By Alignment Of Apertured Members Patents (Class 239/59)
  • Publication number: 20030075613
    Abstract: Provided is a scent dispenser having two tubular, slidably engageable members. Openings in the inner tubular member allow scent to be released into the surrounding environment when the tubular members are in an extended position. An absorbent material may be contained within the dispenser to carry a preferred scent. Cooperating, nestable detent retaining means in each tubular member allow the dispenser to be held in any of a plurality of extended positions. A cord may be attached to the top of the outer tubular member to allow the user to hang the dispenser in a desired location. The scent dispenser may be provided in a bright color to allow the dispenser further to function as a highly visible marker for measuring the effective range of a hunter's weapons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: William Brown
  • Publication number: 20030066901
    Abstract: A deer scent emitter including a housing, a scent container in the housing, at least one first opening in the housing, at least one second opening in the scent container, a timer in the housing, and a linkage coupling the timer to the scent container for periodically effecting communication between the first and second openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Paul L. Tuttobene
  • Publication number: 20030038133
    Abstract: The present invention is a cover with adjustable apertures for containers. The present invention comprises of two components that snap together to form an integrated cover. The cover has an adjustable aperture that can be adjusted easily from fully closed to almost fully open. The present invention is aesthetically pleasing and easy to operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Junwu Liu
  • Patent number: 6514467
    Abstract: An air-freshener for a vehicle, in particular a motorcar, provided with a housing into which a container for a volatile liquid or a liquid containing one or more volatile components can be inserted, in the opening of which container a wick extending into the housing is fitted. There are further present a covering cap which, when the container with wick has been inserted into the housing, is movable up and down over the wick, and control means for setting the position of the covering cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Sara Lee/DE N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Jan Bulsink, Johannes Arnoldus van Voorden, Johannes Antonius Gerardus Wilhelmus Zigmans
  • Patent number: 6502762
    Abstract: A deer scent emitter including a housing, a scent container in the housing, at least one first opening in the housing, at least one second opening in the scent container, a timer in the housing, and a linkage coupling the timer to the scent container for periodically effecting communication between the first and second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Paul L. Tuttobene, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20020030116
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing of hand lotion and air freshener in a combined unit for home and office. Air freshener may be passively dispersed at a controlled rate from the apparatus, or may be actively dispersed when a user pumps the apparatus to receive a measured quantity of hand lotion. Dispersion may be implemented using a mechanical fan or compression of a sponge, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventor: Douglas S. Brown
  • Patent number: 6340120
    Abstract: A scent dispensing device for dispensing a scent while protecting the scented material from the elements. The scent dispensing device includes a container comprising a base portion and a cover portion for covering the base portion. The cover portion has a peripheral wall integrally coupled to a top wall. The peripheral wall has a peripheral edge. A first hanging structure for hanging the container is fixedly coupled to an exterior surface of the top wall. The base portion has a peripheral wall and a bottom wall. The peripheral wall has a lip thereon. The lip has a size and a shape adapted to fit in the cover such that the lip may be releasably coupled in the cover. A plurality of slots releases the scent. The slots extend through the peripheral wall of the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Inventor: David K. Seymour
  • Patent number: 6244518
    Abstract: A snake repellent system for use in repelling snakes so as to prevent the human user from being bitten. The snake repellent system consists of a receptacle into which is placed a quantity of garlic or onion, the aroma of which is believed to be effective in repelling snakes. The receptacle is provided with a lid having a plurality of openings for facilitating the dispersal of the garlic or onion aroma. The receptacle may be provided with a mincing rack used to mince a clove of garlic, thereby more fully releasing its aroma. The receptacle may also be provided with a means to both limit child access to the repellent substance within the receptacle and prevent removal of the repellent substance from the lid openings. An adjustable band is provided for attaching the receptacle to the arm or leg of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Thelma F. Pogue
  • Patent number: 6241219
    Abstract: An air-circulator room deodorizer has a permeable container (1) that is positioned with an air-circulator attachment (8, 10, 12, 14) in airflow from a room air circulator such as a room fan (3, 5) or vent (4, 6) and has a deodorant pack (18) that releases fragrance selectively into the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventors: Michael A. Logan, Emae A. Villalobos
