EP3695746B1 - Paintbrush with snap-in connection - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a paintbrush.
- Paintbrushes are used for painting walls and ceilings and anywhere else where a paint, oil, surface coating or the like is being applied to a surface.
- Paintbrushes include, among other things, surface brushes, flat brushes, round brushes or ring brushes and ceiling brushes as well as various paintbrushes for special purposes such as radiator brushes or facade brushes.
- the brush handle has a brush handle latch at one end.
- the bristle holder has a bristle holder latching element on one end, so that the bristle holder can be latched to the brush handle.
- the bristle carrier has a plurality of bristles and a plurality of bristle bundles formed from the bristles.
- the bristle carrier has recesses in which the bristle bundles are held by means of a clamp.
- the ferrule completely encloses the bristle holder with respect to its extension along the longitudinal axis of the brush and is designed in one piece with the bristle holder.
- a paintbrush having a brush handle, a bristle base and a ferrule is known from US patent application U.S. 2010/0071145 A1 known.
- the function of the ferrule is on an outer ferrule and three interconnected inner ferrules.
- the outer ferrule is firmly connected to the brush handle and has a side opening through which the three inner ferrules can be inserted into the interior of the outer ferrule.
- the German utility model specification DE 7 719 160 U1 discloses a brush having a handle with a lug formed at one end.
- the approach has a circumferential undercut section.
- bristles are combined into a bristle bundle the size of the full bristle stocking of the brush to be produced and the bristle bundle is inserted into a ferrule.
- the clamp At its end opposite the bundle of bristles, the clamp has a circumferential latching projection.
- the ferrule with the bundle of bristles can be slid onto the attachment, with the latching projection of the ferrule engaging in the undercut section of the attachment and the ferrule with the bundle of bristles thus latching onto the brush handle.
- the German utility model specification DE 7 615 196 U1 discloses a brush with a plastic handle and a tin ferrule.
- a bundle of bristles the size of the full set of bristles of the brush is firmly cemented in the ferrule so that a brush head is formed with the ferrule and the bundle of bristles.
- the plastic handle has at least one hole at one end, while the sheet metal clamp has at least one round embossing acting as a locking cam.
- the locking cam or cams of the ferrule may engage the hole or holes when the ferrule is slid onto the plastic stem, thereby locking the ferrule to the plastic stem.
- the latching connection formed in this way can be released in order to be able to exchange the brush head.
- the German utility model specification DE 7 704 172 U1 discloses a brush with a handle and a ferrule.
- the ferrule encases a single bundle of bristles that make up the entire bristles of the brush and is cemented into the ferrule to form a brush head with the ferrule and bundle of bristles.
- the clamp has locking cams.
- the handle has a peripheral collar or multiple peripheral collars. The locking cams of the collar can grip behind this collar or collars when the collar is pushed onto the handle, and the collar can thus lock on the handle.
- the several bundles allow different clamps with differently arranged locking cams to be pushed on.
- the handle has a tapering base with circumferential undercuts at the end onto which the clamp is pushed.
- the approach is intended to engage the putty holding the bristles and improve the hold of the bristles.
- the brush is from the German utility model DE 83 24 256 U1 known.
- the brush has a brush handle, a bristle base and a ferrule.
- the bristle carrier and the ferrule are designed in one piece. For example, it is a plastic injection molded part. This has bristle bundles that are glued in the bristle carrier.
- the brush handle is hollow, so that the basic element of the brush head is pushed partially into the brush handle and is fastened there by means of a snap-in connection and can be removed again later.
- DE 10 2012 010 709 A1 discloses a quick connector for connecting a head portion to a handle portion of a brush.
- frontal projections of the handle part are accommodated in corresponding recesses in the head part.
- the assembled position is secured by means of securing pins which are inserted into transverse bores in the head part and the handle part when these transverse bores are arranged in alignment with one another in the assembled position.
- DE 10 2016 114 900 B4 discloses a method for manufacturing brushes in which the bristles of a bristle bundle are folded in the middle and are received in receiving openings in a bristle holder and are secured there by a fixing element in the form of a wire, a metal clip, a small plate or a weld.
- U.S. 2017/0196349 A1 which forms the closest prior art, discloses a paintbrush in which a brush handle has a bristle carrier that is exchangeable. Bristles extend out from a planar inclined bristle base surface of the bristle base.
- the bristle carrier has a rib on the underside, which is accommodated in a corresponding recess of a brush handle.
- connection created in this way between the bristle carrier and the brush handle can be secured via a hemispherical extension inside the recess of the brush handle and a corresponding hemispherical recess of the rib, with the projection and the recess engaging in a form-fitting manner in the secured position in the manner of a snap-in connection .
- the projection and the recess are arranged in the area of the lateral surfaces of the rib and the recess.
- a then hook-shaped projection is arranged on an end face of the rib with a corresponding recess in the area of a bottom of the recess of the brush handle.
- the object of the invention is to provide a particularly environmentally friendly paint brush.
- the invention relates to a paintbrush according to claim 1.
- the bristles are fixed in the ferrule.
- the ferrule provides a kind of side wall into which the bristles are glued using glue or putty, so that the bristles are arranged in a thick layer of glue or putty.
- the layer of glue or putty faces the brush handle and the brush handle may engage the layer of glue or putty.
- the bristle carrier is designed in such a way that the bristles are arranged in the bristle carrier without adhesive.
- the bristles are not fixed in the ferrule, but are used directly on or in the bristle carrier according to the invention.
- the bristle carrier therefore forms a kind of base which is arranged completely between the bristles and the brush handle - a function which the glue or putty assumes in brushes of the prior art.
- the bristle carrier can consist of a solid material, for example wood or plastic.
- Bristles are also referred to as “filaments”, especially when they are made of plastic. This should also be meant here by the term “bristles”.
- the paintbrush has a longitudinal brush axis.
- the longitudinal axis of the brush runs along the brush handle, through the bristle carrier and possibly parallel to a direction of extension of the bristles. There may be a deviation from this if the direction in which the bristles extend does not run parallel to the brush handle.
- radiator brushes in which the brush handle is angled in its entirety relative to the direction in which the bristles extend.
- a brush longitudinal axis can be defined by the bristle carrier. It then runs parallel to the direction in which the bristle carrier extends between the brush handle and the bristle bundles.
- the ferrule at least partially encloses the bristle carrier with respect to its extension along the longitudinal axis of the brush.
- the ferrule according to the invention is designed in one piece with the bristle carrier. This takes account of the fact that the ferrule according to the invention no longer has to fulfill the prior art function of enclosing and holding the bristles. The ferrule therefore no longer has to be "hollow”.
- the ferrule even if it is designed in one piece with the bristle carrier, can correspond in its appearance to the ferrule of a paintbrush according to the prior art described in the introduction. However, because according to the invention it is not used to attach the bristles, the ferrule can surprisingly be used instead for one or more new functions. However, the ferrule can also only be present in order to adapt a visual appearance to a user's expectations. A paintbrush user is used to, and may expect, the presence of a ferrule. The ferrule can therefore possibly only be present in order to meet this expectation of the user and to make a paintbrush according to the invention or a paintbrush made with individual parts according to the invention appear like a paintbrush according to the prior art.
- the ferrule can completely enclose the bristle carrier in its extension along the longitudinal axis of the brush. Then only one bristle carrier surface is exposed from the bristle carrier, on which the bristles can be arranged. An opposite face of the bristle base may be completely covered by the brush handle where the bristle base and brush handle meet.
- the ferrule can also enclose the first end of the brush handle. Seen along the longitudinal axis of the brush, the ferrule can extend beyond the bristle carrier. When the brush handle and the bristle carrier are locked together, the brush handle can then extend into the ferrule to a certain extent.
- the bristle carrier and with it the brush head base, can take on a variety of sizes and shapes.
- the bristle carrier can be round, oval or rectangular, for example, or have a mixed shape, for example a rectangle with rounded corners or curved sides.
- the bristle base can have any width and any depth or thickness.
- a width of the bristle carrier can be, for example, between 20 mm and 90 mm, between 30 mm and 70 mm, or between 50 mm and 70 mm. It is possible for a brush handle which is or is intended to be locked to a bristle holder to have a shape, size and/or length that is tailored to the shape and/or size (width, depth/thickness) of the bristle holder.
- the brush handle can consist in particular of wood.
- the bristle carrier and the ferrule can be made of wood or plastic, for example.
- the bristle carrier has a convexly curved bristle carrier surface.
- the convexly curved bristle carrier surface can be designed in many different ways. In the simplest case, with a round bristle carrier, it can be shaped like a dome.
- a plurality of bristle bundles are formed from the bristles.
- the bristle carrier has recesses, in each of which a bundle of bristles is held.
- the entire set of bristles is therefore not formed by a single bundle of bristles and the bristles are also not held in the ferrule.
- the training with individual bristle bundles is advantageous if only because as a result, particularly near the recesses, gaps form between the bundles of bristles, which under certain circumstances can absorb a liquid and release it again meteredly for stroking.
- an area is formed in which free spaces are arranged between the bristle bundles. These spaces serve as a liquid reservoir, in which liquid is stored from a reservoir, which is slowly released again when you stroke with the paintbrush.
- liquid is understood to mean paints, including lacquers and glazes, as well as oils and surface coatings.
- the rows can run straight. However, they can also be curved.
- the bristles and consequently also the bristle bundles can be bent in a U-shape. If the bristle bundles are to be bent in a U-shape, either the individual bristles can be bent in a U-shape and then combined into a bristle bundle, or the bristles can first be combined into a bristle bundle and then bent into a U-shape.
- U-bent is also intended to include slight deviations from the "U"-shape, for example a “V”-shape caused by buckling of the bristles or bristle bundles (i.e. "V-bent"). Such slight deviations from the U-shape are functionally no different from this.
- the bristles and/or bristle bundles can have bristle tips, a tip end formed from the bristle tips, an opposite bent end and a length section arranged between the tip end and the bent end, with adjacent bristles and/or bristle bundles touching in a partial area of their length sections.
- each bristle running through the longitudinal section twice.
- the bristle therefore does not point between its two bristle tips only one area assigned to the longitudinal section, but two such areas. Between these, approximately in the middle of the bristle, there is an area which is bent or can be bent in a U-shape and which is assigned to the bent end of the bristles and/or the bristle bundle.
- the bent end can be fixed in one of the recesses, so that the bundle of bristles is held in the recess in this way.
- bristles and bristle bundles are touching or not touching relates to an unused, unloaded state of the paintbrush.
- the fact that the bristle bundles touch means that at least one bristle of one bristle bundle and one bristle of the other bristle bundle touch one another.
- several bristles of one bundle of bristles and of the other bundle of bristles will touch one another.
- Such bristles which are centrally located in each bristle cluster are unlikely to touch any other bristle cluster.
- Most of the bristles will each touch at least one other bristle of their own or an adjacent bristle bundle.
- the bristle bundles have a different number of neighboring bristle bundles. If, for example, the recesses, and thus the bristle bundles, are arranged on a square grid, the bristle bundles arranged at the corners have two adjacent bristle bundles, the bristle bundles arranged at the edges have three adjacent bristle bundles and the bristle bundles arranged inside the grid have four adjacent bristle bundles. In particular, however, the bundles of bristles arranged at the edges or corners can have bristles which do not touch any other bristle in their longitudinal section.
- the bristles touch along their length does not necessarily mean that they touch over their entire length.
- the recesses will be at least slightly apart. This means that the bristle bundles, where they each emerge from a recess in which they are fastened, have the diameter of the recess and are consequently spaced from the adjacent bristle bundles, in the same way as the associated recess is spaced from its neighboring recesses.
- the bundles of bristles are tightly compressed for insertion into the recesses. That means, that the bristles will diverge outside the recess. This divergence of the individual bundles of bristles makes it possible for neighboring bundles of bristles to touch one another.
- the bristles can also touch one another. However, it is also possible for the bristles to strive apart in such a way that they do not touch at the tip ends of the bristle bundles. This can also apply in particular to the bristles that do not touch any other bristle in their longitudinal section. In both cases, however, the bristles can form a closed bristle mirror. This means that the bristle tips are arranged at least substantially flush and lie close together, which can, but do not have to, touch. A closed bristle level results in a particularly even application of liquid.
