Patent ID: 8084376
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: A01M,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A support member for volatilizing a volatile component, comprising: a carrier member comprising: a front surface layer made of a knitted fabric and having regularly arranged openings; a back surface layer made of a knitted fabric and having regularly arranged openings; and fibers interconnecting said front and back surface layers, wherein, for each of said regularly arranged openings of said front surface layer, at least two of said fibers are positioned so as to be seen within said each of said regularly arranged openings of said front surface layer in a plan view of said front surface layer, and wherein, for each of said regularly arranged openings of said back surface layer, at least two of said fibers are positioned so as to be seen within said each of said regularly arranged openings of said back surface layer in a plan view of said back surface layer; and a volatile component held by said carrier member, wherein said at least two of said fibers are positioned so as to be seen within said each of said regularly arranged openings of said front surface layer in a plan view of said front surface layer, and within said corresponding said each of said regularly arranged openings of said back surface layer, by virtue of being positioned within a virtual space defined by said front surface layer, said back surface layer, and virtual walls interconnecting said front and back surface layers and extending from inner edges of said peripheral part of said each of said regularly arranged openings of said front surface layer and inner edges of said peripheral part of said corresponding said each of said regularly arranged openings of said back surface layer; wherein said at least two of said fibers extend across the virtual space; wherein said peripheral part of said each of said regularly arranged openings of said front surface layer includes first sides each consisting of a bundle of first fibers, and said peripheral part of said corresponding said each of said regularly arranged openings of said back surface layer includes second sides each consisting of a bundle of second fibers, with each of said first sides and each of said second sides having a width of more than 0.6 mm, and with each of said at least two of said fibers having a diameter of less than 0.2 mm.