Patents Assigned to Cattani S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 7326282
    Abstract: The control device for a separator includes: a drainage pump powered by a first electric motor and an aspiration pump powered by a second electric motor. It further includes: sensor elements of known type for detecting operating parameters of the separator, such as pressure of liquid in outlet, ambient temperature, motor temperature, and for providing command signals which are proportional to the operating parameters and which command the inverters which upon receiving the command signals modify a frequency of the electrical supply current to the first electric motor and to the second electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Cattani S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ennio Cattani
  • Publication number: 20050109212
    Abstract: The control device for a separator includes: a drainage pump powered by a first electric motor and an aspiration pump powered by a second electric motor. It further includes: sensor elements of known type for detecting operating parameters of the separator, such as pressure of liquid in outlet, ambient temperature, motor temperature, and for providing command signals which are proportional to the operating parameters and which command the inverters which upon receiving the command signals modify a frequency of the electrical supply current to the first electric motor and to the second electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: CATTANI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Ennio Cattani
  • Patent number: 6790346
    Abstract: Cyclone separator with flow rate regulation for separating solid particles from a fluid, comprises a recipient having a fluid inlet and an upper outlet for clarified fluid. The separator also comprises a recycling conduit which places an outlet conduit in communication with the inlet, a three-way valve to an inlet of which the outlet conduit is connected, and to outlets of which the recycling conduit and the outlet are connected. The three-way valve has an obturator which can block the connection between the outlet conduit and the recycling conduit, a one-way valve which has an obturator and is located at the outlet downstream of the three-way valve. The one-way valve is normally closed and can connect the outlet conduit with the outlet. The three-way valve and the one-way valve are brought into action when the fluid pressure in outlet from the separator reaches first and second predetermined values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Cattani S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ideo Caleffi
  • Publication number: 20040074828
    Abstract: The cyclone separator with flow rate regulation is for separating solid particles from a fluid, especially in dental apparatus. The separator comprises a recipient having an inlet for the fluid and an upper outlet for the fluid once the solid particles have been removed therefrom. The separator also comprises a recycling conduit which places an outlet conduit in communication with the inlet, a three-way valve to an inlet of which the outlet conduit is connected, and to outlets of which the recycling conduit and the outlet are connected. The three-way valve has an obturator which can block the connection between the outlet conduit and the recycling conduit, a one-way valve which has an obturator and is located at the outlet downstream of the three-way valve. The one-way valve is normally closed and can connect the outlet conduit with the outlet. The three-way valve and the one-way valve are brought into action when the fluid pressure in outlet from the separator reaches first and second predetermined values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: CATTANI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Ideo Caleffi
  • Patent number: 6423124
    Abstract: The device for regulating a flow rate of an air-liquid centrifuge separator includes a gas outlet pipe, an outlet pipe for separated liquids and an inlet pipe through which a fluid to be separated enters the separator. The device includes a by-pass pipe, arranged between the liquid outlet pipe and the fluid inlet pipe, which removes liquid from the liquid outlet pipe and transfers it to the fluid inlet pipe when a pressure of the liquid in the liquid outlet pipe exceeds a predetermined level. The device is particularly useful in separators for dental aspiration plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Cattani S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ennio Cattani
  • Patent number: 6090286
    Abstract: The separator centrifuge for separating solid particles suspended in a fluid comprises a container having an inlet for the fluid and an outlet for the fluid once cleaned of the solid particles, the outlet being situated higher than the inlet. The container has a truncoconical wall converging in a downwards direction, at a smaller end of which is located a discharge which is connected to a chamber for collecting the solid particles. The inlet of the container comprises a plurality of mouths each of which is crossed by a fraction of a total volume of fluid entering the container. The fluid is injected into the container in a direction which has at least one component which is tangential with respect to an axis of the truncoconical wall. The separator is particularly useful for separating solid particles in discharge fluids coming from dental equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Cattani S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ennio Cattani
  • Patent number: 6083306
    Abstract: The separator and discharger device for waste fluids in dental plants comprises a separator chamber internally of which a depression is created. A cannula aspirating fluids from a patient's mouth is connected to the separator chamber. Aspirated liquids are discharged into a bottom of the chamber and then removed by means of a drainage pump, while air sent into the separator chamber is extracted from an upper part of the chamber. The drainage pump, downstream of which a single-acting valve is located, is started up when a liquid level in the chamber reaches a predetermined level. The drainage pump is always started up in a state of full immersion in the liquid, even when the single-acting valve is malfunctioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Cattani S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ennio Cattani
  • Patent number: 6022216
    Abstract: A separator for dental aspiration apparatus comprises a drainage pump and a suction pump activated by two respective electric motors. Fluid coming from a patient's mouth during an operation comprises a liquid part and a gaseous part which must be separated from the liquid part before the liquid part is discharged. The fluid to be separated is introduced into the drainage pump. The liquid part is discharged through an outlet of the drainage pump, while the gaseous part is aspirated back by the suction pump and then evacuated through an outlet. A control and command unit comprises a timer, of known type, which is able to command start-up of the motor of the suction pump after a predetermined time lapse after startup of the motor of the drainage pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Cattani S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ennio Cattani
  • Patent number: 5330641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a separator of solid particles for variable flow rates of discharge from dental apparatus. The separator includes a container (3) equipped with an upper cylindrical zone (3a), having an inlet hole (5) for the fluid to be separated, in which rotates the rotor (2) of a centrifugal pump which initializes the separation of the particles by centrifugation; it further includes a truncoconical zone (3b) which, functioning as a cyclone, continues the separation of the solid particles and expels the fluid, freed of the particles, from the container (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Cattani S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ennio Cattani