hollow conduits, through which hollow conduits the bristle bundles by means of a gas
  • CONFIRMATION COPY or air flow in perforations of a bundle plate transpo animalbar are performed.
  • carrier plates, brushes, and bristle field devices are known in various forms.
  • bristle filaments or entire bristle bundles get stuck in the transport device and do not reach their destination.
  • the bristle filaments are particularly fine bristle filaments, a reliable supply of the bristle filaments by the transport device can be particularly difficult.
  • the prior art carrier plates and toothbrushes equipped with such carrier plates require bristle filaments combined in bristle bundles, for example Introducing perforations of the carrier plate and to extrusion-coat the positioned in the holes ends of the individual bundles of bristles with a material: to be defined by the bristle bundles into the holes. Furthermore, it is known to summarize the bristle filaments in tufts and already to merge before being transported in the carrier plates to be equipped with the bristle bundles.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a carrier plate and a brush, in particular a toothbrush, as defined above, which allow a more efficient and easier production of bristle fields and thus a more efficient and easier manufacture of brushes, in particular toothbrushes.
  • bristle fields and brushes will first be described in more detail below with reference to a particularly advantageous embodiment of a method for producing bristle fields, which may be of independent inventive quality more efficient and easier production of bristle fields and thus for more efficient and easier production of brushes, in particular toothbrushes, provided that the bristle bundles forming bristle filaments are electrostatically discharged during their transport through the transport device to the bundle holding plate.
  • the bristle bundles and the bundles of bristles contained in the bundles of bristles can Charge bristle filament electrostatically, so that they adhere to the elements of the transport device, in particular on the hollow lines of the transport device, and can not be reliably passed through the transport device.
  • the bristle filaments during transport through the transport device so strong electrostatic charge that they; Transport device clog and so at best a reduced passage of the bristle filaments to the bundle plate is possible.
  • the bristle filaments forming the bristle bundles are electrostatically discharged during their transport through the bundle receiving device of the transport device and / or during their transport through hollow lines of the transport device to the bundle holding plate.
  • An alternative or additional electrostatic discharge of the bristle filaments during their transport through the hollow conduits of the transport device to the bundle holding plate can prevent the bristle filaments from being statically charged by friction on insides of the hollow conduits and then clogging the hollow conduits.
  • a particularly simple, but no less reliable, electrostatic discharge of the bristle filaments is possible if the bristle filaments forming the bristle bundles are earthed during their transport through the transport device, in particular during their transport through the bundle receiving device and / or through the hollow lines to the bundle plate for electrostatic discharge ,
  • the bristle bundles during their transport through the transport device, in particular during their transport passed through the bundle receiving device and / or through the hollow lines, to the bundle holding plate for electrostatic discharge at least one electrical, arranged on the transport device contact or grounding contact and brought into contact therewith.
  • this at least one electrical contact or ground contact can be provided for example in the bundle receiving device and / or in the hollow lines. In this way, a particularly simple but reliable electrostatic discharge of the bristle filaments forming the bristle bundles can be achieved.
  • the electrostatic discharge of the bristle filaments forming the bristle bundles during their transport through the transport device not only enables the bristle filaments to adhere to adhering electrostatic charges, but also an electrostatic charging of the bristle filaments, in particular due to friction occurring during the transport the transport of the bristle filaments forming bristle filaments by the transport device occur, is avoidable.
  • the bristle bundles are introduced from the bundle holding plate directly into holes of a Tragerplattchen.
  • provision may be made for the bundles of bristles, in particular with the aid of a compressor stamp, to be introduced into perforations of a carrier plate by tapering funnel channels of a funnel plate.
  • This may be useful, since the required for a high quality equipping of carrier plates degree of compaction of the bristle bundles only by means of a gas or air flow achieve only with great effort leaves.
  • the material projections can be : heated on the carrier plate by means of at least one hot melt stamp, melted and pressed into a plane of attachment of the bristle bundles for fastening the bristle bundles to the carrier plate.
  • the advantages of the method described can be exploited, in particular, when bristle bundles of chemically sharpened bristle filaments are fed to the bundle holding plate.
  • These bristle filaments also referred to as chemical tapered filaments (CTFs)
  • CTFs chemical tapered filaments
  • the bristle filaments may be supplied to a transfer station in a filament puck held together by a sheath, in particular a flexible and / or impermeable sheathing.
  • the filament pucks supplied to the transfer station can then be sucked by means of at least one suction pad associated with the transfer station, wherein the at least one suction pad contacts the filament pucks with a suction plate on its free upper side and sucks, whereby the, in particular flexible: and / or air-impermeable, casing transverse to Longitudinal axis of the bristle filaments and inwardly in the direction of a perpendicular to the: top of the Filamentpucks aligned longitudinal central axis is sucked and thereby stabilizing the bristle filaments of the sucked Filamentpucks can put.
  • the filament puck After sucking the filament puck can be passed by means of at least one suction pad to a transfer station downstream Entmantelungsstat ion.
  • the sheath of Filamentpucks can be opened and removed, after which the freed from the sheath bristle filaments, preferably automated, one or the aforementioned material box can be supplied.
  • the filament pucks are provided with a spin finish with antistatic additive for CFTs, which can additionally reduce the tendency of the bristle filaments to statically charge during transport.
  • the filament pucks of the transfer station are fed onto at least one support, preferably a conveyor belt, of a supply station.
  • the method can also be simplified if the filament pucks are held ready at the feed station, and in particular at the at least one support, preferably in the form of a conveyor belt, individually and / or in their delivery containers Requirement, preferably manually, in particular directly from the delivery containers out on the at least one edition but in particular transversely to the conveying direction of the at least one edition pushed.
  • the entrusted with the implementation of the method person a certain number of filament pucks or a certain number of delivery containers with filament pucks on the trained as a conveyor belt support the supply station and if necessary, so if the already on the support of the feed applied filament pucks were used up by the downstream stations of the device can be nachgeschoben.
  • the person entrusted with carrying out the method can have enough time to perform other tasks and only Approach the feeding station at certain time intervals in order to add more filament pucks so that the otherwise automated production process can continue undisturbed.
