Improvements in Apparatus for Containing and Displaying Artificial Teeth.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Containing and Displaying Artificial
Teeth.
1, EVELYN PIERREPONT of Bank Chambers, Cockspur Street, London,
Doctor of Dental Surgery (Mich. U.S.A.) do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The present application for Letters Patent has for its object the provision of an
improved receptacle for holding artificial teeth so arranged that the contents whilst
being at all times visible and convenient of access, are yet securely held in place
and prevented from shaking loose or rolling about, and which moreover is
adjustable to any size of teeth required, and from which any tooth or teeth can
be conveniently withdrawn or replaced without disturbing the arrangement of
other rows.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a box preferably of cardboard of
suitable dimensions as to length, width and height for the object in view, namely
the arrangement of a set of teeth on each line.
Inside the box I arrange a second or false bottom of cardboard or other
suitable material, arranged in folds or corrugations, of such dimensions that
the largest teeth which are intended to be placed therein can fit in easily.
Where rows of teeth are of different sizes, the corrugations are arranged
accordingly.
This false bottom may be secured to the box bottom, in any suitable manner, or
in the case of diatoric or pin-less teeth it may be attached exclusively by the
device for securing the teeth hereinafter described. In the case of what are known
as pin teeth, I prefer to secure them in the grooves or corrugations in the following
manner. Wax coloured of any desired shade is run into the corrugations so as to
partly fill them up, and into this triangular mass the points of the teeth are struck
so that the teeth lie flat and are more cleanly and convenient to handle than. when
secured on flat wax tablets in the usual manner.
In the case of diatoric or pinless teeth, I pass a single wire through the whole
row, securing the ends by turning them down and clenching through the bottom
of the box. In this manner the false bottom is firmly secured at the same time,
and any given row can be taken out and altered without disturbing the rest, and in
case of need the pleats or corrugations can be expanded or contracted to suit
different sizes of teeth without disturbance to the rest of the contents, an
advantage unattainable when the box bottom consists of a grooved solid material
such.as wood as sometimes employed for a similar purpose.
Dated this 16th day of August 1895
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
31, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Containing and Displaying Artificial
Teeth.
I, EVELYN PIERREPONT, of Bank Chambers, Cockspur Street, London,.
Doctor of Dental Surgery (Mich. U.S.A.) do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The present application for Letters Patent has for its object the provision of an
improved receptacle for holding artificial teeth so arranged that the contents
whilst being at all times visible and convenient of access, are yet securely held in
place and prevented from shaking loose or rolling about, and which moreover is
adjustable to any size of teeth required, and from which any tooth or teeth can be
conveniently withdrawn or replaced without disturbing the arrangement of other
rows.
As the boxes contain definite numbers of teeth, stock taking is facilitated, and
any teeth getting loose are confined to a sinall space and cannot get mixed up
together.
In carrying my invention into effect, I-provide a box preferably of cardboard of
suitable dimensions as to length, width and height for the object in view, namely
the arrangement of a number of teeth on each line.
Referring to the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 represents a section and
Fig. 2 a view of my box as applied to pin teeth.
. Inside the box AI arrange a second or false bottom B of cardboard or
other suitable material, arranged in folds or corrugations, of such dimensions
that the largest teeth which are intended to be placed therein can fit in easily.
Where rows of teeth are of different sizes, the corrugations are arranged
Accordingly.
This false bottom may be secured to the box bottom, in any suitable manner,
or in the case of diatoric teeth it may be attached exclusively by the device for
securing the teeth hereinafter described. In the case of what are known as pin
teeth, I prefer to secure them in the grooves or corrugations in the following
manner. Wax coloured of any desired shade is run into the corrugations so as
to partly fill them up, and into this triangular mass C the pins of the teeth D are
stuck so that the teeth lie flat and are more cleanly and convenient to handle than
when secured on flat wax tablets in the usual manner.
The pin teeth are held right way up by the wax support which much facilitates
their selection.
In the case of diatoric or pinless teeth, I pass a single wire through the whole
row, securing the ends by turning them down and clenching through the bottom of
the box. In this manner the false bottom is firmly secured at the same time,
and any given row can be taken out and altered without disturbing the
rest, and in case of need the pleats or corrugations can be expanded or con-
tracted to suit different sizes of teeth without disturbance to the rest of the
contents.
In this case an outer casing is preferably applied to the bottom of the box to
cover the ends of the wire and add strength to the whole.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In boxes or receptacles for artificial teeth, a folded or corrugated inner

page_text: bottom of cardboard or the like whose upper furrows are partly filled with.
wax substantially as above described and illustrated in the accompanying-
drawing.
Dated this 13th day of May 1896.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.