Patent ID: 8821802

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a scent, the apparatus comprising: a directional air mover arranged to produce an air flow exhibiting an angular velocity in relation to a central linear axis of said air flow; a plurality of electronically controlled scent producing elements arranged about said produced air flow, each of said plurality of electronically controlled scent producing elements distal of said directional air mover such that scent from any of said plurality of electronically controlled scent producing elements are not deposited on any surface of said directional air mover; and a control unit in communication with each of said directional air mover and said plurality of electronically controlled scent producing elements, wherein each of said electronically controlled scent producing elements further comprises an electronically controlled air mover responsive to said control unit, said control unit arranged to: energize the electronically controlled air mover, of one of the plurality of electronically controlled scent producing elements, in a first direction to drive the scent output of the one of the plurality of electronically controlled scent producing elements towards said air flow; and energize the electronically controlled air mover, of the one of the plurality of electronically controlled scent producing elements, in a second direction, opposing said first direction, to withdraw the scent output of the one of the plurality of electronically controlled scent producing elements from said air flow, each of said electronically controlled scent producing elements further comprising a scent disposer in communication with said withdrawn scent output.