A cleaning device for dental instruments, in particular, turbine drills and the like
Abstract
A cleaning device for dental instruments, in particular, turbine drills and the like, by means of liquid jets, disinfectant media and air, comprising a box-like container (1) including a chamber (4) provided with an entrance opening (2) which opens in the top wall of said container (1) and through which will be introduced the instrument to be washed in the inside of said chamber (4) by means of jets of compressed air and water dispensed by oriented nozzles (35), while other nozzles (26) placed in the chamber (4) downstream of the nozzles (35) or in a separated chamber having an entrance orifice, deliver a mixture of air and disinfectant medium for drying up the instrument and which is produced by a nebulizer (9), said nozzles (35) being fed with compressed air and water supplied by an external source through pipes controlled by valves by a (32 and 34 respectively), while the pipes feeding the air to the nozzles (26) are controlled by a valve (38), the valves (32, 34, 38) being normally closed and being opened, according to their operative sequence and for predetermined times, manually or automatically by means of a programmer (40) which operates under the control of at least a photoelectric cell (3) controlling the entrance opening (2) of the chamber (4).

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| WO8000413A1 | Cites | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | AD | Search report |
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| 4752181 | Italy | A | |
| 4752181 | Italy | A | |
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| IT19810047521 | – | – | – |
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| EP0056791A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| EP0056791A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| IT1142212B | Italy | B | |
| EP0056791B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT29846T | Austria | T | |
| DE3277367D1 | Germany | D1 |
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| Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)732 | 732 | GB | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0056791
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0056791
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0056791
- Application
- 82830003
- Application, DOCDB
- 82830003
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19820830003
Titles3
- English
- A cleaning device for dental instruments, in particular, turbine drills and the like
- French
- Dispositif de nettoyage pour instruments dentaires, spécialement pour des forets à turbine et similaires
- German
- Reinigungsvorrichtung für Zahninstrumente, insbesondere Turbinenbohrer und dergleichen
Classification
- CPC, 2
- A61C19/002
- B08B3/02
- IPC, 2
- A61C19 00
- B08B3 02
Designated states11
- Contracting states, 11
- Austria
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Sweden