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US3026146A
US3026146A US861922A US86192259A US3026146A US 3026146 A US3026146 A US 3026146A US 861922 A US861922 A US 861922A US 86192259 A US86192259 A US 86192259A US 3026146 A US3026146 A US 3026146A
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    • A46D3/005—Preparing, i.e. Manufacturing brush bodies by moulding or casting a body around bristles or tufts of bristles
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    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B29C45/14385—Coating a portion of a bundle of inserts, e.g. making brushes

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  • This invention relates to the manufacture of brushes and particularly to small brushes and similar articles by casting wherein a die is provided into which bristles extend and a liquid plastic material is poured into the die so that the bristles are sealed into the brush.
  • This invention is an improvement over the invention disclosed in Patent No. 2,298,156.
  • the tufts of bristles used in brushes are round in cross section and in the ordinary manufacture of brushes small cavities, channels or grooves are left around the tufts and between the tufts into which Water and dirt find their way during the use of the brush.
  • Such tufts are ordinarily fastened in the brush by extraneous fastening elements such as metal wires and staples.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a process of manufacturing small brushes whereby the brush back and bristles are formed into a homogeneous solid mass.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a brush wherein the necessity of extraneous elements for fastening the bristles in place is eliminated.
  • Still another object is to provide a novel method of manufacturing brushes by casting.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional view through a die embodying the present invention and showing the bristles in preset condition ready for the molding step.
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the shaking mold.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a die part constituting a casting mold having a plane surface at the top and a cavity 14 of the desired form of the brush back.
  • the cavity 14 may be of any conformation desired without affecting the present invention.
  • a raised boss 16 is provided integral with the mold 10, and this boss is bored at 18 to receive an aligning dowel pin 20.
  • the casting mold 10 is preferably formed of metal, plastic, glass or plaster.
  • a second die part constituting a shaking mold 22 is provided in the form of an insert fitted in an opening in a larger die 23 and this mold is formed with elongated perforations or openings 24 extending therethrough, with countersunk ends 26.
  • the perforations or openings are arranged in a desired tuft pattern as shown in FIG. 2 so as to admit and hold a plurality of tufts 28.
  • Mold 22 is formed with a plane bottom surface 39.
  • the dowel pin 20 extends through a bore 32 in the end of the die 23 to ensure against any transverse or angular relative movements of the die parts and to guide the die 23 to position on the mold 10.
  • tufts 28 are inserted by the shaking insert machine (not shown) directly into the shaking mold 22, which mold had previously been shaped and perforated to receive the tufts.
  • the countersunk ends 26 of the perforations form tunnels for the bristles to enter easily and become packed in the perforaitons, with the ends depending from the mold 22.
  • the liquid plastic casting material used may be a formaldehyde, phenol or cresol basic resin or any of the different polyester resins or other suitable plastic materials suitable for casting.
  • This plastic material serves as the adhesive for fastening the bristles in the brush and at the same time serves as the material of the body of the brush, that is, the brush back, and the handle, and since the liquid plastic material fills every space, gap and cavity there is no possibility of a cavity, channel or groove forming around or between the tufts.
  • One suitable hardening chemical for plastic material is sulfuric acid.
  • the present invention is an improvement over the invention disclosed in Patent No. 2,298,156.
  • the parts numbered 7, 20, 40 and 44 shown therein are filled by the shaking process directly on the molding machine during the molding operation. This makes the manufacturing of the brush too slow.
  • the injection molding die 23 is to be formed with changeable or removable perforated parts 22 as inserts to deposit the bristles in the plastic liquid material. It is accordingly possible to shake the bristles in the shaking machine simultaneously into a number of such inserts 22 so that the injection machine can work with a large die having many openings. By this improved process, the change of the molds is much faster because the shaking of the bristles is done separately remote from and not in the injection machine.
  • Patent No. 2,298,156 in FIG. 8 means is provided in the form of an insert to resist bending of the bristles under the pressure of the injected hot plastic material during the injection operation.
  • an insert instead of an insert, according to the present invention, the ends of the bristles are secured together by the use of glue or by the use of a solvent or by heat, as indicated at 28'.
  • the plastic casting operation of the present invention ensures a large production of brushes with a small investment.
  • the essence of the present invention is that we shake the bristles in the shaking machine into molds that have the shape and construction of the brush to be molded, the shaking machine being remote from the injection machine.
  • Our invention contemplates making under the same system brushes having preformed brush backs having hollow compartments about one-eighth inch deep into which the plastic liquid material is poured and into which material the ends of the bristles are immersed.
