WO2012039329A1 - エアタービンハンドピース - Google Patents
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- A61C1/00—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design
- A61C1/02—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design characterised by the drive of the dental tools
- A61C1/05—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design characterised by the drive of the dental tools with turbine drive
- A61C1/057—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design characterised by the drive of the dental tools with turbine drive with means for preventing suction effect in turbine after deactivation of the drive air
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- the present invention relates to an air turbine handpiece used for dental treatment and the like, and in particular, prevents negative pressure in a turbine chamber generated by inertial rotation of turbine blades when the turbine is stopped such as when the use of the air turbine handpiece is finished.
- the present invention relates to an air turbine handpiece that can improve the rotational efficiency of the turbine by using the return conduit as the negative pressure preventing means as driving force promoting means when the turbine is driven.
- the conventional air turbine handpiece cuts off the supply of pressurized air as a drive medium when driving of the turbine is terminated.
- the turbine blades continue to rotate by inertia due to their own inertia, so that the air in the turbine chamber is discharged by this rotation and negative pressure is generated in the turbine chamber.
- the space in the turbine chamber communicates with the outside air through a gap near the rotating shaft, the outside air is sucked into the turbine chamber due to the negative pressure inside, and the patient's saliva, blood, etc. Of contaminants are aspirated.
- the inside of the head part and / or the inside of the joint fitting or the supply / exhaust hose connected to the handpiece is contaminated.
- Patent Documents 1 to 7 are publicly known.
- Patent Document 1 has an air supply line that supplies compressed air from a compressed air source to an air turbine and an exhaust line that exhausts the air, and an air supply valve is connected to the air supply line.
- a negative pressure is generated in the handpiece by closing the air supply valve and the exhaust valve at the same time when driving of the handpiece is completed, or by closing the air supply valve after closing the exhaust valve. And prevents inhalation of contaminants into the handpiece.
- Patent Document 2 The invention of Patent Document 2 is supplied to an impeller rotatably accommodated in an inner space formed in a head portion of a handpiece, an air supply port for supplying air toward the impeller, and an impeller.
- An exhaust port for discharging the air, one or a plurality of buffer spaces in which centrifugal force is supplied by rotation of the impeller and stored in a pressurized state, and an additional pressure stored in the buffer space.
- the air in the turbine chamber is exhausted by the inertial rotation of the impeller, but is interposed between the impeller and the exhaust port.
- the flow of air moving from the impeller toward the exhaust port is obstructed by the side wall, and the air rotating together with the impeller is in a buffer space formed outside the impeller based on the centrifugal force applied to the air. Is accumulated in a pressurized state. Furthermore, sucking back can be prevented by discharging the accumulated air to the atmosphere from the periphery of the tool through an air passage formed in the head portion.
- Patent Document 3 is provided with means for preventing the pressure medium rotating in the turbine chamber from being discharged through the discharge pipe during inertial rotation of the turbine impeller after the supply of the pressure medium is stopped.
- the means are arranged in the region of the turbine chamber and, in functional operation, deflect the pressure medium rotating in the turbine chamber beyond the outlet opening.
- a flow web projecting into the flow of the pressure medium rotating by the means and forming a flow stage for the pressure medium rotating in functional operation, Prevents function and inhalation or suck back.
- the intermediate web is then positioned approximately in the middle transverse plane of the turbine impeller so that the inlet opening is positioned substantially in alignment with the inlet channel that exists between the intermediate web and the associated sidewall of the turbine chamber.
- the intermediate web is said to increase the power of the turbine by extending in a convergent direction or obliquely with respect to the inflow direction with the round web tip facing in the rotational direction.
