MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A46D encompasses manufacturing processes and apparatus for producing brushes of all types. This classification covers machinery and methods for bristle insertion, tufting, setting, and assembly of brush heads, including automated and semi-automated production systems. It includes techniques for fastening bristles or filaments into brush stocks, securing handles to brush heads, and finishing operations specific to brush manufacture. Adjacent classifications (A46B covers brush types themselves, A46C covers brush materials) are distinguished from this class which focuses on the production technology rather than the finished brush or its raw materials.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A46D 1/00 Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles (making artificial bristles D01D, D01F) +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A46D 3/00 Preparing, brush bodies +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A46D 5/00 Devices for preparing quills for use as carriers for bristles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A46D 7/00 Pressing devices for making brooms composed of brushwood or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A46D 9/00 Machines for finishing brushes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A46D 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC