(19)
(11) EP 1 356 750 B2

(12) NEW EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
After opposition procedure

(45) Date of publication and mentionof the opposition decision:
30.04.2014 Bulletin 2014/18

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
31.12.2008 Bulletin 2009/01

(21) Application number: 03076184.5

(22) Date of filing: 22.04.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A46D 1/00(2006.01)
A46B 13/00(2006.01)

(54)

Brush and method for manufacturing such a brush

Bürste und Verfahren zu deren Herstellung

Brosse et procédé pour sa fabrication


(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 25.04.2002 BE 200200284

(43) Date of publication of application:
29.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/44

(73) Proprietor: International Brush Company (IBC) B.V.
3861 RD Nijkerk (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • Lintermans, Helena Petronella Cornelia
    3910 Neerpelt (BE)

(74) Representative: Donné, Eddy 
Bureau M.F.J. Bockstael nv Arenbergstraat 13
2000 Antwerpen
2000 Antwerpen (BE)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 0 692 577
DE-U1- 9 011 563
NL-A- 8 702 064
SE-B- 466 730
US-A- 3 120 671
US-A- 4 144 610
US-A- 4 604 960
DE-U- 8 714 033
GB-A- 438 694
SE-B- 451 607
SE-B- 466 730
US-A- 3 649 984
US-A- 4 144 610
   
  • PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 014, no. 020 (C-676), 17 January 1990 (1990-01-17) & JP 01 262805 A (KAZUO ISHIKAWA), 19 October 1989 (1989-10-19)
   


Description


[0001] The present invention concerns a brush and a method for manufacturing such a brush.

[0002] In particular, the invention concerns a rotating brush for brushing a pavement surface, which brush, as is known, is suspended under a vehicle, such that, as a result of the movement of the vehicle and the rotation of the brush, a large surface of the pavement can be treated in a short time by means of such a brush.

[0003] More in particular, it concerns rotating brushes designed to be implemented when carrying out heavy brushing operations, for example for brushing loose, brushing away respectively, weeds growing from out of the road surface, as well as for brushing away grass and weeds growing rank as of a roadside or the like over the edge of a road surface.

[0004] It is known to provide such brushes with bundles of fibres which are composed of metal, usually steel fibres. Every bundle of fibres hereby usually consists of a number of twisted fibre twines. In particular, use is made of lengths of twined steel cable for these bundles of fibres.

[0005] It is also known that, during the use of such brushes, the bundles of fibres tend to unravel, such that they can open up entirely at their free ends, which is disadvantageous in that the efficiency of the brush effect is considerably reduced. In order to remedy this, it is known to provide a casing around the bundle of fibres in the shape of a case made of plastic slid over every bundle of fibres, which counteracts the unravelling of the bundles of fibres a the free ends of the latter. The cases will wear away together with the fibres.

[0006] The use of such separate cases, as shown in SE 0.466.730 and US 3.649.984, implies several disadvantages. A first disadvantage consists in that they may come loose and/or tear at the top end where they are fixed, as a result of which the desired effect is lost. A major disadvantage, however, is that such brushes are relatively expensive as they require a large number of assembly operations, among others because the above-mentioned cases have to be slid one after the other over the bundles of fibres and then have to be separately fixed.

[0007] US 4.144.610 discloses a bristle of a sweeping device for use in maintaining railroad rails, which bristle is attached to a flex-limiting plate by means of a clamp which is screwed against said plate and SE 0.451.607 discloses a weed removal brush which is provided with a number of brushes each of which is clamped in a brace by means of a screw and the brace is suspended on a plate by means of a hook attachment. Such devices contain a lot of corners and spaces wherein dirt and moisture can accumulate, leading to corrosion problems.

[0008] US 4.604.960 and DE 87.14.033 show devices which are provided with a brush that will easily unravel, leading to a reduced efficiency of the device.

[0009] The present invention aims a brush which is more efficient, both from a point of view of its construction and from a point of view of the manufacturing, than the embodiments known until now, and whereby, in particular, also the above-mentioned disadvantages are excluded.

[0010] To this end, the invention concerns a brush according to claim 1

[0011] By a coating is meant a casing according to the invention which, as will become clear from the preferred embodiments described hereafter, fits tightly around the bundle of fibres, as opposed to the conventional cases which fit loosely over the bundles of fibres with a play of a few millimetres. Naturally, this casing is also made such that it offers sufficient resistance in order to prevent an undesired, considerable unravelling.

