US 4,509,268 AGranted

Dental curet sharpening guide

OwnerBarbara J. Marquam, Dana J. Lillieinventors

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Abstract

A sharpening guide for dental curets. A base member is provided having thereon a positioning point, sighting sections and stone guide lines. A dental curet is aligned with the guide and a sharpening stone applied thereto to correctly sharpen the blade of the instrument.

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Dependent claims

A sharpening guide for curved dental curet blades having a top flat surface and at least one angled side surface that joins with the top surface in a top cutting edge, said guide comprising

(a) a base member arranged to be configured for fitting over a right angle edge of a table top,
(b) said base member having opposite side surfaces with one side surface being arranged to face and engage the right angle edge of a table top and the other side surface having first and second substantially planar surface portions arranged to be disposed at a right angle to each other;
(c) said first surface portion being arranged substantially horizontally upon fitting said base member over the edge of a table and said second surface portion being arranged substantially vertically;
(d) positioning means on said second surface portion of the base member for denoting a location for positioning the blade of a curet;
(e) sighting means on said first surface portion of the base member for aligning a selected part of the curet other than the blade such that the blade repeatedly assumes the same position and orientation for engagement by a manually held reciprocatable grinding stone on one side surface of the blade to sharpen its cutting edge, said sighting means comprising a plurality of sections at angularly divergent locations configured for alignment of variously shaped curets, said sighting means extending onto said second surface portion and forming a vertex of angularly divergent lines providing an upwardly opening V-shape, said sections being bent in their divergent angles at the corner of said first surface portion and said second surface portion to compensate for parallax introduced by viewing the sharpening guide from an angle;
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(e) stone guide means on said second surface portion of the base member below the positioning means for aligning a sharpening stone adjacent the blade of the curet at said positioning means and at an angle to the face of the blade for grinding the side surface.

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Application: 06/641,363Filed 15 Aug 1984 · continuation
Priority: 24 Aug 1981
Granted: 9 Apr 1985
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B24B 3/605
Of tools not covered by the preceding subgroups: of surgical or dental instruments
B24D 15/06
Hand tools or other devices for non-rotary grinding, polishing, or stropping: specially designed for sharpening cutting edges
B24B
Machines, devices, or processes for grinding or polishing
B24D
Tools for grinding, buffing or sharpening

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Serial295,693Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Aug 1981
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Abstract

A sharpening guide for curved dental curet blades having a top flat surface and at least one angled side surface that joins with the top surface in a top cutting edge, said guide comprising

(a) a base member arranged to be configured for fitting over a right angle edge of a table top,
(b) said base member having opposite side surfaces with one side surface being arranged to face and engage the right angle edge of a table top and the other side surface having first and second substantially planar surface portions arranged to be disposed at a right angle to each other;
(c) said first surface portion being arranged substantially horizontally upon fitting said base member over the edge of a table and said second surface portion being arranged substantially vertically;
(d) positioning means on said second surface portion of the base member for denoting a location for positioning the blade of a curet;
(e) sighting means on said first surface portion of the base member for aligning a selected part of the curet other than the blade such that the blade repeatedly assumes the same position and orientation for engagement by a manually held reciprocatable grinding stone on one side surface of the blade to sharpen its cutting edge, said sighting means comprising a plurality of sections at angularly divergent locations configured for alignment of variously shaped curets, said sighting means extending onto said second surface portion and forming a vertex of angularly divergent lines providing an upwardly opening V-shape, said sections being bent in their divergent angles at the corner of said first surface portion and said second surface portion to compensate for parallax introduced by viewing the sharpening guide from an angle;
and
(e) stone guide means on said second surface portion of the base member below the positioning means for aligning a sharpening stone adjacent the blade of the curet at said positioning means and at an angle to the face of the blade for grinding the side surface.

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Application

06/641,363Filed 15 Aug 1984 · continuation

Priority

24 Aug 1981

Granted

9 Apr 1985

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B24B 3/605
Of tools not covered by the preceding subgroups: of surgical or dental instruments
B24D 15/06
Hand tools or other devices for non-rotary grinding, polishing, or stropping: specially designed for sharpening cutting edges
B24B
Machines, devices, or processes for grinding or polishing
B24D
Tools for grinding, buffing or sharpening