Brush element

Abstract

A brush element for a circular brush rotatable around an axis of rotation, the brush being attachable to a frame of a sweeping machine, and including a head segment that includes a substantially flat disc assembly including a coupling system for coupling brush elements therewith. Bristles make up a bristle segment for the brush element. The bristles are coupled for an integral unit with a body segment connecting the same. The bristles are coupled with the body segment in a configuration tapering in a substantially conical manner towards one end of the body segment in its lengthwise direction as viewed from above.

1 . A brush element which is intended for use, along with a number of others like it, in a circular brush rotatable around an axis of rotation, attachable to a frame of a sweeping machine, said circular brush including a head segment comprising a substantially flat disc assembly comprising a coupling system for coupling brush elements therewith, the brush element comprising:
 a bristle segment comprising bristles; and   a body segment to which the bristles are coupled, the body segment having configuration tapering a substantially conically towards one end of the body segment in a lengthwise direction as viewed from above.   
   
   
       2 . The brush element according to  claim 1 , wherein the body segment comprises coupling elements configured to fasten the brush element to the coupling system of the head segment of a circular brush, wherein the coupling comprise shoulder members protruding from opposite sides of the body segment. 
   
   
       3 . The brush element according to  claim 1 , wherein the bristles of a bristle segment are set relative to the body segment at an angle which deviates substantially from a perpendicular direction. 
   
   
       4 . The brush element according to  claim 1 , wherein the body segment comprises a plastic-based material, in which the bristles are anchored by one end thereof. 
   
   
       5 . The brush element according to  claim 2 , wherein the body segment comprises a thin metal plate in which the bristles are anchored by bending the body to what in cross-section is substantially a U-shape, wherein the bristles are set relative to the body segment at an angle, which deviates substantially from a perpendicular direction, by bending the metal-plated body segment to a U-shape tapering in a substantially conical manner towards one of its ends in its lengthwise direction(s) as viewed from above. 
   
   
       6 . The brush element according to  claim 5 , wherein the coupling elements comprise a shoulder bend present at a top edge of the body segment. 
   
   
       7 . The brush element according to  claim 1 , wherein the bristles comprise a plastic-based material. 
   
   
       8 . The brush element according to  claim 1 , wherein the bristles comprise metal. 
   
   
       9 . The brush element according to  claim 8 , wherein the bristles have a flat cross-section. 
   
   
       10 . The brush element according to  claim 7 , wherein the bristles are longitudinally, corrugated and/or spirally twisted.