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US 5,724,256 AGranted
Computer controlled olfactory mixer and dispenser for use in multimedia computer applications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJoseph Kinman Lee, James Lee Lentz, Ilya Iosephovich Novof
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Abstract
A computer controlled odor mixing and dispensing system has an linear array of odorant containers arranged in an annular member. Each container is provided with a computer controlled metering delivery device which dispenses the odorant onto a rotating absorptive porus member. An air handling system forces air through the rotating member which mixes the odors deposited thereon and delivers the mixed odors to a user.
Claims8
A computer controlled odor mixing and dispensing system comprising:
- a hollow member having at least one opening in each of two spaced surfaces to define a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
- a plurality of containers each suitable for storing a different odorant arranged in an array and mounted in said hollow member proximate the opening defining the said fluid inlet;
- a plurality of controllable delivering means, one connected to each of said plurality of containers, for controlling, in response to control signals supplied by a computer, the volume of odorant dispensed from its associated container;
- a moving absorptive porus member mounted in said hollow member for receiving the odorants dispensed by said controllable metering delivery means;
- and,
- fluid pumping means mounted in said hollow member for establishing a fluid flow between said inlet and said outlet and through said moving absorptive porus member whereby odorants deposited on the said moving absorptive porus member are mixed by said fluid flow and motion and expelled at said fluid outlet.
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