Abstract: An electric water-bath canning device comprising a pot and a base is provided. The pot includes a body with a spout such that water can easily be removed from the pot by the user. The base includes an aperture configured to receive the spout when the pot is set upon the base. A heating element is affixed to a bottom portion of the pot and can supply heat energy to a water bath inside the pot to facilitate the canning process. A display is provided with the base, the display having at least one input device and at least one output device. The user may select various manual and automatic modes of operation via the at least one input device to control the canning process. The at least one output device may provide the user with information related to the canning process.

Abstract: Devices and methods using freshening agents, such as perfumes, synthetic fragrances, deodorizers, fragrance fixing agents or mixtures thereof, for freshening the air exhausting from a vacuum cleaner during operation. One embodiment includes a thin, flexible sheet capable of being vacuumed into a vacuum cleaner, wherein the sheet has the freshening agent bound thereto. Methods for utilizing such a device are also disclosed. A second embodiment includes a disposable vacuum cleaner bag wherein at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner bag has the freshening agent bound thereto. A third embodiment includes a tubular collar to be affixed to the inlet tube of a vacuum cleaner, wherein the collar has the freshening agent bound thereto. The applied fragrance shall have a higher or greater impact on the olfactory senses of the vacuum cleaner operator than does the malodorous exhaust.