Method for the manufacture of a toothbrush
US5518300A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S47/904
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a tooth brush having a bristle area formed of several folded bristle bundles of plastic bristles, the method including separating, with an anchor, the bristle bundles from a bristle package, folding the bristle bundles and pressing them into dead end holes, which are formed in the bristle area of the toothbrush, with the anchor, with effecting rounding off of the ends of the bristles of the bristle bundles prior to the bristle bundles being folded and anchored in the dead end holes of the tooth brush bristle area.
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