Apparatus for cleaning, sterilizing, and drying dental drill burrs

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND STERILIZING DENTAL DRILL BURRS COMPRISING A BASE; A DIELECTRIC RECEPTACLE DETACHABLY CARRIED ON SAID BASE AND HAVING MOUNTED THEREIN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIALLY DISPOSED ROTARY POST AND ADAPTED FOR THE RECEPTION OF AN ELECTROLYTIC STERILIZING SOLUTION; AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR IN SAID BASE; MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID POST AND SAID MOTOR AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID RECEPTACLE FOR DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID POST WITH SAID MOTOR, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS BEING DETACHABLE FOR REMOVAL OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND SAID POST AS A UNIT FROM SAID BASE; A TUBULAR SPINDLE MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID POST AND MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY THEREON BETWEEN A LOWERED POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND AN ELEVATED POSITION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID SPINDLE MEMBER BEING ROTATABLE WITH SAID POST IN BOTH SAID LOWERED AND ELEVATED POSITIONS AND BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF BURR-RECEIVING SOCKETS; MEANS CARRIED ON SAID SPINDLE MEMBER AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID POST FOR HOLDING SAID SPINDLE MEMBER IN ITS ELEVATED POSITION UPON SAID POST, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS SERVING, UPON PARTIAL FILLING OF SAID RECEPTACLE WITH A SOLUTION, TO MAINTAIN SAID SPINDLE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID SOLUTION FOR DRYING SAID