TW202025943A - Brush-stuffing machine and stuffing method - Google Patents

Abstract

A brush-stuffing machine comprises a stuffing tool (12) having a tip (34) and an intermediate portion (36), which bears the tip (34). The stuffing tool is moved back and forth along a non-linear path. During the rearward movement of the stuffing tool (12), an anchor, already located in its receiving position, is retained in a stationary manner while the intermediate portion (36) is moved towards the anchor and receives the anchor in a feeding channel (42).

Description

Brush plugging machine and method for plugging holes

The present invention relates to a brush plugging machine. The brush plugging machine includes a plugging tool having a tip, a middle part and a guide for the tongue, the middle part is adjacent to the tip and connected to the tip, wherein The plugging tool is movably guided along a curved non-linear path between the tuft receiving position and the plugging position. The tongue pushes the anchor and the tuft into the bristle carrier, wherein the tongue can slide longitudinally The ground is received in a guide, and the guide is disposed in the tip and the middle portion, and the tongue can move reversibly in the plugging direction relative to the tip, and the brush plugging machine includes: anchoring The anchor feeder feeds the anchoring tool toward the moving direction of the tip and the middle part of the anchor.

The anchor is a fixing member for the bristle bundle in the bristle carrier, and can be, for example, a metal sheet, a wire block or a wire loop.

Such a brush plugging machine is known from WO 2016/102223 A1. Among them, there are plugging tools that can pivot about a horizontal axis, and hair tuft extractors that can pivot about an axis. The tuft extractor separates the tuft from the bristle cassette and immediately transfers the tuft to the plugging tool, behind the tip. A guide for the tongue is provided in the tip so that the tongue guides the received tufts along the guide along the guide to the bristle carrier forming at least a part of the finished brush, and pushes into the opening in the bristle carrier.

The plugging tool pivots in the direction of the bristle carrier after receiving the separated tufts, wherein the tongue participates in this pivotal movement, and extends deeper into the tip during the pivoting movement or after reaching the plugging position, and finally The tufts together with the anchor are pushed into the bristle carrier.

In the prior art, the plugging tool moves on the arc section together with the guide in the tip and the tongue.

In addition, there are linear movable plugging tools with linear tongues that reciprocate transversely.

Finally, the following plugging tools are known: as in the case of arc-shaped guides, the plugging tools also do not travel in a straight cross-section, but follow a curved path, for example, by a certain type of rod (Gestänge) guide, for example similar to a parallelogram.

The brush plugging machine operates at a cycle exceeding 1,000 cycles per minute, and strives to increase to at least 1,200 to 1,500 cycles per minute. Such a huge cycle rate can lead to increased noise and wear.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to improve the brush plugging machine so that the brush plugging machine runs smoothly at a higher cycle.

This is achieved in the above-mentioned type of brush plugging machine by the following way: the middle part has an upper side, and the feed channel for the anchor extends from the upper side to the guide at the deeper part of the tongue, wherein the The anchor feeder can move the anchor to a transfer position located above the upper side of the middle part, wherein the feed of the anchor and the movement of the plugging tool are adapted to each other, so that the processed anchor is moved to the transfer position. The path along which the plugging tool moves is curved, so that the middle part travels under the fixed anchor already in the transfer position and the feed channel is positioned under the fixed anchor so that When the plugging tool moves to the receiving position of the tuft, the fixed anchor moves into the feed channel.

The plugging machine according to the present invention has a brand-new concept and provides a foundation for feeding and transferring anchors by a plugging tool, which provides great advantages. So far, only when the plugging tool is in the tuft receiving position, that is, at the rear dead point of the plugging tool, the anchor is guided laterally into the plugging tool. However, in this position, not only must the tufts be actively fed, but also the anchors must be actively fed, which leads to a large amount of dead time during the cycle, or to extremely high speeds in the process of pushing the wire and cutting . Another possibility in the prior art is that the anchor has been moved above the middle part when the plugging tool is moved back, and then the anchor is guided downward with only a short supply movement at the tuft receiving position to bring the anchor into In the guide. However, in both variations, the anchor itself actively moves in the tuft receiving position. The present invention adopts a completely different method, because the present invention uses the previously processed anchor to plug the hole before, during or after the previous hair tuft is plugged (that is, when the previously processed anchor is moved forward. At the same time, or when moving back after plugging with the anchor to be processed previously), the anchor above the surface of the middle part is positioned to the transfer position of the anchor. The curved non-linear path along which the plugging tool moves in the return stroke ensures that the anchor can remain fixed, and it can be said that the plugging tool performs a supply movement for the anchor, and thus the plugging tool moves onto the anchor and advances Place the channel "on" the anchor. That is, the middle part moves to the anchor so that the anchor is finally located in the feed channel. Since the plugging tool originally reciprocates, there is no additional movement to bring the anchor into the feed channel. On the one hand, this makes it possible to perform significantly higher periodic signals, and on the other hand, it has been found in testing machines that, compared with existing plugging machines that are already more efficient according to the prior art, these testing machines are More quiet and less vibration.

