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EP 0312136 A1 19890419 - Brush manufacturing machine.

Title (en)

Brush manufacturing machine.

Title (de)

Bürstenherstellungsmaschine.

Title (fr)

Machine pour fabriquer des brosses.

Publication

EP 0312136 A1 19890419 (EN)

Application

EP 88201980 A 19880912

Priority

BE 8701184 A 19871016

Abstract (en)

1.- Brush manufacturing machine of the type where use is made of a rotating carrier (4), by which brush bases (3) are presented successively to at least two tools (6,7), characterized by the fact that the same movement is given simultaneously to the carrier (4) fo the brush bases (3) and to the support (10) of the first tool (6) with respect to the second tool (7).

IPC 1-7

A46D 3/06

IPC 8 full level

A46D 3/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A46D 3/062 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[A] DE 2319092 A1 19731108 - BOUCHERIE NV G B
[A] FR 2029093 A1 19701016 - ZAHORANSKY ANTON FA
[A] BE 668551 A 19651216

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0312136 A1 19890419; EP 0312136 B1 19910502; BE 1001022 A4 19890613; DE 3862634 D1 19910606

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 88201980 A 19880912; BE 8701184 A 19871016; DE 3862634 T 19880912