Composite Capsule and Method for Dispensing a Dental Compound
AssigneeTranscodent GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJoachim Fritze
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Abstract
A composite capsule for receiving and dispensing a dental compound. The composite capsule has a receiving space, which is surrounded by a capsule wall and which extends between a discharge opening and a receiving opening, wherein the discharge opening is arranged at a front end of the receiving space, and the receiving opening is arranged at a rear end of the receiving space. The composite capsule comprises a support face, which protrudes outward in relation to the capsule wall and which is oriented in the direction of the front end. The support face is interrupted by a thread recess. By way of the thread recess, the composite capsule can be connected to a storage container, in order to introduce a desired amount of dental compound into the composite capsule.
Claims20
A composite capsule for receiving and dispensing a dental compound, with a receiving space, which is surrounded by a capsule wall and which extends between a discharge opening and a receiving opening, wherein the discharge opening is arranged at a front end of the receiving space, and the receiving opening is arranged at a rear end of the receiving space, and with a support face, which protrudes outward in relation to the capsule wall and which is oriented in the direction of the front end, characterized in that the support face is interrupted by a thread recess.
A method for dispensing a dental compound, with the following steps:
- a. attaching a composite capsule to a storage container, wherein the composite capsule is connected to the storage container by a threaded connection;
- b. dispensing dental compound from the storage container, such that the dental compound passes into a receiving space of the composite capsule;
- c. closing the receiving space with a plunger;
- d. inserting the composite capsule into a capsule receiver of a dispensing pistol;
- e. actuating the dispensing pistol in order to exert pressure on the plunger, such that dental compound emerges from the composite capsule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.