Forced fragrance distribution system and method
OwnerShmuel D. Palgoninventor
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Abstract
A vapor distribution system designed for use in low pressure environments of a forced air conditioning system. The includes use of a housing with vents, a liquid reservoir with a downward facing spray release, and a porous receptacle. The liquid reservoir and porous receptacle are both fully contained within the housing. When the system is activated, the liquid is siphoned through an upside down “U” shaped flow path into a nozzle. Liquid is then ejected in a downward spray onto the receptacle. In the low pressure within the return, the liquid evaporates off of the receptacle and diffuses through the vents into a distribution path, such as the ducts of an HVAC system via the fan blower.
Claims18
An apparatus for the distribution of airborne particulates or particles or gases or vapors as distributable material, said apparatus comprising:
- a. a unit comprising a housing comprising a reservoir of distributable material;
- b. said unit housing further comprising at least one aperture for dispersion of said distributable material from said unit;
- c. wherein said reservoir includes a curved straw with a first end submerged in said reservoir, said curved straw rises in a first length towards a one-hundred-eighty-degree curve in an inverted U-shape within the reservoir, said curved straw passes to a second length which terminates at a second end, wherein the first end is set above the second end, said curved straw further comprising a nozzle directing flow to a receptacle in a lower compartment of said unit, said lower compartment being directly below said reservoir, said lower compartment in fluid communication with said aperture.
A method of distributing airborne particulates or particles or gases or vapors from a unit, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. drawing a material from a reservoir of liquid within a housing via a curved straw with an inverted U-shape with a first end submerged under a surface of the liquid in the reservoir, a curved top within the reservoir, and a second end comprising a downward facing nozzle below the reservoir;
- b. forcing the material through the nozzle onto a receptacle directly below the reservoir of liquid;
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- c. driving the material out of the unit.
A method for spreading vapor, the method comprising:
- placing a liquid reservoir in a low-pressure system;
- releasing the liquid through an inverted U-shaped curved straw passing within the liquid reservoir through to a flow path exiting from the reservoir to a nozzle directly below the liquid reservoir;
- channeling the liquid from a downward spray onto a receptacle;
- setting a low pressure around a housing to cause evaporated vapor from the liquid in the receptacle to exit the receptacle;
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- spreading the vapor through a distribution path;
- wherein the inverted U-shaped curved straw includes a first end in the reservoir and a second end in a receptacle and wherein the second end is set below the first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.