The path along which the plugging tool moves is preferably continuously curved, that is, there is no protrusion at all (Absatz). For example, here are particularly advantageous circular path sections, or paths created, for example, by rods, parallelogram guides or slotted guides. However, these examples are not to be understood as limitations.

Furthermore, there may be at least one processing unit for processing the anchor when the plugging tool is moved. This processing unit is permanently in a fixed position in space. Therefore, according to the present invention, the processing unit is also very close to the plugging tool to achieve a short supply path. In addition, it is not necessary to supply the processing unit as a whole in each cycle, which in turn reduces the moving mass. Of course, the concept of "spatial fixed position" does not mean that all parts of the processing unit remain fixed in space, but the entire space processing unit itself is fixed in space. However, the parts of this processing unit must be moved because these parts should be processed with anchors.

The at least one processing unit may for example comprise a bending device or may be a bending device. The bending device is used to bend a ring set from an anchor formed as a wire, and has a movable bending part that can be extended into a slot in the middle part, which realizes (or better, opens) bending The moving path of the component, and the slot extends from the upper side down at least to the guide of the tongue. The bending of the wire is carried out in a deformed structure specially designed for this purpose, the deformed structure has a recess into which a bending member for bending the wire and forming a loop can be pivoted. Before the collar is received in the guide, the collar is completely formed.

After the bending member bends the wire, the bending member can be held in the above-mentioned recess and then held in the slot of the middle part to hold the collar in this position until the collar is received in the feed channel , Or the bent part can be directly pivoted back again. In the latter case, the retaining function of the bent part is cancelled. Whether this holding function is necessary depends entirely on the characteristics of the wire used (such as elasticity), the shape of the collar itself, or the configuration of the recess in which the collar is bent and held in the recess. The slot in the middle part may for example extend in the direction of movement of the plugging tool, so that the collar has been correctly positioned at the same time for further movement by the tongue and the plugging tool. The slot allows the curved part to open in the open position and move back to the open position.

The slot for the curved part and the feed channel for the anchor preferably form a cross shape (viewed from the upper side).

Another possibility of using processing units is to provide cutting equipment. The cutting device can exist as a supplement or alternative to the above-mentioned bending device, and is also fixed in space. The cutting device is used to cut the wire block to form an anchor, wherein the wire is fed to the plugging tool by the anchor feeder lateral to the direction of movement of the tip and the middle part. That is, when the plugging tool is moved back to the tuft receiving position, the free end of the wire rod is located above the middle part and close to the surface without being cut, and then enters the feeding channel to move the feeding channel toward The wire moves up and receives the wire.

For example, a fixed or movable relative bracket for the cutting device is provided, which closes the feed channel upwards. The opposing bracket is used to position the wire in the vertical direction when cutting and then hold the wire. A movable knife is provided, which abuts the feed channel and can move in a reverse direction to separate the wire block from the wire. When the knife cuts the wire block, the relative bracket prevents the wire from moving upward from the feed channel.

The feed channel is preferably open only on one side, that is, it is open on the left or right side viewed in the feed direction. The wires that have not been cut extend through the open side to the wire storage device.

