Patent ID: 8584838

Claim:
A dental container for mixing of components of a dental mixture, comprising a main chamber, a liquid receptacle and a plunger, wherein said container further comprises a body having a proximal end and a distal end, said liquid receptacle being mounted within said proximal end of said body, and said plunger being sealingly mounted within an interior of said liquid receptacle, said liquid receptacle having an inner transverse wall which contains a weakened portion, and wherein said plunger has a front face which is projection free, said liquid receptacle containing a liquid and said main chamber containing a powder, the arrangement being such that, in use, pressure is applied to said plunger for building up hydraulic pressure by means of the liquid on said inner transverse wall for hydraulically breaking said weakened portion and for causing said liquid to enter said main chamber, said distal end of said body comprising an inwardly facing circumferential flange defining a central distal aperture, an end cap being mounted to said distal end of said body and having a circumferential configuration defining a central aperture substantially coterminous with said central distal aperture, a frangible membrane disposed across said central distal aperture of said body and said central aperture of said end cap by being sandwiched between said circumferential flange of said distal end of said body and said end cap, said body being devoid of any dispensing nozzle adjacent to said distal end thereof, wherein said frangible membrane is accessible to an applicator with an absorbent end or a brush held by a user after mixing has taken place whilst said end cap remains in place.