Air freshener

• US 5,498,397 A
• Filed: 05/09/1995
• Issued: 03/12/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chin-Fu Horng
• Original Assignee: Chin-Fu Horng
• Inventors: Horng, Chin-Fu
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Snider, Theresa T.
• Application Number:
  US08/437,663
• Time in Patent Office: 308 Days
• Field of Search: 422/4, 422/5, 422/123, 422/124, 422/305, 422/306, 239/34, 239/57, 239/60
• US Class Current: 422/124
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/122 comprising a fan
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 261/88 Aroma dispensers

Abstract

An air freshener is provided. The air freshener includes a base, a battery power supply and a fan motor mounted on the base and is covered by a motor cover. The fan motor has a fan blade extending above the motor cover. A shell covers the motor cover and the fan blade. The shell has a perforated open chamber in an upper portion thereof to hold spices. A transparent shade with air vents covers the open chamber. A power switch is provided and mounted on the shell. The power switch is connected in series between the battery power supply and the fan motor for controlling the operation of the fan motor, the fan motor producing currents of air for carrying the smell of the spices out of the transparent shade into the air through the air vents of the transparent shade.

Claims

1. An air freshener, comprising:

a base, said base including a pair of symmetrical battery chambers, said base having a centrally disposed recess formed between said pair of battery chambers and a pair of hooks disposed on opposing sides thereof;

a pair of battery cells respectively mounted within said pair of battery chambers;

a motor cover covering said base and secured thereto by said pair of hooks, said motor cover having a motor mounting hole formed therethrough;

a fan motor mounted within said centrally disposed recess of said base and disposed within said motor mounting hole of said motor cover, said fan motor having an output shaft extending from said motor cover through said motor mounting hole;

a fan blade coupled to said output shaft external said motor cover;

a shell over laying and coupled to said motor cover, said shell having a bottom chamber for receiving said combined base, motor cover, fan motor and fan blade, said shell having an open top chamber for holding spices therein, said open top chamber having a bottom wall with a plurality of air vents formed therethrough and in open communication with said bottom chamber;

a transparent shade having an open bottom end covering said open top chamber of said shell and the spices therein, said transparent shade having a closed upper end with a plurality of through openings formed therein; and

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a power switch mounted on said shell and electrically coupled in series relation between said battery cells and said fan motor for controlling operation of said fan motor, whereby operation of said fan motor causes said fan blade to produce air currents through said plurality of air vents for carrying an aroma of the spices from said plurality of through openings of said transparent shade.

2. The air freshener of claim 1 further comprising a lamp bulb mounted in said open top chamber of said shell and connected to said battery cells through said power switch.

3. The air freshener of claim 1 further comprising an AC-to-DC adapter mounted on said shell to convert AC to DC for said fan motor.