US1442081A - Mount for artificial teeth - Google Patents

Description

Jan. .16, 1923. 1,442,081.

F. MAEULEN ET AL. Y

MOUNT FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

FILED Nov. 30. 19'20.

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Patented Jan. 16, 19,23.

y UNlTED STA FREDERICK MAEULEN, OERAHWAY, ANDv GEORGE E. VAN ALLEN, OE NEWARK, ,NEW JERSEY, AssrGNoRs rro BAKER a COMPANY, INC., AOOREORATION OE NEW JERSEY.

MOUNT FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.` v

Application filed November 30, 1920. Serial NO`.'427,344.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FREoERroK MAEULEN and GEORGE L. VAN ALLEN, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively,

of Rahway, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, and Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mounts for Artiicial Teeth, of

l0 which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to a mount for artificial teeth for supporting and displaying the same for exhibition, sale or other pur oses. 4 f

eretofore artificial teeth have been mounted on a card or the like formedV of wax or other penetrable material, or having a coating of such material thereon, the teeth being pressed into the wax and being held thereby on the card for display. This method of mounting the teeth necessitates the use of a large amount of wax which becomes easily soiled, unduly soft and flexible in warm weather and too hard in cold weather, and furthermore does not provide a secure support for diatoric teeth.

The objects of our invention are to provide a mount for artificial teeth which requires a minimum amount of wax or the like; to provide such a mount which is rigid in construction and will not easily bend or break; to provide a construction whereby ample support for the diatoric teeth is obtained; to thus form a mount comprising a substantially rigid support or backing having in one surface thereof inter-` mediate its ends a depression to receive wax or the like to support the center artificial teeth of a set, the diatoric or end teeth being mounted upon the backing or support at the ends of the said wax; to provide improved means for mounting the diatorio teeth thus saving a-large amount of wax and producing a rm support for the diatorics; and to obtain other results and advantages as may be broughtout bythe following description, p

' Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a plan View of a mount for articial teeth embodying our invention, and showingan upper jaw set of teeth mounted thereon;

I `Fglle 2 iS a similarfview of lthey mountl 1"" with the teeth and the diatoric teeth sup'r ports removed;

y Figure 3 1s a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken'on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Figure 4 is a transversetsectionalview" taken on the lined- 4 of Fig. 2. 4

In the specic embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings, the numeral lv designates a strip of cardboard, wood, fiber, or other suitable substantially inflexible material, the said strip being preferably of a length sullicient to receive a set of articial teeth arranged side by side as .shown in Figure 4. Substantially centrally of the length of the strip 1 is formed a depression or recess 2 ofy a width and length` adapted to receive the supporting pins 3 of the six central teeth l of the set, the said depression or recess 2 being filled with wax or other suitable penetrable .and soft material 5. It will be understood that the teeth 4 y are supported on the mounting by insertf ing the pins 3 into the wax 5, as shown in Figures l and 3.

rlhe diatoric teeth 6 are mounted upon A' the strip or backing 1 at the respective ends of the depression or recess 2, the said dia-- torics being provided with transverse openings 7 through which passes a supporting. wire S having its ends inserted through openings 9 formed in the 'backingh the said ends of the wires 8 being twisted or otherwise detachably connected. at 10 on the reverse side of the supporting strip l. It will thus be seen that all of the teeth of a set may be mounted uponv the backing l in an attractive and lirm `vmanner with a minimum amount of wax. 1s also substantially rigid and inflexible and The backing 1r will not be afected by changes in temper- 4.ature as is the usual wax mounting.` The large or dia-torio teeth are-securelyl fastened upon the backing l by the wires 8 softhat they cannot be easily' knocked o" or displaced, as is possible when ythe teeth are mounted in the wax. v arranged at opposite ends of the central teeth 4 so as tov provide in elfect builers for these teeth to prevent the same from be` The diatorics are also ing accidentally ldisplaced froml the backing. Obviously the central teeth t can be removed from the backing by simply pulling the pins 3 out of the wax and replaced by :pressing the pins into the wax, While the and pulling one end thereoffroln the corresponding` opening 9, thereby allowing the `teeth 'to he slippedthererom.

Having thus what We claim is:

A mount for al set of artificial.teethincluding central or pin teeth and end or diatorie'teeth all in their naturalrelative positions, comprising an insert of penetrahie material of shcient area to siipport described the invention,

said pin teeth, a backing of relatively ini-- penetrahle material having vend .portions adapted to underlie the end or diatorlc teeth, said hacking supporting; said insert. between said end portions insuchposition K that it Willunderlie the pin teethyand means on both said end portions of the backing for seeuringthe end or diatorio teeth to said 20 end portions.

EEEDEEIQK i/IAEULEN. GEORGE L. VAN ALLEN.

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