Patent · US Expired

Dental handpiece

US4382790A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

1References

34Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Hans Loge · Biberach an der Riß, DE
Bernhard Kuhn · Biberach, DE
Erich Bareth · Biberach an der Riß, DE
Gerd Lohn · Zell am Harmersbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 1980
Grant date	May 10, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61C1/18
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dental handpiece with a gripping sleeve-like base member which is detachably connected with a headpiece mounting a work tool, a connecting sleeve of the headpiece being insertable into the power-take off end of the base member, wherein a roll body is radially movably supported in each of one or more cutouts in the base member wall, inwardly extending therethrough with a portion of its volume, which is movable through the intermediary of a coupling element movably arranged on the base member, and which includes an inclined plane for the engagement with the roll body under the assumption of a clamping fit in contact against the connecting sleeve.

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