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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2000
Eugen Eibofner, Biberach, DE;
Hans-Dieter Wiek, Hochdorf, DE;
Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH, D-88400 Biberach, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a maintenance apparatus (,) for medical or dental handpieces (,), having a housing (,), which encloses a free maintenance chamber (,) which is accessible by means of a door (,), having a plurality of connection parts (,) in the maintenance chamber (,) each for receiving the rearward end of a handpiece (,), having a supply line (,) for a maintenance medium, which branches with supply line branches (,) to the connection parts (,), which branches open out each at a mouth opening (,) at the associated connection part (,), which stands in connection with a drive channel of the connected handpiece (,), having a supply system for supplying the maintenance medium to the connection parts (,) and having a control device (,) for control of the supply system, whereby a sensor (S,to S,) is associated with each connection part (,), which sensor is activated by means of the handpiece (,) connected with the associated connection part and emits a signal to the control device (,), and whereby the supply system supplies the maintenance medium only to the connection parts (,) which are connected with a handpiece (,). For the purpose of ensuring an adequate supply of maintenance medium, the supply system supplies the maintenance medium to the connection parts (,) one after another.