Abstract: A dental cartridge for dispensing a dental material having a body portion made of a material transparent to at least a portion of the visible light spectrum and opaque to the actinic light of the dental material contained therein. Also, a dental cartridge having a body portion formed from a toroidal segment and a coaxial nozzle attached thereto. The dental cartridges are used in a dental syringe for application of the dental material to a patient. Several embodiments provide various discharge end configurations, including hemispherical, conical frustum, and flat. Additionally, dosing indicia are placed on the body portion of the dental cartridge, permitting the dentist to fill the dental cartridge with a predetermined volume of dental material. A specially configured piston having an appendage thereon is used in combination with the dental cartridge for extruding substantially all of the costly dental material therein.

Abstract: A cartridge made of a material that does not to a significant extend absorb polar components from a dental composition stored therein. The force required to extrude a dental composition from the cartridge increases less over time in a cartridge of the invention than in a cartridge of the same configuration made of conventionally employed materials such as nylon-6.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a dental syringe and a disposable syringe tip for use therewith, and more particularly to an improved syringe tip constructed to minimize the entrainment of air by the material being extruded and to provide a dentist with a maximum of visibility during use. The syringe tip includes a cylindrical body portion to define a reservoir that is provided with a conically shaped, closed front end and a full opening at the other end, which is adapted to be sealed by a displaceable piston.

Abstract: A manual extruder and cartridge having interlocking or mating bearing surfaces. The front end or tip portion of a dental material manual extruder is formed with flexible sidewalls to define a snap or friction fit chamber adapted to receive a cartridge containing a supply of dental material. The rear of the chamber is formed with an angled shoulder or bearing surface. A cartridge, adapted to be snap fit, press fit, or friction fit into the chamber has a flange having complementary angled surface so that when a viscous dental material is extruded, the large forces generated cause the angled surfaces of the flange and adjacent shoulder to interlock and prevents the flexible sidewalls of the barrel from separating apart and prohibits the cartridge from becoming unintentionally detached from the manual extruder or being wedged between the flexible sidewalls.

Abstract: A dental syringe and disposable capsule for dispensing a dental material wherein the capsule includes a reservoir portion containing a predetermined amount of material to be dispensed, and which reservoir is connected in communication with a discharge tip. Connected to the end of the tip and projecting therethrough is a needle cannula through which the material is ejected. A displaceable piston, which seals the material within the reservoir portion, is provided to force the material through the cannula when displaced within the reservoir portion. The arrangement is such that the cannula connection within the tip end permits the cannula to be rotatably mounted relative to the tip while maintaining a seal between the tip and the cannula.

Abstract: A multiple barrel device for separate storage of viscous materials and for dispensing and intermixing same through a common static mixing element when pressure is applied. The device includes a multiple barrel syringe and a removable nozzle which is coupled to the syringe to form an interlock and a simultaneous pressure seal. The head of the syringe has a plurality of lugs which form bayonet grooves for engaging a complementary number of tong-like projections extending from the head of the nozzle. The head of the nozzle contains an annular bead which simultaneouly seals the interface at the intercoupling between the head of the syringe and the head of the nozzle.

