Patent ID: 11911539
Assignee: CTR, LDA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 34:
35. A container for receiving volatile substances, the container comprising:
at least one capillary element which is arranged in said container and is in contact with a substance to be dispensed from the container and conveying the substance by capillary action to at least one substance dispensing region;
at least one electrical heating element disposed to adjoins said at least one capillary element and being a constituent part of the container, and said electrical heating element being an electrical resistance element and having a resistance layer as heating layer which is assigned to a capillary element region to be heated and/or is film-like
an electrical contact device configured to electrically and releasably connect said at least one electrical heating element to an electrical connection element for supplying power to said at least one electrical heating element, wherein said electrical connection element is releasably connectable to the container;
said resistance layer being arranged directly or indirectly with an interposition of at least one intermediate layer in a heat transfer region on an outside surface of a container wall, which is produced at least in said region from a heat conducting material, and in said heat transfer region, said capillary element region to be heated abuts against an inside surface of said container wall in a bearing connection, such that said electrical heating element transfers heat to said container wall by means of heat conduction and from there to said capillary element region to be heated;
a support, which is realized integrally and/or in a plate-shaped manner and/or with two sides from a heat-conducting material and having an inside part region, which is assigned to said capillary element region of said capillary element to be heated and consequently to an interior of said container and on which said capillary element region to be heated rests and/or is fastened in a capillary element support region, and
said support having an outer part region, which is remote from an inside capillary element support region and is consequently assigned to said outside region of said container and on which said electrical heating element is arranged and/or fastened for heat-conducting thermal contact.