Patent ID: 6562294
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A61L,F23D

Abstract:
An apparatus for disseminating an air modifying agent into a surrounding atmosphere, the air modifying agent being entrained in a flammable liquid carrier which is less volatile than the agent, the apparatus comprising:a) a reservoir means for holding the flammable liquid carrier; b) an igniting station remote from the reservoir means, at which a flame may be created by igniting the flammable liquid carrier; conveying means for conveying the flammable liquid carrier from the reservoir means to the igniting station; d) a vaporization station external to said reservoir means spaced from the igniting station and disposed in the path of the flammable liquid carrier, whereby the relatively volatile air modifying agent is preferentially evaporated away from the flammable liquid carrier prior to combustion of the flammable liquid carrier; and e) means for heating the flammable liquid carrier in the vaporization station to assist the preferential evaporation of the air modifying agent at the vaporization station.