Abstract: Devices and systems and methods for dispensing volatile materials are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a device for emitting volatile materials from an article of manufacture that contains volatile compositions. In such an embodiment, a portion of the device and a portion of the article together define an air flow path for emitting the volatile materials. The device may have various features, including: a heater that is movable with a spring; safety features; and a closed-loop heater temperature feedback system. The device can have placement instructions associated therewith for proper operation of the device.
Abstract: A system for uniformly delivering treatment compositions to fabrics in a fabric article drying appliance. The system also provides for efficient delivery of treatment compositions to fabrics in a fabric article drying appliance. A method is also provided for the uniform and efficient delivery of treatment compositions to fabrics in fabric article drying appliances.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 6, 2005
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2010
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Dean Larry DuVal, Laura Lynn Heilman, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Mary Jane Combs, Antony Thanh Nguyen, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Janine Morgens Strang, Janet Sue Littig
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of delivering one or more volatile materials, during the operation of a drying apparatus, to a fabric article. The present invention also relates to fabric treatment compositions comprising one or more volatile materials. These compositions may be used to treat fabric articles during the fabric article drying process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 21, 2004
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2009
Assignee:
The Procter and Gamble Company
Inventors:
Dean Larry DuVal, Michael Joseph Orr, Rafael Trujillo, Angela Renee Troester
Abstract: An motorized stain-removal brush is provided. A method of using motorized stain-removal brush for cleaning inanimate surfaces is also provided. The motorized stain-removal brush includes a handle having a motor disposed therein, a head having a longitudinal axis, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head. Bristle holders are associated with the head. The motor is operatively connected to the bristle holder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 22, 2004
Date of Patent:
December 30, 2008
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Linda Shumansky Girard, Stephen Allen Jacobs, Roberto Mastrigli, Neil Anthony Litten, Graham John Boyd, Gregory Clegg Spooner
Abstract: A fabric article treating apparatus for dispensing a benefit composition through a nozzle that directs the benefit composition as droplets or particles into the chamber of the fabric article drying appliance. The droplets or particles provide benefits to the fabric articles within the drying appliance. The treating apparatus includes one or more safety features, and/or it includes beneficial control concepts that enhance the effects of the benefit composition being dispensed through the nozzle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2006
Date of Patent:
August 26, 2008
Assignee:
The Procter and Gamble Company
Inventors:
Bradford Scott Barron, Mary Jane Combs, Dean Larry DuVal, Keith David Fanta, Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Christian Gerhard Friedrich Gerlach, Laura Lynn Heilman, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Paul Joseph Russo, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Pedro Vincent Vandecappelle
Abstract: A dispensing device for use in combination with a clothes dryer wherein the device is designed to uniformly treat fabric. The invention further relates to a method for treating a fabric article in need of treatment that combines a clothes dryer and liquid dispensing system designed to uniformly treat fabric.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2006
Date of Patent:
July 1, 2008
Assignee:
The Procter and Gamble Company
Inventors:
Christian Gerhard Friedrich Gerlach, Bradford Scott Barron, Dean Larry DuVal, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Mary Jane Combs, Paul Eugene Rienzo
Inventors:
Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Susan Tyler Ede, Paul Armaat Raymond Gerard France, Linda Shumansky Girard, Debora Ellon Kaylor, Neil Anthony Litten, Matthew Burtonwood, Jamie Trafford Stone, Meredith Leigh Yacso
Inventors:
Corey Michael Bischoff, Julie Jane Baker, Daniel Adam Streng, Timothy Ryan Read, Parker David Selbert, Christopher Richard Streng, James Louis Capo
Inventors:
John William Koenig, Bryan Gabriel Comstock, Thomas George Crowe, John Allen Wooton, Ryan Patrick Dullea, Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Walter Sordo, Danilo Rossi, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Richard Lee Lane