US5340312A
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Anti-contamination type elongated hand piece of a dental instrument
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-06-02
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Granted: 1994-08-23
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Expires: 2013-06-02
Abstract
Abstract In order to prevent invading of blood, saliva and other impurities inside of an elongated hand piece of a dental instrument for preventing infection, the inside contamination-free elongated hand piece has rectilinear means in the airholes of upper and lower lids of its head housing, thereby assuring that air flowing out from the head housing is rectified to helical stream, thereby causing no Karman's vortex street behind. The rectilinear means may be given in the form of helical ridges or slots formed on the inner surface of each airhole.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiro Murase
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 00:44
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C1/00; A61C1/02; A61C1/05; A61C1/052; A61C1/057; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S415/00; Y10S415/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
An anti-contamination type elongated hand piece of a dental instrument comprising: a head housing having upper and lower lids, and a tool drive to permit the detachable mounting of a tool, said tool drive being fixed in said head housing with its drive shaft rotatably supported by upper and lower bearing means, characterized in that: upper and lower air cells are defined by said upper lid and said upper bearing means and by said lower lid and said lower bearing means; said upper and lower air cells communicating with air supply passages; and said upper and lower lids have airholes to permit air to flow out from said air cells, said air holes having rectilinear means for ensuring rectilinear flow to rectify the airflow therethrough.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
An anti-contamination type elongated hand piece of a dental instrument comprising: a head housing having upper and lower lids, and a tool drive to permit the detachable mounting of a tool, said tool drive being fixed in said head housing with its drive shaft rotatably supported by upper and lower bearing means, characterized in that: upper and lower air cells are defined by said upper lid and said upper bearing means and by said lower lid and said lower bearing means; said upper and lower air cells communicating with air supply passages; and said upper and lower lids have airholes to permit air to flow out from said air cells, said air holes having rectilinear means for ensuring rectilinear flow to rectify the airflow therethrough.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
An anti-contamination type elongated hand piece of a dental instrument according to claim 1, wherein said rectilinear means comprises a plurality of helical ridges or grooves.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
An anti-contamination type elongated hand piece of a dental instrument according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said upper and lower air cells have a same capacity, and said upper and lower lids have airholes of same size to permit air to flow out at the same rate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
An anti-contamination type elongated hand piece of a dental instrument according to claim 1, wherein said hand piece has a chip purging air passage opening at its neck or in said lower lid, the opening part of said chip purging air passage having rectilinear means for ensuring rectilinear flow to rectify the airflow therethrough.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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