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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011603 | Liquid storage system, liquid container, and liquid lead-out control method A liquid storage system includes a liquid container having a plurality of through holes of a nano-size from which volatile liquid contained in the liquid container is led outside by capillary action, and photocatalytic films provided on surfaces of the through holes... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7303143 | Wick assembly A wick assembly is provided for use in a dispensing device that dispenses volatile material from a wick by heat. Two wick sections of differing material are provided in stacked fashion, with a coupler sleeve that can be used to facilitate attachment of the wick stru... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281670 | Wick-based delivery system with wick made of different composite materials A wick-based delivery system includes a container for holding a liquid that has an opening therein. A porous wick is positioned in the container so that a lower region of the wick is in contact with the liquid in the container and an upper region of the wick is expo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7244398 | Device for dispensing a volatile liquid using a wick in an ambient air stream A wick-based emanation device for dispensing a volatile liquid is disclosed. The dispensing device includes a housing and a fan mounted in the housing for generating an air stream used for dispersing the volatile liquid. Walls of the housing form an enclosure for mo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243859 | Adjustable non-electric liquid air freshener device Comprises a vessel (1) containing scented liquid, a wick (2) partially submerged in the liquid, a stopper (3) coupled on the mouth (7) of the vessel (1) and a cap (5) that covers the stopper (3) and has a lower tubula... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7185827 | Dispensing container The fragrance emitting dispensing container consists of a container body and a container closure. The container body can be of any shape but preferably is of a decorative shape. The closure functions to close the container and to distribute the fragrance to the room... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7066412 | Apparatus, methods, and compositions for adding fragrance to laundry The invention provides an apparatus, methods, and compositions for dispensing a fragrance onto laundry in a dryer without substantial loss of that fragrance during the drying process. The apparatus includes an electrostatic vapor generator capable of dispensing a fr... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7007863 | Wick-based delivery system with wick made of different composite materials A composite wick for delivering two liquids with different properties to a surface includes a first section provided for delivering a first liquid to the surface of the wick and a second section provided for delivering a second liquid to the surface of the wick. Pre... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6921024 | Disposable sheet fragrance delivery system A fragrance delivery system has an enclosure having a base and a top surface with a sheet dispensing outlet, a plurality of absorbent sheets disposed within the enclosure and configured for successive exposure of a portion of a sheet from the sheet dispensing outlet... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6899280 | Wick-based delivery system with wick having sections of varying porosities A wick-based delivery system includes a container for holding a liquid, and a porous wick, having a first section of a material with a pore size of a predetermined size and a second section of a material of a predetermined pore size that is greater than that of the ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6729552 | Liquid dispersion device A device that can be used for dispersing a liquid is disclose. The device comprises a container, a capillary device, and a housing. The container has an open end that is connected to the capillary device and comprises a liquid. The capillary device comprises a subst... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6481639 | Volatile substance diffuser without persistence The invention concerns a volatile substance diffuser (102) comprising a body (104) with an aperture (111), and a reservoir (120) of product, comprising a volatile substance, the reservoir (102) being mounted mobile in the body (104) between a diffusing po... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6152379 | Composition for air treatment dispensers providing a long lasting, constant emanating composition Two associated air treatment compositions are formulated such that when used together they produce a constant emanating composition throughout the life of an air treatment dispenser of the wick type (dispenser). Composition I comprises components (at leas... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5958346 | Power-assisted deodorizer system and method An article deodorizer system and method which is suitable for fixed, mobile, and vehicular mounting and complete interfacing with their air systems at any sites including homes, businesses, airplanes, ships, railcars, automobiles, etc., providing for air ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5927618 | Electrostatic spraying device An electrostatic spraying device is disclosed having a container (16) for the liquid to be sprayed and a capillary structure (22) extending into the container. To maintain a substantially constant liquid level at the location where liquid is drawn into th... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5302359 | Deodorizing system An apparatus for dispensing odorant vapor into an air stream is disclosed. The apparatus contains a reservoir for containing a volatilizable liquid, a dispensing well, liquid moving means for withdrawing liquid from the reservoir and causing it to flow in... | 04/12/1994 |
| 4726519 | Instant/continuous air-treatment device A device for both instant and continuous dispensing of an air-treating composition. The device has a pressurized vessel with a valve stem, an actuator-overcap, and an absorbent member adjacent to vented actuator-overcap walls. The actuator-overcap, which ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4445364 | Method and apparatus for measuring air infiltration rate into buildings Sources which emit tracer gas at a known constant rate are positioned throughout a building. Samples of air are collected in selected rooms with constant rate adsorbent samplers. Samplers are analyzed in a laboratory to determine the tracer gas concentrat... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4419326 | Vapor dispersing process A vapor dispersing device in which evaporative dispersion of volatile and diffusive components of an air treating agent is regulated over an extending period by the use of a container, for the agent, into which at least one rigid porous wick extends to tr... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4413779 | Vapor dispersing device A vapor dispersing device in which evaporative dispersion of volatile and diffusive components of an air treating agent is regulated over an extending period by the use of a container, for the agent, into which at least one rigid porous wick extends to tr... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4347197 | Water distributor A water distributor is disposed above an air-liquid contact pad, and is supplied with water from a supply line. The water is received within an elongated enclosed chamber having at least one elongated corner in its lower portion. A floor portion of the ch... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4339079 | Fragrance emitter 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... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4261933 | Diffusion element Gas diffusion elements, formed of a body of solid particles which has been shaped, pressed and rendered coherent by bonding or sintering in a compacted form having pores, and having an enhanced apparent volumetric compression ratio in a central zone there... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4261932 | Diffusion element with boundary zone treatment Gas diffusion elements, formed of a body of solid particles which have been shaped, pressed and rendered coherent by bonding or sintering in a compacted form having pores, and having an enhanced apparent volumetric compression ratio in a central zone and ... | 04/14/1981 |
