Volatile material dispenser and method of emitting a volatile material
AssigneeS.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Banco, Maciej K. Tasz, Jerome A. Matter
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Abstract
A method of dispensing a fragrance having at least one aroma chemical includes the step of providing a frame adapted to be attached to a dispenser for dispensing fluids and a cartridge including a volatile material containing a fragrance comprising at least one aroma chemical, wherein the cartridge is adapted for attachment to the frame. The method of dispensing further includes the steps of nebulizing water to create nebulized water particles, directing the nebulized water particles at the cartridge, and entraining volatile material from the cartridge in at least some of the nebulized water particles upon collision with the cartridge to create volatile material-infused water particles.
Claims20
A method of dispensing a fragrance having at least one aroma chemical, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a frame adapted to be attached to a dispenser for dispensing fluids and a cartridge including a volatile material containing a fragrance comprising at least one aroma chemical, wherein the cartridge is adapted for attachment to the frame;
- nebulizing water to create nebulized water particles;
- directing the nebulized water particles at the cartridge;
- and
- entraining volatile material from the cartridge in at least some of the nebulized water particles upon collision with the cartridge to create volatile material-infused water particles.
A volatile material dispenser, the dispenser including:
- a frame adapted to be attached to a dispenser having an ultrasonic nebulizer for dispensing fluids;
- and
- a cartridge containing a volatile material and adapted to be attached to the frame, wherein the frame is adapted to position the cartridge within the dispenser such that cartridge is in a path of nebulized fluid particles, whereby the cartridge acts as a baffle that filters out larger nebulized fluid particles emitted by the ultrasonic nebulizer.
A volatile material dispenser, the dispenser including:
- a housing having a reservoir adapted to hold water;
- an ultrasonic nebulizer in communication with the reservoir and the water within the reservoir, wherein the ultrasonic nebulizer is adapted to volatilize and emit the water as nebulized water particles;
- a cartridge containing a volatile material and positioned such that nebulized water particles from the ultrasonic nebulizer impinge upon the cartridge and entrain volatile material within the nebulized water particles, wherein the volatile material comprises a fragrance with at least one aroma chemical and the volatile material is free of solvents and surfactants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.