Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Slow diffusers – With wick or absorbent means removing liquid from holder
Patent
1988-04-01
1990-05-29
Kashnikow, Andres
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Slow diffusers
With wick or absorbent means removing liquid from holder
239289, A61L 908
Patent
active
049288814
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is an air freshener of the type which releases a fragrance by permitting a scent-producing liquid to be evaporatively diffused into the surrounding atmosphere. A wick-like member, which is made from a material capable of conveying the scent-producing liquid by capillary action, is employed for the purpose of conveying the scent-producing liquid from a source located internally of the air freshener to a liquid-diffusing site located on an external surface of the air freshener. The wick-like member extends in a continuous manner from the source of the scent-producing liqiud to the liquid-diffusing site, whereby the scent-producing liquid is diffused to the atmosphere directly from the wick-like member itself. A circumferentially continuous spring-like member forms an internal liquid-tight seal in order to inhibit the inadvertent leakage of the scent-producing liquid from the air freshener. The wick-like member is maintained in a holder adapted for removable insertion into an open upper end of a base of the air freshener. By removing the wick-like member and the holder from the base, the base may be used as a receptacle for something other than the scent-producing liquid.
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Barlics Glen D.
Barlics John J.
Inman Mold Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Kashnikow Andres
Selitto, Jr. Ralph W.
Weldon Kevin P.
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