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Tartar-removing dental handpiece

US4578033A · kind A · utility

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7References
28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 26, 1984
Grant dateMar 25, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 26, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23Q1/0036
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tartar-removing dental handpiece, constituted of an elongated gripping sleeve having a vibration generator arranged therein which is connected with a vibratable tartar-removing instrument located at one end of the gripping sleeve for transmission of vibrations. The gripping sleeve includes supply media conduits of which one is an energy infeed conduit leading to the vibration generator, and which are connected through the intermediary of a coupling member, which is arranged at the end of the gripping sleeve remote from the instrument, to connecting conduits leading to a medium source.

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