Abstract: A capsule for a tooth-restoring material includes a cylinder containing therein the predetermined amount of a powder component of the tooth-restoring material and fitted at its rear end with an extruding plunger; a breakable package held in front of an extreme end opening in the cylinder, the package containing therein an amount of a liquid component of the tooth-restoring material and having its cylinder-facing side formed of a weak material; and a member for holding the package having a nozzle at its outermost end; wherein at a position of the plunger corresponding to the extreme end opening in the cylinder is provided a member capable of breaking through the package of a size small enough not to close up the opening and the nozzle, when the plunger moves to and reaches the package-holding member.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controllably dispensing a fluid substance on a repetitive, variable basis utilize a piston-cylinder type handheld finger operated dispenser. The dispenser includes a generally cylindrical body for containing a supply of the fluid substance to be dispensed, a formed tip through which the fluid substance may be dispensed, a piston and a piston rod for use in dispensing the fluid substance from the cylinder and a formed gouge or actuator for initiating movement of the piston rod to dispense the fluid substance in amounts controlled by the skill and desire of the user. The actuator is formed from a harder material than the material used to form the piston rod so that gouges or teeth are formed by the actuator during usage along the length of the piston rod, the spacing between adjacent teeth being variably selected by the user. A specific application of the dispenser is for use in dispensing topical dental medicine by a user in his own oral cavity.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying dental bonding agents to tooth surfaces. The apparatus includes a syringe-type dispenser for holding a quantity of bonding agent and an applicator tip having short bristles at one end. The applicator tip is curved to accommodate access to tooth surfaces undergoing restorative dental procedures. The short bristles are in communication with the syringe-type dispenser, thereby allowing the bonding agent to be continuously applied to the tooth surfaces without the need to stop the procedure and rewet the applicator in a bonding agent source. The syringe-type applicator permits accurate control over the amount of bonding agent applied to the tooth surface. In this way, the tooth surface receives neither an excessive nor an insufficient amount of the bonding agent. Moreover, the short bristles permit the bonding agent to be applied to the tooth surface without damaging the fragile crystalline structure produced during acid etching.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing, in sequence, a unit dosage of several elastomeric impression materials of different viscosities so as to permit a dental impression to be taken under aseptic conditions in the preparation of a dental restoration. The apparatus also includes means for removably locking the syringe to the nozzle assembly.

Abstract: For free-hand use by a dentist, there is provided a cylinder containing tooth filling material urged out of the cylinder by spring pressure, sometimes augmented by thumb pressure against the end of a piston rod in the cylinder. Flow of the material out of the cylinder through a removable and replaceable flexible curved nozzle is under control of a valve located to be readily manipulated between open and closed positions by the same hand of the dentist. Preferably the filling material is in a discrete capsule containing enough filling material for several teeth and easily placed in and removed from the cylinder.

Abstract: A delivery system for dispensing liquid dental materials is provided which enables a dentist or dental technician to efficiently store and safely apply materials such as etchants and adhesives through use of a modified syringe assembly. The liquid dental material for application to a tooth surface and a protective gas bubble are carried within a carpule assembly which includes a plunger extending rearwardly from a glass carpule. A needle preferably having a blunt application tip is mounted in fluidic communication with the liquid and passes through the liquid delivery end of the carpule. The carpule is sealed to prevent the entry of air therein or the inadvertent expression of liquid therefrom and is adapted for use with a series of disposable needles. In one embodiment, the invention is provided with a syringe barrel and an application needle is removably mounted thereon.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a dental material carrier and applicator in the form of a syringe capsule for containing a supply of dental material, e.g. a dental lining material for treating exposed dental pulp that has formed on the end thereof adjacent the discharging nozzle or orifice an applicator configuration for facilitating the positioning of the material as the dentist is applying the material contained within the capsule.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a dental syringe and a disposable syringe tip for use therewith, and more particularly to an improved syringe tip constructed to minimize the entrainment of air by the material being extruded and to provide a dentist with a maximum of visibility during use. The syringe tip includes a cylindrical body portion to define a reservoir that is provided with a conically shaped, closed front end and a full opening at the other end, which is adapted to be sealed by a displaceable piston.

Abstract: There is provided a dental tool for use with a reciprocating drive means and a sleeve member operatively connected to the drive means for reciprocating motion and designed to retain a dental tool, the dental tool comprising a shank portion designed to be retained for reciprocating movement by the sleeve member of the handpiece, and a dental blade, preferably with an abrasive surface, secured to one end of the shank; in one embodiment, the dental tool is preferably hollow and further comprises an axially extending channel, preferably extending along the full length of the shank and a plenum extending within the dental blade, and outlet perforations from the plenum extending through the blade, and in a second embodiment there is further provided means secured to the shank portion for spplying pressure within the channel to force any fluid material within the channel and plenum out through the outlet perforations through the blade. Finally, there is provided means for dispensing fluid material, e.g.