  • Patent number: 6085989
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scent dispenser comprised of a pair of transparent, telescopingly polymeric sleeves, each of the sleeves defining eight apertures. The apertures are selectively aligned for scent emission in various configurations. Contained within the scent dispenser is a scent producing substance which emits scent which travels through the apertures when appropriately aligned. A system of nubs and projections engage to allow the selective positioning of the sleeves relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Larry R. Cox
  • Patent number: 6065241
    Abstract: An in ground termiticide/bait tube for insect detection and control includes a first outer housing tube fixedly implanted into the ground and a second inner tube removably receivable within the housing. The inner tube contains bait for detecting and controlling termite activity, and can be inspected or replaced by removing the inner tube from the outer tube. The inner tube is mounted within the outer tube by rotation along a lead thread such that maximum relative rotation assures alignment of openings in the inner and outer tubes. The device further includes a flexible cap to provide tampering resistance when the inner and outer tubes are installed below ground, a metering cup removably received in the inner tube, and lugs on the metering cup to provide rotational movement of the metering cup and the inner tube relative to fixed outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventor: Keith F. Woodruff
  • Patent number: 6029901
    Abstract: A air freshener dispenser for dispensing an aroma from a scented liquid to an area. The air freshener dispenser includes a housing with a porous bladder provided therein. The porous bladder is designed for holding a scented liquid therein and has a plurality of pores therethrough designed for permitting the passage therethrough of the aroma of the scented liquid held therein. The porous bladder has a neck portion providing an opening into the porous bladder to permit filling of the porous bladder with a scented liquid. The neck portion of the porous bladder is outwardly extended through a hole through the housing. The housing has a plurality of spaced apart vent slits therethrough to permit passage of the aroma of a scented liquid in the porous bladder to pass out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventor: John S. Toy, II
  • Patent number: 6027187
    Abstract: A humidifier for use in humidors includes a fill chamber, an emission chamber having at least one absorbent body therein, at least one opening in the top of the emission chamber for diffusing water vapor therethrough, and an adjustment apparatus for adjusting and controlling the amount of water vapor entering the humidor through the opening. Absorbent bodies are preferably separated by at least one channel. The channel extends along the lengths of the absorbent bodies to increase the rate at which the absorbent bodies absorb water. The channel separates the absorbent bodies into separate elements. The humidifier comprises a housing defining a receptacle having an internal void volume for receiving material. The volume of the absorbent bodies, in combination, preferably comprises from about 35% to about 70%, and most preferably from about 40% to about 50% of the internal void volume of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Victoria Lynn Siepmann
    Inventor: James Patrick Siepmann
  • Patent number: 6024386
    Abstract: An aroma-generating greeting card in a folder format having a front panel that folds over a rear panel. Printed on the front panel is a greeting appropriate to a given occasion, such as a holiday. Printed on the rear panel is a message related to the greeting. Mounted behind a port formed in the rear panel and blocking this port is a gas-barrier bag housing plastic beads impregnated with a fragrance whose aroma is associated with the occasion. The aroma is dischargeable through a vent in the bag lying within the confines of the port. The port is normally covered by a removable sticker which seals the vent to prevent discharge of the aroma. When a recipient receives the card and unfolds it to read the message and then peels off the sticker, the aroma is then discharged so that it can be sensed by the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventor: Donald Spector
  • Patent number: 5988520
    Abstract: A trash can device, comprising an upper housing and a lower housing. The lower housing is sized to fit within the upper housing. A chemical disk containing both pesticide and deodorizing agents is located within the lower housing. The lower housing has lower housing circumference openings. The upper housing has upper housing circumference openings. The lower housing and upper housing are coaxially rotatable to selectively bring the upper housing circumference openings into alignment with the lower housing circumference openings to allow selective release of the pesticide and deodorizing agents or prevent premature release thereof. The upper housing may have a lid having a lid flange for use upon a trash can having an upper lip, such that the device covers the trash can with the lid flange extending over the upper lip of said trash can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventor: Anna Bitner
  • Patent number: 5935526