- Patent Document 4 is a manual dental apparatus having an air passage for supplying driving air to a turbine and an exhaust air passage that is directly connected to the cylindrical surface of the turbine chamber and exhausts from the turbine chamber. It opens in the vicinity of the axis of the turbine chamber through the connection passage and in the region between the rotor and the tool-side bearing, or the exhaust air passage is located on the tool side of the bearing provided on the tool side, Open to the cylindrical wall via a connection passage or an exhaust air passage is provided in the region near the axis of the turbine chamber and / or in the hollow chamber near the tool operating mechanism on the side opposite to the tool side of the rotor.
- the connection passage connected to the exhaust air passage is opened in a region around the shaft, thereby preventing outside air from being sucked in by negative pressure generated by inertial rotation of the rotor. It is intended.
- a nozzle opening for ejecting air toward the turbine blade portion of the rotor and an exhaust port for discharging the ejected air to the outside are provided in the chamber of the head portion.
- the width W of the arc-shaped nozzle opening along the circumferential direction of the turbine blade portion is set to be not less than twice the height H of the rotor in the rotation axis direction.
- the circumferential arc width W of the nozzle opening for injecting air toward the turbine blade portion is set to be twice or more the height H in the rotation axis direction of the rotor, and the nozzle opening Because of the long shape in the circumferential direction, the air injected from the nozzle opening acts intensively in the axial center of the turbine blade of the turbine blade part, and the area of the nozzle opening is large, so the amount of feed The rotor can be efficiently driven with high torque.
- a turbine blade portion of the rotor having a hub portion and a plurality of turbine blades provided on the outer peripheral surface of the hub portion at substantially equal intervals in the circumferential direction. Each of the turbine blades extends from the first blade portion substantially continuously to the first blade portion, the first blade portion extending substantially arcuately in the direction of rotation of the rotor.
- the air turbine handpiece having a second wing portion extending rearward in the rotation direction of the rotor in a direction away from the chamber, air is ejected into the chamber toward the first wing portion of the turbine blade.
- Nozzle opening and spray toward the turbine blade A discharge opening for discharging the generated air to the outside, and the outer peripheral surface of the hub portion extends radially inward from the upper end to the lower end in a concave arc shape, and the nozzle opening
- the air jetted from the first blade portion of the turbine blade to the first blade portion is guided by the first blade portion and flows backward in the rotation direction, and further guided by the second blade portion to the first blade portion. It is guided downward toward the rear in the rotation direction toward the direction away from the center, and then discharged to the outside through the discharge opening.
- each turbine blade of the rotor is separated from the first blade portion that extends substantially in a circular arc shape in the rotation direction of the rotor, and from the first blade portion substantially continuously.
- a second blade portion extending rearward in the rotation direction, and air from the nozzle opening is injected toward the first blade portion of the turbine blade. Therefore, the air injected from the nozzle opening flows backward in the rotational direction along the arcuate surface of the first wing part, and is further guided in the rotational direction along the second wing part following the first wing part. As a result, the flow of air flowing along the turbine blades becomes smooth.
- the air injected toward the turbine blade portion flows smoothly along the turbine blade, hardly acts as a rotational resistance, and the rotor can be efficiently rotated.
- the outer peripheral surface of the hub portion extends in a concave arc shape radially inward from the upper end to the lower end, the air from the nozzle opening acts on the hub portion to reduce the rotational torque of the rotor. You can go up.
- the outer peripheral surface of the first portion which is the upper portion of the hub portion, extends radially inward from the upper end to the lower end in a concave arc shape
- the outer peripheral surface of the second part is extending downward in the rotational axis direction of the rotor.
- the present invention is characterized in that a part of the air ejected from the nozzle opening is guided to the turbine blade after being guided by the first and second portions of the hub portion.
- the hub portion of the turbine blade portion has a first portion extending in a substantially arc shape inward in the radial direction of the rotor, and a first portion extending from the first portion in the rotation direction of the rotor. 2, a part of the air jetted from the nozzle opening that acts on the hub portion is guided from the first portion to the turbine blade along the second portion. The rotational torque of the rotor is increased by acting on the rotor.