The invention also relates to a method for plugging a brush by a brush plugging machine, which is characterized by the following steps:

A plugging tool is provided, the plugging tool has a tip and a middle portion supporting the tip, wherein a guide for a tongue is provided in the tip and the middle portion, and the tongue pushes the anchor together with the tuft of bristles into the In the bristle carrier,

Wherein the middle portion has an upper side including a feed channel for anchors, the feed channel extending from the upper side into the guide of the tongue,

An anchor feeder is provided that can move the anchor laterally to the moving direction of the tip to a transfer position, the transfer position being located above the upper side of the middle part,

Feed the anchor to the transfer position before, while or after the plugging tool is in the plugging position, and

Move the tip and the middle part to the tuft receiving position along a curved nonlinear path, and at the same time move the middle part to the next anchor to be processed, and the next anchor to be processed is in the transfer position , So that the middle part moves along the fixed anchor, and the fixed anchor reaches the feeding channel.

As with the brush plugging machine according to the invention, in the method according to the invention, the path must of course also be formed so that the path realizes the feed movement of the intermediate part in the vertical direction up to the fixed anchor. When the plugging tool is moved or during plugging with the previous anchor, the next anchor is fed.

The advantages and individual features explained in combination with the brush plugging machine according to the present invention are also applicable to this method. On the contrary, the features of the method according to the invention described below can be applied to the brush plugging machine according to the present invention.

The plugging tool pivots along a continuous curved path as described above, in particular along a circular arc section, or along a path created by a parallelogram guide or a slotted guide.

According to the method of the present invention, the anchor feeder is optionally a wire feeder that crosses (that is, perpendicular or oblique to) the moving direction of the plugging tool. Guide it and push the free wire end above the upper side of the middle part. Then, this free wire end becomes a later anchor, and this free wire end is accommodated in the moved middle part, more specifically, in the feed channel of this middle part.

After the wire is fed, the wire is optionally bent into a set of loops, and the wire is cut outside the middle part before or while receiving the wire in the feed channel of the middle part. The cutting of the wire is performed immediately before the bending process or at the beginning of the bending process.

If the wire is not bent, the wire can enter the feed channel and be cut in the feed channel or in the guide channel. In this case, the feed channel is closed upward by the opposite bracket, and then the wire is cut. The opposite bracket, especially the stationary protrusion (Fortsatz) on the processing unit, is located above the wire, and therefore when the feeding channel receives the wire, the feeding channel can be at least partially closed upwards by moving the middle part closer.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the following arrangement is provided: the wire is bent over the middle part until the plugging tool is moved to the tuft receiving position, and during the movement of the middle part to the tuft receiving position, by the bending part Keep the resulting collar fixed. Therefore, the curved part has a dual function.

In Figure 1, a brush plugging machine is shown. The brush plugging machine pushes the bristles into the bristle carrier 10 with openings, and fixes the bristles on the bristle by anchors (such as anchor plates, wires or wire loops) In the bristle carrier 10. A round wire is usually used for the collar, and a flat wire is usually used for the anchor plate.

The bristle carrier 10 can be a complete brush body, or just a part of the brush body, such as a plate or the like. However, this will not change the brush plugging machine and its structure.

The brush plugging machine includes a plugging tool 12, a bristle box 14, a tuft extractor 16 pivotable about an axis X, and a tongue 18 for plugging. The so-called anchor feeder 20 feeds the anchor to the plug hole tool 12 laterally in the direction of arrow A and perpendicular to the plug hole direction in a plan view.

In the illustrated embodiment, the anchor is a wire 22, which is unwound from a roller and is fed by an electric drive 24 (especially a servo drive).

The plug hole tool 12 is seated on the shaft 26 and can be pivoted back and forth around the shaft (here, the horizontal axis D), that is, from the plug hole position (the front end stop point) shown in Figure 1 to the opposite The so-called tuft receiving position, which is seen in Figure 4 and forms the rear dead center.

The plugging tool 12 moves along a curved non-linear path in this reciprocating movement, here along a circular path section. Alternatively, another curved path can also be used here, such as via a parallelogram or slotted guide, that is, not only a shaft 26 and a connecting arm 28 sitting on the shaft 26 are provided, but also a plugging tool 12 It is also installed by the second spaced apart shaft and connecting arm.

The curved path is designed to provide vertical upward movement of the plugging tool 12 from the plugging position to the tuft receiving position, as explained below.

The tongue 18 is hinged to the connecting arm 30 at the rear end, and the connecting arm 30 can also pivot about the axis D.

