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EP3169191B1 - Procédé de fixation de faisceaux de poils constitués de filaments de poils sur une plaquette de support - Google Patents

Procédé de fixation de faisceaux de poils constitués de filaments de poils sur une plaquette de support Download PDF

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EP3169191B1
EP3169191B1 EP15737983.5A EP15737983A EP3169191B1 EP 3169191 B1 EP3169191 B1 EP 3169191B1 EP 15737983 A EP15737983 A EP 15737983A EP 3169191 B1 EP3169191 B1 EP 3169191B1
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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

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  • the invention is used in a method for producing bristle fields for brushes, in particular for toothbrushes, in which bristle filaments are removed from a material box containing a supply of bristle filaments and combined into bristle bundles, then transported by means of a gas or air flow through a bundle receiving device and transport device comprising hollow lines connected thereto passed through and then introduced into perforations of a bundle retaining plate.
  • the invention relates to a method for fastening bristle bundles consisting of bristle filaments to a carrier plate with a plurality of perforations passing through the carrier plate, into which bristle bundles consisting of bristle filaments can be inserted and can be fastened to the carrier plate without anchors, according to claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to a brush, in particular a toothbrush, with a handle and a brush head, wherein the brush head has a small carrier plate holder and a small carrier plate fitted with bundles of bristles fastened therein, according to claim 14.
  • the method described above can be used on a device for producing bristle fields for brushes, in particular toothbrushes, with a material box containing a supply of bristle filaments and with at least one removal device for removing individual bristle bundles from the bristle supply and with a transport device having hollow lines, through which hollow lines the bristle bundles can be transported by means of a gas or air stream in perforations of a bundle-retaining plate.
  • carrier plates, brushes and devices for producing bristle arrays are known in various forms.
  • a carrier plate of the type defined above is already known, in which a heated stamp with a large number of conical or pyramidal stamps is pressed into the back of the carrier plate to fasten the bundles of bristles inserted into the perforations.
  • the mass of the carrier plate is softened and laterally displaced into the spaces between the tufts of bristles. This creates a tight bond between the material of the bristles and the carrier.
  • the back of the carrier plate is covered by indentations produced by the projections of the stamp.
  • a method for producing a toothbrush made of plastic is already known.
  • holding ends of bristles are pushed through holes in a holding plate or a toothbrush body in such a way that they protrude somewhat.
  • the holding ends of the bristles are fused to each other and/or to the holding plate or brush body.
  • oligodynamic material can be applied to the holding ends of the bristles, in particular in liquid form, at least in regions, but expediently over the entire surface, which is either incorporated into the melt during fusing or, when applied after fusing, by diffusion or capillary action in the plastic of the bristles penetrates.
  • the oligodynamic material is distributed over the entire length of the bristles and can have an antibacterial and germicidal effect until it is completely washed out during the period of use.
  • the pamphlet EP 2 215 923 A1 describes a process for the production of anchorless brushes, in which bundles of bristles are introduced into perforations in a carrier plate and fused together. The ends of the individual fibers that protrude on the back are heated until they melt.
  • a method for fusing the axial ends of bundled fibers of thermoplastic resin is previously known by bringing the fiber ends into contact with a heated surface.
  • the method is characterized in that a film of heat-resistant material with non-stick properties is placed between the fiber ends and the opposite surface of a heated die.
  • An oral care implement is previously known that includes a head platform having a plurality of surfaces from which bristles extend.
  • the oral care implement may have a pair of opposed bristle surfaces and the bristles may extend in opposite directions from the surfaces.
  • the oral care device can be formed by a first support plate with tufts of bristles anchorlessly attached thereto on a first surface of the attaching a head platform and attaching a second support plate having tufts of bristles anchorlessly attached thereto to the second face of the head platform.
  • This method is characterized in that projections with undercuts are formed on the upper side of the holding plate facing away from the free working ends of the bristles, that the bristles are then inserted into these perforations with a projection protruding into the area of the undercuts, that the bristles in the area of the Undercuts are heated in such a way that a melt and/or plastic mass of the plastic of the bristles that completely or partially fills the undercuts is formed, and that the mass of the plastic of the bristles that then solidifies forms a form fit between the bristles or tufts of bristles and the undercuts of the holding plate becomes.
  • the previously known carrier plates and toothbrushes which are equipped with such carrier plates, require, for example, bristle filaments combined in bristle bundles Introducing perforations of the carrier plate and overmolding the ends of the individual bristle bundles positioned in the perforations with a material in order to define the bristle bundles in the perforations. Furthermore, it is known to combine the bristle filaments in tufts and fuse them together before they are conveyed into the small carrier plate to be equipped with the bristle tufts.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to create a carrier plate and a brush, in particular a toothbrush, as defined above, which allow more efficient and simpler production of bristle fields and thus more efficient and simpler production of brushes, in particular toothbrushes.
  • bristle bundles forming bristle filaments are electrostatically discharged during their transport through the transport device to the bundle-retaining plate.
  • the bristle bundles and those contained in the bristle bundles can move Bristle filament charge electrostatically, so that they stick to the elements of the transport device, in particular to the hollow lines of the transport device, and cannot be guided reliably through the transport device.
  • the bristle filaments will become so electrostatically charged during transport through the transport device that they will clog the transport device and thus, at best, a reduced passage of the bristle filaments to the bundle-retaining 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 lines of the transport device to the bundle holding plate can prevent the bristle filaments from becoming statically charged due to friction on the insides of the hollow lines and then blocking the hollow lines.
  • a particularly simple but no less reliable electrostatic discharge of the bristle filaments is possible if the bristle filaments forming the bristle bundles are grounded 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 holding plate for electrostatic discharge .
  • the bundles of bristles can during their transport through the transport device, in particular during their transport through the bundle receiving device and/or through the ducts, to the bundle holding plate for electrostatic discharge, past and brought into contact with at least one electrical contact or grounding contact arranged on the transport device.
  • this at least one electrical contact or grounding contact can be provided, for example, in the bundle receiving device and/or also in the ducts.
  • the bristle bundles from the bundle-retaining plate are introduced directly into perforations in a small carrier plate.
