US 11,851,263 B2
Dental material container
Verstraeten Guy, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to GC Corporation, Shizuoka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/041,163
Filed by GC Corporation, Shizuoka (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/044951
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 24, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/187363, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-059438 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0009338 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 83/04 (2006.01); A61K 6/802 (2020.01); A61C 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 83/0427 (2013.01) [A61C 19/10 (2013.01); A61K 6/802 (2020.01); A61C 2202/00 (2013.01); B65D 2583/0472 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental material container, comprising
a container body shaped like a cylinder with a bottom and configured to store a dental material that is shaped like a thick plate and includes a pair of opposing primary surfaces; and
a cap formed to cover an opening at one end of the container body, wherein
the cap is provided on the container body such that the cap is rotatable in a circumferential direction of the container body and includes an internal space capable of housing the dental material;
an outlet through which the dental material is taken out is formed in a side surface of the cap;
the container body includes a pair of first holders that are formed on an inner surface of the container body to hold the primary surfaces of the dental material such that the dental material is movable;
the cap includes a pair of second holders formed inside of the cap to hold the primary surfaces of the dental material such that the dental material is movable; and
the dental material container is configured such that when the cap is rotated in the circumferential direction relative to the container body, a continuous space where the dental material is movable is formed by the first holders and the second holders, the dental material located closest to the opening in the container body moves into the cap, and the dental material moved into the cap is housed in the cap.