As shown in WO 2016/102223 A1, the cam roller 32 allows, for example, a common camshaft to control the connecting arms 28, 30.

The movement of the tongue 18 is different from the movement of the rest of the plugging tool. Specifically, the tongue 18 moves between the plugging position and the tuft receiving position before the movement of the rest of the plugging tool 12.

The plugging tool 12 includes not only the tongue 18, but also the tip 34. When the tufts and anchors are pushed in by the tongue 18 that then moves further toward the bristle carrier 10, the tip 34 can contact the bristle carrier 10 or can be equivalent. Move closer to the surface of the bristle carrier 10.

The tip 34 is fixed to the so-called middle part 36 at the rear end, and can also be integrated into the middle part 36.

The tip 34 and the middle portion 36 have a guide 38 for the tongue 18 inside.

The feed channel 42 passes out of the upper side 40 (see Figure 2), the feed channel 42 passes to the lower guide 38, but ends there, so that there is a bottom.

In the illustrated embodiment, there is also a processing unit 46 for the anchors to be fed, where they are used to cut out the anchors from the wire 22, which is partially located in the lateral direction of the middle portion 36 In the groove 48. The processing unit 46 is fixed and does not reciprocate with the rest of the plugging machine.

The processing unit 46 includes a through hole for the wire 22 that extends in the feed direction A.

At the position of the plug hole according to Figure 1, the tongue 18 has just reached the most forward position, and the fed tufts and anchors have been plugged into the corresponding openings of the bristle carrier 10 together. In this position or immediately after this position, that is, before, during or after the plugging tool 12 of the previous cycle is moved back for the previously processed anchor, the wire 22 is pushed by the driver 24 just on the upper side 40 above the through hole of the processing unit 46. FIG. 2 shows the end of the wire, that is, the tip 50 of the wire 22, which is already above the upper side 40.

When the plug tool 12 moves back, the tongue 18 rushes ahead of the tip 34 when it moves back.

The tip 50 (later to become an anchor) of the wire 22 remains stationary, but the tip 34 together with the middle portion 36 moves backward and simultaneously upward, as shown by the arrow in Figure 11. The position of the tip 50 of the wire 22 is adapted to the curved path, so that without any vertical feeding movement of the wire 22, the tip 50 enters the feeding channel 42 as shown in FIG. 3. That is, the middle portion 36 moves toward the later anchor, and grabs the tip 50 of the wire 22 and receives it into the feed channel 42.

Therefore, the wire 22 crosses the guide 38 at the height of the guide 38. The tip of the tongue 18 is located directly behind with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

The tuft extractor 16 that first pivots back and forth to move along the bristle cassette by the lateral receiving groove and extract the tufts of bristles moves forward to the lateral insertion opening between the tip 34 and the middle portion 36 according to Fig. 3 54 (see Figure 1). The tufts are then located in front of the anchor and in front of the front end of the tongue 18.

In the later position illustrated in Figure 4, the tuft extractor 16 is about to move back. The tongue 18 has moved forward slightly to move the wire that has then been cut, and thus move the resulting anchor in the direction of the bristle bundles, and carry these bristle bundles away together. The new wire 22 ready for the next cycle can then be fed sideways immediately. Subsequently, the connecting arm 28 moves the tip 34 forward to the bristle carrier 10.

Even during this forward movement of the tip 34, the processing unit 46 can remain stationary.

In the processing unit 46, the cutting device shown in FIG. 10 can be integrated. In Figure 10, a cross-section of the intermediate portion 36 in the area between the guide 38 and the feed channel 42 can be seen. The wire 22 extends laterally from the guide 38 opened on one side to the wire storage device, here a roller 60 from which the wire 22 is unwound.

The processing unit 46 is provided with an opposing bracket 62, which is only shown in Figure 10, and when the tip 50 of the wire 22 reaches the guide 38 through the feed channel 42, the opposing bracket 62 can be closed upwards. Give channel 42. The opposite bracket 62 is, for example, a protruding section on the illustrated end wall of the processing unit immediately above the laterally protruding tip 50 of the wire 22 with reference to Figure 2.

