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US 12,721,706 B2Granted
Orthodontic wax dispenser
AssigneeIP 2 Market, LLC
InventorsCheryl Plauche, William Plauche, Brian J. Hickey, Staci Wright, Lauren R. Skidmore, James M. Behmke
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Abstract
An orthodontic wax dispenser is described herein. For example, certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a pocket-sized orthodontic wax dispenser that has an internal storage compartment for orthodontic wax, a press mechanism (e.g., a threaded piston) to compress the stored wax through an extrusion aperture, and optionally a lid or cover, which may double as a wax cutting mechanism.
Claims14
An orthodontic wax dispenser, comprising:
- a bottom body, wherein the bottom body is hollow and comprises internal threads;
- a top body, wherein the top body is hollow and comprises an inner cavity configured to store orthodontic wax, wherein the bottom body is configured to receive the top body, and wherein the top body comprises external threads configured to engage with the internal threads of the bottom body, to enable the top body to be fastened and rotated in relation to the bottom body;
- a press mechanism disposed inside of the bottom body and at least partially disposed inside of the inner cavity of the top body, wherein the press mechanism comprises a flange at an end of the press mechanism;
- a base fastener disposed inside of the bottom body at an end of the bottom body, wherein the base fastener is configured to hold the flange of the press mechanism within the bottom body;
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- an extrusion aperture disposed at a proximal end of the top body,
- wherein rotation of the top body relative to the bottom body causes axial translation of the top body relative to the press mechanism along a longitudinal axis of the bottom body, wherein translation of the top body toward the end of the bottom body causes compression of orthodontic wax stored in the inner cavity against the press mechanism such that a portion of the orthodontic wax is forced through the extrusion aperture, and wherein the base fastener is threaded and configured to engage with internal threads at the end of the bottom body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.