Patent ID: 6234794
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
An articulator comprising:a lower jaw frame comprising a stand constituted by a pair of columnar portions and a connection portion for connecting said columnar portions to each other such that said columnar portions and said connection portion are integrally formed, a lower jaw model joining member combined such that a base portion of said lower jaw model joining member is slidable in a horizontal direction with respect to said connection portion of said stand, a lower jaw model mount which is joined to a joining portion at the center of a main surface of said lower jaw model joining member and which has a main surface on which a lower jaw model is mounted, and an incisal table provided for another end of said lower jaw model joining member; andan upper jaw frame incorporating an upper jaw model joining member having side portions of a base portion which are supported by a rotation support mechanism and a slide support mechanism such that the side portions are rotative and slidable with respect to each columnar portion of said stand, an upper jaw model mount which corresponds to said lower jaw model mount, which is joined to a joining portion formed at the center of a main surface of said upper jaw model joining member constituting a Frankfort plane and which is movable in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of said lower jaw model joining member, and an incisal pin joined to a leading end of said upper jaw model joining member through a support mechanism which is slidably supported such that oscillations are permitted in said leading end of said upper jaw model joining member.