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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Ahren Karl Johnson, North Bend, WA (US);
Tyler G. Kloster, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Dainia Edwards, Issaquah, WA (US);
Wolter F. Benning, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Ahren Karl Johnson, North Bend, WA (US);
Tyler G. Kloster, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Dainia Edwards, Issaquah, WA (US);
Wolter F. Benning, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61H 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/0217 (2013.01); A61C 17/028 (2013.01); A61C 17/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dental appliance having a passive arrangement for drawing liquid from a reservoir () in the appliance by action of a stream of gas, which can be provided by a source of compressed gas () or other system. The liquid mixes with the gas, resulting in liquid droplets which are directed through an orifice () at the end of a nozzle portion () of the appliance.