Abstract: A dentures cleaning device for receiving at least one denture and a liquid comprises a container having two oppositely positioned side walls and an outlet aperture in the container. A lid is hingedly fixed to the container for closing the container and has a filling aperture for passing the liquid into the container. A lock is provided for locking the lid to the container. A step is positioned in the container near each side wall. Also, a separation wall is positioned on one of the steps and spaced parallel away from the side wall. The separation wall is shorter than the side wall for defining an overflow space. The outlet aperture communicates with the overflow space for passing the liquid from the container; and a rib is provided on each step perpendicular to the side walls.

Abstract: A system for providing artificial teeth with life-like shade and hue, or for matching the shade and hue of an artificial tooth with the shade and hue of one's natural teeth, employs a double-sided master shade guide and a plurality of paired sample teeth, with each pair having a given shade and hue corresponding to a tooth on the master shade guide and attached to a holder. One side of the master shade guide includes a first set of reference teeth arranged by shade, while a second set of reference teeth arranged by hue and visually isolated from the first set are disposed on a second, opposed side of the shade guide. A support base, or carrier, is adapted to receive and support the master shade guide and the paired sample teeth holders. The carrier includes a plurality of spaced compartments, each receiving and supporting a plurality of paired sample teeth holders. All pairs of sample teeth in a given compartment are of the same shade and hue.

Abstract: A coin holder made of plastic, or another suitably flexible material, having a flexible base, a flexible wall extending at a right angle from the base, a T-shaped tab extending outwardly from the base, and one or more tab-receiving slots in the base. The base and wall form a recess into which a coin may be fitted. The slots accept the T-shaped tab of another coin holder at an angle, and lock the coin holders together when the angle is reduced. In addition, the invention includes a flexible band into which coin holders may be attached for holding and display by being anchored parallel to the flexible band, or hanging freely from the flexible band.

Abstract: An inventive apparatus for cleaning a prosthesis in a microwave oven. The inventive apparatus comprises a container having an opening at the top thereof, a cover which is removably positionable over the opening, and a holding device, removably positionable in the container, for holding the prosthesis. Since most prostheses contain at least some metallic parts, the container and cover are each composed of a microwave insulating material. The inventive apparatus allows the quick and efficient cleaning of prostheses and facilitates the removal of dangerous fungal and bacterial deposits therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention is a honor based merchandise display or similar container that includes a merchandise display compartment and coin box compartment unistructurally formed from a folded blank of paper based material. Access to the contents of the coin box compartment is deterred by the use of a non-reversible locking tie, the presence of dividers within the display compartment and the orientation of the folds in the blank used to construct the coin box compartment.

Abstract: A device for storage and display of small, generally planar articles such as coins or the like, comprises one or more generally planar compartments for displaying a face of one or more articles. The articles are held in a cavity, preferably a closed, dust-tight cavity, of a generally planar article holder having a pair of opposed walls having the cavity therebetween. The article holder is releasably held in a display compartment by a generally planar retainer member which bears against an article holder which is correctly positioned in the display compartment. The article holder is also prevented from lateral movement in the display compartment and is thus held in an article viewing position in the display compartment whereby an article which is correctly positioned in the article holder is properly positioned in a display compartment and is viewable through an aperture in the retainer and through a transparent wall of the holder.

Abstract: A disposable container adapted for a single daily use for storing and cleaning dentures when not worn is disclosed. The container, which is particularly suitable for use in hospitals and nursing institutions as well as at home, is characterized as being disposable after a single use, of simple, convenient but elegant construction, inexpensive and sanitary, and carrying its own individual supply of cleanser.

Abstract: A cash box has a loose coin tray which rests on a peripheral seal seated on a plain free edge defining a lip of a base of the cash box. The coin tray is supported by the seal and has a peripheral flange which rests on six inwardly directed tabs of the seal. The tray and the seal may be manufactured together as a one-piece plastics moulding and the moulding cut to separate the tray from the seal.

