Tools for the manufacture of brush ware

Claim 1

A BRUSH-MAKING TOOL, COMPRISING A FORMING MEMBER HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF INDIVIDUAL UPWARDLY OPEN MOLD CAVITIES FOR RECEIVING PLASTIC CASTING MATERIAL, SAID CAVITIES BEING OF PREDETERMINED SHAPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESPECTIVE TUFT HEADS TO BE PRODUCED, A BRISTLE CONTAINER FOR ACCOMMODATING A SUPPLY OF VERTICALLY ORIENTED BRISTLES, APPORTIONING MEANS LOCATED ON TOP OF SAID MEMBER AND HAVING DOWNWARDLY TAPERING PERFORATIONS REGISTERING WITH SAID RESPECTIVE CAVITIES, THE WALLS OF ADJACENT PERFORATIONS BEING JOINED TO FORM RESPECTIVE APEXES FOR DISTRIBUTING THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF SAID BRISTLE CONTAINER AMONG SAID RESPECTIVE CAVITIES, SAID MOLD CAVITIES AND SAID APPORTIONING MEANS TOGETHER DEFINING TUFT HEAD FORMING MEANS WITH AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT DIAMETERS FOR CONFORMING SAID PREDETERMINED SHAPE OF A RESPECTIVE TUFT HEAD TO AN INTERLOCKING CONFIGURATION FOR SUBSEQUENT LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH A MATING BRUSH HOLDER SOCKET, AND HORIZONTALLY DISPLACEABLE PLATE MEANS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID CONTAINER AND SAID APPORTIONING MEANS AND FORMING THE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER, WHEREBY SAID PLATE MEANS WHEN DISPLACED TO OPENING POSITION, PERMITS THE BRISTLES TO DROP THROUGH SAID PERFORATIONS INTO SAID INDIVIDUAL MOLD CAVITIES CONTAINING SAID PLASTIC CASTING MATERIAL.