CN112930129B

CN112930129B - Brush packer and method for packing

Info

Publication number: CN112930129B
Application number: CN201980071129.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 巴尔特·杰勒德·布舍里; 亨克·范登布斯切
Original assignee: GB Boucherie NV
Current assignee: GB Boucherie NV
Priority date: 2018-10-30
Filing date: 2019-10-29
Publication date: 2022-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-29
Also published as: WO2020089247A1; EP3873298B1; BR112021006073A2; TW202025943A; ES2934864T3; TWI803708B; EP3873298A1; CN112930129A; BE1026347B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a brush stuffer comprising: a tamping tool (12) having a tip (34) and an intermediate section (36) supporting the tip (34). The tamping tool (12) reciprocates along a non-linear path. During the backward movement of the tamping tool (12), the anchor, which is already in its transfer position, remains stationary, while the intermediate section (36) moves towards the anchor and receives it in the delivery channel (42).

Description

Brush packer and method for packing

Technical Field

The invention relates to a brush stuffer comprising: a tamping tool having a tip, an intermediate section adjacent to the tip and connected thereto, and a guide for a tongue, wherein the tamping tool is guidingly reciprocated along a curved non-linear path between a tuft receiving position and a tamping position, the tongue pushes an anchor with a tuft into a bristle carrier, the tongue is longitudinally slidably received in the guide, and the guide is provided in the tip and the intermediate section, and the tongue is reversibly movable in a tamping direction relative to the tip, and the brush tamper comprises: an anchor conveyor that feeds the anchor laterally to the direction of movement of the point and the intermediate section toward the tamping tool.

Background

The anchor is a fastening means for the tufts in the bristle carrier and may be, for example, a metal sheet, a wire block or a wire loop.

Such a brush packer is known from WO 2016/102223 A1. Wherein there is a stuffing tool pivotable about a horizontal axis and a beam extractor pivotable about an axis. The tuft extractor separates the tufts from the bristle magazine and transfers the tufts to the tamping tool immediately behind the tip. In this tip there is a guide for the tongue, so that the tongue guides the received bristle tufts together with the anchor along the guide to the bristle carrier constituting at least part of the finished brush and pushes them into the opening in the bristle carrier.

The tamping tool is pivoted in the direction of the bristle carrier after receiving the separated tufts, wherein the tongue engages in this pivoting movement and protrudes deeper into the tip during the pivoting movement or after reaching the tamping position, in order finally to push the tufts together with the anchor into the bristle carrier.

In the prior art, the tamping tool is moved over a circular arc segment together with the guide in the tip and the tongue.

Furthermore, there are linearly movable tamping tools with a linear tongue which performs a reciprocating movement in the transverse direction.

Finally, the following tamping tools are known: as in the case of the arc-shaped guide, the tamping tool likewise does not move transversely in a straight line, but rather along a curved track, for example formed by a rod of some type

Guiding, for example, resembles a parallelogram.

The brush stuffer operates at periods in excess of 1000 cycles per minute and is intended to increase to at least 1200 to 1500 cycles per minute. This large cycle rate may lead to increased noise development and wear.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the invention is therefore: the brush stuffer is improved to allow the brush stuffer to operate smoothly at higher cycle times.

This is achieved in a brush stuffer of the type described above in that the intermediate section has an upper side from which the conveying channel for the anchor extends up to the deeper-lying guide of the tongue. The anchor conveyor can move the anchors into a transfer position above the upper side of the intermediate section, wherein the feeding of the anchors and the movement of the filling tool are adapted to each other such that the anchors to be machined are moved into the transfer position. The trajectory along which the tamping tool moves is curved, so that the intermediate section runs along below the fixed anchor already in the pivoted position and positions the delivery channel below the fixed anchor, so that the fixed anchor arrives in the delivery channel when the tamping tool moves into the tuft receiving position.

