US 6,183,252 B2Granted

Dental syringe for dentists

OwnerWen-Shan Huanginventor

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Abstract

A dental syringe for dentists, especially a holding means thereof for holding a nozzle, is disclosed. The holding means has a rear tube threadingly engaging with a head of the dental syringe, and a front tube threadingly engaging with the rear tube. An inner barrel is slidably contained in the front and the rear tube, and an outer barrel slidably covers the tubes. A nozzle can be inserted into the inner tube and after a nib thereof, whose diameter is smaller than the nozzle itself, extends through a central opening defined in the bottom of the inner tube. A plurality of balls, formerly blocked by the outer surface of the inner tube, falls and engages with a circular groove defined in the nozzle thus securely fixing the nozzle there. At this time the outer barrel is pushed forward by a spring to press the balls. By pulling the outer barrel backward, the pressing will be released and the balls will be pushed back by the front rim of the inner barrel under the force of another spring. The nozzle can now be removed from the holding means. The dental syringe for dentists is easy to operate with two hands and will not pinch a dentist's gloves or hands.

A dental syringe for dentist having:

a head (11), a handle (18) securely affixed on the head (11), holding means (111) installed in an opening (110) defined in the head (11), a nozzle (17) being able to be inserted into the holding means (111), and a button (118) for operation, wherein the improvements comprising:
a threaded hole (112) defined in the bottom of the opening (110), and being in communication with a water channel (114) preset in the head (11),
an air vent defined in the side wall of the opening (110),
a rear tube (12) having:
a rear male thread (120) defined thereon and engaging with the threaded hole (112),
a front female thread (122),
a side air vent (126),
a bottom opening the diameter of which is smaller than the inner diameter of the rear tube (12),
a front tube (13) having:
a rear male thread (130) engaging with the front female thread (122) of the rear tube (12),
a front outer flange (134),
a front inner flange (135),
a plurality of ball sockets (132) defined in the wall of the front tube (13) axially behind the outer and the inner flange (134, 135),
one ball (136) put in every ball socket (132);
an outer barrel (14) covering on the front and the rear tube (13, 12) and having:
a front mouth the diameter of which is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the outer barrel (14) and the front outer flange (134) of the front tube (13),
a spring (146) pressed between the bottom of the outer barrel (14) and the bottom of the opening (110),
an axial direction groove (140) defined in the outer surface of the outer barrel (14) for slidably containing a direction bar (144) formed on the bottom of the opening (110) therein to ensure that the outer barrel (14) is only be able to move along the axial of the opening (110);
an inner barrel (15) slidably contained in the front and the rear tube (13, 12) and having:
a central bottom opening (151) the diameter of which can just allow the passing through of a nib (174) of the nozzle (17),
a spring (156) pressed between the respective bottoms of the inner barrel (15) and the rear tube (12);
the nozzle (17) having:
a circular groove (172),
the nib (174) the diameter of which is smaller than the nozzle (17) itself,
an air vent (176) defined in the wall of the nozzle (17) and locates between the circular groove (172) and the nib (174).

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