Abstract: A dental composite carrier and a packaging means for a composite used for posterior restorations in a tooth is provided. The composite carrier comprises a handle having a lever with a jaw on one end, and the package comprises individual incremental portions of composite material contained in ampules, and a number of ampules packaged in a tray. The composite carrier is used to pick an ampule out of the tray, carry it to a tooth, and deliver it into a cavity in the tooth. Optionally, the handle may have a condenser on its opposite end to be used for packing and smoothing the composite in the tooth.

Abstract: Apparatus for the delivery of light-curable composite dental filling material comprises a tubular composite reservoir, plunger and slider. The slider is free to move longitudinally along the reservoir but is matingly mounted to facets on the outside surface of the reservoir to prevent angular movement of the slider relative to the reservoir. The plunger consists of a shaft threaded to mate with the threaded inside diameter of the composite reservoir. The plunger also has a disk integrally formed to end of the shaft at one end and a male front piece at the other. The male front piece mates with a female fitting of a separate composite extrusion element.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for generating a pulsed liquid stream, comprising a fluid tight housing having a cylindrical side wall, and first and second ends being compact enough to be hand held by a user. A piston mounted in the housing forms a liquid tight seal with the sides of the housing and slides between a first and a second position in response to an actuation means operated by hand pressure. An output port in the second end of the housing is connected to a nozzle for directing liquid at a desirable location. A liquid control means connected between the output port and the nozzle receives pressurized liquid exiting through the output port and transfers discrete portions of the liquid to the nozzle forming a pulsative stream of liquid exiting the nozzle.

Abstract: A viscous material dispenser (10) for the controlled application of a viscous dental material from a capsule (40) through an applicator tip (50) with nozzle (55). Capsule (40) is inserted within syringe barrel (30) and retained in place by capsule locking means (20). Syringe barrel (30) includes a slot (32) through which retaining spring (24) passes for contact with an end of capsule (40). Retention spring (24) follows the helical contour of slot (32), through which it passes, as capsule locking means (20) is rotated. Clockwise rotation forces capsule (40) toward applicator tip (50) and thus securing capsule (40) in place. Capsule (40) includes plunger (42) which is lockingly coupled to applicator (44) by barb (48). This arrangement permits plunger (42) to alternately apply pressure and suction to the viscous material such that a controlled volume can be aspirated through nozzle (55).

Abstract: A dispenser for liquids including a cartridge containing a liquid, a nozzle, and a hollow flexible bladder between the cartridge and the nozzle. An assembly can be manually rotated to provide a high mechanical advantage and incrementally drive a piston through the cartridge to thereby fill the bladder with liquid from the cartridge and discharge any plug of solidified material (e.g., diluted phosphoric acid) that may be present in the nozzle; and manually operated button can be pressed to quickly and controllably collapse the bladder to thereafter dispel liquid within the bladder through the nozzle.

Abstract: A device to place osseous implant substances into interdental alveolar bone defects. This device is an osseous implant syringe with an axial lumen of consistent cross-section to allow movement of the granular substance through the lumen. The granular substance is moved through the lumen by use of a syringe plunger member. Barrel caps are provided to prevent spillage of the osseous implant substance when the syringe is not in use. The outlet of the syringe is sufficiently small to effectively enter alveolar bone defects. An extension nozzle member is provided for those areas that cannot be reached by the syringe barrel member alone. An outlet cap can be placed over the extension nozzle member to prevent spillage when it is not in use. Furthermore, a plunger extension lengthens the syringe plunger member to completely dispense the osseous implant substance from the extension member.

Abstract: Applicator syringe for a dental compound, with a syringe body (1) tapering into a thin discharge tube (3) and with a piston (5) displaceable in it, the applicator syringe being intended for once-only use. To avoid the need for special actuating tools, but make easy use possible, the effective cross-sectional surface is very small, in particular with a ratio of the useful stroke to the diameter of the syringe piston of at least approximately 10. So that the syringe can nevertheless be filled easily, the diameter of the cylindrical space in the rear portion of the latter is larger than the piston diameter. The syringe body (1) is first produced in a straight form and only thereafter is the discharge tube (3) bent.

