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Equine dental float

US5533894A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1994
Grant dateJul 9, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T407/182
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An equine dental float includes a handle with a head at one end, the head including a trough like structure with a plurality of individual teeth mounted in the trough. A pin mounted through an aperture in each of the plurality of teeth aligns the teeth and removably connects the teeth within the trough. Each tooth is polygonal in shape and has a plurality of cutting edges, with one of the cutting edges of each tooth projecting upwardly out of the trough to form a filing surface.

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