Wire core brush with a plurality of loops composed of a single filament

Abstract

A wire core brush with a core composed of at least two wires or wire legs twisted together, between which a large number of application elements composed of filament are held in a clamped fashion, each being embodied in the form of a loop whose ends are both affixed to the wire core, in which a large number of application elements that are each composed of a loop are composed of a single filament, which is clamped in one piece between the wires that are twisted together.

1 . A wire core brush with a core, comprising:
 at least two wires or wire legs twisted together, and a plurality of application elements composed of filament positioned between the at least two wires or wire legs and held in a clamped fashion, each application element being embodied in the form of a loop whose ends are both affixed to the wire core, wherein a plurality of application elements that are each composed of a loop are composed of a single filament, which is clamped in one piece between the wires that are twisted together.   
     
     
         2 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein all of the application elements that form a loop are composed of a single filament, which is clamped in one piece between the wires or wire legs that are twisted together. 
     
     
         3 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein the core comprises at least n wires or wire legs twisted together, between which a plurality of application elements composed of filament are held in a clamped fashion, which are each embodied in the form of a loop whose ends are both affixed to the wire core, wherein all of the application elements embodied in the form of a loop are composed of a total of n−1 or n filaments, each of which is clamped in one piece between the wires that are twisted together so that each filament forms a plurality of application elements that are each embodied in the form of a respective loop. 
     
     
         4 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein the core comprises at least two wires or wire legs and at least one filament in the form of a spiral that is wound at least 50 times, that is slid onto one of the wires so that this wire passes through the inner space of the spiral and then the wires are twisted together. 
     
     
         5 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein the loops each have an essentially circular shape. 
     
     
         6 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein the loops are arranged continuously one after another like scales so that in a direction of a twisting axis, immediately adjacent loops are oriented preferably in the same direction or in essentially the same direction and the surfaces that are bounded by the immediately adjacent loops—viewed in the direction of the twisting axis—overlap each other by at least 50%. 
     
     
         7 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein the loops form a helix, between whose windings, a loop-free intermediate space remains, which is likewise embodied in the form of a helix. 
     
     
         8 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein the loops each lie in a plane that extends in an opposite direction from a slope of the wire core. 
     
     
         9 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein the wires that are twisted together also provide a clamped hold of cut filaments that form bristles with a radially protruding free end. 
     
     
         10 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein at least part of the at first completely closed loops of the finished, twisted wire core brush are subsequently sliced open. 
     
     
         11 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein at least part of the at first completely closed loops of the finished, twisted wire core brush are subsequently ground. 
     
     
         12 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein at least part of the at first completely closed loops of the finished, twisted wire core brush are subsequently trimmed. 
     
     
         13 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein at least part of the at first completely closed loops of the finished, twisted wire core brush are subsequently subjected to a heat deformation in order to change their shape and/or orientation relative to the wire core. 
     
     
         14 . The wire core brush according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the filaments which, in one piece, forms a plurality of loops is composed of a shape memory polymer. 
     
     
         15 . A cosmetic system composed of an applicator with the wire core brush according to  claim 1 , a cosmetic container, and a stripper, wherein the stripper is soft, flexible, and is composed of nitrile butadiene (NBR) or a comparable material. 
     
     
         16 . A method for producing the wire core brush according to  claim 1 , comprising producing at least one filament with a spiral shape and threading this spiral onto one of at least two wires so that this wire passes in a longitudinal direction all the way through an inner space enclosed by the spiral, after which the wires are twisted together.