Severing by tearing or breaking – Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge – With feed-out of predetermined length from work supply
Patent
1996-09-16
1997-07-08
Rada, Rinaldi I.
Severing by tearing or breaking
Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge
With feed-out of predetermined length from work supply
132322, 83649, B65H 7500, A61C 1504
Patent
active
056452063
ABSTRACT:
An automated dental floss dispensing apparatus for dispensing waxed or unwaxed floss, the apparatus having a dispenser housing including a spool receptacle for retaining a spool of floss. The spool receptacle has a conically shaped discharge aperture with inwardly slanting walls for feeding and guiding the dental floss and the dispenser housing includes a dispensing aperture for dispensing the floss. A cutter is disposed adjacent to the dispensing aperture for cutting a selected length of floss. A battery driven motor is operably coupled to a first and a second circuit for control of motor operating speed and for control of the length of floss to be dispensed by selective activation and deactivation of the motor. A control panel and a start button are included in a wall of the dispenser housing and the dispenser housing is preferably configured as two units which may be separated from one another, with one of the units having a removeable front panel to facilitate access inside the dispenser housing. The walls of the dispenser housing may be provided with one or more slots to receive corresponding projections on different units to allow combining two or more dispensers together.
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Rada Rinaldi I.
Stanley Elizabeth
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