Patent ID: 7047706

Claim:
A machine adapted to assemble a dental product, the dental product having a body, first and second gears, and a tool, the machine comprising: feeders for automatically supplying the component parts; contiguous assembly stations coupled to the feeders for receiving the component parts and for performing assembly steps of the dental product, the assembly stations comprising a body station for receiving and holding the body of the product, at least two gear stations for introducing the first and second gears of the dental product into the body, and a tool station for connecting the tool to the second gear of the dental product, wherein the machine produces assembled dental products; and a plurality of mounting posts, each mounting post adapted to support a dental prophylaxis angle as it is being assembled, wherein each mounting post has substantially the configuration of a Doriot nose for engaging the interior of the bodies without regard to their external configuration, and wherein each mounting post has a passageway therein positioned to align with a first drive shaft passage in the body, when the body is mounted on the mounting post, and a pin translatable in the passageway to selectively block the seating of a drive shaft in the first drive shaft passage in the body.