Patents by Inventor Bruno Pregenzer

Bruno Pregenzer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230415170
    Abstract: The invention relates to a separator for separating solids from a water mixture, the separator comprising: a housing having a lid; and a centrifuge basket which is rotatably mounted in a centrifuge chamber of the housing and can be driven in rotation. The housing has a mixture inlet for the waste water mixture to be separated, which inlet opens into the centrifuge chamber, and a liquid outlet for liquid separated from the waste water mixture. An overflow opening is formed between the upper side of the centrifuge basket and the housing such that, during the centrifugal process, liquid can flow from the centrifuge basket into an outlet chamber which is connected to the liquid outlet. According to the invention, the centrifuge basket is designed such that, after the centrifugal process, solids which sink under the effect of gravity remain in the centrifuge basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Bruno PREGENZER
  • Publication number: 20220401199
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a dental debris separator having a housing in the upper region of which a drainage zone for removing particle-containing liquid from an air flow which is loaded with the liquid. The housing has an inlet for the loaded air flow, leading tangentially into the drainage zone. Downstream of the drainage zone a separation zone for removing the particles from the particle-containing liquid is provided in the housing, said separation zone descending from the drainage zone to the separation zone, the drainage zone having a curved flow path that is delimited on its lower side by a crown of baffle elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Bruno PREGENZER
  • Publication number: 20150173881
    Abstract: The invention relates to an implantable actuation mechanism, which can be switched between two stable positions, for an implant which can be switched between states or positions, having a support element which has an assembly plate for support at a bone and having a spring-loaded actuation element which is movable relative to the support element, which extends through the support element and which is connected by means of a cable to an activation part initiating a change between the two positions of the implant and provided at the other side of the support element. In accordance with the invention, the spring-loaded actuation element has a guide ring having more than one prolongation, wherein the prolongations are guided in a guide link such that they can latch into two latch positions defining the aforesaid positions under a spring load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Lukas Pregenzer, Bruno Pregenzer, Arnulf Stenzel
  • Patent number: 8753253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for separating air and possibly present solids from a mixture of dental waste water, comprising an air-water separator, wherein a mixture supply tube opens into a centrifuge drum, an air discharge duct extends from the centrifuge drum to the mixture supply tube and the centrifuge drum includes an upper drain edge over which a water outlet is guided onto the outside of the centrifuge drum. In accordance with the invention, the separator is characterized in that the mixture supply tube opens onto a central turbine wheel arranged above the centrifuge drum bottom and an impeller of a waste water delivery pump, which communicates with the water outlet, is arranged on an outside of the centrifuge drum in the vicinity of the centrifuge drum bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventors: Bruno Pregenzer, Alfred Konzett
  • Publication number: 20120193280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for separating amalgam from a dental waste water mixture, comprising a housing with an opening for the waste water supply and an opening for the waste water discharge and comprising a separating means arranged in the housing in a manner to be flown through for separating the amalgam from the dental waste water mixture, wherein the separating means consists of a plurality of superimposed layers of a carrier material and of lumpy material arranged between these layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Bruno Pregenzer, Alfred Konzett
  • Publication number: 20100204032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for separating air and possibly present solids from a mixture of dental waste water, comprising an air-water separator, wherein a mixture supply tube opens into a centrifuge drum, an air discharge duct extends from the centrifuge drum to the mixture supply tube and the centrifuge drum includes an upper drain edge over which a water outlet is guided onto the outside of the centrifuge drum. In accordance with the invention, the separator is characterized in that the mixture supply tube opens onto a central turbine wheel arranged above the centrifuge drum bottom and an impeller of a waste water delivery pump, which communicates with the water outlet, is arranged on an outside of the centrifuge drum in the vicinity of the centrifuge drum bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Bruno Pregenzer, Alfred Konzett
  • Publication number: 20100047741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental implant carrier for affixing into a hollow space, in particular a predrilled bore, of a bone having a base body insertable into the hollow space and a clamping part with an implant post for the affixing of a dental implant, wherein the base body has laterally projecting expanding parts which are made in resilient form so that the clamping part engages at the base body and so that the base body can be pulled by the clamping part in the direction of the implant post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Walter Blaim, Helmut Goreis, Bruno Pregenzer, Alfred Konzett
  • Publication number: 20090029956
    Abstract: A substance mixture comprising at least one glucocorticoid and at least one N-chloro compound and/or at least one O-chloro compound as well as a medicament containing such a substance mixture as well as the use and manufacture of such a medicament for the topical treatment of inflammations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Bruno Pregenzer, Alfred Konzett, Andreas Neher, Waldemar Gottardi, Markus Nagl
  • Patent number: 6579225
