The present invention relates to scent releasing and heating devices and more particularly, to an aroma diffuser using fragrance capsule.
Conventional aroma diffusers include, for example, the use of candles to heat fragrance substances. The smoke generated by candle wick cotton causes problems such as TVOC or PM2.5 air pollution. Since the wick cotton will become short when burned, it is easy to extinguish after burning. When the fuel cup fuel stock becomes smaller, the flame will extinguish. In addition to the problem of burning carbon deposits, the flame of the burning of cotton wick is unstable. The aroma diffusing effect by the use of candles to heat fragrance substances is also unstable.
In prior art aroma diffuser designs invented by the present inventor, such as U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,668,885, 9,550,358, 9,498,533, EP Pat. No. 2679249, a container is used to transmit a heat source to a fragrance capsule that is provided with a breathable film. The breathable film is a plastic film with air holes. However, after a period of use, the breathable film will deform and become ugly on the surface, or even affect the dissipation of the fragrance molecules of the fragrance substance through the air holes of the breathable film to the outside air. Furthermore, because the fragrance substance in the fragrance capsule is a solid wax block, the middle part of the solid wax block is difficult to be uniformly heated to effectively produce aroma.
The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is thereof the main object of the present invention to provide an aroma diffuser using fragrance capsule, which provides a combustion heat source that can avoid polluting the air, and at the same time, the combustion heat source can be continuously and effectively transmitted to the fragrance substance of the fragrance capsule to generate a stable aroma.
To achieve this and other objects of the present invention, an aroma diffuser using fragrance capsule comprises a housing, a burner and a thermal conducting device. The housing comprising an opening, an accommodation space, a plurality of air holes and a locating portion. The opening is formed in a top side of the housing. The accommodation space is defined in the housing in communication with the opening. The air holes are formed on the periphery of the housing below the elevation of the opening. The locating portion is formed inside the housing below the air holes. The burner comprises a disc-like burner base and a wick. The disc-like burner base comprises a wick hole and a support tube. The support tube is upwardly extended from the disc-like burner base around the wick hole. The wick is inserted into the support tube and the wick hole. The burner is detachably mounted on the locating portion in the accommodation space of the housing. The burner defines with an inner bottom wall of the housing a fuel trough therebetween for the filling of a liquid fuel. The wick has one end thereof inserted into the fuel trough and an opposite end thereof extended out of the support tube and suspending in the accommodation space between the air holes. The thermal conducting device is detachably mounted on the burner in the accommodation space of the housing. The liquid fuel in the embodiment is preferable alcohol of gasoline that can be completely burned without polluting the air. The thermal conducting device (5) is used to heat the fragrance substance of the fragrance capsule for dissipating aroma into the air.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the thermal conducting device comprises a first annular container. The first annular container comprises a first opening, a first center tube and an inner flange. The first opening is formed in a top side of the first annular container. The inner flange horizontally projects from an inside wall of the first annular container. The first center tube upwardly projects from an inner bottom wall of the first annular container and is provided with an outer flange around the periphery thereof. The first center tube and the first annular container define therebetween a first annular groove.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the aroma diffuser further comprises a fragrance capsule. The fragrance capsule comprises a second annular container, a fragrance substance and a breathable film. The second annular container comprises a second opening and a second center tube. The second opening is formed in the top side of the second annular container. The second center tube has a top end thereof terminating in a nozzle. The second center tube upwardly projects from an inner bottom all of the second annular container. The second center tube and the second annular container define therebetween a second annular groove. The fragrance substance is mounted in the second annular groove. The breathable film is bonded to the second opening of the second annular container to cover the fragrance substance. The breathable film is breathable and waterproof and bonded to the second opening of the second annular container to cover the fragrance substance. The fragrance capsule is shaped like a donut for placing in the first annular container of the thermal conducting device conveniently. The second annular container is placed in the first annular container of the thermal conducting device for heating. The hollow part of the donut-like fragrance substance can be evenly heated to generate aroma, improving the problem of uneven heating of the conventional fragrance block. The thermal conducting device and the fragrance capsule can be integrally taken out of the housing. In this way, the liquid fuel can be supplemented to the disc-like burner base and flow through the first gap, then penetrate into the second gap and drip into the fuel trough via the drip holes.
During the use of the aroma diffuser, the burner can completely burn the liquid fuel, and the metal mesh wick will not be carbonized to cause pollution. The fixing film combined with the microporous film is not deformed or ugly when heated, and the aroma can be diffused outward from the breathable film. The fragrance substance gas molecules maintain good breathability with this breathable film to stably dissipate to outside space. The fragrance capsule is safe to use. After the evaporation of the fragrance substance, the fragrance capsule can be discarded and replaced view a new one.