The packer according to the invention has a completely new concept providing the basis for anchor feeding and anchor transfer by a packer tool, which offers great advantages. Until now, the anchor has been guided laterally into the tamping tool only when the tamping tool is in the tuft receiving position, i.e. at the rear dead center of the tamping tool. In this position, however, not only the tufts, but also the anchors, must be fed actively, which leads to a large amount of dead time during the cycle, or to extremely high speeds in the wire feeding and cutting process. Another possibility in the prior art is: the anchor is already moved over the middle section when the tamping tool is moved back, and is then guided downward in the tuft receiving position with only a short feed movement in order to be guided into the guide. In both variants, however, the anchor itself is actively moved in the tuft-receiving position. The invention takes place in a completely different manner, since the invention positions the anchor above the surface of the intermediate section into its transfer position before, during or after the stuffing of the previous tuft, i.e. during the forward movement of the anchor to be machined previously, during the stuffing by means of the anchor to be machined previously or during the return movement after stuffing by means of the anchor to be machined previously. The curved, non-linear path along which the tamping tool moves in the return stroke ensures that the anchor can remain stationary, and that the tamping tool, so to speak, performs a feed movement for the anchor and thus the tamping tool travels to the anchor, with the delivery channel resting "on" the anchor. That is, the intermediate section moves to the anchor so that the anchor is ultimately located in the delivery channel. Since the tamping tool is originally reciprocating, there is no additional movement to bring the anchor into the delivery channel. On the one hand, a significantly higher cycle time is thus possible and on the other hand, it has been found in testing machines which operate significantly more smoothly and vibrate less than previous packers which have been more efficient according to the prior art.

The trajectory along which the tamping tool moves is preferably continuously curved, i.e. without any protrusions (Absatz). For example, particularly advantageous circular track sections are also or alternatively, for example, by means of rods

A parallelogram guide or a slotted guide. These examples should not be construed as limiting.

Furthermore, at least one machining unit for machining the anchor can be present when the tamping tool is moved. The processing unit is permanently held in a spatially fixed position. According to the invention, the processing unit is therefore also very close to the tamping tool, in order to achieve a short feed path. Furthermore, the machining unit does not have to be fed in its entirety in each cycle, which in turn reduces the moving mass. Of course, the concept "spatially fixed position" does not mean that all components of the machining unit remain spatially fixed, but that the entire spatial machining unit itself is spatially fixed. However, the parts of the machining unit have to be moved, since these parts should machine the anchor.

The at least one processing unit may for example comprise or may be a bending device. The bending device is used for bending a loop from an anchor configured as a wire and has a movable bending part which can be inserted into a slot of the intermediate section, which slot can realize or better release a movement path of the bending part and which slot extends from the upper side downwards at least as far as a guide of the tongue. The bending of the wire takes place in a deformation structure provided for this purpose, which has a recess into which a bending part for bending the wire and constituting the collar can be pivoted. The formation of the collar is already fully achieved before the collar is received in the guide.

After the bending member bends the wire, it can be held in the recess and then in the slot of the intermediate section in order to hold the collar in this position until it is received in the conveying channel, or it can also be pivoted back directly again. In the latter case, the holding function of the bending member is eliminated. Whether this retaining function is necessary depends entirely on the characteristics of the wire used (e.g. the spring force), the shape of the collar itself or the design of the recess in which the collar is bent and retained. The slot in the intermediate section can, for example, extend in the direction of movement of the tamping tool, whereby the collar is already correctly positioned at the same time for further movement by the tongue and the tamping tool. The slot allows the bending member to open in an open position and move back into the open position.

The slot for the bending member and the delivery channel for the anchor preferably form a cross-shape, seen from the upper side.

Another possibility for using the processing unit is to provide a cutting device. The cutting device may be provided in addition to or instead of the above-described bending device and also spatially fixed. The cutting device is used for: the wire pieces are separated to form the anchor, wherein the wire is fed to the tamping tool laterally to the direction of movement of the point and the intermediate section by the anchor conveyor. That is to say, when the tamping tool is moved back into the tuft receiving position, the wire is located without being cut with the free end above the middle section and close to the surface, in order then to arrive in the conveying channel by: the conveying channel advances toward and receives the wire.

