Hydrocure unit

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OBJECT TYPE: PORTABLE
DATE: 1957
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0072.001

MANUFACTURER: Lee's Dental Products
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM ALLOY METAL CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 17.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Dentistry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Lee
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Tennessee
City: Lawrenceburg

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Vermont
Period: THIS UNIT USED IN LATE 1950S +
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO CURE ACRYLIC DENTAL COMPOUNDS BY MEANS OF STEAM-GENERATED PRESSURE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF SMALL, PORTABLE AND RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE UNIT DESIGNED FOR USE BY DENTISTS AND/OR HYGIENTISTS, IN DENTAL OFFICE. OPERATING LIKE A PRESSURE COOKER, IT WAS USED TO CURE ACRYLIC BASED MATERIAL USED IN REPAIRING DENTURES, CONSTRUCTING TEMPORARY PARTIALS, CAPS & CROWNS AND NIGHT GRINDING APPLIANCES, ETC.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: NONE.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Lee's Dental Products, Hydrocure unit, circa 1957, Artifact no. 1980.0072, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1980.0072.001/

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