| 摘要 |
<p>PCT No. PCT/JP89/00373 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 5, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 5, 1990 PCT Filed Apr. 6, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/11733 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 18, 1990.A wax shaping tool of the present invention is a tool which is used in manufacturing an artificial denture model by a dental technician. The tool comprises a tubular handle portion 10 having a slit 12 extending in an axial direction for interconnecting an internal bore with the external space, a wax cartridge holder 13 provided on upper side of the handle portion including edges of the slit for slidably provided guiding a wax cartridge 16, a roller 14 rotatably onto said handle portion so as to protrude from a peripheral part thereof, a first drive which removably holds a rear end of the wax cartridge and is movable in an axial direction in the wax cartridge holder, a second drive (20, 21, 23, 24; 33, 34, 35, 36) provided in said handle portion for converting a rotating movement of the roller into the rectilinear movement and for transmitting the motion to the first drive, a spatula 26 provided on a front end of the handle portion, a wax melter portion 27 for contacting and melting the wax cartridge portion projected out of a front end the wax cartridge holder, and a heater 28 for heating up said spatula and said wax melter portion. Since the amount of melted wax can be freely controlled according to the rotation of the roller by fingers, said tool can be easily used.</p> |
