Dental handpiece
US4278428A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61C1/12
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dental handpiece with at least two drive shaft sections for transmitting the rotary motion from a drive motor to an acceptance socket which is rotatably mounted in a head part of the handpiece, each of the drive shaft sections being arranged with their axes at an angle to one another and one of the two drive shaft sections having two coaxial gears which have different numbers of teeth and the other drive shaft section having at least one gear characterized by one of the two sections being mounted for axial displacement between two positions with one of the positions having one of the two gears in engagement with a gear and the other position having the other of the two gears in engagement with a gear. The gears on the drive shaft sections can be selected so that in one of the positions a direct drive can be obtained and in the other position either a step-up or step-down ratio can be obtained. In one embodiment, a single gear of the one section coacts with the two gears of the other section. In another embodiment, each of the drive shafts have two gears with the axial displacement between the two gears such that one pair of gears is in engagement when the displaceable shaft is in…
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