IP Library Granted Patent US 8,938,159
Granted Patent B2
US 8,938,159 · App. 13/670,430 · Granted Jan 20, 2015

Aroma-diffusing apparatus using a disposable aroma capsule

Inventor: Ming Jen Hsiao (Road Town, VG)
Assignee: Serene House International Enterprise Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,938,159
App. No.
13/670,430
Granted
Jan 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aroma-diffusing apparatus includes a housing defining a top opening, a lamp socket mounted in the housing and holding a lamp bulb, an aroma capsule including a disposable heat-transfer container detachably mounted in the top opening of the housing, a breathing film bonded to the disposable heat-transfer container to hold an aromatic substance held in the disposable heat-transfer container and a sealing film bonded to the heat-transfer container to seal the aromatic substance in the heat-transfer container, and a cable bracket affixed to the lamp socket for keeping the cable from becoming tangled.

Claims (14)

1. An aroma-diffusing apparatus, comprising:

a housing defining a top opening at a top side thereof;

a lamp socket mounted inside said housing;

a lamp bulb installed in said lamp socket;

an aroma capsule detachably accommodated in said top opening of said housing and heatable by radiating heat from said lamp bulb to give off fragrance, said aroma capsule comprising a heat-transfer container accommodated in said top opening of said housing, said disposable heat-transfer container defining a top opening, and an aromatic substance held in said disposable heat-transfer container; and

a high tensile strength cable bracket for securing electrical wires, and a first electrical wire and a second electrical wire respectively electrically connected to said lamp socket for connection to an external power source, said high tensile strength cable bracket comprising a mounting lug fixedly connected to said lamp socket, a planar panel, a sloping panel obliquely connected between said mounting lug and said planar panel, a first cable-retaining notch and a second cable-retaining notch respectively and symmetrically located on two opposite lateral sides of said sloping panel, and a third cable-retaining notch and a fourth cable-retaining notch respectively and symmetrically located on two opposite lateral sides of said planar panel, said first electrical wire being inserted from a bottom side of said sloping panel through said first cable-retaining notch toward a top side of said planar panel and then extended downwardly through said third cable-retaining notch to a bottom side of said planar panel and then turned forwardly out of said cable bracket to a power source, said second electrical wire being inserted from the bottom side of said sloping panel through said second cable-retaining notch toward the top side of said planar panel and then extended downwardly through said fourth cable-retaining notch to the bottom side of said planar panel and then turned forwardly out of said high tensile strength cable bracket to said power source.

2. The aroma-diffusing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , said aroma capsule further comprises a breathing film bonded to said disposable heat-transfer container to keep said aromatic substance in said disposable heat-transfer container, said breathing film having open spaces defined therein.

3. The aroma-diffusing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , said aroma capsule further comprises a sealing film bonded to said disposable heat-transfer container over said breathing film.

4. The aroma-diffusing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , said aromatic substance is a block of aromatic wax.

5. The aroma-diffusing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , said breathing film is selected from the material group of fabric, fiber cloth, porous plastic membrane and porous metal foil.

6. The aroma-diffusing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , said disposable heat-transfer container is selected from the material group of metal, hard plastics, fibers and compound materials.

7. The aroma-diffusing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , said disposable heat-transfer container is made in the form of an aluminum foil bowl.

8. The lamp socket and cable bracket assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first cable-retaining notch, said second cable-retaining notch, said third cable-retaining notch and said fourth cable-retaining notch respectively define a mouth, said mouth having a width relatively shorter than the internal width of the respective cable-retaining notch.

9. The lamp socket and cable bracket assembly as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one binding strap fastened to said high tensile strength cable bracket to hold down said first electrical cable in said first cable-retaining notch and said second cable-retaining notch and said second electrical cable in said third cable-retaining notch and said fourth cable-retaining notch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2012
From: HSIAO, MING JEN
To: SERENE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE LTD.
Reel/Frame 029252/0078 →
Continuity (1)
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