The invention relates to the field of wire wheel brushes.
Wire wheel brushes are widely used in industry.
Forming one aspect of the invention is an improved wire wheel brush of the type having a plurality of bristles extending radially from a hub to a periphery, the bristles defining a brush head. The improvement comprises: a ring of polymeric material through which the bristles extend from the hub, the ring having an outer perimeter smaller in circumference than the periphery of the wire wheel brush such that the bristles protrude therefrom.
According to another aspect, the outer perimeter of the ring can be about 1″ smaller in diameter than the periphery of the brush.
According to another aspect, the ring and the brush head each can have a thickness measured in the direction of the rotation axis of the brush, the thickness of the ring being about 0.25″ greater than the thickness of the brush head.
According to another aspect, each bristle
According to another aspect, the polymeric material can have a durometer of about 57.5 a
Advantages, features and characteristics of the invention will become apparent upon review of the following detailed description with reference to the appended drawings, the latter being briefly described hereinbelow.
A wire wheel brush 20 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown in
The brush 20 will be understood to be of the general type having a hub 22 and a plurality of bristles 24.
The hub 22 defines a rotation axis X-X.
Each bristle 24:
The plurality of bristles extend radially from the hub to a periphery and define a brush head, the periphery having a diameter D1 of about 3″ and the brush head having a thickness T1, measured in the direction of the rotation axis, of about 0.4″. The disclosed brush differs from the prior art brush in that it includes a ring 26 of polymeric material through which the bristles 24 extend from the hub 22:
The inventive brush of
An inventive brush of the type shown in
Whereas a single brush is illustrated and described, it is speculated, without intending to be bound by theory, that the excellent abrasion and bristle retention characteristics of the brush are a result of the combination of:
thereby suggesting the potential for many variations that preserve the above structural features, including but not limited to:
Accordingly, the invention should be understood to be limited only by the accompanying claims, purposively construed.
Number | Date | Country | |
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63124532 | Dec 2020 | US |