Fragrance product, dispenser, and dispenser assembly
A fragrance product is disclosed including a container containing liquid fragrance and a dispenser assembly for dispensing the liquid fragrance including a transport assembly and a tube connected to the transport assembly and extending into the liquid fragrance. The tube and the liquid fragrance each have a refractive index, and the difference between the refractive index of the tube and the liquid fragrance is not greater than about 0.04.
1. A fragrance product comprising:
a container containing liquid fragrance having a refractive index of about 1.37; and,
a dispenser assembly for dispensing the liquid fragrance comprising:
a transport assembly; and
a tube connected to the transport assembly and extending into the liquid fragrance, wherein the tube consists essentially of an extruded and quenched crystalline fluoropolymer having an XRD crystallinity not greater than about 13%, and the tube has a refractive index of from about 1.36 to about 1.38.
2. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the transport assembly comprises a pump for dispensing the liquid fragrance.
3. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the fluoropolymer is ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.
4. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the fluoropolymer has an XRD crystallinity not greater than about 10 wt %.
5. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the tube has a transparency not less than about 80%.
6. The fragrance product of claim 5 , wherein the tube has a transparency of about 80%.
7. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the tube has an outside diameter of about 1.4 mm to about 1.7 mm.
8. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the tube has an inner diameter of about 0.6 mm to about 0.9 mm.
9. A fragrance product comprising:
a container containing liquid fragrance; and,
a dispenser assembly for dispensing the liquid fragrance comprising:
a transport assembly; and
a tube connected to the transport assembly and extending into the liquid fragrance, wherein the tube consists essentially of an extruded and quenched crystalline fluoropolymer having an XRD crystallinity not greater than about 13%, and both the tube and the liquid fragrance have a refractive index of from about 1.36 to about 1.38.
10. The fragrance product of claim 9 , wherein the fluoropolymer is ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.
11. The fragrance product of claim 9 , wherein the tube has a transparency of about 80%.
12. The fragrance product of claim 9 , wherein the tube has an outside diameter of about 1.4 mm to about 1.7 mm.
13. The fragrance product of claim 9 , wherein the tube has an inner diameter of about 0.6 mm to about 0.9 mm.
14. The fragrance product of claim 9 , wherein the tube and the liquid fragrance have a refractive index of about 1.37.
15. A dispenser assembly for dispensing a liquid comprising:
a transport assembly; and,
a tube connected to the transport assembly;
wherein the tube consists essentially of an extruded and quenched crystalline fluoropolymer having an XRD crystallinity not greater than about 13%, the tube has a transparency of about 80% or more, and the tube has a refractive index of from about 1.36 to about 1.38.
16. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the fluoropolymer is selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether (PFA), tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene (FEP), tetrafluoroethylene and ethylene (ETFE), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polycholorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (EFEP), modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, polyfluoroacrylates, polytrifluoroacetate, tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene and vinyl idene fluoride (THV), and combinations thereof.
17. The fragrance product of claim 9 , wherein the fluoropolymer is selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether (PFA), tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene (FEP), tetrafluoroethylene and ethylene (ETFE), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polycholorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (EFEP), modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, polyfluoroacrylates, polytrifluoroacetate, tetrafluroethylene and hexafluoropropylene and vinyl idene fluoride (THV), and combinations thereof.
18. The dispenser assembly of claim 15 , wherein the fluoropolymer is selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether (PFA), tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene (FEP), tetrafluoroethylene and ethylene (ETFE), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polycholorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (EFEP), modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, polyfluoroacrylates, polytrifluoroacetate, tetrafluroethylene and hexafluoropropylene and vinyl idene fluoride (THV), and combinations thereof.
19. The dispenser assembly of claim 15 , wherein the fluoropolymer is ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.
20. The dispenser assembly of claim 15 , wherein the fluoropolymer is modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.