Abstract: A storage and display device for a group of generally rectangular cassettes that vary somewhat in their sizes, each housing a coin whose head and tail are visible through opposite sides of the cassette. The device includes a board having elongated parallel wells formed therein dimensioned to accommodate the group of cassettes in side-by-side relation. A transparent backing behind the board defines the base of the wells, the coin tails being visible therethrough. Also provided are transparent film windows which resectively overlie the wells and are slidable along the board from an open position in which the wells may be loaded with cassettes to a closed position in which the cassettes are entrapped within the wells and the heads of the coins are then visible through the windows.

Abstract: A container organization wherein a front and rear wall define an envelope body with the forward wall including a V-shaped recess with a flap selectively overlying the forward wall including cooperative snap fasteners mounted to the forward wall and bottom surface of the flap. A flexible adhesive strip with a peel away layer is mounted to the rear wall to permit subsequent securement of the organization within a book and the like. A through extending transparent window member is mounted through the forward wall with a peel away opaque surface overlying the wall to permit storage and viewing of a tooth therethrough with the peel away layer including a further peel away strip to be secured within the envelope to overlie a rear wall of the window member and sealingly secure the tooth therewithin.

Abstract: A case of plastic material for at least one marketable valuable piece as a coin, a medal, a precious stone, a pearl, a stamp or the like, including two superimposed elements, at least one of which is transparent and formed with a shell to lodge the piece. The elements are connected at least along their edges, and between the upper and lower elements which enclose the piece with certification data, a tamperproof seal is provided against counterfeiting and against forced opening. The seal includes a delaminable security printing pattern in the form of a hologram or of a multi-ink layer which is discontinuously adhered so as to be visibly and irreparably lacerated upon an opening attempt being imparted to the case.

Abstract: The device comprises two circular discs each having indicia and an arrow on each outer surface and on each inner surface having a c-shaped wall with an opening and a central body having front and back faces, each face provided with an arrow located centrally of and adjacent to an opening of a c-shaped wall extending from each face of the body. The c-shaped wall of each disc is designed to be inserted into each c-shaped wall on the central body, also each c-shaped wall of each disc is provided with a frictional element to hold the assembled device together when the discs are rotatably mounted to the body, this frictional element also serves as a locking element after manual rotation of the discs for the alignment of any selected indicia or arrow on the outer surface of each disc with the arrow on the central body. Once the device is assembled two coinholders exist, one on the front face of the body and the other on the back face of the body.

Abstract: A portable apparatus suitable for use by a waitress for carrying money and making change which includes a signaling device for emitting a signal each time the apparatus is opened. The apparatus also includes a counter which counts and records the number of times the apparatus is opened.

Abstract: A holder for dental brackets having a frame which has an adhesive face on one side. The frame is foldable around a central line. Within each part of the frame is a transparent plastic. Thus, the dental brackets fit within the transparent plastic pouch formed by the frame and are manageable, identifiable, and remain sanitarily safe during transport. In addition, the stackable nature of the frame makes them easier to store.

Abstract: The present invention provides a carrying case for an orthodontal device. The carrying case comprises a plastic body formed by first and second body portions hingedly connected to one another and including a releasable closure to open and close the first and second body portions which, when closed with one another, have a combined depth for storage of the orthodontal device interiorly of the carrying case. The carrying case further includes an external specified indicia receiving region for receiving identifying information such as for example the name of the owner of the carrying case and the name of the orthodontist which appears to the outside of the carrying case.

Abstract: A container and dispenser of coins for toll booths comprising an enclosed rectangular box preferably made of resilient plastic having a left half and right half, wherein a plurality of pockets in the left half open to the top and extend to a floor at the bottom of the left half, and wherein a plurality of pockets in the right half open to the bottom and extend to a floor at the top of the right half. The pockets are formed by spaced apart walls leaving enough room in each pocket to provide the exact change for a specified series of toll booths. A slidable cover is provided on the top and bottom of the container to initially close all of the pockets.