  • the object is achieved in the carrier plate defined above by the features of claim 1 and in particular characterized in that the carrier plate on its back facing away from the holes introduced bundles of bristles back has a plurality of material protrusions, wherein the material protrusions melted and for fixing the bristle bundles on the carrier platelets can be pressed into a bundle attachment plane.
  • Such a carrier plate allows a simple anchorless attachment of bristle bundles in the carrier plate without the bristle to be fixed in the carrier plate. bundles must be welded together before feeding into the carrier plate.
  • the carrier plate according to the invention thus supports the implementation of the method described above in a particularly advantageous manner.
  • the bristle bundles introduced or introduced into the perforations consist of sharpened bristle filaments, in particular of chemically sharpened bristle filaments. At least after their attachment to the carrier plate, these bundles of bristles can then form a bristle field of sharpened bristle filaments, in particular of chemically sharpened bristle filaments.
  • a part of the bristle bundles introduced or introduced into the perforations consists of sharpened bristle filaments, in particular of chemically sharpened bristle filaments, and another part of the bristle bundles of conventional bristle filaments which can be inserted or introduced into the perforations - Menten exist.
  • Conventional bristle filaments are understood as meaning bristle filaments which have a substantially constant or constant cross section over at least a large part of their length or over their entire length.
  • the bristle bundles of sharpened bristle filaments and the bristle bundles of conventional bristle filaments can form a bristle mixing field at least after their attachment to the carrier platelet.
  • the bristle filaments may consist of polyamide and / or polyester.
  • conventional bristle filaments, in particular those with a constant cross-section, made of polyamide and sharpened bristle filaments, in particular special chemically sharpened bristle filaments, made of polyester, in particular of polybutylene terephthalate (abbreviated PBT) exist.
  • Polyester has the property that it absorbs little or even no water at all.
  • lye can be used, which is subsequently to be removed in a washing process. It may be necessary to dry the washed bristle filaments for further processing.
  • the use of polyester as a material for the chemically sharpened bristle filaments and the fact that polyester absorbs water only slightly or not at all can facilitate and accelerate a drying process of the washed bristle filaments. In this way, the drying process can be done on an industrially reasonable scale.
  • the bundles of bristles are connected in a form-fitting and / or force-locking manner to the carrier plate after the material projections have been melted and the molten material projections have been pressed into the bundle fastening plane. In this way, a reliable attachment of the bristle bundles in or on the carrier plate, which can withstand the required extraction forces, are made possible.
  • the material projections are formed as nubs, wherein the material projections can protrude transversely from the back of the carrier plate.
  • Cross in this context means that the material projections can essentially protrude from the rear side of the carrier plate as a continuation of the bundles of bristles inserted into the carrier plate.
  • a longitudinal center axis The material protrusions should be aligned at a right angle to the back of the carrier plate.
  • the material projections in particular evenly distributed, are arranged distributed around or between the perforations of the carrier plate. This can promote a uniform distribution of the melt, in particular after pressing the melt into the bundle fastening plane, on the back side of the carrier platelet and between the ends of the bristle bundles and in particular between individual bristle filaments of the bristle bundles and thus contribute to a reliable fastening of the bristle bundles in the carrier platelet.
  • the perforations on the carrier plate may have different cross sections.
  • the perforations may have a round and / or oval and / or circular and / or polygonal cross-section.
  • the combination of perforations with different cross sections is of course possible.
  • the perforations are formed as Langiochisme.
  • the carrier plate according to the invention can be produced particularly easily if the material projections are integrally connected to the carrier plate and / or if the material projections consist of the same material as the carrier plate, in particular of a fusible plastic, preferably of thermoplastic material.
  • the material from which the material projections consist may have a lower or higher melting point than the material of which the bristle filaments and / or the bristle bundles consist.
  • the plastic is polypropylene.
  • a typical material from which the bristle bundles or the boron filaments can consist is polybutylene terephthalate (PBT).
  • the material projections taper towards their free end, in particular conically tapered. If the material projections have a tapered shape, the melting of these material projections when the welding punch is pressed in is substantially facilitated.
  • the carrier plate has on its rear side facing away from the bristle bundles a, preferably endless and closed, in particular right-angled, protruding from the back of the carrier plate boundary.
  • This boundary may surround the holes and the material projections and include the back of the carrier plate.
  • the backing of the backing plate can prevent the melt of the molten material protrusions from swelling laterally as the welding punch is impressed and also contribute to reliable guidance of the molten material protrusions when the melt is pressed into the bundle mounting plane of the backing plate.
  • the carrier plate according to the invention can be provided that this on its side facing away from the bristle bundles, at least after introduction of the bristle bundles in the perforations and / or after melting and pressing the material projections, a, in particular in an inmouldvon sprayed or sprayed lid having.
  • This lid can cover the molten material protrusions located on the rear side of the carrier plate, together with the bristle bundle ends.
  • the lid may help secure the bundles of bristles in their position of use and provide the back of the carrier plate with a flat surface that may favor attachment of the carrier plate to a brush, particularly a toothbrush.
  • the carrier plate is a carrier plate according to the invention, ie one according to one of claims 1 to 12.
  • the carrier plate is clipped into the carrier plate receptacle.
  • the carrier plate can be glued into the carrier plate receptacle and / or, in particular by means of an ultrasonic welding process, welded. In this way, the carrier plate can be reliably attached to the brush.
  • Another possibility for connecting the carrier plate to the brush may be to attach the carrier plate to the brush by means of an inmoulding process, in particular to the carrier plate housing of the brush.
  • the carrier plate according to the invention can be processed, in particular using the method described above, on the device defined above for producing bristle fields for brushes, in particular for toothbrushes.
  • This device is possibly of independent inventive quality and in particular characterized in that the transport device for discharging the bristle filaments and / or bristle bundles adhering to electrostatic charges is electrically grounded.
  • the transport device In order to feed the transport device by means of the at least one removal device, with which individual bundles of bristles can be removed from the bristle supply with bristle filaments, it may be expedient for the transport device to have at least one bundle receiving device, to which the ends of the hollow lines are connected.
  • the at least one bundle receiving device and / or the hollow lines can be electrically grounded in order to remove electrostatic charges from the bristle filaments to be transported or from the bristle bundles or an electrostatic charge of the bristle filaments and / or bristle bundles to be transported during their transport through the transport device to avoid.
