Patent ID: 6254383
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A61C,Y10S

Abstract:
A dispenser for use in handling a dental elastic/runner assembly having a runner and a plurality of dental elastic members extending from the runner via corresponding connectors, comprising:a tubular member having an opening extending therethrough for slidably receiving and removing, at an open end thereof, at least a portion of a runner of a dental elastic/runner assembly; and,a slot, extending outward from said opening through and along the tubing member from said open end of the tubular member, for accommodating the passage of a plurality of dental, ring-shaped elastic members and corresponding connectors of a dental elastic/runner assembly, wherein said slot includes at least one of (i) a closed end with a cutting edge for engaging a leading connector of a dental elastic/runner assembly to facilitate disengagement of a corresponding elastic member, and (ii) a side portion having a cutting edge for engaging at least one or more connectors of a dental elastic/runner assembly to facilitate disengagement of at least one or more corresponding elastic members.