JP2011087771A - Orthodontic bracket case - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an orthodontic bracket case including a case body with a plurality of recesses as housing parts for housing orthodontic brackets, openably/closably covered by a lid, allowing the orthodontic brackets to be more easily taken out from or housed in the recesses by a holder holding the orthodontic brackets without such trouble that directionality of the orthodontic brackets housed in the recesses becomes irregular relative to the case body when the bracket case is carried, that the orthodontic brackets project from the recesses in the case body when the lid is opened, or that the orthodontic brackets are lost. <P>SOLUTION: Each recess as the housing part 17 in the orthodontic bracket case is composed of a first recess 19 opened on the surface 3a of the case body 3; and a second recess 22 including a stepped part 21 overhanging to the inner side on a side wall 20 of the first recess 19, and formed of such a size that the orthodontic bracket is not rotated when the orthodontic bracket corresponding to the dentition, whose diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the first recess 19, is housed in the recess. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention covers a case body provided with a plurality of recesses as housing parts for accommodating orthodontic brackets corresponding to the types of teeth such as maxillary anterior teeth, mandibular anterior teeth, canine teeth, premolars, etc., so that it can be opened and closed with a lid. The present invention relates to an orthodontic bracket case.

  2. Description of the Related Art An orthodontic bracket case in which a plurality of recesses for accommodating orthodontic brackets corresponding to the types of teeth is provided in a case body has been known.

  Orthodontic brackets have different orthodontic bracket shapes for each type of teeth, such as maxillary anterior teeth, mandibular anterior teeth, canine teeth, premolars, etc. These are provided as orthodontic bracket cases.

  However, the conventional orthodontic bracket case described above has a structure in which the orthodontic bracket is accommodated in a recess having a shape larger than the shape of the orthodontic bracket and deeper than the thickness of the orthodontic bracket, Even if the recess is covered with a lid or the like, the orthodontic bracket is not fixed, so the orthodontic bracket moves or rotates in the recess or the front and back are repeated. The orientation of the orthodontic bracket to the case has been different. Also, if the depth of the recess is shallow, the orthodontic bracket will pop out of the recess when opening the lid from the case body, and various orthodontic brackets may be mixed or lost. there were.

  As a technique for solving such a problem, Japanese Patent No. 2862925 discloses a technique that enables a bracket to be positioned and held by using a template. The technique comprises a container having a bracket holding window as a container, and a front seal member and a back seal member that are respectively joined to the front and back surfaces of the template. However, in such a structure, when the orthodontic bracket is taken out of the container, the surface seal member must be broken, and there is a risk that the orthodontic bracket may be blown off from the container. Further, for example, even if the surface seal member has a cut, when the orthodontic bracket is taken out of the container, the orthodontic bracket is connected to the orthodontic bracket or the orthodontic bracket. Touching the clamping body such as tweezers to clamp the orthodontic bracket used to remove the orthodontic bracket will cause the orthodontic bracket to fall out of the sandwiching body and fall to the floor or be lost. There is a fear.

  In view of these facts, the present inventors consider that it is important that each orthodontic bracket can be easily taken out from the container during orthodontic treatment as an orthodontic bracket case. The idea is to improve the orthodontic bracket case, which covers the case body with a plurality of recesses to accommodate the orthodontic bracket corresponding to the type of the lid, so that it can be opened and closed with a lid. The present invention has been reached.

Japanese Patent No. 2862925

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an orthodontic bracket case in which a case body provided with a plurality of recesses as an accommodating portion for accommodating an orthodontic bracket is covered with a lid so as to be opened and closed. The orthodontic brackets housed in the recesses may have different orientations with respect to the case body during transportation, or the orthodontic brackets may jump out of the recesses when opening the lid from the case body. An object of the present invention is to make it easy to take out the orthodontic bracket from the recess and accommodate it with a sandwiching body such as tweezers for sandwiching the orthodontic bracket without any problems such as loss.