Abstract: A syringe for injecting a pasty material comprising: a main cylindrical body; a piston slidable in the body; and a tube slotted in the largest part of its length and provided with a handling ring at its rear part, the internal diameter of the main cylindrical body substantially corresponding to the external diameter of the tube so that, when the tube is arranged into the cylinder, this set defines an injection chamber delimited by the internal wall of the tube and, in front of the slot of the tube, by the internal wall of the cylindrical body.

Abstract: A dental appliance for introducing a filler material into a tooth cavity, comprises a support, a filler pipe, units forming a first passage, a filler expelling element reciprocatingly movable in the first passage, the filler expelling element merging into the filler pipe and having a front end, a removable magazine which accommodates a filler a plurality of parts of which can be expelled therefrom, the magazine extending transversely to the filler pipe and opening into the latter, the magazine having an inlet opening which opens into the filler pipe and is provided with an upper edge, a second passage, a magazine expelling element guided in the second passage for pressing a portion of the filler from the magazine into the filler pipe, the filler expelling element and the magazine expelling element being surrounded by the support, and a mechanical transmission unit which couple the filler expelling element and the magazine expelling element with one another to provide coordination of their movements, the trans

Abstract: A dispensing nozzle tip for use with dental syringe which is adapted to be detachably connected to the end of a dental syringe barrel having a uniquely shaped dispensing nozzle which enables the extruded dental material to be dispensed as a flat ribbon for direct placement onto a patient's tooth in a manner which minimizes the time and effort on the part of a dentist to coat a tooth with such dental material; and which nozzle tip is rendered readily disposable to prevent cross-contamination when the dental syringe is used on successive patients.

Abstract: A dental composite carrier and a packaging means for a composite used for posterior restorations in a tooth is provided. The composite carrier comprises a handle having a lever with a jaw on one end, and the package comprises individual incremental portions of composite material contained in ampules, and a number of ampules packaged in a tray. The composite carrier is used to pick an ampule out of the tray, carry it to a tooth, and deliver it into a cavity in the tooth. Optionally, the handle may have a condenser on its opposite end to be used for packing and smoothing the composite in the tooth.

Abstract: A miniature capsule-like cartridge adapted to be operated by being mounted in an ejector holder and including a tubular body of uniform inner diameter open at one end and the other end being closed but having a discharge opening therein, the body containing a complementary piston having an innermost pressure end complementary to the interior of the closed end of the body end and provided with an integral thin cylindrical wall at least precisely complementary in outer diameter to the inner diameter of the tubular body and extending axially away from the pressure end of the piston, the piston being operable by a piston post integral at one end with and extending axially away from the pressure end of the piston and connected to the thin cylindrical sleeve by a reinforcing rib extending integrally therebetween.

Abstract: The hydrocolloid injection system which utilizes a dispensing syringe as the vial within which the hydrocolloid impression material is shipped and stored prior to usage. The syringe includes a transparent barrel within which the hydrocolloid material is located. A plunger is slidingly mounted within the barrel which is to function to cause the hydrocolloid material to flow from the barrel through an outlet opening. The plunger forms an airtight and watertight seal with respect to the barrel with also a cap being located about the outlet opening of the barrel also forming an airtight and watertight seal. The barrel, plunger and cap can all be located within boiling water with no fear of the water itself actually coming into contact with the hydrocolloid impression material. During usage, the cap will be removed and a nozzle assembly mounted in conjunction with the barrel to facilitate depositing of the hydrocolloid impression material at its desired location.

Abstract: A cartridge (1) contains dental material and at one end has a discharge nozzle (2) and at the other end is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to a nut (3) having an internal thread. A plunger is disposed at the end of a spindle ( 4) in the cartridge, for ejecting the dental material from the nozzle (2). A handle (6) is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the spindle. The handle (6) and grip part (8) thereof are grasped in the lower portion of the hand, while the thumb and forefinger rotate the cartridge relative to the spindle to discharge the material.

Abstract: An applicator for accurately dispensing small amounts of fluids to tooth surfaces, including a handle, a nozzle which includes a reservoir for fluid and a piston member, and a lever, spring, plunger member, whereby activation of the lever forces the plunger against the piston which, in turn, forces fluid out of the reservoir through the nozzle.

