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Abstract

The invention relates to an autoclave for sterilising medical and in particular dental appliances and instruments, with a chamber (13), in which the appliances to be sterilised are located, with a steam generator (5), connected with the chamber (13) and a condensate pipe (34) connecting the chamber (13) with a condenser (19), and a further pipe (39) connecting the condenser (19) with a vacuum pump (20) and finally leading into a tank. The invention is characterised in that the condensate (water-steam mixture) in the pipe (39) is passed into a separator vessel (40), that a connecting pipe (41) extends from the upper area of said separator vessel (40), preferably from its highest point, to the vacuum pump (20), that said separator vessel (40) is provided in its lower area, preferably at its lowest point, with a one-way valve (45) which in the presence of an appropriate pressure difference permits discharge of fluid from the separator vessel (40) into a collector vessel (43), that a pressure pipe (42) coming from the vacuum pump (20) ends in the upper area of said collector vessel (43) and that a transfer pipe (44) leads into the main tank (38) of the autoclave from the lower area of said collector vessel (43).

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