  • the desired degree of compression can be achieved in a relatively simple manner, particularly when using a compression stamp.
  • the material projections can expediently be: heated on the small carrier plate by means of at least one melting stamp, melted and pressed into a fastening plane of the bristle bundles to fasten the bristle bundles to the small carrier plate.
  • bristle bundles made of chemically sharpened bristle filaments are fed to the bundle-retaining plate.
  • These bristle filaments also known as chemical tapered filaments - CTF's, are characterized by their particularly finely tapered filament ends, which are free when in use fine bristle filaments more difficult and therefore uneconomical.
  • the bristle filaments are fed to a transfer station in filament pucks held together by means of a particularly flexible and/or airtight casing.
  • the filament pucks fed to the transfer station can then be sucked in by means of at least one suction gripper assigned to the transfer station, with the at least one suction gripper contacting the filament pucks with a suction plate on their free upper side and sucking them in, as a result of which the, in particular flexible and/or air-impermeable, sheathing is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the Bristle filaments and is sucked inwards in the direction of a perpendicular to the upper side of the filament puck aligned longitudinal center axis and can thereby place stabilizing around the bristle filaments of the filament puck sucked.
  • the filament puck After being sucked in, the filament puck can be transferred to a stripping station downstream of the transfer station by means of the at least one suction gripper.
  • the sheathing of the filament puck In this de-sheathing station, the sheathing of the filament puck can be opened and removed, after which the bristle filaments freed from the sheathing, preferably automatically, can be supplied to one or the already mentioned material box.
  • the filament pucks are made of chemically sharpened bristle filaments with a flexible and/or airtight casing, for example in DE 10 2013 003 249 , which deals with a manufacturing process of such filament pucks, are described above.
  • the filament pucks are provided with a spin finish with an antistatic additive for CFTs, which can additionally reduce the tendency of the bristle filaments to become statically charged during transport.
  • the filament pucks of the transfer station are fed to a feed station on at least one support, preferably designed as a conveyor belt.
  • the method can also be simplified for a person entrusted with carrying out the method if the filament pucks are kept ready and available individually and/or in their delivery containers at the feed station, in particular on the at least one support, preferably designed as a conveyor belt Demand, preferably manually, in particular directly from the delivery containers, are pushed onto the at least one edition, but in particular transversely to the conveying direction of the at least one edition. It is thus possible for the person entrusted with carrying out the method to place a certain number of filament pucks or a certain number of delivery containers with filament pucks on the support of the feed station designed as a conveyor belt and, if necessary, i.e.
  • the person entrusted with carrying out the process can have enough time to carry out other tasks and only in certain Approach the feed station at regular intervals to add more filament pucks so that the otherwise automated manufacturing process can continue uninterrupted.
  • the carrier plate has a plurality of material projections on its rear side facing away from the bristle bundles inserted into the perforations.
  • a carrier plate of this type enables bristle bundles to be fastened easily in the carrier plate without anchors, without the bristle bundles to be fastened in the carrier plate must be welded together before being fed into the carrier plate.
  • the disclosed carrier plate thus supports the implementation of the method described above in a particularly advantageous manner.
  • the bristle bundles that can be inserted or have been inserted into the perforations consist of sharpened bristle filaments, in particular chemically sharpened bristle filaments. At least after they have been attached to the carrier plate, these bristle bundles can then form a bristle field made up of sharpened bristle filaments, in particular chemically sharpened bristle filaments.
  • some of the bristle bundles that can be introduced into the perforations consist of pointed bristle filaments, in particular chemically sharpened bristle filaments, and another part of the bristle bundles that can be introduced or introduced into the perforations consist of conventional bristle filaments.
  • Conventional bristle filaments are understood to mean those 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 made of pointed bristle filaments and the bristle bundles made of conventional bristle filaments can form a mixed bristle field at least after they have been attached to the carrier plate.
  • the bristle filaments can consist of polyamide and/or polyester. However, it is preferred that conventional bristle filaments, in particular those with a constant cross-section, are made of polyamide and pointed bristle filaments, in particular chemically sharpened bristle filaments made of polyester, in particular polybutylene terephthalate (PBT).
  • PBT polybutylene terephthalate
  • Polyester has the property that it absorbs little or no water at all. Especially when chemically sharpening the bristle filaments, lye can be used, which then has 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 the material for the chemically sharpened bristle filaments and the fact that polyester absorbs water only to a small extent or not at all can facilitate and accelerate a drying process of the washed bristle filaments. In this way, the drying process can be carried out on an industrially useful scale.
  • the bristle bundles are positively and/or non-positively connected to the carrier plate after the material projections have been melted and the melted material projections pressed into the plane of attachment of the bundle. In this way, a reliable attachment of the bristle bundles in or on the carrier plate, which can withstand the required pull-out forces, can be made possible.
  • the material projections are in the form of nubs, in which case the material projections can protrude transversely from the rear side of the small carrier plate.
  • transverse means that the material projections can protrude from the back of the carrier plate essentially as a continuation of the bristle bundles inserted into the carrier plate.
  • a longitudinal central axis is expediently the material projections can be aligned at right angles to the back of the carrier plate.
  • the material projections are distributed, in particular uniformly, around or between the perforations of the carrier plate. This can promote an even distribution of the melt, particularly after the melt has been pressed into the bundle attachment plane, on the back of the small carrier plate and between the ends of the bristle bundles and in particular between individual bristle filaments of the bristle bundles, and thus contribute to reliable attachment of the bristle bundles in the small carrier plate.
  • the perforations on the carrier plate have different cross sections.
  • the perforations can have a round and/or oval and/or circular and/or a polygonal cross section.
  • the combination of perforations with different cross-sections is of course possible.
  • the perforations are in the form of oblong perforations.
  • the disclosed carrier plate 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 a meltable plastic, preferably thermoplastic.
  • the material from which the material projections are made can have a lower or a higher melting point than the material from which the bristle filaments and/or the bristle bundles are made.
  • a typical material from which the carrier plate and/or the material projections can exist on the back of the carrier plate, the plastic is polypropylene.
  • a typical material from which the bristle bundles or the bristle filaments can be made is polybutylene terephthalate (PBT).
