IP Library Granted Patent US 11,896,743
Granted Patent B2
US 11,896,743 · App. 16/246,570 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Method of delivering a volatile composition into the air

Inventors: David Turner (Cincinnati, OH); Leslie Roselle Deaton (Alexandria, KY)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
A61L9/037A61L9/032A61L9/035A61L9/122A61L2209/11A61L2209/135
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Patent No.
US 11,896,743
App. No.
16/246,570
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A volatile composition dispenser and methods of volatilizing a volatile composition in the air are provided. The volatile composition dispenser includes one or more reservoirs, with each reservoir containing a volatile composition. Each reservoir has one or more delivery engines disposed in fluid communication with the volatile composition in the reservoir. Each delivery engine is in fluid communication with an evaporative surface. One or more evaporative assistance elements are disposed adjacent to the evaporative surface(s). A method of volatilizing the volatile composition(s) includes operating the evaporative assistance elements with varying energy over a total emission program, including energy boost periods, and extended emission periods of decreased or maintained energy.

Claims (26)

1. A method of dispensing a volatile composition, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a volatile composition dispenser, the volatile composition dispenser comprising a cartridge comprising a reservoir for containing the volatile composition, a delivery engine in fluid communication with the reservoir, an evaporative surface in fluid communication with the delivery engine, and an evaporative assistance element adjacent at least a portion of the evaporative surface, wherein the evaporative assistance element defines a maximum power output;

starting a total emission program for the volatile composition dispenser at time zero when the volatile composition dispenser is first powered and the cartridge is new or refilled to be full of the volatile composition;

increasing the energy applied by the evaporative assistance element to a first energy in a first energy boost period, wherein the first energy is the greatest energy within the first 24 hours of operation of the total emission program after time zero;

operating the evaporative assistance element below the first energy over a first extended emission period following the step of increasing the energy applied to the evaporative assistance element;

increasing the energy applied by the evaporative assistance element to a second energy in a second energy boost period, wherein the second energy is less than the first energy;

operating the evaporative assistance element at or below the second energy over a second extended emission period, wherein the length of the second energy boost period is no more than half of the length of the second extended emission period; and

increasing the energy applied by the evaporative assistance element to a third energy in a third energy boost period, wherein the third energy is greater than the first energy.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second energy boost period is no more than one-third of the length of the second extended emission period.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steps of applying the first, second, and third energy boosts further comprises increasing the power to the evaporative assistance element relative to the maximum power output.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the evaporative assistance element comprises a heater.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of increasing the energy applied by the evaporative assistance element to the second energy in a second energy boost period further comprises increasing the energy applied by the evaporative assistance element by at least 5% to the second energy in a second energy boost period.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the volatile composition dispenser further comprises a plurality of user-controlled power settings.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir is a first reservoir, wherein the volatile composition is a first volatile composition, wherein the delivery engine is a first delivery engine, wherein the evaporative surface is a first evaporative surface, and wherein the volatile composition dispenser further comprises a second reservoir comprising a second volatile composition, a second delivery engine in fluid communication with the second reservoir, a second evaporative surface in fluid communication with the second delivery engine, and a second evaporative assistance element that applies energy to the second evaporative surface.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second extended emission period comprises a plurality of discrete emission periods, wherein each of the plurality of discrete emission periods are separated by periods where the first evaporative assistance element is turned OFF or the power is reduced to less than 20% of the maximum power output, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

turning OFF the first evaporative assistance element after a first discrete emission period; and

turning ON the second evaporative assistance element to apply energy to the second evaporative surface simultaneously or after a gap in time after the first evaporative assistance element is turned OFF.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the length of time of each of the plurality of discrete emission periods are randomly selected from a random number generator or a picklist.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of increasing the energy applied by the evaporative assistance element to the third energy in a third energy boost period further comprises increasing the energy applied by the evaporative assistance element to the third energy that is at least 200% of the first energy in the third energy boost period.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first energy is a temperature in the range of 40° C. to 80° C., wherein the second energy is a temperature in the range of 50° C. to 90° C., wherein the third energy is a temperature in the range of 60° C. to 100° C.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first extended emission period lasts from between 2 to 6 days.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second extended emission period lasts from between 2 to 6 days.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of operating the evaporative assistance element at or below the third energy over a third extended emission period, wherein the length of the third energy boost period is no more than half of the length of the third extended emission period.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein a level of energy of the second extended emission period is greater than a level of energy of the first extended emission period.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein a level of energy of the third extended emission period is greater than a level of energy of the first extended emission period.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third energy is greater than the second energy.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2019
From: TURNER, DAVID; DEATON, LESLIE ROSELLE
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 048203/0987 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62618644 · Jan 18, 2018
Related Publication 20190216967A1 · Jul 18, 2019
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