Device for dispensing active volatile liquid
AssigneeFirmenich SA
InventorsNicholas O'Leary, Lyse Tranzeat
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of perfumery and more precisely it concerns a device, and the consumer articles associated therewith, for dispensing an active composition in the surrounding space. The device includes an active liquid having a specific volatility, a reservoir holding a part of the active liquid, a lid and a wick-emanator superstructure having a wicking part and an emitting part, the latter having an evaporative surface directly exposed to the surrounding space, and a specific absorbency and weight per unit of the evaporative surface.
Claims12
A non-electrically powered device comprising:
- a) a reservoir chamber having an open end;
- b) a non-aqueous active volatile liquid composition containing at least two ingredients;
- c) a reservoir chamber lid securely covering the open end of the reservoir chamber, the lid having at least one aperture;
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- d) a wick-emanator superstructure securely positioned in the aperture of the reservoir chamber lid, the superstructure including:
- I) an emitting part extending over the reservoir chamber lid and having an evaporative surface exposed to the surrounding air;
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- II) a wicking part extending down through the lid and in submerged contact with the active volatile liquid;
- with
- i) at least 60% by weight of the non-aqueous active volatile liquid composition comprising ingredients having a vapor pressure of between 4 Pa and 270 Pa;
- ii) the emitting part having a weight of between 80 and 1000 grams per square meter of evaporative surface and an absorbency of between 0.01 and 0.1 grams of non-aqueous active volatile liquid composition per square centimeter of evaporative surface;
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- iii) less than about 20% by weight of the non-aqueous active volatile liquid composition is absorbed by the emitting part.
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