Electrical evaporator with ratcheting wick adjuster

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2006-02-07

2006-02-07

Campbell, Thor S. (Department: 3742)

Electric resistance heating devices

Heating devices

Vaporizer

C392S386000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06996335

ABSTRACT:
An evaporator (10) includes a housing (100, 200), a bottle (400) containing a substance to be evaporated, a wick (500) protruding from the bottle (400), a rotatable plug deck (300) for providing electricity to the evaporator (10), a heating device (250) disposed within the housing (100,200), and an adjuster (600) within the housing (100, 200) for displacing the wick (500) toward or away from the heating device (250). The adjuster (600) includes a retaining mechanism (650) that retains the adjuster (600) in a selected one of a plurality of discreet adjustment settings. The plug deck300includes a locking mechanism (340, 342) that retains the plug deck (300) in a selected one of a plurality of discrete positions.

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Four sheets of drawings of a Three-Position Adjuster, 2001, pp. 1-4.

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