  • the material projections taper towards their free end, in particular taper conically. If the material projections have a tapering shape, the melting of these material projections when the welding die is pressed in is made significantly easier.
  • the carrier plate has, on its rear side facing away from the bristle bundles, a preferably endless and closed boundary protruding from the rear of the carrier plate, in particular at right angles.
  • This boundary surrounds the perforations and the material projections and includes the back of the carrier plate.
  • the rear delimitation of the carrier plate can prevent the melt of the melted material projections from spilling out laterally when the welding stamp is pressed in and also contribute to reliable guidance of the melted material projections when the melt is pressed into the bundle attachment plane of the carrier plate.
  • the melt can be prevented from escaping laterally in a particularly reliable manner if the delimitation of the small carrier plate is at least half as high as the material projections arranged on the rear side of the small carrier plate. In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the carrier plate, however, this limit can be higher, in particular twice as high, as the material projections on the rear side of the carrier plate. This is how you can prevent yourself in a particularly reliable way allow the melt of the melted material projections to be pressed out laterally when the melt is pressed into the plane of the bundle attachment of the carrier plate, in particular by means of a melting punch.
  • a cover can be sprayed on or is sprayed on, in particular in an in-mold process having.
  • This cover can cover the melted material projections located on the back of the carrier plate, together with the bristle bundle ends.
  • the cover can help to securely fix the bundle of bristles in their position of use and to give the rear side of the small carrier plate a flat surface, which can facilitate attachment of the small carrier plate to a brush, in particular a toothbrush.
  • the carrier plate is clipped into the carrier plate receptacle.
  • the carrier plate can be glued into the carrier plate receptacle and/or welded, in particular by means of an ultrasonic welding process. In this way, the carrier plate can be reliably fixed to the brush.
  • a further possibility of connecting the small carrier plate to the brush can consist in fastening the small carrier plate to the brush, in particular to the small carrier plate receptacle of the brush, by means of an in-mold process.
  • the carrier plate can be processed, in particular using the method described above, on the device defined at the outset for producing bristle arrays for brushes, in particular for toothbrushes.
  • This device is possibly of independent inventive quality and is particularly characterized in that the transport device is electrically grounded in order to discharge electrostatic charges adhering to the bristle filaments and/or bristle bundles to be transported.
  • the transport device has at least one bundle receiving device to which the ends of the hollow lines on the material box side are connected.
  • the at least one bundle receiving device and/or the hollow lines can be electrically grounded in order to dissipate electrostatic charges from the bristle filaments to be transported or from the bristle bundles or electrostatic charging 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 and/or at least one of the hollow lines has at least one electrically grounded contact or grounding contact which touches the bristle bundles and/or bristle filaments contained in the bristle bundles at least temporarily 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 can be connected to ground via at least one electrical conductor, in particular via an electrically grounded stand of the device.
  • At least one hollow line has an electrically grounded inner lateral surface made of an electrically conductive material, in particular made of metal, preferably made of steel, stainless steel or copper, as an electrically grounded contact or grounding contact, which the bristle bundles and/or or contact bristle filaments contained therein during their transport.
  • an electrically grounded inner lateral surface made of an electrically conductive material, in particular made of metal, preferably made of steel, stainless steel or copper, as an electrically grounded contact or grounding contact, which the bristle bundles and/or or contact bristle filaments contained therein during their transport.
  • the hollow lines of the device can be designed as hoses made of a flexible material and/or as Bowden cable jackets and/or as pipe connections made of an electrically conductive material, in particular metal, preferably steel, stainless steel or copper.
  • an electrically conductive material in particular metal, preferably steel, stainless steel or copper.
  • the use of hollow lines, each consisting of a Bowden cable jacket, is preferred because it is particularly cost-effective and well suited for dissipating electrostatic charges.
  • a particularly efficient supply of bristle bundles to a bundle-retaining plate kept ready on the device is possible if the transport device has one of the number of perforations the number of hollow lines corresponding to the bundle-retaining plate.
  • the bundle-retaining plate is designed as a transport plate that 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-retaining plate can also be a partial brush body or an injection-molded insert, which can be further processed in downstream stations of the device after it has been equipped with bristle bundles.
  • the hollow lines of the transport device each open into a 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 designed as through-openings.
  • the distances between the guide channels on the discharge side can be smaller than the distances on the supply side.
  • outlet openings of the feed channels are arranged according to an arrangement of perforations in the bundle-retaining plate to be equipped with bristle bundles and/or opening into these perforations. In this way, after the bristle bundles have been fed through the transport device subsequent assembly of the bundle retaining plate can be carried out particularly efficiently.
  • the feed channels of the guide element or the guide block thus function as a kind of funnel with which the bundles of bristles to be fed can be introduced into the bundle-retaining plate while they are being transported.
  • the device has a between the bundle holding plate and a small carrier plate to be equipped with bristle bundles, preferably one according to one of claims 1 to 12, Funnel plate with funnel channels, in particular tapering in the conveying direction of the bristle bundles. Through these funnel channels, the bristle bundles from the bundle holding plate, in which they are held ready in arrangement and alignment to the carrier plate to be equipped, can then be introduced into 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 to outlet openings of the perforations in the bundle retaining plate and outlet openings of the funnel channels correspond in number and arrangement to the perforations in the carrier plate. It is also advantageous if the outlet openings of the funnel channels open into perforations in a carrier plate held ready on the funnel plate, so that the bristle bundles from the bundle-retaining plate can be introduced through the funnel plate into the carrier plate to be equipped as easily as possible.
  • the device can have a compacting station with at least one compacting stamp with a number and arrangement corresponding to the perforations of the Have bundle retaining plate and/or with the funnel channels of the funnel plate and/or the perforations of the carrier plate matching compressor fingers.
  • the bristle bundles introduced, in particular in the funnel plate and/or in the bundle-retaining plate can be introduced into the perforations of the carrier plate kept ready on the device, in particular on the funnel plate and/or on the bundle-retaining plate.
  • the bristle filaments combined in bristle bundles can be fed with a low degree of compression required for transport through the transport device by means of a gas or air stream and then mechanically introduced into the perforations of the prepared carrier plate with the aid of the compression stamp and at the same time compressed to the required higher degree of compression .
