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Patent No. 6637829

Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover

An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.

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Assignee: Ivoclar AG


Location: LI
No. of patents: 38

NumberTitleIssue Date
6606884Sinterable lithium disilicate glass ceramic
High-strength sinterable lithium disilicate glass ceramics are described which can be further processed in particular by pressing in the viscous state to shaped dental products....
08/19/2003
6569917Dental materials based on polysiloxanes
The invention relates to dental materials which contain at least one polysiloxane based on one or several silanes according to formula (I) [(Wq --R6 --Z)p --R3 ]m Y--R2 --SiXn R1...
05/27/2003
6514893Sinterable lithium disilicate glass ceramic
High-strength sinterable lithium disilicate glass ceramics are described which can be further processed in particular by pressing in the viscous state to shaped dental products....
02/04/2003
6420288Process for the preparation of shaped translucent lithium disilicate glass ceramic products
A process is described for the preparation of shaped translucent lithium disilicate glass ceramic products which are characterized by high strength and good chemical stability and may be processed by pressing in the plastic state or milling to finished gl...
07/16/2002
6353039Polymerizable composite material
A composite material is described which contains polymerizable monomers plus a special transparent glass having high release of calcium ions and fluorine ions and, because of this release property and in particular of its optical properties, can be used a...
03/05/2002
6342458Lithium disilicate glass ceramics dental product
High-strength sinterable lithium disilicate glass ceramics are described which can be further processed in particular by pressing in the viscous state to shaped dental products....
01/29/2002
6306784Alkali silicate glass
Alkali silicate glasses are described which, in view of their good chemical stability and their optical properties and processing properties, are particularly suitable as a coating or veneering material for ceramic dental frameworks and hence for the prod...
10/23/2001
6287490Method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis
A method for manufacturing a fiber rein-forced composite dental restoration comprising the steps of (i) preparing a mould; (ii) filling the cavity of the mould with a fiber-reinforced polymerizable material comprising an organic matrix and a fiber compone...
09/11/2001
6281271Radically polymerizable dental material
The invention relates to a dental material with at least one polymerizable binder and at least one filler containing a redox-initiator system for the radical polymerization, which comprises an initiator and an activator. The material is characterized in t...
08/28/2001
6280863Translucent apatite glass ceramic
An apatite glass ceramic is described which is characterized by good chemical stability, a low expansion coefficient and high translucence, and is particularly suitable, by itself or together with glasses or other glass ceramics, as a veneering material f...
08/28/2001
6200137Chemically stable translucent apatite glass ceramic
An apatite glass ceramic is described which is characterized by good chemical stability, a low expansion coefficient and high translucence, and is particularly suitable, by itself or together with glasses or other glass ceramics, as a veneering material f...
03/13/2001
6180688Ion-releasing composite material
The invention relates to ion-releasing composite materials on the basis of polymerizable monomers. The material is characterized in that it contains one or more non-acid, non-ionic, hydrophilic crosslinker monomers, one or more non-acid, non-ionic, hydrop...
01/30/2001
6136887Vinylcyclopropane-(meth)acrylates and their use
The invention relates to vinylcyclopropane derivatives according to the formula ##STR1## in which A is --[--Y--CO--C(.dbd.CH2)R4 ]m or --C(.dbd.CH2)CO--O--C1-4 -alkyl, U and X, independently of e...
10/24/2000
6121175Alkali silicate glass
Alkali silicate glasses are described which, in view of their good chemical stability and their optical properties and processing properties, are particularly suitable as a coating or veneering material for ceramic dental frameworks and hence for the prod...
09/19/2000
6096903Hydrolysable and polymerizable oxetane silanes
Polymerizable and hydrolysable oxetane silanes and in particular silicic acid condensates which can be prepared therefrom are described, which exhibit only a low volume shrinkage on polymerization and produce polymers with high mechanical strength and the...
08/01/2000
6057383Dental material based on polymerizable waxes
The invention relates to dental materials based on wax-like polymerizable substances. The dental materials contain (a) 0 to 70 wt. % of at least one polymerizable monomer and/or oligomer; (b) 0.1 to 5 wt. % of at least one polymerization initiator; (c) 0 ...
05/02/2000
6057460Polymerizable hybrid monomers
Polymerizable hybrid monomers with norbornenyl or norbornadienyl groups are described which can be radically cured at room temperature and are suitable in particular for use in the dental field....
05/02/2000
6034151Hydrolyzable and polymerizable vinylcyclopropane silanes
Polymerizable and hydrolyzable vinylcyclopropane silanes and in particular silicic acid condensates which can be prepared therefrom are described, which exhibit only a low volume shrinkage on polymerization and produce polymers with high mechanical streng...
03/07/2000
6031015Dental materials based on liquid crystalline monomers
A dental material based on polymerizable monomers is described which contains at least one polymerizable monomer which has liquid crystalline properties. Compared with traditional materials, the dental material displays a lower decrease in volume upon pol...
