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    May 28, 1968 'S. A. RANDS 3,384,915 MULTIPLE-COMPLIANT-BRISTLE BRUSH MEANS HAVING BD OUTER BRISTLE, TI-PHASE MATERIAL “2 Sheets-Sheet 1 76 FIG. 5 FIG. 6 34 FIG. 8 WVENTOR. Steve A. RaNos May 28, 1968 S. A. RANDS 3,384,915 ‘MULTIPLE-COMPLIANT-BRISTLE BRUSH MEANS HAVING ENLARGED, ABRASTVELY GOATED OUTER BRISTLE TIP ENDS OF MULTI-PHASB MATERIAL Filed June 30, 1967 2 Shoets-Sheet 2 FIG. 13.” FIG. 14 MENTOR. STEVE A. RANDS United States Patent Office 3,384,915 Patented May 28, 1968 1 3,384,915 MULTIPLE-COMPLIANT-BRISTLE. BRUSH MEANS MAVING ENLARGED, ABRASIVELY COATED GUIER BRISTLE TIP "ENDS OF MULTL-PHASE MATERIAL Sieve A. Rands, S%, Brush Research Mfg, Cow 4383 E, ioral Drive, Los Angales, Calif, 90022 ‘Coptinwation-in-part of application Ser. No. 579,038, ‘Sept, 13, 1966, This spplication June 30, 1967, Ser. No, 650,382 ‘22 Claims. (C1. 18-179) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, ‘An abrasive brush means being made up of & plurality of outwardly directed, - non-metallic, "ex- {tremely compliant and flexible’ material such as “Nylon” plastic, or other substantial equivalents, hev- ing corresponding exteriorly completely uncoated, fe ble, compliant shaft portions completely made of said plsstig, or substantially equivalent material, and Raving Corresponding integral, laterally enlarged, free outer ends ‘of the same material’ extcriorly provided with and ad- hesively carrying on the exterior thereof a desired (Pe Of outer coating means (usually a plastic adhesive bord ing material and particles of extremely hard abrasive material) having desired physical characteristics and thus Causing said laterally enlarged free outer bristle ends £0 Ctlectively comprise two-phase material so as to present fresh, exteriorly. protruding and projecting particles of Abrasive material to the surface of workpiece therein. ‘This application comprises a continuation-in-part of my copending application entitled “Abrasively-Costed Flexi ble Brush” Ser, No, $79,088, fled Sept, 13, 1966, now abandoned, which spplicstion comprises a continuatio irpart of my co-pending application entitled “A Coated Brush,” Ser. No, 512,980, filed Dec. 10, 1965, now aban- doned. ‘Generally speaking, the present invention relates to en improved form of the invention disclosed in the first shoveridentifed parent application and disclosed and Claimed more paricutarly ia the second above-identifed parent application, and comprises « multiple-compliant- Bristle brush means having enlarged, abrasively coated, outer bristie tip ends of two-phase (or multi-phase) mate” tial, which may be generally referred to in shortened form fs an abrasively costed, flexible, abrading brush which ‘nay be employed as a flexible grinding brash, a flexible honing brusb, a flexible polishing brush, a flexible glaze~ removing brush, of a brush istended for any of a great Variety of gensvally similar purposes. For example, one specific and highly desirable em- bodiment of the abrasively couted brush of the present invention is intended for use for the purpose of removing interior glaze frequently found on the eylinder walls of fu internal combustion engine after it has been run for a Considerable period of time. Such glaze is usually found Soiten such an engine (usually an zafomobile, truck, or Dost engine) is in 2 garage for a ring replacement and/or Valve grinding job or other complete overhaul and ss the head removed for replacement of piston rings and to faciitate the engine overhaul, etc. Such glaze is pro- duced. primarily from combustion and lubrication by- products present within each eylinder and, in particular, fh the combustion chamber region thereof where such combustion and ubrization by-products are effectively eposited on adjacent wall pordions and are effectively baked into what amounts to an extremely difficult remove interior coating firmly adhering to adjacent inside 10 5 a6 40 50 8 60 os 2 soufaces of each cinder of the internal combustion Snaine aa result ofthe eat produced fom the repeated Sombustion which occurs in each combustion chamber ‘uring each complete eyete of operation of the internal fombustion engine. “The abovementioned glaze, or other gummy or tay deposits found in the combustion chamber and/or cylin der portions of intemal combston engines, has a nme ter of undesirable effects such as interfering with free Movement of the patty of the engine and undesirably {Mfcting the sealing chorsctristies thereof, and various ‘ther wdsiraie cfects. ‘One way to remove the glaze and other dettimental Ingernal combustion engine deposits from witbin the eylin fers of ay infeinal combustion engine iy to rebore the fngine, whichis usally done through the tse of a very Expensive specal-purpote machine tool. However, this is fly costly joo for_a aamber of reasons. Fist, the specatpurpore rehoring tool Ts quite cosy in itself ond, the redoing job rogues @ skilled meshanis and an nocmally only be done at certain locations where proper equipment available, Boh ofthese factors ease Te coo of sacha teboring job to be rather substantial, fo degree sch as to greatly reduce the numberof instances tere an owner ofan tafomobile or tuck with an engine In'need of repair wil have such a zeboring job done. Tretentally, should be noted that undesirable deposits bn the entine valves or valve seats can be removed by a valve pritding operation, which is substantally simpler Ind cheaper to-do than’ the engine rebotiag operation feferred {0 above “Tho novel abrasively costed grinding bsush ofthe esx ent invention Tends iself ileal Yo Temoving. seh {nterioe glaze and/or other undesirable and/or detimen- {al deposits from within the cylinders of an ieleral Sombustion engine when the head of the block of the i- ternal combustion engine is removed and tor doing so With a minimum expense favolved in equipment and fabor $2 fin he compte oeaion wl Be Nery much ently than an engine reboring job of the pe refered to above. e one Tt willbe found that inserting a substntaly esindicat brush menns of the present invention having « plerality of substantially radialiy outwardly ciected exible resi ent benable bristle means provided st theit outer free only wit, and adhesively carsying, enlarged abrasive bute with the brush being of ase such that the Entarged sbrsive globules crn resins engagement with the alose coated inner surface of 8 eylinder of an internal Combustion engine, and then poser otating of otherwise ‘moving the brush means (osally by way of Tonge {inally centsty ally postioned brisle-mounting brush tase means coupled {oa power tool of power-driven Element), will yey quickly remove the glaze from within fhe eylinder and. produce either avery slightly cross- hntched or a highly polished inoer cinder wall sutface {cpenciog upoa the hature of te abrasive particles ca ‘Hod by the outer free brise ends of the brush meas and {so upon tho rte of rotation ofthe brush means, Th einer words, vitolly any desited type of fished surface ranging fiom a slightly Toughened finish 10 an Sxircmcly Hoh poluh Anish eon bs produced very quickly fn erch eyinder through the use of the appurats of the present invention ‘Of cours, ail of the glaze is completely removed, and it wil be found that the operation has not enlarged the diameter of each cylinder to an extent such that a larger tisfon size dy requzed, as is ustelly the case when an Engine reboting ob of the ype referred to bereinbefore {fone on an engine in need ef ropa. All thot is neces- fry ater the slaze-emoving and dspositremoving oper 8,884,915 3 ation of the novel exible grinding brush means of the present invention for refinishing the interior surfaces of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine, is to use slighlly oversized piston rings on the pistons. ‘This will provide a victually perfect seal between the freshly re- finished cylinder wall portions and the oversized piston rings, and the engine will function ia a manner substan- tially equivalent to the functioning of a brand-new engine, with high compression being maintained in the combus- ion chamber of each cylinder and with very lite or itually no fuel and/or lubricant by-passina of the ene gaged surfaces of the freshly reflished cylinder walls and the oversized piston rings occurring. ‘Of course, it should be noted that the novel abrasively ‘ated grinding and/or honing brush means of the present invention may also be employed for removing any de- pposits from the pistons, valves, valve seats, and/or any other desired engine surfaces if such Is believed necessary or desirable, While the above-mentioned engine repairing fanction of the novel abrasively coated flexible grinding and/or hhoning brush of the present invention is one particularly advantageous form thereof, it should be noted. that the invention is not specifically imited to such an embodiment for such a particular use, but may be employed for a variety of purposes where grinding, honing, polishing, ot the like, is to be effected and whore the resilient nature of each’ mounting bristle of the brush means can be adh ‘vantaseously employed for fecilitting the grinding, hon ing, and/or polishing operation, In other words, the novel device of the present inven- tion may be said to comprise the functional equivalent of an abrasive grinding or honing wheel, ot the like, but which is of a flexible or resilient nature so that when the enlarged abrasive globules carried by the fee outer ends of the flexible bristles of the brush means come into contact with an effective obstruction (usually comprising projecting portion of a workpiece which is to be abraded), the flexible resilient bristle shafts merely flex oor give 10 whatever extent is required to allow the abra- sive globules to pass the obstruction without fracturing fn the undesirable manner of rigid prior art grinding Wheels, and the like Indeed, in one preferred form of the invention, each Of the bristle means is made of an extremely flexible, com- pliant, elastically bendable material which is usually ples- tic material, such as “Nylon” or other fonctional equiv alent, having a modulus of elasticity of a sufficiently low value as to cause an intermediate uncoated shatt portion of seid bristle means from an inner end thereof earried. by a bristle-mounting brush tase means to the ealaryed abrasive globule at the outer end thereof to hive a bend- ing flexibility and compliance