- the diameter of the exhaust port at the inlet end of the exhaust passage is set larger than the diameter of the air inlet at the tip of the air passage, and the inside of the housing from the air inlet to the exhaust port is circulated.
- the air passage to be expanded is sequentially expanded from the air supply port to the exhaust port side, and the turbine blades are connected to two upper and lower units having the same rotating shaft, and a separator is provided between the two turbines.
- the head portion chamber and the air supply passage, exhaust passage and air passage in the neck portion are separated into two systems corresponding to each turbine. Further, in addition to the above configuration, the gap between the turbine blade and the upper and lower inner wall surfaces of the chamber is narrowed, and in particular, the torque for rotating the cutting tool is increased.
- the first turbine blade and the second turbine blade have a narrow vertical distance between the turbine blade and the upper and lower inner wall surfaces of the chamber when viewed from the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the pressurized air injected to the turbine blade has a vertical distance. It prevents sudden diffusion due to the air gap so that the air supply speed does not decrease.
- the diameter of the exhaust port that circulates in the chamber of the head housing and exhausts air is set larger than the diameter of the air supply port of the air supply path, and the air passage extending from the air supply port to the exhaust port is The cross-sectional area is sequentially increased starting from the air supply port at the front end of the passage, and the exhaust port is made to coincide with the diameter of the exhaust passage. The radius of curvature is sequentially increased from the air supply port to reach the exhaust port.
- the turbine blade is rotated by the impact pressure of the pressurized air injected from the air supply port, and then the interior of the chamber is viewed along the inner wall surface in a clockwise direction when the head portion is viewed from above.
- the volume of the chamber which is a ventilation path, gradually expands starting from the air supply port, so the pressurized air does not diffuse rapidly and the air supply speed is rapidly reduced.
- the resistance action that prevents the rotation of the turbine blades is prevented.
- the volume of the exhaust is made the same as that of the exhaust path at the exhaust port, the flow of pressurized air that circulates inside the chamber during the supply and exhaust processes passes through sequentially enlarged portions in the chamber. It reaches the exhaust port having the same diameter as that of the exhaust passage, and the air density is gradually reduced, so that it is possible to prevent the resistance action that reduces the rotation of the turbine blade.
- the connecting method of the first turbine blade and the second turbine blade is used, the rotating shaft is the same, and the torque power is doubled at the same rotational speed.
- the supply and exhaust systems are divided into two upper and lower parts corresponding to the upper and lower two turbines, thereby reducing air supply loss.
- a shaft-side separator and a housing-side separator are provided between the upper and lower turbine blades, and the above-described action greatly improves the efficiency of the turbine and increases the torque of the rotating cutting tool.
- Patent Document 7 provides a rotor for a dental air turbine handpiece, which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation and has a thickness that equally divides an air receiving zone located around the rotor blades. It has a flywheel, and the position of this flywheel may take a high position or a low position, but preferably takes an intermediate position, and when taking this intermediate position, to propel the rotor, It is more efficient.
- the vertical surfaces of the upper wedge bands are regularly overlapped with the vertical surfaces of the lower wedge bands, the number of air drives per rotation of the rotor is increased and the starting speed is increased.
- the torque can be maintained in a high rotation state.
- the overlap of the vertical surfaces of the upper wedges with respect to the vertical surfaces of the lower wedges may be offset by a half band.
- a normal one air jet is divided into two or a plurality of jets having the same diameter or a small diameter so as to be wedge-shaped. It effectively concentrates the arrival of pressurized air at the central air receiving zone, allowing an increase in starting speed and maintaining torque at high rotational speeds.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-047060 WO 2006/101133 Japanese Patent No. 4100833 Japanese Patent No. 3907284 Japanese Patent No. 3208345 Japanese Patent No. 3684643 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 01-104254
- Patent Documents 1 to 7 have the following problems.
