Case for holding tools for oral and dental care
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsPeter Hartwein, Gottfried Voigt
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a case (10) serving to receive tools for oral and dental care and including an interior space (14). A removable insert (16) having a number of compartments (18) is adapted to be fitted into the interior space (14). An element (20) is pivotal about a pivot axis (32) from a dust-guard position (22) to an open position (24). The element (20) is configured as a substantially plane case lid covering the interior space (14) in the dust-guard position (22). The element (20) and the insert (16) are in relative connection by means of a lever mechanism (30), with the lever mechanism (30) convertinig a pivoting motion of the element (20) into a lifting motion of the insert (16).
Claims16
A case for tools of the oral and dental type comprising
- chamber defining structure with an opening at the top of said chamber and container support structure in said chamber spaced from said top opening,
- lid structure coupled to said chamber defining structure and movable between a dust-guard position substantially closing said top opening and an open position in which said top of said chamber is open,
- a tool receiving container removably disposed in said chamber, said container including seat structure and coupling structure, said container having a first position in which the top of said container is below said top opening of said chamber defining structure and aid seat structure is seated on said container support structure, and
- manually releasable linkage structure coupled between said lid structure and said coupling structure, said linkage structure being moveable in response to movement of said lid structure from said dust-guard position to said open position to raise said container from said first position to a second position in which the top of said container is above the top of said chamber, said linkage structure being adapted to be released from said coupling structure during manual further raising of said container from said second position to a third position in which the base of said container is lifted above the top of said chamber defining structure so that said container is completely detached and removed from said chamber defining structure.
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