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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Bradley P. Griffin, Greenville, NC (US);
Gary Fisher, Kowloon Bay, HK;
Inventors:
Bradley P. Griffin, Greenville, NC (US);
Gary Fisher, Kowloon Bay, HK;
Assignee:
Practicon, Inc., Greenville, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device having a vertical slot for sanitizing a dental appliance inserted in the device. The device comprises a removable tray for containing a dental appliance, the removable tray is suitable to be lifted in and out of the vertical slot of the sanitizing device. The device comprises vertically extending walls on opposing sides of the vertical slot between which the removable tray is inserted, wherein one of the vertically extending walls comprises an ultraviolet lamp for transmission of ultraviolet light.