US4828490A
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Furnace for dental workpieces
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-06-08
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Granted: 1989-05-09
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Expires: 2007-06-08
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to an improved furnace oven for drying and firing porcelain dental workpieces. It has a plurality of worktables which can be inserted at a desired sequence into the muffle of the furnace oven. The workpiece to be processed is placed on, or prepared on one of the supports, the arm of such support is swung into a position beneath the opening of the muffle and lifted into the muffle. The furnace is of the vacuum type, and can be preprogrammed. It is possible to provide furnaces of this type where a number of programs can be prepared according to the number of supports and thus time is saved between the end of one firing cycle and the start of the next one with a new workpiece.
Inventors
- 👤 Baruch Indig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 21:52
CPC Classifications
F; F27; F27B; F27B17/00; F27B17/02; F27B17/025; F27B5/00; F27B5/06; F27B5/12; F27D; F27D3/00; F27D2003/0034; F27D2003/0046; F27D2003/0065; F27D2003/0075
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A furnace for firing dental replacements such as crowns, bridges and the like, comprising: a muffle having a bottom opening, said muffle defining a heating chamber comprising means for enclosing a single workpiece to be fired; at least two support means for workpieces to be fired in the muffle, each of said support means being located on an arm extending from a vertical support, said arms having means for swinging motion in an essentially horizontal direction, so that at any period of time the arm of one of said support means will be beneath the opening of the muffle, and means for alternately moveing said one of said support means upwards into said muffle; whereby after firing said one of said support means may be moved in a downward direction and swung horizontally out from beneath said opening of the muffle and the another of said support means may be moved beneath the opening of the muffle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A furnace for firing dental replacements such as crowns, bridges and the like, comprising: a muffle having a bottom opening, said muffle defining a heating chamber comprising means for enclosing a single workpiece to be fired; at least two support means for workpieces to be fired in the muffle, each of said support means being located on an arm extending from a vertical support, said arms having means for swinging motion in an essentially horizontal direction, so that at any period of time the arm of one of said support means will be beneath the opening of the muffle, and means for alternately moveing said one of said support means upwards into said muffle; whereby after firing said one of said support means may be moved in a downward direction and swung horizontally out from beneath said opening of the muffle and the another of said support means may be moved beneath the opening of the muffle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
A furnace of the type claimed in claim 1, of the vacuum type.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A furnace according to claim 1, provided with two of said support means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
A furnace according to claim 1, provided with three of said support means.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-05-08 | 1992-11-07 | 1993-05-09 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-05-08 | 1996-11-07 | 1997-05-09 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-05-08 | 2000-11-07 | 2001-05-09 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |