A brush belt includes a base member having a drive surface configured to engage a drive member and a mounting surface opposite the drive surface, the mounting surface having a longitudinal axis, a first edge, and second edge, the first edge and the second edge being positioned on opposite sides of the mounting surface and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of bristles, each bristle having a first end that is proximal to the mounting surface and a second end distal thereto, the second ends of the bristles collectively defining an undulating surface profile relative to the mounting surface when viewed parallel to the mounting surface and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis from either the first edge or the second edge.

A brush-like device that adapts to tangles in hair and allows for easy removal of hair post-groom using uniquely shaped, anisotropic papillae not unlike those found on a feline tongue.

A brush-like device that adapts to tangles in hair and allows for easy removal of hair post-groom using uniquely shaped, anisotropic papillae not unlike those found on a feline tongue.

A doormat has a base member. A slot is formed in the base member, the slot running along a length and width of the base member. An opening is formed through a top surface of the base member into the slot. An insert is provided. The insert is approximately a size of the base member and configured to be slideable within the slot formed in the base members

A doormat has a base member. A slot is formed in the base member, the slot running along a length and width of the base member. An opening is formed through a top surface of the base member into the slot. An insert is provided. The insert is approximately a size of the base member and configured to be slideable within the slot formed in the base members

An infinity brush has a flaccid belt configured to define a lemniscate. A plurality of work-contacting segments protrude from and are carried by the flaccid belt. A mechanical drive rotates the flaccid belt. Various embodiments of the flaccid belt include a single lemniscate, a plurality of lemniscates, and various simulated lemniscates. In one embodiment, the infinity brush bristle includes non-cylindrical brush bristles with a longitudinal shaft having at least one diameter transition, while other bristles comprise beads of various oval, circular, and cylindrical geometries.

An apparatus for bending brush fibers has a rotating shaft with an outer surface along which a flexible backing strip of a brush partially wraps around to dispose fibers extending from the backing strip outwards as such brush travels along the outer surface of the shaft, and an energy delivery head, positioned along the backing strip when curving around the shaft, bends the fibers as the backing strip travels along the outer surface of the shaft. Energy delivered by the head deforms the fibers, when being bent by the head, to retain at least a portion of the fibers bent at an angle to provide an angled brush. The angled brush has fibers each deformed along a region, at a location between the backing strip and the end or tip of the fiber, to bend at the angle from the region to the end or tip of the fiber.

An apparatus for bending brush fibers has a rotating shaft with an outer surface along which a flexible backing strip of a brush partially wraps around to dispose fibers extending from the backing strip outwards as such brush travels along the outer surface of the shaft, and an energy delivery head, positioned along the backing strip when curving around the shaft, bends the fibers as the backing strip travels along the outer surface of the shaft. Energy delivered by the head deforms the fibers, when being bent by the head, to retain at least a portion of the fibers bent at an angle to provide an angled brush. The angled brush has fibers each deformed along a region, at a location between the backing strip and the end or tip of the fiber, to bend at the angle from the region to the end or tip of the fiber.

A cleaning brush includes a rigid bottom base wall portion, side wall portions extending from opposite sides of the bottom base wall portion, a first rigid top wall portion extending from an upper end of one side wall portion, and a second rigid top wall portion extending from an upper end of the other side wall portion. A slot is provided between facing ends of the top wall portions which extends between first and second ends of the cleaning brush. A first set of first bristles extends from the bottom base wall portion, and second and third sets of bristles extend from the top wall portions. Free ends of the bristles may touch each other, be spaced from each other, or may extend past each other.

A cleaning brush includes a rigid bottom base wall portion, side wall portions extending from opposite sides of the bottom base wall portion, a first rigid top wall portion extending from an upper end of one side wall portion, and a second rigid top wall portion extending from an upper end of the other side wall portion. A slot is provided between facing ends of the top wall portions which extends between first and second ends of the cleaning brush. A first set of first bristles extends from the bottom base wall portion, and second and third sets of bristles extend from the top wall portions. Free ends of the bristles may touch each other, be spaced from each other, or may extend past each other.