Abstract: A container includes a hollow body and a hinged cover. An insert in the body is formed with twenty upwardly opening pockets for receiving a set of twenty baby teeth. The pockets are sized in accordance with the size of the different types of teeth. In addition, the pockets are arranged such that, when the teeth are stored, their placement assimilates the placement of the teeth in the upper and lower jaws.

Abstract: A kit, for the hygiene of removable dental prostheses is presented comprising a container with hermetic sealing which can contain at least one prosthesis and is provided with a removable false bottom in order to support the prosthesis above the level of a solution of sterilizing liquid. A porous lining covers the majority of the inner surface of the container and the false bottom.

Abstract: A tamper-proof coin case is presented. The coin case comprises a unitary assembly having a first substantially planar member which has a first element of an interlocking means disposed circumferentially thereabout, the first planar member being joined to a second substantially planar member having a second element of the interlocking means whose shape is complementary to the first element and which is disposed circumferentially about the second planar member. The unitary assembly has a first interior retention zone shaped such that a coin can be retained within the first interior retention zone, a second interior retention zone shaped such that at least one photograph of the coin can be retained within the second interior retention zone and a third interior retention zone shaped such that a certificate for the coin can be retained within the third interior retention zone.

Abstract: A dispensing holder for discs (such as coins) comprises a middle plate and two face plates. Each middle plate and face plate define between them disc-receiving slots having mouths open to the edge of the holder. Each slot is bordered on one side by a finger spring on the middle plate, and on the other side by a face hole in the face plate. Manual depression of the finger spring by pressing on a disc through the appropriate face hole allows the disc to be slid out through the mouth of the slot.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a drawer the upper surface of which is open is inserted drawably in an outer case on which is mounted a register, and a receptacle case of an upper-lower double structure comprising a money case as an upper stage the upper surface of which is open and a receptacle portion as a lower stage is inserted in the drawer, with an insertion aperture being formed in the front face of the drawer which insertion aperture is in communication with the receptacle portion, whereby slips, gift coupons, etc. which have been inserted from the insertion aperture and received in the receptacle portion can be transferred as they are to a predetermined place together with the cash received in the money case, and the recovery of those slips, gift coupons, etc. can be done easily without a mistake.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for saving an exarticulated tooth. The tooth is grasped by its crown, so as not to harm the periodontal membrane. In one embodiment, the tooth is placed in a net which is attached to a basket. The net and basket are immersed in a modified saline solution which preserves the cells of the periodontal membrane. The solution is held in a container which accommodates the net and basket. The container is closed, and the tooth and patient are taken to a dentist. The dentist removes the lid of the container, and lays the lid on a table or other surface, so that the sponge faces upward. The dentist then lifts the basket, with the tooth, out of the solution, and inverts the net so that the tooth falls out onto the sponge. The dentist then grasps the tooth with a forceps and reimplants it in the patient's mouth. In other embodiments, the net is omitted, and is replaced by padding in the container which protecgts the tooth.

Abstract: A cash till, a slip tray and a till lid are positioned in a cash drawer of a point of sale terminal or cash register for use in making change and receiving valuables during operation of the terminal or register by a clerk. At the end of the clerk's shift, the cash till, slip tray and till lid are removed, repositioned relative to each other, and locked together to form a secure container for transportation and storage of the valuables contained therein.

Abstract: A device for compactly storing coins of different denominations from which the coins can be readily retrieved when required. The device comprises a casing having an interior chamber, a tray for holding coins which is adapted to fit inside the chamber of the casing, and a mechanism for allowing the tray to be pivoted into and out of the chamber in the casing. Coins are placed in the tray and the tray is pivoted into the casing for storing the coins. The tray is pivoted out of the casing for access to the coins when they are needed.