at least twice as great a5 that which would be provided if the coating means ex- fended along substantially the complete length of said bristle shaft portion, It will be understood that this pro- vides great compliance to the uncoated shaft portion nd. yet provides a maximized abrasive efficiency at the free outer end thereof in a manner which has not Been achioved prior to the development of the present invention and Which is incapable of achievement with prior art stifer brush constructions or prior art resilient brush construc- tions not having the maximized abrasive characteristics of the enlarged two-phase (or multi-phase) material abra- sive globule at the outer end of each bristle shaft, which ‘has an inside mounting portion comprising an integral, ‘enlarged end of the bristle shaft itselt adhesively carrying the exterior coating means comprising both the adhesive bonding material (which is usually epoxy resin) and the finely divided, particulate, abrasive material. ‘Thus, the present invention maximizes abrasive ficiency at the outer end of each bristle in a heretofore uamatched man= et while maximizing flexibility and compliance ia the uncoated brisile shaft portion in a heretofore unmatched ‘manner, when considered in conjunction with the maxi 10 6 55 0 os 4 rized abrasive efficiency of the novel type of enlarged abrasive globules carried at the outer ends of suid ex- tremely compliant, uncoated bristle shaft portions, ‘Additionally, in'a preferred form of the invention, the exterior surface of each of the integral, laterally enlarged, free, outer bristle ends, which ie usually made of "aylon” plastic material, or other functionally equivalent material, is effectively softened and rendered porous to a predeter™ mined, inwardly directed extent by soaking same in a softening phenol solution, or by other equivalent treat- ment, whereby to comprise an outer-positioned, effec tively softened, porous, adbesion-increasing junction in- terface layer having effective pores (which shall also ‘means surface roughened portions) which are position- ally penetrated by the inner surface of the outer layer of ‘adhesion bonding material (which is usually an epoxy resin or other equivalent plastic resin adhesive material) in a manner which very greatly increases the effective ad- hesive junction strength therebetween or the strenath of ‘the adhesion of the inner surface of the adhesive bonding ‘material and the softened, porous, adhesion-increasing junction interfacing outer layer of the integral, enlarged bristle end, In one preferred exemplary form of the invention, the ‘outer coating means carried by each of the integral, later- ally enlarged, free outer bristle ends is of effectively laminated construction comprising two or more coating layers or laminae, with each individual such coating layer ‘or lamina comprising a thin sheet of adhesive bonding ‘material provided with and effectively carrying a plurality of particles of ebrasive material (usually. intermixed therewith, although in certain cases partially intermixed therewith’ and primarily attached to the outer surface thereof), although in certain forms of the inventioa cer- tain of the coating layers or laminae may merely com prise adhesive bonding material positioned between coal- ing layers or laminae wiich include both adhesive bond- ing material and abrasive particles, In other words, the arrangement is such that two or ‘more layers (usually a plurality of layers) which include adhesive bonding material and abrasive particles arranged in various desired manners, effectively produce com posite, laminated, complete’ outer coating means, which is the essence of this particular preferred embodiment of the invention. ‘The innermost coating layer or lamina is adhesively bonded to the effectively soflened and porous outer sur. {face of the innermost, integral, laterally enlarged, free end of the corsesponding bristle in those forms where the outer surface has been softened and rendered porous in the manner referred to in the preceding paragraph and, other forms of the invention, said innermost coating layer or lamina is adhesively bonded to the unsoftened outer surface of the integral leterally enlarged, free end Of the corresponding bristle, although this does not pro- duce as good an adhesion as the preferred arrangement referred to immediately above. Each succeeding ute wardly adjacent costing layer or Tamia has the inner ‘most surface of its adhesive bonding material adhesively joined to the exterior of the next inwardly adjacent coat ing layer or lamina, and in those forms where the abra- sive particles thereof protrude outwardly, effectively ade hsively interfocks with and engages with the protrud- ing portions of the abrasive particles carvied by the next inwardly adjacent coating layer or lamina, ‘The preferred atrangement referred to above produces 4 relatively large, composite, abrasive particle having an absolute maximum of abrasive efficiency for several rea- sons, including the fact that @ large amount of particulate Abrasive material is carried thereby, plus the fact that the abrasive particles are carried in successive, inwardly ad. jacent layers and thus, as the exterior of the abrasive