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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1990
Ronald G Coss, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Micro Motors, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
An air motor and accompanying air distributor and motor output drive means are axially stacked within a tubular dental handpiece. A fiber optic bundle extends through a special passage in the thick-wall side of an eccentrically positioned cavity in the motor casing. The bundle also extends axially through the other components in the handpiece and further is directed to a dental tool head mounted on one end of the handpiece. The fiber optic bundle very effectively illuminates a cutting burr or other element mounted on the tool head, a gasket adjacent the motor prevents leakage of air past the metal-to-metal surfaces of the air motor and surrounding housing. The gasket is also provided with a hole through a thick-edge wall for the fiber optic bundle. A further flat resilient seal prevents air passage passed the motor output shaft and the spaces between the bearing races.