    Abstract: An implantable actuating mechanism for an implant that can be switched between two stable states or positions, has a supporting element and a spring-loaded actuating element that can be moved relative to the supporting element. The actuating element is guided through the supporting element and has an actuator portion, located beyond the supporting element that triggers the switching between the two stable states of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Inventors: Bruno Pregenzer, Arnulf Stenzl
  • Publication number: 20020049364
    Abstract: An implantable actuating mechanism for an implant that can be switched between two stable states or positions, has a supporting element and a spring-loaded actuating element that can be moved relative to the supporting element. The actuating element is guided through the supporting element and has an actuator portion, located beyond the supporting element that triggers the switching between the two stable states of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Bruno Pregenzer, Arnulf Stenzl
  • Patent number: 6372006
    Abstract: A centrifugal separator of vertical axis for the separation of a flowable medium, in particular a dental liquid/solids mixture, from conveying suction air has a motor-driven removal element (10) which is arranged in a flow chamber with a rotationally symmetrical peripheral wall (4) and a bottom limit. A top, central outlet (9) for the suction air and a bottom, peripheral outlet (8) for the flowable medium are flow-connected to an inlet (5) for the mixture to be separated, which opens out between these outlets, the peripheral outlet (8) being surrounded by an annular non-return valve (7). Vanes (16) are provided on the removal element (10) between the mixture inlet (5) and the peripheral outlet (8). The mixture inlet (5) is formed between the bottom edge of the peripheral wall (4) and a holding ring (22) for the non-return valve (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventors: Bruno Pregenzer, Alfred Konzett
  • Patent number: 6276936
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventors: Michael Forster, Bruno Pregenzer, Alfred Konzett
  • Patent number: 6083391
    Abstract: For separating solids from a mixture of liquid and solids arising at a dental treatment site, a housing (1) has a solids separator chamber (12) in which there are sedimentation dishes (14) which are arranged coaxially above one another and through which the mixture flows from the bottom upward. Both the mixture outlet and the liquid outlet (24) are arranged above the submerged sedimentation dish (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventors: Bruno Pregenzer, Alfred Konzett
  • Patent number: 5651673
    Abstract: The dental separator with an inlet, an outlet and a centrifuge has a vibration-damping support. The support is formed with line connections and each inlet and outlet of the separator is inserted into the support and communicates with a line connection of the support. The support of the invention has two parts. The first part can be mounted in stationary fashion and can be disposed removable on the second part of the separator. The two parts are joined together with vibration-damping intermediate components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Inventors: Werner Trawoger, Bruno Pregenzer
  • Patent number: 5613851
    Abstract: A separator for a suction air-solid-liquid mixture in a dental suction apparatus has an intermediate container situated beneath an air separation chamber, which has an outlet for the separated mixture. Associated with and situated along side the mixture outlet, a separation device for the solids has a removable sedimentation basin and a clean liquid outlet through which the clean liquid is conveyed into the intermediate container. A tube connecting with the second segment of the suction line passes through the intermediate container from the air separation chamber and has a clean liquid admission port so that the solids-free liquid is fed back into the suction air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Inventors: Werner Trawoger, Bruno Pregenzer
  • Patent number: 5484282
    Abstract: A separator including a full-casing centrifuge and detachably mounted settler tank for solids which run off under action of gravity after centrifuge phase. An inlet for mixture to be separated is located in top of settler tank. A pump with suction tube which extends into settler tank is connected by a line to centrifuge inlet port and conveys all liquid arising, from which at least great particles have already settled out into centrifuge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Inventors: Werner Trawoger, Bruno Pregenzer
  • Patent number: 5421996
    Abstract: A separator for separating a solid and liquid is disclosed which includes a sensor system for detecting the level of solid that is separated from the liquid and accumulated in a settling tank. A movable locking element locks the separator to the settling tank, and is movable between an open and a closed position. The sensor system is attached to the movable locking element thereby providing protection for the sensing elements which include at least one light barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Inventors: Werner Trawoger, Bruno Pregenzer
  • Patent number: 5188530
    Abstract: To prevent, as far as possible, malfunction of a dental evacuation system, portions of a free-flowing additive are added at intervals to at least one constituent of the liquid-solids mixture. This is repeated several times during each period of operation of the evacuation system within the first evacuation section, which includes the separator (1). The additive added in portions may be, for example, a disinfectant, a cleaning agent and/or an anti-foam agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Inventors: Werner Trawoger, Bruno Pregenzer
  • Patent number: 5018971
    Abstract: For the separation of a mixture of solids and liquids, which is produced in dental suction units, a separator is used which comprises a housing in which a mixture inlet, a liquid collecting chamber and a lower sedimentation chamber are provided. A drain opening for clarified liquid is associated with the liquid collecting chamber. The drain opening is arranged above a maximum settling level of the solids, and a first section of a drain line extends vertically upwards from the drain opening. To eliminate disturbance of the settling of solids in the sedimentation chamber to the greatest possible extent, the collected clarified liquid is discharged in each case, when a predetermined flood level of the first section of the drain line is reached. The sedimentation chamber is formed in a removable collector bowl so that the collected solids can be discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Inventors: Werner Trawoger, Bruno Pregenzer