Dental Furnace
AssigneeIvoclar Vivadent AG
InventorsRudolf Jussel, Philipp Kettner
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Abstract
This invention relates to a device for drying at least one object containing a liquid, in particular a dental restoration object (12). Said device comprises a means for generating thermal energy acting upon the object and sufficient for increasing the temperature of the object to the boiling point. Moreover, the device includes an impingement area for impinging on the object with thermal energy and a control device (24) that is characterized by the fact that a temperature detection element (20) of the device (10) measures the temperature of the object (12), and upon reaching a trigger temperature that is at the boiling temperature, somewhat below or somewhat above thereof, emits a signal to the control device.
Claims21
A device for drying at least one object containing a liquid, wherein the object is a dental object, said device comprising
- a thermal energy source for generating thermal energy and acting upon the dental object and for increasing the temperature of the dental object to the boiling point,
- an impingement area for impinging on the dental object with thermal energy,
- a control device, and
- a temperature detection element that measures the temperature of the dental object, and upon reaching a trigger temperature that is at or near the boiling temperature, emits a signal to the control device.
A method for drying at least one dental object containing a liquid with the aid of a device comprising a thermal energy source for generating thermal energy and acting upon the dental object and for increasing the temperature of the dental object to the boiling point, an impingement area for impinging on the dental object with thermal energy, a control device, and a temperature detection element that measures the temperature of the dental object;
- wherein the control device emits a signal when a trigger temperature has been reached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.