Apparatus for replenishing the supplies of bristles in the magazines of brush making machines
AssigneeAnton Zahoransky
InventorWalter Steinebrunner
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Abstract
The magazine of a brush making machine receives batches of parallel bristles from an opening station where the batches are relieved of their envelopes. The upper end of the envelope for a batch which is delivered to the opening station in upright position is engaged by a clamping device, and the batch is thereupon lifted so that its upper end becomes exposed and is ready to be engaged by a tongs which lifts the batch to thus complete its separation from the envelope prior to transfer into the magazine.
Claims22
Apparatus for replenishing a supply of at least substantially parallel bristles in a brush making machine, comprising at least one source of batches each of which contains parallel bristles and is surrounded by an envelope;
- means for partially removing the envelopes from successive batches so that portions of the respective batches become exposed;
- means for grasping the exposed portions of successive batches;
- and means for transferring the thus grasped batches away from said removing means while the latter continues to hold the envelopes so that the batches become fully separated from the respective envelopes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.