The opposite bracket 62 should prevent movement of the anchor upward and out of the guide 18, which movement occurs during the cutting process described below. Thereby, the opposite bracket can even optionally press the tip 50 of the wire 22 from above. A knife 64 that moves up and down beside the relative bracket 62 is installed in the processing unit 46. The knife guide 66 is only shown symbolically.

Preferably, the wire block is cut in the bristle bundle receiving position to form an anchor.

According to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 9, although the anchor formed of the wire 22 is used, the wire 22 is bent into the ring 100.

Since the already introduced equivalent, identical or functionally identical features, parts and parts and the like carry the already introduced component symbols and are therefore referred to, the brush plugs described in the previous drawings can now be omitted The characteristics of the hole machine. Therefore, only the main differences need to be discussed.

For a better description, the connecting arm 30 and the tongue 18 are not shown in Figures 5-9, but the connecting arm 30 and the tongue 18 are present. Similarly, the cassette 14 and the tuft extractor 16 are not shown. However, the cassette 14 and the hair bundle extractor 16 also exist, and the cassette 14 and the hair bundle extractor 16 are implemented in the aforementioned embodiment.

The basic difference from the first embodiment is that the processing unit 46 is implemented here as a bending device for manufacturing the collar 100 from the wire 22.

Likewise, the processing unit remains stationary during the movement of the plugging tool 12.

Here, the middle portion 36 is recessed on the upper side 40 relative to the tip 34; see recess 37.

The bending device includes a pivotable bending member 70, here in the form of a driven rod.

For the curved member 70, the middle portion 36 has a slot 80, which, as described below, allows the curved member 70 to move in the middle portion 36 and in the area of the guide 38. The slot 80 therefore extends to the guide 38 lying below, preferably even slightly deeper than the guide 38.

The slot 80 therefore extends further from the feed channel towards the tip 34.

Hereinafter, a method of plugging a brush hole by the illustrated brush plugging machine will be described with respect to the embodiment according to FIGS. 5-9.

In Figure 5, the plug hole tool 12 is located at the plug hole position, and the tongue 18 is also located at the frontmost position at the plug hole position.

In the previous cycle, during the forward movement of the tip 32, during the plugging of the previous tuft or during the back movement of the plugging tool, the wire 22 has been laterally fed into the holder 82.

The holder 82 has a guide structure 84 having an L-shaped cross section for the wire 22. The guide structure 84 is intercepted by a recess 86 which is aligned laterally (ie, viewed from above) with the guide 38. The curved member 70 can pivot into the recess 86.

The wire 22 is fed laterally along the guide structure 84, wherein here (see FIG. 6) the wire 22 also bridges the recess 86. The bending part 70 still pivots forward.

According to Fig. 7, the bending member 70 is then pivoted back by the driver, and the wire 22 (more precisely, the wire end) is bent into a "U" shape by pivoting the bending member 70 into the recess 86. In Figure 7, the tip 50 of the wire 22 can be seen. At the same time when the bending process is started or just before bending, the wire 22 is cut by the device as shown in FIG. 10, in which the processing unit according to FIG. 10 is omitted in FIGS. 5 to 9 for simplicity. This produces an anchor in the form of a collar 100, which can be seen in Figure 9. The collar 100 remains in this position, and the plugging tool 12 pivots back as shown in FIG. 8. The collar 100 is preferably held by the curved member 70 here, but it can also be held in the recess 86 by its own elastic force, its own shape, or by the appropriate design of the recess 86. In the latter case, the bending member can pivot back to its starting point immediately after bending.

Due to the upward movement component during the back movement, the intermediate portion 36 moves to the processing unit 46 in the following manner: the anchor reaches the guide 38 via the feed channel 42.

As seen in Figure 8, the curved member 70 has been extended into the slot 80 (better description is that the slot 80 has been brought to the curved member 70).

The curved part 70 then pivots forward so that the curved part 70 is located above the upper side 40 of the middle portion 36.

Finally, bundles of bristles are added, and the tongue 18 can move forward, like the tip 34. While the tip is moving forward, when the loop 100 is removed, the wire 22 can be guided. This provides a lot of time for bending and cutting operations, thereby reducing cycle time and allowing the speed of the tongue and tip to be reduced, as well as the feed speed of the wire and the speed of moving parts in the processing unit. All this ensures that even if the cycle rate is increased, the operation is more stable and there is less wear.