The present invention
“1. An orthodontic bracket case in which a case body provided with a plurality of recesses as a housing part for housing the orthodontic bracket is covered with a lid so as to be openable and closable. An orthodontic bracket having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first recess provided to form a first recess opened on the surface and a stepped portion projecting inward from the side wall of the first recess was accommodated. In this case, the orthodontic bracket is constituted by a second recess which is sized so as not to rotate, and the depth of the second recess is set so that a part of the orthodontic bracket in the thickness direction is the orthodontic bracket. The depth is such that it protrudes from the stepped portion so that it can be clamped by a clamping body for clamping the correction bracket, and when the lid body is covered with the case body, the inner wall surface of the lid body and the surface of the case body are separated. The sum of the distance and the depth of the first recess is the tooth The lid and the first recess are formed so as to have a length shorter than the thickness of the orthodontic bracket, and the orthodontic bracket is accommodated in the second recess of each accommodating portion with its orientation aligned. An orthodontic bracket case.
2. Provided with a two-line segmentation notation that divides the surface of the case main body into four parts, upper, lower, left, and right, and in each section, the storage portion is provided in alignment with the left and right teeth of the upper and lower jaws The orthodontic bracket case according to the item 1, wherein the orthodontic bracket case is characterized by the above.
3. The clamping direction side of the orthodontic bracket clamped by the clamping body to take out the orthodontic bracket accommodated in the second recess of the step portion constituted by the first recess and the second recess is defined. The orthodontic bracket case according to the item 1 or 2, characterized in that the front end of the sandwiching body is wide enough to be inserted.
4). 4. The orthodontic bracket case according to the item 3, wherein the opposing side walls of the first concave portion on the wide portion side of the stepped portion are formed in an R shape. "
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In the present invention, a plurality of accommodating portions for accommodating the orthodontic brackets are provided, but the arrangement corresponds to accommodating a plurality of orthodontic brackets corresponding to the maxillary or mandibular teeth or to the maxillary or mandibular dentition. In order to accommodate them, they may be arranged in one row, or may be arranged in two rows corresponding to the upper and lower dentitions. Furthermore, in order to correspond to the left and right dentitions, it may be divided into two, and one row may be divided into two divisions, two rows may be divided into two divisions, and arranged in four rows. The number of storage units may be a number corresponding to the number of teeth, or may be a small number of five or three, and the number is not limited. Further, in the case where the number of storage units in the row is large when the rows are arranged in four rows according to the left and right tooth rows of the upper jaw and the lower jaw, there is no need to have one row in the one row arrangement. The configuration may be a row or 8 rows, and may be selected as appropriate based on the number of orthodontic brackets to be accommodated.

  In the orthodontic bracket case of the present invention, the material of the case main body and the lid is not particularly limited, but the lid is preferably formed to be transparent so that the contents can be confirmed. In addition, the lid body may be provided so as to be connected to the case body, and the lid body may be configured to cover the case body so that the case body can be opened and closed, or the lid body can be attached to and detached from the case body. It is good also as a structure which covers a case main body so that opening and closing is possible by fitting.

  In the present invention, the sandwiching body that sandwiches a part of the orthodontic bracket means that the orthodontic bracket is very small, so that the orthodontic bracket is sandwiched during orthodontic treatment. These are tweezers and the like that are also used when taking out and storing the orthodontic bracket case.

  In the present invention, when the orthodontic bracket is accommodated in the second recess, it is important that a part of the orthodontic bracket in the thickness direction protrudes from the step portion so that the orthodontic bracket can be sandwiched by the sandwiching body. However, it may be protruded from the surface of the case body or may be provided so as not to protrude. However, the orthodontic bracket does not jump out of the second recess and move to the first recess to be caught in the stepped portion or to move to the first recess or the second recess of the other housing portion during transportation. Therefore, when the cover body is covered on the case body, the sum of the distance between the inner wall surface of the cover body and the surface of the case body and the depth of the first recess is shorter than the thickness of the orthodontic bracket. It is important to form the lid and the first recess so as to have a length.

