Patent ID: 7962017

Claim:
An evaporation device for evaporating volatile substances such as aromatics and/or insecticides comprising: a housing; a receptacle arrangement carried by the housing having two receiving chambers for substances to be evaporated; wicks inserted into the receiving chambers having wick ends protruding from the receiving chambers to provide wick end evaporation areas in which evaporated substance is present; a heater arrangement carried in the housing for providing heat to the protruding wick ends adjacent said wick end evaporation areas for evaporation; at least one blower for generating an air stream; a tapered nozzle positioned generally transverse to said wick end evaporation areas for creating a targeted air stream directed across said evaporation areas to entrain and carry said evaporated substance out of said housing; and a control unit for controlling the heater arrangement to evaporate the substances and for controlling the blower to be switched on at defined evaporation times.