Abstract:
A dental preparation instrument having a pneumatic turbine (1) with a rotor (5) for driving a tool (1.1), wherein the rotor (5), which is mounted in a turbine chamber (18) for rotation about an axis of rotation (4), is impinged by compressed air from a compressed-air nozzle (22). A first radial partition (23) has an opening (17) via which an annular space (8) is in flow connection with an outlet duct (19).
Abstract:
A handpiece and a method for driving the handpiece are provided in which a sucking-back problem can be prevented with a simple structure. The handpiece 10 has a gripping portion 11 to be gripped by an operator, a head 15 mounted at a distal end of the gripping portion; and a wheel 55 rotatably mounted in an interior of the head. The head has an inlet 25 from which air is supplied to the wheel and an outlet 28 from which the air is discharged, the inlet and outlet being defined in the head, at least one buffer chamber 47 defined in the head, where the air is forced in due to a centrifugal force applied thereto by rotations thereof with the wheel and then accumulated under positive pressure, passages 66, 67, 68, and 34 for guiding the accumulated air from a neighborhood of the rotating wheel to an atmosphere, and a circumferential wall 44 mounted between the outlet and the wheel for providing a resistance to the air moving from the wheel toward the outlet.
Abstract:
A dental handpiece is disclosed including a turbine construction creating a radial in flow of air onto the impeller blades about the whole circumference of the turbine. This generates additional torque and avoids asymmetrical thrust on the impeller wheel. A pair of axially spaced air bearings support the turbine. Air supply to the bearings is controlled in such a way that the air bearings are floated before drive air is supplied to the turbine and after drive air to the turbine has been shut off. This ensures that the air bearings are always operational irrespective of the operational state of the turbine. The handpiece has an improved ergonomic shape, especially the shape and configuration of the front or drive head, which provides additional tooth clearance and a better field of view. An angled swivel connection to the umbilical cord is provided which reduces physical strain on the dentist's wrist. A self adjusting lock and key type torque connection between the dental burr and the chuck is provided which accommodates both conventional burrs and the burr of the lock and key arrangement. An auto stop arrangement for the turbine is disclosed which prevents a vacuum buildup during run-down of the turbine. The specific construction of the auto stop valve in accordance with the invention closes both the drive and exhaust air conduits.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a turbine handpiece (1), in particular for medical or dental-medical purposes, having a drive shaft (2), rotatably mounted in the forward end region of the handpiece (1), with which a tool can be connected by a mounting device, whereby there is arranged on the drive shaft (2), fixed for rotation therewith, a turbine wheel (4) in a turbine chamber (5), in which a delivery line (11) for a flowing pressure medium opens at an inlet opening (11a) and from which a discharge line (12) extends at an outlet opening (12a), whereby a apparatus (22) is provided which after a switching-off of the pressure medium supply, during the running on of the turbine wheel (4), prevents a release of the pressure medium rotating in the turbine chamber (5) through the discharge line. The latter is simplified and improved in that the apparatus (22) is arranged in the region of the turbine chamber (5) and in functional operation deflects the pressure medium rotating in the turbine chamber (5) past the outlet opening (12a).
Abstract:
A pneumatically operated, simplified valve actuating device for dental equipment, the valve being capable of avoiding an undesirable dripping of dental instruments at the end of the work. The device includes a valve actuating element identified in a four-way valve, whose body includes a housing for a piston connected to a bobbin, wherein said casing is on one side connected to a selector unit and on the other side to a one-way retention valve, capable of receiving pressurized air from a reducer unit and passing it from said selector unit to a constantly pressurized air line coming directly from said reducer unit and to at least one dental instrument.
Abstract:
An exhaust control system and method are provided for use with one or more pneumatic devices so as to draw contaminated fluid from the fluid outputs of such devices and deposit such contaminated fluid in a waste collector such as a drain. The system is configured for use with any conventional pneumatic device of the type which includes a pressurized fluid input, a turbine driven by fluid from such input, and a fluid output which exhausts fluid from the turbine. Fluid is directed from the fluid output of each pneumatic device to an exhaust manifold which includes a number of inflow ports corresponding to the number of devices serviced. The inflow ports connect to a depressurization chamber, where the fluid flow pressure is lowered, and from which the fluid is drawn via a collective outflow port. The fluid is drawn from the exhaust manifold using a vacuum source and then directed to a waste collector such as a drain.
Abstract:
In a medical, in particular dental turbine handpiece, having a supply line (8) and a discharge line (9) for the turbine compressed air, whereby a valve (12) is arranged in one line, which valve is controllable by a pneumatic parameter in the other line, the valve (12) is arranged in the discharge line (9) and is so controllable that it closes when a limit value of the parameter in the supply line (8) falls below a minimum value.
Abstract:
In a medical or dental treatment instrument, in particular a straight or angled handpiece (1), having a drive shaft (6) for a tool, which drive shaft is mounted in the forward end region of the treatment instrument, in at least one roller bearing (11, 12), rotatable around its middle axis (8), and is drivable for example by a turbine, whereby the roller bearing (11, 12) is blocked or sealed against contaminants with of a blocking ring (31) effective between its outer ring (37) and its inner ring (34). The blocking ring (31) bears with its surface facing the inner ring (34) on the inner ring (34) and is releasibly or non-releasibly attached thereon.
Abstract:
A dental drill head, constituted of a head housing, a wind wheel, and bearings, the head housing being constituted of a head housing cover and a head housing cavity, and the wind wheel being constituted of a wind wheel shaft and wind wheel blades. An anti-suck-back device is configured between the head housing cover and a wind wheel shaft end part to which the wind wheel shaft corresponds. The present invention, which adopts the aforementioned technical scheme, firstly makes it possible to reduce the intake in of contaminants when suck-back is taking place as the impeller is braked; and secondly, while there is still a positive pressure inside the head, the rubber head covering uses elastic force to brake the impeller and completely prevents the intake of contaminants. Moreover, the structure is simple and costs are low.
Abstract:
A system for enhanced sealing against intrusion of moisture and other contaminants for medical/dental handpieces having rotating or other moving elements driven by a motor within the handpiece. The enhanced sealing includes tandem seals on stepped diameters to provide additional flow pathway impediments. The tandem seals preferably include spring seals that are positioned in opposite directions to provide enhanced sealing against pressures in two different directions that occur during the pressurization and vacuum cycles of an autoclaving process. Additional enhancements include the use of annular sealing rings with x-shaped cross sections.