For example, a fixed or movable counter holder (Gegenhalter) for the cutting device is provided, which closes the feed channel upward. The counter holder is used to position the wire in the vertical direction when cutting takes place and then to hold the wire. A movable knife is provided adjacent to the feed channel and reversibly movable to separate the piece of wire from the wire. When the knife cuts the piece of wire, the counter-holder prevents the wire from moving upwards out of the conveying channel.

The transport channel is preferably open only on one side, that is to say on the left or right, viewed in the transport direction. The wire which has not yet been cut extends via this open side to a wire store.

The invention also relates to a method for filling brushes by means of a brush filler, characterized by the following steps:

providing a tamping tool having a tip and an intermediate section supporting the tip, wherein guides for tongues are provided in the tip and the intermediate section, which tongues push the anchor together with the tufts of bristles into the bristle carrier,

wherein the middle section has an upper side with a delivery channel for the anchoring element, which delivery channel extends from the upper side as far as into the guide of the tongue,

providing an anchor delivery device which can move the anchor laterally to the direction of movement of the tip into a transfer position, which is located above said upper side of the intermediate section,

delivering an anchor into the transition position before, during or after the tamping tool is in the tamping position, and

the point and the intermediate section are moved along a curved, non-linear path into a tuft-receiving position and in the process the intermediate section is moved onto the next anchor to be machined in a transfer position, so that the intermediate section moves along below the fixed anchor and the fixed anchor reaches into the delivery channel.

As with the brush stuffer according to the invention, in the method according to the invention, the rail must of course also be configured such that it effects a conveying movement of the middle section in the vertical direction up to the fixed anchor. The next anchor is delivered during the movement of the tamping tool or during tamping with the previous anchor.

The advantages and features explained in connection with the brush stuffer according to the invention are also applicable to the method, and vice versa the features of the method according to the invention described below are applicable to the brush stuffer according to the invention.

The tamping tool pivots as described above along a continuous curved track, in particular along a circular arc segment, or along a track created by a parallelogram guide or slotted guide.

According to the method of the invention, the anchor conveyor is optionally a wire conveyor which guides the wire that has not yet been cut transversely (i.e. perpendicularly or obliquely) to the direction of movement of the tamping tool and pushes the free wire end over the upper side of the intermediate section. The free wire end then becomes the anchor behind and is accommodated in the moved-together intermediate section, more particularly in the conveying channel of the intermediate section.

After the wire is fed, it is bent, if necessary, into a loop and cut off outside the intermediate section before or during the reception of the wire in the feed channel of the intermediate section. The cutting of the wire is performed immediately before or at the beginning of the bending process.

If the wire is not bent, it can reach into the conveying channel and be cut in the conveying channel or in the guide channel. In this case, the transport channel is closed upwards by means of the counter-holder and the wire is subsequently cut off. The counter-holder is in particular a stationary projection (fortsutz) on the processing unit, which projection is located above the wire and can therefore at least partially close the conveying channel upwards by the approach of the intermediate section when it receives the wire.

Furthermore, according to a further embodiment of the invention: the wire is bent over the intermediate section until the tamping tool is moved into the tuft receiving position, and the resulting loop holding position is fixed by the bending member during the movement of the intermediate section into the tuft receiving position. Thus, the bending member assumes a dual function.

Drawings

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a first variant of a brush-packing device according to the invention;

FIG. 2 shows an enlarged detail of the brush stuffer according to FIG. 1 in a subsequent manufacturing step;

FIG. 3 shows a detailed view of the brush stuffer according to FIG. 2 in a subsequent method step;

fig. 4 shows a detail from fig. 2 in a later method step;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic perspective view of a second variant of the brush stuffer according to the invention, here having a bending device in a first method step;

fig. 6 shows the brush stuffer according to fig. 5 in a second method step;

FIG. 7 shows the brush stuffer according to FIG. 5 in a third method step;

fig. 8 shows the brush stuffer according to fig. 5 in a fourth method step;

fig. 9 shows the brush stuffer according to fig. 5 in a fifth method step;

FIG. 10 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a tamping tool of the brush tamp according to FIG. 5;

fig. 11 shows a longitudinal section through a variant of the intermediate section in the region of the conveying channel.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a brush stuffer which pushes bristles into a bristle carrier 10 having an opening and secures the bristles therein by means of an anchor (e.g., an anchor plate, wire, or wire loop). Round wires are generally used here for the collar, and flat wires are generally used in the case of anchor plates.

