Atomization separating and silencing apparatus and method

A system comprising:

• a reservoir, shaped to contain a liquid providing a scent and to define axial, radial, and circumferential directions mutually orthogonal to one another;
• an atomizer operably connected to draw the liquid from the reservoir and entrain the liquid as droplets into a flow of air;
• a first chamber, a second chamber, a wall preventing direct contact therebetween, and a channel;
• the channel, having an entrance in the first chamber, an exit in the second chamber, and a length therebetween greater than a distance directly between the first chamber and the second chamber;
• the channel, operable as a separator of the droplets by progressing simultaneously in the axial direction and the circumferential direction in a shape effective to separate the droplets into comparatively smaller droplets carried into the second chamber with the flow and comparatively larger droplets coalesced as a recovered liquid passing back through the entrance toward the reservoir.

A system operable as a diffuser, the system comprising:

• a reservoir to contain a liquid and define axial, radial, and circumferential directions;
• a pump connected to provide a flow of air;
• an atomizer, connected to draw a portion of the liquid from the reservoir, in response to the flow passing therethrough, divide the portion into droplets, and introduce the droplets into a first chamber;
• the first chamber, a second chamber, and a wall therebetween, acting as a barrier against direct contact between the first chamber and the second chamber;
• a channel, operable as a separator, having a length greater than a distance directly between the first and second chambers, and passing simultaneously radially and axially through the wall;
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• the channel, shaped to separate the droplets into comparatively smaller droplets passing with the flow into the second chamber and comparatively larger droplets coalescing and passing back into the first chamber.