Dental silver retrieval apparatus

Claim 2

A dental silver retrieval apparatus, comprising a circular and internally threaded mounting member, a transparent sump envelope carried by said mount for the collection of silver, gasket means carried within said mount providing seal means between said mount and said sump envelope, a mounting ring carried by said circular mount with rubber shock ring means for absorbing the shock there between, stud and hanger hook means carried by said mount assembly for supporting said apparatus from equipment, a pair of flanged adapter sleeves carried within said mount with grommet means providing sealing thereof, a pair of serrated hose fittings with screw fittings for rendering them secure to said apparatus, a sediment director member with collar means carried within said apparatus for forming the intake side of said apparatus and a sediment barrier member including collar means for enabling the silver to be retained in said sump envelope for said apparatus when in operation.

Claim 3

The combination according to claim 1, wherein said sediment director member encompasses a central tube extending from one of said adapter sleeves on the intake side of said apparatus said tube of the intake of said apparatus extending partially downwards within said sediment director member and the outlet portion of said apparatus includes an elonaged decanting tube secured to the other adapter sleeve, said adapter sleeve being spaced apart and frictionally carried within grommets carried within a pair of openings of said mount of said apparatus.

Claim 4

The combination according to claim 2, wherein said adapter sleeves are provided with an outwardly extending and annular flange, said flange bearing against one of the faces of said grommets and said plastic collars bear against the opposite face of said grommets thus rendering the intake and output assemblies secure within said mount of said apparatus and said sediment barrier member is dome shaped at its bottom portion of the output assembly and said decanter tube extends from the adapter receiving the collar as secured within the inner periphery of the open end of said sediment barrier member, said dome portion serving as baffle means for the fluid flow so as to enable the silver to remain within said sump envelope for collection.

Claim 5

The combination according to claim 3, wherein said sump envelope is provided with an opening through its wall portion that is adjacent and spaced apart from the inner periphery of said sump envelope, thus enabling said fluid to pass upwards and down into said sediment barrier and enable said fluid to be drained into said decanting tubes and out of said fitting and hose of the output of said apparatus, said apparatus being operated by the aspirator hose being moved from the vacuum riser of the dentist equipment, said aspirator hose being attached to the serrated fitting of the intake side of said apparatus which carries said sediment director member, the vacuum riser fitting being connected to the serrated fitting leading to said decanting tube portion, the sewage and silver particles being carried down said aspirator tube through the intake portion of said apparatus where the horizontally curved sediment director guides said sediment away from said decanting element thus providing the longest route and enabling the maximum amount of time for the elements with the greatest specific gravity to move through the bottom of said sump envelope.