US1422044A

US1422044A - Mount for artificial teeth

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Publication number: US1422044A
Application number: US479894A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert A Edwards
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-06-23
Filing date: 1921-06-23
Publication date: 1922-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 1939-07-04

Description

H. A. EDWARDS.

MOUNT FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH. APPLICATION FILED IUNE23, 1921.

1,422,044, PatentedJuly4, 1922.

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HERBERT A. Enwaans, or LONDON, ENGLAND.

' MOUNT FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

Application filed June 23,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT ARTHUR ED warns, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Alston House, Newman Street, London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Mounts for Artificial Teeth, of which the following is a specification. I

It is usual to employ wax mounts for sets of artificial teeth. These mounts have the disadvantage in practice that in hot weather or warm climates the surface of the wax softens, and if a number of mounts are together, the teeth in position on the mounts are covered with wax through contact with the backs of such mounts.

The present invention relates to an improved form of mount which will not be affected by the varying climates in which it may be used.

To carry out my invention I provide a mount for sets of artificial teeth in the form of a sheet of cardboard or other suitable material containing a series of recesses or cavities arranged transversely across the sheet, these recesses or cavities being adapted to be filled with wax or other suitable material to form the mounts for sets of artificial teeth. This sheet is divided into a series of transverse strips containing the recesses filled with wax which strips can be each torn off from the series as a set of teeth is required. This can be done by a weakening in the mount between each recess such as by a series of half-cuts through the mount and/or by a set of perforations. In this manner any desired number of sectional mounts can be held together in a manner convenient for a dentist to break ofi asection carrying a set of teeth as he requires them for use while leaving the other sections connected. Another simple form of my invention is to connect a series of sectional strips by mounting them on a paper backing or some similar material Which can be easily broken when it is desired to remove a. set from the backing. Thin strips of paper or the same material as the backing, can also be employed to connect the front faces of the ends of the sectional mounts. In another form, the independent sectional mounts can be placed in a container formed of a sheet of metal, celluloid or other suitable material with inturned edges adapted to lap Specification of Letters Patent.

1921. Serial No. 479,894

over the ends of the mounts when these are in position in the container.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a front view of a series of sectional mounts.

Figure 2 shows a section through Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a front View of a series of sectional mounts carried on a sheet of paper or the like.

Figure 4 shows a section through Figure 3.

Figure 5 shows aseries of independent sectional mounts carried in acontainer of meal, celluloid, or other suitable material, an

Figure 6 shows a plan view of Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show a mount for sets of artificial teeth in the form of a sheet of cardboard or other suitable material containing a series of recesses or cavities arranged transversely across the sheet, such recesses or cavities being filled with wax or other suitable material to form mounts for sets of teeth. This sheet is divided into a series of transverse strips 1 by a series of half-cuts 9 through the sheet. To form an additional weakness sets of perforations 8 as shown in dotted lines can be employed. In this manner any desired number of sectional mounts 1 can be held together in a manner convenient for a dentist to break off a section carrying a set of teeth as he requires them for use while leaving the other sections connected.

Figures 3 and 4 illustrate a form of my invention in which a series of sectional independent mounts 1 containing the wax recesses 4 are carried on a suitable backing 2 such as paper which can be easily broken when it is desired to remove a set of teeth from the mount. In order to form an additional weakness, sets of perforations 8 are shown in dotted lines between each strip 1. Thin strips 3 of the same material as the backing 2 can be employed to connect the front faces of the ends of the strips 1.

In Figures 5 and 6 I show a form in which a container 6 of metal, celluloid or other suitable material is employed provided with inturned side edges 7 adapted to'lap over the ends of a series of independent mounts 1 when these are in position in the container. These mounts 1 can be removed as required for use from the container 6.

It will be noted that in the form shown in Figures 1 and 2 the material in the back of the cardboard sheet from which the separable mounts are out forms the support which holds the mounts together. In Figures 3 and 4: the support is formed by a backing sheet of paper or the like while in Figures 5 and 6 the support is formed by a separate container adapted to hold the mount strips until they are required. What I claim is 1. A mount for artificial teeth comprising a support, a series of sectional mount strips carried on said support having recesses therein longitudinally of each strip, said recesses being filled with a plastic material to receive the artificial teeth and said strips being partially severed by va weakening therebetween to allow of each of the latter being removed from v the series of strips as requlred. V

' 2. A mount for artificial. teeth comprising a paper backing, a series of sectional mount strips carried on said backing-having recesses thereinlongitudinally of each strip,

-H.VA. EDWARDS.