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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Meribel Dental, Llc, Balboa Island, CA (US);
George Michel Mansour, Pomona, CA (US);
Tim Truitt, Orange, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A pre-charged prophy angle having a (a) housing that includes a paste chamber, a rotatable head, a drive shaft, and a tube defining in part the paste chamber, the housing and paste chamber configured such that paste within the paste chamber can be dispensed without contacting the drive shaft; (b) a cup secured to the rotatable head, and (c) a paste dispensing assembly having a plunger movably secured to a push rod configured to reciprocally move linearly within the housing, the plunger including a clip for gripping the push rod such that linear movement of the push rod in a first direction causes the plunger to move in the first direction, while the clip precludes movement of the plunger in a second direction when the push rod in directed in the second direction.