Patent ID: 7106956

Claim:
An electric device for releasing active substances, comprising: a support body; an external plug stemming from said support body for connecting the device to a main supply; a flat wick comprising a first arm and two divergent arms which extend from said first arm; a heater element situated close to said flat wick; a heat-formed container comprising a reservoir, said flat wick being arranged to convey an active substance by capillarity from the reservoir up to an area of said flat wick which protrudes out of the reservoir of said heat-formed container and which is located close to said heater element, wherein the reservoir has a noticeably triangular configuration and a flat extension with a depression housing said first arm of said flat wick, which is pressed between a surface of the flat extension and an impermeable strip, which is thermowelded to said heat-formed container, wherein said two divergent arms of said flat wick extend from said first arm into the reservoir in a manner such that if said external plug is vertically oriented, a first one of said two divergent arms is substantially vertically oriented so as to guarantee contact with the active substance, and if said external plug is horizontally oriented, a second one of said two divergent arms is substantially vertically oriented so as to guarantee contact with the active substance.