Dental restoration funnel device
OwnerMike Abougoushinventor
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Abstract
A dental restoration funnel device for holding a dental restoration during preparation of the dental restoration includes a dental suction machine that has a high volume suction hose. A funnel is removably attachable to the high volume suction hose. The funnel has a foraminous floor and a dental restoration can placed upon the foraminous floor. Furthermore, the funnel is in fluid communication with the high volume suction hose. The foraminous floor can pass air through the foraminous floor and into the high volume suction hose for suctionally removing debris from the dental restoration during preparation of the dental restoration.
Claims17
A dental restoration funnel device for holding a dental restoration while the dental restoration is being prepared for installation, said device comprising:
- a dental suction machine having a high volume suction hose;
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- a funnel being removably attachable to said high volume suction hose, said funnel having a foraminous floor wherein said foraminous floor is configured to have the dental restoration placed upon said foraminous floor, said funnel being in fluid communication with said high volume suction hose wherein said foraminous floor is configured to pass air through said foraminous floor and into said high volume suction hose for suctionally removing debris from the dental restoration during preparation of the dental restoration.
A dental restoration funnel device for holding a dental restoration while the dental restoration is being prepared for installation, said device comprising:
- a dental suction machine having a high volume suction hose, said high volume suction hose having a sleeve being coupled to said high volume suction hose, said sleeve having a distal end, said distal end being open;
- a funnel being removably attachable to said high volume suction hose, said funnel having a foraminous floor wherein said foraminous floor is configured to have the dental restoration placed upon said foraminous floor, said funnel being in fluid communication with said high volume suction hose wherein said foraminous floor is configured to pass air through said foraminous floor and into said high volume suction hose for suctionally removing debris from the dental restoration during preparation of the dental restoration, said funnel having a cylinder portion, said cylinder portion having a bottom wall and an outer wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said foraminous floor having a perimeter edge, said outer wall of said cylinder having an inside surface, said perimeter edge being coupled to said inside surface of said outer wall of said cylinder portion, said foraminous floor being spaced from said bottom wall of said cylinder portion, said foraminous floor lying on a plane being oriented parallel to said bottom wall of said cylinder portion, said funnel having a spout portion being coupled to and extending downwardly from said bottom wall of said cylinder portion, said spout portion having a distal end of said spout portion with respect to said bottom wall, said spout portion tapering between said bottom wall and said distal end of said spout portion, said distal end of said spout portion being insertable into said distal end of said sleeve on said high volume suction hose, said sleeve having an interior surface, said spout portion having an outside surface, said outside surface of said spout portion frictionally engaging said interior surface of said sleeve when said distal end of said spout portion is inserted into said distal end of said sleeve for retaining said spout portion in said sleeve, said outer wall of said cylinder portion having a medial section angling outwardly between a lower section and an upper section, said outer wall having a top edge defining an opening into said cylinder portion of said funnel, said lower section intersecting said bottom wall, said medial section being positioned closer to said bottom wall than said top edge of said outer wall, said foraminous floor being aligned with said medial section, said lower section having a diameter being less than a diameter of said upper section, said foraminous floor having a top surface;
- a first divider having a bottom edge extending between and being perpendicular to each of a first edge and a second edge, said bottom edge being coupled to said top surface of said foraminous floor, said first divider extending upwardly from said foraminous floor, said first divider being centrally located on said foraminous floor, said first divider bisecting said foraminous floor, each of said first edge and said second edge being coupled to said inside surface of said outer wall of said cylinder portion of said funnel, said first divider having a height being less than a height of said upper section of said outer wall of said cylinder portion of said funnel;
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- a second divider having a lower edge extending between and being perpendicular to each of a primary edge and a secondary edge, said lower edge being coupled to said top surface of said foraminous floor, said second divider extending upwardly from said foraminous floor, said second divider being centrally located on said foraminous floor, said second divider bisecting said foraminous floor, said second divider being oriented perpendicular to said first divider, said first divider and said second divider defining quadrants of said foraminous floor wherein each of said quadrants is configured to contain a respective one of a plurality of the dental restorations, said second divider having a height being equal to said height of said first divider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.