Scent-Emitting Systems
OwnerRobert E. McCarthyinventor
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Abstract
A system for emitting, in sequence, a plurality of different scents includes a plurality of holders for scent-bearing chips; a mechanism for propelling these scents from a system; a mechanism for conveying, selectively, any desired scent holder into operative relation with the propelling mechanism; and a mechanism for actuating the propelling mechanism to propel scent from any desired scent holder in response to a programmed, predetermined sequence of scents of predetermined duration.
Claims13
A method for sequentially directing at least two different scents from a gaseous scent-emitting system toward at least one and no more than about five persons comprising selecting for emission the desired scents from said plurality of different gaseous scents;
- generating a signal representing the selected, desired scents;
- sequentially conveying solid, scent-bearing emitters of the selected, desired gaseous scents, carried on rotatable means having a plurality of said emitters therein, to scent-propelling means withing said system in response to said signal;
- opening said selected emitters in any desired sequence at said scent-propelling means and directly opposite exit means in said system for said gaseous scent to release the selected, desired scent;
- and propelling the released gaseous scents desired, in sequence, from said system through said exit means toward said at least one, but no more than about five persons.
A system for sequentially emitting at least one of a plurality of different scents comprising a plurality of means for holding solid scent-bearing, gaseous scent-emitting means;
- exit means from said system;
- rotatable means carrying said plurality of holding means within said system toward and away from said exit means;
- means for propelling said scent in gaseous form from said system through said exit means, said propelling means comprising means for blowing a gas over the scent-bearing, gaseous scent-emitting means and for directing gas-entrained gaseous scent directly through said exit means;
- means for selectively conveying any desired holding means carried on said rotatable means into operative relation with said propelling means, and adjacent to said exit means;
- and means for actuating said propelling means to propel gaseous scent entrained in said gas from said desired holding means.
A system for sequentially emitting at least two different gaseous scents entrained in air comprising exit means from said system;
- rotatable means for carrying, toward and away from said exit means, a plurality of shell means for holding solid scent-bearing, gaseous scent-emitting means and for confining gaseous scent emitted from said scent-bearing, gaseous scent-emitting means;
- means for propelling said gaseous scents from said system entrained in air through said exit means directly opposite said propelling means;
- means for selectively conveying any desired shell means into operative relation with said propelling means and with said exit means, including means for opening said desired shell means to release gaseous scent emitted from a replaceable, scent-impregnated, gaseous scent-emitting insert means confined within said desired shell means;
- and means for actuating said propelling means to propel said gaseous scent from said desired shell means, entrained in air, directly through said exit means.
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