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US 9,801,970 B2Granted
Decorative fragrance dispensing system
AssigneeAmbrosia Corporation
InventorsBenjamin R Chase, David Hendrickson
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Abstract
A fragrance dispensing apparatus includes a housing. The housing includes a platform configured to receive an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) bead packet. The EVA bead packet remains substantially unheated by the fragrance dispensing apparatus during operation of the fragrance dispensing apparatus. The fragrance dispensing apparatus further includes a lower module. The lower module includes a fan configured to selectively actuate airflow through the EVA bead packet.
Claims19
A fragrance dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising a platform and at least one sidewall coupled together such that the platform and the sidewall define a cavity, the platform configured to receive an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) bead packet, the platform defining one or more platform openings, the one or more platform openings communicatively coupling the cavity to a space above the platform, the at least one sidewall defining one or more sidewall openings, the sidewall openings communicatively coupling the cavity to a space adjacent to the sidewall;
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- a lower module comprising a fan having blades that extend from a proximate end to a distal end substantially horizontally, the fan being configured to selectively generate airflow such that air moves from the space above the platform, through the EVA bead packet, through the one or more platform openings, into the cavity, below the fan, up along the sidewall, and through the sidewall openings,
- the sidewall openings being located between the fan and the platform openings in an elevational direction, the EVA bead packet remaining substantially unheated by the fragrance dispensing apparatus during operation of the fragrance dispensing apparatus.
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A method of dispensing fragrance comprising:
- receiving an EVA bead packet at a platform of a fragrance dispensing apparatus, the platform being coupled with at least one sidewall such that the platform and the at least one sidewall define a cavity, the platform defining one or more platform openings, the one or more platform openings communicatively coupling the cavity to a space above the platform, the at least one sidewall defining one or more sidewall openings, the sidewall openings communicatively coupling the cavity to a space adjacent to the sidewall;
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- generating, via a lower module having a fan with blades that extend from a proximate end to a distal end in a substantially horizontal direction, an airflow such that air moves from the space above the platform, through the EVA bead packet, through the one or more platform openings into the cavity, below the fan, up along the sidewall, and through the sidewall openings to the space adjacent to the sidewall,
- the sidewall openings being located between the fan and the platform openings in an elevational direction, the EVA bead packet remaining substantially unheated by a fragrance dispensing apparatus during actuation of the airflow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.