Apparatus for the diffusion of volatile products

Abstract

Abstract AN APPARATUS FOR DIFFUSION OF VOLATILE LIQUIDS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BY EVAPORATION IS DISLCOSED WHICH COMPRISES A RESERVOIR CONTAINING THE LIQUID TO BE EVAPORATED INTO WHICH DIPS A FEEDER WICK JOINED TO AN EVAPORATOR MOUNTED ON A WALL OF THIS RESERVOIR; A TUBE SURROUNDING THE WICK FOR AT LEAST PART OF ITS HEIGHT, AND A DESTRUCTIBLE CLOSURE DEVICE INTERRUPTING THE COMMUNICATION OF THE INTERIOR ORIFICE OF THE WICK TUBE WITH THE ATMOSPHERE BEFORE USE AND MEANS SUCH AS A BLADE OPERABLE FROM THE OUTSIDE TO DESTROY THE CLOSURE DEVICE AT THE MOMENT OF PUTTING THE APPARATUS TO USE. THE RESERVOIR PREFERABLY ALSO CARRIES A TUBE COMMUNICATING THE GASEOUS VOLUME INSIDE TO THE ATMOSPHERE, WHICH IS PREFERABLY SEALED OFF BEFORE USE IN A SIMILAR MANNER AS THE WICK TUBE AND MUST BE OPENED TOGETHER WITH THE LATTER. IN ANOTHER MODIFICATION OF THE APPARATUS, THE CLOSURE DEVICE IS NONDESTRUCTIBLE AND COMPRISES A SEALING PLUG LOCATED IN THE PROJECTION OF THE FEEDER WICK AND WHICH CROSSES THE EVAPORATOR, THE UNIT FORMED BY THE PLUG AND THE WICK BEING SLIDABLE BETWEEN A CLOSURE POSITION AT WHICH THE PLUG OBTURATES THE WICK TUBE AND AN OPEN POSITION IN WHICH THE PLUG IS PULLED BEYOND THE EVAPORATOR THIS LATTER BEING THEN IN CONTACT WITH THE FEEDER WICK. THE ENTIRE APPARATUS CAN BE COVERED BY A HOOD CONTAINING A DIFFUSER WALL.

Inventors

• 👤 Claude Hennart
• 👤 Georges Martin
• 👤 Jean Claude Balland

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