- the bristle tips can have a straight or rounded surface in the area of the bristle tip. Individual bristle tips may protrude. This can be caused by small manufacturing inaccuracies, for example when individual bristles have slipped in their respective bristle bundles, so that their two bristle tips are not flush.
- the paintbrush is suitable for a particularly precise application of liquid when the bristles are pointed in the area where the liquid is applied. If the bristles in the bristle bundles are bent in a U-shape, this means for the paintbrush according to the invention that the bristles can be pointed at their two bristle tips. Due to the U-shaped bend, the two pointed bristle tips of each bristle come to rest in the area of the tip end. Since natural bristles have at most a pointed bristle tip due to the way in which they have grown, artificially produced bristles are therefore particularly suitable for the paintbrush according to the invention if the bristles and/or bristle bundles are to be bent in a U-shape.
- the bristles can in particular be sharpened mechanically or chemically at one or both of their bristle tips.
- the bristles and the bristle bundles are fastened without adhesive in the recesses of the bristle carrier.
- adhesives should also be understood to mean, for example, cements, rubbers and resins, which can be applied in a viscous state and then harden.
- a plurality of fastening means can be present for fastening the bristles and/or bristle bundles.
- the fastening means can be fastened to the bristle bundles by means of a force fit and/or form fit and to the bristle carrier by means of a force fit and/or form fit. In the course of the fastening, the fastening means can penetrate into the respective recess in which the bristles and/or the bristle bundle are or should be fastened.
- the bristles and/or bristle bundles can be secured in the bristle base by passing an anchor wire over (or through) the bent end of the bristle bundle and anchoring it in the bristle base.
- Some of the recesses can have an angle deviating from 0° to the longitudinal axis of the brush. In principle, all recesses can also have an angle deviating from 0° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the brush. However, it is also possible for only individual, in extreme cases only one, of the recesses to have the angle.
- the recesses can have at least two different angles, deviating from 0°, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the brush. Only angles that deviate from one another in terms of absolute value should be regarded as different.
- the recesses can be angled outwards, for example, so that the bundles of bristles inserted into the recesses tend to diverge slightly.
- the divergence can only take place on such a small scale that it is hardly noticeable.
- the recesses can also be angled inwards, for example, so that the bundles of bristles inserted into the recesses tend towards one another.
- a so-called closure of the bristles and/or a particularly smooth and/or firm bristle surface can be achieved in an advantageous manner.
- a particularly precise and metered delivery of liquid can thus be made possible under certain circumstances.
- Both the brush handle locking element and the bristle carrier locking element can have a connecting protuberance or a connecting recess. If a brush handle latching element and a bristle carrier latching element are assigned to one another, for example in a paint brush according to the invention or in a bristle carrier according to the invention and a brush handle according to the invention, which are intended to be latched together, one of the two latching elements (of the bristle carrier Locking element and the brush handle locking element) have the connecting protuberance and the other of the two locking elements have the connecting recess.
- the connecting protuberance can engage in the connecting recess and a connection can thus be established between the bristle carrier and the brush handle.
- the connecting protuberance and the connecting recess can thus become part of the snap-in connection unit.
- both the brush handle locking element and the bristle holder locking element have a locking projection or a locking recess.
- Both the bristle carrier locking element and the brush handle locking element can each have a locking projection or a locking recess.
- the latching projection and the latching recess or the latching projections or the latching recesses can be brought into engagement with one another in such a way that for the A first force is necessary for bringing into engagement and thus for forming the snap-in connection unit and a second force is necessary for an opposite separation and thus for releasing the snap-in connection unit, the second force being at least as great as or at least greater than the first force .
- the latching projection or the latching recess can in each case, if it is arranged on a connecting protuberance, be circumferential on the connecting protuberance or, if it is arranged on a connecting recess, be circumferential on the connecting recess.
- This can mean that the latching projection or the latching recess also runs around the longitudinal axis of the brush if the brush handle and/or the bristle carrier is part of a paintbrush.
- the other latching projection or the latching recess or the other latching recess does not necessarily have to be circumferential as well (and vice versa). It is quite possible that the locking projection and the locking recess or the locking projections or the locking recesses Forming the locking connection unit can not be brought into engagement with each other along their entire extent.
- the brush handle may have a brush handle guide surface.
- the brush handle guide surface may be circumferential around the brush handle. This can mean that the brush handle guide surface is circumferential about the brush longitudinal axis when the brush handle is part of a paintbrush.
- the brush handle guide surface and/or the brush head guide surface can therefore be circumferential around the longitudinal axis of the brush. It is again possible that a brush handle guide surface (or a brush head guide surface), which extends only over part of the circumference around the longitudinal axis of the brush, interacts with a brush head guide surface (or with a brush handle guide surface), which runs around the longitudinal axis of the brush is.
- the brush head primitive may have a brush head guide surface.
- the brush head guide surface can be circumferential on the brush head basic element. This may mean that the brush head guide surface is circumferential about the brush longitudinal axis when the brush head primitive is part of a paintbrush.
- the brush head guide surface can also be formed on the ferrule, it being possible for the brush head guide surface to be circumferential on the ferrule.
- the brush head guide surface can be formed in particular on the ferrule if the ferrule is formed in one piece with the bristle carrier. Surprisingly, the clamp can thus take on a new function according to the invention.
- the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface may abut against each other.
- Both the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface can be an outer guide surface or an inner guide surface.
- one guide surface is an outer guide surface and the other guide surface is an inner guide surface.
- either the brush handle guide surface can therefore expediently be an outside guide surface and the brush head guide surface can be an inside guide surface or the brush handle guide surface may be an inside guide surface and the brush head guide surface may be an outside guide surface.
- the brush handle and the brush head are secured against buckling as a result of forces transverse to the longitudinal axis of the brush.
- forces transverse to the longitudinal axis of the brush cause the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface to be pressed against one another, with a fit of the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface being able to be selected so that there is no or only very little play.
- the paintbrush is stabilized against loads transverse to the longitudinal axis of the brush, such as occur when the paintbrush is used and which can lead to an undesired release of the snap-in connection.
- the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface can also be designed in such a way that they stabilize against twisting as a result of rotational forces about the longitudinal axis of the brush. Such stabilization occurs automatically whenever the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface are non-circular in a projection in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the brush. Any other configuration in this plane, for example oval, polygonal, in particular quadrangular, stabilizes against rotation around the longitudinal axis of the brush, whereby the fit of the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface can also be selected so that no or only a very small game available.
- the paintbrush handle guide surface may be located behind the paintbrush handle detent when viewed from the first end of the paintbrush handle.
- the length of the brush handle guide surface measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush corresponds to at least 10%, at least a quarter, at least a third, at least 40% or at least half of a height of the bristle carrier or the basic element of the brush head measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush.
- the brush head guide surface can have a length, measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush or a longitudinal axis of the brush head defined in accordance with the longitudinal axis of the brush, which is at least 10%, at least a quarter, at least a third, at least 40% or at least half of a length parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush or the Brush head longitudinal axis measured height of the bristle carrier or the brush head basic element corresponds.
- the height of the brush head guide surface can be chosen according to the height of the brush handle guide surface, or conversely, the height of the brush handle guide surface can be chosen according to the height of the brush head guide surface.
- the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface can rest against one another, measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush, by a length that corresponds to at least a quarter of a height of the bristle carrier or the basic element of the brush head, measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush.
- the brush head guide surface and the brush handle guide surface can stabilize the brush handle and the brush head or the brush head basic element particularly well against buckling, the greater the height in relation to the overall height of the brush head basic element or the bristle carrier, along which the the brush head guide surface and the brush handle guide surface abut against each other.
- the brush handle and the bristle carrier and/or the basic element of the brush head and/or the brush head are only connected to one another by positive locking and/or force locking.
- the form fit and/or force fit is then formed in particular in the latching connection unit. Since the bristles or bristle bundles are attached without adhesive, a completely adhesive-free paintbrush can be realized. This can be advantageous, for example, because it simplifies a production process for the paintbrush, but also because it saves material, because handling a chemical, for example a solvent-based adhesive, is saved during production, but also, for example, because a user of the paintbrush does not come into contact with a chemical such as a solvent-based adhesive.
- a glueless paintbrush can also be easier to dispose of and potentially recycle.
- the new paint brush is particularly environmentally friendly when the brush handle is made of wood and the basic brush head element is made of recycled plastic and these are connected to one another without the use of adhesives.
- the brush handle and the bristle carrier cannot be detached from one another without being destroyed. As a result, the risk of the bristle carrier coming loose undesirably is prevented or reduced.
- the brush handle 1 shows a longitudinal section of a brush handle 1.
- the brush handle 1 has a grip area 2, which is ergonomically shaped here.
- the brush handle 1 can also have any other common shape of a paintbrush handle.
- the brush handle 1 has a brush handle latching element 4 at a first end 3 .
- the brush handle latching element 4 has a connecting protuberance 5 .
- the connection protuberance 5 has a shape which corresponds approximately to an isosceles trapezium, the longest side of which is adjoined by a rectangle whose side length where it adjoins the trapezium is smaller than that of the corresponding side of the trapezium.
- a latching recess 6 is thus formed.
- the connecting protuberance 5 is arranged on a shoulder 7 of the brush handle 1.
- the paragraph 7 has two laterally arranged, straight surfaces, here parallel to one another, which form brush handle guide surfaces 8 .
- the two surfaces can also be part of the same brush handle guide surface 8 running around the brush handle 1 .
- the brush handle guide surface 8 is an outer guide surface 9 here.
- FIG. 2 shows a front view of the brush handle 1. It can be seen here that the locking projection 6 in this embodiment extends around the connecting protuberance 5, as does the guide surface 8.
- FIG 3(a) shows a cross section
- Figure 3(b) a longitudinal section of a brush head basic element 10.
- the brush head basic element 10 has a bristle carrier 11.
- the bristle carrier 11 has a bristle carrier latching element 12 on a first end face 36 , which in turn has a connecting recess 13 .
- the connecting recess 13 is rectangular here both in cross section and in longitudinal section.
- the bristle carrier locking element 12 has a locking projection 14 .
- the bristle carrier latching element 12 has two latching projections 14a, 14b, which each extend on one side of the connecting recess 13, with the latching projections 14a, 14b lying opposite one another.
- the brush head base element 10 Adjacent to the bristle carrier 11 and formed in one piece with the bristle carrier 11 , the brush head base element 10 also has a collar 15 .
- the ferrule 15 is so called because in their visual appearance of the ferrule for brushes according to the prior art technique corresponds. This can meet a user's desire to maintain a traditional appearance despite technical improvements.
- the ferrule 15 fulfills different functions than the prior art ferrule.
- the ferrule 15 is not used to hold a bundle of bristles. Instead, the clamp 15 here encloses the bristle carrier 11 with which it is designed in one piece. Away from the bristle carrier 11, the ferrule 15 forms a guide surface 16 for the brush head, which is an inner guide surface 17 here.
- the brush head basic element 10 is pushed onto the brush handle 1 at its first end 3 , the first end face 36 of the brush head basic element 10 being aligned in the direction of the first end 3 of the brush handle 1 .
- the connecting protuberance 5 of the brush handle 1 is pushed into the connecting recess 13 of the basic element 10 of the brush head.
- the brush handle latching element 4 engages with the bristle carrier latching element 12 .
- the locking recess 6 and the locking projection 14 engage behind each other so that a locking connection unit 37 is formed with the brush handle locking element 4 and the bristle carrier locking element 12 by locking the locking recess 6 and the locking projection 14 .
- the snap-in connection formed with the snap-in connection unit 37 cannot be released without being destroyed.
- the brush handle guide surface 8 and the brush head guide surface 16 lie against one another. This ensures guidance between the brush handle 1 and the brush head basic element 10 , which here runs parallel to a brush longitudinal axis 18 due to the alignment of the brush handle guide surface 8 and the brush head guide surface 16 .
- the brush head basic element 10 can only be slid onto the brush handle 1 parallel to the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush and, if necessary, pulled off the brush handle 1 again.