[0012] By making use of a casing consisting of a coating, it is as if it were already connected as such to the accompanying bundle of fibres over its entire length. Hence, it is excluded that such coating will come loose prematurely. Another major advantage consists in that separate cases do no longer have to be provided for, and that nor any fastenings have to be realised to this end, as a result of which the manual operations during the production can be considerably reduced, resulting in a lower cost price and a more economical product.

[0013] As the bundles of fibres consist of pieces that are detached, in particular cut off from a fibre twine that has been provided with a coating beforehand, such as a coated cable or the like,when manufacturing brushes, in order to form the coated bundles of fibres, fibre twines or cables which are already coated and which are possibly available on the market can be taken as a basis, which only remain to be detached at the required lengths. This does not exclude that also fibre twines, for example twisted cables, can be taken as a basis which are especially provided with a coating in order to realise the aforesaid brush and which are then, as mentioned above, cut to pieces of the required length.

[0014] Preferably, the coating is made of plastic, in particular plastic which has cured around the bundles of fibres or the fibre twine out of which these bundles of fibres have been made, such that a good adhesion between the coating and the fibre twine is automatically obtained.

[0015] Although preference is given to plastic, this does not exclude other possibilities. Thus, for example, the coating may consist of a shoe-like structure, woven or wrapped around the bundles of fibres, made of any suitable material whatsoever, for example made of thin metal wire.

[0016] Although the invention is in the first place meant for rotating brushes with bundles of fibres which consist as such of metal, in particular plaited, twined or twisted cable parts, it is not excluded to apply it in combination with bundles of fibres which are made as such of another material than metal.

[0017] The bundles of fibres are contained in holders which are in turn fixed to a part of a brush body. This fastening preferably takes place by providing the holders through openings in the aforesaid part of a brush body and by welding them in these openings. As opposed to the known embodiments whereby the holders are welded to the lower side of a part of a brush body, the aforesaid fastening offers several advantages, namely that it is rigid, that the holders, by sticking them in the holes, automatically take up the right position, such that the use of jigs for positioning the holders during the welding can be excluded, and that the holders can be welded quicker and more easily to the brush body, such that this results in an additional reduction of the production time.

[0018] The present invention also concerns a method for manufacturing a such brushes, characterised in that, for the formation of the bundles of fibres of this brush, a coated fibre twine can be taken as a basis, preferably a plasticised fibre twine, and more in particular a plasticised twined or twisted steel cable, of which pieces at the length of the fibre bundles concerned are detached, in particular cut off; and in that, subsequently the bundles of fibres are provided in bush shaped holders at one far end, with which they are in turn fixed to a part of a brush body.

[0019] This method is particularly efficient, for it excludes the conventional time-consuming operation of applying and fixing separate cases. Moreover, the bundles of fibres do not have to be provided with a coating one after the other.

[0020] The coated fibre twine, which is taken as a basis to form bundles of fibres, may consist of a product which is available on the market, or it can be especially made beforehand in view of the invention. To this end, a continuous fibre twine or cable is first provided with a coating and then divided in pieces of the required length. The coating can be applied in any way whatsoever, for example by extruding a plastic covering around the fibre twine or cable, by wrapping a plastic strip around the fibre twine and by fusing it around the fibre twine by means of heat, by applying one or several plastic shrinkage shoes around the fibre twine, etc.

[0021] In order to better explain the characteristics of the invention, the following preferred embodiments are described as an example only without being limitative in any way, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

figure 1 shows a section of a known embodiment of a brush;

figure 2 shows a view according to arrow F2 in figure 1;

figure 3 shows the part indicated with F3 in figure 1 to a larger scale;

figure 4 shows a view analogous to that of figure 1, but for an embodiment according to the invention;

figure 5 shows the part indicated by F5 in figure 4 to a larger scale;

figures 6, 7 and 8 show sections according to lines VI-VI, VII-VII and VIII-VIII in figure 5 respectively to a larger scale;

figure 9 shows a view analogous to that of figure 4, but for a variant of the invention;

figure 10 represents the part indicated with F10 in figure 9 to a larger scale;

figure 11 shows a view according to arrow F11 in figure 10;

figure 12 schematically represents a number of steps of the method according to the invention.