02/29/2000
5985958Light-curing composite material
A light-curing composite material is described which is characterized by a content of anaerobic stabilizer and/or stable organic radicals and which has a reduced light sensitivity and an improved vacuum stability and is therefore suitable in particular as...
11/16/1999
5962703Functionalized bicyclic (meth)acrylate, a method of making a bicyclic (meth)acrylate, and its uses
Functionalized bicyclic (meth)acrylates with norbornenyl or norbornadienyl groups are described, which may be cured with radicals at room temperature and are particularly suitable as an adhesion-promoting component of dental adhesives....
10/05/1999
5942559Dental light-curing opaquer
A dental light-curing opaquer is described which is characterized by a content of cross-linked bead polymerizate with incorporated colored pigment and of polymerizable polyfunctional monomer and which is highly suitable for covering metallic surfaces of d...
08/24/1999
5936006Filled and polymerizable dental material
A filled and polymerizable dental material is described which contains a sol of SiO2 particles in a liquid, organic dispersion agent, the SiO2 particles being organically surface modified, having an average size of 10 to 100 nm and b...
08/10/1999
5925180ZrO2 -containing glass-ceramic
A ZrO2 -containing glass ceramic is described, the main crystalline phase of which is formed by ZrO2 and which has at least one further crystalline phase, and which can be used in particular in dentistry....
07/20/1999
5889132Dental material
A dental material is described which is characterized by a content of silicic acid condensates of norbornene or mercapto silanes, and which, after thiol-ene polymerisation with suitable reactants, shows only slight polymerisation shrinkage and produces po...
03/30/1999
5886212Multifunctional vinyl cyclopropane derivatives
Multifunctional polymerizable vinyl cyclopropane derivatives are described which have at least two vinyl cyclopropane units and are suitable in particular as a constituent of dental materials....
03/23/1999
5886064Fine-grained polymerizable compositions flowable under pressure or shear stress
A granular, polymerizable composition which contains at least one polymerizable monomer and/or oligomer and a polymerization initiator and optionally an accelerator and at least 70% by wt. filler and additionally 0.5 to 28% by wt. dendrimer and which beco...
03/23/1999
5847025Light-curing composite material
A light-curing composite material is described which is characterized by a content of anaerobic stabilizer and/or stable organic radicals and which has a reduced light sensitivity and an improved vacuum stability and is therefore suitable in particular as...
12/08/1998
5788485Kiln for ceramic dental composition with a pivotally connected bearing arrangement
A kiln has a bottom part with a support for goods to be fired and a top part with a firing chamber. A bearing arrangement including at least one pivot joint pivotably connects the bottom part and the top part. The bearing arrangement includes a lift beari...
08/04/1998
5782632Support plate for teeth
A support plate assembly (10) for teeth which includes a plate-like body (12) with external dimensions that may be strung together, and a substantially flat, quadrilateral wax receiving portion (22) for the acceptance of an adhesive wax or the equivalent ...
07/21/1998
5733125Denture
In the case of a denture made of pre-fabricated teeth, that exhibits molars and pre-molars for each jaw, upper and lower, at least on the upper molars at the lingual position, an incising ridge (24) is provided. The incising ridge is intended, in the occl...
03/31/1998
5703249Bicycloaliphatic 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepanes
The present invention relates to novel bicycloaliphatic 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepanes, which are suitable as starting materials for the preparation of polymers and copolymers, preferably of composite and dental materials. The 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepanes accor...
12/30/1997
5698020Photochromic dental material
The invention relates to dental materials which contain a photochromic material such as for example a photochromic dye, a photochromic glass, a photochromic ceramic and/or a photochromic glass ceramic and which can be visually distinguished from natural t...
12/16/1997
5698482ZrO2 - containing glass-ceramic
A ZrO2 -containing glass ceramic is described, the main crystalline phase of which is formed by ZrO2 and which has at least one further crystalline phase, and which can be used in particular in dentistry....
12/16/1997
5698019Leucite-containing phosphosilicate glass-ceramic
A leucite-containing phosphosilicate glass-ceramic is described which, in addition to a leucite crystalline phase and at least one further crystalline phase, also contains one or more glass phases....
12/16/1997
5618763Alkali-zinc-silicate glass-ceramics and glasses
Alkali-zinc-silicate glass ceramics and glasses are described which have a linear thermal expansion coefficient in the range from 8.0 to 18.7×10-6 K-1, an excellent chemical resistance and other advantageous optical properties and c...
04/08/1997
5539017Use of a thermally curable composition as dental material
The use of a thermally curable composition as dental material or constituent of a dental material is described, which composition contains one or more ଲ-dicarbonyl compounds and one or more ଱,ଲ-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters, the cur...
07/23/1996
5432130Opalescent glass
An opalescent glass is described which is characterized by a continuous glass phase and a discontinuous glass phase dispersed therein, and which can be used as dental material or as a constituent of dental materials....
07/11/1995
 
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