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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396197 | Force-balanced air supply for pneumatic tools The non-axial force exerted on a pneumatic tool by a non-axial air supply is balanced to allow for uniformly radially distributed compliance forces on the tool. An annular air ring is disposed around the pneumatic tool, covering an air inlet port. Air is supplied by... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7357619 | Cross over flow diverter for noise reduction A cris-cross pattern of flow channels serves to divide the flow of fluid and then cross the flow to cause an impact between the flow in each channel to impact against each other to reduce the decibels and noise level created by the flowing of the fluid. In a pneumat... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7329123 | Air-driven cutting device for medical treatment A dental cutting device has a head portion (10) which accommodates a rotary cylinder (20) for holding a cutting tool (22), and a turbine blade (21) mounted around and secured on the rotary cylinder (20). Air fed from an air-supply ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7238000 | Pneumatic high speed motor with pressure activated speed governor A pneumatic high speed motor includes a stator housing, a rotor journalled in the stator housing, and a pressure air inlet passage. A speed governor for the motor includes a valve element that is shiftable between an open position and a closed position for controlli... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223069 | Rotary tool A rotary device having an inlet adapter for connecting the device to a pressurized fluid source, a turbine rotor, and an input passage. The input passage provides fluid communication between the input adapter and the turbine rotor, has a first end proximate the inle... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7192248 | High speed machining device An air turbine driven rotary machine tool having a tool casing, a turbine rotor mounted within the casing for rotation, a stator mounted in fixed position in the tool casing coaxially aligned with the turbine rotor, a annular cavity defined within the casing and coa... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7140880 | Medical or dental-medical handpiece having a rotary part mounted in a roller bearing The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical handpiece having a rotary part which is rotatably mounted in a bearing bush by means of a roller bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring. In order to improve the handpiece with regard to an axial limiting o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7048540 | Air-driven cutting device for medical treatment A air-driven cutting device for medical treatment (a handpiece (10)) comprises a housing (18) for a head portion (14). The housing (18) accommodates a rotary cylinder (60) for holding a cylindrical cutting tool (46) inserted... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7021399 | Power tool A power tool includes a body housing a motor with a first output shaft and an attachment for engagement with the output shaft. The attachment includes an output shaft which transmits rotational motion derived from the rotational motion of the motor and further inclu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6958058 | Methods and devices for pumping fluid and performing surgical procedures Devices and methods of use of such devices for pumping fluid and for use in surgical procedures preferably include vacuum-driven pumps for providing irrigation and suction functions to the surgical field. Such pumps may be freestanding, external to or integrated int... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6899514 | Overspeed safety device An overspeed safety device for a pneumatic rotation motor having a stator (10) with an air inlet passage (16), a rotor (12), and a speed governor for determining a maximum speed level, and comprising a speed responsive actuator (34) conne... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6702038 | Hydraulic motor A hydraulic motor, especially for driving of rotating tools, consisting of a chamber (2) provided with an inlet (10) for supplying fluid, and with at least one outlet hole (6), before which, on a holding device, a rolling rotor (7) is seated, the rolling ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6695573 | Hand-held turbine power tool A turbine tool design with a number of innovative aspects which may be incorporated into the tool individually or as a group. One aspect relates to improved speed control, based on an elastically deformable governor member disposed within the rotating imp... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6676374 | Air-driven rotating and cutting device for use in medical and dental procedures An air-driven rotating and cutting device or handpiece has a double-wheel rotor. The handpiece includes connecting channels for guiding air from first turbine blades to second turbine blades. Each of the channels is defined by an opening opened toward a d... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6644420 | Compressed air tool A turning device for compressed air tools. which is operated by a compressed fluid, is provided with a housing and with a rotor, which is rotatably arranged in a front housing part and into whose turbine element the fluid, which is under pressure, can flo... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6352546 | Tattoo needle pneumatic operating mechanism A tattoo needle pneumatic operating mechanism which utilizes a housing which has an internal cavity. A fan gear is rotatably mounted within the cavity. A cam is attached to the fan gear. Mounted on the cam is a cam lobe. The cam lobe is to engage with a c... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6336790 | Axial flow power tool turbine machine An axial flow power tool turbine motor for operation with an elastic fluid, like pressured air, includes a housing (12), a rotor (11) rotatively journalled in the housing (12) and formed in one piece with drive blades (24) arranged in axially spaced circu... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6241464 | Governor mechanism for a rotary device A governor mechanism is mounted for rotation with a drive shaft about an axis, has one or more reaction nozzles for imparting rotational movement to the drive shaft, and one or more valve portions supported for radially directed sliding movement between f... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6179552 | Speed control unit for a pneumatic rotation motor A speed control unit for a pneumatic rotation motor having a stator (10) with an air inlet passage (14), a rotor (11) journalled in the stator (10). The speed control unit includes a speed governor (26) operated by two or more fly-weight members (28), and... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6152736 | Dental turbine A dental turbine comprises a rotor (10) which is rotatably accommodated in a housing (12), the housing (12) having an outlet opening (23) for propellant air which causes the rotor (10) to rotate. The rotor (10) comprises a flow duct whose outlet opening (... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6146137 | Contamination prevention device for ultra high speed dental type handpieces A gas turbine operated handpiece instrument having a spin able front shaft mounted bur that is operated by pressurized gas or air. Two embodiments are disclosed. In one a flexible rubber like PVC one-way pinch valve is mounted on an exterior gas exhaust s... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6033408 | Resecting tool for magnetic field environment A pneumatic surgical tool for cutting bone during surgical procedures includes a pneumatic motor having a rotary shaft, a resecting tool having a cutting element rotated by the motor, a chuck sleeve to surround and support the resecting tool, and anti-fri... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5984654 | Compressed air driven disposable hand tool having a rotor with radially moving vanes A fluid reaction device (10) is provided having a rotor (90) with vanes (92) pivotably connected thereto. The device (10) includes an entrance (30) for elevated pressure fluid and an outlet (40) for discharge of the fluid after contacting the rotor (90). ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5902108 | Air turbine handpiece An air turbine handpiece comprises a grip portion and a head portion disposed at a tip of the grip portion. In the handpiece, a rotor is disposed in a chamber in the head portion, and a cutting tool is detachably attached to a rotation shaft which is rota... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5876182 | Apparatus and method for preventing laminar boundary layer separation on rotor blades of axial turbomachinery The boundary layer stimulation by blowing flow fluid into the proximity of the separation region on turbine blades is disclosed. In order to prevent a laminar boundary layer separation, the blowing-in takes place in the form of intermittent fluid pulses. ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5836766 | Medical or dental handpiece A handpiece having a releasable retaining device for a tool having a shaft about which the tool rotates. The handpiece has a housing and a drive sleeve rotatably mounted in the housing. The drive sleeve has a hollow cylindrical insertion hole into which t... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5807108 | Dental handpiece A dental handpiece includes a turbine arranged in a handpiece head for rotating a tool, wherein the turbine is supported by slide bearings or roller bearings arranged on the side of the rotor or turbine facing the tool and on the side of the rotor or turb... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5795167 | Air driven low speed dental handpiece motors Air driven dental handpiece motors include a tubular housing and a rotor rotatably supported within the housing. One motor is geared down by the provision of a plurality of idler gears rotatably supported on a hub which rotates between a sun gear on the o... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5782836 | Resecting tool for magnetic field environment A pneumatic surgical tool for cutting bone during surgical procedures includes a pneumatic motor having a rotary shaft, a resecting tool having a cutting element rotated by the motor, a sleeve to surround and support the resecting tool, anti-friction bear... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5782634 | Medical, in particular dental turbine handpiece In a medical, in particular dental turbine handpiece, having a supply line (8) and a discharge line (9) for the turbine compressed air, whereby a valve (12) is arranged in one line, which valve is controllable by a pneumatic parameter in the other line, t... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5667383 | Disposable dental prophylaxis handpiece A disposable dental prophylaxis handpiece 10 is provided having a rotor 90 with vanes 92 pivotably connected thereto. The handpiece 10 includes an entrance 30 for elevated pressure fluid and an outlet 40 for discharge of the fluid after contacting the rot... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5567154 | Dental turbine drive having means for automatic speed control A dental turbine drive contains a rotor disk which is mounted for rotation in a rotor chamber in a head housing of a dental handpiece and is driven by compressed air from a nozzle in the known way. A control element for regulating the speed is arranged in... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5562446 | Small handpiece with fluid driven turbine A small handpiece with a fluid driven turbine is composed of a head portion and a neck portion connected continuously to the head portion. The head portion has a head defining a chamber therein, turbine blades mounted on a turbine rotor shaft and arranged... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5553995 | Method of driving a turbine in rotation by means of a jet device A turbine device and a method of driving the turbine device are disclosed. The turbine device includes an admission channel, a turbine, and an injection channel. The turbine device may also include a regulator. The turbine is driven by injecting a primary... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5525097 | Air motor Disclosed is an air motor having an engine pack (with a rotor provided with front and rear retainers, a stator, and vanes) which can be assembled and replaced even by an unskilled person. An air supply joint is engaged with guide projections formed on the... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5507642 | Dental turbine drive A dental turbine drive which is provided with an arrangement to prevent suctioning of particles after deactivation of the drive air into the return air line. To accomplish this, the turbine space is closed during a run-out phase of the rotor except for an... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5496173 | Dental handpiece having an automatically controlled turbine drive A controllable turbine drive for a dental handpiece has an adjustment member which rotates with the rotor disc and is deformable due to the centrifugal forces to constrict an exhaust channel extending along the disc to change the effective cross section o... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5425638 | Turbine for a dental handpiece A turbine for a dental handpiece. The turbine (10) includes a rotor housing (16) having at least first and second opposite end portions fabricated of a ceramic material, the rotor housing defining a cylindrical rotor chamber (18) therein. At least one inl... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5423678 | Handpiece having bearing protective member A dental handpiece contains a sleeve for rotatably accommodating and securing a dental treatment tool therein, bearings for rotatably holding the sleeve with respect to stationary handpiece casing members, a rotatable rotor fixed to the sleeve for rotatin... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5383771 | Air motor with offset front and rear exhausts A rotary air motor has a liner disposed within a tool housing and having a cylindrical bore therethrough. A rotor having radially slidable vanes is eccentrically rotatably mounted in the bore by bearings in the plates of the liner, the vanes cooperating w... | 01/24/1995 |