- Patent Document 1 it is necessary to provide an air supply valve and an exhaust valve, and further an electric signal for operating the exhaust valve (an electric signal for operating the electromagnetic valve) or an air signal (an air signal for operating the air valve) )Is required.
- an electric signal for operating the exhaust valve an electric signal for operating the electromagnetic valve
- an air signal an air signal for operating the air valve
- Patent Document 2 in addition to the air supply port for supplying air toward the impeller at the head portion of the handpiece and the discharge port of the supplied air, the centrifugal force is generated by the rotation of the impeller in the head portion.
- a buffer space where pressurized air is sent and accumulated in a pressurized state, and a circumferential direction that is located between the exhaust port and the impeller and provides resistance to the air flowing from the impeller to the exhaust port It is necessary to provide side walls.
- the buffer space can be prevented from sucking back by opening in the rotational direction of the impeller, so the structure is complicated and complicated, and the cost is increased. There is a problem of becoming.
- connection passage communicating with the exhaust air passage is opened to a region around the shaft away from the negative pressure generating portion of the turbine chamber, etc. It does not directly prevent the generation of negative pressure, but alleviates the influence of the generated negative pressure, and further increases the processing cost in terms of structure, and is a completely different configuration.
- Form 1 of Patent Document 5 is intended to be driven to rotate at high torque by efficiently applying air jetted toward the turbine blade portion of the rotor to a plurality of turbine blades (in the flow direction).
- the air jetted from the nozzle opening flows backward in the rotational direction along the arcuate surface of the first wing portion, and further in the rotational direction along the second wing portion following the first wing portion. It is guided and flows along the turbine blades, and the air flow is smooth. Therefore, the air injected toward the turbine blade portion flows smoothly along the turbine blade, hardly acts as a rotational resistance, and can rotate the rotor efficiently. Further, since the outer peripheral surface of the hub portion extends in a concave arc shape radially inward from the upper end to the lower end, air from the nozzle opening acts on the hub portion and increases the rotational torque of the rotor. I can do it.
- a part of the air jetted from the nozzle opening that acts on the hub portion is guided from the first portion to the turbine blade along the second portion, and acts on the turbine blade.
- This contributes to the rotational torque of the rotor and can increase the rotational torque of the rotor.
- the shape of the rotor composed of each turbine blade is not only a three-dimensional shape (substantially three-dimensional) as described above, but also is composed of two upper and lower turbine blade groups, and the lower stage has a small diameter (substantially inverted cone) It can be imagined that the complexity of the machining and creation of the machining program cannot be exhausted. Furthermore, it is not difficult to imagine that a lot of processing time is consumed, and the cost is greatly increased.
- Patent Document 6 it is necessary to process the exhaust path so that the radius of curvature is sequentially increased from the air supply port to reach the exhaust port, and the (chamber) inner wall of the substantially cylindrical head is formed on the center of the head.
- the exhaust passage must be formed while being eccentric with respect to the (rotor rotating shaft) successively, and it is obvious that the processing is complicated even when compared with the present invention.
- the first turbine blade and the second turbine blade are connected to each other, it has been proposed to divide the air supply and exhaust system into two upper and lower parts corresponding to the upper and lower two turbines. Adding an exhaust system increases the number of processing steps and increases costs.
- Patent Document 7 it is possible to increase the starting speed and maintain the torque in a high rotation state, and it is the main matter of the invention to incorporate a so-called “flywheel” in a part of the rotor. Therefore, the rotational driving force of the air turbine handpiece of the present application is enhanced, which is different from the one that has an energy saving effect.
- the present invention causes negative pressure in the turbine chamber due to inertial rotation of the turbine blades even when supply of air is stopped for the end of turbine driving of the handpiece.
- a negative pressure prevention means for returning the exhaust gas to the turbine chamber is provided, and during normal turbine driving other than when negative pressure generation is prevented, exhaust gas is returned to the turbine chamber while the turbine is driven, and at the same time. It was developed for the purpose of providing an air turbine handpiece capable of enhancing the rotational driving force of the turbine blades by injecting the recirculated exhaust flow in the negative pressure preventing means together with the air supply injected toward the front.
