Dental prophy angle
AssigneeBrahler Products, Inc.
InventorGeorge R. Brahler
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Abstract
A disposable dental prophy angle designed to be coupled with a conventional dental tool power source, the angle being used in dental prophylaxis. The dental prophy angle is fabricated from synthetic resin material and comprises a housing presenting a head end and a shank end with a passageway extending between said ends, a drive shaft extending along the passageway, a plurality of sealing rings integrally formed as part of the housing and extending inwardly therefrom into sealing engagement with the drive shaft, and a pair of auger flights integrally formed as part of the shaft for propelling buccal matter along the passageway for ejection through the head end.
Claims13
A dental prophy angle comprising:
- a housing presenting a head end and a shank end with a passageway extending through said housing between said ends;
- a drive assembly including an output member extending from said head end for coupling a dental tool thereto and including a drive shaft extending along said passageway, said passageway being subject to the entry of matter thereinto from a patient's mouth by way of said head end;
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- means for ejecting said matter from said passageway and out through said head end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.