- Transverse to the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush the brush head basic element 10 has no degree of freedom relative to the brush handle 1, or at least only a small amount of play.
- the brush head basic element 10 also has no degree of freedom of rotation compared to the brush handle 1, or at least only a small amount of play in the direction of rotation about the Longitudinal axis of the brush 18.
- FIG 12 shows a paintbrush 19.
- the brush handle 1 and brush head primitive 10 correspond to the brush handle 1 and brush head primitive 10 of FIG figure 5 .
- the paintbrush 19 has bristles 20 which are arranged on the bristle carrier 11 .
- the arrangement of the bristles 20 on the bristle carrier 11 is only shown schematically here.
- a brush head 21 is formed with the brush head basic element 10 and the bristles 20 .
- the paintbrush 19 has an appearance very similar to a prior art paintbrush.
- the ferrule 15 that has become free as a result fulfills on the one hand the optical function of making the paintbrush 19 appear similar to a conventional paintbrush, which under certain circumstances is preferred by conservative users.
- the collar 18 also forms the guide surface 16 for the brush head.
- the bristles 20 can be bent into a U-shape. Bristle tips 33, of which each bristle 20 has two, are arranged largely flush. If the bristles are not bent into a U-shape, then they can each have only one bristle tip 33 .
- the bristle tips 33 form that part of the paintbrush 19 which during normal use of the paintbrush 19 comes into contact with a surface to be painted.
- the bristles 20 can be combined to form bristle bundles 24 (cf. 7 ).
- a tip end 34 is then formed with the bristle tips 33 for each bristle bundle 24, in which the bristle tips 33 are arranged.
- Opposite the tip end 34 on the bristle bundle 24 is a bent end (not shown here because it is covered by the bristle carrier 11).
- the bend end is where the bristles 20 are bent into a U-shape.
- the bundle of bristles 24 has a length section 35 between the tip end 34 and the bent end.
- bristle tips 33 are not flush, but that a rounded bristle mirror is realized here with the tip ends 11 .
- FIG. 6 shows a brush head basic element 10 according to the invention in a perspective view obliquely from above. It can be seen here that the clamp 15 is arranged circumferentially around the bristle carrier 11 .
- the ferrule is provided here with several decorative elements 32, such as beads 32a, 32c.
- the decorative elements 32 particularly when they are in the form of beads 32a, 32c, can have a constructive, for example a stabilizing, function.
- the decorative elements 32 can also have a purely decorative function, for example to make the ferrule 15, in particular a ferrule 15 formed in one piece with the bristle carrier 11, appear like a ferrule of the prior art, which is typically formed from sheet metal or a plastic strip is and has beads for stabilization.
- a bristle carrier surface 22 is exposed here from the bristle carrier 11 .
- the bristle carrier surface 22 is arched, here arched approximately in the shape of a barrel.
- An arrangement of recesses 23 in rows in the bristle carrier surface is shown schematically.
- FIG. 7 shows how the bristles 20 can be arranged on and in the bristle carrier 11 . Shown is a front view ( Figure 7(a) ) and a side view ( Figure 7(b) ) on the bristle carrier 11 with the bristles 20.
- the bristles are combined in bristle bundles 24.
- Each bundle of bristles 24 is arranged in a recess 23, in particular with its bent end. If the recesses 23 according to 6 are arranged in rows, the bundles of bristles 24 are therefore also arranged in rows.
- the bristle bundles 24 are shown here schematically.
- the bundles of bristles 24 and thus also the bristles 20 do not run parallel to one another. Instead, the bundles of bristles 24 run at angles to one another.
- the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush here runs parallel to the brush handle 1 and to at least one bundle of bristles 24. This is usually a bundle of bristles 24 which is located in a center or in a region of the Center arranged central region 25 of the bristle carrier 11 is arranged.
- the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush runs only parallel to the brush handle 1 and is not parallel to any bundle of bristles 24, or vice versa, that the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush is parallel to a bundle of bristles 24, but the brush handle 1 is at an angle in relation thereto.
- the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush runs parallel to the side walls of the ferrule 15 or parallel to an extension of the bristle carrier 11 between the brush handle 1 and the bristles 20.
- Representations of the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush that are displaced in parallel are here denoted by 18', 18", 18"', 18"”. marked.
- the bristle bundles 24 arranged between the first and second bristle bundles 24 also have angles to the brush longitudinal axis 18. Shown as an example is a third angle 28 to the brush longitudinal axis 18', which is occupied by a third bundle of bristles 24, which is arranged between the first bundle of bristles 24 and the second bundle of bristles 24.
- the third angle 28 is greater than the first angle 26, but smaller than the second angle 27.
- the angles at which the bristle bundles 24 are arranged relative to the brush longitudinal axis 18 increase the further away the bristle bundle 24 in question is arranged from the central region 25 of the bristle carrier 11.
- a first bundle of bristles 24, which is arranged in the central region 25, has an angle 29 of 0° to the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush.
- a second bundle of bristles 24, remote from the central area 25 in the direction of an edge of the bristle carrier 11, has a second angle 30 to the longitudinal axis 18′′′ of the brush, which is greater than the first angle 29, and a third bundle of bristles 24, which is furthest from the central area 25 away, has a third angle 31 to the longitudinal axis 18"" of the brush, which is greater than the first and the second angle 29, 30.
- angles 26-31 of the bundles of bristles 24 thus each increase with increasing distance from the central region 25.
- the angles 26-31 also overlap because individual bundles of bristles 24 are angled as in Fig.7(a) shown, as well as angled as in Fig.7(b) shown.
- the recesses 23 can be approximately the same depth and have an angle 26-31 to the longitudinal axis 18 of the brush, as described above. Because the bristle bundles 24 are of the same length, the fact that they are used in the convex rounding of the bristle carrier surface 22 following recesses 23 of the same depth, in combination with the fact that the recesses 23 increase in angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the brush with the distance from the central area 25 18 have, to the fact that the rounded bristle mirror arises.
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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Malerpinsel.The invention relates to a paintbrush.
Malerpinsel werden zum Streichen von Wänden und Decken und überall sonst verwendet, wo eine Farbe, ein Öl, eine Oberflächenbeschichtung oder Ähnliches auf eine Oberfläche aufgetragen wird.Paintbrushes are used for painting walls and ceilings and anywhere else where a paint, oil, surface coating or the like is being applied to a surface.
Malerpinsel schließen unter anderem Flächenstreicher, Flachpinsel, Rundpinsel oder Ringpinsel und Deckenbürsten sowie diverse Malerpinsel für Spezialzwecke wie Heizkörperpinsel oder Fassadenpinsel ein.Paintbrushes include, among other things, surface brushes, flat brushes, round brushes or ring brushes and ceiling brushes as well as various paintbrushes for special purposes such as radiator brushes or facade brushes.
Aus dem US-amerikanischen Patent
Ein Malerpinsel mit einem Pinselstiel, einem Borstenträger und einer Zwinge ist aus der US-amerikanischen Patentanmeldung
Die deutsche Gebrauchsmusterschrift
Die deutsche Gebrauchsmusterschrift
Die deutsche Gebrauchsmusterschrift
Zudem weist der Stiel an dem Ende, auf das die Zwinge aufgeschoben wird, einen sich verjüngenden Ansatz mit umlaufenden Hinterschneidungen auf. Der Ansatz soll in den die Borsten haltenden Kitt eingreifen und den Halt der Borsten verbessern.In addition, the handle has a tapering base with circumferential undercuts at the end onto which the clamp is pushed. The approach is intended to engage the putty holding the bristles and improve the hold of the bristles.
Ein weiterer Pinsel ist aus dem deutschen Gebrauchsmuster
Die nicht gattungsgemäßen Druckschriften
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen besonders umweltfreundlichen Malerpinsel bereitzustellen.The object of the invention is to provide a particularly environmentally friendly paint brush.
Die Aufgabe der Erfindung wird erfindungsgemäß mit den Merkmalen des unabhängigen Patentanspruchs 1 gelöst.The object of the invention is achieved according to the invention with the features of
Weitere bevorzugte erfindungsgemäße Ausgestaltungen sind den abhängigen Patentansprüchen zu entnehmen.Further preferred configurations according to the invention can be found in the dependent patent claims.
Die Erfindung betrifft einen Malerpinsel gemäß Patentanspruch 1.The invention relates to a paintbrush according to
Bei Pinseln des Stands der Technik sind die Borsten in der Zwinge befestigt. Die Zwinge stellt dabei eine Art Seitenwand bereit, in die die Borsten unter Verwendung von Kleber oder Kitt eingeklebt werden, sodass die Borsten in einer dicken Schicht Kleber oder Kitt angeordnet sind. Die Schicht Kleber oder Kitt dem Pinselstiel ist zugewandt und unter Umständen greift der Pinselstiel in die Schicht Kleber oder Kitt ein.In prior art paint brushes, the bristles are fixed in the ferrule. The ferrule provides a kind of side wall into which the bristles are glued using glue or putty, so that the bristles are arranged in a thick layer of glue or putty. The layer of glue or putty faces the brush handle and the brush handle may engage the layer of glue or putty.
Erfindungsgemäß ist hingegen der Borstenträger ist so ausgebildet, dass die Borsten kleberlos in dem Borstenträger angeordnet sind. Im Gegensatz zum Stand der Technik sind die Borsten also nicht in der Zwinge befestigt, sondern direkt an oder in dem erfindungsgemäßen Borstenträger eingesetzt. Der Borstenträger bildet daher eine Art Boden aus, der vollständig zwischen den Borsten und dem Pinselstiel angeordnet ist - eine Funktion, die bei Pinseln des Stands der Technik der Kleber oder Kitt übernimmt.According to the invention, on the other hand, the bristle carrier is designed in such a way that the bristles are arranged in the bristle carrier without adhesive. In contrast to the prior art, the bristles are not fixed in the ferrule, but are used directly on or in the bristle carrier according to the invention. The bristle carrier therefore forms a kind of base which is arranged completely between the bristles and the brush handle - a function which the glue or putty assumes in brushes of the prior art.
Der Borstenträger kann aus einem massiven Material bestehen, beispielsweise aus Holz oder Kunststoff.The bristle carrier can consist of a solid material, for example wood or plastic.
Borsten werden, insbesondere, wenn sie aus Kunststoff bestehen, auch als "Filamente" bezeichnet. Dies soll hier mit dem Begriff "Borsten" mitgemeint sein.Bristles are also referred to as "filaments", especially when they are made of plastic. This should also be meant here by the term "bristles".
Der Malerpinsel weist eine Pinsellängsachse auf. Im einfachsten Fall verläuft die Pinsellängsachse entlang des Pinselstiels, durch den Borstenträger und ggf. parallel zu einer Erstreckungsrichtung der Borsten. Eine Abweichung hiervon kann gegeben sein, wenn die Erstreckungsrichtung der Borsten nicht parallel zu dem Pinselstiel verläuft. Dies kann bei sogenannten Heizkörperpinseln der Fall sein, bei denen der Pinselstiel gegenüber der Erstreckungsrichtung der Borsten in ihrer Gesamtheit abgewinkelt ist. Eine Pinsellängsachse kann in diesem Fall durch den Borstenträger definiert sein. Sie verläuft dann parallel zu der Richtung, in der sich der Borstenträger zwischen dem Pinselstiel und den Borstenbündeln erstreckt.The paintbrush has a longitudinal brush axis. In the simplest case, the longitudinal axis of the brush runs along the brush handle, through the bristle carrier and possibly parallel to a direction of extension of the bristles. There may be a deviation from this if the direction in which the bristles extend does not run parallel to the brush handle. This can be the case with so-called radiator brushes, in which the brush handle is angled in its entirety relative to the direction in which the bristles extend. In this case, a brush longitudinal axis can be defined by the bristle carrier. It then runs parallel to the direction in which the bristle carrier extends between the brush handle and the bristle bundles.
