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US 5,840,246 AGranted
Oil lamp with fragrance emanator
AssigneeReckitt & Colman Inc.
InventorsRandall Lee Hammons, Stephen Vito Dente, Thomas Shiaw-tong Lin
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Abstract
A fragrance device for delivering a fragrance or other volatile material includes a fluid vessel containing a quantity of a fuel, a wick, and a porous emanator element which releases the fragrance or volatile material particularly when the wick is burning. Methods for the manufacture of the device, as well as methods for its use of are also disclosed.
Claims25
A delivery device for the controlled release of a volatile substance which comprises:
- a fluid vessel having a neck end, wherein said fluid vessel contains a quantity of fuel, said fuel comprising at least one organic liquid;
- a porous emanator element having a flat face contacting the neck end of the fluid vessel, and a central passage, said emanator having entrained within a quantity of a volatile liquid;
- a wick having a first end adapted to be ignited, and a second end in contact with the fuel, said first end passing completely through the emanator element passage;
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- a wick holding tube passing through the emanator element passage and encasing at least part of the wick, wherein the outer diameter of at least a portion of the wick is substantially the same as the inner diameter of at least a portion of the wick holder, and the outer diameter of at least a portion of the wick holder is substantially the same as the inner diameter of at least a portion of the emanator element passage.
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