Patent · US Expired

Dental separator for solids from a solids/liquid mixture

US6276936A · kind A · utility

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12References

13Claims

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Inventors

Michael Forster · Altenthann, DE
Bruno Pregenzer · Telfs, AT
Alfred Konzett · Innsbruck, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 1999
Grant date	Aug 21, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2221/10
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

For separating off solids from a solid/liquid mixture occurring in a dental treatment station, a housing has a sedimentation tank, in which two sedimentation zones are disposed one above the other. Both the mixture inlet and the liquid outlet are disposed above a predetermined sedimentation height, and the liquid outlet is provided on a tube that leads through the sedimentation tank into an outlet chamber disposed below it.

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