  Since the present invention is structured as described above, even if the orthodontic bracket is accommodated and the orthodontic bracket case of the present invention is conveyed, the orthodontic bracket accommodated in each recess is not attached to the case body. Therefore, the directionality will not be separated, it will stay securely in the housing part at the determined position, and various orthodontic brackets will not be housed in one housing part, and the lid will be opened. As long as there is no impact on the case body, the orthodontic bracket will jump out of the housing and move to other housing, and various orthodontic brackets may be mixed or popped out of the housing. There is no inconvenience such as loss, and the orthodontic bracket can be easily taken out from the recess by the sandwiching body. In addition, the orthodontic bracket has an advantage that it can be easily accommodated because it is merely inserted into the second recess provided in the case body, rather than being fixed by the engaging means.

  Since the orthodontic brackets corresponding to the teeth are arranged according to the dentition by the invention according to claim 2, the orthodontic bracket corresponding to each tooth at the time of orthodontic treatment There is an effect that it can be taken out from the orthodontic bracket case without making a mistake.

  The orthodontic bracket accommodated in the orthodontic bracket case is sandwiched by the sandwiching body and taken out from the recess. However, according to the invention according to claim 3, the sandwiching body of the sandwiching body is provided in the first recess. The tip can be easily inserted, and the orthodontic bracket can be easily held.

  When the orthodontic bracket is clamped by a clamping body such as tweezers, the central portion of the orthodontic bracket in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction is clamped. With the invention according to claim 4, when the front end of the sandwiching body is inserted into the first recess and is brought into contact with the side wall of the first recess, the front end of the sandwiching body moves along the side wall and orthodontics is performed. Since it is naturally located at a position corresponding to the central portion in the left-right direction or the up-down direction of the bracket for use, there is an effect that the orthodontic bracket can be easily held.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an orthodontic bracket case in a state where a first embodiment of an orthodontic bracket case according to the present invention is opened and a lid is opened. It is a top view of the cover body of the bracket case for orthodontics in FIG. It is a top view of the case main body of the bracket case for orthodontics in FIG. It is an end elevation of the AA line part in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the BB line part in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the part of the principal part in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the part of the principal part in FIG. It is a front side view of the case main body of the bracket case for orthodontics of 1st Example of this invention. It is a bottom view of the case main body of the bracket case for orthodontics of 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure of the orthodontic bracket accommodated in the accommodating part of the orthodontic bracket case of the Example of this invention, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a top view. It is a top view of a case main body which shows the state which accommodated the orthodontic bracket in FIG. 10 in the accommodating part of the orthodontic bracket case of 1st Example of this invention. It is a top view of a case main part which shows the 2nd Example of the bracket case for orthodontics of this invention. It is an end view of the CC line part in FIG. It is an end elevation of the DD line part in FIG. It is a bottom view of the case main body of the bracket case for orthodontics of 2nd Example of this invention.

  According to the present invention, a case body is provided with a housing portion in which a lid covering the surface of the case body is rotatably connected to the case body and accommodates an orthodontic bracket corresponding to the type of tooth. It is comprised by the recessed part which has the step part.

Although the Example of the bracket case for orthodontics of this invention is described, this invention is not limited to an Example. In the embodiments, the same members and the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals.
The orthodontic bracket case 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 9 is composed of a lid 2 and a case body 3, and the lid 2 is connected to the case body 3, As shown in FIG. 2, one side wall portion 2 a of the lid body 2 is provided with a rotation shaft portion 4 so that the case body can be covered by rotating the 2 with respect to the case body 3. A shaft portion 5 is provided. A locking claw 7 having a locking portion 6 is provided on the other side wall portion 2 b facing the connecting shaft portion 5. As shown in FIG. 3, the case main body 3 includes a connection receiving shaft portion 9 having a locking hole 8 into which the rotating shaft portion 4 is inserted, and a locked portion 10 to be locked with the locking portion 6. A claw 11 having a hook is provided at a position corresponding to the connecting shaft 5 and the locking claw 7, and the rotating shaft 4 of the lid 2 is fitted in the locking hole 8 of the case body 3. Thus, the lid 2 is connected to the case body 3 so as to be rotatable. By locking the locking portion 6 of the locking claw 7 of the lid 2 to the locked portion 10 of the locked claw 11 of the case body 3, the lid 2 is not easily opened.