[0022] The known brush 1 represented in figures 1 to 3 mainly consists of a part of a brush body 2 on the one hand, in this case a plate, which can be fixed to a rotating part 4 attached to a vehicle by means of fasteners 3, in this case bolts, and of bundles of fibres 5 on the other hand.

[0023] The bundles of fibres 5 consist of lengths of twined steel cable which are clamped in holders 6 at their top ends, which are in turn welded to the lower side of the part of the brush body 2. These holders are bush-shaped and have a top end 8 which is cut slantwise in relation to their longitudinal axis 7, such that, when they have been welded under the part of the brush body 2, they will extend at an angle, as represented.

[0024] The bundles of fibres 5 are each provided with a casing formed of a plastic case 9 slid over each bundle of fibres 5 concerned. In order to be able to apply these cases 9 over the sometimes more or less irregularly shaped bundles of fibres 5, the inner diameter of these cases is a few millimetres larger than the average diameter of the bundles of fibres 5. The cases 9 are fixed as they are slid with their top ends over the accompanying holder 6, and as they are fastened by means of a straining ring 10, usually in the shape of a ring pressed around it.

[0025] This known embodiment of a brush 1 has several disadvantages, as explained in the introduction.

[0026] By means of figures 4 to 8 is hereafter first described a first embodiment of a brush 1 according to the invention. Parts of this embodiment which correspond to those of the above-described known embodiment are indicated with identical reference figures.

[0027] This brush 1 is built in an analogous manner as those of figures 1 to 3 from a part of a brush body 2 and bundles of fibres 5 provided in holders 6 attached to it.

[0028] The invention is special in that the casing of the bundles of fibres 5 is no longer formed of a separate case 9, but of a coating 11 formed directly around every bundle of fibres 5, in this case made of plastic, preferably a somewhat flexible plastic.

[0029] The bundles of fibres 5 preferably consist of metal, in particular lengths of twined cable, composed of twined cable parts 12, in this case seven in number, which are each composed of bundles of thin steel wire 13. It is clear that the bundles of fibres 5 can have different diameters, but in practice they will usually have a diameter of 1 to 4 cm.

[0030] The coating 11 may consist of plastic cured around the bundles of fibres 5 and which thus fits closely to the outer side of these bundles of fibres 5. In combination with these bundles of fibres 5 which consist of a twined cable part, as represented in figures 4 to 8, this offers the advantage that the plastic coating 11 is particularly well anchored around the actual bundle of fibres 5, as this plastic reaches into the deeper parts 14 situated on the outer perimeter.

[0031] At their top ends, the bundles of fibres 5, together with the part of the coating 11 which is situated there, are contained in the holders 6, in particular they are clamped therein as these holders 6 are pressed together around the coated bundles of fibres 5. According to a variant which is not represented, this coating 11 can possibly be removed at the top end of every bundle of fibres 5 concerned, although this is not necessary in practice.

[0032] It is clear that, regardless of whether the coating 11 either or not extends in the holder 6 concerned, no separate fasteners, such as the above-mentioned straining ring 10, are required to keep the casing in place.

[0033] Moreover, in the embodiment from figures 4 to 8, the holders are also provided with a far end 8 extending slantwise in relation to the longitudinal axis 7, with which these holders 6 are welded onto the lower side of the part of the brush body 2.

[0034] Figures 9 to 11 represent an embodiment whereby not only a casing in the shape of a coating is used, but also, thanks to the specific nature of the fastening of the holders 6 to the part of the brush body 2, a construction is obtained which makes it possible for the brushes 1 to be manufactured in a shorter time.

[0035] The holders 6 are hereby fixed to the part of the brush body 2 as these holders 6 are provided through openings 15 in this part of the brush body 2 and are welded in these openings 15, for example by means of each time two seals 16-17. As the holders are placed in openings 15, they are solidly anchored in the part of the brush body 2. Moreover, on condition that the openings 15 are accurately made, they are always positioned correctly, without any jig being required to this end during the welding, which is the case in the embodiments from figures 1 to 8. Moreover, the seals 16-17 can be provided on the back side 18 of the part of the brush body 2, where there is more freedom of movement to perform welding operations, as a result of which they can also be performed by a welding robot, which is very time-saving. In practice, however, this is practically impossible in the embodiments from figures 1 to 8.

[0036] As shown in figure 4, use can hereby be made of holders whose top ends 19 are not bevelled, but which are simply cut off straight, as there is no need for bevelled ends in such an embodiment. This offers the advantage that the holders 6 are easy to realise, which contributes to a lower cost of manufacture.

