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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255033 | Apparatus and method of making a compound-angled orifice in a disc for a fuel injector An apparatus and method for piercing a metering disc from a workpiece of a fuel injector. The metering disc includes first and second surfaces that extend substantially parallel to a base plane. The first and second surfaces are spaced along a longitudinal axis that... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234938 | Milling/grinding machine for the manufacture of dental-medical workpieces The invention relates to a milling/grinding machine for the manufacture of dental-medical or dental-technical workpieces, having a workpiece receiver (3) and a tool (7) which can be moved, with respect to a workpiece (1) arranged in the workpiec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7185552 | Movable sample holder A device for the axial and rotational movement of a sample is disclosed comprising a mount member for mounting the sample, which is rotatable about and movable along an axis, characterised in that the mount member has a helical screw thread which produces the moveme... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7118446 | Grinding apparatus and method A grinding assembly for shaping work pieces that includes one or more grind spindles. Each of the grind spindles include two independent grinding wheels driven by a single spindle drive. The grind spindles translate horizontally to perform both edge and face grindin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6685538 | Machine for machining a volume, in particular an inlay, by automatic duplicating A machine for machining a volume, in particular an inlay, by automatic duplicating, includes an abrasive disc having a rotatable drive, a support for a blank of the volume, the disc and the blank being rotatable, a rotatable duplicator support a touch-sen... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6634883 | DEVICE FOR DESIGNING AND FURTHER IMPLANTING A DENTAL IMPLANT, METHOD FOR PLANNING CORRECT IMPLANTATION OF A DENTAL IMPLANT USING SAID DEVICE, AND PRE-TOMOGRAPHIC GUIDE AND SURGICAL TEMPLATE OBTAINED WITH SAID METHOD A device for planning and further placing a dental implant comprises a rigid base, a column that projects from the base with a regulating mechanism for the height and support of a bi-directional head. The head has two hubs, which have binding mechanisms f... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6612837 | Dental milling instrument A dental milling instrument includes a base connected to a guide column for a vertically adjustable milling arm which receives a milling unit. The milling arm can be displaced by its supporting slide along a guideway of the guide column, by means of an el... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6511323 | Tooth preparation instrument and system of its use At an initial office visit, the dentist makes an impression of the portion of the mouth in which the tooth is located, with upper and lower occusal surfaces at or below the gum line. After preparation of a crown, the dentist presses the surface contour to... | 01/28/2003 |
| 5743686 | Pattern sizing tool A pattern sizing tool for use as a milling device for removing a portion of a surface of a stiff material to leave a desired thickness of material and is particularly useful for milling a hard plastic coping like that produced in a tooth replacement proce... | 04/28/1998 |
| 4941826 | Apparatus for indirect dental machining Apparatus for machining a human tooth includes a rotary cutter that is moved along a predetermined path dictated by motor energizing signals. The cutter is moved vertically by one drive, laterally by another drive and in or out by a third drive. The appar... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4817839 | Rotary saw and method for sectioning dental models A rotary table saw for sectioning dental models having a housing with a base portion and a working table mounted on the base portion. The working table is controllably depressible so as to be moved upward and downward with respect to the base. The motor h... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4781585 | Dental router A router for performing finishing operations on a dental model having a housing with a base in which a motor is positioned. A storage compartment mounted on the base includes a pivotal cover. The cover forms a horizontal work platform on which the dental ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4403961 | Method and apparatus for fabricating dental prosthetics A method for fabricating three directional dental prosthetics. A wax setup of the patient's arches containing artificial dentures is prepared. The wax setup is tried in the patient's mouth to determine centric occlusion. A matrix of the setup is prepared ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4324546 | Method for the manufacture of dentures and device for carrying out the method For the manufacture of a denture, or artifical teeth, the prepared tooth stump is reproduced as a working model, and the substitute piece, suitably conformed to the working model, is shaped by hand. In order to facilitate the dentist's work, and at the sa... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4205445 | Dental surveyor A novel dental surveyor for use in analyzing and working upon dental models is disclosed. The surveyor contains one or more vertical tools, such as marking tools, wax relieving tools and tapered tools. Rotation of a spindle received within a sleeve about ... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4074436 | Apparatus for use in shaping a tubular dental impression accessory Apparatus capable of use by unskilled hands for scribing, including marking and cutting, a tubular sleeve to produce a contoured end corresponding to the contour of the sub-gingival shoulder of a patient's tooth which has been prepared for a jacket crown,... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4007531 | Dual denture model surveyor A base plate carries a denture model surveyor table having model clamping fingers and a clamping screw; also a column to which is pivoted, by a ball joint, a universally-adjustable surveyor tool head including an inclined shaft horizontally pivoted to a h... | 02/15/1977 |
