Patent ID: 6555068
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
Apparatus for dispersing an air modifying agent into surrounding air, said apparatus comprising:a housing comprising a housing wall; an electrolyte reservoir included within said housing; an air modifying agent reservoir included within said housing and in communication with the ambient air; and an electrically operated dispersion device operable to displace air modifying agent drawn from said air modifying agent reservoir out of said housing, wherein said apparatus: (i) includes at least one electrode located within the body of said housing; and (ii) is constructed such that: (A) said electrolyte reservoir is defined, at least in part, by an inner surface part of said housing; and (B) said at least one electrode is contactable with electrolyte in said electrolyte reservoir and arranged so that electrical potential is generated to power said electrically operated dispersion device when said electrode is in contact with an electrolyte in said reservoir.