Die Zwinge umschließt erfindungsgemäß den Borstenträger in Bezug auf seine Erstreckung entlang der Pinsellängsachse wenigstens teilweise. Dabei ist die erfindungsgemäße Zwinge einstückig mit dem Borstenträger ausgebildet. Dies trägt dem Umstand Rechnung, dass die erfindungsgemäße Zwinge nicht mehr die Funktion nach dem Stand der Technik erfüllen muss, die Borsten zu umschließen und zu halten. Die Zwinge muss daher nicht mehr "hohl" sein.According to the invention, the ferrule at least partially encloses the bristle carrier with respect to its extension along the longitudinal axis of the brush. The ferrule according to the invention is designed in one piece with the bristle carrier. This takes account of the fact that the ferrule according to the invention no longer has to fulfill the prior art function of enclosing and holding the bristles. The ferrule therefore no longer has to be "hollow".
Die Zwinge kann, auch wenn sie mit dem Borstenträger einstückig ausgebildet ist, in ihrem Erscheinungsbild der einleitend beschriebenen Zwinge eines Malerpinsels nach dem Stand der Technik entsprechen. Weil sie aber erfindungsgemäß nicht dem Befestigen der Borsten dient, kann die Zwinge stattdessen überraschenderweise für eine oder mehrere neue Funktionen genutzt werden. Die Zwinge kann aber auch lediglich vorhanden sein, um ein optisches Erscheinungsbild an Erwartungen eines Benutzers anzupassen. Ein Benutzer von Malerpinseln ist an das Vorhandensein einer Zwinge gewöhnt und erwartet dies unter Umständen. Die Zwinge kann daher unter Umständen nur vorhanden sein, um dieser Erwartung des Benutzers gerecht zu werden und einen erfindungsgemäßen Malerpinsel oder einen mit erfindungsgemäßen Einzelteilen hergestellten Malerpinsel erscheinen zu lassen wie einen Malerpinsel nach dem Stand der Technik.The ferrule, even if it is designed in one piece with the bristle carrier, can correspond in its appearance to the ferrule of a paintbrush according to the prior art described in the introduction. However, because according to the invention it is not used to attach the bristles, the ferrule can surprisingly be used instead for one or more new functions. However, the ferrule can also only be present in order to adapt a visual appearance to a user's expectations. A paintbrush user is used to, and may expect, the presence of a ferrule. The ferrule can therefore possibly only be present in order to meet this expectation of the user and to make a paintbrush according to the invention or a paintbrush made with individual parts according to the invention appear like a paintbrush according to the prior art.
Die Zwinge kann den Borstenträger in seiner Erstreckung entlang der Pinsellängsachse vollständig umschließen. Dann liegt von dem Borstenträger nur eine Borstenträgeroberfläche frei, an der die Borsten angeordnet sein können. Eine gegenüberliegende Fläche des Borstenträgers kann dort, wo der Borstenträger und der Pinselstiel aneinander anschließen, vollständig von dem Pinselstiel abgedeckt sein.The ferrule can completely enclose the bristle carrier in its extension along the longitudinal axis of the brush. Then only one bristle carrier surface is exposed from the bristle carrier, on which the bristles can be arranged. An opposite face of the bristle base may be completely covered by the brush handle where the bristle base and brush handle meet.
Die Zwinge kann auch das erste Ende des Pinselstiels umschließen. Entlang der Pinsellängsachse gesehen kann sich die Zwinge dazu über den Borstenträger hinaus erstrecken. Wenn der Pinselstiel und der Borstenträger miteinander verrastet werden, kann sich der Pinselstiel dann gewissermaßen in die Zwinge hinein erstrecken.The ferrule can also enclose the first end of the brush handle. Seen along the longitudinal axis of the brush, the ferrule can extend beyond the bristle carrier. When the brush handle and the bristle carrier are locked together, the brush handle can then extend into the ferrule to a certain extent.
Der Borstenträger und mit ihm das Pinselkopf-Grundelement kann eine Vielzahl von Größen und Form annehmen. In einer Draufsicht senkrecht zu der Pinsellängsachse kann der Borstenträger beispielsweise rund, oval oder rechteckig sein oder eine Mischform, beispielsweise eines Rechtecks mit abgerundeten Ecken oder gebogenen Seiten aufweisen. Der Borstenträger kann eine beliebige Breite und eine beliebige Tiefe oder Stärke aufweisen. Eine Breite des Borstenträgers kann beispielsweise zwischen 20 mm und 90 mm, zwischen 30 mm und 70 mm, oder zwischen 50 mm und 70 mm betragen. Es ist möglich, dass ein Pinselstiel, der mit einem Borstenträger verrastet ist oder verrastet werden soll, eine auf die Form und/oder Größe (Breite, Tiefe/Stärke) des Borstenträgers abgestimmte Form, Größe und/oder Länge aufweist.The bristle carrier, and with it the brush head base, can take on a variety of sizes and shapes. In a plan view perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the brush, the bristle carrier can be round, oval or rectangular, for example, or have a mixed shape, for example a rectangle with rounded corners or curved sides. The bristle base can have any width and any depth or thickness. A width of the bristle carrier can be, for example, between 20 mm and 90 mm, between 30 mm and 70 mm, or between 50 mm and 70 mm. It is possible for a brush handle which is or is intended to be locked to a bristle holder to have a shape, size and/or length that is tailored to the shape and/or size (width, depth/thickness) of the bristle holder.
Der Pinselstiel kann insbesondere aus Holz bestehen.The brush handle can consist in particular of wood.
Der Borstenträger und die Zwinge können beispielsweise aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehen.The bristle carrier and the ferrule can be made of wood or plastic, for example.
Der Borstenträger weist erfindungsgemäß eine konvex gewölbte Borstenträgeroberfläche auf. Die konvex gewölbte Borstenträgerfläche kann auf vielerlei Weise ausgestaltet sein. Bei einem runden Borstenträger kann sie im einfachsten Fall kuppelartig geformt sein.According to the invention, the bristle carrier has a convexly curved bristle carrier surface. The convexly curved bristle carrier surface can be designed in many different ways. In the simplest case, with a round bristle carrier, it can be shaped like a dome.
Aus den Borsten sind eine Mehrzahl von Borstenbündeln gebildet. Der Borstenträger weist Ausnehmungen auf, in denen jeweils ein Borstenbündel gehalten ist. Im Gegensatz zu den Pinseln des Stands der Technik mit verrastetem Pinselkopf ist daher nicht der gesamte Borstenbesatz durch ein einzelnes Borstenbündel gebildet und die Borsten sind auch nicht in der Zwinge gehalten. Die Ausbildung mit einzelnen Borstenbündeln ist schon deswegen vorteilhaft, weil sich dadurch, insbesondere nahe der Ausnehmungen, Zwischenräume zwischen den Borstenbündeln bilden, die unter Umständen eine Flüssigkeit aufnehmen und für ein Streichen dosiert wieder abgeben können. Beispielsweise ist zwischen dem Bereich, in dem die Borstenbündel aus den Ausnehmungen austreten und einem Bereich, in dem die Borsten soweit auseinanderstreben, dass die Borstenbündel beginnen, einander zu berühren, ein Bereich gebildet, in dem jeweils zwischen den Borstenbündeln freie Zwischenräume angeordnet sind. Diese Zwischenräume dienen als Flüssigkeitsspeicher, in dem Flüssigkeit aus einem Vorratsbehälter gespeichert wird, die beim Streichen mit dem Malerpinsel langsam wieder abgegeben wird. In dieser Anmeldung werden unter dem Begriff "Flüssigkeit" Farben einschließlich Lacken und Lasuren sowie Öle und Oberflächenbeschichtungen verstanden.A plurality of bristle bundles are formed from the bristles. The bristle carrier has recesses, in each of which a bundle of bristles is held. In contrast to the brushes of the prior art with a latched brush head, the entire set of bristles is therefore not formed by a single bundle of bristles and the bristles are also not held in the ferrule. The training with individual bristle bundles is advantageous if only because as a result, particularly near the recesses, gaps form between the bundles of bristles, which under certain circumstances can absorb a liquid and release it again meteredly for stroking. For example, between the area in which the bristle bundles emerge from the recesses and an area in which the bristles diverge so far that the bristle bundles begin to touch one another, an area is formed in which free spaces are arranged between the bristle bundles. These spaces serve as a liquid reservoir, in which liquid is stored from a reservoir, which is slowly released again when you stroke with the paintbrush. In this application, the term "liquid" is understood to mean paints, including lacquers and glazes, as well as oils and surface coatings.
Die Ausnehmungen - und damit die Borstenbündel - können in einer Mehrzahl von nebeneinander angeordneten Reihen angeordnet sein. Dabei können die Reihen gerade verlaufen. Sie können aber auch gekrümmt verlaufen.The recesses—and thus the bundles of bristles—can be arranged in a plurality of rows arranged next to one another. The rows can run straight. However, they can also be curved.
Die Borsten und folglich auch die Borstenbündel können U-förmig gebogen ausgebildet sein. Wenn die Borstenbündel U-förmig gebogen ausgebildet sein sollen, können entweder die einzelnen Borsten U-förmig gebogen und anschließend zu einem Borstenbündel zusammengefasst sein oder die Borsten können zunächst zu einem Borstenbündel zusammengefasst und anschließend U-förmig gebogen sein.The bristles and consequently also the bristle bundles can be bent in a U-shape. If the bristle bundles are to be bent in a U-shape, either the individual bristles can be bent in a U-shape and then combined into a bristle bundle, or the bristles can first be combined into a bristle bundle and then bent into a U-shape.
Der Begriff "U-förmig gebogen" soll auch leichte Abweichungen von der "U"-Form einschließen, beispielsweise eine durch ein Knicken der Borsten bzw. Borstenbündel verursachte "V"-Form (d. h. "V-förmig geknickt"). Solche leichten Abweichungen von der U-Form unterscheiden sich funktionell nicht von dieser.The term "U-bent" is also intended to include slight deviations from the "U"-shape, for example a "V"-shape caused by buckling of the bristles or bristle bundles (i.e. "V-bent"). Such slight deviations from the U-shape are functionally no different from this.
Die Borsten und/oder die Borstenbündel können Borstenspitzen, ein aus den Borstenspitzen gebildetes Spitzenende, ein gegenüberliegendes Biegungsende und einen zwischen dem Spitzenende und dem Biegungsende angeordneten Längenabschnitt aufweisen, wobei sich benachbarte Borsten und/oder Borstenbündel in einem Teilbereich ihrer Längenabschnitte berühren.The bristles and/or bristle bundles can have bristle tips, a tip end formed from the bristle tips, an opposite bent end and a length section arranged between the tip end and the bent end, with adjacent bristles and/or bristle bundles touching in a partial area of their length sections.
Die Biegung der Borsten und/oder Borstenbündel führt dann dazu, dass jede Borste den Längenabschnitt zweimal durchläuft. Zwischen ihren beiden Borstenspitzen weist die Borste daher nicht nur einen dem Längenabschnitt zugeordneten Bereich auf, sondern zwei solche Bereiche. Zwischen diesen ist - etwa in der Mitte der Borste - ein Bereich angeordnet, der U-förmig gebogen ist oder U-förmig gebogen werden kann und der dem Biegungsende der Borsten und/oder des Borstenbündels zugeordnet ist.The bending of the bristles and/or bristle bundles then results in each bristle running through the longitudinal section twice. The bristle therefore does not point between its two bristle tips only one area assigned to the longitudinal section, but two such areas. Between these, approximately in the middle of the bristle, there is an area which is bent or can be bent in a U-shape and which is assigned to the bent end of the bristles and/or the bristle bundle.
Das Biegungsende kann jeweils ein einer der Ausnehmungen befestigt sein, sodass auf diese Weise das Borstenbündel in der Ausnehmung gehalten ist.The bent end can be fixed in one of the recesses, so that the bundle of bristles is held in the recess in this way.
