Foot controller for dental instruments or the like

US4354838A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Sybron Corporation · US

Inventors

• Gerd Hoyer · Karlsruhe, DE
• Helmut Pietschmann · Waldbronn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1981
• Grant date: Oct 19, 1982
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61C1/0023
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A foot controller for dental instruments having a pair of foot pedals which are depressed to initiate and control the rate of flow of a utility service, there being a single, variable output generator with the controller which can be operated by either the independent or simultaneous operation of the foot pedals.