Patent ID: 9545460
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61L,C11B

Claim:
1. A process for imparting scent to air comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of particles in a reservoir; heating said reservoir to melt said particles to form a melt; and contacting said melt with air; wherein said particles comprise: about 40% to about 95% by weight polyethylene glycol, wherein said polyethylene glycol has a weight average molecular weight from about 5000 to about 11000; about 0.1% to about 20% by weight perfume; and about 0.1% to about 50% by weight starch granules, wherein said starch granules have a dextrose equivalent from 0 to about 40, wherein said starch granules have a grain size of from about 1 μm to about 500 μm, and wherein said starch granules have a starch perfume load level of said perfume on said starch granules of from 0% to about 10% by weight of said starch granules; wherein said particles are substantially homogenously structured particles; and wherein each of said particles has a mass between about 0.95 mg to about 5 grams.