  • the mechanical compaction of the bristle bundles, to which the funnel channels of the funnel plate described above can also contribute represents a particularly simple way of compacting and introducing the bristle bundles into the carrier plate provided.
  • the device has a transport gripper and a welding station.
  • the transport gripper can preferably be designed as a turntable with at least one transport receptacle for a funnel plate and/or bundle-retaining plate equipped with bristle bundles and/or with at least one small carrier plate.
  • the bundle-retaining plate which can then also take on the function of a transport plate, can be transported by means of the transport gripper to a welding station or in particular form-fitting and/or force-fitting, can be connected to the at least one small carrier plate.
  • the at least one funnel plate can also be transported between stations of the device by means of the transport gripper.
  • the welding station for connecting the bristle bundles to the at least one small carrier plate has at least one welding die, with which the bristle bundles can be connected to the at least one small carrier plate.
  • the carrier plate to be processed is a carrier plate according to one of claims 1 to 12, it is possible that the at least one welding die is used to melt the material projections of the carrier plate and to press the melted material projections into a bundle attachment plane of the respective carrier plate. The at least one welding die can contact a rear side of the carrier plate in the welding position.
  • this at least one welding die can be heated to a temperature of approximately 500°C be heated to weld the bristle bundles with the respective carrier plate.
  • the advantages that can result from the device for the production of bristle fields can be particularly great if the bristle filaments used are chemically tapered bristle filaments, so-called chemical tapered filaments - CTF's, since these particularly fine bristle filaments are particularly of a Static charge can 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 only possible with disproportionate effort.
  • the device has a de-sheathing station upstream of the material box for de-sheathing bristle filaments combined in filament pucks by means of a sheath.
  • the stripping station can have at least one cutting device with at least one cutting tool for opening the covering of the filament pucks and at least one gripping device for removing the opened covering.
  • the sheathing station is connected in terms of conveyor technology to the material box downstream from it in order to feed the stripped bristle filaments to the material box.
  • the stripping station in one embodiment of The device has at least one gripper and/or at least one slide, with which the stripped bristle filaments can be fed to the material box, preferably automatically.
  • the material box can have at least one conveying path, in particular connected in terms of conveying technology to a stripping station, for example to the previously mentioned dismantling station.
  • the bristle filaments oriented in the vertical direction can be arranged between two side rails, with the conveying path preferably opening into a removal area of the removal device.
  • the at least one conveying section can have an insertion region in which the distance between the side strips delimiting the at least one conveying section decreases in the conveying direction.
  • the device can have a transfer station with at least one suction gripper for transferring bristle filaments combined into filament pucks by means of a sheath to a stripping station, for example the previously mentioned stripping station. In this way, automated feeding of the filament pucks to the stripping station is possible.
  • a suction pad for example the one already mentioned above, of one, for example the one already mentioned above, can have a suction plate, preferably covered with a bristle filament dense fabric, in particular with a dutch fabric, with which at least one Filament puck can be sucked in via its front side facing away from a support and free of a casing.
  • the suction and the subsequent handling of the at least one filament puck using the at least one suction gripper of the transfer station can be facilitated if a casing holding a filament puck together radially surrounds the bristle filaments combined in the filament puck in the position of use, so that a front upper side of the filament puck is free of casing.
  • the casing can expediently be designed as an endless band, ie as a banderole, as a tube section slipped over the bristle filaments combined in the form of a puck, or as a slipped sleeve.
  • a height of the casing can advantageously correspond to a length of the bristle filaments of the filament puck.
  • the suction of the filament pucks surrounded by the casing using a suction gripper can be facilitated if the casing of the filament pucks consists of a flexible and/or airtight material.
  • a material suitable for the sheathing that 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 to the transfer station already mentioned above, and which comprises at least one support, in particular designed as a conveyor belt.
  • the filament pucks can be fed to the transfer station and/or the at least one suction gripper transfer station on this at least one support.
  • it can be expedient if the filament pucks are kept at a distance on the at least one support of the feed station, preferably designed as a conveyor belt.
  • this can preferably have a plurality of receiving recesses spaced apart from one another, in particular in the conveying direction, into which individual filament pucks can be inserted and in which the filament pucks can be safely transported further.
  • the feed station has, on at least one of its long sides, in particular on one of the long sides of the at least one support, at least one stationary storage area adjoining the at least one support for individual pre-aligned filament pucks and/or for delivery containers at least partially filled with filament pucks, it is possible to Support, in particular on the support spaced apart and formed receiving recesses of the support to be equipped with filament pucks as quickly and efficiently as required.
  • the filament pucks can either be removed from the adjacent storage area or placed directly on the support from the delivery containers provided, which can also be stored on the adjacent storage area, as soon as there is space again for the transfer station and/or the filament pucks to be fed to the at least one suction gripper of the transfer station is.
  • the storage surface can be designed in particular in the form of a board and/or strip and can expediently extend over at least part of the length of the support, but is stationary relative to the support.
  • the device can also have more than just one bundle-retaining plate and/or funnel plate. In the case of a device having, for example, four bundle-retaining plates and four funnel plates assigned to these bundle-retaining plates, which can preferably be arranged on transport receptacles of one or the previously mentioned transport gripper, this can work particularly efficiently.
  • a device, generally designated 1, for producing bristle fields for brushes, in particular for toothbrushes, has according to FIG 1 a material box 3 containing a supply of bristle filaments 2 and at least one removal device 4 for removing individual bristle bundles 5 from the material box 3 .
  • the device 1 also has a transport device 6, which is provided with a total of three times three visible hollow lines 7 and one in 1 concealed shown hollow line, so a total of ten hollow lines 7, through which hollow lines 7 the bristle bundles 5 can be transported by means of a gas or air flow in perforations 8 of a bundle-retaining plate 9, is equipped.
  • the transport device 6 In order to dissipate electrostatic charges adhering to the bristle filaments 2 and/or bristle bundles 5 to be transported, the transport device 6 is electrically grounded.