The bristle carrier 10 can be a complete brush body or just a part of a brush body, such as a plate or the like. But this does not alter the brush stuffer and its construction.

The brush stuffer comprises a stuffing tool 12, a bristle magazine 14, a tuft extractor 16 pivotable about an axis X, and a tongue 18 for stuffing. A so-called anchor conveyor 20 conveys the anchors laterally in the direction of arrow a and perpendicularly in top view to the tamping tool 12.

In the embodiment shown, the anchor is a wire 22 which is unwound from a roller and is conveyed via an electric drive 24, in particular a servo drive.

The tamping tool 12 is mounted on a shaft 26 and can be pivoted back and forth about an axis, here a horizontal axis D, that is from the tamping position shown in fig. 1 (foremost dead center) into an opposite, so-called tuft-receiving position, which is referred to in fig. 4 and which constitutes a rear dead center.

The tamping tool 12 is moved with this reciprocating movement along a curved, non-linear path, here along a circular path section. Alternatively, other curved tracks, for example via a parallelogram guide or a slotted guide, can also be used here, that is to say not only the shaft 26 and the connecting arm 28 resting on this shaft 26 are provided, but also the tamping tool 12 is supported via a spaced-apart second shaft and the connecting arm.

The curved path is designed such that it takes care of the vertical upward movement of the tamping tool 12 from the tamping position to the tuft receiving position, as explained below.

The tongue 18 is hinged at its rear end on a connecting arm 30, which is likewise pivotable about the axis D.

As shown in WO 2016/102223 A1, the cam roller 32 allows the actuation of the connecting

arms

28, 30, for example via a common camshaft.

The movement of the tongue 18 is different from the movement of the rest of the tamping tool, to be precise, the tongue 18 is moved between the tamping position and the tuft receiving position before the movement of the rest of the tamping tool 12.

The tamping tool 12 includes not only the tongue 18 but also the point 34, which point 34 can contact the bristle holder 10 or can move closer to a surface relatively close to the bristle holder 10 when the tufts and anchors are pushed in by the tongue 18 which is then moved further in the direction of the bristle holder 10.

The tip 34 is fastened at its rear end to a so-called intermediate section 36 and can also merge integrally into this intermediate section 36.

The tip 34 and the intermediate section 36 have a guide 38 in their interior for the tongue 18.

Proceeding from the upper side 40 (see fig. 2), a conveying channel 42 runs through to the deeper guide 38 but ends there, so that a bottom is present.

In the embodiment shown, there is also a processing unit 46 for the delivered anchor, here for severing it from the wire 22, which wire 22 is positioned partially in a lateral slot 48 of the intermediate section 36. The processing unit 46 is stationary and does not reciprocate with the rest of the stuffer.

The processing unit 46 has a through-hole for the wire 22, which extends in the conveying direction a.

In the tamping position according to fig. 1, the tongue 18 has just reached its forwardmost position and has tamped the transported tuft together with the anchor into the corresponding opening of the bristle carrier 10. In this position or immediately after this position, i.e. before, during or after the tamping tool 12 in the previous cycle has been moved back for the previously machined anchor, the wire 22 is pushed via the driver 24 into the through-hole of the machining unit 46 above the upper side. Fig. 2 shows the wire end, i.e. the tip 50 of the wire 22, which is already located above the upper side 40.

As the tamping tool 12 is moved back, the tongue 18 catches up in front of the point 34 during the movement back.

The point 50 of the wire 22, which then becomes the anchor, remains stationary, but the point 34 together with the intermediate section 36 moves back and simultaneously upwards, as is indicated by the arrow in fig. 11. The position of the tip 50 of the wire 22 is coordinated with the curved trajectory such that without any vertical feed movement of the wire 22, the tip 50 reaches into the conveying channel 42, as shown in fig. 3. That is, the intermediate section 36 moves towards the following anchor and grips the tip 50 of the wire 22 and receives it into the delivery channel 42, as it were.