Die in dieser Anmeldung gemachten Angaben dazu, dass sich Borsten und Borstenbündel berühren oder nicht berühren, beziehen sich auf einen unbenutzten, unbelasteten Zustand des Malerpinsels. Dass sich die Borstenbündel berühren, bedeutet, dass mindestens eine Borste des einen Borstenbündels und eine Borste des anderen Borstenbündels einander berühren. Typischerweise werden sich mehrere Borsten des einen Borstenbündels und des anderen Borstenbündels untereinander berühren. Solche Borsten, die in jedem Borstenbündel zentral angeordnet sind, werden wahrscheinlich kein anderes Borstenbündel berühren. Die meisten der Borsten werden jeweils mindestens eine andere Borste des eigenen oder eines benachbarten Borstenbündels berühren.The information given in this application that bristles and bristle bundles are touching or not touching relates to an unused, unloaded state of the paintbrush. The fact that the bristle bundles touch means that at least one bristle of one bristle bundle and one bristle of the other bristle bundle touch one another. Typically, several bristles of one bundle of bristles and of the other bundle of bristles will touch one another. Such bristles which are centrally located in each bristle cluster are unlikely to touch any other bristle cluster. Most of the bristles will each touch at least one other bristle of their own or an adjacent bristle bundle.
Die Borstenbündel weisen je nach ihrer Anordnung unterschiedlich viele benachbarte Borstenbündel auf. Wenn beispielsweise die Ausnehmungen, und damit die Borstenbündel, auf einem Quadratgitter angeordnet sind, weisen die an den Ecken angeordneten Borstenbündel zwei benachbarte Borstenbündel, die an den Rändern angeordneten Borstenbündel drei benachbarte Borstenbündel und die innerhalb des Gitters angeordneten Borstenbündel vier benachbarte Borstenbündel auf. Insbesondere die an den Rändern oder Ecken angeordneten Borstenbündel können aber Borsten aufweisen, die in ihrem Längenabschnitt keine andere Borste berühren.Depending on their arrangement, the bristle bundles have a different number of neighboring bristle bundles. If, for example, the recesses, and thus the bristle bundles, are arranged on a square grid, the bristle bundles arranged at the corners have two adjacent bristle bundles, the bristle bundles arranged at the edges have three adjacent bristle bundles and the bristle bundles arranged inside the grid have four adjacent bristle bundles. In particular, however, the bundles of bristles arranged at the edges or corners can have bristles which do not touch any other bristle in their longitudinal section.
Dass sich die Borsten in ihrem Längenabschnitt berühren, muss nicht bedeuten, dass sie sich in ihrem gesamten Längenabschnitt berühren. Die Ausnehmungen werden zumindest geringfügige Abstände aufweisen. Das heißt, dass die Borstenbündel dort, wo sie jeweils aus einer Ausnehmung austreten, in der sie befestigt sind, den Durchmesser der Ausnehmung aufweisen und folglich von den benachbarten Borstenbündeln jeweils beabstandet sind, so wie die zugeordnete Ausnehmung von deren benachbarten Ausnehmungen beabstandet ist. Typischerweise werden die Borstenbündel aber zum Einsetzen in die Ausnehmungen eng komprimiert. Das bedeutet, dass die Borsten außerhalb der Ausnehmung auseinanderstreben werden. Dieses Auseinanderstreben der einzelnen Borstenbündel ermöglicht erst, dass sich benachbarte Borstenbündel berühren.The fact that the bristles touch along their length does not necessarily mean that they touch over their entire length. The recesses will be at least slightly apart. This means that the bristle bundles, where they each emerge from a recess in which they are fastened, have the diameter of the recess and are consequently spaced from the adjacent bristle bundles, in the same way as the associated recess is spaced from its neighboring recesses. Typically, however, the bundles of bristles are tightly compressed for insertion into the recesses. That means, that the bristles will diverge outside the recess. This divergence of the individual bundles of bristles makes it possible for neighboring bundles of bristles to touch one another.
Im Bereich des Spitzenendes können sich die Borsten untereinander ebenfalls berühren. Es ist aber auch möglich, dass die Borsten so auseinander streben, dass sie sich an den Spitzenenden der Borstenbündel nicht berühren. Dies kann insbesondere auch für die Borsten gelten, die in ihrem Längenabschnitt keine andere Borste berühren. In beiden Fällen können die Borsten aber einen geschlossenen Borstenspiegel bilden. Das bedeutet, die Borstenspitzen sind wenigstens im Wesentlichen bündig angeordnet und liegen dicht, wobei sich berühren können, aber nicht müssen. Ein geschlossener Borstenspiegel bewirkt einen besonders gleichmäßigen Flüssigkeitsauftrag.In the area of the tip end, the bristles can also touch one another. However, it is also possible for the bristles to strive apart in such a way that they do not touch at the tip ends of the bristle bundles. This can also apply in particular to the bristles that do not touch any other bristle in their longitudinal section. In both cases, however, the bristles can form a closed bristle mirror. This means that the bristle tips are arranged at least substantially flush and lie close together, which can, but do not have to, touch. A closed bristle level results in a particularly even application of liquid.
Die Borstenspitzen können eine gerade oder eine gerundete Oberfläche im Bereich des Borstenspiegels ausbilden. Einzelne Borstenspitzen können hervorragen. Dies ist kann durch kleine Fertigungsungenauigkeiten verursacht sein, etwa indem einzelne Borsten in ihrem jeweiligen Borstenbündel verrutscht sind, sodass ihre beiden Borstenspitzen nicht bündig liegen.The bristle tips can have a straight or rounded surface in the area of the bristle tip. Individual bristle tips may protrude. This can be caused by small manufacturing inaccuracies, for example when individual bristles have slipped in their respective bristle bundles, so that their two bristle tips are not flush.
Der Malerpinsel ist für einen besonders genauen Flüssigkeitsauftrag geeignet, wenn die Borsten in den Bereich, in dem die Flüssigkeit aufgetragen wird, angespitzt sind. Wenn die Borsten in den Borstenbündeln U-förmig gebogen sind, bedeutet das für den erfindungsgemäßen Malerpinsel, dass die Borsten an ihren beiden Borstenspitzen angespitzt sein können. Durch die U-förmige Biegung kommen dann die beiden angespitzten Borstenspitzen jeder Borste im Bereich des Spitzenendes zu liegen. Da Naturborsten aufgrund der Art und Weise, wie sie gewachsen sind, höchstens eine angespitzte Borstenspitze aufweisen, eignen sich daher insbesondere künstlich hergestellte Borsten für den erfindungsgemäßen Malerpinsel, wenn die Borsten und/oder die Borstenbündel U-förmig gebogen sein sollen. Die Borsten können insbesondere mechanisch oder chemisch an einer oder ihren beiden Borstenspitzen angespitzt sein.The paintbrush is suitable for a particularly precise application of liquid when the bristles are pointed in the area where the liquid is applied. If the bristles in the bristle bundles are bent in a U-shape, this means for the paintbrush according to the invention that the bristles can be pointed at their two bristle tips. Due to the U-shaped bend, the two pointed bristle tips of each bristle come to rest in the area of the tip end. Since natural bristles have at most a pointed bristle tip due to the way in which they have grown, artificially produced bristles are therefore particularly suitable for the paintbrush according to the invention if the bristles and/or bristle bundles are to be bent in a U-shape. The bristles can in particular be sharpened mechanically or chemically at one or both of their bristle tips.
Die Borsten und die Borstenbündel sind erfindungsgemäß in den Ausnehmungen des Borstenträgers kleberlos befestigt. Als Kleber sollen hier neben den Klebern im engeren Sinn auch beispielsweise Kitte, Gummis und Harze verstanden werden, die in einem viskosen Zustand aufgebracht werden können und anschließend aushärten.According to the invention, the bristles and the bristle bundles are fastened without adhesive in the recesses of the bristle carrier. In addition to the adhesives in the narrower sense, adhesives should also be understood to mean, for example, cements, rubbers and resins, which can be applied in a viscous state and then harden.
Zur Befestigung der Borsten und/oder Borstenbündel kann eine Mehrzahl von Befestigungsmitteln vorhanden sein. Die Befestigungsmittel können mittels Kraftschluss und/oder Formschluss an den Borstenbündeln und mittels Kraftschluss und/oder Formschluss an dem Borstenträger befestigt sein. Das Befestigungsmittel kann im Zuge des Befestigens in die jeweilige Ausnehmung eindringen, in der die Borsten und/oder das Borstenbündel befestigt werden sollen oder soll.A plurality of fastening means can be present for fastening the bristles and/or bristle bundles. The fastening means can be fastened to the bristle bundles by means of a force fit and/or form fit and to the bristle carrier by means of a force fit and/or form fit. In the course of the fastening, the fastening means can penetrate into the respective recess in which the bristles and/or the bristle bundle are or should be fastened.
Es kann auch eine Mehrzahl von Verankerungsdrähten vorhanden sein. Die Borsten und/oder Borstenbündel können in dem Borstenträger befestigt sein, indem jeweils ein Verankerungsdraht über (oder durch) das Biegungsende der Borstenbündel geführt und in dem Borstenträger verankert ist.There may also be a plurality of anchor wires. The bristles and/or bristle bundles can be secured in the bristle base by passing an anchor wire over (or through) the bent end of the bristle bundle and anchoring it in the bristle base.
Ein Teil der Ausnehmungen kann einen von 0° abweichenden Winkel zu der Pinsellängsachse aufweisen. Dabei können grundsätzlich auch alle Ausnehmungen einen von 0° abweichenden Winkel zu der Pinsellängsachse aufweisen. Es können aber auch nur einzelne, im Extremfall nur eine der Ausnehmungen den Winkel aufweisen.Some of the recesses can have an angle deviating from 0° to the longitudinal axis of the brush. In principle, all recesses can also have an angle deviating from 0° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the brush. However, it is also possible for only individual, in extreme cases only one, of the recesses to have the angle.
Die Ausnehmungen können mindestens zwei verschiedene von 0° abweichende Winkel zu der Pinsellängsachse aufweisen. Als verschieden sollen dabei nur betragsmäßig voneinander abweichende Winkel gelten.The recesses can have at least two different angles, deviating from 0°, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the brush. Only angles that deviate from one another in terms of absolute value should be regarded as different.
Die Ausnehmungen können beispielsweise nach außen abgewinkelt sein, sodass die in die Ausnehmungen eingesetzten Borstenbündel leicht auseinanderstreben. Das Auseinanderstreben kann dabei in nur so kleinem Maße stattfinden, dass es kaum wahrnehmbar ist. Es ist aber durchaus möglich, dass die Borstenbündel soweit auseinanderstreben, dass eine wahrnehmbar aufgefächerte Form des Malerpinsels entsteht.The recesses can be angled outwards, for example, so that the bundles of bristles inserted into the recesses tend to diverge slightly. The divergence can only take place on such a small scale that it is hardly noticeable. However, it is quite possible that the bundles of bristles diverge so far that a perceptibly fanned-out shape of the paintbrush is created.
Die Ausnehmungen können beispielsweise auch nach innen abgewinkelt sein, sodass die in die Ausnehmungen eingesetzten Borstenbündel leicht aufeinander zu streben. Dadurch kann gegebenenfalls in vorteilhafter Weise ein sogenannter Schluss der Borsten und/oder ein besonders glatter und/oder fester Borstenspiegel erreicht werden. Damit kann unter Umständen eine besonders präzise und dosierte Abgabe von Flüssigkeit ermöglicht sein.The recesses can also be angled inwards, for example, so that the bundles of bristles inserted into the recesses tend towards one another. As a result, a so-called closure of the bristles and/or a particularly smooth and/or firm bristle surface can be achieved in an advantageous manner. A particularly precise and metered delivery of liquid can thus be made possible under certain circumstances.
