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US 5,032,082 AGranted
Device for removing adhesive from the palate
OwnerWilliam R. Herrerainventor
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Abstract
A denture adhesive removing head is affixed to one end of an elongated handle. The head has several lines of projections extending from a common surface. The outer ends of the projections lie on a convexly curved surface. The head and projections are molded from a material that is pliable when warm and relatively rigid when cooled.
Claims7
A device for removing denture adhesive from the palate and adjacent tissues, comprising:
- a handle;
- a base integrally related to the handle;
- and
- a plurality of separate spaced apart projections extending from the base in the same general direction, each projection having a width at least several times its thickness and a tip which is rounded and free of sharp corners and edges, said tips collectively lying on a single outwardly directed convexly curved surface said surface being curved in two planes transverse to each other;
- said base and projection being molded from a synthetic plastic the pliability of which is increased with temperature increase and decreased by temperature decrease.
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A device for removing denture adhesive from the palate and other mouth tissues, comprising:
- a handle;
- a base unitarily with the handle;
- a plurality of separate spaced apart projections extending from the base, each projection having a width measured generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle at least twice its thickness measured transversely of the width and a tip which is rounded and free of sharp corners and edges, said tips collectively lying in a single convexly curved surface;
- and
- said projections being arranged in a first straight line, and second and third lines respectively arranged at each side of the first line, and being curved concavely toward the first line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.