Thus, the wire 22 is transverse to the guide 38 over the height of the guide 38. The tip of the tongue 18 is directly behind with reference to fig. 1 to 4.

The extractor 16, which is pivoted back and forth first to travel along the bristle magazine via the lateral receiving slot and to remove a bundle of bristles, advances forward according to fig. 3 into a lateral insertion opening 54 (see fig. 1) between the tip 34 and the middle section 36. The tufts are then located in front of the anchor and in front of the front end of the tongue 18.

In the latter position shown in fig. 4, the beam extractor 16 is about to move back. The tongue 18 has advanced slightly forward so as to then move the wire that has been cut and thus the anchor created, in the direction of the bristle tuft and carry it along. A new wire 22 ready for the next cycle can then be immediately conveyed sideways. The connecting arm 28 then moves the tip 34 forward to the bristle holder 10.

The processing unit 46 may remain stationary even during this forward movement of the tip 34.

A cutting device as shown in fig. 10 can be integrated in the processing unit 46. Fig. 10 shows a section through the middle section 36 in the region of the guide 38 and the feed channel 42. The wire 22 extends laterally from the guide 38, which is open on one side, to a wire store, here a roller 60, from which the wire 22 is unwound.

A counter-holder 62 is provided on the processing unit 46, which counter-holder 62 is only shown in fig. 10, and which counter-holder 62 can close the feed channel 42 upwards when the tip 50 of the wire 22 reaches the guide 38 via the feed channel 42. The counter holder 62 is, for example, a protruding boss on the illustrated end wall of the machining unit, which boss is immediately above the laterally protruding tip 50 of the wire 22, with reference to fig. 2.

The counter-holder 62 should prevent movement of the anchor upwards and out of the guide 18, which movement occurs during severing as described below. Thereby, the counter holder may optionally even be pressed from above against the tip 50 of the wire 22. A knife 64 which is movable up and down alongside the counter-holder 62 is supported in the processing unit 46. The knife guide 66 is only symbolically shown.

The cutting of the wire block to form the anchor is preferably carried out in the tuft receiving position.

According to the embodiment of fig. 5 to 9, although an anchor composed of the wire 22 is used, the wire 22 is bent into the loop 100.

Since the already introduced equivalent, identical or functionally identical features and components, sections and the like have been provided with the already introduced reference numerals and are therefore designated, the features of the brush stuffer already explained with reference to the previous figures can now be omitted. Therefore, only the main differences need to be discussed.

For better illustration, the connecting arms 30 and tongues 18 are not shown in fig. 5 to 9, but are still present. Similarly, the magazine 14 and the extractor 16 are not shown. However, a magazine 14 and a beam extractor 16 are also present, the magazine 14 and the beam extractor 16 being designed as described in the preceding embodiments.

The essential difference to the first embodiment is that the processing unit 46 is designed here as a bending device for producing the loop 100 from the wire 22.

Here too, the processing unit remains stationary during the movement of the tamping tool 12.

Here, the middle section 36 is recessed on an upper side 40 relative to the tip 34; see, the deep recess 37.

The bending device comprises a pivotable bending member 70, here in the form of a driven lever.

For the bending member 70, the intermediate section 36 has a slot 80, which slot 80 allows the bending member 70 to move in the intermediate section 36 and in the region of the guide 38, as described below. The slot 80 thus extends up to the deeper located guide 38, preferably even deeper than the guide 38.

The slot 80 thus extends from the delivery channel further forward in the direction of the tip 34.

In the following, a method for filling a brush by means of the brush stuffer shown will be described with respect to the embodiment according to fig. 5 to 9.

In fig. 5, the tamping tool 12 is in the tamping position, in which the tongue 18 is also in a forwardmost position.

In the previous cycle, the wire 22 can already be conveyed laterally into the holder 82 during the forward movement of the tip 34, during the stuffing of the previous tuft or during the backward movement of the stuffing tool.

The holder 82 has a guide structure 84 for the wire 22 that is L-shaped in cross-section. The guide structure 84 is interrupted by a recess 86 which is laterally (i.e. viewed from above) aligned with the guide 38. The curved member 70 may pivot into the recess 86.

