Patent ID: 11925732
Assignee: THE YANKEE CANDLE COMPANY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A device for volatizing compounds comprising:
a curvilinear first heating element, the first heating element including a first end and a second end and a curvilinear second heating element, the second heating element including a first end and a second end; the first heating element and second heating element forming a heating element aperture of variable diameter;
a wick extending at least partially into the heating element aperture; and
an adjustment mechanism engaging the first heating element and second heating element, the adjustment mechanism selectively adjusting the distance of each of the first heating element and the second heating element from the wick;
wherein, in a first configuration, the first end of the first heating element and the first end of the second heating element contact one another, and the second end of the first heating element and the second end of the second heating element contact one another to heating elements form a heating element aperture surrounding a perimeter of the wick and having a first diameter; and
in a second configuration, the first and second heating elements form a heating element aperture that does not completely surround the perimeter of the wick and having a second diameter;
wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter.