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US 6,887,075 B2Granted
Orthodontic appliance
AssigneeTomy Company, Ltd.
InventorsKozo Kawaguchi, Kenji Nagase, Kiyoshi Shiga, Masaaki Orikasa
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Abstract
An orthodontic appliance comprises a base, a main body equipped on one side of the base, an archwire slot furnished to the main body, a convertible cap closing the archwire slot along the length direction, and stepwise portions provided at ends of the archwire slot for receiving ends of the convertible cap. The convertible cap is fixedly soldered with a silver soldering material containing Ag 90% or more.
Claims5
An orthodontic appliance comprising:
- a base firmly attachable directly or indirectly to a tooth;
- a main body equipped on one side of the base;
- an archwire slot shaped in groove along mesiodistal direction in the main body, enabling to support an archwire therein;
- a convertible cap closing the archwire slot along a length direction;
- stepwise portions provided at a pair of ends of an opening in cross section of the archwire slot for receiving ends of the convertible cap,
- wherein the convertible cap is fixedly soldered with a silver soldering material containing Ag 90% or more.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.