Patent · US Expired

Dental handpiece

US4033039A · kind A · utility

6Cited by

1References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Gerd Lohn · Zell am Harmersbach, DE
Anton Braun · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 1976
Grant date	Jul 5, 1977
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 1996

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61C1/14
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dental handpiece with clamping tongs arranged in the front end of the drive shaft to receive an insertable element. The front end of the drive shaft and the clamping tongs are axially displaceable relative to each other into an end position by actuation of a manipulator. The tongs may be displaced out of this end position by a piston arrangement.

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