In the embodiment according to FIGS. 5 to 9, since the collar 100 is held by the bending member 70, the opposite bracket 62 may optionally be omitted.

However, the opposite bracket can also be designed as in the previous embodiment. For example, when the curved member 70 has an upward protrusion (Absatz) on the side opposite to the produced collar 100, when the knife 64 is cut off, the The protrusion can be used as a stop to prevent the wire from moving upward.

Moreover, according to the embodiment of Figs. 5-9, the path completed by the plugging tool 12 can of course not only be a circular path or a circular path section, but can be a continuous curvature path of any other shape, which continuous curvature makes The middle portion 36 moves vertically upward to the anchor.

As an alternative to the implementation with the illustrated wire anchor, the anchor plate can also be fed laterally. However, this does not change the overall concept of the brush plugging device.

In Figures 5 to 9, the depression 37 is clearly visible, because the middle portion 36 first has a higher portion 102 from the rear, and then a depression 37 toward the tip 34.

It is also emphasized that, for any embodiment, no separate drive device is required to press the anchor into the guide 38 vertically.

The position of the anchor is fully adapted to the radius and position of the rotating shaft D and the direction of the upper side 40, so the middle portion 36 and the feed channel 42 can "grab" the anchor during the backward movement, see Fig. 11.

10: bristle carrier 12: Plug hole tool 14: Brush box 16: Hair bundle extractor 18: Tongue 20: Anchor feeder 22: Wire 24: electric drive 26: axis 28: connecting arm 30: connecting arm 32: Cam roller 34: Tip 36: middle part 37: sunken 38: guide 40: upper side 42: Feed channel 46: Processing unit 48: Groove 50: tip 54: Insert opening 60: Roller 62: Relative bracket 64: Knife 66: knife guide 70: curved parts 80: Slot 82: retainer 84: boot structure 86: recess 100: collar 102: higher part A: Arrow B: Moving direction D: axis X: axis

In the schema:

Figure 1 illustrates a schematic perspective view of a first variation of the brush plugging device according to the present invention,

Figure 2 shows an enlarged detail of the brush plugging machine according to Figure 1 in a subsequent manufacturing step,

Figure 3 shows the details of the brush plugging machine according to Figure 2 in the subsequent method steps,

Fig. 4 illustrates the details of Fig. 2 in a more subsequent method step,

Figure 5 illustrates a schematic perspective view of a second variation of the brush plugging machine according to the invention, where there is a bending device in the first method step,

Figure 6 illustrates the brush plugging machine according to Figure 5 in a second method step,

Figure 7 illustrates the brush plugging machine according to Figure 5 in a third method step,

Figure 8 illustrates the brush plugging machine according to Figure 5 in a fourth method step,

Figure 9 illustrates the brush plugging machine according to Figure 5 in a fifth method step,

Figure 10 illustrates a schematic cross-sectional view of the plugging tool of the brush plugging machine according to Figure 5, and

Figure 11 shows a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the changing feed channel area in the middle part.

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14: Brush box

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22: Wire

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36: middle part

38: guide

40: upper side

42: Feed channel

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Claims (16)