[0037] As indicated in the figures, the bundles of fibres 5 extend together with their coating 11, preferably only through a part of the holders 6, such that the coated bundles of fibres 5 only extend with their top ends up to a distance D under the seals, among others 16-17, with which the holders 6 are welded to the part of the brush body 2. Thus is avoided that, at least when the coating 11 is made of plastic, this plastic ends up in the immediate vicinity of the seals concerned, so that any melting and evaporating of plastic, and any possible development of harmful vapours during the welding is minimised or excluded.

[0038] Figure 12 schematically represents a number of steps of the given method which is preferably applied to realise the aforesaid brushes 1 of the invention.

[0039] As is schematically represented in step A, a continuously coated fibre twine 20 is taken as a basis to form coated bundles of fibres 5, in particular a plasticised fibre twine 20, such as a plasticised twined steel cable, and pieces 21 thereof are detached at the length of the bundles of fibres 5 to be realised, in particular cut off.

[0040] Next, these pieces 21, which form the bundles of fibres 5 as such, as indicated in step B, are provided with one end in a bush-shaped holder 6, after which these holders 6, as indicated in step C, are pressed together around the coated bundles of fibres 5, as a result of which the latter are fixed in the holders 6.

[0041] Afterwards, the bundles of fibres 5 fixed in the holders 6 are fixed to a part of a brush body 2 by means of the holders 6, for example welded underneath it, as in the embodiment from figures 4 to 8, or they are for example welded in openings 15, as in the embodiment from figures 9 to 11.

[0042] It is clear that the bundles of fibres 5 according to the invention, whose casing consists of a coating 11, and not of a separate case, can also be used in other embodiments of brushes whereby the bundles of fibres 5 are for example connected to the part of the brush body 2 in another manner than by means of holders 6, or whereby the bundle of fibres 5, together with the accompanying holders 6, can be connected to the part of the brush body 2 in a detachable and replaceable manner.

[0043] From what precedes it is also clear that the coating 11 has the same purpose and working principle as the known cases 9. For, the coating 11 is also meant to keep the fibres of the bundles of fibres 5 together and to counteract their unravelling or an undesired deformation of the far ends of the bundles of fibres 5. While in use, the coating 11 will wear together with the bundles of fibres 5.

[0044] The present invention is by no means limited to the above-described embodiments given as an example and represented in the accompanying drawings; on the contrary, such a brush and the aforesaid method can be made in all sorts of variants while still remaining within the scope of the invention.

[0045] Thus, for example, the material of which the coating 11 is formed must not be exclusively situated on the outside of the bundles of fibres 11. For it is not excluded to wrap the bundles of fibres 5 of individually plasticised steel wire 13 or the like and to subsequently fuse the entire bundle of fibres together, in which manner is also created a single unit provided with a coating.


Claims

1. Rotating brush (1) for brushing a pavement surface, comprising bundles of fibres (5) which are provided with a casing which consists of a coating (11), wherein the bundles of fibres (5) consist of pieces (21) that are detached, in particular cut off, from a fibre twine (20) provided with a coating (11), such as a coated cable or the like, characterized in that the bundles of fibres (5) are clamped in bush-shaped holders (6) at their top ends and these holders are pressed together around the coated bundles of fibres (5), via which they are fixed to a part of a brush body (2), and that they are contained in these holders(6), together with the coating (11) provided at aforesaid far end.
 
2. Brush according to claim 1, characterised in that the coating (11) is made of plastic.
 
3. Brush according to claim 2, characterised in that the bundles of fibres (5) comprise a coating (11) made of plastic which has cured around these bundles of fibres (5) or the fibre twine (20) out of which these bundles of fibres (5) have been made.
 
4. Brush according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bundles of fibres (5) are made out of metal, in particular twined cable.
 
5. Brush according to claim 1, characterised in that the aforesaid holders (6) are welded onto the part of the brush body (2) and in that the bundles of fibres (5) together with their coating (11) only extend through a part of the holders (6) such that the coated bundles of fibres (5) only extend with their top ends up to a distance (D) under the seals (16-17) with which the holders (6) are welded to the part of the brush body (2).
 
