Dental nozzle
AssigneeAstek Innovations Limited
InventorsChris Thorp, Alan Julian Segal
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Abstract
A nozzle tip for a three-way syringe device, including a co-axial tube assembly having attachment feature adapted for releasable attachment of the nozzle tip to a syringe device, and wherein the tube assembly includes an outer tube and an inner tube, the inner tube having an end section including an inclined outlet face, and wherein the inner tube is tight-fit against the interior surface of the outer tube. The nozzle tip is included in a dental apparatus including a three-way syringe device.
Claims16
A nozzle tip for a three-way syringe device, said nozzle tip comprising a co-axial tube assembly having an attachment end configured for releasable attachment of said nozzle tip to a syringe device, and wherein said tube assembly comprises an outer tube and an inner tube, said inner tube comprising an exposed end section with a water outlet and a hollow conduit extending along its length providing for water flow from the attachment to the water outlet, the inner and outer tubes providing an annular air flow area therebetween, the inner tube having an enlarged end section comprising a single inclined outlet face, and wherein air flow travels through the annular air flow area between the inner and outer tubes and is directed across the single inclined outlet face of the enlarged end section to exit the nozzle tip, wherein the inner tube has a tight interference fit against an interior surface of the outer tube at the enlarged end section, and the interference fit extends around the enlarged end section except for the single inclined outlet face, and the single inclined outlet face and the interior surface of the outer tube form therebetween an exit chamber for the air flow, which exit chamber increases in cross-sectional area going from an inlet end to an outlet end of the exit chamber.
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