The wire 22 is fed laterally along the guide structure 84, wherein here (see fig. 6) the wire 22 also bridges the recess 86. The curved member 70 is still pivoted forward.

According to fig. 7, the bending member 70 is then pivoted back via the drive and bends the wire 22, more precisely the wire end, into a "U" shape by: the flexure is pivoted into the recess 86. The tip 50 of the wire 22 can be seen in fig. 7. At the same time as the bending process begins or at the point of bending, the wire 22 is cut off by a device as shown in fig. 10, wherein the processing unit according to fig. 10 is omitted in fig. 5 to 9 for the sake of simplicity. This results in an anchor in the form of a loop 100, the loop 100 being visible in fig. 9. The collar 100 remains in this position, while the tamping tool 12 is pivoted back according to fig. 8. The collar 100 is preferably held by the bending part 70 here, but may also be held in this recess 86 by its own elasticity, its own shape or by an adapted design of the recess 86. In this last case, the bending member can be pivoted back to its starting position immediately after bending.

Due to the fact that there is an upward component of motion during the return movement, the intermediate section 36 travels to the machining unit 46 in the following manner: the anchor reaches the guide 38 via the delivery channel 42.

As can be seen from fig. 8, the curved member 70 has been extended into the slot 80 (better described, the slot 80 has been guided onto the curved member 70).

The curved member 70 is then pivoted forward so that it is located above the upper side 40 of the intermediate section 36.

The bristle tufts are added last and the tongue 18 can travel forward as does the tip 34. The wire 22 can then be guided already when the collar 100 is removed, also during the forward movement of the tip. This provides a lot of time for the bending and cutting process, reducing cycle time and allowing to reduce the speed of the tongue and tip as well as the feeding speed of the wire and the speed of the parts moving in the processing unit. All this ensures a smoother running and less wear, even with an increased cycle rate.

In the embodiment according to fig. 5 to 9, the counter holder 62 may optionally also be omitted, since the collar 100 is held by the bending member 70.

However, the counter holder may also be configured as in the previous embodiment, for example, when the bending member 70 has an upward boss on its side opposite the resulting collar 100, this boss may serve as a stop against upward movement of the wire when the knife 64 cuts.

Also according to the embodiment of fig. 5 to 9, the trajectory realized by the tamping tool 12 can of course not only be a circular trajectory or a circular trajectory section, but also any other shape of trajectory with a continuous curvature which moves the intermediate section 36 vertically up to the anchor.

As an alternative to the implementation with the wire anchors shown, it is also possible to feed the anchoring plates laterally. However, this does not change the overall concept of the brush-packing device.

In fig. 5 to 9, the indentation 37 is well recognizable, since the middle section 36 has, starting from the rear, firstly the higher section 102 and then the indentation 37 towards the tip 34.

It is also emphasized that for any embodiment, no separate drive device is required to press the anchor vertically into the guide 38.

The position of the anchoring elements is adapted to the radius and position of the axis of rotation D and the course of the upper side 40, so that the intermediate section 36 and the transport channel 42 can "grab" the anchoring elements in a backward movement, see fig. 11.

Claims

1. A brush stuffer comprising: a tamping tool (12) having a tip (34), an intermediate section (36) adjacent to the tip (34) and connected thereto, and a guide (38) for a tongue (18), wherein the tamping tool (12) is guidingly reciprocatingly movable between a tuft receiving position and a tamping position along a curved, non-linear trajectory, the guide being provided in the tip (34) and the intermediate section (36), the tongue pushing an anchor with a tuft into a bristle carrier (10), wherein the tongue (18) is longitudinally slidably received in the guide (38), and the tongue (18) is reversibly movable in the direction relative to the tip (34), and the tamping brush stuffer comprises: an anchor conveyor (20) which conveys anchors laterally to the direction of movement (B) of the point (34) and the intermediate section (36) to the tamping tool (12), wherein the intermediate section (36) has an upper side (40) from which a conveying channel (42) for the anchors extends up to a deeper-lying guide (38) of the tongue (18), wherein the anchor conveyor (20) can move the anchors into a transfer position which is located above the upper side (40) of the intermediate section (36), wherein the conveying of the anchors and the movement of the tamping tool (12) are adapted to one another in such a way that the anchor to be machined is moved into its transfer position and the track is bent in such a way that the intermediate section (36) runs along below the positionally fixed anchor in the transfer position and positions the conveying channel (42) below the positionally fixed anchor, so that the positionally fixed anchor reaches into the sheaf receiving position (42) when the tamping tool (12) is moved into the sheaf receiving position.

