Special receptacle or package – For body treatment article or material – Dental
Patent
1990-09-04
1991-06-18
Foster, Jimmy G.
Special receptacle or package
For body treatment article or material
Dental
53425, 53430, 132324, 206388, A45D 4024, A65D 8500
Patent
active
050243241
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a variety of single-use dental floss spindles and the process for their production from an elongated strip of semi-rigid sheet material such as paperboard, plastic or a combination thereof, such spindles being generally rectangular, preferably about two inches long by three-quarters inch wide or less, and having wound lengthwise thereon about two feet of dental floss. The spindles are preferably provided with arcuate or straight sided indentations on the ends thereof to better retain the dental floss. Other indentations or openings along the mid-section of the spindles optionally are provided for ease of use or facility of manufacture. Preferably the beginning and finishing ends of floss are secured near opposite edges of a face of the spindles and are retained by a strip of self-adhesive tape or the like, the ends and tape having been severed along with the spindle sheet as one of the last steps of the process of products carried out by hand or by machine or some combination thereof. The process includes the steps of winding six or more turns of dental floss at one winding position marked by indentations, then leading dental floss to the next indentations and winding a similar number of turns at this winding position, with this step being repeated many times. Following the completion of several windings a self-adhesive tape is laid down over the sheet and finished windings; the elongated strip is cut into individual spindles, and, optionally, the spindles are sealed in plastic envelopes with the spindle and interior of the package sterilized by heat, radiation, or otherwise.
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Foster Jimmy G.
Keegan Robert R.
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