  • the at least one bundle receiving device has at least direction and / or at least one of the hollow lines have at least one electrically grounded contact or ground contact, which at least temporarily contact the bristle bundles and / or contained in the bristle bundles bristle filaments during their transport through the bundle receiving device and / or through the at least one hollow line.
  • the bundle receiving device and / or at least one of the hollow lines and / or the contact or grounding contact via at least one electrical conductor, in particular via an electrically grounded stator of the device to be connected to the ground.
  • At least one hollow line as electrically grounded contact or ground contact an electrically grounded inner surface of an electrically conductive material, in particular of metal, preferably of steel, stainless steel or copper, comprising the bristle bundles and / or bristle filaments contained therein during their transport contact.
  • an electrically conductive material in particular of metal, preferably of steel, stainless steel or copper, comprising the bristle bundles and / or bristle filaments contained therein during their transport contact.
  • the hollow conduits of the device can be designed as hoses made of a flexible material and / or as Bowden cable sheaths and / or as pipe joints made of an electrically conductive material, in particular of metal, preferably made of steel, stainless steel or copper.
  • an electrically conductive material in particular of metal, preferably made of steel, stainless steel or copper.
  • hollow conduits each consisting of a Bowdenzugmäntel.
  • a particularly efficient supply of bundles of bristles to a bundle holding plate kept ready on the device is possible if the transport device has a number of perforations. gen the bundle plate. having corresponding number of hollow conduits.
  • the bundle-holding plate is designed as a transport plate which can be transferred to a further processing device, in particular to a welding station.
  • the bundle holding plate can also have at least one carrier plate holder for a carrier plate, in particular for a carrier plate according to one of claims 1 to 12, on a side facing away from the transport device in the receiving position.
  • the bundle holding plate can also be a brush part body or an injection mold insert, which can be further processed in downstream stations of the device after being loaded with bristle bundles.
  • the hollow conduits of the transport device open into a respective guide channel of a guide element.
  • This guide element can also be referred to as a feed block.
  • the guide channels of the guide element or of the feed block are each formed as passage openings.
  • the discharge-side distances of the guide channels can be less than the supply-side distances. It can be particularly advantageous if outlet openings of the feed channels are arranged corresponding to an arrangement of holes to be fitted with bundles of bristles of the bundle holding plate and / or into these perforations. In this way, after the bristle bundles have been fed by the transport Direction placement of the bundle plate carried out particularly efficient.
  • the supply channels of the guide element or the guide block thus act as a kind of funnel with which the bundles of bristles to be supplied can be introduced approximately into one another during their transport into the bundle holding plate.
  • the device may comprise a carrier plate to be loaded between the bundle holder plate and a bristle bundle, preferably one according to one of claims 1 to 12, funnel plate with, in particular in the conveying direction of the bristle bundles tapered, funnel channels.
  • the bristle bundles can then be introduced from the bundle holding plate, in which they are kept ready in arrangement and alignment with the carrier plate to be loaded, in perforations of a carrier plate held ready on the funnel plate, preferably in a carrier plate holder of the funnel plate.
  • inlet openings of the funnel channels correspond in number and arrangement outlet openings of the perforations of the bundle holding plate and outlet openings of the funnel channels correspond in number and arrangement to the perforations of the carrier plate. Furthermore, it is advantageous if the outlet openings of the funnel channels open into holes of a carrier plate held ready on the funnel plate so that the bundles of bristles from the bundle holder plate can be inserted as easily as possible into the carrier plate to be loaded by the funnel plate.
  • the device can have a compressor station with at least one compressor stamp having a number and arrangement with the perforations Bundle holding plate and / or with the funnel channels of the funnel plate and / or the perforations of the carrier plate have matching compressor fingers.
  • the bundles of bristles introduced, in particular into the funnel plate and / or into the bundle holding plate can be introduced into the perforations of the carrier plate provided on the device, in particular on the funnel plate and / or on the bundle holder plate.
  • the bristle filaments combined into bristle bundles can be supplied with a low degree of compaction required for transport by the transport device by means of a gas or air stream and then mechanically introduced into the perforations of the prepared carrier plate by means of the compactor stamp and at the same time to the required higher degree of compaction be compacted.
  • the mechanical compression of the bundles of bristles, to which the funnel channels of the previously described funnel plate can contribute represents a particularly simple way of compacting and introducing the bundles of bristles into the prepared carrier plate.
  • the device has a transport gripper and a welding station.
  • the transport gripper preferably as a turntable; be formed with at least one transport receptacle for a equipped with bristle bundles and / or with at least one Tragerplattchen funnel plate and / or bundle holding plate.
  • the bundle holding plate which can additionally assume the function of a transport plate, by means of the transport gripper after loading the bundle holding plate with bristle bundles and / or at least one Tragerplattchen to one or the welding station. can be transported, wherein the bristle bundles in the welding station, in particular positive and / or non-positive, are connectable to the at least one Tragerplattchen.
  • the at least one funnel plate may be transported between stations of the device by means of the transport gripper.
  • the welding station for connecting the bundles of bristles to the at least one carrier plate has at least one welding punch with which the bundles of bristles can be connected to the at least one carrier plate. If it is, in the Tragerplattchen to be processed to a Tragerplattchen according to one of claims 1 to 12, it is possible that the at least one welding punch for melting the material projections of the Tragerplattchens and for pressing the molten material protrusions is used in a bundle mounting plane of the respective Tragerplattchens , In this case, the at least one welding punch can contact a rear side of the carrier plate in the welding position.
  • this can be at least one welding punch to a temperature of about 500 ° C. be heated to weld the bristle bundles with the respective carrier plate.
  • the advantages which can result from the device for producing bristle fields can be particularly great if the bristle filaments used are chemically sharpened bristle filaments, so-called chemical tapered filaments (CTFs), since these particularly fine bristle filaments are in particular of a type static charge may be affected during their transport by means of a gas or air flow through the transport device, so that a supply of such chemically sharpened bristle filaments was previously possible only with disproportionate effort.
  • CTFs chemical tapered filaments
  • the device has a stripping station upstream of the material box for stripping by means of a sheathing filament pucks combined bristle filaments.