- a head portion in which a turbine chamber is formed and a rotatable turbine blade is provided in the turbine chamber, and the head portion is connected to the head portion.
- An air supply line including a neck portion to be gripped and a grip portion continuously provided behind the neck portion, and supplying air from an air supply port to drive the turbine blades, and the turbine with the supply air
- an air turbine handpiece provided with an exhaust pipe for exhausting air from an exhaust port after rotating blades, one end as a reflux inlet is opened in the exhaust pipe and an exhaust outlet as the other end is opened in the turbine chamber. It is characterized in that it is configured by forming a reflux conduit for exhaust.
- the diameter of the recirculation outlet of the recirculation pipe line is the air supply of the air supply line.
- the value divided by the diameter of the mouth is set to 1 or less, and the reflux outlet of the reflux pipe is opened in the turbine chamber near the air supply opening between the air supply outlet and the exhaust outlet. It is characterized by comprising.
- the reflux pipe line is connected to the air turbine handpiece according to any one of the first to fourth aspects via an exhaust gas recirculation inlet opening in the exhaust pipe line.
- the recirculation outlet of the recirculation pipe line is configured to open to a turbine chamber in the vicinity of the air supply port at the tip of the nozzle connected to the outlet side of the air supply pipe line.
- a head portion having a turbine chamber formed therein and a rotatable turbine blade provided in the turbine chamber, and a head portion provided continuously with the head portion are provided to the operator.
- a nozzle is connected to the air supply pipe, and one end as a reflux inlet is opened in the exhaust pipe.
- the exhaust outlet as the other end is formed by forming a reflux conduit that is opened in the vicinity of the air supply port of the nozzle.
- the most negative pressure is generated in the turbine chamber by opening the other end of the reflux conduit having one end communicating with the exhaust conduit into the turbine chamber near the air supply port of the air supply conduit.
- Exhaust gas can be directly recirculated to an easy-to-use part, and generation of negative pressure can be efficiently prevented by the recirculated exhaust gas.
- negative pressure when negative pressure is generated in the air turbine handpiece, foreign matter can be prevented from being sucked into the handpiece, and crossover between the patient / operator or patients occurring through the air turbine handpiece can be prevented. It becomes possible to prevent infection.
- the handpiece of the present invention opens the reflux line communicating with the exhaust line in the vicinity of the air supply port of the air supply line, thereby preventing the most negative pressure in the turbine room.
- the recirculation air supplied from the recirculation pipe is jetted toward the turbine blade together with the original supply air of the driving force, so that the rotation drive of the turbine blade can be assisted. Effects can be obtained.
- the configuration of the reflux pipe is simple and easy to process, the handpiece can be provided at a low price.
- the value obtained by dividing the return outlet diameter of the return pipe line by the air supply port diameter of the air supply pipe line is set to 1 or less ( ⁇ 1), so that the turbine can be connected to the turbine during use of the handpiece.
- the air supply amount increases due to the recirculation exhaust supplied to the negative pressure generating part of the turbine chamber through the recirculation pipe, and the rotational driving force of the air turbine handpiece is enhanced. Energy saving effect is obtained.
- the configuration of the reflux conduit of the present invention is simple and easy to process, the air turbine handpiece can be provided at a low price.
- FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of an air turbine handpiece according to the present invention
- FIGS. 1A and 1B are vertical and horizontal sectional views showing a configuration in which a reflux pipe is opened toward a turbine chamber in the vicinity of an air supply port.
- FIGS. 1A and 1B are vertical and horizontal sectional views showing a configuration in which a reflux pipe is opened toward a turbine chamber in the vicinity of an air supply port.
