Spraying and suction cleansing device

• US 4,340,365 A
• Filed: 05/06/1980
• Issued: 07/20/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Antonio Pisanu
• Original Assignee: Antonio Pisanu
• Inventors: Pisanu, Antonio
• Primary Examiner(s): Peshock, Robert
• Application Number:
  US06/147,273
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: 433/100, 433/99, 433/91, 433/80, 433/95
• US Class Current: 433/80
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/0208 combined with means providing suction A61C17/0211 takes precedence

Abstract

The novel cleansing device comprises a suction pipe associated at outer and preferably concentric location with an air and/or liquid spraying tube opening adjacent the suction inlet of the suction pipe. Spraying and suction may occur at the same time.

The device can be made for odontological use, industrial or artisan use, or also for domestic uses.

Claims

1. A spray and suction cleansing device comprising:

means for defining an elongate housing having a suction pipe with a terminal suction opening at an end thereof;

means for supplying negative pressure through said suction pipe to said terminal suction opening for removing materials from a surface being cleansed;

a mixer supported by said housing having a mixer body and a liner in sealing contact with an outer circumferential surface of the mixer body, the mixer body having an axially extending bore with an inlet end and an outlet end, a circumferentially extending groove radially spaced from the bore, and a second groove formed in the circumferential surface interconnecting the circumferentially extending groove with a space adjacent the outlet end of said bore and having a decreasing cross sectional area in a direction extending towards the space;

a first tube having an inlet connectable to a source of cleansing liquid and an outlet in fluid communication with said inlet end of said bore for supplying cleansing liquid to said mixer body;

a second tube having an inlet connectable to a source of pressurized gas and an outlet in fluid communication with said circumferentially extending groove for supplying pressurized gas to said mixer body, the supplied gas flowing from the circumferentially extending groove through the second groove into the space adjacent the outlet end of said bore and pressurizing the cleansing liquid;

lever means disposed intermediate the inlet and the outlet ends of said first and said second tubes for controlling the supply of pressurized gas and cleansing liquid to said mixer body; and

a third tube extending between the space adjacent the outlet end of said bore and said terminal suction opening and having a terminal spraying opening for supplying pressurized cleansing liquid to the surface being cleansed so that the liquid loosens substances from the surface for removal by said means for supplying negative pressure, said third tube being encompassed by said suction pipe so that the portion of said suction pipe adjacent said terminal suction opening tends to prevent dispersion of said cleansing liquid thereby facilitating its removal from the surface being cleansed by said means for supplying negative pressure.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said lever means comprises a control valve and a shut off valve associated with each of said first and said second tubes, and a lever for moving said control valve, said device further comprising a drive switch for controlling the means for supplying negative pressure.

3. A device according to claim 2 characterized in that said shut off valves comprise electrovalves located at the bottom of the flexible conduits and controlled by pushbutton switches inserted in a handgrip of the device.

5. A device according to claim 1 for odontological use.

6. A device according to claim 1 for surgical use, wherein the end of the device has a suitable shape for the disinfection of tissues or cavities, and the device being also prearranged for use with one or more cleaning or disinfecting liquids.

7. A device according to claim 1 for industrial use, wherein the liquid used may be air, water, solvents, lubricants and the like for cleaning, deterging, lubricating surfaces in artisan or industrial activity.

8. A device according to claim 1 for domestic cleaning use, characterized in that said sprayer is an air sprayer.

9. A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said terminal spraying opening lies in a plane containing said terminal suction opening.

10. A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said terminal spraying opening is disposed upstream with respect to a plane containing said terminal suction opening.

4. A device according to claim l, characterized by said housing comprising two parts connectable to each other, the first part comprising a first length of the suction pipe with the terminal suction opening and internally a length of said third tube, the second part comprising a handgrip for the device with a second length of the suction pipe and a second length of the third tube, sealing rings being interposed between said two parts, said two parts of the device being connected by means of a threaded ring nut.