Patent ID: 6361715
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: C01B,C02F

Abstract:
A method for transferring a physical-behavior-information characteristic including at least one member selected from the group consisting of taste, smell and biological activity, the method comprising:providing a fluid that includes water molecules; disposing in said fluid a material that has a physical-behavior information characteristic including at least one member selected from the group consisting of taste, smell and biological activity; imparting said physical-behavior-information characteristic from said material to hydrogen of said water molecules of said fluid; and passing air past said fluid, thereby transferring to said air the physical-behavior-information characteristic of said material wherein at least one member selected from the group consisting of the imparting and passing air steps comprises providing a barrier that is permeable to passage therethrough of hydrogen from a first side of said barrier to a second side of said barrier, said barrier being substantially impervious to passage therethrough of a hydrogen-donor material; wherein said material disposed in said fluid, said material having said physical-behavior-information characteristic, imparts, to hydrogen of water molecules of said fluid contacting a first side of said barrier, said physical-behavior-information characteristic of said material, wherein said hydrogen of said water molecules, which has said physical-behavior-information characteristic of said material, is absorbed in the first side of said barrier and passes through said barrier to said air that includes water molecules and contacts the second side of said barrier, thereby transferring said physical-behavior-information characteristic to hydrogen of said water molecules of said air.