slobule wears away during grinding usage, there will always be a large number of fresh abrasive particles pre- sented to the sucluce of the workpiece which is to be 8,884,915, 5 abraded. Also, the novel, multi-layer laminated construc- tion of the outer coating means referred to above, and the extremely strong junction thereof to the integral, laterally enlarged, free end of the corresponding bristle, particularly in those forms thereof having the effectively foftened, porous, adhesion-iacreasing junction, interface layer of the exterior thereof, produces such a strongly adherent constrection that there is virtually no likelihood Whatsoever, despite the roughness of exterior con- tact of an abrading surface therewith, of any portion of the outer coating means being inadvertently disengased from the remainder of the abrasive globule or the inte- gral, laterally enlarged, free end of the corresponding ie by breaking away or chipping away therefrom, ‘which would have the effect of rapidly reducing the grind- ing efficiency of the corresponding abrasive globule. "The above-mentioned feature of the invention is vastly superior 10, and unmatched by, prior act abrasive tipped pastle constructions and is an extremely important tea- ture of the present invention, ooidentally, it should be noted thet, fa one preferred form of the invention, after the application of each ad- Tresive costing layer or lamina, it may be cured before the application of the next coating layer or lamina, which produces the most effective type of composite laminated IultHlayer abracive globule, although the invention is hot specifieally 20 limited and, in certain forms thereof, the final ctring may be done after the multiple layers or Taminge have been formed on the integral enlarged bristle end whereby to produce a cured, complete, abrasive lobule none curing operation. “Incidentally, fe should be noted in connection with the above that the use throushout this application of the expression “two-phase” material in referring to the ab- tasive globule js intended primarily to refer to the inner, integral, laterally enlarged bristle end and to the complete, exterior coating means adhesively carried thereby, iere- Spective of whether the coating means is of a single layer ‘or a multiple layer laminated type of construction. Tn ‘ther words, the integra, laterally enlarged bristte end Considered to be ene material of the so-called “two-phase” inaterial of each abrasive globule, while the exterior coat- ng means adhesively carried thereby is considered to be fa second material even though it may be of the multiple Iyer, laminated type referred to above and includes both adhesive bonding means and abrasive particles and thus right iself be referred t0 as a two-phase or multiphase Imatetial, The expression “two-phase” is to be interpreted broadly in the light of the foregoing explanation. ibed extreme Mexibilty-in-respo} opposition feature and the novel abrasivesmaximizing fitter enlarged abrasive globule brislle shaft end fea- fare of the novel abracively costed ‘exible grinding and/or horing brush of the present invention, in com: ign produces the major advantages of the present ‘ince they effectively bring about the mount absolutely maximized plerality of abrading Slements in an extteme, compliant manner and with the Clements being of an attritionable nature suc that they customarily present very effective outer sbrad- ing. surfaces, consisting of a plurality of projecting, abrasive particle portions which extend substantially 0 wardly from the adhesive bonding material earrying sar evatse of the fact tha: said adhesive bondiog material is substantially scfier than the material of a workpiece ‘adapted to be abraded and thus wears away to an ex: fent such as (0 allow the much harder, particulate, Abrasive material fo project outwardly thetefrom in an abrasive efcioncy maxizisiag manner. "The above-mentioned features produce the major a ‘ages of the present javention, as referred to her fore and hereinafter, aad as lenplicit ia virtually all goplications and uses thereof. These features also make for a very long operating life in the novel, abrasively coated, exible grinding and/or honing brush of the 10 Fo 20 20 38 eo 6 present invention as referred to above, and adapted for Such grinding, honing, and/or polishing operations. “Additionaly, it should be noted that the degree of resiiency and the degree of compliance of each of the bristes of the brush means, or of various different por- tions thereof, ean be initially selected and, in certsin ceases, varied’ at different portions of the brush means, for, indeed, at different locations along the length of each bris la means if desired so a5 to be optimum for the pattcular purposes and uses for which the abrasively coated, flexible grinding and/or honing brush is intended ‘As pointed out above, a major feature of the present invention is the fact that cach ‘bristle means carties a vety large amount of abrasive material in the enlarged abrasive globule adhesively mounted on the integral, ex- Iaraed, fee, outer end thereof so as to maximize abra- sive efficiency and yet allow the remainder of each bristle shaft means tobe substantially free