  On the surface 3a of the case body 3, orthodontic brackets (not shown) corresponding to the types of teeth such as maxillary anterior teeth, mandibular anterior teeth, canine teeth, premolars, and the like are shown. In order to divide and arrange into four parts, upper, lower, left, and right according to the left and right dentitions, projecting linear strips 12, 13 are provided and divided into four parts 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d on the upper, lower, left, and right is there. In the case main body 3 of the present embodiment, in order to accommodate the orthodontic bracket corresponding to the teeth on the maxillary side on the divided connection receiving shaft 9 side, the display body 15 formed in a protruding state, for example, “ “U” indicating “upper” is a protruding display body 16 such as “lower” in order to accommodate the orthodontic bracket corresponding to the lower jaw side teeth on the locked claw 11 side. “L” is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the back surface 3 b of the case body 3 corresponding to the portions 14 a, 14 b, 14 c, and 14 d provided with the accommodating portion 17 that accommodates the orthodontic bracket (not shown) serves as the accommodating portion 17. Four projecting portions 18a, 18b, 18c, and 18d are provided to provide the recesses.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the four sections 14a, 14b, 14c, and 14d have five pieces on the left and right sides along the longitudinal line 12 and with respect to the short-side line 13 respectively. A total of 20 accommodating portions 17 arranged are provided. Each accommodating part 17 forms the 1st recessed part 19 opened to the surface 3a of the case main body 3, as shown in FIGS. The first recess portion 19 is provided with step portions 21 a, 21 b, 21 c, and 21 d projecting inward from the four side walls 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, and 20 d constituting the first recess portion 19. The widths of the vertical steps 21a and 21c along the short-side line 13 (see FIG. 7) are the widths of the horizontal steps 21b and 21d along the longitudinal line 12 (see FIG. 6). Reference) The width of the stepped portions 21a and 21c in the vertical direction can be inserted into the tip of tweezers or the like (not shown) as a clamping body for clamping the orthodontic bracket. As a wide. Further, the side walls 20a and 20c corresponding to the vertical steps 21a and 21c are formed in an R shape that swells in the vertical direction, and the tip of tweezers (not shown) is inserted into the first recess 19. When the tip of the tweezers or the like is opened so as to contact the side walls 20a and 20c of the first recess, the tip of the tweezers or the like is positioned at the center of the first recess 19 in the left-right direction. is there.

  When an orthodontic bracket (not shown) corresponding to the dentition having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first dent 19 is accommodated in the first recess 19 via the stepped portion 21, the orthodontic bracket is accommodated. Is provided with a second recess 22 which is sized so as not to rotate. The depth of the second recess 22: H (see FIG. 6) is set such that the orthodontic bracket protrudes from the step portion 21.

  In the orthodontic bracket case 1 of the first embodiment, for example, the orthodontic bracket 50 as shown in FIG. It accommodates in the 2nd recessed part 22 of the accommodating part 17 of the position corresponding to each (refer FIG. 11). The orthodontic bracket 50 does not have a structure in which the orthodontic bracket 50 is engaged with and inserted into the second recess 22 so as not to move or rotate, but is simply inserted into the second recess 22 and accommodated. Is. Accordingly, the orthodontic bracket 50 can be sandwiched by tweezers or the like (not shown) as a sandwiching body for sandwiching the orthodontic bracket 50 and can be easily taken out from the second recess 22. The orthodontic brackets accommodated in 22 protrude from the respective second recesses 22 and move to the first recesses 19 and the second recesses 22 at the positions of different teeth, or the lid 2 is moved to the case body. Since there is a possibility that the orthodontic bracket 50 may jump out of the housing portion 14 when it is pivoted so as to open from 3, the first recess 19 in the orthodontic bracket case 1 of the first embodiment. The depth of the orthodontic bracket 50 is such a depth that the orthodontic bracket 50 protrudes slightly from the surface 3 a of the case body 3, but when the lid body 2 is covered with the case body 3, the inner wall surface 23 of the lid body 2. And the surface 3a of the case body 3 It is provided so as to be separated by the distance and the contact or distance shorter than the depth of the second recess 22.

