Tartar-removing dental handpiece
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1. In a tartar-removing dental handpiece, including an elongated gripping sleeve;
- a vibratable tartar-removing instrument arranged at one end of said gripping sleeve;
a pneumatically operated vibration generator arranged within said gripping sleeve and connected with said tartar-removing instrument to transmit vibrations thereto;
media supply conduits in said gripping sleeve to conduct media therethrough; and
coupling means at the end of said gripping sleeve distal from said instrument for connecting the media supply conduits with media sources;
said media supply conduits including a compressed-air conduit for conducting compressed air from the coupling means to the vibration generator;
the improvement comprising;
said medium supply conduits further include a forward, fiber optic light conductor extending through the compressed-air conduit, and having a forward end directed towards said tartar-removing instrument; and
light supplying means arranged at the end of the coupling means toward the instrument for supplying light to a rearward end of the forward light conductor.
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A tartar-removing dental handpiece, constituted of an elongated gripping sleeve having a vibration generator arranged therein which is connected with a vibratable tartar-removing instrument located at one end of the gripping sleeve for transmission of vibrations. The gripping sleeve includes supply media conduits of which one is an energy infeed conduit leading to the vibration generator, and which are connected through the intermediary of a coupling member, which is arranged at the end of the gripping sleeve remote from the instrument, to connecting conduits leading to a medium source.
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1. In a tartar-removing dental handpiece, including an elongated gripping sleeve;
- a vibratable tartar-removing instrument arranged at one end of said gripping sleeve;
a pneumatically operated vibration generator arranged within said gripping sleeve and connected with said tartar-removing instrument to transmit vibrations thereto;
media supply conduits in said gripping sleeve to conduct media therethrough; and
coupling means at the end of said gripping sleeve distal from said instrument for connecting the media supply conduits with media sources;
said media supply conduits including a compressed-air conduit for conducting compressed air from the coupling means to the vibration generator;
the improvement comprising;
said medium supply conduits further include a forward, fiber optic light conductor extending through the compressed-air conduit, and having a forward end directed towards said tartar-removing instrument; and
light supplying means arranged at the end of the coupling means toward the instrument for supplying light to a rearward end of the forward light conductor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- a vibratable tartar-removing instrument arranged at one end of said gripping sleeve;
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