  • the stripping station may have at least one cutting device with at least one cutting tool for opening the sheath of the filament pucks and at least one gripping device for removing the opened sheath.
  • the sheathing station is connected by means of conveying technology to the material box located downstream of it, in order to supply the stripped bristle filaments to the material box.
  • the stripping station in one embodiment of the Device have at least one gripper and / or at least one slide with which the stripped bristle filaments the material box, preferably automatically, can be fed.
  • the material box can have at least one conveyor line, in particular connected to a stripping station which, for example, has already been mentioned, for example, as mentioned above.
  • the bristle filaments oriented in the vertical direction can be arranged between two side strips, the conveying section preferably opening into a removal region of the removal device.
  • the at least one conveyor line can have an insertion area in which the distance between the side strips delimiting the at least one conveyor line is reduced in the conveying direction.
  • the device can have a transfer station with at least one suction gripper for transferring bristle filaments combined in filament pucks by means of a jacket to a stripping station which is already mentioned above, for example. In this way, automated feeding of the filament pucks to the stripping station is possible.
  • one, for example, the previously mentioned, at least one suction pad of, for example, the already mentioned, transfer station one, preferably with a bristle filament-tight, tissue, in particular with a Tissue fabric, related, suction plate, with the at least one Filamentpuck on its facing away from a support, coat free front is sucked.
  • the suction and the subsequent handling of the at least one filament puck with the help of the at least one suction gripper of the transfer station can be facilitated if a filament pucker sheathing radially surrounds the bristle filaments combined in the filament puck in the position of use longitudinally, so that an end face of the filament puck is free of sheaths.
  • the sheath can be designed as an endless band, that is, as a band, as a tube section pushed over via the bristle filaments combined in the shape of a puck or as a sleeve that is slipped over.
  • a height of the sheath may correspond to a length of the filament puff bristle filaments.
  • the suction of the filament puck surrounded by the sheath by means of, for example, the previously mentioned suction gripper, can be facilitated if the sheathing of the filament pucks consists of a flexible and / or impermeable material.
  • a material suitable for the sheath, which is both flexible and impermeable to air, is, for example, polyethylene, preferably PE-LD.
  • the device can have a feed station which is connected to a transfer station, for example with the transfer station already mentioned above, which comprises at least one support, in particular designed as a conveyor belt.
  • a transfer station for example with the transfer station already mentioned above, which comprises at least one support, in particular designed as a conveyor belt.
  • the filament pucks of the transfer station and / or the at least one suction gripper transfer station can be fed.
  • the Filamentpucks on the at least one, preferably designed as a conveyor belt support of the feed station are kept at a distance.
  • this may preferably a plurality of, in particular in the conveying direction, spaced apart receiving cavities: have, inserted into the individual filament pucks and in which the filament pucks can be safely transported.
  • the feeding station has at least one of its longitudinal sides, in particular on one of the longitudinal sides of the at least one support, at least one stationary support surface for individual prefabricated filament pucks and / or filing pods at least partially filled with filament pucks, this is possible .
  • the support in particular on the support spaced from each other arranged and trainedracvert iefitch the edition to equip as quickly and efficiently as possible with filament pucks.
  • the filament pucks can either be removed from the adjoining storage surface or be placed directly from prepared delivery containers, which can also be kept ready on the adjacent storage surface, on the support, as soon as there is space for the transfer station and / or the at least one suction pad the transfer station to be supplied filament pucks is.
  • the storage surface can be formed in particular board and / or strip-shaped and expediently extend over at least part of the length of the support, but is stationary relative to the support.
  • the device according to the invention can also have more than just a bundle holding plate and / or funnel plate. In the case of, for example, four bundle holding plates and four funnel plates assigned to these bundle holding plates, which preferably can be arranged on transport receivers of one or the transport gripper already mentioned above, the device can work particularly efficiently.
  • each of the at least one bundle holding plate and / or the at least one funnel plate of the device can thus comprise at least one, in particular two, three or four, carrier plate holder (s) for accommodating in each case one carrier plate to be loaded with bristle bundles, in particular one according to one of the FIGS Claims 1 to 12, have.
  • FIG.l A perspective view of an apparatus for producing bristle fields for brushes, in particular toothbrushes, with three parallel conveyor belts comprising feed station with a plurality of filament patches, with a transfer station with a suction gripper, with a subsequent to a material box Entmantelungsstation, with a Transport device, which has a plurality of hollow conduits through which bristle bundles removed from the material boxes can be transported to form a bundle holding plate, as well as processing stations located downstream of the transport device, the are connected via a trained as a turntable transport gripper with the transport device; the marked in Figure 1 with the circle K detail showing the related to a Tissue fabric intake plate of the suction pad in suction above a held on the conveyor belt formed as a support Filamentpucks.
  • FIG. 1 a rear perspective view of a carrier plate according to the invention, on the back of five surrounded by perforations material protrusions of aufschmelzbarem material and on a front side of the carrier plate ten are to be introduced into the carrier plate bristle bundles to recognize; the carrier plate shown in Figure 3 with introduced into the perforations of the carrier plate bristle bundles.
  • Fig. 7 the carrier plate shown in Fig. 6 with in the
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 shows the carrier plate shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, wherein it can be seen that the rearward material projections are melted and pressed into the mounting plane of the carrier plate for fastening the bristle bundles introduced into the perforations, wherein the bristle bundles together form a bristle mixing field Forming bristle bundles with conventional bristle filaments and brush bundles with chemically sharpened bristle filaments;
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 shows the carrier plate shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 with a lid sprayed on the back side
  • FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of a toothbrush according to the invention with the carrier plate shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 in a carrier plate holder on the brush head of the toothbrush, and FIG
  • Fig. 11 marked in Figure 10 with the circle E.
  • a designated as a whole with 1 device for producing bristle pads for brushes, especially for toothbrushes, according to FIG. 1 has a supply of bristle filaments 2 material box 3 and at least one removal device 4 for removing individual bristle bundles 5 from the material box 3.