    Abstract: An air freshener for attachment to a ceiling fan includes a storage container, a thick, porous fragrance cake impregnated with a fragrance secured inside the storage container, and "hook and loop" fasteners for attaching the storage container to the cover or a light fixture of the ceiling fan. The storage container preferably includes a bottom, a side wall and a lid. Together, the bottom and the side wall define a cavity in which the fragrance cake is secured. The lid is movable relative to the side wall so that the lid may be moved to expose the fragrance cake. The lid, the side wall or both have a plurality of apertures therethrough to permit ambient air to circulate around the fragrance cake to distribute the fragrance to the surrounding area as the air enters and exits the apertures and is further circulated by the ceiling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventor: Joseph H. Moore
  • Patent number: 5755381
    Abstract: An aroma emission device for emitting aroma from an aromatic liquid such as a perfume and eau de Cologne for a certain period of time at a uniform level of aroma without using gas, heat, electricity or any other energy source. The vessel of the device is constructed of an upper compartment and a lower compartment with a partitioning plate therebetween. The upper and lower compartments have respective top and bottom cover portions through which respective air tubes are allowed to pass. Each air tube is open to the outside while its inner open end open deep inside each compartment. A perforation is provided in the partitioning plate to allow the upper compartment to communicate with the lower compartment. By simply alternating the vessel upside down and up, vaporized aromatic liquid is given off and spread out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Inventor: Seiichi Yazaki
  • Patent number: 5678763
    Abstract: It comprises a first substantially flat outer case (1) of semi-rigid material having a number of orifices (110, 140), into which case there is introduced a second, inner case (2) provided with a number of orifices (26, 27) which can be placed opposite the orifices (140, 110) of the outer case (1) by sliding of the inner case (2) in said outer case (1), the inner case containing a plate (3) of a material impregnated with a scented product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Scheuer, Marc Felten
  • Patent number: 5556579
    Abstract: A cover for containers, especially glass jars, that are used to store and keep fresh consumable merchandise, such as tobacco, coffee, or tea. The cover includes structure for receiving a cover mount member that facilitates attachment of a mechanical interface structure that carries and supports a humidity control member in a manner that further facilitates gravitational capillary action of the water in the humidistat. In kit form, a cover mount member is provided with structure that facilitates attachment to a container's cover member and also with mounting structure for fitting a mechanical interface, such as a grommet, that receives the inlet end of a humidistat. The cover mount member and humidity control member are detachable from the cover member for filling the humidity control member with water. The humidity control valve at the distal end of the humidity control member is adjustable for delivering the desired humidity according to the dryness of the product contained in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Inventor: Mark R. Newman
  • Patent number: 5476116
    Abstract: A dispensing device comprises a body having a chamber sized to accommodate a volume of solid halogen source therein. The chamber comprises an open end and a closed end. A number of apertures extend through the body and into the chamber near the closed end. A control member comprises an open end and a closed end separated by a wall. The open end of the control member is rotatably mounted over the closed end of the chamber. Openings extend through the wall and are positioned at locations that correspond to the apertures so that alignment of the openings with respective apertures form dispensement ports. The ports has a degree of closure that can be precisely controlled by rotation of the control member about the body for dispensing the halogen solution to the water. A cap is releasably attached to the open end of the chamber to form an air and water-tight seal therebetween, creating an air head within the body when placed into the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Rainbow Lifegard Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Price, Michael L. Schuman
  • Patent number: 5368822
    Abstract: A scent device including a housing having a front face with vents therein and a support on a backside for securing the housing to a vent of a blower system. A fragrance block that has passages therethrough is inserted into the housing so that air from the blower system passes through the fragrance block and out through the vents in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Inventor: William S. McNeil
  • Patent number: 5314669
    Abstract: A new and improved method and apparatus are presented for freshening the air. The device comprises an inner cylindrical member with vents, with a retaining carriage which is capable of housing at least two separate and distinct scented media, and an outer cylindrical member with vents. The inner cylindrical member is concentrically retained within the outer cylindrical member and can be rotated to achieve different alignments of the vents in the inner and outer cylindrical members. The device enables two or more separate and distinct scented media to interface with the air and thereby disperse their scent either in the alternative, thereby enabling the dispersal of different scents without changing the media within the retaining carriage, or at the same time, thereby creating a new and distinct scent due to the multiple air interface of the scented media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Inventor: Randy Hamilton
