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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles E Brockway, Fairview, NC (US);
Assignee:
Knight Manufacturing Inc., Asheville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 28 ; 433 77 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for supporting and controlling fluid delivery to a dental handpiece includes a frame with a holder for receiving the handpiece, a support arm connected with the handpiece and pivoted to the frame, an actuating linkage operated by the support arm, and fluid delivery tubing which extends to the handpiece being affixed at spaced locations to the frame and to the actuating linkage for folding of the tubing upon itself to close the tubing against fluid flow when the handpiece is mounted in its holder and for unfolding the tubing for open fluid flow when the handpiece is removed from the holder.