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Parapulper restorative pin and driver assembly

Assignee: LES FILS D'AUGUSTE MAILLEFER A BALLAIGUES A FIRM OF SWITZERLAND SA
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Filing: 1987-07-06
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Granted: 1989-02-07
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Expires: 2007-07-06
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Abstract

Abstract The parapulper restorative pin comprises a stem provided with a handle permitting to operate it manually, the dentist rotating this handle by gripping it between his fingers. This handle is provided with four longitudinal grooves constituting holds for four longitudinal fingers provided at the front end of a stem constituting a driving member intended to be connected to a motor driving mechanism, for example a dental engine. The engagement of the fingers with the grooves of the handle not only renders the stem of the driving member angularly rigid with the stem of the pin but, moreover, renders these two elements also rigid axially, owing to the fact that the said engagement is a friction fit, that facilitates the presentation of the pin opposite the hole of the dental root into which it has to be screwed.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jean-Claude Randin

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 06:22
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C5/00; A61C5/70; A61C5/30; A61C5/35

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 196 words
An assembly on the one hand having a parapulper restorative pin for use in dentistry having a stem one end of which is threaded, which includes a weakened breaking zone and which carries, at its opposed end, a handle permitting to operate it manually, and on the other hand a driving member ensuring the connection between said restorative pin and a motor driving device, in which said handle of said pin is arranged in such a way as to constitute a hold for one of the ends of said driving member arranged in such a way as to engage said handle and which includes a conformation which is reciprocal of said driving member so that once the interengagement is effected, said driving member is angularly rigid with said handle of said pin and said handle of said pin is provided with several longitudinal grooves distributed angularly regularly around the axis of said pin, said end of said driving member cooperating with said handle being provided with a corresponding number of longitudinal fingers, also distributed angularly regularly around the axis of said driving member, engaging each one of said longitudinal grooves of said handle of said pin.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 196 words
An assembly on the one hand having a parapulper restorative pin for use in dentistry having a stem one end of which is threaded, which includes a weakened breaking zone and which carries, at its opposed end, a handle permitting to operate it manually, and on the other hand a driving member ensuring the connection between said restorative pin and a motor driving device, in which said handle of said pin is arranged in such a way as to constitute a hold for one of the ends of said driving member arranged in such a way as to engage said handle and which includes a conformation which is reciprocal of said driving member so that once the interengagement is effected, said driving member is angularly rigid with said handle of said pin and said handle of said pin is provided with several longitudinal grooves distributed angularly regularly around the axis of said pin, said end of said driving member cooperating with said handle being provided with a corresponding number of longitudinal fingers, also distributed angularly regularly around the axis of said driving member, engaging each one of said longitudinal grooves of said handle of said pin.

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