- FIG. 4 are the diagrams which show the rotation speed and power of the turbine drive which recirculated the exhaust_gas
- FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a turbine-driven reflux pipe diameter and work rate in which exhaust gas is recirculated in the air turbine handpiece of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the air turbine handpiece of the present invention
- Figs. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are vertical and horizontal sectional views showing a configuration in which a reflux pipe is opened toward a turbine chamber in the vicinity of an air supply port. .
- FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the entire air turbine handpiece.
- the purpose of preventing negative pressure in the turbine chamber due to inertial rotation of the turbine blades even when the intake air for driving is stopped to stop the driving of the air turbine handpiece is to connect the reflux inlet at one end to the exhaust pipe.
- This can be achieved with a simple configuration by providing a reflux conduit that opens to the passage and opens the reflux outlet at the other end to the turbine chamber near the air supply port of the air supply conduit.
- the value obtained by dividing the reflux outlet diameter of the reflux pipe by the air supply inlet of the air supply pipe is set to 1 or less ( ⁇ 1).
- an air turbine handpiece 1 of the present embodiment to which the present invention is applied includes a neck portion 2 gripped by an operator, a head portion 3 continuously provided on the pointed side of the neck portion 2, and a neck
- the hose 5 is connected to the rear end of the grip part 4 and includes a supply pipe and an exhaust pipe (not shown).
- a turbine chamber 15 is formed inside the head portion 3 of the air turbine handpiece 1, and a turbine blade 6 positioned inside the turbine chamber 15 is fixed to a chuck 8 that supports a tool 7.
- the upper and lower ball bearings 9 are rotatably supported.
- a push button 10 is provided at the upper end of the chuck 8, and the tool 7 can be attached and detached by pressing the push button 10 against the bias of the spring 10a.
- an air supply pipe 11 for rotating the turbine blade 6 and an exhaust pipe 12 for discharging the air after rotating the turbine blade 6 are provided on the neck portion 2 side of the head portion 3.
- a nozzle 13 is connected to the outlet side of the passage 11, and air is jetted from an air supply port 14 formed at the tip of the nozzle 13 toward the turbine chamber 15.
- the reflux pipe 16 is connected to the exhaust pipe 12 via the exhaust gas reflux inlet 19, and the reflux outlet 17 at the other end of the reflux pipe 16 is connected to the air supply pipe 11.
- the turbine chamber 15 is opened near the air supply port 14.
- the air turbine handpiece 1 having this configuration when the air supply from the air supply line 11 is stopped, as shown by an arrow (A) in FIG.
- the gas flows from the reflux outlet 17 through the reflux pipe 16 into the area A near the air supply port 14 in the turbine chamber 15.
- the A region is a portion where the negative pressure is most likely to be generated when the intake air is stopped, and the exhaust gas directly recirculates to the A region, so that the generation of the negative pressure can be efficiently prevented.
- the return exhaust gas flows into the turbine chamber 15 near the air supply port via the return conduit 16.
- the air supply amount is increased, and the rotational driving force of the turbine is enhanced. This makes it possible to achieve an energy saving effect.
- the reflux circuit 16 is provided in (b) at 220,000 revolutions at 23.66 W, in (c) at 230,000 revolutions at 25.91 W, in (d) at 250,000 revolutions at 27.48 W, in (e) 25.53 W at 240,000 revolutions, 26.34 W at 240,000 revolutions in (f), and 23.44 W at 230,000 revolutions in (g). Since the setting of the hand pressure during no-load operation is set to 0.22 MPa (2.2 bar), the air supply amount is not constant but tends to decrease. By providing the reflux circuit 16 and returning the exhaust gas to the turbine chamber 15, the amount of supplied air is increased. As a result, the rotational speed is increased from 200,000 to 250,000 revolutions, and the work rate is increased as indicated by the arrows in the figure. It was confirmed that it was remarkably improved.
