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US 2022/0168457 A1Published application
Flameless energized emanator
AssigneeMicrolin, LLC
InventorAshok V. Joshi
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Abstract
An energized assembly to disseminate a treatment agent in vapor phase to a local environment. The assembly includes an emanator element to hold treatment agent, and a flameless energizing source to facilitate volatization of the treatment agent. 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.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- an emanator with a surface area disposed in operable association with a volume;
- a quantity of treatment agent disposed inside the volume to permit evaporation of treatment agent vapor from the surface area;
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- a flameless energizing heat source disposed in operable association with the volume to apply heat energy to the treatment agent therein.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an emanator element configured as a shell of revolution about an open core, a volume of the shell to hold a treatment fluid, the open core to hold a flameless heat source;
- a quantity of the treatment fluid disposed in the volume;
- the heat source disposed in the open core, the heat source comprising an exothermic mixture of chemicals arranged for on-demand production of heat;
- a heat conducting element disposed between the chemicals and the emanator element;
- a housing with a plurality of spaced apart rails to provide a plurality of discharge apertures for a vapor of the treatment fluid, the housing being configured to resist disassembly and unauthorized access to the emanator element;
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- an air-tight packaging envelope disposed to resist combination of oxygen from a local atmosphere with the exothermic chemicals.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an emanator element comprising a volume to hold a treatment agent;
- a quantity of the treatment agent disposed in solidized form within the volume;
- 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;
- a heat conducting element disposed between the chemicals and the emanator element to promote application by the heat source of a uniform temperature profile onto the emanator;
- a housing configured to hold the emanator element in operable association with the heat source, the housing comprising a plurality of discharge apertures for a vapor of the treatment agent, the housing being configured to resist disassembly and unauthorized access to the emanator element;
- a trigger mechanism to cause the heat source to generate heat on-demand;
- a safety mechanism to resist undesired operation of the trigger mechanism;
- a gas generating element to enhance flow of treatment agent in vapor phase from the apertures;
- a termination mechanism to interrupt generation of heat by the heat source to permit reuse of the apparatus at a subsequent time;
- a sequestering arrangement to hold a first ingredient out of contact with a second ingredient prior to actuation of the trigger mechanism;
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- an air-tight packaging envelope disposed to resist combination of an activation ingredient with the exothermic chemicals.
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A method, comprising:
- providing an emanator with a surface area disposed in operable association with a volume;
- disposing a quantity of treatment agent inside the volume to permit emanation of treatment agent in vapor phase from the surface area;
- disposing a quantity of an air-activated or water-activated exothermic chemical mixture as a heat source in operable association with the volume to apply heat energy to the treatment agent therein to volatize the agent and cause the enhanced emanation of treatment agent in vapor phase from the surface, the quantity being configured and arranged to exothermically react for a period of time in excess of four hours subsequent to exposure to air or water;
- disposing a metallic thermally conductive element between the emanator and the heat source;
- disposing the emanator, heat source, and conductive element inside of a housing comprising an aperture configured to dispense treatment vapor to a local environment, the housing to resist unauthorized contact with the emanator;
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- disposing the housing inside an air-tight envelope.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.