  • the method of making a brush which comprises placing one die member over another die member, the bottom die member having a cavity shaped to conform to the shape of the back of the brush, the top die mem.- ber having an opening therein above the cavity, shaking bristles into a perforated insert mold so that the bristles project outwardly of the perforations, solidifying the projecting ends of the bristles by heat, inserting the insert mold with the solidified bristle ends therein into the opening in the top die member with the solidified ends of the bristles projecting into the cavity, pouring liquid plastic material into the cavity over the solidified ends of the bristles, curing the liquid plastic material, and finally removing the insert mold from the opening in the die member.
  • a die member having a cavity shaped to conform to the shape of the back of the brush to be molded, another die member superimposed on the first die member and having an opening over and in line with the cavity, and a removable insert mold in the opening in the superimposed die member, shaped to fit therein and supported along its edge on the first-named die member, said insert mold having a plurality of spaced openings extending therethrough to receive tufts of bristles in said openings.

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March 20, 1962 G. SZABO ET AL METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES Filed Dec. 24, 1959 INVENTOR; GYOZO 52 F! B O Y PIRO SKA SZABO United States Patent 3,026,146 METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES Gyozo Szabo and Piroska Szabo, both of 853 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. Filed Dec. 24, 1959, Ser. No. 861,922 2 Claims. (Cl. 300-1) This invention relates to the manufacture of brushes and particularly to small brushes and similar articles by casting wherein a die is provided into which bristles extend and a liquid plastic material is poured into the die so that the bristles are sealed into the brush. This invention is an improvement over the invention disclosed in Patent No. 2,298,156.
The tufts of bristles used in brushes are round in cross section and in the ordinary manufacture of brushes small cavities, channels or grooves are left around the tufts and between the tufts into which Water and dirt find their way during the use of the brush. Such tufts are ordinarily fastened in the brush by extraneous fastening elements such as metal wires and staples.
In the manufacture of brushes by the injection method, the shaking of the bristles into the die takes place directly on the injecting machine which makes this method too slow. In some of such injecting methods, inserts are used to support the bristles while the material is injected, but such inserts cannot be used in the manufacture of small thin brushes. Further, in some injecting methods, it is necessary to employ pressing elements in order to prevent separation of the die parts which adds to the cost of the apparatus.
It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a novel method of manufacturing small brushes by casting that eliminates the foregoing objectionable practices and provides a sanitary brush.
Another object of the invention is to provide a process of manufacturing small brushes whereby the brush back and bristles are formed into a homogeneous solid mass.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a method for the manufacture of small brushes in mass production quantities at small cost.
A further object of the invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a brush wherein the necessity of extraneous elements for fastening the bristles in place is eliminated.
It is also an object of the invention to provide dies for holding the bristles so the bristle ends evenly extend part way into the die cavity in position for being sealed by plastic material poured into the die.
Still another object is to provide a novel method of manufacturing brushes by casting.
For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.
In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:
FIG. 1 is a sectional view through a die embodying the present invention and showing the bristles in preset condition ready for the molding step.
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the shaking mold.
Referring in detail to the drawings, in FIG. 1 there is shown a die part constituting a casting mold having a plane surface at the top and a cavity 14 of the desired form of the brush back. The cavity 14 may be of any conformation desired without affecting the present invention. A raised boss 16 is provided integral with the mold 10, and this boss is bored at 18 to receive an aligning dowel pin 20. The casting mold 10 is preferably formed of metal, plastic, glass or plaster.
A second die part constituting a shaking mold 22 is provided in the form of an insert fitted in an opening in a larger die 23 and this mold is formed with elongated perforations or openings 24 extending therethrough, with countersunk ends 26. The perforations or openings are arranged in a desired tuft pattern as shown in FIG. 2 so as to admit and hold a plurality of tufts 28. Mold 22 is formed with a plane bottom surface 39. The dowel pin 20 extends through a bore 32 in the end of the die 23 to ensure against any transverse or angular relative movements of the die parts and to guide the die 23 to position on the mold 10.
In the practice of our invention, tufts 28 are inserted by the shaking insert machine (not shown) directly into the shaking mold 22, which mold had previously been shaped and perforated to receive the tufts. The countersunk ends 26 of the perforations form tunnels for the bristles to enter easily and become packed in the perforaitons, with the ends depending from the mold 22. When the shaking mold 22 is positioned on the casting mold 10 with the bristles immersed in the liquid plastic material, the plastic material is cured by heating. Upon hardening of the material the shaking mold 22 is removed.
