IP Library Granted Patent US 8,852,528
Granted Patent B2
US 8,852,528 · App. 13/186,285 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Fragrance product, dispenser, and dispenser assembly

Inventors: James Thomson (Hudson, OH); Julia DiCorleto Gibson (Bedford, MA); John Boyle (Cleveland, OH); Kevin Gray (Nashua, NH)
Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
B05B11/00B05B11/30B05B11/0037B05B11/06B05B15/00B05B15/005
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Patent No.
US 8,852,528
App. No.
13/186,285
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (14)

1. A fragrance product, comprising:

a container containing a liquid fragrance; and

a dispenser assembly for dispensing the liquid fragrance, comprising:

a pump; and

a tube connected to the pump;

wherein the tube comprises at least one crystalline fluoropolymer material chosen from at least one of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene and/or modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, and the tube has a refractive index of not greater than about 1.40.

2. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the tube further comprises at lease one fluoropolymer material chosen from at least one of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether (PFA), tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene (FEP), tetrafluoroethylene and ethylene (ETFE), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polycholorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), polyfluroacrylates, polytrifluoroacetate, and tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene fluoride (THV).

3. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the fluoropolymer material is modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.

4. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the fluoropolymer material has a controlled crystalline content.

5. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the tube has a refractive index of not greater than 1.38.

6. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the tube has a transparency of not less than about 80%.

7. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the liquid fragrance has a refractive index, and the difference between the refractive index of the tube and of the liquid fragrance is not greater than about 0.04.

8. The fragrance product of claim 1 , wherein the liquid fragrance has a refractive index, and the difference between the refractive index of the tube and of the liquid fragrance is not greater than about 0.02.

9. The product of claim 1 , wherein the fluoropolymer material is ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2017
From: WESTROCK MWV, LLC
To: WESTROCK DISPENSING SYSTEMS, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 12766538 · Apr 23, 2010
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