  • Patent number: 5168654
    Abstract: An insect-repellent device comprising a housing to hold a charger and a circuit board, two insect-repellent units movably received in two recessed surface portions on the outside of the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board by two separate electric wires, two reel assemblies fastened on housing at two opposite sides and controlled to let off or take up the insect-repellent units, a power switch for power control, a sterilization control switch for sterilization control, and indicator lamps for power and sterilization indications respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Inventor: Hsiu-Hung Chien
  • Patent number: 5095647
    Abstract: In order to keep flying insects, especially mosquitoes, away from people, an apparatus has been developed. The apparatus includes a box (A, A") enclosing a heat source (10, 50), provided with at least one vertically oriented flat wall (13', 53'), and a container (C, C') holding an evaporable liquid chemical product. A wick (14, 54), wrapped in an impermeable coating or sheath (19, 59), has a rectangular cross-section and penetrates inside the container (C, C'). A free portion (14", 54") of the wick (14, 54) is devoid of the coating or sheath (19, 59) and extends upwards from the container (C, C') with its largest side (14"', 54"') being disposed parallel to but spaced from the heat source (10, 50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Zobele Industrie Chimiche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Zobele, Giovanna Z. Lipparini
  • Patent number: 5072849
    Abstract: A container including a housing and a cover assembly including first and second lids pivotally interconnected by a rivet assembly. A gasket being disposed between the first and second lids. The first and second lids and the gasket having openings alignable with one another so as to enable movement of the second lid relative to the first lid, thereby providing an opening from an interior of the container to an exterior of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: R. Alan Blau & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Blau
  • Patent number: 5029756
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dispensing device comprising a housing assembly including an outer housing including an end wall having therein an opening, a side wall extending from the end wall and terminating at an open end spaced from the end wall, a second end wall having therein an opening, and interengaging structure on the outer housing and on the second end wall for releaseably connecting the outer housing to the second end wall, an inner housing including an end wall having therein an opening, a side wall extending from the end wall of the inner housing and terminating in an open end spaced from the end wall of the inner housing and forming an opening, and a pin and socket arrangement on the outer housing and on the second end wall for supporting the inner housing within the outer housing assembly and for rotation between a first position wherein the openings in the inner housing register with the openings in the outer housing assembly, and a second position located in spaced relation to the first position an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Byrne
  • Patent number: 5007529
    Abstract: An air-freshener package activated by microwave energy to discharge into the atmosphere an aromatic vapor comparable to that exuded by a potpourri. The package comprises a container formed of thermal insulation material permeable to microwave energy and having a vent therein. Stored in the package is a porous pad impregnated with a liquid fragrance which simulates the aroma of a natural potpourri. When the package is irradiated in a microwave oven, the liquid fragrance is then heated to a level causing it to volatilize to generate an aromatic vapor. This vapor is discharged into the atmosphere through the vent when the package is removed from the oven and placed in a room. The temperature level is substantially maintained for a protracted period by the thermal insulation so that the aromatic vapor suffuses the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Inventor: Donald Spector
  • Patent number: 5004138
    Abstract: The automobile sun visor with built-in air freshener box has a sun visor body with a hollow container mounted in a recess therein so as to be incorporated in the sun visor body with its upper edges near the surface of the visor body. The hollow container has opposing lateral guideways close to opposing upper edges of the container and is provided with a cover slidably mounted in the lateral guideways. The guideways have extensions extending beyond the container sufficiently to allow for a major portion of the cover to be received in the extensions when the container is opened. The hollow container may also be provided with a number of outwardly directed projecting members which hold an air freshener element and the cover may be provided with holes for emission of a fragrance. Structural reinforcement structure is provided for maintaining an appropriate solidity and rigidity of the extensions of the guideways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: Industrias Techno-Matic S.A.
