Patent ID: 7175429

Claim:
Device for controlling and dispensing wax for the creation of tracings and moulds, comprising a spatula-like tip ( 3 ), which is mounted on a hollow handle ( 4 ), and a control unit ( 1 ), wherein said hollow handle ( 4 ) has internally a housing ( 10 ) containing a block of solid wax in the manner of a replaceable cartridge, wherein said housing ( 10 ) communicates with a channel ( 12 ) for conveying the wax into the vicinity of said spatula-like tip ( 3 ) and wherein heating means ( 9 ) are provided around said housing ( 10 ), further comprising wax metering means ( 11 ), wherein said wax metering means ( 11 ) comprise a pushbutton ( 16 ) which is located on the outside of the handle ( 4 ) and which extends inside said handle ( 4 ) so as to form a horizontal pin ( 23 ) which is pivotably hinged with a vertical pin ( 21 ), in turn pivotably hinged on a fulcrum ( 27 ) and hinged with another horizontal pin ( 29 ) which terminates in the manner of a stopper in the bottom part of the wax housing ( 10 ), the horizontal pin ( 23 ) and the pushbutton ( 16 ) being pushed against the action of a spring ( 24 ).