- the maximum work rate is 23.50 W
- the work is performed in the vicinity of the diameter 1 mm of the reflux outlet 17 of the reflux pipe 16. The amount reached a maximum value of 26.95 W, indicating that the amount of work increased significantly.
- the reflux port diameter 17 of the reflux circuit 16 is effective when the diameter of the air supply port 14 is 0.8 mm to 1.2 mm with respect to 1.3 mm, 0.8 mm or less and 1.2 mm or more. Within this range, the effect tends to decrease gradually. Further, it was found that 1.0 mm to 1.2 mm was preferable among 0.8 mm to 1.2 mm, and 1.0 mm was most preferable.
- the reflux outlet diameter for efficiently increasing the rotational driving force when the turbine blade height is 3 mm and the air supply port diameter is 1.3 mm
- the reflux outlet diameter is 1.0 mm to 1.2 mm. And is most preferably 1.0 mm.
- the value obtained by dividing the reflux outlet diameter by the air supply aperture is preferably 1 or less, effectively 0.62 to 0.92, and 0.77. Gave the most favorable results.
- the diameter of the air supply port is not limited to the above-mentioned diameter as long as the rotation speed of the turbine blade 6 does not increase excessively, that is, the diameter is such that air can be supplied to the extent that noise does not increase.
- the diameter of the air supply port is larger than 1.3 mm, there is a concern that the rotational speed of the turbine blade 6 cannot be 300000 rpm to 400000 rpm, preferably 350,000 rpm to 400000 rpm.
- the diameter of the air supply port is not limited to the above-mentioned diameter even if it is larger than 1.3 mm.
- the air turbine handpiece of the present invention can efficiently prevent the exhaust gas from returning to the turbine chamber near the air supply port 14 and generating negative pressure in the turbine chamber. Further, during the turbine driving, the amount of air supplied to the turbine chamber 15 is increased by returning the exhaust gas to the turbine chamber in addition to the supply air injected from the air supply pipe 11 to the turbine chamber. The rotational driving force is increased. Thereby, an energy-saving effect can be produced.
- the exhaust gas recirculation when the turbine drive is stopped is not limited to the above, and may be performed in the vicinity of the air supply port 14. Further, the diameters of the air supply pipe 11 and the reflux pipe 16 are not limited to the above. Also, the structure is simple and can be provided at a low price.
- FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the air turbine handpiece of the present invention.
- the air turbine handpiece 1 of the second embodiment is recirculated in the first embodiment.
- a reflux outlet 21 of the reflux pipe line 20 communicating with the reflux inlet 22 opened to the exhaust pipe line 12 is provided.
- the air supply pipe 11 is opened near the air supply port 14 in the nozzle 13.
- the turbine blade 6 rotates by inertia, and the air in the turbine chamber 15 is discharged from the exhaust port 18. Even if the negative pressure is about to be generated in the vicinity of the air supply port 14, the negative pressure is eliminated by the exhaust from the exhaust pipe 12 flowing into the area A that is the negative pressure generating section through the reflux pipe 16. The Moreover, even during use of the handpiece 1, the reflux air flows from the reflux pipe 20 into the nozzle 13 of the air supply pipe 11 and is jetted toward the turbine blade 6 together with the pressurized air. As a result, a secondary effect that the rotation of the turbine blade 6 can be assisted can be achieved.
- the recirculation line 16 is formed narrower than the nozzle 13 connected to the air supply line 11, and opens in an oblique direction along the air flow direction with respect to the nozzle 13.
- a negative pressure is generated at the reflux outlet 21 by the pressurized air passing through the nozzle 13 at a high speed, and the air in the reflux pipe 20 is drawn into the nozzle 13.
- the reflux air is jetted from the air supply port 14 together with the supplied pressurized air.
- the exhaust gas only needs to be recirculated to the vicinity of the air supply port 14, and the diameter of the recirculation pipe 20 and the attachment angle to the nozzle are not limited to the above.