  • the device 1 further comprises a transport device 6 which, with a total of three visible hollow conduits 7 and a hollow conduit concealed in FIG. 1, that is, a total of ten hollow conduits 7, through which hollow conduits 7 the bristle bundles 5 by means of a Gas or air flow in perforations 8 a bundle holding plate 9 are transported .sind, is equipped.
  • a transport device 6 which, with a total of three visible hollow conduits 7 and a hollow conduit concealed in FIG. 1, that is, a total of ten hollow conduits 7, through which hollow conduits 7 the bristle bundles 5 by means of a Gas or air flow in perforations 8 a bundle holding plate 9 are transported .sind, is equipped.
  • the transport device 6 is electrically grounded.
  • the transport device 6 has at least one bundle receiving device, to which ends of the hollow lines 7 are connected, wherein the at least one bundle receiving device is electrically grounded in this embodiment of the device 1.
  • the material box side ends 10 of the hollow conduits 7 ends above the removal device 4 of the material box 3.
  • a bundle receiving device is not provided in this embodiment of the device 1.
  • the hollow conduits 7 of the transport device 6 are electrically grounded.
  • the hollow lines 7 at least one electrical contact or ground contact 11, the bristle bundles 5 and / or contained in the bristle bundles 5 bristle filaments 2 during their transport through the hollow lines 7 at least temporarily touch, in particular the hollow lines 7 and the hollow lines 7 associated Er- dungsmintee 11 via an electrical conductor 12 grounded or connected to the ground.
  • this at least one electrical conductor 12 is connected to the ground via an electrically grounded stator of the device 1.
  • the hollow lines 7 as an electrically grounded contact or ground contact 11 has an electrically grounded inner lateral surface made of an electrically conductive material, in particular of metal, preferably of steel, stainless steel or copper, the bristle bundles 5 and / or therein containing bristle filaments 2 contact during their transport.
  • this electrically grounded inner shell surface consists of a metal spiral 13 which, in the uppermost of the hollow lines 7 shown in FIG. 1, is shown freed from its plastic coating.
  • hollow conduits 7 in other embodiments as hoses made of a flexible material or as pipe joints of an electrically conductive material, in particular of metal, preferably made of steel, stainless steel or from Copper, are formed, the hollow lines 7 in the embodiment of the device 1 shown in FIG. 1 of Bowden cable shells 14, which have in their interior the already mentioned electrically conductive metal coil 13 as a grounding contact 11.
  • the bristle filaments 2 or the bristle bundles 5 then come into contact with this electrically conductive metal filament 13 of the Bowden cable sheaths 14, so that electrical charges adhering to the bristle filaments 2 or bristle bundles 5 can be reliably dissipated.
  • the transport device 6 shown in FIG. 1 has one of the number of perforations 8 of the bundle holding plate 9, in which the bristle bundles 5 are to be introduced, corresponding number of hollow conduits 7.
  • the bundle holding plate 9 is also designed as a transferable to a further processing device, in particular to the Sch Strukturstat 15 transport plate. So it takes over a double function.
  • the bundle holding plate 9 is provided with at least one carrier plate holder for a carrier plate 17 on a side facing away from the transport device 6, so that at least one carrier plate 17 is provided on the bundle holder plate 9 for filling Borstenbündeln 5 can be kept.
  • the hollow conduits 7 of the transport device 6 open into a respective guide channel 18 of a guide element 19, which can also be referred to as a feed block.
  • These guide channels 18 are each formed as through holes, wherein the discharge-side distances of the guide channels 18 to each other are less than the feed side distances.
  • outlet openings 20 of the guide channels 18 are arranged corresponding to an arrangement of holes 8 to be fitted with bundles of bristles 5 of the bundle holding plate 9 and opening into these perforations 9.
  • FIG. 1 further shows that the device 1 has a total of four bundle holding plates 9.
  • Each of the four bundle holding plate 9 is also assigned a respective funnel plate 21.
  • This funnel plate 21 can be arranged in each case between its associated bundle holding plate 9 and at least one carrier plate 17 to be loaded with bristle bundles 5.
  • each of the funnel plates 21 between two linear guides 22 in the vertical direction back and forth to order the funnel plate n 21 as needed in the desired position between the respective bundle holding plate 9 and the at least one bristle bundles 5 to be loaded carrier plate 17.
  • Each of the funnel plates 21 has in the conveying direction of the bristle bundles 5 tapered funnel channels 23, through which funnel channels 23 bundles of bristles 5 from the respective bundle holder plate 9 in perforations 24 of the hopper plate 21 in each case a carrier plate holder 25 of the funnel plate 21 held carrier plate 17 are inserted.
  • inlet openings 26 of the funnel channels 23 correspond in number and arrangement to outlet openings of the perforations 8 of the bundle holding plate 9, while exit openings 27 of the funnel channels 23 correspond in number and arrangement to the perforations 24 of the at least one carrier plate 10 and into these perforations 24 the held on the hopper plate 21 Tragerplättchen 17 open.
  • FIG. 1 shows that in each case four carrier plate holders 25 for receiving carrier plates 17 are formed on each of the four funnel plates 21.
  • the device 1 has a respective compressor stamp 28 for each of the carrier plates 16 held on the respective bundle holding plate 9 or on the respective funnel plate 21.
  • the total of four compressor punches 28 are arranged in the compressor station marked 29 in FIG. 1 and coincide with a number and arrangement with the perforations 8 of the bundle holding plate 9 and the funnel channels 23 of the funnel plate 21 and the perforations 24 of the carrier plate 17, provided in the figures, not shown compressor fingers.
  • the bundles of bristles 5 introduced into the bundle holding plate 9 or into the funnel plates 21 can be introduced reliably into perforations 24 of the carrier plates 17 provided on the device 1, in this case on the funnel plate 21, and with a desired degree of compaction ,
  • the four bundle holding plates 9 and their associated four funnel plates 21 are arranged on four, about a common axis pivotally mounted arms 30 of a transport gripper 31, which transport gripper 31 is formed as a turntable arranged.
  • the device 1 has a welding station 15, to which the bundle holding plate 9 and the funnel plate 21 by means of the transport gripper 31 can be transferred.
  • a transport receptacle 33 is formed for each of the four pairs, each consisting of a bundle holding plate 9 and a funnel plate 21.
