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Dental handpiece

US4326846A · kind A · utility

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8References
3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 25, 1980
Grant dateApr 27, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 25, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C1/05
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to a dental handpiece including turbine blades to be driven by a high-speed fluid under pressure to a turbine rotor chucking a cutting shaft, and blades are provided with openings or cutout portions located at both outside ends in a thrust direction of the blades so as to provide flange portions between the openings and the end portions of the blades and the peripheral width of the blades is larger than that of the high-speed fluid supply apperture.

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