Dentistry – Apparatus – Having storage or nonuse supporting means
Patent
1996-06-03
1998-04-28
Wilson, John J.
Dentistry
Apparatus
Having storage or nonuse supporting means
206369, A61G 1500
Patent
active
057437343
ABSTRACT:
A portable holder for safely supporting a plurality of sharp dental instruments, and which comprises a body member which includes a base plate having a plurality of openings therein for supportingly receiving the instruments. A pressure plate is slideably mounted to the body member immediately below the base plate, and the pressure plate includes a plurality of openings which are aligned with the openings of the base plate and are adapted to receive the shanks of the instruments which are supported in the openings of the base plate. The pressure plate is mounted for slidable movement between a loading position wherein the openings of the base plate and the pressure plate are aligned, and an instrument retaining position wherein the openings are offset so that the instruments are engaged and lock in the openings. The holder facilitates the loading and unloading of the instruments from a dental handpiece, without requiring the dentist or attendant to touch the instruments, and it also facilitates the sterilization of the instruments in an autoclave.
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Heath Derek E.
Himel Van T.
Mooneyhan Jerry A.
Tulsa Dental Products, L.L.C.
Wilson John J.
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