  • the transport device 6 has at least one bundle receiving device to which ends 10 of the hollow lines 7 on the material box side are connected, the at least one bundle receiving device being electrically grounded in this exemplary embodiment of the device 1.
  • a bundle receiving device is not provided in this embodiment of the device 1.
  • the hollow lines 7 of the transport device 6 are electrically grounded.
  • the hollow lines 7 have at least one electrical contact or grounding contact 11, which the bristle bundles 5 and/or the bristle filaments 2 contained in the bristle bundles 5 touch at least temporarily during their transport through the hollow lines 7, with the hollow lines 7 and the hollow lines in particular 7 associated grounding contacts 11 is grounded via an electrical conductor 12 or connected to earth.
  • this at least one electrical conductor 12 is connected to ground via an electrically grounded stand of the device 1 .
  • the hollow lines 7 has, as an electrically grounded contact or grounding contact 11, an electrically grounded inner lateral surface made of an electrically conductive material, in particular made of metal, preferably made of steel, stainless steel or copper, which the bristle bundles 5 and/or the bristle filaments 2 contact during their transport.
  • This electrically grounded inner lateral surface consists of the in 1 illustrated embodiment of the device 1 from a metal coil 13, which at the top of the in Fig.1 illustrated hollow lines 7 is shown freed from its plastic coating.
  • hollow lines 7 in other embodiments as hoses made of a flexible material or as pipe connections made of an electrically conductive material, in particular made of metal, preferably made of steel, stainless steel or Copper, are formed, the hollow lines 7 are made in the in 1 illustrated embodiment of the device 1 from Bowden cable jackets 14, which have the already mentioned electrically conductive metal coil 13 as a grounding contact 11 in their interior.
  • the bristle filaments 2 or the bristle bundles 5 then come into contact with this electrically conductive metal coil 13 of the Bowden cable jackets 14, so that the bristle filaments 2 or the bristle bundles 5 adhering electrical charges can be reliably dissipated.
  • the transport device 6 shown has a number of hollow lines 7 corresponding to the number of holes 8 in the bundle-retaining plate 9 into which the bristle bundles 5 are to be introduced.
  • the bundle holding plate 9 is also designed as a transport plate that can be transferred to a further processing device, in particular to the welding station 15 . It thus assumes a double function.
  • the bundle-retaining plate 9 is equipped with at least one carrier plate holder for a carrier plate 17 on a side facing away from the transport device 6 in the receiving position, so that at least one carrier plate 17 is kept ready on the bundle-retaining plate 9 for filling with bristle bundles 5 can.
  • the hollow lines 7 of the transport device 6 each open into a 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 openings, where the distances between the guide channels 18 on the discharge side are smaller than the distances on the supply side.
  • outlet openings 20 of the guide channels 18 are arranged in accordance with an arrangement of holes 8 in the bundle-retaining plate 9 to be equipped with bristle bundles 5 and opening into these holes 9 .
  • FIG. 1 also shows that the device 1 has a total of four bundle-retaining plates 9 .
  • a funnel plate 21 is assigned to each of the four bundle-retaining plates 9 .
  • This funnel plate 21 can be arranged in each case between the bundle-retaining plate 9 assigned to it and at least one small carrier plate 17 to be fitted with bundles of bristles 5 .
  • each of the funnel plates 21 can be moved back and forth in the vertical direction between two linear guides 22 in order to arrange the funnel plate n 21 in the desired position between the respective bundle holding plate 9 and the at least one small carrier plate 17 to be fitted with bristle bundles 5.
  • Each of the funnel plates 21 has funnel channels 23 that taper in the conveying direction of the bristle bundles 5, through which funnel channels 23 bristle bundles 5 from the respective bundle-retaining plate 9 can be inserted into perforations 24 of a carrier plate 17 held ready on the funnel plate 21 in a respective small carrier plate holder 25 of the funnel plate 21.
  • the number and arrangement of the inlet openings 26 of the funnel channels 23 correspond to the outlet openings of the perforations 8 in the bundle retaining plate 9, while the number and arrangement of the outlet openings 27 of the funnel channels 23 correspond to the perforations 24 of the at least one carrier plate 10 and in these perforations 24 of the carrier plates 17 held ready on the funnel plate 21 open out.
  • FIG. 1 shows that 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 compressor plunger 28 for each of the small carrier plates 16 held ready on the respective bundle holding plate 9 or on the respective funnel plate 21 .
  • the total of four compressor stamps 28 are in 1 29 and provided with a number and arrangement of 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 matching compressor fingers, not shown in the figures.
  • the bundles of bristles 5 placed in the bundle holding plate 9 or in the hopper plates 21 can be introduced reliably and with a desired degree of compaction into perforations 24 of the carrier plates 17 provided on the device 1, in the present case on the hopper plate 21.
  • the total of four bundle holding plates 9 and the four funnel plates 21 associated with them are arranged on four arms 30 of a transport gripper 31, which are pivotably mounted about a common axis and which transport gripper 31 is designed as a turntable.
  • the device 1 has a welding station 15 to which the bundle-retaining plate 9 and the funnel plate 21 by means of the transport gripper 31 can be passed.
  • 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 die 32 is provided for each of the carrier plates 16 arranged on the funnel 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 tapered bristle filaments or CTFs, with ordinary bristle filaments also being able to be processed on the device.
  • the device 1 has a de-sheathing station 34 upstream of the material box 3 , which is used for de-sheathing bristle filaments 2 combined in filament pucks 36 by means of a sheath 35 .
  • the stripping station 34 at the in 1 device shown has a total of three cutting devices 37, each with two cutting tools 38, here with cutting blades, for opening the casing 35 of the filament pucks 36 are equipped.
  • the filament pucks 36 shown in the figures are provided with a spin finish with an antistatic additive for CFTs, which can reduce the tendency of the bristle filaments 2 to become statically charged during transport.
  • the stripping station 34 also has at least one gripping device for removing the opened sheaths 35 .
  • the stripping station 34 is conveyed to the material box 3 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 has a total of three conveying sections 39 connected to the stripping station 34 in terms of conveying technology, in which the bristle filaments 2 oriented in the vertical direction are arranged between two side strips 40 in each case.
