Fixture for assembling dental floss dispenser products

An apparatus for assembling a thread dispenser product formed of a bobbin of wound thread, a dispenser case, and a dispenser insert for rotatably supporting said bobbin of wound thread within said dispenser case, comprising:

• (A) a singular assembly fixture having an insert loading area for holding said dispenser insert and a dispenser case loading area, separate from said insert loading area, for simultaneously holding said dispenser case, said insert loading area having a flat horizontal surface for mating with a bottom surface of said dispenser insert, said bottom surface of said dispenser insert having at least one opening;
• (B) a moveable latching bar, pivotally coupled to said singular fixture assembly, for detachably securing said dispenser insert in said insert loading area, said moveable latching bar having a ridge for mating with said at least one opening in said bottom surface of said dispenser insert, said moveable latching bar being moveable between a locking position and a depressed position;
• (C) second securing means, coupled to said singular assembly fixture, for detachably securing said dispenser case in said dispenser case loading area;
• wherein said ridge in said moveable latching bar horizontally restrains said dispenser insert within said insert loading area when said moveable latching bar is in said locking position and said ridge is positioned within said at least one opening in said bottom of said dispenser insert, and said dispenser insert is free to move horizontally from said insert loading area toward said dispenser case loading area when said moveable latching bar is in said depressed position.