The liquid plastic casting material used may be a formaldehyde, phenol or cresol basic resin or any of the different polyester resins or other suitable plastic materials suitable for casting. This plastic material serves as the adhesive for fastening the bristles in the brush and at the same time serves as the material of the body of the brush, that is, the brush back, and the handle, and since the liquid plastic material fills every space, gap and cavity there is no possibility of a cavity, channel or groove forming around or between the tufts.
One suitable hardening chemical for plastic material is sulfuric acid.
The present invention is an improvement over the invention disclosed in Patent No. 2,298,156. According to Patent No. 2,298,156, the parts numbered 7, 20, 40 and 44 shown therein are filled by the shaking process directly on the molding machine during the molding operation. This makes the manufacturing of the brush too slow. According to the present invention, the injection molding die 23 is to be formed with changeable or removable perforated parts 22 as inserts to deposit the bristles in the plastic liquid material. It is accordingly possible to shake the bristles in the shaking machine simultaneously into a number of such inserts 22 so that the injection machine can work with a large die having many openings. By this improved process, the change of the molds is much faster because the shaking of the bristles is done separately remote from and not in the injection machine.
In Patent No. 2,298,156 in FIG. 8 means is provided in the form of an insert to resist bending of the bristles under the pressure of the injected hot plastic material during the injection operation. In a small and thin brush however, it is not possible to place an insert therein. Instead of an insert, according to the present invention, the ends of the bristles are secured together by the use of glue or by the use of a solvent or by heat, as indicated at 28'.
The plastic casting operation of the present invention ensures a large production of brushes with a small investment. The essence of the present invention is that we shake the bristles in the shaking machine into molds that have the shape and construction of the brush to be molded, the shaking machine being remote from the injection machine.
Our invention contemplates making under the same system brushes having preformed brush backs having hollow compartments about one-eighth inch deep into which the plastic liquid material is poured and into which material the ends of the bristles are immersed.
While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise construction herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:
1. The method of making a brush which comprises placing one die member over another die member, the bottom die member having a cavity shaped to conform to the shape of the back of the brush, the top die mem.- ber having an opening therein above the cavity, shaking bristles into a perforated insert mold so that the bristles project outwardly of the perforations, solidifying the projecting ends of the bristles by heat, inserting the insert mold with the solidified bristle ends therein into the opening in the top die member with the solidified ends of the bristles projecting into the cavity, pouring liquid plastic material into the cavity over the solidified ends of the bristles, curing the liquid plastic material, and finally removing the insert mold from the opening in the die member.
2. In an apparatus of the class described, a die member having a cavity shaped to conform to the shape of the back of the brush to be molded, another die member superimposed on the first die member and having an opening over and in line with the cavity, and a removable insert mold in the opening in the superimposed die member, shaped to fit therein and supported along its edge on the first-named die member, said insert mold having a plurality of spaced openings extending therethrough to receive tufts of bristles in said openings.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,265,808 Morrison May 14, 1918 2,298,156 Person Oct. 6, 1942 2,317,110 Person Apr. 20, 1943 2,652,580 Neugass Sept. 22, 1953 2,861,401 Peterson Nov. 25, 1958

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1. THE METHOD OF MAKING A BRUSH WHICH COMPRISES PLACING ONE DIE MEMBER OVER ANOTHE DIE MEMBER, THE BOTTOM DIE MEMBER HAVING A CAVITY SHAPED TO CONFORM TO THE SHAPE OF THE BACK OF THE BRUSH, THE TOP DIE MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN ABOVE THE CAVITY, SHAKING BRISTLES INTO A PERFORATED INSERT MOLD SO THAT THE BRISTLES PROJECT OUTWARDLY OF THE PERFORATIONS, SOLIDIFYING THE PROJECTING ENDS OF THE BRISTLES BY HEAT, INSERTING THE INSERT MOLD WITH THE SOLIDIFIED ENDS THEREIN INTO THE OPENING IN THE TOP DIE MEMBER WITH THE SOLIDFIED ENDS OF THE BRISTLES PROJECTING INTO THE CAVITY, POURING LIQUID PLASTIC MATERIAL INTO THE CAVITY OVER THE SOLIDFIED ENDS OF THE BRISTLES, CURING THE LIQUID PLASTIC MATERIAL, AND FINALLY REMOVING THE INSERT MOLD FROM THE OPENING IN THE DIE MEMBER.
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