  • the stripping station 34 are integrated in a particularly advantageous manner in the three conveyor sections 39 of the material box 3.
  • the conveyor sections 39 can each have an insertion area, not shown in the figures, in which the distance between the side strips 40 delimiting the respective conveyor section 39 decreases in the conveying direction of the filament pucks 36 or the bristle filaments 2 freed from the respective sheathing 35.
  • the device 1 Upstream of the de-sheathing station 34 , the device 1 has a transfer station 42 with a suction gripper 43 for transferring bristle filaments 2 combined into filament pucks 36 by means of a sheath 35 to the de-sheathing station 34 .
  • the suction gripper 43 is arranged on a holder 56, which in turn is slidably mounted on a rail system 57. With the aid 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 covered with a filament-tight fabric, in the present case with a dutch fabric 44, with which at least one filament puck 36 is connected via its non-sheathed upper side or end face 46 facing away from a support is suckable.
  • the dutch fabric 44 with which the suction plate 45 of the suction gripper 43 is covered, prevents the bristle filaments 2 from being sucked out of the respective filament puck 36 that has been sucked in and thereby being lost for further processing.
  • the device 1 according to FIG 1 has a suction device 16 which is arranged on the other side of the bundle holding plate 9 held ready on the transport device 6 and which generates the gas or air flow necessary for the transport of the bristle bundles 5 through the hollow lines 7 of the transport device 6 .
  • the suction cup 16 is also covered with a filament-dense fabric, in the present case with a dutch fabric 44, so that suction of bristle filaments 2 of individual bristle bundles 5 that have been sucked into the bundle-retaining plate 9 can be prevented.
  • the sheathing 35 holding a filament puck 36 together and also referred to as the puck cover radially surrounds the bristle filaments 2 combined in the respective filament puck 36 on the longitudinal side in the position of use, so that a front upper side 46 of the filament puck 36 is free of sheathing.
  • the casing 35 or the puck cover is designed as an endless band or as a tube section or as a sleeve that surrounds the respective filament puck 36 laterally.
  • the casing 35 or the puck cover of the filament pucks 36 consists of a flexible and, in the present case, also airtight material.
  • the sheathing shown in FIG. 35 is a polyethylene material which is particularly suitable for use as a puck cover or sheathing 35 due to its properties.
  • 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 42 associated suction pads 43 can be supplied.
  • the filament pucks 36 are kept 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 depressions 49 spaced apart from one another in the conveying direction, each of which serves to receive a 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 supports designed as conveyor belts 48 .
  • Individual filament pucks 36 or delivery containers 52 that are at least partially filled with filament pucks 36 can be kept ready on this at least one stationary storage surface 51 .
  • the shelf 51 is there, as from 1 is designed in the form of a board or strip and extends over the entire length of the supports of the feed station 47, which are designed as conveyor belts 48.
  • FIGS. 3 to 5 show an embodiment of a carrier plate 17. It should be pointed out at this point that in 1 with the device 1 processed carrier plate 17 of the same type as in the Figures 3 to 5 carrier plates 17 shown are.
  • FIG. 6 Another, very similar embodiment of a carrier plate 17 is in the: Figures 6 to 9 shown.
  • This carrier plate 17 differs from that of the Figures 3 to 5 characterized in that it has a mixed bristle field 58, which comprises on the one hand bristle bundles 5 made of conventional bristle filaments 2 and on the other hand bristle bundles 5a made of chemically sharpened bristle filaments 2a.
  • the carrier plate 17 has a plurality, here a total of ten, of 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 anchors.
  • the bristle bundles that can be inserted or have been inserted into the perforations consist of tapered bristle filaments, in particular chemically tapered bristle filaments 2a—so-called CTFs (chemical tapered filaments). At least after they have been attached to the carrier plate, they form a bristle field of pointed bristle filaments 2a on the carrier plate 17 .
  • the bristle bundles 5a made of pointed bristle filaments 2a and the bristle bundles 5 made of conventional bristle filaments 2 form the mixed bristle field 58 at least after they have been attached to the carrier plate 17.
  • the bristle filaments 2 and 2a consist of polyamide and/or polyester, depending on the application and requirements.
  • the conventional bristle filaments 2, in particular those with a cross section that remains constant over their length, are preferably made of polyamide, while pointed bristle filaments 2a are made of polyester. Polyester absorbs little or no water, which simplifies the drying process of the bristle filaments after they have been chemically sharpened and only makes it possible on an industrially sensible scale.
  • the carrier plate 17 On its rear side 53 facing away from the bristle bundles 5 introduced into the perforations 24 , the carrier plate 17 has a plurality, a total of five, of material projections 54 . These material projections 54 can be melted and pressed into a bundle attachment plane for attachment of the bristle bundles 5 to the carrier plate 17 .
  • the bristle bundles 5 are positively and/or non-positively connected to the carrier plate 17 .
  • the material projections 54 are designed as nubs, the material projections 54 protruding transversely from the rear side 53 of the carrier plate 10 .
  • the material projections 54 are arranged evenly distributed between the perforations 24 of the carrier plate 17 .
  • the perforations 24 of the carrier plate 17 each have a circular cross section.
  • the perforations 24 have different cross sections, i.e. for example a round and/or oval and/or circular and/or a polygonal cross section or are also designed as elongated perforations , in order to create bristle fields with differently formed bristle bundles.
  • the Figures 3 to 5 and 6 to 9 show that the material projections 54 are connected in one piece to the carrier plate 17, the material projections 54 being made of the same material as the carrier plate 17, in particular of fusible plastic, preferably of thermoplastic material.
  • the material from which the bristle filaments 2, 2a and/or the bundles of bristles 5, 5a have a lower melting point than the material from which the material projections 54 are made.
  • the material from which the material projections 54 are made has a lower melting point than the material from which the bristle filaments 2, 2a and/or the bristle bundles 5, 5a are made.
  • the carrier plate 17 has on its rear side 53 facing away from the bristle bundles 5, 5a an endless and closed boundary 55 protruding at right angles from the rear side 53 of the carrier plate 17, which surrounds the perforations 24 and the material projections 54 and the rear side 53 of the carrier plate 17 includes.
  • 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.
