Claims
- 1. A method of generating a chemical ring, the method comprising:releasing a scent chemical into a venting chamber; and delivering a pulse of air into the venting chamber to deliver a cohesive unit of air and scent chemicals out of an orifice in the venting chamber, wherein the cohesive unit of air and scent chemical is in the form of a ring.
- 2. The method of claim 1 comprising coupling a power supply to a storage system, wherein the activation of the power supply releases the scent chemical from the storage system into the venting chamber.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein a user interface is in communication with the storage system.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the user interface is a lever.
- 5. The method of claim 3 wherein the user interface is a switch.
- 6. The method of claim 3 wherein the user interface is a button.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the chemical is released into the venting chamber in a vapor form.
- 8. A system that generates a scent chemical ring, the system comprising:a venting chamber comprising an orifice; a storage system that delivers a chemical vapor to the venting chamber; a user interface operatively coupled to the storage system to control delivery of the chemical to the venting chamber; and an elastic diaphragm that pushes a burst of air into the venting chamber so as to send a scent vapor chemical ring out of the orifice.
- 9. The system of claim 8 further comprising a user interface that is configured to activate the elastic diaphragm.
- 10. The system of claim 8 wherein the opening is circular.
- 11. The system of claim 8 further comprising a power supply coupled to the storage system.
- 12. The system of claim 8 wherein the storage system is removably coupled to the venting chamber.
- 13. The system of claim 8 wherein the chemical is in liquid form when in the storage system and in vapor form when it is delivered to the venting chamber.
- 14. The system of claim 8 wherein the storage system is removably attached to the venting chamber.
- 15. The system of claim 8 wherein the user interface is a lever.
- 16. The system of claim 8 wherein the user interface is a switch.
- 17. The system of claim 8 wherein the storage system comprises a plurality of cartridges.
- 18. A system that generates a scent chemical ring comprising:a venting chamber comprising a round orifice; a storage system coupled to the venting chamber, wherein the storage system stores a liquid scent chemical; a delivery assembly coupled to the storage system that is configured to vaporize the liquid scent chemical before it is delivered to the venting chamber; a user interface coupled to the storage system to activate delivery of the scent chemical from the storage system to the venting chamber; and a bolus generator positioned to deliver an air pulse into the venting chamber, wherein the air pulse emits a cohesive unit of air and vapor scent chemical out of the round orifice in the venting chamber, wherein the cohesive unit of air and scent chemical is in the form of a ring.
- 19. The system of claim 18 wherein the bolus generator is an elastic diaphragm.
- 20. The system of claim 18 wherein the delivery assembly comprises a power supply.
- 21. The system of claim 18 wherein the storage system is removably attached to the venting chamber.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/000,432 filed Nov. 30, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,536,746, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/522,977 filed Mar. 10, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,357,726 and provisional application No. 60/123,970, filed Mar. 12, 1999, under 37 C.F.R. §1.78, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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