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Patent US6481639 - Volatile substance diffuser without persistence - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe invention concerns a volatile substance diffuser (102) comprising a body (104) with an aperture (111), and a reservoir (120) of product, comprising a volatile substance, the reservoir (102) being mounted mobile in the body (104) between a diffusing position enabling a gas to circulate through the...http://www.google.com/patents/US6481639?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6481639 - Volatile substance diffuser without persistenceAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6481639 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/600,869PCT numberPCT/FR1999/000135Publication dateNov 19, 2002Filing dateJan 22, 1999Priority dateFeb 10, 1998Fee statusLapsedAlso published asCA2320369A1, CA2320369C, CN1123361C, CN1292711A, DE69904439D1, DE69904439T2, EP1054697A1, EP1054697B1, WO1999040950A1Publication number09600869, 600869, PCT/1999/135, PCT/FR/1999/000135, PCT/FR/1999/00135, PCT/FR/99/000135, PCT/FR/99/00135, PCT/FR1999/000135, PCT/FR1999/00135, PCT/FR1999000135, PCT/FR199900135, PCT/FR99/000135, PCT/FR99/00135, PCT/FR99000135, PCT/FR9900135, US 6481639 B1, US 6481639B1, US-B1-6481639, US6481639 B1, US6481639B1InventorsMichel PozzoOriginal AssigneeAteliers De Conceptions Et D'innovations IndustriellesExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (15), Referenced by (4), Classifications (12), Legal Events (10) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetVolatile substance diffuser without persistence
FIG. 5 is a view in section on V—V of the wall of FIG. 4;
FIGS. 12, 13 and 14 are views of the housing of the diffuser in section on XII—XII, XIII—XIII and XIV—XIV of FIGS. 10 and 11;
To allow the spool 20 to be introduced into the body 2, the latter has, for example, a main part 2 a which is widened out on its face that has the first opening 11 and has a threaded interior housing of axis 10. The body 2 further also comprises an attached part 2 b defining the largest part of the face which has the first opening 11 and has a threaded cylindrical exterior face designed to be screwed into the housing in the main part 2 a. Each of the two parts—the main part 2 a and the attached part 2 b—defines a hemisphere of the spherical interior face 16. The spool 20 is housed in the main part 2 a before this part is attached to the attached part 2 b. With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, a diffusion device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention is a scent organ and comprises a support 40 which has a series of places designed to accept diffusers 2 placed side by side with the front openings 11 facing in the same direction, the series of places constituting a module. The support comprises means for holding the diffusers in their places by clipping-together. Each place has an actuator, not depicted, designed to collaborate with the axis 30 of the associated diffuser 2 to maneuver the spool 20 with respect to the body 4. The support 40 comprises a primary duct 42 containing a blower 44 and connected to a series of secondary pipes 46 opening into the respective places facing the rear opening 11 of the ducts 8 of the diffusers. The support 40 comprises means for switching the blower 44 on and for choosing the position—closed, partially open or open—of each of the diffusers 2. Each of the diffusers 2 comprises a cartridge 32 associated with a different substance, for example a fragrance. The diffusers are all supplied with air by the blower 44, the common source of air, which takes in its air at the rear part of the support 40.
As illustrated in FIG. 20, the spool 120 is housed coaxially in the body 104. The exterior spherical face 122 of the spool extends facing the plates 127 and the interior cylindrical face 116 of the casing. Each plate has an interior shoulder accepting a seal 119 of circular annular shape depicted in FIGS. 20 and 27. This seal has a “V” profile. It has a base 173 parallel to the axis 110 and a lip 135 connected to an innermost edge of the base and locally parallel to the spherical face 122 with which it comes into contact. In the open position illustrated in FIG. 20, the seals 119 extend very close to the gratings 134, around these. In the closed position, the gratings 134 extend facing the interior face 116, between the two seals which isolate these gratings from the outside.
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