Abstract: A remotely operated cash box assembly comprises a box-like structure having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion and two side wall portions. Rotatably mounted between the front wall portion and the rear wall portion is a spring urged cover member. A solenoid actuated latch mechanism mounted to the front wall portion engages a latching surface on the cover member latching the cover member upon movement of the cover member to a position engaging the front wall portion. Energizing of the solenoid releases the cover member for movement to a position adjacent the rear wall portion opening the cash box assembly. Located within the cash box assembly is a cash tray having separate compartments for coins and bills in which the bill compartments are orientated in an upward direction to facilitate the removal and depositing of bills in the tray.

Abstract: A method for use and application comprising a power denture washer having a washing container for housing the denture with a removable sealable lid. Disposed within the lid is a denture cleaner storage compartment with a removable sealable top cover. Disposed in the bottom of the washing container is a drain. The methodology includes placement of the denture within the container, rinsing under flowing water, adding the denture cleanser matter, inverting and filling with water and letting the denture soak and inverting the washing container to drain the liquid out and rinsing the denture under a stream of water.

Abstract: A hinged coin holder having two semi-circular parts hinged together at one curvilinear extremity and releasably joined at the other is improved by the provision of a plurality of internal pockets or compartments which are dimensioned to receive no greater than a predetermined number of coins of a specific denomination, irrespective of the thickness of the coins, so that the maximum desired number of coins may be unerringly packaged in the holder.

Abstract: A protective device for holding a dental model which is used in producing a dental prosthesis, the protective device including an arcuate tray having a substantially flat base wall with a continuous peripheral side wall upstanding therefrom so as to define a cavity chamber therein for receiving a correspondingly shaped arcuate pedestal of the dental model which can be securely seated therein. In one embodiment, the tray supports the dental model during machining of the model. In another embodiment, the tray forms part of a carrier having a cover portion which is hinged onto the tray portion so as to define therebetween a compartment for receiving the dental model. The tray can be keyed to accommodate specific keyed portions molded into the dental model.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display receptacle for deciduous teeth in which transparent compartments for individual teeth are arranged in upper and lower arcuate rows along the facing rims of hingedly connected housing members. Each compartment opens to receive a particular tooth as it is lost by a child and is thereafter retained releasably closed. The main housing members are selectively spring biased to open or closed positions.

Abstract: A supported package for displaying small items such as coins is formed from a tubular sleeve, for example of MYLAR (trade mark) film or the like and which is flattened and removably attached on a planar support surface which comprises a series of transversely spaced transversely elongated members, which may, for exmaple, be formed by slits in the support surface, each having associated with it an opening formed by a longitudinally extending pair of opposed edges through which at least a portion of the flattened sleeve is passed. The package can be readily formed or adjusted to accommodate snugly items such as coins of differing sizes, and the packages can be readily mounted, moved and rearranged on the display surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for saving an exarticulated tooth. The tooth is grasped by its crown, so as not to harm the periodontal membrane. The tooth is then placed in a net which is attached to a basket. The net and basket are immersed in a modified saline solution which preserves the cells of the periodontal membrane. The solution is held in a container which accommodates the net and basket. The lid of the container has a sponge attached to its interior surface. The container is closed, and the tooth and patient are taken to a dentist. The dentist removes the container lid, and lays the lid on a table or other surface, so that the sponge faces upward. The dentist then lifts the basket, with the tooth, out of the solution, and inverts the net so that the tooth falls out onto the sponge. The dentist grasps the tooth with a forceps and reimplants it in the patient's mouth.

Abstract: A protective carrier for a dental model which is used in the production of a dental prosthesis. The carrier includes three sections which are hinged together so that the sections can be folded over each other to close the carrier. A first section includes a centrally disposed tray section provided with a recessed cavity to receive a pedestal portion of the dental model. A second section includes a retaining sheet hinged to one side of the tray section, which can be folded onto the tray section and be slid between a locking position which secures the dental model in the cavity, and a release position permitting removal of the dental model from the cavity. A third section is a cover member which is hinged to an opposing side of the tray section and which closes onto the retaining sheet when folded on the tray section for protectively securing the dental model in the carrier. The cover member can also receive a die tray retaining the dental model therein.