Sowohl das Pinselstiel-Rastelement als auch das Borstenträger-Rastelement kann eine Verbindungsausstülpung oder eine Verbindungsausnehmung aufweisen. Wenn ein Pinselstiel-Rastelement und ein Borstenträger-Rastelement einander zugeordnet sind, also beispielsweise bei einem erfindungsgemäßen Malerpinsel oder bei einem erfindungsgemäßen Borstenträger und einem erfindungsgemäßen Pinselstiel, die dafür vorgesehen sind, aneinander verrastet zu werden, kann insbesondere eines der beiden Rastelemente (des Borstenträger-Rastelements und des Pinselstiel-Rastelements) die Verbindungsausstülpung und das andere der beiden Rastelemente die Verbindungsausnehmung aufweisen. Dann kann, wenn der Borstenträger und der Pinselstiel aufeinander aufgeschoben werden, die Verbindungsausstülpung in die Verbindungsausnehmung eingreifen und so eine Verbindung zwischen dem Borstenträger und dem Pinselstiel hergestellt werden. Die Verbindungsausstülpung und die Verbindungsausnehmung können so Teil der Rastverbindungseinheit werden.Both the brush handle locking element and the bristle carrier locking element can have a connecting protuberance or a connecting recess. If a brush handle latching element and a bristle carrier latching element are assigned to one another, for example in a paint brush according to the invention or in a bristle carrier according to the invention and a brush handle according to the invention, which are intended to be latched together, one of the two latching elements (of the bristle carrier Locking element and the brush handle locking element) have the connecting protuberance and the other of the two locking elements have the connecting recess. Then, when the bristle carrier and the brush handle are slid onto one another, the connecting protuberance can engage in the connecting recess and a connection can thus be established between the bristle carrier and the brush handle. The connecting protuberance and the connecting recess can thus become part of the snap-in connection unit.
Erfindungsgemäß weisen sowohl das Pinselstiel-Rastelement als auch das Borstenträger-Rastelement einen Rastvorsprung oder einen Rastrücksprung auf. Dabei kann auch sowohl das Borstenträger-Rastelement als auch das Pinselstiel-Rastelement jeweils einen Rastvorsprung oder jeweils einen Rastrücksprung aufweisen. Für die Funktion des Pinselstiel-Rastelements und des Borstenträger-Rastelements, die es erlaubt, die Rastverbindungseinheit auszubilden, ist lediglich notwendig, dass erfindungsgemäß der Rastvorsprung und der Rastrücksprung oder die Rastvorsprünge oder die Rastrücksprünge jeweils so miteinander in Eingriff gebracht werden können, dass für das In-Eingriff-Bringen und damit zum Bilden der Rastverbindungseinheit eine erste Kraft notwendig ist und eine zweite Kraft für ein entgegengesetztes Trennen und damit für ein Auflösen der Rastverbindungseinheit notwendig ist, wobei die zweite Kraft mindestens so groß ist oder mindestens größer ist als die erste Kraft.According to the invention, both the brush handle locking element and the bristle holder locking element have a locking projection or a locking recess. Both the bristle carrier locking element and the brush handle locking element can each have a locking projection or a locking recess. For the function of the brush handle latching element and the bristle carrier latching element, which allows the latching connection unit to be formed, it is only necessary that, according to the invention, the latching projection and the latching recess or the latching projections or the latching recesses can be brought into engagement with one another in such a way that for the A first force is necessary for bringing into engagement and thus for forming the snap-in connection unit and a second force is necessary for an opposite separation and thus for releasing the snap-in connection unit, the second force being at least as great as or at least greater than the first force .
Der Rastvorsprung oder der Rastrücksprung kann jeweils, wenn er an einer Verbindungsausstülpung angeordnet ist, an der Verbindungsausstülpung umlaufend sein oder, wenn er an einer Verbindungsausnehmung angeordnet ist, an der Verbindungsausnehmung umlaufend sein. Das kann bedeuten, dass der Rastvorsprung oder der Rastrücksprung auch um die Pinsellängsachse umlaufend ist, wenn der Pinselstiel und/oder der Borstenträger Teil eines Malerpinsels ist. Wenn beispielsweise ein oder der Rastvorsprung oder ein Rastrücksprung umlaufend ist, muss nicht notwendigerweise der andere Rastvorsprung oder der Rastrücksprung oder der andere Rastrücksprung auch umlaufend sein (und umgekehrt). Es ist durchaus möglich, dass der Rastvorsprung und der Rastrücksprung oder die Rastvorsprünge oder die Rastrücksprünge zum Bilden der Rastverbindungseinheit jeweils nicht an ihrer gesamten Erstreckung miteinander in Eingriff gebracht werden können.The latching projection or the latching recess can in each case, if it is arranged on a connecting protuberance, be circumferential on the connecting protuberance or, if it is arranged on a connecting recess, be circumferential on the connecting recess. This can mean that the latching projection or the latching recess also runs around the longitudinal axis of the brush if the brush handle and/or the bristle carrier is part of a paintbrush. For example, if one or the latching projection or a latching recess is circumferential, the other latching projection or the latching recess or the other latching recess does not necessarily have to be circumferential as well (and vice versa). It is quite possible that the locking projection and the locking recess or the locking projections or the locking recesses Forming the locking connection unit can not be brought into engagement with each other along their entire extent.
Der Pinselstiel kann eine Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche aufweisen. Die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche kann um den Pinselstiel umlaufend sein. Das kann bedeuten, dass die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche um die Pinsellängsachse umlaufend ist, wenn der Pinselstiel Teil eines Malerpinsels ist.The brush handle may have a brush handle guide surface. The brush handle guide surface may be circumferential around the brush handle. This can mean that the brush handle guide surface is circumferential about the brush longitudinal axis when the brush handle is part of a paintbrush.
Die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und/oder die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche können oder kann also um die Pinsellängsachse umlaufend sein. Dabei ist es wiederum möglich, dass eine Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche (oder eine Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche), die sich nur über einen Teilumfang um die Pinsellängsachse erstreckt, mit einer Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche (oder mit einer Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche) zusammenwirkt, die um die Pinsellängsachse umlaufend ist.The brush handle guide surface and/or the brush head guide surface can therefore be circumferential around the longitudinal axis of the brush. It is again possible that a brush handle guide surface (or a brush head guide surface), which extends only over part of the circumference around the longitudinal axis of the brush, interacts with a brush head guide surface (or with a brush handle guide surface), which runs around the longitudinal axis of the brush is.
Das Pinselkopf-Grundelement kann eine Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche aufweisen. Die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche kann an dem Pinselkopf-Grundelement umlaufend sein. Das kann bedeuten, dass die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche um die Pinsellängsachse umlaufend ist, wenn das Pinselkopf-Grundelement Teil eines Malerpinsels ist. Die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche kann auch an der Zwinge ausgebildet sein, wobei die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche an der Zwinge umlaufend sein kann. Die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche kann insbesondere an der Zwinge ausgebildet sein, wenn die Zwinge einteilig mit dem Borstenträger ausgebildet ist. Damit kann die Zwinge erfindungsgemäß überraschenderweise eine neue Funktion übernehmen.The brush head primitive may have a brush head guide surface. The brush head guide surface can be circumferential on the brush head basic element. This may mean that the brush head guide surface is circumferential about the brush longitudinal axis when the brush head primitive is part of a paintbrush. The brush head guide surface can also be formed on the ferrule, it being possible for the brush head guide surface to be circumferential on the ferrule. The brush head guide surface can be formed in particular on the ferrule if the ferrule is formed in one piece with the bristle carrier. Surprisingly, the clamp can thus take on a new function according to the invention.
Wenn ein Malerpinsel gebildet ist, indem der Pinselkopf bzw. das Pinselkopf-Grundelement auf den Pinselstiel aufgeschoben ist, können die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche aneinander anliegen.When a paintbrush is formed by sliding the brush head or brush head base onto the brush handle, the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface may abut against each other.
Sowohl die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche als auch die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche kann eine Außen-Führungsfläche oder eine Innen-Führungsfläche sein. Zweckmäßigerweise ist aber bei zwei Führungsflächen, die ineinander eingreifen sollen, die eine Führungsfläche eine Außen-Führungsfläche und die andere Führungsfläche eine Innen-Führungsfläche. Bei einem Malerpinsel oder bei einem Pinselstiel und Pinselkopf bzw. einem Pinselkopf-Grundelement, die dazu vorgesehen sind, einen Malerpinsel herzustellen, kann daher zweckmäßigerweise entweder die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche eine Außen-Führungsfläche und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche eine Innen-Führungsfläche oder die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche eine Innen-Führungsfläche und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche eine Außen-Führungsfläche sein.Both the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface can be an outer guide surface or an inner guide surface. Expediently, however, in the case of two guide surfaces which are intended to engage in one another, one guide surface is an outer guide surface and the other guide surface is an inner guide surface. In the case of a paintbrush or a brush handle and brush head or a brush head basic element which are intended to produce a paintbrush, either the brush handle guide surface can therefore expediently be an outside guide surface and the brush head guide surface can be an inside guide surface or the brush handle guide surface may be an inside guide surface and the brush head guide surface may be an outside guide surface.
Indem die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche aneinander anliegen, sind der Pinselstiel und der Pinselkopf (bzw. das Pinselkopf-Grundelement) gegen ein Abknicken infolge von Kräften quer zu der Pinsellängsachse gesichert. Solche Kräfte quer zu der Pinsellängsachse bewirken ein Andrücken der Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und der Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche gegeneinander, wobei eine Passung der Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und der Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche möglichst so gewählt werden kann, dass kein oder ein nur sehr geringes Spiel vorliegt. Dadurch ist der Malerpinsel stabilisiert gegen Belastungen quer zu der Pinsellängsachse, wie sie bei einer Benutzung des Malerpinsels auftreten und die zu einem unerwünschten Lösen der Rastverbindung führen können.By the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface lying against one another, the brush handle and the brush head (or the brush head basic element) are secured against buckling as a result of forces transverse to the longitudinal axis of the brush. Such forces transverse to the longitudinal axis of the brush cause the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface to be pressed against one another, with a fit of the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface being able to be selected so that there is no or only very little play. As a result, the paintbrush is stabilized against loads transverse to the longitudinal axis of the brush, such as occur when the paintbrush is used and which can lead to an undesired release of the snap-in connection.
Die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche können auch so ausgebildet werden, dass sie gegen ein Verdrehen infolge von Rotationskräften um die Pinsellängsachse stabilisieren. Ein solche Stabilisieren tritt immer dann automatisch auf, wenn die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche in einer Projektion in eine Ebene senkrecht zu der Pinsellängsachse nicht kreisförmig verlaufen. Jede andere Ausbildung in dieser Ebene, beispielsweise oval, mehreckig, insbesondere viereckig, stabilisiert gegen eine Rotation um die Pinsellängsachse, wobei auch hier die Passung der Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und der Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche möglichst so gewählt werden kann, dass kein oder ein nur sehr geringes Spiel vorliegt.The brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface can also be designed in such a way that they stabilize against twisting as a result of rotational forces about the longitudinal axis of the brush. Such stabilization occurs automatically whenever the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface are non-circular in a projection in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the brush. Any other configuration in this plane, for example oval, polygonal, in particular quadrangular, stabilizes against rotation around the longitudinal axis of the brush, whereby the fit of the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface can also be selected so that no or only a very small game available.
Die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche kann von dem ersten Ende des Pinselstiels aus gesehen hinter dem Pinselstiel-Rastelement angeordnet sein. Dadurch kann eine besonderes stabile Verbindung des Pinselstiels mit dem Pinselkopf bzw. dem Pinselkopf-Grundelement hergestellt werden, indem es möglich ist, dass an einem Extrem des ersten Endes des Pinselstiels das Pinselstiel-Rastelement und das Pinselkopf-Rastelement in der Rastverbindungseinheit eine erste Teilverbindung des Pinselstiels mit dem Pinselkopf bzw. dem Pinselkopf-Grundelement herstellen und davon räumlich entfernt in Richtung auf ein zweites Ende des Pinselstiel die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche eine zweite Teilverbindung des Pinselstiels mit dem Pinselkopf bzw. dem Pinselkopf-Grundelement herstellen. Dadurch ist die Verbindung, die an zwei zueinander beabstandeten Stellen abgestützt ist, gegen ein Abknicken besonders stabil.The paintbrush handle guide surface may be located behind the paintbrush handle detent when viewed from the first end of the paintbrush handle. As a result, a particularly stable connection between the brush handle and the brush head or the basic element of the brush head can be established, since it is possible for the brush handle locking element and the brush head locking element in the locking connection unit to form a first partial connection of the Make the brush handle with the brush head or the brush head basic element and produce a second partial connection of the brush handle with the brush head or the brush head basic element spatially removed from it in the direction of a second end of the brush handle, the brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface. As a result, the connection, which is supported at two locations spaced apart from one another, is particularly stable against buckling.