  • the small carrier plate 17 has a cover 59 on its rear side 53 facing away from the bristle bundles 5, 5a, at least after the bristle bundles 5 have been introduced into the perforations 24 and/or after the material projections 54 have been melted and pressed in.
  • This cover 59 is in figure 9 shown and can be sprayed on in an in-mold process, for example.
  • carrier plate 17 on a brush 60 in particular on a toothbrush, with a handle 61 and a brush head 62, which has a carrier plate receptacle 63, for example by clipping and/or gluing or, in particular by means of an ultrasonic welding process, by welding to the brush 60 or . be.
  • Such a brush 60 is in figure 10 shown.
  • the carrier plate 17 is attached to the brush 60, in particular to the carrier plate receptacle 63 of the brush 60, by means of an in-mold process.
  • FIG 11 shows a part of the mixed bristle field 58 of the carrier plate 17 fastened to the brush 60 in an enlarged representation.
  • Four bristle bundles 5a made of pointed bristle filaments 2a and the bristle bundles 5 arranged next to them made of conventional bristle filaments 2 are clearly visible
  • Figures 6 to 11 illustrated carrier plate 17 consists of eight inner bristle bundles 5a and four outer bristle bundles 5 surrounding the eight inner bristle bundles 5a.
  • the bristle filaments 2, 2a are removed from the material box 3 containing a supply of bristle filaments 2, 2a and combined into bristle bundles 5, 5a. Thereafter, the bristle bundles 5, 5a are guided through the hollow lines 7 of the transport device 6 by means of a gas or air flow and then introduced into the perforations 8 of the bundle-retaining plate 9.
  • the device 1 has the suction device 16, which is arranged beyond the bundle holding plate 9 provided on the transport device 6 and generates the gas or air flow necessary for the transport of the bristle bundles 5, 5a through the hollow lines 7 of the transport device 6.
  • the suction cup 16 is also covered with a filament-dense fabric, in the present case with a dutch fabric 44, so that suction of individual bristle bundles 5, 5a sucked into the bundle-retaining plate 9 bristle filaments 2, 2a can be prevented.
  • the bristle bundles 5, 5a forming bristle filaments 2, 2a during their transport electrostatically discharged by the transport device 6 to the bundle holding plate 9.
  • the bristle filaments 2, 2a that form the bristle bundles 5, 5a are 1 device 1 shown electrostatically discharged during its transport through the hollow lines 7 of the transport device 6 to the bundle-retaining plate 9.
  • the bristle filaments 2, 2a forming the bristle bundles 5, 5a are grounded during their transport through the transport device 6, more precisely during their transport through the hollow lines 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 an electrical contact arranged on the transport device 6, which is embodied here as a grounding contact 11, for electrostatic discharge and connected to this in touched.
  • the grounding contact 11 with which the bristle filaments 2, 2a forming the bristle bundles 5, 5a are brought into contact during their transport through the transport device 6 is in FIG 1 device 1 shown is provided in the ducts 7 and arranged there.
  • the hollow lines 7 Bowden cable jackets 14 are the hollow lines 7 Bowden cable jackets 14.
  • the hollow lines 7 illustrated have removed part of an outer plastic sheathing of the hollow line 7 designed as a Bowden cable jacket 14, so that an inner metal helix 13 of the Bowden cable jacket 14 is visible.
  • This metal coil 13 acts as a ground contact 11, with the through this as a Bowden cable sheath 14 trained hollow lines 7 transported bristle bundles 5, 5a and the bristle bundles 5, 5a forming bristle filaments 2, 2a come into contact and can be discharged.
  • the metal coil 13 shown is connected to the electrical conductor 12, which is designed to discharge electrostatic charges into the ground.
  • the bristle bundles 5, 5a from the bundle-retaining plate 9 are introduced directly through the tapering funnel channels 23 of the funnel plate 21 into perforations 24 of a carrier plate 17 that is kept ready.
  • the bristle bundles 5, 5a are introduced with the aid of the compressor plunger 28 through the tapering funnel channels 23 of the funnel plate 21 into the perforations 24 of the total of four small carrier plates 17 held ready on the funnel plate 21.
  • the material projections 54 protruding from the rear side 53 of the carrier plate 17 facing away from the bristle bundles 5 are heated in the welding station 15 and thereby melted, with a melt of the melted material projections 54 for connecting the bristle bundles 5, 5a to the respective carrier plate 17 in a fastening plane of the Bristle bundle 5, 5a is pressed in, so that the melt flows in between the rear side 53 of the respective carrier plate 17 protruding bristle bundle ends and between bristle filament ends of the bristle bundle 5, 5a and then solidifies.
  • the material projections 54 on the carrier plate 17 are heated by means of the welding stamp 32, melted and pressed into a fastening plane of the bristle bundles 5, 5a to fasten the bristle bundles 5, 5a on the carrier plate 17.
  • the bristle bundles fed to the bundle-retaining plate 9 can be bristle bundles 5 made from conventional bristle filaments 2 and/or bristle bundles 5a made from chemically sharpened bristle filaments 2a—so-called CTFs or chemical tapered filaments.
  • the bristle filaments 2 , 2a are fed to the transfer station 42 in filament pucks 36 held together by means of a flexible and airtight casing 35 .
  • the filament pucks 36 fed to the transfer station 42 are then sucked in by means of a suction gripper 43 assigned to the transfer station 42, the suction gripper 43 contacting the filament pucks 36 with its suction plate 45 on their free upper side or end face 46 and sucking them in.
  • the flexible and airtight casing 35 which was previously also referred to as the puck cover, is sucked in transversely to the longitudinal axis of the bristle filaments 2, 2a and inwards in the direction of a longitudinal central axis oriented at right angles to the top side 46 of the respective filament puck 36 and itself thereby stabilizing around the bristle filaments 2, 2a of the filament puck 36 that has been sucked in.
  • the filament puck 36 is transferred to the stripping station 34 by means of the suction gripper 43 .
  • the filament pucks 36 fed to the transfer station 42 in the figures are, at least if they consist of chemically sharpened bristle filaments 2a, as already mentioned above, provided with a spin finish with an antistatic additive for CFT's, which reduces the tendency of the bristle filaments 2, 2a to spread during their transport charge statically by the transport device 6 is reduced.