Abstract: A money box arrangement particularly for use in the cashier's stations of department stores, on bank counters or the like is proposed. This money box arrangement in particular will make possible a simple and secure carrying of the money between the cashier's station and a central cash office. It comprises a cash insert (10) which can be taken out of the cashbox (4) of a cash register (2), a portable strongbox (12) for receiving the cash insert (10) as well as other reserve money not located in this place, and moreover comprises a cover (14) which can serve for closing off the cash insert (10) and for closing off the portable strongbox (12). This arrangement makes it possible for the change in the cash insert (10) and the reserve money to be carried securely between the cashier's station and the central cash office.

Abstract: A coin display case includes an outer lens, an inner lens and a central laminate. The laminate is held between the outer lens and the inner lens. The laminate further includes a hole for accepting a coin. The laminate is made out of a layer of flexible foamed material sandwiched between two layers of sulfur-free acid neutral paper.

Abstract: The purpose of the yarn dispenser is to store and dispense embroidery floss in a orderly manner.The operation of the device involves placing a skein of floss over the two bushings which rotate on internal axles. After the two halves of the outer case are assembled, the outside end of the skein is drawn out through the dispensing hole and cut off as needed by the user.An abraded area is provided to record information about the skein inside, and windows (holes) are provided to permit the user to see the color and amount of floss remaining.

Abstract: A hinged coin holder having two semi-circular parts hinged together at one curvilinear extremity and releasably joined at the other is improved by the provision of a plurality of internal pockets or compartments which are dimensioned to receive no greater than a predetermined number of coins of a specific denomination, irrespective of the thickness of the coins, so that the maximum desired number of coins may be unerringly packaged in the holder.

Abstract: Coin card and integral slide chart therefor, giving information of numismatic value regarding the coins in the coin card, and made from a single piece of cardboard by automatic slitting, gluing and folding operations.

Abstract: A holder for securing in position a plurality of slides to enable a composite photograph thereof to be taken, for example for cataloguing a slide library. The holder comprises planar base and secondary frames to receive on their surfaces the slides to be photographed. The frames are provided with transparent sections beneath the areas to be covered by the film portions of the slides when mounted on them, the transparent sections of one frame being aligned with the transparent sections of the other when the frames are mounted in operative position. In this manner the entire film portion of each slide is exposed to the photographic means. In a preferred form of the invention, the slides are mounted on the frame so that the opaque edge portions of the slides on one of the frames overlap opaque edge portions of slides on the other frame, thereby increasing the number of slides which may be included in the composite photograph.

Abstract: An arrangement for storing and displaying coins and the like includes a rigid mounting device having one or more openings for receiving a coin, the coin being mounted in the opening such that both sides of the coin may be viewed, the mounting means having coin-engaging portions which are made of a material which does not adversely affect the coin.

Abstract: A display and storage device for articles such as coins, medals, tokens and the like includes an envelope of a transparent material which is open-ended to receive an article, and a flat, sleeve-like member having a longitudinal slot therein, permitting the holder envelope with an article contained therein to be slipped into the sleeve member, an inner edge of the slot being tapered to compress and close the open end of the envelope thereby formng a generally airtight enclosure of the article, and the sleeve member having a central aperture for enhancing viewability of the article. A plurality of the storage device may be mounted on an apertured display board.

Abstract: The invention contemplates improved structure for use in making lens implants in ophthalmological surgery, the lens being a replacement for a cataract-clouded natural lens, and the replacement being installed in the pupil at the iris as the operative step following removal of the cataracted lens. The invention features adapter-element structure assembled or adapted for assembly to an intra-ocular lens element and having plural radially outward iris-stabilizable feet. The adapter-element structure is severably united to further material which aids in handling and storage, in readiness for later surgical use.

