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Device for fixing a transmission assembly in the body of an angled dental tool

US4493646A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 26, 1982
Grant dateJan 15, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 26, 2002

Classification

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

Abstract

A device for connecting to the body of a dentistry counter-angle the unit for transmitting the rotary movement of the major axis of the counter-angle to the oblique shaft contained in the head of the counter-angle. The transmission assembly is placed inside a socket (5), forming a case, the socket itself being fixed to the body of the counter-angle by means of a bayonet attachment, consisting of at least one pin (16), fixed to the inner wall of the body of the counter-angle, and of at least one L-shaped slot (12), formed on the socket. Application to the rapid assembling and dismantling of dentistry equipment.

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