Curing device for light-induced curing of dental materials

Claim 2

A curing device for light-induced curing of dental material, said curing device comprising: a hand-held apparatus containing a light source, said hand-held apparatus being pistol-shaped and comprising a main body and a grip connected to said main body; a supply station; a stand separate from the supply station; a cable connected to said grip for connecting said hand-held apparatus to the supply station; and a support for receiving said hand-held apparatus, said support being detachably connectable to the supply station or to the separate stand such that said support in which said hand-held apparatus is received is storable at the supply station or at the separate stand.

Claim 3

A curing device according to claim 1 , wherein said support has a bracket for supporting at least a portion of said main body in front of said grip.

Claim 4

A curing device according to claim 2 , wherein said bracket provides slanted supporting surfaces along both sides of said main body and beneath said main body.

Claim 5

A curing device according to claim 2 , wherein said bracket includes two lateral portions and a curved center portion positioned between said lateral portions.

Claim 6

A curing device according to claim 4 , wherein said length of said lateral portions is approximately half a length of said main body.

Claim 7

A curing device according to claim 4 , wherein said grip is received and partly surrounded by said central curved portion.

Claim 8

A curing device according to claim 1 , wherein said cable has plugs for detachably connecting said cable to the supply station and said grip.

Claim 9

A curing device according to claim 1 , wherein said cable is provided in different lengths such that an appropriate length is selectable as needed.

Claim 10

A curing device according to claim 1 , wherein said hand-held apparatus is positionable in said support only in one defined position and wherein said hand-held apparatus, when incorrectly placed into said support, will right itself relative to said support in order to assume said defined position.

Claim 11

A curing device according to claim 1 , wherein said support when inserted into the stand is placeable onto a table.

Claim 12

A curing device according to claim 1 , wherein the stand has a support plate extending beneath an end portion of a light guide of said curing device when received in said support.

Claim 13

A curing device for light-induced curing of dental materials, said curing device comprising: a hand-held apparatus containing a light source, said hand-held apparatus being pistol-shaped comprising a main body and a grip connected to said main body; a supply station; a stand separate from the supply station; a cable connected to said grip for connecting said hand-held apparatus to a supply station; a support for receiving said hand-held apparatus, said support having a bracket for supporting a least a portion of said main body in front of said grip, said bracket being comprised of a bent wire having two spaced apart ends removably insertable into a holder at the supply station or into the stand wherein said hand-held apparatus is storable at the supply station or separate from the supply station.

Claim 14

A curing device for light-induced curing of dental materials, said curing device comprising: a hand-held apparatus containing a light source, said hand-held apparatus being pistol-shaped comprising a main body and a grip connected to said main body; a supply station; a stand separate from the supply station; a cable connected to said grip for connecting said hand-held apparatus to a supply station; a support for receiving said hand-held apparatus, said support having a bracket for supporting a least a portion of said main body in front of said grip, said bracket being comprised of a bent wire having two spaced apart ends removably insertable into a holder at the supply station or into the stand wherein said hand-held apparatus is storable at the supply station or separate from the supply station.

Claim 15

A curing device according to claim 12 , wherein said hand-held apparatus comprises a light guide having an end portion angled downwardly.

Claim 16

A curing device according to claim 13 , wherein said end portion of said light guide has an end face facing a surface of the supply station and positioned directly adjacent to the surface of the supply station when said hand-held apparatus is received in said support inserted into the holder.

Claim 17

A curing device according to claim 14 , wherein between said surface of said supply station and said end face of said light guide a safety distance of 1 to 2 cm is provided.

Claim 20

A curing device for light-induced curing of dental materials, said curing device comprising: a hand-held apparatus containing a light source; said hand-held apparatus being pistol-shaped comprising a main body and a grip connected to said main body; a cable connected to said grip for connecting said hand-held apparatus to a supply station; a support for receiving said hand-held apparatus, said support having a bracket for supporting at least a portion of said main body in front of said grip, said bracket is comprised of a bent wire and has two lower ends, two lateral portions, and a curved center portion positioned between said lateral portions, when viewed from said ends' said bracket has two upwardly extending legs and first transition portions extending forwardly in a longitudinal direction of said main body, said lateral portions are connected to said first transition portions and extend to the rear of said main body parallel or diverging to said longitudinal direction, said bracket including two second transition portions extending downwardly and toward one another and connecting said lateral portions and said central curved portion; said support detachably connectable to the supply station or a stand such that said support in which said hand-held apparatus is received is storable at the supply station or separate from the supply station.

Claim 21

A curing device for light-induced curing of dental materials, said curing device comprising: a hand-held apparatus containing a light source; said hand-held apparatus being pistol-shaped comprising a main body and a grip connected to said main body; a cable connected to said grip for connecting said hand-held apparatus to a supply station; a support for receiving said hand-held apparatus, said support having a bracket for supporting at least a portion of said main body in front of said grip, said bracket is comprised of a bent wire and has two lower ends, two lateral portions, and a curved center portion positioned between said lateral portions, when viewed from said ends' said bracket has two upwardly extending legs and first transition portions extending forwardly in a longitudinal direction of said main body, said lateral portions are connected to said first transition portions and extend to the rear of said main body parallel or diverging to said longitudinal direction, said bracket including two second transition portions extending downwardly and toward one another and connecting said lateral portions and said central curved portion; said support detachably connectable to the supply station or a stand such that said support in which said hand-held apparatus is received is storable at the supply station or separate from the supply station.

Claim 22

A curing device according to claim 17 , wherein said lateral portions have a length between said first and second transition portions that is greater than a width of said grip in said longitudinal direction.