of abrasive ma- terial, and of the adhesive bonding material, wherby to allow each brisife shaft portion to have substantial un- altered free flexibility and compiiance characteristics hav- ing the advantages mentioned hereinbefore. "An extremely important featare of the invention is the fact that the enlarged, abrasive globule carried at the outer end of each of the flexible, compliant bristle means provides a maximum quantity of abrasive ma- fetial at the precite location where it is needed for re- Silently deflectable abrading contact with the workpiece ‘hich is to be abraded, honed, or polished, Furthermore, each of the abrasive globules is of the stiritionable nature referred to hereinbefore so as to prosent a fresh abrading surface to the workpiece at all mes—said fresh abrading surface comprising, project- bide, carborundum, or the like, eazried by the more al- Uitionable and abradsd-away adhesive bonding mate such 88 epoxy resin or the like. This provides a flex srioding, honing, or polishing brush having a very Tar uantity of the particulate abrasive material at an opt mum, laterally outwardly maximized location and hat ing all of the advantageous features referred to above which have been impossible to achieve in abrasive brush constructions having stiffer bristle shafts or in flexible brash constructions having less efficient mounting of abrasive means, either not in the form of enlarged, two- Phase (or multi-phase) abrasive globules oa integral, enlarged brisle shaft ends in the manner of the preseat invention or not having the stiritionable feature of the Wwention, in either case limiting the useful thereof to a much shorter period of the working timo than the maximum efficiency, abrasive lobules of the present invention. Additionally, the form ef the present invention having the previously mer tioned adhesion-increasing junction interface layer on the exterior of the Integral, enlarged ou'er bristle shaft ends provides icreased eficioncy of the adhesive mea and, consequenily, the prevention of excessively rapid Wweariag away or chipping away of the abrasive coati ‘because of insufficient adhesion to the mounting end of the bristle shaft as has oceurred in certain prior art constructions. ‘Thus, the improved deviee of the present iavention will function as-a very effective flexible grinding brush Tor a substantial period of time by reason of the fact that a Jarge amount of the parciculate abrasive material is carried at the radially oulwardly maximized locations referred to above and in a manner where freely re- eased quantities of the flaely divided particulate ma- terial are contiaually presented to the adjacent surface cof a workpiece which is being abraded—this latter func- tion actually occurring during abrading operation of the apparatus "With the above points ia mind, itis an object of the prerent invention to provide an improved abrasively oaied flexible grinding and/or honing bresh having 3,384,915 7 bristle means provided with, and carrying at the free ‘outer ends only, a plurality of enlarged abrasive globules, It is a further ovject of the preseat invention to pro- Vide a devise of the characier referred to in the pre- ceding object, wherein the laterally enlarged abrasive globules are firmly adhesively carried by, and are ef fectively bonded and joined to, the corresponding free outer ends only, of a corzesponding plurality of bristles ‘comprising 2 brush. Its a further object of the present favention 10 pro- vide a device of the character set forth in the precediag object, wherein the brush means is of a subsiant eylindtical type having a plurality of substantial aily outwardly directed Hexible resilient bendable bristle means provided with and carried by a substantially longi- tucivally cenirally axially posifoned driste-mountiag brush base means. Ir is a further object of the present invention to pro- Vide a device of the character relerted to hereinbefore wherein the effective surface roughness of a workpiece which will be produced by abrading contact therewith iexible grinding and/or honing brush of the present invention, is controlled by any or all of the faciors referred to hereinafter. The first controlling factor is the number of bristles of the brush means per unit of ‘outwardly directed circumferential brush area, which may be referred to as the brsile end or abrasive globule density factor. The second factor is the relative abrasive globule size. The thicd factor is the (ype of particulate abrasive material, and the particle size thereof, embodied in the abrasive siotules. “And the fourth factor com- prises the speed and force with which the abrasive lobules are applied to the surface of a workpiece during ‘an abrading operation—in particular, when the brush Imeans is power-roiated around a longitudinal axis thereof, since greater rolative speed produces greater outwardly Gitected ceatcifugal force acting on each of the abrasive lobules, while lesser rotative speed produces reduced ‘outwardly directed centrifugal force acting on each of the abrasive globules. Any or all of these factors can be selected or adjusted as desited to produce precisely the desired type of surface finish on the surface of the work- piece to be abraded, honed, and/or polished by the novel abrasively coated grinding’ and/or honing brush of the present invention, tis « further object of the present invention to provide fa devive of the character set forth herein, wherein the abrasive globules comprise finely divided particulate mate rial harder than the material of a workpiece which is to be abraded and also comprise adhesive bonding mate- rial softer than the material of the workpiece which is to be abraded, thus causing the adresive bonding matetial {to be worn away by the surface of the workpiece during ‘an abrading operation so that each abrasive globule will continually present fresh finely divided particulate abra- sive material to the adjacent contact surface material of the workpiece ducing an abrading operation. tis a further object ofthe present invention to provide a devies of the character referred to herein wherein each Jterally enlarged abrasive globule is earvied only at the free ouier end of the corresponding bristle means of the brush means so as to leave the major remaining postion of each bristle means substantially uncoated and un- altered with respect to the free flexibility and free com: pliance characteristics thereof. 1 is a further object of the present invention to provide a device of the characist referred to herein ‘wherein the bristle means are made of a resilient, elasti= cally bendable, flexible material such as “Nylon” plastic ‘material, various other functionally equivalent plastic mcterials, pig bristles, or any other substantially” func tionally equivalent material Tt is a further object of the present invention to pro- vide a device of the eharacter referred to herein wherein lhe abrasive material comprises a finely divided partic. 10 15 25 3 40 50 35, cy 8 blate abrasive of a very great hardness, such as tungsten carbide, carberundum, silicon carbide, or the ike, of other functionally equivalent abrasive’ materials having f hardness substantially greater than the material of @ workpiece surface which is adapted to be abraded, ground, honed, and/or polished thereby. It is'a further object of the present invention to pro- vide a device of the character referred to herein whercin the adhesive bonding means or material comprises a plastic material, which in one form of the invention is (Of a catalylically-initiated-curing of a heateuting type ssuch as an epoxy resin adhesive material or other sub- stantial equivalent, capable of providing avery strong adhesive contact junction or boad of each of the laterally enlarged abrasive globules with respect to the free osler fend of the corresponding bristle of the brush means whereby to posiively and very firmly fasten same gether, Furthermore, the bonding material, being softer than the susface of the workpiece to be abraded, will wear away during use so as {0 present (0 the surface of the worpkiece fresh pacticles Of the abrasive material during an abrading operation. I is a further object of the present invention to pro- Vide a device of the character referred to herein wherein the abrasive globules are of a muliplelayer, Ieminated type of construction including tio or more coating layers for laminae of adhesive bonding material and finely divided particles of an extremely hard, abrasive material, cither applied in sequence and individually cured between successive coating layer applications or applied in sequence and finally cured together, and either mounted directly on an integral, enlarged bristle end or on sf effectively softened, porous, (and/or roughened) adhe- sionsinereasing, junction, interface Jayer carried on the outer surface of such an enlarged, integral bristle end, which is usually made of “Nylon” plastic material of other substantial equivalent, while the adhesive bonding ‘means is usually made of an epoxy resin adhesive mate Fial or other substantially equivalent material Further objects are implicit in the detailed description Which follows hereinafter (which is 10 bo consideced as exemplary of, but not specifically limiting, the present invention), and said objects will be apparent t0 persons skilled in ‘the art after @ careful study of the detailed ‘description which follows hereinafter. For the purpose of clarifying the nature of the present invention, several exemplary embodiments of the inven- tion, and’ several exemplary methods for manufacturing same, are illusteated in the hereinbolow-deseribed figures of the accompanying single drawing sheet and are de- scribed in detail hereinafter. FIG. 1 is partially broken away, side elevational view of one exemplary embodiment ‘of the invention wherein the device takes the form of a generally eylin- ical brush or brush means made up of a plurality of bristle means, or bristle tuft means, having free outsr bristle ends provided with, and adhesively carrying, a piurality of enlarged abrasive globules which, as further clarified in FIGS. 4-7, take the form of a radially out- wardiy maximized plurality of such enlarged abrasive lobules compliantly carsied by the corresponding un- Conied major portions of each brislle means or bristle tuft means of the brush means whereby to. provide a

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