Patent ID: 9486552
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61L,B01F

Claim Text:
1. An air treatment appliance, comprising: a removable cartridge containing a liquid compound to be aerosolized and including a cartridge outlet through which the aerosolized compound is discharged; a pump operatively coupled to the removable cartridge to supply air to the removable cartridge to generate the aerosolized compound from the liquid compound contained in the removable cartridge; a controller operatively coupled to the pump for controlling the pump to supply the air to the removable cartridge to generate the aerosolized compound and discharge the aerosolized compound from the cartridge outlet; and an appliance housing that accommodates the removable cartridge, the pump and the controller within an internal cavity thereof, the appliance housing including a base, a cover coupled to the base to define the internal cavity, and an inner sub-housing located within the internal cavity, the inner sub-housing coupled to the base to collectively define a passageway having an air outlet positioned to discharge a flow of air across a path of the aerosolized compound discharged from the cartridge outlet during operation, wherein the inner sub-housing includes a discharge nozzle which defines a terminal end of the passageway and includes the air outlet, the discharge nozzle oriented to discharge the flow of air oblique to the path of the aerosolized compound discharged from the cartridge outlet, and wherein the inner sub-housing further includes a tongue having an alignment groove for receiving a stem of the removable cartridge which contains the cartridge outlet and for assisting in aligning the cartridge outlet and the path of the aerosolized compound with the air outlet of the discharge nozzle of the inner sub-housing.