Die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche kann parallel zu der Pinsellängsachse gemessen eine Länge aufweisen, die mindestens 10 %, mindestens einem Viertel, mindestens einem Drittel, mindestens 40 % oder mindestens der Hälfte einer parallel zu der Pinsellängsachse gemessenen Höhe des Borstenträgers oder des Pinselkopf-Grundelements entspricht.The length of the brush handle guide surface measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush corresponds to at least 10%, at least a quarter, at least a third, at least 40% or at least half of a height of the bristle carrier or the basic element of the brush head measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush.
Die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche kann parallel zu der Pinsellängsachse oder einer entsprechend der Pinsellängsachse definierten Pinselkopf-Längsachse gemessen eine Länge aufweisen, die mindestens 10 %, mindestens einem Viertel, mindestens einem Drittel, mindestens 40 % oder mindestens der Hälfte einer parallel zu der Pinsellängsachse oder der Pinselkopf-Längsachse gemessenen Höhe des Borstenträgers oder des Pinselkopf-Grundelements entspricht.The brush head guide surface can have a length, measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush or a longitudinal axis of the brush head defined in accordance with the longitudinal axis of the brush, which is at least 10%, at least a quarter, at least a third, at least 40% or at least half of a length parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush or the Brush head longitudinal axis measured height of the bristle carrier or the brush head basic element corresponds.
In vorteilhafter Weise kann die Höhe der Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche entsprechend der Höhe der Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche gewählt werden oder umgekehrt kann die Höhe der Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche entsprechend der Höhe der Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche gewählt werden.Advantageously, the height of the brush head guide surface can be chosen according to the height of the brush handle guide surface, or conversely, the height of the brush handle guide surface can be chosen according to the height of the brush head guide surface.
Die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche können parallel zu der Pinsellängsachse gemessen um eine Länge aneinander anliegen, die mindestens einem Viertel einer parallel zu der Pinsellängsachse gemessenen Höhe des Borstenträgers oder des Pinselkopf-Grundelements entspricht.The brush handle guide surface and the brush head guide surface can rest against one another, measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush, by a length that corresponds to at least a quarter of a height of the bristle carrier or the basic element of the brush head, measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the brush.
Die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche und die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche können den Pinselstiel und den Pinselkopf bzw. das Pinselkopf-Grundelement besonders gut gegen ein Abknicken stabilisieren, je größer in Bezug auf die gesamte Höhe des Pinselkopf-Grundelements oder des Borstenträgers die Höhe ist, entlang derer die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche und die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche aneinander anliegen.The brush head guide surface and the brush handle guide surface can stabilize the brush handle and the brush head or the brush head basic element particularly well against buckling, the greater the height in relation to the overall height of the brush head basic element or the bristle carrier, along which the the brush head guide surface and the brush handle guide surface abut against each other.
Es ist möglich, dass der Pinselstiel und der Borstenträger und/oder das Pinselkopf-Grundelement und/oder der Pinselkopf nur durch Formschluss und/oder Kraftschluss miteinander verbunden sind. Der Formschluss und/oder Kraftschluss ist dann insbesondere in der Rastverbindungseinheit ausgebildet. Da die Borsten bzw. die Borstenbündel kleberlos befestigt sind, kann so ein vollkommen kleberfreier Malerpinsel realisiert sein. Dies kann beispielsweise vorteilhaft sein, weil dadurch ein Herstellungsverfahren für den Malerpinsel vereinfacht wird, aber auch, weil dadurch Material eingespart wird, weil bei der Herstellung ein Umgang mit einer Chemikalie, beispielsweise einem lösemittelhaltigen Kleber, erspart wird, aber beispielsweise auch, weil ein Benutzer des Malerpinsels nicht mit einer Chemikalie wie etwa einem lösemittelhaltigen Kleber in Kontakt kommt. Ein kleberloser Malerpinsel kann auch einfacher zu entsorgen und ggf. zu recyceln sein.It is possible that the brush handle and the bristle carrier and/or the basic element of the brush head and/or the brush head are only connected to one another by positive locking and/or force locking. The form fit and/or force fit is then formed in particular in the latching connection unit. Since the bristles or bristle bundles are attached without adhesive, a completely adhesive-free paintbrush can be realized. This can be advantageous, for example, because it simplifies a production process for the paintbrush, but also because it saves material, because handling a chemical, for example a solvent-based adhesive, is saved during production, but also, for example, because a user of the paintbrush does not come into contact with a chemical such as a solvent-based adhesive. A glueless paintbrush can also be easier to dispose of and potentially recycle.
Besonders umweltfreundlich ist der neue Malerpinsel, wenn der Pinselstiel aus Holz und das Pinselkopf-Grundelement aus recyceltem Kunststoff besteht und diese klebstofffrei miteinander verbunden sind.The new paint brush is particularly environmentally friendly when the brush handle is made of wood and the basic brush head element is made of recycled plastic and these are connected to one another without the use of adhesives.
Der Pinselstiel und der Borstenträger sind nicht zerstörungsfrei voneinander lösbar. Dadurch ist dann eine Gefahr eines unerwünschten Lösens des Borstenträgers unterbunden oder reduziert.The brush handle and the bristle carrier cannot be detached from one another without being destroyed. As a result, the risk of the bristle carrier coming loose undesirably is prevented or reduced.
Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung ergeben sich aus den Patentansprüchen, der Beschreibung und den Zeichnungen. Die in der Beschreibung genannten Vorteile von Merkmalen und von Kombinationen mehrerer Merkmale sind lediglich beispielhaft und können alternativ oder kumulativ zur Wirkung kommen, ohne dass die Vorteile zwingend von erfindungsgemäßen Ausführungsformen erzielt werden müssen. Ohne dass hierdurch der Gegenstand der beigefügten Patentansprüche verändert wird, gilt hinsichtlich des Offenbarungsgehalts der ursprünglichen Anmeldungsunterlagen und des Gebrauchsmusters Folgendes: weitere Merkmale sind den Zeichnungen - insbesondere den dargestellten Geometrien und den relativen Abmessungen mehrerer Bauteile zueinander sowie deren relativer Anordnung und Wirkverbindung - zu entnehmen. Die Kombination von Merkmalen unterschiedlicher Ausführungsformen der Erfindung oder von Merkmalen unterschiedlicher Patentansprüche ist ebenfalls abweichend von den gewählten Rückbeziehungen der Patentansprüche möglich und wird hiermit angeregt. Dies betrifft auch solche Merkmale, die in separaten Zeichnungen dargestellt sind oder bei deren Beschreibung genannt werden. Diese Merkmale können auch mit Merkmalen unterschiedlicher Patentansprüche kombiniert werden. Ebenso können in den Patentansprüchen aufgeführte Merkmale für weitere Ausführungsformen der Erfindung entfallen.Advantageous developments of the invention result from the patent claims, the description and the drawings. The advantages of features and combinations of several features mentioned in the description are merely exemplary and can have an effect alternatively or cumulatively without the advantages necessarily having to be achieved by embodiments according to the invention. Without the subject matter of the attached patent claims being changed as a result, the following applies with regard to the disclosure content of the original application documents and the utility model: Further features can be found in the drawings - in particular the illustrated geometries and the relative dimensions of several components to one another as well as their relative arrangement and operative connection. The combination of features of different embodiments of the invention or features of different patent claims is also possible, deviating from the selected dependencies of the patent claims and is hereby suggested. This also applies to those features that are shown in separate drawings or are mentioned in their description. These features can also be combined with features of different patent claims. Likewise, features listed in the patent claims can be omitted for further embodiments of the invention.
Die in den Patentansprüchen und der Beschreibung genannten Merkmale sind bezüglich ihrer Anzahl so zu verstehen, dass genau diese Anzahl oder eine größere Anzahl als die genannte Anzahl vorhanden ist, ohne dass es einer expliziten Verwendung des Adverbs "mindestens" bedarf. Wenn also beispielsweise von einem Rastvorsprung die Rede ist, ist dies so zu verstehen, dass genau ein Rastvorsprung, zwei Rastvorsprünge oder mehr Rastvorsprünge vorhanden sind. Diese Merkmale können durch andere Merkmale ergänzt werden oder die einzigen Merkmale sein, aus denen das jeweilige Erzeugnis besteht.The features mentioned in the patent claims and the description are to be understood with regard to their number in such a way that exactly this number or a larger number than the stated number is present without the need for an explicit use of the adverb “at least”. If, for example, a locking projection is mentioned, this is to be understood in such a way that there is exactly one locking projection, two locking projections or more locking projections. These characteristics may be complemented by other characteristics or they may be the only characteristics that make up the product in question.
Die in den Patentansprüchen enthaltenen Bezugszeichen stellen keine Beschränkung des Umfangs der durch die Patentansprüche geschützten Gegenstände dar. Sie dienen lediglich dem Zweck, die Patentansprüche leichter verständlich zu machen.The reference signs contained in the claims do not limit the scope of the subject-matter protected by the claims. They only serve the purpose of making the claims easier to understand.
Im Folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand in den Figuren dargestellter bevorzugter Ausführungsbeispiele weiter erläutert und beschrieben.
- Fig. 1
- zeigt einen Längsschnitt einer ersten beispielhaften Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäß einsetzbaren Pinselstiels.
- Fig. 2
- zeigt eine Vorderansicht des Pinselstiels nach
Fig. 1 . - Fig. 3
- zeigt einen Querschnitt und einen Längsschnitt einer ersten beispielhaften Ausführungsform eines Pinselkopf-Grundelements.
- Fig. 4
- zeigt eine Vorderansicht des Pinselstiels nach
Fig. 2 und des Pinselkopf-Grundelements nachFig. 3 , wobei das Pinselkopf-Grundelement auf den Pinselstiel aufgeschoben ist. - Fig. 5
- zeigt eine Vorderansicht einer ersten beispielhaften Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Malerpinsels mit dem Pinselstiel nach
Fig. 2 und dem Pinselkopf-Grundelement nachFig. 3 . - Fig. 6
- zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht einer zweiten beispielhaften Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäß einsetzbaren Pinselkopf-Grundelements von schräg oben.
- Fig. 7
- zeigt eine Vorderansicht und eine Seitenansicht eines erfindungsgemäß einsetzbaren Borstenträgers mit Borstenbündeln.
- 1
- shows a longitudinal section of a first exemplary embodiment of a brush handle that can be used according to the invention.
- 2
- shows a front view of the
brush handle 1 . - 3
- Figure 12 shows a cross-section and a longitudinal section of a first exemplary embodiment of a paintbrush head primitive.
- 4
- shows a front view of the
brush handle 2 and the brush head primitive3 , with the brush head primitive slipped onto the brush handle. - figure 5
- 13 shows a front view of a first exemplary embodiment of a paintbrush according to the invention with the brush handle according to FIG
2 and the brush head primitive3 . - 6
- shows a perspective view of a second exemplary embodiment of a basic brush head element that can be used according to the invention, obliquely from above.
- 7
- shows a front view and a side view of a bristle carrier with bristle bundles that can be used according to the invention.
