US94664A - Improved mode of fastening- artificial teeth - Google Patents

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Lette/rs Patent No. 94,664, dated September 7, 1869.

IMPROVED MQDE QF FASTENING- ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

The Schedule referredy to in these Letters Patent and making part ef the same.

To all whom itmavy concern:

Be it known that I, E. C. STONE, of Galesburg, in the county of Knox, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Usefull Improvement iu Modes of Fastening Artificial Teeth; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the method of fastening artificial teeth to the plate, where metal and rubber or vulcanite are used in combination; land consists in the use of staples passiug through the plate and fastened without soldering, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings-l Figure l represents a front view Ofl a plate with a portion of the teeth attached according to my invention, the other portion of the plate showing the staples and the manner Ot' attachingr them to the plate.

Figure 2 is a view of thestaple detached, showing p its form when in the plate and .prepared for the rubber.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the plate.

B represents the staple.

C is the rubber.

D, the teeth.

For insertingr the staple B in the plate, two orices are made `through the plate, one for each leg of. the staple, which legs are passed through the plate, when they are turned or bent over, as seen in the drawing, .each leg forming an eye or hook for holding the rubber.

It will be seen that by this method no soldering is required for securely h/oldingl the staple to the plate, and that when once the rubber is connected therewith it is rheld in the most firm and perfect manner, thus securing all the advantages of the rubber with strength ofl the metal plate.

I )he advantages of this over the Ordinary method of soldering or jagging or denticulating the surface of the plate for securing the rubber, are many, and must be obvious to all who are acquainted with the subject.

Having thus ldescribed my invention,

I I claim as new, and.desire to secure lby Letters Patent- The staples B, for attaching the teeth D to the metal plate A, when said staples are constructed as described, by passing the wire through the plate from the inner side, and bending its ends over in opposite directions, to form eyes upon the outer side of said plate, as herein set forth and shown.

E. G. STONE.

Witnesses:

M. D. COOKE,- N. A. JOHNSON.

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