Abstract: A ratchet-type dispenser for dental materials is disclosed. The ratchet is activated by a drive pawl and is prevented from returning by a detent pawl. The drive pawl and detent pawl are activated by the same lever arm.

Abstract: An applicating device and method of cosmetic bonding and veneering of teeth with composite dental material which includes a disposable syringe tip defining a reservoir for containing a predetermined amount of composite dental material and having connected thereto a discharge end portion which narrows to a rectangularly shaped discharge orifice having a width of approximately 0.5 mm and a length of approximately 4 to 6 mm. A piston or plug seals the end of the reservoir portion and which piston is displaceably disposed in the reservoir portion. The discharge orifice is provided with a sealing cap when not in use. The method of bonding and veneering a dental material on a tooth includes the step of expressing a flat thin ribbon veneer of composite material directly onto the tooth. The composite material is formed in a thin uniform flat strip of not more than 0.5 mm in thickness and approximately 4 to 6 mm. in width by expressing it through the discharge opening of a syringe tip.

Abstract: An apparatus which can be used for exposing a light-curable dental composition to a curing light to harden the composition while the composition is applied to teeth so that the exposure of dentists' or technicians' eyes to such light is minimized. The apparatus has an opaque cylindrical receptacle which is open at its top and bottom. The bottom opening allows the receptacle to pick up and discharge the dental composition. The working end of an elongated plunger, having a clear plastic core and an opaque surface coating, extends through the top opening of the receptacle, and the other end of the plunger is connected to a source of curing light. The working end of the plunger can irradiate the dental composition within the receptacle with the curing light and can also be moved within the receptacle to force the irradiated dental composition outward of the bottom opening in the receptacle onto a tooth.

Abstract: A dispensing device includes a hollow cylindrical body from which a high viscosity composition is discharged in precisely metered doses by means of a plunger rod longitudinally movable within the body. The plunger rod includes a series of thread segments formed at equispaced, angular intervals from each other to establish an exterior thread of constant pitch in threaded engagement with the body. Each segment has an abutment surface projecting from the surface of the plunger. By depressing a trigger mounted on the body into contact with an abutment surface aligned therewith, the plunger rotates through the angular interval and thereby advances through the body to expel a desired amount of composition. Disengagement of the trigger with the abutment surface automatically occurs as the abutment surface rotates to the end of the angular interval, out of contact with the trigger, causing the next in-line abutment surface to be indexed into alignment with the trigger to allow for successive doses.

Abstract: A bulk dental syringe for dispensing predetermined incremental amounts of dental material that includes a barrel assembly that contains a bulk supply of dental material. The barrel assembly is detachably connected to a handle or holder which may be either a finger holder or a lever actuated holder. The barrel assembly is sealed at one end with a displaceable plug or piston, which is engaged by a plunger to express the material therefrom . A discharge spout and a plurality of flexible fingers circumscribing the spout is connected to the other end of the barrel assembly, and a disposable nozzle tip is releaseably secured to the spout by the flexible fingers. A lock collar is provided to positively maintain the flexibe fingers in securement about the nozzle tip. To prevent drooling of the material, a pressure relief arrangement is provided on the end of the plunger.

Abstract: A device for delivering an irrigant and/or a medicament fluid to the gingival sulcus comprises an elongated handle member terminating in a flexible tip portion provided with aperture(s), the tip being connected to a fluid reservoir via a conduit and operable to discharge the fluid through the apertures only on the application of pressure to the reservoir and/or opening of a normally closed valve or apertures in the tip by flexing the tip, e.g., by pressing same against a tooth. In preferred embodiments, the handle is tubular, the distal end portion thereof comprising the fluid reservoir.