Abstract: A convenient shipper and display tray for a plurality of tissue culture dishes comprising a principal body having a plurality of spaced side-by-side vertical voids adapted to receive said dishes in vertical stacked array and finger slots communicating from the exterior of said body to the vertical stacked array, accommodating finger movement and removal of dishes stacked therein and desirably inclusive of spill containment means and sterile covering means for each of said stacks as well as provisions for removability thereof.

Abstract: A standardized system of color or shade selection and application is provided for crown and bridge prosthodontia, especially involving composite metal-ceramic crowns and bridges, using commercially available dental porcelains. A prosthodontic shade guide holds removable shade selectors to present separately distinct gingival and incisal shades of dental porcelain in accordance with their appearance on metal crowns and bridges. Each gingival shade selector comprises a thin opaque backing layer overlain by a thicker tapering body layer on a concave support, while each incisal shade selector comprises a thick tapering convex layer suitably supported. In the instance of a crown, the tooth is reduced dimensionally corresponding to the shade selector thicknesses (both gingival and incisal), and the crown is fabricated to a basic thickness to accommodate the respective layers.

Abstract: A solar panel for use in hostile environments. The panel includes top and bottom molded glass plates, each having a downwardly directed sidewall extending around their outer peripheries. The bottom plate is positioned beneath and within the sidewalls of the top plate thereby downwardly directing the opening to the compartment formed between the top and bottom plates. Recesses are molded in either the bottom of the top plate or in the top of the bottom plate for receiving solar cells whereby the thickness of the compartment is minimized. The recesses are sized and shaped to conform to the size and shape of the solar cells. A passageway is provided from each recess to an adjacent recess for electrical connections between adjacent solar cells which are positioned in each of the recesses. Potting compound having an index of refraction similar to the index of refraction of glass fills the compartment. The thickness of the compartment is sufficient to allow the compound to withstand thermal cycling.

Abstract: A square, flat display device is formed with recesses on its edge for receiving interlock elements having portions which are captured by adjacent devices. Thus, a group of display devices may be connected to form a sheet of devices. Mounting members are similarly attached to the devices so that a sheet of devices may be mounted in a ring binder.

Abstract: An easily assemblable and disassembable air-tight container or display holder for coins or similar articles. A holding plate having a hole in which the article is placed is sandwiched between retaining plates, a seal is placed about the periphery of the holding plate and between the retaining plates, and a framing assembly is positioned about the periphery of the plates to hold the retaining plates against the seal. An identifying piece is removably interlocked into the framing assembly.

Abstract: A reusable coin container serves as both a coin bank and a coin wrapper, and comprises two sections which snap together to form a pair of parallel cylinders each capable of holding a predetermined number of coins of a particular denomination. When the container is full, the sections are readily separated, and one section comprises a convenient holder from which coins may be dispensed. The container is arranged so that once full, insertion of an additional coin causes separation of the sections.

Abstract: A container for coins and similar objects has two spaced apart circular end members joined by a cylindrical wall, the wall connected with the end members for only part of the circumference and forming at least one flap for closing the container, the cooperating edges of the flap and wall having interengaging formations for retaining the flap in a closed position. The container is conveniently molded in plastic material and several containers can be molded as one unit, with each container holding the same size objects, or different containers for different size objects.

Abstract: An easily assemblable and disassembable air-tight container or display holder for coins or similar articles. A holding plate having a hole in which the article is placed is sandwiched between retaining plates, a seal is placed about the periphery of the holding plate and between the retaining plates, and a framing assembly is positioned about the periphery of the plates to hold the retaining plates against the seal. An identifying piece is removably interlocked into the framing assembly.

Abstract: This invention relates to devices and means to retain, to hold or to grip securely coins, keys, jewerly and other such like items, and more particularly to hold coins in readiness for automobile drivers who must often pay highway and bridge tolls. The main embodiment of the present invention is to provide a pocket-like or a lip-like extruded section or clamping device, preferably made of resilient plastic or rubber. Various lengths of such an extruded section may then be glued or otherwise secured to strategic places to support quarters or dimes or half dollars near the driver's seat and within easy reach of the driver.