A brush plugging machine, which includes a plugging tool (12) with a tip (34), a middle portion (36) and a guide (38) for a tongue (18) , The middle portion (36) is adjacent to the tip (34) and connected to the tip (34), wherein the plugging tool (12) is along a curved line between a tuft receiving position and a plugging position The non-linear path is guided so as to move back and forth, the guide (38) is arranged in the tip (34) and the middle part (36), and the tongue (18) pushes an anchor together with the tuft into a bristle carrier ( 10), wherein the tongue (18) is longitudinally slidably received in the guide (38), and the tongue (18) is reversibly movable relative to the tip (34) in the direction of the plug hole, And the brush plugging machine includes: an anchor feeder (20), the anchor feeder (20) moves the anchor side to the tip (34) and the moving direction (B) of the middle part (36) toward the The plugging tool (12) is fed, wherein the middle portion (36) has an upper side (40), and a feed channel (42) for the anchor extends from the upper side (40) to the tongue (18) The guide (38) located at a deeper position, wherein the anchor feeder (20) can move the anchor to a transfer position located above the upper side (40) of the middle part (36), wherein the anchor feeder The movement of the plugging tool (12) is adapted to each other, so that an anchor to be processed is moved to the transfer position of the anchor, and the path is bent therein so that the middle part (36) is located along the transfer position The position of the fixed anchor travels and the feed channel (42) is positioned below the fixed anchor, so that when the plugging tool (12) moves to the tuft receiving position, the fixed anchor moves in The feed channel (42). The brush plugging machine according to claim 1, wherein the path is continuously curved. The brush plugging machine according to claim 2, wherein the path is a circular path section or a path generated by a parallelogram guide or a slotted guide. The brush plugging machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the at least one processing unit (46) for processing the anchor is permanently in a space fixed position when the plugging tool moves. The brush plugging machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the at least one processing unit (36) includes a bending device for generating a collar from an anchor formed as a wire (22), the bending The device has a movable bending part (70) that can extend into a slot (80) in the middle part (36), wherein the slot (80) realizes the bending part (70) ) Is a moving path, and extends from the upper side (40) to at least the guide piece (38) of the tongue (18). The brush plugging machine according to claim 5, wherein the slot (80) extends in the moving direction (B) of the tip (34). The brush plugging machine according to claim 4, wherein the processing unit (46) comprises: a cutting device for cutting a piece of wire to form the anchor, wherein the wire (22) is fed by the anchor The tool (20) is fed to the plugging tool (12) lateral to the moving direction (B) of the tip (34) and the middle part (36). The brush plugging machine according to claim 7, wherein a counter bracket (62) is provided, and when the anchor is received in the feed channel (42), the counter bracket (62) moves the feed channel (42) ) Is closed upwards to position the wire (22) in the vertical direction, and a movable knife (64) is arranged therein, and the knife (64) is adjacent to the feed channel (42) and can be moved in reverse to the The wire block is separated from the wire (22). The brush plugging machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the upper side (40) has a depression (37), and the supply channel (42) starts from the depression (37) or the supply channel (42) transitions to The recess (37), wherein when the plugging tool (12) moves in the direction of the tuft receiving position, the anchor reaches the recess (37) and then the feed channel (42). The brush plugging machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the feed channel (42) is open only on one side, and the fed uncut wire (22) extends through the side to a wire storage Device. A method for plugging a bristle carrier with a brush plugging machine is characterized by the following steps: A plugging tool (12) is provided. The plugging tool (12) has a tip (34) and a middle portion (36) supporting the tip (34), wherein the tip (34) and the middle portion (36) ) Is provided with a guide (38) for a tongue (18), the tongue (18) pushes an anchor together with a tuft of bristles into the bristle carrier (10), wherein the middle portion (36) ) Has an upper side (40) including a feed channel (42), the feed channel (42) extends from the upper side (40) to the guide piece (38) of the tongue (18), An anchor feeder (20) is provided, and the anchor feeder (20) can move the anchor laterally to the moving direction (B) of the tip (34) to a transfer position, the transfer position being located in the middle Above this upper side (40) of the part (36), Feed the anchor to the transfer position before, while or after the plugging tool (12) is in the plugging position, and Move the tip (34) and the middle part (36) to the tuft receiving position along a curved non-linear path, and at the same time move the middle part (36) to the next anchor to be processed, down An anchor to be processed is in the transfer position, so that the middle part (36) moves along the fixed anchor, and the fixed anchor arrives in the feed channel (42). The method according to claim 11, wherein the plugging tool (12) is pivoted along a continuous curved path, in particular along a circular arc section, or along a parallelogram guide or a slot A path created by the guide pivots. The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the anchor feeder (20) is a wire feeder, and the wire feeder crosses the uncut wire (22) across the tip (34) The moving direction (B) of the guide is guided, and a free wire end is pushed above the upper side (40) of the middle part (36). The method according to claim 13, wherein after feeding the wire (22), the wire (22) is bent into a set of loops (100) above the middle portion (36), and/or, in the wire (22) (22) Before being received in the guide (38), the wire (22) is cut above the middle portion (36). The method according to claim 14, wherein after arranging the wire (22) in the feeding channel (42), the feeding channel (42) is closed upward by a relative bracket (62). The method according to claim 11, wherein the method is used on the device according to claim 1 or 2.

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