Abstract: A one-hand operated dispenser for metering dental compositions comprises a casing for accommodating the dental composition between a forward dispensing opening and a plunger which is slidable within the casing. The plunger is advanced by means of a threaded spindle which engages in a nut mounted at the casing rear end so as to be secured against rotation and axial displacement. The casing rear end is rotatably supported within a sleeve which in turn is detachably inserted in a handle. The sleeve is formed with an axially extending slot through which a finger is visible which is disposed at the rear end of the spindle. When the handle is gripped, the casing may be rotated between the thumb and index finger such that the spindle advances the plunger thereby urging the dental composition out of the dispensing opening. During the forward movement of the spindle the finger travels forwardly in the axially extending slot and indicates the level of the dental composition.

Abstract: The invention comprises a syringe for extrusion of a semi-plastic mass, or a mass having a paste-like consistency. In a preferred embodiment, the syringe is so-designed to permit mixing of two components of a plasticizable mixture within the syringe barrel. The bore of the syringe barrel is flared to facilitate extrusion of the plastic mass therefrom. The parts of the syringe ready for use are packaged in a one-piece tray which serves not only for shipping and storing of the syringe, which may be preloaded with one of the components of the plasticizable mixture, together with the associated syringe parts, but which also serves, when opened for use, as a convenient tray for handling the syringe while mixing the two components of the plasticizable mixture prior to extrusion.

Abstract: The specification discloses an amalgam carrier for pushing amalgams into previously difficultly accessed tooth cavities such as in distal and lingual surfaces. The carrier includes an elongated handle, a support arm extending laterally of the handle, and a release mechanism mounted on the support arm and defining an amalgam bore opening away from the support arm in a direction generally common with the handle. The release mechanism is actuable in the vicinity of the support arm whereby the carrier can be firmly grasped about said handle and the release mechanism actuated by the user's thumb. Also disclosed is a method of pushing an amalgam utilizing the amalgam carrier of the present invention.

Abstract: A dental syringe and a method of packaging and dispensing a dental material wherein the package containing the dental material comprises a cartridge containing a bulk supply of dental material, and which cartridge is constructed so as to function as a syringe for effecting the extrusion of the dental material therefrom as may be needed in a dental restorative procedure. The cartridge comprises an elongated tubular barrel having an open end portion and a forward discharging orifice portion through which the material is extruded. A displaceable piston seals the rear end of the barrel to confine the dental material within the barrel, and which cartridge can be readily attached to a handle and associated plunger to complete a syringe assembly. The plunger is also provided with a device for relieving the back pressure imparted to the cartridge piston during an extruding operation to prohibit any unwanted drooling of the material therefrom.

Abstract: A one-hand operated dispenser for metering dental compositions comprises a casing for receiving the dental composition between a forward dispensing end and a plunger which is movably mounted within the casing. The plunger is moved forwardly by means of a threaded spindle which engages with a nut disposed on the rear casing end so as to be secured against rotation and axial movement. The thus formed assembly may be inserted into two bifurcated brackets of a generally U-shaped receptacle forming part of a manipulating member. The spindle is guided in the one bracket so as to be axially movable and non-rotatable, while the casing with the nut is mounted in the other bracket so as to be non-displaceable but rotatable. When the manipulating member is gripped, the casing may be turned between thumb and index finger such that the spindle is pushed forwards, whereby the dental composition exits from the dispensing opening.

Abstract: An all purpose dental syringe and delivery system for dispensing various types of dental materials as may be required in the performance of various dental procedures e.g. the administering of anesthesia, making impressions, performing root canals, filling cavities, etc. that includes a power handle having a plunger which is incrementally advanced upon each actuation of the power handle and a plurality of interchangeable barrel assemblies. Each of the plurality of barrels assemblies includes an associated dispensing nozzle, each being operative to dispense a particular dental material according to a given procedure. Co-operatively associated with the plunger are interchangeable plunger tips for complementing a particular barrel assembly for dispensing a particular material therefrom, and each barrel and associated parts are color coded to facilitate the use and application of the syringe.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a dental syringe having a barrel and a plunger reciprocally mounted within the barrel which is rendered displaceable so as to extrude a dental root canal through a relatively small bore hyperdermic type needle so as to place the material into the root canals of a tooth during a root canal procedure. In another form of the invention, the dental syringe is modified for use in extruding an impression forming material into the small areas around the gums so as to remove the air prior to the application of the bulk of the impression forming material to complete the impression.