    Inventor: Carlos Gabas
  • Patent number: 4950457
    Abstract: An evaporating device having a hollow cylinder rotatably supported in a self-engaging clip casing. The cylinder is provided with transverse slits which form an evaporation window, while the evaporation window is set into the clip casing. When the hollow cylinder is turned, the evaporation windows are covered or uncovered, regulating the evaporation level. At the end regions of the hollow cylinder are cartridges loaded with pads containing an absorbent, liquid material. Straight wicks serve as evaporation elements, extending from the cartridges into the middle of the hollow cylinder. For clipping the device into place, e.g., onto the sun visor of a motor vehicle, a clip is fixed to the clip casing. The clip casing enables the hollow cylinder to be changed easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Inventor: Heinz H. Weick
  • Patent number: 4944455
    Abstract: This invention relates to an air treating device. Two halves of a hollow ball are connected. A rotatable ring is provided which has an aperture which in one position is sealed and in another open to release volatilizable material. The halves may be connected by a post upon which a donut shaped disc of fragrant material can be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Kinney Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm M. H. Haust, Charles E. Gagnon
  • Patent number: 4940272
    Abstract: An evaporator (X) for active fluid is built in a sun visor (1) for motor vehicles. It is composed of a housing (3,4) in which is rotatably and exchangeably mounted a hollow cylinder (5) provided with evaporation slots (5a). When the hollow cylinder (5) is manually turned, the slots (5a) move to a greater or smaller extent into the housing frame (4), thus regulating the desired degree of evaporation. The active fluid is contained in exchangeable cartridges (8) slid into the terminal section of the hollow cylinder (5) and filled with pads (9), and is transported by evaporation wicks (11) out of the cartridges (8) into the evaporation area (5b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Inventor: Heinz H. Weick
  • Patent number: 4937431
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing heat to enhance an animal lure scent containing a hollow body, a base removably disposed to one end of the hollow body, and a body cap rotatably secured to another end of the hollow body. An electronic circuitry is disposed in the hollow body and includes a heat pot for supplying an odorless heat having a temperature of the body temperature of an animal to be lured. A scent pad is positioned against and over the heat pot to hold a scent of the animal to be lured and to insulate the heat pot during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Inventors: Richard N. Jameson, Dana R. Cook
  • Patent number: 4878615
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the evaporation of a solution into the ambient air. The apparatus contains a reservoir having at least one elastic wall; a first compartment outside the reservoir having an opening to the ambient air; a passage which may be intermittently opened and closed, connecting the reservoir to the first compartment; and, an absorbent material placed on a support which is outside both the reservoir and the first compartment, and which is in contact with the first compartment. By exerting pressure on the elastic wall of the reservoir, solution may be transferred from the reservoir to the first compartment through the passage when it is open. The passage is kept closed during the time intervals between intermittent transfers of the solution. The portion of solution which has been transferred to the first compartment is gradually and continuously transferred to the absorbent material for evaporation to the ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Givaudan Corporation
    Inventor: Salvatore A. Losi
  • Patent number: 4828805
    Abstract: A childproof cap for use with a floating chlorine feeder in a swimming pool is disclosed has a two stage process required for removal of the cap onto the feeder. The cap and the top of the feeder have cooperating circumferential series of alternating wide and narrow beads located thereon, with the cap being locked tightly on the feeder when the wide beads on the cap are aligned in a first interference fit with the wide beads on the feeder in a first childproof mechanism. After turning the cap ninety degrees, the cap may be removed by overcoming a second interference fit requiring a minimum force to pull the cap of the feeder, the second interference fit being the second childproof mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Aquality, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Connors
  • Patent number: 4828803
    Abstract: A device for use in a swimming pool to continuously dispense chlorine for sanitizing the water is disclosed which is advantageously made of five main segments which may be molded using only simple and inexpensive molds. The device is for the most part snapped together in a manner preventing relative rotation of the various components, with only a single adhesive operation required to seal the waterproof float assembly. The device is manufactured in a sturdy fashion, with all the parts being held firmly together in a unit not dependent on single axis connecting hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Aquality, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Nicholson, Robert Nordmyer
  • Patent number: 4822571
    Abstract: A device for use in a swimming pool to continuously dispense chlorine for sanitizing the water is disclosed which has a metering valve designed for precise adjustment of the rate of dispersion of the chemical contained in the feeder. The metering mechanism is made of two segments, with a metering valve cap fitting over a metering valve body to adjust the apertures in the metering mechanism. Precise control is afforded both by a screw-type adjustment of aperture size and by a prevention of inadvertent readjustment of the metering mechanism caused by the device being bumped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Aquaity, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Nicholson, Robert Nordmyer
  • Patent number: 4743406
    Abstract: A self-contained battery-powered room deodorizer including a housing having an inlet portion through which ambient air is drawn into the housing by means of a battery powered fan. The air is passed about a quantity of vaporizable material contained within the housing, and then discharged therefrom into the ambient air carrying the vaporized portion of the product therewith. A replaceable deodorizing material containing cartridge is positionable within the housing, and provides a support well for supporting a replaceable battery, such that the deodorizing material and battery may be separately replaced when either of these items has become expended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Steiner Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Steiner, Thomas R. Bajek
