Dental-jet device and mouthpiece for a dental-jet device
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsPeter Hafele, Ernst Poganitsch
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AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsPeter Hafele, Ernst Poganitsch
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A dental-jet device (1) is provided comprising a grip member (4) and at least one mouthpiece having a tubular part (8) and a nozzle head (7) mounted on the tubular part (8) so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation (15) and sealed relative to the tubular part (8) by a seal (21 ), which nozzle head has at least one central jet orifice (16) and a plurality of peripheral jet orifices (17), the tubular part (8) has a single tubular-part outlet (23) which communicates with its fluid channel (9) and which is off-centered from the axis of rotation (15), and the nozzle head (17) has only two nozzle-head inlets (24, 25), which are off-centered from the axis of rotation (15) and which are sealed from one another by means of a second seal (26) acting between the tubular part (8) and the nozzle head (7), one nozzle-head inlet (24) connecting the tubular-part outlet (23) to the central-jet orifice (16) in the central-jet position and the other nozzle-head inlet (25) connecting the tubular-part outlet (23) to the peripheral-jet orifices (17) in the peripheral-jet position.
A dental-jet device comprising a grip member and at least one mouthpiece, which mouthpiece is connectible to the grip member and comprises a tubular part having a fluid channel and a nozzle head mounted on the tubular part at the location of the free end of said tubular part so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation between a central-jet position and a peripheral-jet position, which nozzle head has at least one central jet orifice and a plurality of peripheral jet orifices, a ring-shaped seal being interposed between the tubular part and the nozzle head to preclude an undesirable water discharge to the exterior of the mouthpiece, wherein the tubular part has a single tubular-part outlet which communicates with the fluid channel of the tubular part and which is off-centered from the axis of rotation of the nozzle head, the nozzle head having only two nozzle-head inlets, which are off-centered from the axis of rotation of the nozzle head and which are sealed from one another by means of a second ring-shaped seal acting between the tubular part and the nozzle head, the first nozzle-head inlet being in fluid-transmitting communication with the tubular-part outlet in the central-jet position of the nozzle head and the second nozzle-head inlet being in fluid-transmitting communication with the tubular-part outlet in the peripheral-jet position of the nozzle head and wherein the first nozzle-head inlet is in fluid-transmitting communication with the at least one central-jet orifice of the nozzle head and the second nozzle-head inlet is in fluid-transmitting communication with the peripheral-jet orifices of the nozzle head.
A mouthpiece for a dental-jet device, which mouthpiece comprises a tubular part having a fluid channel and a nozzle head mounted on the tubular part at the location of the free end of said tubular part so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation between a central-jet position and a peripheral-jet position, which nozzle head has at least one central jet orifice and a plurality of peripheral jet orifices, a ring-shaped seal being interposed between the tubular part and the nozzle head to preclude an undesirable water discharge to the exterior of the mouthpiece, wherein the tubular part has a single tubular-part outlet which communicates with the fluid channel of the tubular part and which is off-centered from the axis of rotation of the nozzle head, the nozzle head having only two nozzle-head inlets, which are off-centered from the axis of rotation of the nozzle head and which are sealed from one another by means of a second ring-shaped seal acting between the tubular part and the nozzle head, the first nozzle-head inlet being in fluid-transmitting communication with the tubular-part outlet in the central-jet position of the nozzle head and the second nozzle-head inlet being in fluid-transmitting communication with the tubular-part outlet in the peripheral-jet position of the nozzle head and wherein the first nozzle-head inlet is in fluid-transmitting communication with the at least one central-jet orifice of the nozzle head and the second nozzle-head inlet is in fluid-transmitting communication with the peripheral-jet orifices of the nozzle head.
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