  • the suction gripper 43 is arranged on a holder 56, which in turn is slidably mounted on a rail system 57. With the aid 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 sheathing 35 of the filament pucks 36 is opened and removed, and the bristle filaments 2, 2a freed from the sheathing 35 are automatically fed to the material box 3.
  • the device 1 Upstream of the transfer station 42, the device 1 has the feed 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 fed to the feed station 47 on a total of three supports designed as conveyor belts 48 in the present case.
  • the filament pucks 36 are fed individually or, as in 1 shown, kept ready in their delivery containers 52 and, if necessary, preferably manually, pushed directly out of the delivery containers 52 onto the three supports designed as conveyor belts 48, in particular transversely to the conveying direction of the three conveyor belts 48.
  • the method for producing bristle fields for 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 bristle fields for brushes, among other things, in that the means of a gas or air flow through the transport device 6 to the bundle-retaining plate 9 transported bristle bundles 5, 5a are electrostatically discharged during their transport through the transport device 6, so that they can be transported through the transport device 6 more easily, and in that they reduce the effort involved in the anchorless attachment of bristle bundles 5, 5a in a small carrier plate 17, since the small carrier plate 17 has material projections 54 on the back, which are melted and then pressed into a bundle attachment plane, in order to positively and/or force-fit bristle bundles 5, 5a introduced into the perforations 24 of the small carrier plate 17 with the small carrier plate 17 in a simple manner way to connect.

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  1. Procédé de fixation de faisceaux de poils (5,5a) constitués de filaments de poils (2) sur une plaquette de support (17) avec une pluralité de perforations (24) traversant la plaquette de support (17), selon lequel les faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) sont insérés dans les perforations (24) et fixés sans ancrage sur la plaquette de support (17) et selon lequel la plaquette de support (17) présente sur sa face arrière (53) opposée aux faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) une enceinte (55) espacée de la face arrière (53) de la plaquette de support (17) qui entoure les perforations (24) et les saillies de matière (54) et contient la face arrière (53) de la plaquette de support (17), caractérisé en ce que la plaquette de support (17) présente sur sa face arrière (53) opposée aux faisceaux de poils (5) insérés dans les perforations (24) une pluralité de saillies de matière (54), lesquelles saillies de matière (54) sont fondues et pressées dans un plan de fixation de faisceaux pour fixer sans ancrage les faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) sur la plaquette de support (17).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) insérés dans les perforations (24) sont constitués de filaments de poils taillés en pointe (2) et forment, après leur fixation sur la plaquette de support (17), un tapis de poils fait de filaments de poils taillés en pointe (2a) ou qu'une partie des faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) insérés dans les perforations (24) sont constitués de filaments de poils taillés en pointe (2a) et une autre partie des faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) insérés dans les perforations (24) de filaments de poils classiques (2), c'est-à-dire de filaments de poils (2) dotés d'une section constante sur toute leur longueur, les faisceaux de poils (5a) constitués de filaments de poils taillés en pointe (2a) et les faisceaux de poils (5) constitués de filaments de poils classiques (2) formant un tapis de poils mixte après leur fixation sur la plaquette de support (17).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les filaments de poils (2, 2a) sont faits de polyamide et/ou de polyester.
  4. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les filaments de poils classiques (2), c'est-à-dire ceux dotés d'une section constante sur toute leur longueur, sont faits de polyamide et les filaments de poils taillés en pointe (2a) de polyester.
  5. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce qu'après la fusion des saillies de matière(54) et le pressage des saillies de matière (54) fondues dans le plan de fixation de faisceaux, les faisceaux de poils (5) sont reliés par engagement positif et/ou par adhérence avec la plaquette de support.
  6. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les saillies de matière (54) sont configurées comme des picots, lesquelles saillies de matière (54) saillent transversalement de la face arrière de la plaquette de support (17), et/ou que les saillies de matière (54) sont réparties autour des perforations (24).
  7. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les perforations (24) présentent une section ronde et/ou ovale et/ou circulaire et/ou polygonale et/ou que les perforations (24) sont configurées comme des trous oblongs.
  8. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les saillies de matière (54) sont reliées d'une seule pièce avec les plaquettes de support (17) et/ou que les saillies de matière (54) sont faites de la même matière que les plaquettes de support (17).
  9. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que la matière dont les saillies de matière (54) sont faites a un point de fusion plus bas que la matière dont les filaments de poils (2 2a) et/ou les faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) sont faits.
  10. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que la matière dont les filaments de poils (2 2a) et/ou les faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) sont faits a un point de fusion plus bas que la matière dont les saillies de matière (54) sont faites.
  11. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que les saillies de matière (54) se rétrécissent en direction de leur extrémité libre ou se rétrécissent de façon conique.
  12. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que l'enceinte (55) est continue et fermée et/ou dépasse perpendiculairement de la face arrière (53) des plaquettes de support (17), et/ou que l'enceinte (55) de la plaquette de support (17) a une hauteur au moins égale à la moitié de celle des saillies de matière (54) agencées sur la face arrière (53) de la plaquette de support (17).
  13. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisé en ce que la plaquette de support (17) est dotée d'un capot (59) sur sa face arrière (53) opposée aux faisceaux de poils (5, 5a), au moins après l'insertion des faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) dans les perforations (24) et/ou après la fusion et l'introduction des saillies de matière (54).
  14. Brosse (60), en particulier brosse à dents, avec une poignée (61) et une tête de brosse (62), dans laquelle la tête de brosse (62) présente un réceptacle de plaquette de support (63) et une plaquette de support (17) munie de faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) fixée dans celui-ci, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux de poils (5, 5a) sont fixés sans ancrage sur la plaquette de support conformément au procédé selon les revendications 1 à 13.
  15. Brosse (60) selon la revendication 14, caractérisée en ce que la plaquette de support (17) est enclipsée et/ou collée et/ou soudée dans le réceptacle de plaquette de support (63) et/ou fixée sur la brosse (60) au moyen d'un procédé de moulage par injection.
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