摘要 |
An amalgam-preparing chamber and mercury-capturing device therefor, which includes an amalgam-preparing chamber which is positioned on top of a mercury-capturing device, and wherein: (a) the amalgam-preparing chamber includes a space enclosed by a wall having a plate base at the lower end of the space, and wherein the wall has a transparent section, the base having a plurality of small openings into the mercury-capturing device; and an amalgam-preparing device in the enclosed space, and whereby the enclosed space is exposed to view by the transparent section in the wall, and further wherein the chamber has an openable door therefore; and wherein: (b) the mercury-capturing device includes: (i) an upper closed separation chamber in flow communication with the openings in the base, and (ii) a lower mercury vapor treatment chamber, wherein the upper and lower chambers are separated by an inclining partition which extends downwardly into a mercury reservoir groove with a discharge cock at the lower edge thereof, and wherein a vertically extended mercury vapor suction pipe extends through the inclining partition and has a downward suction inlet at the upper portion of the pipe in the upper closed separation chamber above the mercury reservoir groove, and wherein the lower portion of the pipe extends through the inclining chamber partition into a mercury-capturing device which is connected in sequence to a check trap, neutralization device and a pump.
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