Dispensing device for dispensing scents
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1. An apparatus for diffusing aromatic materials contained in or on an article of manufacture which article comprises multiple aromatic materials, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing; and
a removable, reusable/replayable, closed, multiple scent-containing article of manufacture, said multiple scent-containing article of manufacture comprising a plurality of receptacles for retaining multiple aromatic materials, said article having a sealed state so that said aromatic materials remain sealed from evaporation when said article is removed from said housing, wherein the multiple scent-containing article is removably inserted into or onto said housing.
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Abstract
A dispensing device for dispensing scents into the environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, the dispensing device is used in conjunction with an article of manufacture which contains one or more scents or aromatic materials.
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72 Claims
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1. An apparatus for diffusing aromatic materials contained in or on an article of manufacture which article comprises multiple aromatic materials, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; and
a removable, reusable/replayable, closed, multiple scent-containing article of manufacture, said multiple scent-containing article of manufacture comprising a plurality of receptacles for retaining multiple aromatic materials, said article having a sealed state so that said aromatic materials remain sealed from evaporation when said article is removed from said housing, wherein the multiple scent-containing article is removably inserted into or onto said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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- 30. The apparatus of claim I which is provided with a control for the user to control the duration of the emission of the aromatic materials.
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38. An apparatus for diffusing aromatic materials contained in a cartridge comprising multiple aromatic materials, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; and
a scent-containing cartridge comprising;
a shell; and
a disk rotatably mounted inside said shell, said disk comprising a plurality of scent receptacles for containing at least one scent element.
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39. An apparatus for diffusing aromatic materials contained in or on an article comprising multiple aromatic materials, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; and
a removable, interchangeable, closed, multiple scent-containing article, said multiple scent-containing article comprising a plurality of receptacles for retaining multiple aromatic materials, said article having a sealed state so that said aromatic materials remain sealed from evaporation when said article is removed from said housing, wherein the multiple scent-containing article is removeably inserted into the housing; and
a mechanism for locking and unlocking the article, said mechanism being capable of unlocking all of said receptacles simultaneously.
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42. An apparatus for diffusing aromatic materials, comprising:
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a housing;
a removable, interchangeable, closed, multiple scent-containing article, said multiple scent-containing article having a plurality of receptacles therein for retaining aromatic materials, said article having a sealed state so that said aromatic materials remain sealed from evaporation when said article is removed from said housing, wherein the multiple scent-containing article is removeably inserted into or onto the housing;
an activating mechanism disposed within the housing for at least partially converting at least a portion of the aromatic material within at least one of the plurality of receptacles in the multiple scent-containing article from a deactivated condition to an activated condition, said activating mechanism having an activated state and a deactivated state; and
a mechanism for aligning said at least one receptacle with the activating mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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47. An apparatus for diffusing aromatic materials, comprising:
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a housing;
a removable, interchangeable, closed, multiple scent-containing article, said multiple scent-containing article having a plurality of receptacles therein for retaining aromatic materials, said article having a sealed state so that said aromatic materials remain sealed from evaporation when said article is removed from said housing, wherein the multiple scent-containing article is removeably inserted into the housing;
an activating mechanism disposed within the housing for at least partially converting at least a portion of the aromatic material within at least one of the plurality of receptacles in the multiple scent-containing article from a deactivated condition to an activated condition, said activating mechanism having an activated state and a deactivated state; and
a mechanism for aligning said at least one receptacle with the activating mechanism, wherein said receptacles are closed by the movement of a single sealing mechanism that seals said receptacles when said article of manufacture is not in use.
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58. An apparatus for diffusing aromatic materials contained in or on an article comprising multiple aromatic materials that are related to each other by a common scent theme, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing; and
a multiple scent-containing article, said multiple scent-containing article comprising a plurality of receptacles for retaining multiple aromatic materials that are related to each other by a common scent theme, said article having a sealed state so that said aromatic materials remain sealed from evaporation when said article is removed from said housing, wherein the multiple scent-containing article is removeably inserted into or onto the housing.
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70. A method of providing a user with the ability to control the emission of the aromatic materials so that they can avoid habituation, said method comprises a scent diffuser that provides a scent emission function selected from the group consisting of:
- start and stop the emission;
select the scent “
volume”
or intensity;
select the time interval between scent transitions;
skip an unwanted scent; and
combinations thereof;
preferably the diffuser has the ability to control at least two emission functions, more preferably at least three emission functions, and most preferably all of said emission functions.
- start and stop the emission;
- 71. A method of providing a user with the ability to control the emission of the aromatic materials so that they can avoid habituation via both differing scent intensity and changing scents.
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