Patent ID: 6273712
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A61D

Abstract:
Dental apparatus for grinding teeth of equine patients comprising: a hand-held variable speed electrical motor including means for connecting the motor to a source of electricity and means for controlling the speed of said motor; and a grinding tool including: hollow cylindrical tube means connected at a proximal end thereof to said motor; shaft means connected at a proximal end thereof to said motor for rotation thereby, said shaft means extending within said tube means from said proximal end thereof to the distal end thereof; a head member connected to said distal end of said tube means; means for allowing said tube means and said head member to rotate through an angle of at least 45.degree. on the axis of said tube means; a disk-like grinding wheel rotatably mounted within said head member, said grinding wheel including a planar grinding surface thereon, said grinding wheel having an axis of rotation that is at an angle of 90.degree. relative to the axis of said tube means; cup-shaped guard means attached to said head member, enclosing all but the grinding surface of said grinding wheel; and drive means within said head member for transmitting rotation of said shaft means at the distal end thereof through 90.degree. to said grinding wheel.