Patent ID: 6368565
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A61L,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for sterilizing dental or orthodontic tools, which comprises:a transport rack having a pair of opposing side walls, a bottom and a back wall, all interconnected and forming a generally rectangular box of a preselected dimension which is open to the front and the top; at least one shelf which is horizontally disposed and attached to at least the opposing side walls the opposing side walls, back wall and bottom each having a plurality of holes through which fluid and debris may pass; a plurality of cassettes adapted for placement upon said shelf and said bottom; a pair of horizontally disposed flanges attached to the tops of said opposing side walls, each of said opposing flanges having at least one hole therein, a top handle having a horizontally oriented rail adapted to receive and vertically hold a plurality of dental or orthodontic pliers; and a pair of opposing and downwardly extending plates having upwardly extending engagement pins configured to interfit underneath an opposing flange with the upwardly extending engagement pins interfitting within at least one hole defined within said flanges.