Toilet – Nail device – Compound tools
Patent
1976-05-27
1979-05-01
McNeill, G.E.
Toilet
Nail device
Compound tools
A61C 1500
Patent
active
041518519
ABSTRACT:
A dental flossing tool that includes two sticks. A supply of floss stored in a hollow handle on one of the sticks is fed to a place of use between the sticks by the use of two spools, one each rotatably mounted on each stick. One spool withdraws fresh floss from the storage handle and the other collects and stores the used floss. The collecting spool has a cutter mounted thereon and has notches for aligning the floss with the cutter. The sticks have slits for entering the floss into openings that support the floss for use in a person's mouth, and the floss is stored on the tool with substantially no twist in the filaments of the floss strand and is withdrawn in a manner to avoid applying a twist. Portions of the tool may have a distinctive color for identification purposes and also for making the aforesaid notches clearly visible. The hollow handle not being used to store the floss may have a colored card therein to provide an alternative method of identifying one person's tool from that of another. The collecting spool may have a wedging groove therein for gripping the floss or it may have a hinged cap that wedges the floss between the cap and the spool body.
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McNeill G.E.
Wolfram John N.
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