Dentistry – Apparatus – Having heater or electrode
Patent
1988-06-09
1990-11-27
Mancene, Gene
Dentistry
Apparatus
Having heater or electrode
433 80, 219311, A61C 300
Patent
active
049732463
ABSTRACT:
A dental apparatus is provided which includes a handle having a hollow interior and an end portion which is slightly curved to facilitate insertion in the oral cavity of a dental patient. Within the hollow interior, an air heater system is provided consisting of an air vortex tube. Air is delivered to one end of the vortex tube in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tube causing the air to rapidly spin within the tube. The spinning air impinges upon an air flow control member at the opposite end of the tube which causes a portion of the air to deflect rearward toward its point of entry. This air is cool in temperature, and expelled from the rear of the tube. The non-deflected air is warm and directed out of the curved end portion of the handle. The invention further includes an adjustment system to control the temperature of air leaving the vortex tube.
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Ranque, G., "Experiments on Expansion in a Vortex with Simultaneous Exhaust of Hot Air and Cold Air", Le Journal de Physique et le Radium, Paris Review Bibliographique, Tome IV, Serie VII, Bulletin Bi-Mensuel, 2 Jun. 1933, p. 112S.
Black John V.
Sturges Paul D.
A-Dec, Inc.
Lepiane Adriene B.
Mancene Gene
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