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US 11,007,041 B2Granted
Milling machine and blank for a dental component
AssigneeAmann Girrbach AG
InventorsPeter Schelling, Johannes Anders
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Abstract
The invention relates to a milling machine for producing a dental component, such as a crown or an abutment for example, from a blank. The milling machine includes a stop and a holder for the blank. The invention is characterized in that the holder is designed such that the holder can be surrounded by a mounting, which surrounds the holder, of the blank, and the surrounding mounting of the blank can be brought into contact with the stop for positioning purposes. The invention further relates to a corresponding blank.
Claims6
A combination for producing a dental component, the combination comprising:
- a blank having a surrounding mounting in which two opposing mounting openings are formed;
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- a milling machine for producing the dental component from the blank, the milling machine comprising:
- a stop;
- and
- a holder for receiving the surrounding mounting of the blank, the holder having two opposing openings, and said holder being designed such that the exterior thereof is surrounded by the surrounding mounting of the blank,
- wherein a connecting line between centers of the two opposing openings in the holder extends through a longitudinal axis of said holder,
- wherein the blank, via the surrounding mounting thereof, is detachably connected to the holder, and
- wherein, when the blank is connected to the holder, the surrounding mounting of the blank is brought into contact with the stop for positioning purposes, and the two opposing mounting openings are aligned with the two opposing openings of the holder such that a screw is able to extend into each of said two opposing mounting openings and said two opposing openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.