IP Library Granted Patent US 10,456,216
Granted Patent B2
US 10,456,216 · App. 14/840,832 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Dental hand instrument and head housing therefor

Inventors: Bernhard Kuhn (Biberach, DE); Thomas Claßen (Herbertingen, DE)
Assignee: KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH
A61C1/12A61C1/0061A61C1/0076A61C1/141
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Patent No.
US 10,456,216
App. No.
14/840,832
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the case of a dental hand instrument having a grip sleeve and also a head housing arranged at the front end of the grip sleeve for receiving or holding a treatment instrument, the head housing has a substantially cylindrical hollow space which is connected by way of at least one connecting bore to a connection region pointing to the grip sleeve, wherein the connecting bore is coupled, at its end facing the grip sleeve, to a media line extending through the grip sleeve, and wherein the inner wall region of the head housing enclosing the hollow space has a recess into which the connecting bore opens.

Claims (20)

1. A dental hand instrument, comprising:

a grip sleeve having a front end;

a head housing arranged at the front end of the grip sleeve, the head housing including a substantially cylindrical hollow space and an inner wall region enclosing the substantially hollow space, the head housing configured to receive or hold a treatment instrument;

a spray insert arranged in the substantially cylindrical hollow space having two circumferential annular incisions;

a connecting bore located in the head housing having a first end facing the grip sleeve,

wherein the substantially cylindrical hollow space is connected by way of the connecting bore to a connection region pointing to the grip sleeve, and

wherein the first end of the connecting bore is coupled to a media line extending through the grip sleeve; and

a sickle-shaped recess located within the inner wall region of the head housing and into which the connecting bore opens.

2. A dental hand instrument of claim 1 , wherein the connecting bore is aligned so as to be inclined with respect to a plane running perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the substantially cylindrical hollow space.

3. A dental hand instrument of claim 1 , further comprising an insert piece arranged in the substantially cylindrical hollow space of the head housing, wherein the insert piece has a media channel communicating with the sickle-shaped recess.

4. A dental hand instrument of claim 3 , wherein a height of the sickle-shaped recess corresponds to a height of the media channel.

5. A dental hand instrument of claim 1 , wherein the head housing has a plurality of connecting bores, wherein each of the plurality of connecting bores opens into the sickle-shaped recess formed on the inner wall region of the head housing.

6. A head housing for a dental hand instrument for receiving or holding a treatment instrument, the head housing comprising:

a substantially cylindrical interior hollow space connected by way of at least one connecting bore to a connection region, the connecting bore and the connecting region located through the head housing grip sleeve of the hand instrument,

a spray insert arranged in the substantially cylindrical hollow space having two circumferential annular incisions, and

an inner wall region enclosing the substantially cylindrical hollow space and comprising a sickle-shaped recess into which the at least one connecting bore opens.

7. The head housing of claim 6 , wherein the at least one connecting bore is aligned so as to be inclined with respect to a plane running perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the substantially cylindrical hollow space.

8. The head housing as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising an insert piece arranged in the substantially cylindrical hollow space of the head housing, wherein the insert piece has a media channel communicating with the sickle-shaped recess.

9. The head housing as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a height of the sickle-shaped recess corresponds to a height of the media channel.

10. The head housing of claim 6 , wherein the head housing has a plurality of connecting bores, wherein each of the plurality of connecting bores opens into the sickle-shaped recess formed on the inner wall region.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2021
From: KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH
To: KAVO DENTAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 057434/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2015
From: KUHN, BERNHARD; CLASSEN, THOMAS
To: KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH
Reel/Frame 036460/0239 →