Abstract: A dental syringe for filling cavities in teeth with dental filling materials and can be dispensed into a tooth cavity in measured in increments of all or a portions of one or two-predetermined quantities of filling material. The syringe is composed of an elongated body barrel having two hollow, contiguous parallel shafts and a disposable chamber removably attached to the barrel and having two hollow contiguous parallel shafts which are coextensive and continuous in precise axial dimensions as the shafts in the barrel.

Abstract: A capsule-like cartridge comprising a cylindrical body of uniform diameter open at one end and provided with an annular flange surrounding the open end, the other end being closed by an integral hemi-spherical end of the same radius as said body and provided with an angularly extending discharge nipple communicating with the interior of the hemi-spherical end and body. After the body is loaded with a precisely measured quantity of material, the open end is closed by a plug slidably movable along said body when one end is engaged by a plunger of no greater diameter than said plug and the opposite end being complementary in shape to the hemi-spherical end of the body, whereby the plunger is capable of discharging the entire measured amount of material in the body except the scintilla thereof lodged in the nipple.

Abstract: A manually operable ejector holder for effecting discharge of a capsule-like cartridge of cylindrical shape open at one end to receive a measured charge of material and provided with an annular flange at the open end, the other end being closed but provided with an angular discharge nipple and the holder having a cylindrical body provided with an ejecting plunger operated by a handle and a cooperative pivoted lever member. The forward end of the cylindrical body is partially cutaway in a radial direction for a limited distance longitudinally to provide a hollow seat to receive the flanged end of the cartridge and the seat having an undercut groove to receive the flange of said cartridge, and the sidewalls of the seat at the upper edges having limited flexibility and spaced apart a slightly less distance than the diameter of the cartridge body to effect a limited snap-acting connection of the cartridge to the holder. Several embodiments of lever members and support mechanism therefor are provided.

Abstract: An improved manual pressure syringe for odontological use, includes a handgrip provided with a control lever, a barrel for a cartridge, and a bushing arranged on the longitudinal extension of the barrel. It also includes a shaft having a pushbutton at one end which is slidable in the bushing and acts on the piston of the cartridge, a thrust lever for the shaft operated by the control lever, and a coil spring arranged between the thrust lever and the bushing. The coil spring is formed of two end parts, the turns of which are of a larger diameter than that of the shaft, and an intermediate part, the turns of which are substantially of the same diameter as that of the shaft.

Abstract: A manually operable ejector holder for a loaded capsule-like cartridge of cylindrical shape open at one end and provided with an annular flange at the open end, the other end being closed but provided with an angular discharge nipple and the holder having a cylindrical body provided with an ejecting plunger operated by a pivoted lever-type handle member. The forward end of the cylindrical body being partially cutaway in a radial direction for a limited distance longitudinally to provide a hollow seat to receive the flanged end of the cartridge and the seat having an undercut groove to receive the flange of said cartridge, and the sidewalls of the seat at the upper edges being of limited flexibility and spaced apart a slightly less distance than the diameter of the cartridge body to effect a limited snap-acting connection of the cartridge to the holder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in syringes for injecting pasty products, wherein the end of the body thereof comprises a screwed stopper provided with a groove and an oblique channel in the outer opening of which is fixed the endpiece of a needle. To clean the syringe, the stopper is unscrewed and the residue, contained in one piece in the groove and in the channel, is extracted. The present invention is more particularly applicable in dentistry.

Abstract: A manually-operable ejector holder for a loaded syringe-type cartridge having an annular collar on one end and a discharge tip on the other end and including an elongated barrel having a piston slidable therein and actuated by a fixed handle on one end of the barrel and a pivoted operating lever cooperable with the handle. The opposite end of the barrel has a curved transverse recess to receive a portion of the collar on the cartridge and a pivoted locking member has a corresponding curved transverse recess in opposition to and cooperable with the recess in the opposite end of said barrel to receive an opposite portion of the collar on the cartridge, and a sleeve is slidable over said locking member and along said opposite end of said barrel to detachably connect said cartridge to said holder.