  • the bristle bundles 5 can be positively and / or non-positively connected to the carrier plates 17.
  • a welding punch 32 is provided for each of the carrier plates 16 arranged on the hopper plate 21 in the carrier plate holder 25, with which the bristle bundles 5 can be connected to the respective carrier plate 17.
  • the bristle filaments 2 that can be processed with the device 1 are so-called chemical tapered filaments, ie chemically sharpened bristle filaments or CTFs, whereby ordinary bristle filaments can also be processed on the device.
  • the apparatus 1 has a stripping station 34 located upstream of the material box 3, which serves for stripping by means of a sheath 35 in bristle filaments 2 combined in filament pucks 36.
  • the stripping station 34 has a total of three cutting devices 37 which are each equipped with two cutting tools 38, here with cutting blades, for opening the casing 35 of the filament pucks 36.
  • the filament pucks 36 shown in the figures are provided with a spin finish with antistatic additive for CFT's, which can reduce the tendency of bristle filaments 2 to statically charge during transport.
  • the stripping station 34 further comprises at least one gripping device for removing the opened shells 35.
  • the stripping station 34 is conveyor-connected with the material box 3 located downstream of it. This can have a gripper, not shown in the figures, or a slide with which the stripped bristle filaments 2 can be fed to the material box 3, preferably automatically.
  • the material box 3 shown in FIG. 1 has a total of three delivery lines 39 connected to the stripping station 34 in which the bristle filaments 2 oriented in the vertical direction are arranged between each two side strips 40.
  • the stripping station 34 are integrated in a particularly advantageous manner into the three conveying paths 39 of the material box 3.
  • FIG. 1 shows that the three conveying paths 39 lead into a removal region 41 of the total of three removal devices 4. Furthermore, the conveying paths 39 can each have an insertion region, not illustrated in the figures, in which the distance between the side strips 40 delimiting the respective conveying path 39 is reduced in the conveying direction of the filament pucks 36 or the bristle filaments 2 freed from the respective covering 35.
  • the device 1 Upstream of the stripping station 34, the device 1 has a transfer station 42 with a suction gripper 43 for transferring bristle filaments 2, which are combined into filament pucks 36 by means of a jacket 35, to the stripping station 34.
  • the suction gripper 43 is arranged on a holder 56, which in turn is displaceably mounted on a rail system 57. By means of this holder 56, the suction gripper 43 can then be displaced both in the horizontal and in the vertical direction in order to transfer individual filament pucks 36 from the transfer station 42 to the stripping station 34.
  • the suction gripper 43 of the transfer station 42 has a suction plate 45, which is at least in each case related to a filament-tight fabric, in the present case a weave fabric 44 a filament puck 36 can be sucked in via its non-wrap-around upper side or end face 46 facing away from the support.
  • the thread cloth 44 with which the suction plate 45 of the suction pad 43 is related, prevents the bristle filaments 2 from being sucked out of the respective sucked filament puck 36 and thereby being lost for further processing.
  • the device 1 according to FIG. 1 has a sucker 16 which is arranged beyond the bundle holding plate 9 held ready on the transport device 6 and which supports the transport of the bristle bundles 5 through the hollow lines 7 of the transport device 6 necessary gas or air flow generated.
  • the suction cup 16 is also covered with a filament-tight fabric, in the present case with a weave fabric 44, so that suction of bristle filaments 2 of individual bristle bundles 5 sucked into the bundle holding plate 9 can be prevented.
  • the sheath 35 holding together a filament puck 36 and also referred to as a puck sheath radially exposes the bristle filaments 2 combined in the respective filament puck 36 in the position of use surrounds, so that a front-side upper side 46 of the filament puck 36 is sheath-free.
  • the sheath 35 or the puck casing is formed as an endless band or as a tube section or as a sleeve which surrounds the respective filament puck 36 laterally.
  • a height of the respective casing 35 or the puck casing approximately corresponds to a length of the bristle filaments 2 of the filament puck 36.
  • the sheath 35 or the puck sheath of the filament pucks 36 consists of a flexible and in the present case also impermeable to air.
  • the material of the sheath shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in FIG. 35 is a polyethylene material which, due to its properties, is particularly suitable for use as a puck sheath or sheath 35.
  • the device 1 has a feed station 47 connected to the transfer station 42.
  • This feed station 47 comprises three supports, each designed as a conveyor belt 48, on which the filament pucks 36 of the transfer station 42 and that of the transfer station bestation 42 associated suction pads 43 can be supplied.
  • the filament pucks 36 are held at a distance on these three supports, each designed as a conveyor belt 48.
  • all three supports designed as conveyor belts 48 have a plurality of receiving recesses 49 which are spaced apart from one another in the conveying direction and which serve to receive a respective filament puck 36.
  • the feed station 47 is equipped on at least one of its longitudinal sides 50 with at least one stationary storage surface 51 adjoining the three conveyors 48 designed as conveyor belts 48.
  • at least one stationary storage surface 51 individual Filamentpucks 36 or 36 filament pucks 36 at least partially filled delivery containers 52 can be kept ready. As a result, it is possible to quickly load empty receiving recesses 49 on the three supports designed as conveyor belts 48 with new filament pucks 36.
  • the storage surface 51 is, as is apparent from Fig. 1, board or strip-shaped and extends over the entire length of the conveyor belt 48 formed as the requirements of the feed station 47th
  • FIGS. 3 to 5 show an exemplary embodiment of a carrier plate 17 according to the invention. It should be noted at this point that the carrier plates 17 processed with the device 1 in FIG. 1 are of the same type as the carrier plates 17 illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5 are. Another, very similar embodiment of a carrier plate 17 according to the invention is shown in FIGS. 6 to 9.
  • This carrier plate ; 17 differs from that of FIGS. 3 to 5 in that it has a bristle mixing field 58 which on the one hand comprises bundles of bristles 5 made of conventional bristle filaments 2 and on the other hand bristle bundles 5a of chemically sharpened bristle filaments 2a.
  • a bristle mixing field 58 which on the one hand comprises bundles of bristles 5 made of conventional bristle filaments 2 and on the other hand bristle bundles 5a of chemically sharpened bristle filaments 2a.
