Flameless energizer for treatment agent
AssigneeMicrolin, LLC
InventorAshok V. Joshi
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Abstract
An energized assembly to enhance efficacy of a treatment agent in a local environment. The assembly includes an emanator or holder element to hold treatment agent, and a flameless energizing source to energize the treatment agent and thereby, place the treatment agent into an enhanced operational state. Preferred embodiments operate for a period of time of between about 4 and 8 hours, and can then be discarded. Typically, a housing associates the treatment agent and the energizing source. Embodiments may sometimes include one or more of: a gas-tight boundary element, a thermal transfer element, a trigger mechanism, a safety mechanism, a termination mechanism, a time-delay mechanism, solidized treatment agent to avoid spills, and a sequestering arrangement to avoid premature combination of reactants.
Claims19
An apparatus, comprising:
- a holder for treatment agent, the holder comprising a volume in communication with a surface area configured and arranged to disperse energized treatment agent into a local vapor phase environment, the local vapor phase environment being disposed exterior to the apparatus during use of the apparatus;
- a quantity of treatment agent disposable inside the volume;
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- a flameless heat source comprising a mixture of selected components of a metal-air battery with all corresponding chemically reactant elements, except oxygen, being intermingled and confined inside a housing, the heat source disposed in operable association with the volume to apply heat energy to the treatment agent therein, the heat source being configured and arranged to permit an exothermic chemical reaction to propagate subsequent to introduction of oxygen into the housing.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an emanator comprising a volume to hold a treatment agent;
- a quantity of the treatment agent disposed within the volume, the volume communicating to a surface area configured and arranged to disperse energized treatment agent into a local vapor phase environment, the local vapor phase environment being disposed exterior to the apparatus during use of the apparatus such that the energized treatment agent is physically untethered to the apparatus;
- a flameless heat source in operable association with the emanator, the heat source an exothermic mixture of chemicals arranged for on-demand production of heat;
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- a housing configured to hold the emanator in operable association with the heat source, the housing to resist unauthorized access to the heat source during use of the apparatus to energize the treatment agent, wherein:
- the flameless heat source comprises a mixture of selected components of a metal-air battery with all corresponding chemically reactant elements, except oxygen, being intermingled and confined inside the housing.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an emanator comprising a volume to hold a treatment agent;
- a quantity of the treatment agent disposed within the volume, the volume communicating to a surface area configured and arranged to disperse energized treatment agent into a local vapor phase environment, the local vapor phase environment being disposed exterior to the apparatus during use of the apparatus such that the energized treatment agent is physically untethered to the apparatus;
- a flameless heat source in operable association with the emanator, the heat source comprising an exothermic mixture of chemicals arranged for on-demand production of heat;
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- a housing configured to hold the emanator in operable association with the heat source, the housing to resist unauthorized access to the heat source during use of the apparatus to energize the treatment agent, wherein:
- the flameless heat source comprises a mixture of selected components of a metal-air battery with all corresponding chemically reactant elements, except oxygen, being intermingled and confined inside the housing;
- an air-tight packaging envelope operable to resist combination of oxygen from a local atmosphere with the exothermic chemicals prior to placement in service to treat a local environment;
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- a quantity of treatment agent is disposed inside the volume prior to encapsulating the volume and flameless heat source inside the envelope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.