2. The brush stuffer of claim 1, wherein said track is continuously curved.

3. The brush stuffer of claim 2, wherein said track is a circular track segment or a track created by a parallelogram guide or a chute guide.

4. Brush stuffer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one processing unit (46) for processing said anchors is permanently kept in a spatially fixed position during movement of said stuffing tool.

5. The brush stuffer according to claim 4, wherein said at least one processing unit (46) has a bending device for producing a loop from an anchor configured as a wire (22), the bending device having a movable bending member (70) that is extendable into a slot (80) in said intermediate section (36), the slot (80) enabling a movement trajectory for said bending member (70) and extending from said upper side (40) at least up to a guide (38) of said tongue (18).

6. Brush packer according to claim 5, characterised in that the slot (80) extends in the direction of movement (B) of the tip (34).

7. The brush stuffer according to claim 4, wherein said processing unit (46) has a cutting device for cutting off a wire block to constitute said anchor, wherein said wire (22) is conveyed to said stuffing tool (12) by said anchor conveyor (20) laterally with respect to a movement direction (B) of said tip (34) and said intermediate section (36).

8. The brush stuffer according to claim 7, wherein a relative retainer (62) is provided closing said conveying channel upwards when receiving said anchor in said conveying channel (42) for positioning said wire (22) in a vertical direction, and a movable knife (64) is provided adjacent to said conveying channel (42) and reversibly movable for separating a wire block from said wire (22).

9. The brush stuffer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said upper side (40) has a recess (37) from which said conveying channel (42) emanates or into which said conveying channel (42) turns, wherein said anchor reaches said recess (37) and subsequently into said conveying channel (42) upon movement of said stuffer tool (12) in the direction of the tuft receiving position.

10. The brush stuffer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said conveying channel (42) is open only at one side via which the conveyed, not yet cut wire (22) extends to a wire reserve.

11. Method for loading bristle carriers by means of a brush stuffer, characterized by the steps of:

providing a filling tool (12) having a tip (34) and an intermediate section (36) supporting the tip (34), wherein guides (38) for tongues (18) which push anchors together with tufts of bristles into the bristle carrier (10) are provided in the tip (34) and the intermediate section (36), wherein the intermediate section (36) has an upper side (40) comprising a conveying channel (42) which extends from the upper side (40) as far as into the guides (38) of the tongues (18),

providing an anchor conveyor (20) which is capable of moving an anchor laterally to the direction of movement (B) of the point (34) into a transfer position above the upper side (40) of the intermediate section (36),

delivering an anchor into the transfer position before, during or after the tamping tool (12) is in the tamping position, and

the point (34) and the intermediate section (36) are moved along a curved, non-linear path into a tuft-receiving position, and the intermediate section (36) is moved in this case onto the next anchor to be machined in the transfer position, so that the intermediate section (36) moves along below the fixed anchor and the fixed anchor reaches into the delivery channel (42).

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the tamping tool (12) is pivoted along a continuously curved track or along a track created by a parallelogram guide or a slotted guide.

13. Method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the anchor conveyor (20) is a wire conveyor which guides the wire (22) which has not been cut off transversely to the direction of movement (B) of the tip (34) and pushes the free wire end over the upper side (40) of the intermediate section (36).

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that after the conveying of the wire (22), the wire (22) is bent into a loop (100) over the intermediate section (36) and/or cut over the intermediate section (36) before the wire (22) is received in the guide (38).

15. Method according to claim 14, characterized in that after the wire (22) has been arranged in the conveying channel (42), the conveying channel (42) is closed upwards by means of a counter-holder (62).