  • the support plate 17 has a plurality, in this case a total of ten perforations 24 passing through the carrier plate 17, into which bristle bundles 5 consisting of bristle filaments 2 can be inserted and can be fastened to the carrier plate 17 without a clip.
  • the bristle bundles introduced or introduced into the perforations consist of sharpened bristle filaments, in particular of chemically sharpened bristle filaments 2a - so-called CTFs (chemical tapered filaments) in the case of an exemplary embodiment of the support plate 17 which is not shown in the figures. At least after their attachment to the carrier plate, they form a bristle field of sharpened bristle filaments 2a on the carrier plate 17.
  • a portion of the bundles of bristles which can be introduced or introduced into the perforations 24, which are denoted by 5a, consist of sharpened bristle filaments 2a, in particular of chemically sharpened bristle filaments 2a, so-called CTFs (chemical tapered) filaments), and another part of the bristle bundles which can be introduced or introduced into the perforations 24, which are designated here by 5, from conventional bristle filaments 2, that is to say from bristle filaments 2, which have a constant over their length cross-section exist.
  • the bristle bundles 5a of pointed bristle filaments 2a and the bristle bundles 5 of conventional bristle filaments 2 form the bristle mixing field 58 at least after their attachment to the carrier plate 17.
  • the bristle filaments 2 and 2a are made of polyamide and / or polyester, depending on the application and needs.
  • the carrier plate 17 has a plurality, in total five, of material protrusions 54 on its rear side 53 facing away from the bristle bundles 5 introduced into the perforations 24. These material projections 54 are fusible and can be pressed for fastening the bristle bundles 5 to the support plate 17 in a bundle fastening plane.
  • the bristle bundles 5 are still in front of the carrier plates 17 in the situation illustrated in FIG. 3, they are already inserted into the perforations 24 of the carrier plate 17 in the situation illustrated in FIG.
  • the material projections 54 on the rear side 53 of the support plate 17 have already been melted down and pressed into the bundle fastening plane for fastening the bristle bundles 5 to the carrier plate 17.
  • the bristle bundles 5 are connected in a positive and / or non-positive manner to the carrier plate 17.
  • the material projections 54 are formed as nubs, wherein the material projections 54 protrude transversely from the rear side 53 of the carrier plate 10. According to FIGS. 3 to 5, the material projections 54 are arranged distributed uniformly between the perforations 24 of the support plate 17.
  • the perforations 24 of the carrier plate 17 each have a circular cross section.
  • the perforations 24 have different cross-sections, ie, for example, have a round and / or oval and / or circular and / or polygonal cross-section or also formed as Langiochept are to create bristle fields with differently shaped bristle bundles.
  • Figures 3 to 5 and 6 to 9 show that the material projections 54 are integrally connected to the carrier plate 17, wherein the material projections 54 made of the same material as the carrier plate 17, in particular of fusible plastic, preferably made of thermoplastic material.
  • the material from which the bristle filaments 2, 2a and / or the bristle bundles 5, 5a are made to have a lower melting point than the material from which the material protrusions 54 are made.
  • the material from which the material projections 54 are made has a lower melting point than the material of which the bristle filaments 2, 2a and / or the bristle bundles 5, 5a are made.
  • Figures 3 to 5 and 6 to 9 also illustrate that the carrier plate 17 on its the bristle bundles 5, 5a facing away from back 53 has an endless and closed, perpendicular from the back 53 of the support plate 17 protruding boundary 55, the perforations 24 and Material protrusions 54 surrounds and the back 53 of the support plate 17 comprises.
  • the boundary 55 of the carrier plate 17 is at least half as high as the material projections 54 arranged on the rear side 53 of the carrier plate 17.
  • this boundary 55 is higher than the material projections 54 on the rear side 53 of the carrier plate 17.
  • this is provided on its rear side 53 facing away from the bristle bundles 5, 5a, at least after introduction of the bristle bundles 5 into the perforations 24 and / or after melting and pressing in of the material projections 54, a cover 59 has.
  • This cover 59 is shown in FIG. 9 and can be sprayed, for example, in an in-mold process.
  • a brush 60 in particular to a toothbrush, with a handle 61 and a brush head 62 which has a support plate seat 63, for example Clipping and / or gluing or, in particular by means of an ultrasonic welding process, by welding to the brush 60 are fixed or. be .
  • a brush 60 is shown in FIG.
  • the carrier plate 17 is attached to the brush 60 by means of an in-mold method, in particular to the carrier platelet attachment 63 of the brush 60.
  • the bristle mixing field 58 shows a portion of the bristle mixing field 58 of the attached to the brush 60 carrier plate 17 in an enlarged view.
  • the bristle mixing field 58 consists of eight inner bristle bundles 5a and four of the eight inner bristle bundles 5a surrounding outer bristle bundles. 5
  • the bristle filaments 2, 2a are taken from the material box 3 containing a supply of boron filaments 2, 2a and combined to form bristle bundles 5, 5a. Thereafter, the bristle bundles 5, 5 a are passed through the hollow conduits 7 of the transport device 6 by means of a gas or air stream and then introduced into the perforations 8 of the bundle holding plate 9.
  • the device 1 has the nipple 16, which is arranged beyond the bundle holding plate 9 held ready on the transport device 6 and generates the gas or air stream necessary for the transport of the bristle bundles 5, 5a through the hollow lines 7 of the transport device 6.
  • the sucker 16 is also covered with a filament-tight fabric, in the present case with a weave fabric 44, so that suction of bristle filaments 2, 2a of individual bristle bundles 5, 5a sucked into the bundle holding plate 9 can be prevented.
  • the bristle filaments 2, 2a or the bristle bundles 5, 5a become their transport through the transport device 6 to the bundle plate 9 electrostatically discharged.
  • the bristle bundles 5, 5a or the bristle filaments 2, 2a are electrostatically discharged during use of the device 1 shown in FIG. 1 during their transport through the hollow conduits 7 of the transport device 6 to the bundle holding plate 9.
  • the bristle filaments 2, 2a forming the bristle bundles 5, 5a are earthed during their transport by the transport device 6, more precisely during their transport through the hollow conduits 7 of the transport device 6, to the bundle holding plate 9 for electrostatic discharge.
