Automatic machine for dosing water and dental alginate
OwnerRoberto Ramirez-Delgadoinventor
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Abstract
An automatic machine for dosing water and dental alginate is disclosed. The machine comprises a pressurized water container and a dental alginate container. In the automatic machine, a predetermined amount of each of those substances is transported from its respective container to a dosing point. During operation of the automatic machine, dental alginate is moved inside the alginate container with the purpose of bringing down residues of alginate adhered to the internal walls of the alginate container. In addition, the automatic machine comprises a control unit with a memory that stores dosing programs, this memory may be programmed in order to handle dental alginate of different manufactures.
Claims22
An automatic machine for dosing water and dental alginate comprising:
- a) a pressurized water container in which water is stored;
- b) means for pressuring said pressurized water container;
- c) a valve being in flow connection with said pressurized water container;
- said valve allowing water to flow from said pressurized water container to a water dosing point;
- d) an alginate container in which dental alginate is stored;
- e) means for vibrating said alginate container;
- f) means for transporting the dental alginate from the bottom of said alginate container to an alginate dosing point which is outside of said alginate container;
- and,
- g) a control unit being electrically connected to:
- i) said valve, ii) said vibrating
- means, and ii) said transporting means;
- wherein when a user wishes to obtain water and dental alginate from the automatic machine, he only has to operate said control unit, which in turn opens and closes said valve in order to dose a predetermined amount of water from said pressurized water container to the water dosing point;
- then, said control unit operates said vibrating means in order to move the dental alginate inside said alginate container and, immediately after and keeping in operation said vibrating means, said control unit operates said transporting means in order to carry a predetermined amount of dental alginate from the bottom of said alginate container to the alginate dosing point;
- once the predetermined amount of alginate has been dosed, said control unit stops the operation of said vibrating means and changes the direction of operation of said transporting means in order to return any alginate amount remaining in said transporting means to said alginate container.
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