6. Brush according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bundles of fibres (5) are held in holders (6) which are in turn fixed to a part of a brush body (2), whereby the fastening of the holders (6) to this part of the brush body (2) consists in that the holders are provided through openings (15) in this part of the brush body (2) and are welded in these openings (15)
 
7. Method for manufacturing a brush (1) according to any of claims 1 to 6, where for the formation of the bundles of fibres (5) of this brush (1), a coated fibre twine (20) is taken as a basis, of which pieces (21) at the length of the fibre bundles (5) concerned are detached, in particular cut off; characterized in that, subsequently the bundles of fibres (5) are fixed in bush shaped holders at one far end and these holder are pressed together around the coated bundles of fibres, with which they are in turn fixed to part of a brush body (2).
 
8. Method according to claim 7, characterized in that a plasticised fibre twine (20) is taken as a basis for the formation of the bundle of fibres (5).
 
9. Method according to claim 8, characterized in that use is made of a twined steel cable for the fibre twine (20) which, as mentioned above, is provided with a coating (11).
 
10. Method according to any of claims 7 tot 9, characterized in that the bundles of fibres (5) provided with a coating (11) are provided in bush-shaped holders (6) at one far end, with which they are in turn fixed to a part of a brush body (2), either or not in a detachable manner, whereby the fastening in the holders (6) takes place by clamping said holders (6) on the bundles of fibres (5) by pressing them together.
 


Ansprüche

1. Rotierende Bürste (1) zum Bürsten einer Gehwegfläche, die ein Bündel mit Fasern (5) umfasst, die mit einem Gehäuse ausgerüstet sind, das aus einer Beschichtung (11) besteht, wobei das Faserbündel (5) aus Teilen (21) besteht, die getrennt sind, vor allem von einer Faserschnur (20) abgeschnitten, ausgerüstet mit einer Beschichtung (11), wie zum Beispiel ein beschichtetes Kabel oder Ähnliches, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Faserbündel (5) an ihren oberen Enden in buchsenförmige Halterungen (6) geklemmt sind und diese Halterungen um die beschichteten Faserbündel (5) herum zusammengedrückt sind, über die sie mit einem Teil des Bürstenkörpers (2) befestigt sind und dass sie in diesen Halterungen (6) enthalten sind, zusammen mit der Beschichtung (11), die an dem obengenannten anderen Ende vorgesehen ist.
 
2. Bürste gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Beschichtung (11) aus Kunststoff besteht.
 
3. Bürste gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Faserbündel (5) eine Beschichtung (11) umfassen, die aus Kunststoff besteht, der rund um diese Faserbündel (5) ausgehärtet ist oder die Faserschnur (20), aus denen diese Faserbündel (5) hergestellt wurden.
 
4. Bürste gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Faserbündel (5) aus Metall bestehen, insbesondere gedrehtes Kabel.
 
5. Bürste gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die obengenannten Halterungen (6) auf den Teil des Bürstenkörpers (2) geschweißt sind und dadurch, dass die Faserbündel (5), zusammen mit ihrer Beschichtung (11), sich nur durch einen Teil der Halterungen (6) erstrecken und zwar so, dass die beschichteten Faserbündel (5) sich nur mit ihren oberen Enden bis zum Abstand (D) unter den Dichtungen (16-17) erstrecken, mit denen die Halterungen (6) auf den Teil des Bürstenkörpers (2) geschweißt sind.
 
6. Bürste gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Faserbündel (5) in Halterungen (6) gehalten werden, die abwechselnd an einem Teil des Bürstenkörpers (2) befestigt sind, wobei die Befestigung der Halterungen (6) an diesem Teil des Bürstenkörpers (2) darin besteht, dass die Halterungen (6) durch Öffnungen (15) in diesem Teil des Bürstenkörpers (2) vorgesehen sind und in diese Öffnungen (15) geschweißt sind.
 
7. Methode zur Herstellung einer Bürste (1) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wo für die Bildung der Faserbündel (5) dieser Bürste (1) eine beschichtete Faserschnur (20) als Basis dient, aus der Teile (21) mit der Länge der entsprechenden Faserbündel (5) getrennt werden, insbesondere abgeschnitten, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass anschließend die Faserbündel (5) in buchsenförmigen Halterungen (6) an einem anderen Ende befestigt werden und diese Halterungen um die beschichteten Faserbündel (5) herum zusammengedrückt werden, mit denen sie abwechselnd an einem Teil des Bürstenkörpers (2) befestigt sind.
 
