IPC 6 English version
 
A46-A46B01708

SECTION A– HUMAN NECESSITIES


A 46BRUSHWARE


A 46 BBRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B 25 G)



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00Brush bodies and bristles moulded as a unit


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00Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier (machines or appliances therefor A 46 D)

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02.by pitch, resin, cement, or other adhesives

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04.by mouldable materials, e.g. metals, cellulose derivatives, plastics (A 46 B 1/00 takes precedence)

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06.by welding together bristles made of metal wires or plastic materials

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08.by clamping

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10..into rings or the like

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12...specially adapted for paint-brushes

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14...specially adapted for street-cleaning or rail-cleaning brooms

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16.by wires or other anchoring means, specially for U-shaped bristle tufts

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18.the bristles being fixed on or between belts or wires

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20.the bristles being fixed or joined in rubber bodies, e.g. in soft rubber

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22.rubber bristles being fixed in or on brush bodies


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00Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware

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02.specially shaped for holding by the hand

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04.shaped as gloves or finger-stalls

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06.in the form of tapes, chains, flexible shafts, springs, or the like


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00Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body

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02.in an expanding or articulating manner

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04.interchangeably

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06.movably during use

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08..as a rotating disc

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10..as a rotating cylinder


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00Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body

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02.Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups

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04..for toothbrushes

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06.Arrangement of mixed bristles or tufts of bristles, e.g. wire, fibre, rubber

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08.Supports or guides for bristles

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10..Adjustable supports

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12..Non-adjustable supports


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00Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water (driven brush bodies A 46 B 13/00; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by liquid carrying members in general, e.g. by pads, B 05 C 1/00, B 05 D 1/28)

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02.with substance discharged from reservoir by pressure

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04.with substance discharged from reservoir otherwise than by pressure

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06.connected to supply pipe

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08.with heating means


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00Brushes with driven brush bodies (power-driven toothbrushes A 61 C 17/16) [5]

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02.power-driven

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04..with reservoir or other means for supplying substances

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06...with brush driven by the supplied medium

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08.hand-driven


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00Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements


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00Accessories for brushes

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02.Devices for holding brushes in use

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04.Protective covers for the bristles

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06.Devices for cleaning brushes after use

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08.Other accessories, e.g. scrapers, rubber buffers for preventing damage to furniture