- the air turbine handpiece 1 of the present invention has a simple structure and can be provided at low cost.
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前記特許文献1の場合は、給気弁および排気弁を設ける必要があり、更に排気弁を作動させるための電気信号(電磁弁を作動させる電気信号)、あるいは空気信号(エアバルブを作動させる空気信号)が必要となる。また当該回路をより有効に作用させるためには、排気弁を閉じた後に、給気弁を閉じるように作動させる必要があり、この順序で作動させるコントロール回路が不可欠となる。その他に、部品や回路の追加が必要でありコストアップになる。更にこの回路は、新たに工場から出荷される製品に適用されるものであって、市場の既存品には対応しにくいという問題がある。
2 ネック部
3 ヘッド部
4 グリップ部
5 ホース
6 タービン羽根
7 工具
8 チャック
9 ボールベアリング
10 プッシュボタン
11 エア供給管路
12 排気管路
13 ノズル
14 エア供給口
15 タービン室
16 還流管路
18 排気口
21 還流出口
22 還流入口
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- 内部にタービン室を形成するとともに該タービン室内に回転自在なタービン羽根が設けられたヘッド部と、該ヘッド部に連設され術者に把持されるネック部と、該ネック部の後方に連設されたグリップ部とを備え、かつ前記タービン羽根を駆動するためにエア供給口から給気するエア供給管路および給気にて前記タービン羽根を回転した後に排気口から排気する排気管路を備えたエアタービンハンドピースにおいて、
前記排気管路に、還流入口としての一端を開口するとともにその他端としての排気出口を前記タービン室に開口する排気の還流管路を形成することにより構成したことと特徴とするエアタービンハンドピース。 - 前記還流管路は、当該還流管路の前記還流出口の口径を、前記エア供給管路のエア供給口の口径で除した値を1以下に設定して構成し、かつ当該還流管路の前記還流出口を、前記エア供給口と前記排気出口との間における前記エア供給口近傍のタービン室に開口することにより構成したことを特徴とする請求項1記載のエアタービンハンドピース。
- 前記還流管路は、前記エア供給管路のエア供給口径をD0とし、前記還流出口の口径をD1とするときに、当該還流管路の前記還流出口の口径を、D0:D1=1:0.62~0.92として設定して構成し、かつ当該還流管路の前記還流出口を、前記エア供給口と前記排気出口との間における前記エア供給口近傍のタービン室に開口することにより構成したことを特徴とする請求項1記載のエアタービンハンドピース。
- 前記還流管路は、前記エア供給管路のエア供給口径をD0とし、前記還流出口の口径をD1とするときに、前記還流出口の口径を、D0:D1=1:0.77として設定して構成し、かつ当該還流管路の前記還流出口を、前記エア供給口と前記排気出口との間における前記エア供給口近傍のタービン室に開口することにより構成したことを特徴とする請求項3記載のエアタービンハンドピース。
- 前記還流管路は、前記排気管路に開口した排気の還流入口を介して還流管路を連設するとともにこの還流管路の還流出口を、前記エア供給管路の出口側に連設されたノズルの先端のエア供給口近傍のタービン室に開口することにより構成したことを特徴とする請求項1~4記載のエアタービンハンドピース。
- 内部にタービン室を形成するとともに該タービン室内に回転自在なタービン羽根が設けられたヘッド部と、該ヘッド部に連設され術者に把持されるネック部と、該ネック部の後方に連設されたグリップ部とを備え、かつ前記タービン羽根を駆動するためにエア供給口から給気するエア供給管路および給気にて前記タービン羽根を回転した後に排気口から排気する排気管路を備えたエアタービンハンドピースにおいて、
前記エア供給管路に、ノズルを連設すると共に前記排気管路に、還流入口としての一端を開口するとともにその他端としての排気出口を前記ノズルのエア供給口近傍に開口した還流管路を形成することにより構成したことを特徴とするエアタービンハンドピース。
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