  • the bristle filaments 2, 2a forming the bristle bundles 5, 5a are guided past the electrostatic discharge transport device 6 on an electrical contact arranged on the transport device 6, which here is designed as a grounding contact 11, and are carried along for electrostatic discharge this contacted.
  • the earthing contact 11, with which the bristle filaments 2, 2a forming the bristle bundles 5, 5a are brought into contact during transport through the transporting device 6, is provided in the hollow lines 7 in the device 1 shown in FIG. 1 and arranged there.
  • the hollow lines 7 are Bowden cable sheaths 14.
  • a part of an outer plastic sheathing of the hollow line 7 designed as a Bowden cable sheath 14 is removed, so that an inner metal spiral 13 of the Bowden cable jacket 14 is visible.
  • This metal coil 13 acts as a grounding contact 11, with which the latter as Bow
  • the metal coil 13 shown in Fig. 1 is connected to the electrical conductor 12, which is designed to dissipate electrostatic charges into the earth. It should be noted at this point that all the hollow lines 7 of the device 1 shown in FIG. 1 are formed as Bowden cable sheaths 14, each having an inner metal coil 13 as a grounding contact 11 which extends over the entire length of the individual hollow lines 7. Each of the hollow lines 7 shown in Fig. 1 is grounded via the electrical conductor 12 and connected to the earth for discharging electrostatic charges.
  • the bristle bundles 5, 5a are introduced from the bundle holding plate 9 directly through tapered funnel channels 23 of the funnel plate 21 into perforations 24 of a prepared carrier plate 17.
  • the bristle bundles 5, 5a by means of the compressor punch 28 through the tapered funnel channels 23 of the funnel plate 21 in the holes 24.
  • the carrier plates 17 Of the four in total on the funnel plate 21st provided carrier plates 17 introduced.
  • the material projections 54 on the Tragerplattchens 17 are heated by means of the welding punch 32, melted and pressed to fasten the bristle bundles 5, 5a on the carrier plate 17 in a mounting plane of the bristle bundles 5, 5a.
  • the bristle bundles supplied to the bundle holding plate 9 can be bundles of bristles 5 made of conventional bristle filaments 2 and / or bundles of bristles 5a made of chemically sharpened bristle filaments 2a, known as CTFs or chemical tapered filaments.
  • the bristle filaments 2, 2a are supplied to the transfer station 42 in filament patches 36 held together by means of a flexible and air-impermeable sheath 35.
  • the filament pucks 36 supplied to the transfer station 42 are then sucked in by means of a suction gripper 43 assigned to the transfer station 42, wherein the suction gripper 43 contacts and sucks the filament pucks 36 with its suction plate 45 on its free upper side or front side 46.
  • the flexible and impermeable sheath 35 which was previously also referred to as a puck sheath, is sucked in transversely to the longitudinal axis of the bristle filaments 2, 2a and inwards in the direction of a longitudinal central axis aligned perpendicular to the upper side 46 of the respective filament puck 36 thereby stabilizing around the bristle filaments 2, 2a of the sucked Filamentpucks 36 sets.
  • the filament puck 36 is transferred to the stripping station 34 by means of the suction gripper 43.
  • Filamentpucks 36 are, at least if they are made of chemically pointed bristle filaments 2a, as already mentioned above, provided with a spin finish with anti-static additive for CFT 1 s, the tendency of the bristle filaments 2, 2a, during to statically charge their transport through the transport device 6, reduced.
  • the suction gripper 43 is arranged on a holder 56, which in turn is displaceably mounted on a rail system 57. By means of this holder 56, the suction gripper 43 can then be displaced both in the horizontal and in the vertical direction in order to transfer individual filament pucks 36 from the transfer station 42 to the stripping station 34.
  • the sheath 35 of the filament pucks 36 are opened and removed, and the bristle filaments 2, 2 a released from the sheath 35 are automatically fed to the material box 3.
  • the device 1 has the feeding station 47, by means of which the filament pucks 36 of the transfer station 42 and the suction gripper 43 of the transfer station are supplied to the feed station 47, which in the present case has a total of three supports designed as conveyor belts 48.
  • the Filamentpucks 36 are at the feed station 47 on the three designed as conveyor belts 48 individual or, as shown in Fig. 1, held in their Anunter therenissen 52 and if necessary, preferably manually, directly from the Anunter therenissen 52 out on the three as conveyor belts 48th trained pads, in particular transversely to the conveying direction of the three conveyor belts 48, pushed.
  • the method of making bristle brushes and the device 1, the carrier plate 17 and the brush 60 equipped with such a carrier plate 17 make it possible to simplify the production of brush bristle areas, inter alia, by means of a gas or air flow through the transport device 6 transported to the bundle holding plate 9 bristle bundles 5, 5a are electrostatically discharged during their transport by the transport device 6, so that they can be easily transported through the transport device 6 through, and in that they the effort in the anchorless attachment of bristle bundles 5, 5a in a carrier plate 17, since the carrier plate 17 has rear material projections 54, which are melted and then pressed into a bundle mounting plane to form into the perforations 24 of the carrier plate 17 introduced bristle bundles 5, 5a form- and / ode r frictionally with the carrier plate 17 to connect in a simple manner.

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Le procédé de fabrication de zones de poils de brosses et le dispositif (1), la plaque de support (17) et la brosse (60) équipée d'une telle plaque de support (17) permettent de simplifier la fabrication de zones de poils de brosses entre autres en ce que les paquets de poils (5), transportés au moyen d'un flux de gaz ou d'air à travers le dispositif de transport (6) en direction de la plaque de retenue de paquet (9), sont déchargés de l'électricité statique pendant le transport à travers le dispositif de transport (6) de telle sorte qu'ils peuvent être transportés plus facilement à travers le dispositif de transport (6), et en ce qu'ils réduisent la complexité lors de la fixation sans ancrage de paquets de poils (5) dans une plaque de support (17) car la plaque de support (17) comporte du côté arrière des saillies de matière (54) qui sont fondues puis enfoncées dans un plan de fixation de paquets pour relier les paquets de poils (5, 5a), introduits dans les trous (24) de la plaque de support (17), d'une manière simple par complémentarité de formes et/ou à force à la plaque de support (17).
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