公开(公告)号：US06893100B1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-17

申请号：US09665254

申请日：2000-09-19

申请人： Wendell M. Hottmann ,  Alan F. Kubinski ,  Victor McConnell ,  Keith Miller ,  Rex E. Reinking ,  Bernd Stein

发明人： Wendell M. Hottmann ,  Alan F. Kubinski ,  Victor McConnell ,  Keith Miller ,  Rex E. Reinking ,  Bernd Stein

IPC分类号： A46D3/04 ,  A46D3/08

CPC分类号： A46D3/04 ,  Y10S425/805

摘要： Methods and apparatus for automated brush assembly are disclosed. A method of end-rounding bristle ends with an abrasive surface in random orbital motion relative to bristle tufts held in a movable gripper is described. A novel tuft carrier adapted to hold a plurality of bristle tufts in an arrangement suitable for direct mechanical insertion into the tuft chambers of a brush mold is also described. The tuft carrier has a plurality of tuft insertion cavities and a plurality of movable clamps, each clamp adapted to at least partially occlude one of the cavities when closed. Individual bristle tufts, having a fused end and a rounded or non-rounded bristle end, are transferred from a movable gripper to the tuft carrier by direct mechanical insertion. In addition, an apparatus for direct mechanical insertion of bristle tufts from a tuft carrier into the tuft chambers of a brush mold is described.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于自动刷组装的方法和装置。 描述了一种以相对于保持在可移动夹持器中的刷毛簇的随机轨道运动中的研磨表面结束刷毛末端的方法。 还描述了一种适于将多个刷毛簇保持在适于直接机械插入刷模的簇丛中的布置的新颖的簇绒载体。 刷毛簇载体具有多个簇插入空腔和多个可移动夹具，每个夹子适于在关闭时至少部分地封闭一个空腔。 具有熔化端和圆形或非圆形刷毛端的单个刷毛簇通过直接机械插入从活动夹持器转移到毛簇载体。 此外，描述了一种用于将刷毛簇从毛簇载体直接机械插入毛刷模具的刷毛簇室中的装置。