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The housing (1) comprises an opening (11), an accommodation space (13), air holes (15), and a locating portion (17). The opening (11) is formed on a top side of the housing (1). The space inside the housing (1) in communication with the opening (11) is defined as an accommodation space (13). The air holes (15) is formed on the periphery of the housing (1) below the opening (11). The locating portion (17) is formed inside the housing (1) under the air holes (15).
The burner (3) comprises a disc-like burner base (31) and a wick (33). The disc-like burner base (31) comprises a wick hole (311), and a support tube (313) upwardly extended from the periphery of the wick hole (311). The wick (33) is inserted into the support tube (313) and the wick hole (311). The burner (3) is detachably joined to the locating portion (17) in the accommodation space (13) of the housing (1). A fuel trough (19) is defined between the burner (3) and an inner bottom side of the housing (1). The wick (33) has one end thereof inserted into the fuel trough (19), and an opposite end thereof suspending between the air holes (15).
The thermal conducting device (5) is detachably mounted above the burner (3) in the accommodation space (13). The fuel trough (19) is used to fill a liquid fuel (191). In this embodiment, the liquid fuel is preferably alcohol, which can be completely burned without polluting the air.
In some embodiments, the burner (3) can also use various refined liquid fuels (191) such as kerosene, gasoline, vegetable oil, animal oil and the like.
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In some embodiments of the present invention, the metal mesh rod (333) is a wick structure with a metal mesh wound around a central axis, or a wick structure formed by folding or stacking a metal mesh into shape.
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The second annular container (71) is placed in the first annular groove (519) of the first annular container (51) of the thermal conducting device (5). The first protrusions (5150) are stopped at the bottom side of the outer flange (712). The second protrusions (5170) are stopped at the bottom side of the inner flange (7132). In this way, the fragrance capsule (7) is kept apart from the thermal conducting device (5) by a gap and will not be directly heated. The burner (3) heats the thermal conducting device (5). The thermal conducting device (5) does not directly heat the fragrance capsule (7), but the thermal radiant heat of the thermal conducting device (5) is transmitted to the fragrance capsule (7) to heat the fragrance substance (73) at a constant and stable temperature for effective and continuous release of fragrance. The fragrance substance (73) does not run out too quickly.\
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The fixing film (751) is combined with the waterproof and moisture-permeable microporous film (755), and the fixing film (751) is used to fix the microporous film (755) without being deformed when heated, maintaining the breathable and waterproof function of the breathable film (75). The microporous film (755) is made from TPE (thermoplastic elastomer). The microporous film (755) that is made from TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) has second pores. The material of the fixing film (751) can be selected from polyester fiber. The fixing film (751) made from polyester fiber is combined with the microporous film (755) made from TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) to form the breathable film (75) that has a breathability. The aperture of the first pores is larger than the aperture of the second pores. The breathable film (75) is bonded to the second opening (711) of the second annular container (71). Using this layer of TPE microporous film (755) can achieve waterproof and moisture permeable effects, and also can maintain the quality of the fragrance inside of the fragrance capsule (7) during storage.
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In all the above embodiments, the fixing film (751) of the fragrance capsule (7) and the microporous film (755) can be reversed upside down. The top side of the microporous film (755) is bonded with the fixing film (751) or the top side of the fixing film (751) is bonded with the microporous film (755).
In one embodiment of the present invention, the aperture of the first pores of the fixing film (751) is larger than or equal to the aperture of the second pores of the microporous film (755), facilitating passing of the aroma through the breathable film (75). That is, the air permeability per unit area of the first pores of the fixing film (751) is greater than or equal to the air permeability per unit area of the second pores of the microporous film (755), which further facilitates the passage of aroma through the breathable film (75). In one embodiment of the present invention, the porosity of the first pores of the fixing film (751) is not equal to the porosity of the second pores of the microporous film (755).
The hollow part of the donut-shaped fragrance capsule (7) and the hollow part of the donut-shaped fragrance substance (73) will cause the fragrance substance (73) to dissolve and sublimate evenly and quickly when heated, while avoiding the central high temperature heat source. The thermal conducting device (5) heats the fragrance capsule (7) with a uniform temperature of radiant heat to prevent the fragrance substance (73) from heating up too quickly.
Although particular embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
This application is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 15/884,349, filed Jan. 31, 2018 and Ser. No. 15/887,232, filed Feb. 2, 2018.
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Parent | 15884346 | Jan 2018 | US |
Child | 16781804 | US | |
Parent | 15887232 | Feb 2018 | US |
Child | 15884346 | US |