An einem ersten Ende 3 weist der Pinselstiel 1 ein Pinselstiel-Rastelement 4 auf. Das Pinselstiel-Rastelement 4 weist eine Verbindungsausstülpung 5 auf. Die Verbindungsausstülpung 5 weist in dem Längsschnitt eine Form auf, die etwa einem gleichschenkligen Trapez entspricht, an dessen längste Seite ein Rechteck anschließt, dessen Seitenlänge dort, wo es an das Trapez anschließt, kleiner ist als die der entsprechenden Seite des Trapezes. Damit ist ein Rastrücksprung 6 gebildet.The brush handle 1 has a brush
Die Verbindungsausstülpung 5 ist auf einem Absatz 7 des Pinselstiels 1 angeordnet. Der Absatz 7 weist zwei seitlich angeordnete, gerade, hier zueinander parallele Flächen auf, die Pinselstiel-Führungsflächen 8 bilden. Die beiden Flächen können auch Teil derselben, um den Pinselstiel 1 umlaufenden Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche 8 sein. Die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche 8 ist hier eine Außen-Führungsfläche 9.The connecting
An den Borstenträger 11 anschließend und einstückig mit dem Borstenträger 11 ausgebildet, weist das Pinselkopf-Grundelement 10 außerdem eine Zwinge 15 auf. Die Zwinge 15 ist so bezeichnet, weil sie in ihrer optischen Erscheinung der Zwinge bei Pinseln nach dem Stand der Technik entspricht. Dies kann einem Wunsch eines Benutzers entgegenkommen, trotz technischer Verbesserungen ein traditionelles Erscheinungsbild zu erhalten. Die Zwinge 15 erfüllt aber andere Funktionen als die Zwinge nach dem Stand der Technik. Die Zwinge 15 dient nicht dem Halten eines Borstenbündels. Stattdessen umschließt die Zwinge 15 hier den Borstenträger 11, mit dem sie einstückig ausgebildet ist. Abseits des Borstenträgers 11 bildet die Zwinge 15 eine Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche 16 aus, die hier eine Innen-Führungsfläche 17 ist.Adjacent to the bristle
In
Außerdem liegen die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche 8 und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche 16 aneinander an. Dadurch ist eine Führung zwischen dem Pinselstiel 1 und dem Pinselkopf-Grundelement 10 gewährleistet, die hier aufgrund der Ausrichtung der Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche 8 und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche 16 parallel zu einer Pinsellängsachse 18 verläuft. Nur parallel zu der Pinsellängsachse 18 kann das Pinselkopf-Grundelement 10 auf den Pinselstiel 1 aufgeschoben und ggf. von dem Pinselstiel 1 wieder abgezogen werden. Quer zu der Pinsellängsachse 18 hat das Pinselkopf-Grundelement 10 gegenüber dem Pinselstiel 1 keinen Freiheitsgrad oder zumindest nur ein geringes Spiel. Indem die Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche 8 und die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche 16 in einem Querschnitt senkrecht zu der Pinsellängsachse 18 hier einen etwa rechteckigen Verlauf haben, hat das Pinselkopf-Grundelement 10 gegenüber dem Pinselstiel 1 auch keinen Rotationsfreiheitsgrad oder zumindest nur ein geringes Spiel in Rotationsrichtung um die Pinsellängsachse 18.In addition, the brush handle guide surface 8 and the brush head guide surface 16 lie against one another. This ensures guidance between the
Während die in der Rastverbindungseinheit 37 gebildete Rastverbindung zwischen dem Pinselstiel-Rastelement 4 und dem Borstenträger-Rastelement 23 verhindert, dass das Pinselkopf-Grundelement 10 entlang der Pinsellängsachse 18 von dem Pinselstiel 1 abgezogen wird, bewirkt die Führung zwischen der Pinselstiel-Führungsfläche 8 und der Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche 16 somit einen gegen Abknicken und Verdrehen gesicherten Sitz des Pinselkopf-Grundelements 10 auf dem Pinselstiel 1.While the locking connection formed in the
Der Malerpinsel 19 hat ein zu einem Malerpinsel des Stands der Technik sehr ähnliches Erscheinungsbild. Dazu trägt insbesondere die Zwinge 15 bei, die in traditioneller Weise zwischen dem Pinselstiel 1 und den Borsten 20 angeordnet ist. Statt dass aber wie bei Pinseln des Stands der Technik in die Zwinge einerseits die Borsten eingesetzt wären und andererseits die Zwinge mit dem Pinselstiel verrastet wäre, ist die erfindungsgemäße Zwinge 15 frei von diesen Funktionen. Erfindungsgemäß sind die Borsten 20 an oder in dem Borstenträger 11 gehalten und ist auch der Borstenträger 11 mit dem Pinselstiel 1 verrastet. Die dadurch frei gewordene Zwinge 15 erfüllt einerseits die optische Funktion, den Malerpinsel 19 zu einem herkömmlichen Malerpinsel ähnlich erscheinen zu lassen, was unter Umständen von konservativen Benutzern bevorzugt wird. Andererseits bildet die Zwinge 18 aber auch die Pinselkopf-Führungsfläche 16 aus.The
Die Borsten 20 können U-förmig gebogen sein. Dabei sind Borstenspitzen 33, von denen jede Borste 20 zwei aufweist, weitgehend bündig angeordnet. Wenn die Borsten nicht U-förmig gebogen sind, dann können sie jeweils nur eine Borstenspitze 33 aufweisen. Die Borstenspitzen 33 bilden den Teil des Malerpinsels 19, der bei einer normalen Benutzung des Malerpinsels 19 mit einer zu streichenden Oberfläche in Kontakt tritt.The
Die Borsten 20 können zu Borstenbündeln 24 zusammengefasst sein (vgl.
Angedeutet ist hier auch, dass die Borstenspitzen 33 nicht bündig sind, sondern dass mit den Spitzenenden 11 hier ein abgerundeter Borstenspiegel realisiert ist.It is also indicated here that the bristle
Von dem Borstenträger 11 liegt hier vor allem eine Borstenträgeroberfläche 22 frei. Die Borstenträgeroberfläche 22 ist gewölbt, hier in etwa tonnenförmig gewölbt. Schematisch skizziert ist eine Anordnung von Ausnehmungen 23 in Reihen in der Borstenträgeroberfläche.Above all, a
In
Die in
Die Borstenbündel 24 und damit auch die Borsten 20 verlaufen in sich nicht parallel. Stattdessen verlaufen die Borstenbündel 24 unter Winkeln zueinander. Die Pinsellängsachse 18 verläuft hier parallel zu dem Pinselstiel 1 und zu mindestens einem Borstenbündel 24. Dabei handelt es sich gewöhnlich um ein Borstenbündel 24, das in einem Mittelpunkt oder in einem im Bereich des Mittelpunkt angeordneten Zentralbereichs 25 des Borstenträgers 11 angeordnet ist. Es kann aber sein, dass die Pinsellängsachse 18 nur parallel zu dem Pinselstiel 1 verläuft und zu keinem Borstenbündel 24 parallel ist oder umgekehrt, dass die Pinsellängsachse 18 zwar zu einem Borstenbündel 24 parallel ist, aber der Pinselstiel 1 demgegenüber einen Winkel aufweist. Normalerweise verläuft die Pinsellängsachse 18 parallel zu Seitenwandungen der Zwinge 15 oder parallel zu einer Erstreckung des Borstenträgers 11 zwischen dem Pinselstiel 1 und den Borsten 20. Parallel verschobene Wiedergaben der Pinsellängsachse 18 sind hier mit 18', 18", 18"', 18"" gekennzeichnet.The bundles of
Ein erstes Borstenbündel 24, hier ein Borstenbündel, das in dem Zentralbereich 25 des Malerpinsels 19 angeordnet ist, weist einen ersten Winkel 26 von 0° zu der Pinsellängsachse 18 auf. Ein zweites Borstenbündel 24, das hier am weitesten von dem Zentralbereich 25 entfernt angeordnet ist, weist einen zweiten Winkel 27 zu der Pinsellängsachse 18" auf, der größer ist als der erste Winkel 26. Die zwischen dem ersten und dem zweiten Borstenbündel 24 angeordneten Borstenbündel 24 weisen ebenfalls Winkel zu der Pinsellängsachse 18 auf. Exemplarisch dargestellt ist ein dritter Winkel 28 zu der Pinsellängsachse 18', den ein drittes Borstenbündel 24 einnimmt, das zwischen dem ersten Borstenbündel 24 und dem zweiten Borstenbündel 24 angeordnet ist. Der dritte Winkel 28 ist größer als die erste Winkel 26, aber kleiner als der zweite Winkel 27. Die Winkel, unter denen die Borstenbündel 24 zu der Pinsellängsachse 18 angeordnet sind, steigen an, je weiter das betreffende Borstenbündel 24 von dem Zentralbereich 25 des Borstenträgers 11 entfernt angeordnet ist.A first bundle of
Dasselbe Verhalten ist auch in der Seitenansicht nach
Die Winkel 26-31 der Borstenbündel 24 nehmen also jeweils mit zunehmender Entfernung vom Zentralbereich 25 zu. Dabei überlagern sich die Winkel 26-31 auch, weil einzelne Borstenbündel 24 sowohl abgewinkelt sind wie in
Die Spitzenenden 34 aller Borstenbündel 24 und damit die Borstenspitzen 33 der in den
Um einen abgerundeten Borstenspiegel nach
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- EndeEnd
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- Verbindungsausstülpungconnecting protuberance
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- Rastrücksprungdetent return
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- AbsatzUnit volume
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- Außen-Führungsflächeouter guide surface
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- Verbindungsausnehmungconnection recess
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- Rastvorsprunglocking projection
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- Zwingeferrule
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- Innen-Führungsflächeinner guide surface
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- 1919
- Malerpinselpaintbrush
- 2020
- Borstenbristles
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- Pinselkopfbrush head
- 2222
- Borstenträgeroberflächebristle base surface
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- Ausnehmungrecess
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- Winkelangle
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- Winkelangle
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- Winkelangle
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- Winkelangle
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- Winkelangle
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- Winkelangle
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- Dekorationselementdecoration element
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- Borstenspitzebristle tip
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Claims (9)
- Paintbrush (19) comprising a paintbrush handle (1), a bristle carrier (11), a clamp (15) and a paintbrush longitudinal axes (18), whereinthe paintbrush handle (1) comprises a paintbrush handle latching element (4) at a first end (3)the bristle carrier (11) comprises a bristle carrier latching element (12) at a first front face (36) so that it is possible to latch to bristle carrier (11) with the paintbrush handle (1), wherein the paintbrush handle latching element (4) as well as the bristle carrier latching element (12) comprise a latching protrusion or a latching recess and for establishing a latching connection unit the latching protrusion and the latching recess can be brought into engagement with each other, a first force being required for the provision of the engagement and so for establishing the latching connection unit and a second force being required for the opposite separation and so for releasing the latching connection unit, the second force being higher than the first force,the clamp (15) at least partially surrounds or encloses the bristle carrier (11) in relation with its extension along the paintbrush longitudinal axes (18) and the clamp (15) and the bristle carrier (11) are embodied as one single piece,the paintbrush handle (1) and the bristle carrier (11) cannot be separated from each other without being damaged,characterised in thatthe bristle carrier (11) comprises a plurality of bristles (20) and a plurality of bristle bundles (24) formed by the bristles (20),the bristle carrier (11) comprises recesses (23) wherein each a bristle bundle (24) is held,the bristles (20) and the bristle bundles (24) are fixed to the bristle carrier (11) without an adhesive andthe bristle carrier (11) comprises a convex arched bristle carrier surface.
- Paintbrush (19) of claim 1, characterised in that the clamp (15) completely surrounds or encloses the bristle carrier (11) in its extension along the paintbrush longitudinal axes (18).
- Paintbrush (19) of one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bristles (20) and/or the bristle bundles (24) are bent to an U-shape.
- Paintbrush (19) of one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bristles (20) and/or the bristle bundles (24) comprise bristle tips (33), a tip end (34) formed by the bristle tips (33), an opposite bending end and a longitudinal section (35) arranged between the tip end (34) and the bending end, adjacent bristles and/or bristle bundles (24) contacting each other in a subsection of their longitudinal sections (35).
- Paintbrush (19) of claim 4, characterised in that the bending ends are each fixed in one of the recesses (23).
- Paintbrush (19) of claim 3 or 4, characterised by a plurality of anchoring wires wherein the bristle bundles (24) are fixed in the bristle carrier (11) by guiding a respective anchoring wire through the U-shaped bending of the bristle bundles (24) and anchoring the respective anchoring wire in the bristle carrier (11).
- Paintbrush (19) of one of the preceding claims, characterised in that a part of the recesses (23) comprises an angle (27, 28, 30, 31) relative to the paintbrush longitudinal axes (18) differing from 0°.
- Paintbrush (19) of one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bristle carrier (11) and the bristles (20) consist of plastic, in particular a recycled plastic.
- Paintbrush (19) of one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the paintbrush handle latching element (4) comprises a outward connection formation (5) and the bristle carrier latching element (12) comprises a connection recess (13).
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