  • Patent number: 4664312
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus comprising a container defining a chamber adapted to contain a substance to be dispensed into the atmosphere, the container including a first surface having therein a first opening communicating with the chamber, a plate member including a second surface and being secured to the container with the second surface facing and spaced from the first surface, and a valve plate including a second opening and being trapped between the first and second surfaces in sliding relation thereto for movement between a first position wherein the valve plate closes the first opening and a second position wherein the second opening is aligned with the first opening to permit the chamber to communicate with the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Bryson
  • Patent number: 4630775
    Abstract: A dispenser for releasing a volatile active substance from a carrier material that contains the active substance in liquid form in a receptacle is impermeable to liquid, said dispenser comprising a base circular part with supporting members for said carrier and sidewall sections on which an upper circular part with cylindrical sidewall, pierced by side apertures for the emission of the volatile active substance, is pivoted. The upper circular part has on the inner disc-shaped surface thereof one or more decentrally positioned flexible blades which are able to pierce the sheath of the receptacle containing the active substance or to impale it on a spike by rotating the circular parts relative to each other in order to activate the carrier material by impregnating it with volatile active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: Airwick Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Mandon, Jean Rapiteau
  • Patent number: 4621768
    Abstract: This invention relates to a diffusing device for volatile liquids to affect the immediate environment, or perfume or deodorize a room; such device comprising a bottle (1) containing the liquid for diffusion (2), in which a wick (M) is partially immersed; a cover cap (3) fitted to the said bottle by means of a snap-on system (3a), capable of being rotated but not moved in a vertical direction, and provided with slits or ports (F) for the passage of the air; a wick-holder (11-13) fitted to the neck (6) of the said bottle by means of a snap-on system and prevented from rotating, and taking the form of a sleeve provided with slits or ports (V) for the passage of air and with an external screw thread; and an internal cap (10) consisting of an internally-threaded skirt (15) designed to engage with external thread (16) of the said wick holder, and having in addition vertical grooves on the outside (14) designed slidably to engage with a vertical sleeve (9) which forms an integral part of the upper portion of the afo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Lhoste, Thierry Delage
  • Patent number: 4610394
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a container fabricated of plastic and including a tubular sidewall defining a hollow interior and having upper and lower margins, an elongated flat section having parallel side edges extending substantially between the upper and lower margins, and an arcuate section extending from and between the side edges of the flat section, together with upper and lower closure members extending in telescopic relation over the sidewall upper and lower margins and closing the upper and lower ends of the sidewall, which closure members are rotatable relative to the sidewall between arcuately spaced first and second positions, and valve means including respective apertures in the sidewall upper and lower margins and in the closure members, which apertures are substantially in register, and thereby open, when the closure members are in the first position and which apertures are substantially out of register, and thereby closed, when the closure members are in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Bryson
  • Patent number: 4604245
    Abstract: A perfume dispenser particularly suitable for cars, is insertable in a housing provided in the front panel or dashboard of a car. It comprises a structure formed by a plate or front panel, with its perimetric border rounded. On the surface of the plate have been cut on one side orifices in which are housed respectively a switch and a pulsator, and on the opposite side, an orifice of greater diameter. From the edge of the orifice an extension forms a cylindrical housing provided with an internal wall; divided into two zones by an intermediate transversal wall provided with a broad central orifice. In the zone of the internal wall in the rear of the transversal wall have been cut two broad rectangular notches in diametrically opposite positions, so that the zone of the internal wall in front of the transversal wall has two broad rectangular notches in diametrically opposite positions. The cylindrical space defined by the transversal wall and the zone in front of the internal wall contains the perfuming product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Inventor: D. Arturo M. Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 4537351
    Abstract: A simplified vaporizing dispenser features snap attachment of a base cap to an inverted container, positive "ON" and "OFF" adjustments for the respective activation and deactivation of the dispenser, the use of an absorbent sheet shaped in the form of the frustum of a cone with the narrow end inserted in an annular well for isolating the wetting area of the absorbent material from the vaporizing area and thereby enabling waving of the dispenser about in the air without spilling liquid, and an outer decorative sleeve that enables adjustment in the emitted vapor level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Daniel C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4523870
    Abstract: An aroma-dispensing cartridge and holder assembly attachable to an air vent in the interior of an automobile. When activated, the assembly functions to diffuse an aromatic vapor into the forced air stream emitted through the vent into the interior. The assembly is constituted by a holder provided with an array of parallel slots and a replaceable cartridge which is telescoped therein. The cartridge contains a porous pad impregnated with a liquid scent and includes a like array of slots. The inserted cartridge is axially shiftable relative to the holder from an inactive position in which the holder and cartridge slots are out of registration to effectively seal the pad, to an active position in which the slots lie in registration, as a consequence of which the forced air stream from the vent passes through the porous pad to volatilize the liquid scent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Inventor: Donald Spector
