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US 9,539,354 B2Granted
Fragrance discharge device
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorsThomas Rappel, Dieter Sartorius, Matthias Uhle
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Abstract
A fragrance discharge device for discharging at least one fragrance, having a housing through which air can flow, having at least one fragrance cartridge arranged therein, wherein a drawer is provided so it is displaceable in the housing, for accommodating and holding at least one fragrance cartridge, wherein the drawer can be pulled at least partially out of the housing to replace the at least one fragrance cartridge, wherein the fragrance cartridge is connectable to the drawer via a magnetic force.
Claims9
A fragrance discharge device for discharging at least one fragrance, the device comprising:
- a housing through which air flows;
- at least one fragrance cartridge arranged in the housing;
- a drawer displaceably arranged in the housing to accommodate and hold the at least one fragrance cartridge, the drawer being adapted to be at least partially pulled out of the housing to replace the at least one fragrance cartridge,
- wherein the fragrance cartridge is connectable via a magnetic force to the drawer,
- wherein the drawer includes an end wall provided therein that is mechanically coupled to the drawer in a pivotable manner, the end wall being pivotable with respect to the drawer and the housing,
- wherein the end wall is positioned so as to abut a side wall of the at least one fragrance cartridge,
- wherein the end wall is connected via at least one lever arm to the housing and the at least one lever arm is guided on a respective rail of the housing, and
- wherein at least one magnetic element, at least one metallic element or at least one magnetizable element is fixedly connected to the end wall.
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A fragrance discharge device for discharging at least one fragrance, the device comprising:
- a housing through which air flows;
- at least one fragrance cartridge arranged in the housing;
- a drawer displaceably arranged in the housing to accommodate and hold the at least one fragrance cartridge, the drawer being adapted to be at least partially pulled out of the housing to replace the at least one fragrance cartridge,
- wherein the fragrance cartridge is connectable via a magnetic force to the drawer,
- wherein the drawer includes an end wall provided therein that is mechanically coupled to the drawer in a pivotable manner, the end wall being pivotable with respect to the drawer and the housing,
- wherein the end wall is positioned so as to abut a side wall of the at least one fragrance cartridge,
- wherein the end wall is connected via at least one lever arm to the housing and the at least one lever arm is guided on a respective rail of the housing,
- wherein at least one magnetic element is provided on the fragrance cartridge or on the drawer,
- wherein at least one metallic element or at least one magnetizable element is provided on the the fragrance cartridge or the drawer to which the at least one magnetic element is not provided, such that one of the fragrance cartridge or the drawer has the at least one magnetic element provided thereon and the other of the fragrance cartridge or the drawer has the at least one metallic element or the at least one magnetizable element provided thereon, and
- wherein one of the at least one magnetic element, the at least one metallic element or the at least one magnetizable element is provided on the end wall.
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A fragrance discharge device for discharging at least one fragrance, the device comprising:
- a housing through which air flows;
- at least one fragrance cartridge arranged in the housing;
- a drawer displaceably arranged in the housing to accommodate and hold the at least one fragrance cartridge, the drawer being adapted to be at least partially pulled out of the housing to replace the at least one fragrance cartridge,
- wherein the fragrance cartridge is connectable via a magnetic force to the drawer,
- wherein the drawer includes an end wall provided therein that is mechanically coupled to the drawer in a pivotable manner, the end wall being pivotable with respect to the drawer and the housing,
- wherein the end wall is positioned so as to abut a side wall of the at least one fragrance cartridge,
- wherein the end wall is connected via at least one lever arm to the housing and the at least one lever arm is guided on a respective rail of the housing, and
- wherein at least one magnetic element is pivotally attached to the end wall.
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A fragrance discharge device for discharging at least one fragrance, the device comprising:
- a housing through which air flows;
- at least one fragrance cartridge arranged in the housing;
- a drawer displaceably arranged in the housing to accommodate and hold the at least one fragrance cartridge, the drawer being adapted to be at least partially pulled out of the housing to replace the at least one fragrance cartridge,
- wherein the fragrance cartridge is connectable via a magnetic force to the drawer,
- wherein the drawer includes an end wall provided therein that is mechanically coupled to the drawer in a pivotable manner, the end wall being pivotable with respect to the drawer and the housing,
- wherein the end wall is positioned so as to abut a side wall of the at least one fragrance cartridge, and
- wherein the end wall includes a lever extending therefrom and a pin extending perpendicularly from the lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.