  In the orthodontic bracket case 1 of the first embodiment, the depth of the first concave portion 19 is set as described above, but the orthodontic bracket does not protrude from the second concave portion 22. To cover the case body 3 with the lid 2, the sum of the distance between the inner wall surface 23 of the lid 2 and the surface 3 a of the case body 3 and the depth of the first recess 19 is the tooth What is necessary is just to form the cover body 2 and the 1st recessed part 19 so that it may become length shorter than the thickness of the bracket for row | line | column correction.

  In the orthodontic bracket case 1 of the first embodiment, “1” is farther away from the step portion 21 of the storage portion 17 in the place closest to the filament 13 in the step portion 21 of each storage portion 17. A serial number 24 from “1” to “5” is assigned to the stepped portion 21 of the place accommodating portion 17 in order, and the dentition corresponding to the right or left number of teeth of the upper or lower jaw teeth. It is easy to see if it is a bracket for correction.

  The orthodontic bracket case of the second embodiment is provided in the same manner as the first orthodontic bracket case 1 except that the arrangement of the accommodating portions 17 provided in the case body 30 is changed. The case main body 30 of the orthodontic bracket case of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 12 to 15 is similar to the first orthodontic bracket case 1 in that the connecting receiving shaft portion 9 and the locked claws 11 are arranged. The back surface 30b of the case main body 30 corresponding to the portion where the housing portion 17 is provided, with the housing portion 17 housing the orthodontic bracket (not shown) arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction. Is provided with two projecting portions 31a and 31b for providing a recess as the accommodating portion 17.

  On the surface 30a of the case main body 30, ten accommodating portions 17 are arranged in a line, and each accommodating portion 17 is provided in the case main body 3 of the orthodontic bracket case 1 of the first embodiment. Similarly to the accommodating portion 17, the first concave portion 19, the step portion 21, and the second concave portion 22 are provided. Other structures are provided in the same manner as the first orthodontic bracket case 1.

  The orthodontic bracket case of the second embodiment is suitable for accommodating orthodontic brackets corresponding to the maxillary or mandibular teeth, or of the same type corresponding to the maxillary or mandibular teeth. It is an Example which shows the form in the case of accommodating multiple brackets for orthodontics.

  The present invention is applied to an orthodontic bracket case that accommodates an orthodontic bracket. However, the present invention can also be applied as a container that accommodates and stores small parts such as electronic parts.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Orthodontic bracket case 2 Lid 3, 30 Case main body 3a, 30a Surface 17 Housing | storage part 19 1st recessed part 20 Side wall 21 Step part 22 2nd recessed part 23 Inner wall surface 50 Orthodontic bracket

Claims (4)

  In an orthodontic bracket case in which a case body provided with a plurality of recesses as a housing part for housing the orthodontic bracket is covered with a lid, the housing part is opened on the surface of the case body. When the orthodontic bracket is accommodated with a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first recess provided to form the first recess and a stepped portion projecting inward from the side wall of the first recess, The orthodontic bracket is configured with a second recess that is sized so as not to rotate, and the depth of the second recess is set so that a portion of the orthodontic bracket in the thickness direction is the orthodontic bracket. And a depth that protrudes from the stepped portion so as to be sandwiched by a sandwiching body for sandwiching the cover body, and a distance between the inner wall surface of the lid body and the surface of the case body when the lid body is covered. Orthodontic length is the sum of the depths of the 1 recesses The lid and the first recess are formed so as to have a length shorter than the thickness of the bracket, and the orthodontic brackets are accommodated in the second recesses of the respective accommodating portions with the orientation thereof being aligned. , Orthodontic bracket case.   Provided with a two-line segmentation notation that divides the surface of the case main body into four parts, upper, lower, left, and right, and in each section, the storage portion is provided in alignment with the left and right teeth of the upper and lower jaws The orthodontic bracket case according to claim 1, wherein:   The clamping direction side of the orthodontic bracket clamped by the clamping body to take out the orthodontic bracket accommodated in the second recess of the step portion constituted by the first recess and the second recess is defined. The orthodontic bracket case according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the end of the sandwiching body is wide enough to be inserted.   The orthodontic bracket case according to claim 3, wherein the opposing side walls of the first concave portion on the wide portion side of the step portion are formed in an R shape.

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