The dental model pouring jig of the present invention includes a base member that supports a model base support member and a mold support member. The model base support member is secured to the base member and is capable of mounting a dental model base. The mold support member is adjustably secured to the base member and capable of mounting a mold of a person's teeth. The mold support member is adjustable relative to the model base support member to properly position the mold adjacent the dental...

The dental model pouring jig of the present invention includes a base member that supports a model base support member and a mold support member. The model base support member is secured to the base member and is capable of mounting a dental model base. The mold support member is adjustably secured to the base member and capable of mounting a mold of a person's teeth. The mold support member is adjustable relative to the model base support member to properly position the mold adjacent the dental...

A dental appliance fabrication system includes a reconfigurable dental model including a frame having one or more tooth members disposed on the frame; and one or more micro-positioners each coupled to one tooth member to move the tooth in six degrees of freedom relative to the frame.

A head space inserting system is used in a packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing packages. The inerting system directly introduces an inerting gas into the head space of the formed package subsequent to filling and prior to sealing. The inerting system includes an inerting gas source, an inerting gas heater to heat the inerting gas and an inerting gas nozzle. The inerting gas nozzle is disposed within the form, fill and seal packaging machine to introduce the inerting gas directly i...

A method and apparatus is provided for forming a skin package particularly for food products, hardware and the like in which a single film web is arranged around the product and by pressure differential is formed around the product. A pair of U-shaped chamber members is disposed to slidably engage the open ends of each other to form a sealed chamber with the film retained against or nearly against three sides of the chamber. After the film has been brought to a heated heat-sealable condition, at...

The dental model pouring jig of the present invention includes a base member that supports a model base support member and a mold support member. The model base support member is secured to the base member and is capable of mounting a dental model base. The mold support member is adjustably secured to the base member and capable of mounting a mold of a person's teeth. The mold support member is adjustable relative to the model base support member to properly position the mold adjacent the dental...

A dental appliance fabrication system includes a reconfigurable dental model including a frame having one or more tooth members disposed on the frame; and one or more micro-positioners each coupled to one tooth member to move the tooth in six degrees of freedom relative to the frame.

A connecting pin for a socket connection for fastening dental crown or jaw segments to a model base comprises a fixing shank and a socket shank. The socket shank can be inserted releasably into a seat in a guiding sleeve which is accommodated in the model base. In order to make available a connection which is inexpensive and easy to produce, the outer radial surface area of the fixing shank, not loaded by external forces, has a radial undercut at least in the area of the smallest radius (r.sub.m...

An apparatus for simultaneously separating segments of a dental cast from a plaster base wherein the segments are mounted to the base with pins positioned within holes that extend through the base with the apparatus comprising a platform and a clamp for positioning the base in a predetermined position spaced from the platform. A set of engaging pins are positionable upon the platform in alignment for insertion into the holes of the base. A threaded driver is provided for moving the platform and ...

A method and apparatus for creating an orthodontic archform wherein the bracket archwire slots are level to one another. The method includes setting up separated model teeth in a straight line on a setup fixture to locate the brackets in a level position on the model teeth, transferring the model teeth and brackets to an alignment fixture, and positioning them in a curved arrangement defining an archform. An archwire can then be formed in the bracket slots either manually or by inserting and cla...