Patent · US Expired

Brush tip of liquid applicator and method for producing the same

US4978242A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 9, 1989
Grant dateDec 18, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43K5/1872
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A brush tip of a liquid applicator is provided with a predetermined thickness flange at its rear end, which flange is provided with a plurality a multiplicity of predetermined length projections at its rear surface, which projections are easily elastically deformable and disposed in a position opposite to that of a fibrous part of the brush tip. A method for producing such bruch tip of the liquid applicator is characterized by the use of a heating platen provided with a plurality of small holes at its front surface, in which small holes is inserted a part of a rear end portion of the brush tip and metled to form a plurality of projections while the remaining rear end portion of the brush tip is melted to form a flange.

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