Instrument for orienting the planes of occlusion

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR ORIENTING THE PLANE OF OCCLUSION OF A CAST HAVING AN ASSOCIATED BITE BLOCK WITH A DEFORMABLE WAX OCCLUSAL RIM COMPRISING, AN OCCLUSAL TABLE FOR SUPPORTING THE COMBINATION CAST AND BITE BLOCK AND RIM AND HAVING GUIDE MEANS DEPENDING FROM ITS ANTERIOR EDGE, A CALIBRATED LABIAL FRENUM SLIDE BEING SLIDABLY RECEIVABLE WITIN SAID GUIDE MEANS AT THE ANTERIOR EDGE OF SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE AND CARRYING A HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED ALIGNING STANDARD AT ITS UPPER EXTREMITY ABOVE SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE, SAID ALIGNING STANDARD HAVING AN INWARDLY FACING EXTREMITY FOR POSITIONING ADJACENT THE CAST AS SAID LABIAL FRENUM SLIDE IS ADJUSTED TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE ACCORDING TO THE ANTERIOR VERTICAL DIMENSION FOR THE DEFORMATION OF THE WAX OCCLUSAL RIM UPON SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE UNTIL THE MEDIUM LINE OF THE LABIAL FRENUM OF THE CAST REACHES ALIGNMENT WITH THE INWARDLY FACING EXTREMITY OF SAID HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED ALIGNING STANDARD, A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL POSTERIOR ALIGNING ARMS BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED UPON SAID ALIGNING STANDARD AND BEING MOVABLE ABOVE SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE AND EACH HAVING AN INWARDLY FACING EXTREMITY FOR POSITIONING ADJACENT THE CAST PREPARATORY TO THE DEFORMATION OF THE WAX OCCLUSAL RIM UPON SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE UNTIL THE HORIZONTAL LINES OF THE MUCCO LABIAL FOLD AT EACH SIDE OF THE CAST REACH ALIGNMENT WITH THE INWARDLY FACING EXTREMITY OF THE RESPECTIVE POSTERIOR ALIGNING ARMS OF SAID PAIR THEREOF.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR ORIENTING THE PLANE OF OCCLUSION OF A CAST HAVING AN ASSOCIATED BITE BLOCK WITH A DEFORMABLE WAX OCCLUSAL RIM COMPRISING, AN OCCLUSAL TABLE FOR SUPPORTING THE COMBINATION CAST AND BITE BLOCK AND RIM AND HAVING GUIDE MEANS DEPENDING FROM ITS ANTERIOR EDGE, A CALIBRATED LABIAL FRENUM SLIDE BEING SLIDABLY RECEIVABLE WITIN SAID GUIDE MEANS AT THE ANTERIOR EDGE OF SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE AND CARRYING A HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED ALIGNING STANDARD AT ITS UPPER EXTREMITY ABOVE SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE, SAID ALIGNING STANDARD HAVING AN INWARDLY FACING EXTREMITY FOR POSITIONING ADJACENT THE CAST AS SAID LABIAL FRENUM SLIDE IS ADJUSTED TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE ACCORDING TO THE ANTERIOR VERTICAL DIMENSION FOR THE DEFORMATION OF THE WAX OCCLUSAL RIM UPON SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE UNTIL THE MEDIUM LINE OF THE LABIAL FRENUM OF THE CAST REACHES ALIGNMENT WITH THE INWARDLY FACING EXTREMITY OF SAID HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED ALIGNING STANDARD, A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL POSTERIOR ALIGNING ARMS BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED UPON SAID ALIGNING STANDARD AND BEING MOVABLE ABOVE SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE AND EACH HAVING AN INWARDLY FACING EXTREMITY FOR POSITIONING ADJACENT THE CAST PREPARATORY TO THE DEFORMATION OF THE WAX OCCLUSAL RIM UPON SAID OCCLUSAL TABLE UNTIL THE HORIZONTAL LINES OF THE MUCCO LABIAL FOLD AT EACH SIDE OF THE CAST REACH ALIGNMENT WITH THE INWARDLY FACING EXTREMITY OF THE RESPECTIVE POSTERIOR ALIGNING ARMS OF SAID PAIR THEREOF.