Dental-jet device and mouthpiece for a dental-jet device
US5616028A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05B1/1654
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dental-jet device (1) is provided comprising a grip member (4) and at least one mouthpiece having a tubular part (8) and a nozzle head (7) mounted on the tubular part (8) so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation (15) and sealed relative to the tubular part (8) by a seal (21 ), which nozzle head has at least one central jet orifice (16) and a plurality of peripheral jet orifices (17), the tubular part (8) has a single tubular-part outlet (23) which communicates with its fluid channel (9) and which is off-centered from the axis of rotation (15), and the nozzle head (17) has only two nozzle-head inlets (24, 25), which are off-centered from the axis of rotation (15) and which are sealed from one another by means of a second seal (26) acting between the tubular part (8) and the nozzle head (7), one nozzle-head inlet (24) connecting the tubular-part outlet (23) to the central-jet orifice (16) in the central-jet position and the other nozzle-head inlet (25) connecting the tubular-part outlet (23) to the peripheral-jet orifices (17) in the peripheral-jet position.
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