Method of bristle insertion for brush production

An apparatus for feeding bristle bundles into a magazine from a supply comprising:

• a feedblock;
• parallel channels in the feedblock for receiving bristle bundle material from a supply;
• a first transition plate abutting the feedblock;
• corresponding channels in the first transition plate to receive the bristle bundle material from the channels in the feedblock, wherein at least a portion of the channels in the feedblock are not parallel to the corresponding channels in the first transition plate;
• a plurality of additional transition plates interposed between the feedblock and the magazine, wherein
• the bristle bundle material can be passed from the channels in the feedblock into the corresponding channels in the magazine via the channels in the transition plates, and
• a portion of the channels in the additional transition plate are not parallel to the corresponding channels in the feedblock or the first transition plate;
• and
• corresponding channels in the magazine which receive the bristle bundle material which has been passed through the first transition plate.