Energy conserving vapor-dispersing device with optional repeating off cycles
First Claim
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1. A vapor-dispersing device comprising:
- a. a housing with walls enclosing an interior space;
b. a vent on said housing;
c. an electrically powered vapor delivery means substantially within said housing for vaporizing a volatizable material;
d. a circuit means substantially within said housing for controlling said vapor delivery means, said circuit means electrically coupled to said vapor delivery means, said circuit means comprising a timing circuit preprogrammed to control electrical power to said vapor delivery means in fixed repeating “
ON”
/“
OFF”
cycles when triggered; and
,e. a momentary contact switch, electrically coupled to said timing circuit for irreversibly starting said repeating “
ON”
/“
OFF”
cycles.
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Abstract
An electrical vapor-dispersing device is described that vaporizes volatizable material continuously and uninterrupted when first plugged into an AC electrical source, but upon operation of an initiator switch begins cycling fixed “OFF/ON” periods preset at from about 6 to about 18-hours to conserve both energy and volatizable material. In the preferred embodiment, an LED signals when the total elapsed “on-time” reaches a set value and refill of the volatizable material is required. The device is returned to constant operation only by unplugging from the electrical source and plugging back in to the electrical mains, or by electrical power failure/interruption.
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1. A vapor-dispersing device comprising:
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a. a housing with walls enclosing an interior space; b. a vent on said housing; c. an electrically powered vapor delivery means substantially within said housing for vaporizing a volatizable material; d. a circuit means substantially within said housing for controlling said vapor delivery means, said circuit means electrically coupled to said vapor delivery means, said circuit means comprising a timing circuit preprogrammed to control electrical power to said vapor delivery means in fixed repeating “
ON”
/“
OFF”
cycles when triggered; and
,e. a momentary contact switch, electrically coupled to said timing circuit for irreversibly starting said repeating “
ON”
/“
OFF”
cycles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14)
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12. A vapor-dispersing device comprising:
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a. a housing with walls enclosing an interior space; b. a vent on said housing; c. an electrically powered vapor delivery means substantially within said housing for vaporizing a volatizable material, said vapor delivery means comprising a reservoir containing said volatizable material, said reservoir further comprising a porous wick in communication with said volatizable material; d. a circuit means substantially within said housing for controlling said vapor delivery means, said circuit means electrically coupled to said vapor delivery means, said circuit means comprising a timing circuit preprogrammed to control electrical power to said vapor delivery means in fixed repeating “
ON”
/“
OFF”
cycles when triggered, said circuit means also including an LED indicator; and
,e. a momentary contact switch, electrically coupled to said timing circuit for irreversibly triggering said repeating “
ON”
/“
OFF”
cycles, wherein said LED indicator is lit for the duration of each said repeating “
ON”
cycle and is not lit for each said repeating “
OFF”
cycle.
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13. A vapor-dispersing device comprising:
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a. a housing with walls enclosing an interior space; b. a vent on said housing; c. an electrically powered vapor delivery means substantially within said housing for vaporizing a volatizable material, said vapor delivery means comprising a reservoir containing said volatizable material, said reservoir further comprising a porous wick in communication with said volatizable material; d. a circuit means substantially within said housing for controlling said vapor delivery means, said circuit means electrically coupled to said vapor delivery means, said circuit means comprising a timing circuit preprogrammed to control electrical power to said vapor delivery means in fixed repeating “
ON”
/“
OFF”
cycles when triggered, said circuit means also including a bicolor LED indicator and a FLASH memory usable to clock said “
ON”
cycles; and
,e. a momentary contact switch, electrically coupled to said timing circuit for irreversibly triggering said repeating “
ON”
/“
OFF”
cycles, wherein said LED indicator is lit with one color only for the duration of each said repeating “
ON”
cycle, and with another color at the end of a fixed time period that roughly corresponds to the time when said reservoir is empty of said volatizable material.
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