8. Methode gemäß Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine vorgeweichte Faserschnur (20) als Basis für die Bildung der Faserbündel (5) dient.
 
9. Methode gemäß Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Anwendung aus einem gedrehten Stahlkabel für die Faserschnur (20) besteht, die, wie oben erwähnt, mit einer Beschichtung (11) versehen ist.
 
10. Methode gemäß einem der Ansprüche 7 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Faserbündel (5), die mit einer Beschichtung (11) versehen sind, in buchsenförmigen Halterungen (6) an einem anderen Ende vorgesehen werden, mit dem sie abwechselnd an einem Teil des Bürstenkörpers (2) befestigt sind, entweder in einer lösbaren Art und Weise oder nicht, wobei die Befestigung in den Halterungen (6) durch Klemmen der besagten Halterungen (6) auf den Faserbündeln (5) erfolgt, indem sie zusammengedrückt werden.
 


Revendications

1. Brosse rotative (1) pour brosser une surface de revêtement, comprenant des faisceaux de fibres (5) qui sont munis d'un logement qui est constitué d'une gaine (11), les faisceaux de fibres (5) étant constitués par des pièces (21) qui sont détachées, en particulier découpées d'un brin de fibres (20) équipé d'une gaine (11), telle qu'un câble gainé ou analogue, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux de fibres (5) sont enserrés, à leurs extrémités supérieures, dans des supports (6) en forme de douilles, ces supports étant comprimés autour des faisceaux gainés de fibres (5), par lesquels ils sont fixés à une partie d'un corps de brosse (2), et en ce qu'ils sont contenus dans ces supports (6) conjointement avec la gaine (11) prévue à ladite extrémité éloignée.
 
2. Brosse selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la gaine (11) est réalisée en une matière plastique.
 
3. Brosse selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux de fibres (5) comprennent une gaine (11) réalisée en une matière plastique qui a été durcie autour de ces faisceaux de fibres (5) ou autour de la ficelle fibreuse (20) à partir de laquelle ces faisceaux de fibres (5) ont été obtenus.
 
4. Brosse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux de fibres (5) sont réalisés en métal, en particulier à l'aide d'un câble torsadé.
 
5. Brosse selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les supports susmentionnés (6) sont soudés à la partie du corps de brosse (2), et en ce que les faisceaux de fibres (5), conjointement avec leur gaine (11), s'étendent uniquement sur une partie des supports (6), de telle sorte que les faisceaux de fibres gainés (5) s'étendent seulement avec leurs extrémités supérieures sur une distance (D) en dessous des joints d'étanchéité (16-17) avec lesquels les supports (6) sont soudés à la partie du corps de brosse (2).
 
6. Brosse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les faisceaux de fibres (5) sont maintenus dans des supports (6) qui sont à leur tour fixés à une partie du corps de brosse (2), la fixation des supports à cette partie du corps de brosse (2) consistant en ce que les supports (6) sont insérés à travers des ouvertures (15) dans cette partie du corps de brosse (2) et sont soudés dans ces ouvertures (15).
 
7. Procédé de fabrication d'une brosse (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel, pour la formation des faisceaux de fibres (5) de cette brosse (1), on prend comme base un brin de fibres gainé (20) à partir duquel sont détachées des pièces (21) à la longueur des faisceaux de fibres (5), en particulier découpées, caractérisé en ce que, par la suite, les faisceaux de fibres (5) sont fixés dans des supports (6) en forme de douille à une extrémité éloignée et ces supports sont comprimés autour des faisceaux gainés de fibres (5), avec lesquels ils sont à leur tour fixés à une partie d'un corps de brosse (2).
 
8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'on prend comme base pour la formation des faisceaux de fibres (5), une ficelle fibreuse plastifiée (20).
 
9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce qu'on fait usage d'un câble en acier torsadé pour la ficelle fibreuse (20) qui, comme mentionné ci-dessus, est munie d'une gaine (11).
 
10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce que les faisceaux de fibres (5) munis d'une gaine (11) sont prévus dans des supports (6) en forme de douille à une extrémité éloignée, avec lesquels ils sont à leur tour fixés à une partie d'un corps de brosse, d'une manière détachable ou non, la fixation dans les supports (6) ayant lieu par compression desdits supports (6) sur les faisceaux de fibres (5) en comprimant ces derniers.
 




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