Abstract: A bottle for a dental rinse has a neck component provided with vertical and inclined channels to receive bayonet lock arms on a cap to lock the neck component to the cap. The bayonet arms project from a cap stem which is provided with an O-ring. Annular wall surfaces on the neck component alternately cooperate with the O-ring to seal and to vent the bottle during axial positioning of the neck component. The cap is mounted on a support and includes pressure and liquid carrying passageways in communication with the bottle.
Abstract: A coupler is adapted for inserted engagement with a dental ejector valve and serves to couple a vacuum hose to the valve. A passageway in the coupler is closed by a flexible disk which flexes open in response to a vacuum inducted ejector system flow from a source. The disk is confined in place across the passageway by a retainer which biases the disk into engagement with a valve seat surface. The flexible disk blocks any reverse flow through the coupler as when a reduced pressure occurs from interaction of the patient's mouth with a saliva ejector.
Abstract: A telescopic arm assembly for use in conjunction with a dental chair unit and attachable to a post of the unit. A main arm defines a slot at its inner end to receive an arm support including a pivot pin about which the arm may move in an upright manner. A limit stop on the support controls arm movement. A secondary arm supports a tool holder at its outer end and is provided with pin-shaped followers at its inner end which ride along guides extending lengthwise of the main arm to prevent rotation of the secondary arm within the main arm.
Abstract: A housing of the device receives a pressurized air flow which is filtered and directed past a pressure reducing valve prior to delivery to a purge valve assembly. The purge valve assembly includes a connector configured for endwise engagement with the specific handpiece being purged. The connector is removably mounted in the purge valve assembly which also includes a valve member displaced by the connector during a purging operation from a spring biased closed position. Various connectors are interchangeable to adapt the device to service a variety of dental handpieces.
Abstract: A dental syringe is disclosed having a head and attached handle. Finger actuated valves in the head control water and air flows to a syringe tip having concentric conduits. A tip retainer assembly includes a holder having a socket to insertably receive the syringe tip. A lock collar, slidably carried by said holder, has a conical surface which acts on ball elements in the holder to urge them into locking engagement with a grooved, inserted portion of the syringe tip. A spring automatically positions the collar to the locking position with movement of the collar in an opposite direction to a tip unlocking position by fingertip pressure applied to the collar.