  • Patent number: 4477414
    Abstract: An apparatus for evaporating a solution in constant proportions of the ingredients, including:(a) a solution container having a neck that extends upward from the center;(b) an impregnation member to be impregnated with the solution which is made of a water-absorbing material;(c) an impregnation member support;(d) a cylindrical tubular member that is fitted over a cylindrical tube that projects upward from the center of said support to thereby define an enclosed space;(e) a feed pipe inserted through the hole made in the center of said support, the lower part of said pipe being immersed in the solution in the container and the upper part thereof being within said cylindrical tubular member; and(f) a hole or slit made in the container and the impregnation support member so as to provide a passage that communicates the atmosphere with the space formed in the container by mounting the impregnation member support on the container,the impregnation member support being in the form of a supporting plate from the cent
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Fumakilla Limited
    Inventors: Takayoshi Muramoto, Shingi Nishino, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Takanori Sasaki
  • Patent number: 4377399
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air freshening device comprising an upright housing including, adjacent the bottom thereof, an air inlet and, adjacent the top thereof, an air discharge, a fan in said housing intermediate the air inlet and the air discharge means for causing air flow through the housing, a filter, structure for removably supporting the filter in the housing intermediate the air inlet and the fan in the path of the totality of the air flow through the housing, a sleeve assembly within the housing for introducing into the air flow downstream of the filter a substance to be dispensed, which sleeve assembly is operable to releasably support the filter and includes relatively rotatable inner and outer sleeves, one of the sleeves defining an interior chamber, openings in the sleeves for affording valved access to the interior chamber in response to relative rotation between the sleeves, a coupling for releasably connecting the sleeve assembly and the housing, and a package of the substance to be dispensed lo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignee: Vaportek, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Bryson
  • Patent number: 4372490
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a deodorant container in which an air-treating material is positioned. The air-treating material can be either a volatile material or a material which absorbs odors. The container includes a top member movable mounted within a base member. The top member and the base member are identical in shape and may be formed from a common mold. The air-treating material is in the form of a disk which is disposed between the top member and the base member. The top member and the base member include outwardly projecting engaging legs including detents disposed on the outer surface thereof. These legs are spaced to provide air passages therebetween. The detents mate with corresponding engaging slots disposed in the side wall construction of the corresponding top or base member. In a closed position wherein the top and base members are fully nested within each other, the detents engage a cam slot which locks the top member relative to the base member to seal the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Le Caire, Jr., David W. Wendt
  • Patent number: 4339079
    Abstract: A device for producing a pleasant or fragrant scent in a room or automobile, for example. The device includes a housing that encloses a container of a fragrant liquid. At least part of the container is made of a substantially transparent material that can also be pierced by a needle or sharp pin. The container includes a reservoir part that is visible through an opening formed in the housing, so that a user may check the amount of liquid remaining in the container. The container further includes a chamber part that may be pierced so that the liquid seeps from it, and a pad or layer of material absorbs the seepage. An adjustable window formed on the housing controls the amount of the liquid that evaporates from the absorbent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Inventors: Osamu Sato, Masahiro Shibagaki
  • Patent number: 4327056
    Abstract: A deodorant dispensing package having two rates of discharge of deodorant. The package is provided with air circulation ports for a low, continuous release of deodorant and a manual pump for a high, forced rate of deodorant discharge for sudden odors. The package is formed of two telescoping housing members with an internal wall portion that divides the housing into inner and outer compartments. The housing contains a deodorant reservoir and the inner and outer compartments are each provided with vent ports communicating externally of the housing. The inner and outer compartments also communicate through an interior port in the internal wall and a deodorant discharge surface is located in the inner compartment between the inner port and the inner compartment external vent port. Air circulation through the vent ports is sufficient to provide the low rate of air freshener activity. The manual contraction and expansion of the telescoping housing members provides a high rate of deodorant discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Inventor: Conrad J. Gaiser
  • Patent number: RE33864
    Abstract: A self-contained battery-powered room deodorizer including a housing having an inlet portion through which ambient air is drawn into the housing by means of a battery powered fan. The air is passed about a quantity of vaporizable material contained within the housing, and then discharged therefrom into the ambient air carrying the vaporized portion of the product therewith. A replaceable deodorizing material containing cartridge is positionable within the housing, and provides a support well for supporting a replaceable battery, such that the deodorizing material and battery may be separately replaced when either of these items has become expended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Steiner Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Steiner, Thomas R. Bajek