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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:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Loge, Biberach, DE;
Assignee:
Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co., Biberach an der Riss, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433118 ; 433124 ; 433126 ; 433 82 ;
Abstract
In a tooth cleaning instrument (1) with an elongate handpiece, which carries a tooth cleaning tool (3) on its forward end, which can be set into vibration by a motor driven vibration generator (7) which is associated with the tooth cleaning instrument (1), whereby the tooth cleaning instrument (1) is connected or is detachably connectable at its rear end to a supply hose (6) having energy and/or media supply lines, the tooth contact element (17) is areal or quasi-areal and has a surface structure which is suitable for the abrasion of the tooth coating.