S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Jesse Richard

William F Gordon

Bernard Borel

Michael N Haynes

Brian T Davis

Joel E Adair

Eric Gaillard

Kamran Faterioun

Sebastian D Hasik

Harold Augier

David Dycher

Scott D Walter

Shigeru G Natsume

Daniel S McGrath

Nathan R Westphal

Dirk K Nickel

Gregory G Pieper

Kristian Buschmann

Eric Ping Pang Chan

Kylie L Levake

David A Smith

Jason R Gebhardt

Steven V Bisbikis

Imre J Dancs

Dennis Jon Beaumont

Bradley H Price

Jason K Stanbro

Christopher R Sheridan

Joao Paulo Possidonio Miguens

Johnathan Kroeger

Alan Laursen

Richard D Maggard, Jr

Seth Frankel

Tracy L Guard

Ryan Stolzenbach

Richard Watson

Miguel A Esparza

Michael Haynes

Jeff L Harwig

Christpher R Sheridan

Jason Stanbro

A volatile material dispenser includes a housing configured to receive a refill containing a volatile material and a wick. The housing includes a heater arrangement that defines an opening in which a distal portion of the wick is received. Additionally, a top cover is configured to be coupled to the housing and defines a central aperture through which a vapor plume exits the housing. The top cover includes an annular wall having a first surface, a second surface opposite therefrom, an outer edge, and an inner edge that defines the central aperture. The central aperture is positioned about a longitudinal axis that defines opposing first and second axial directions. The top cover further comprises a plurality of apertures arranged around the central aperture. The top cover defines a converging outlet defined between a trough and the inner edge, and the second surface curves from the trough to the inner edge.

Dispenser with an improved heater arrangement

A light ring for a flowable medium dispenser includes an annular shape and is coupled to a body of a dispenser.

Dispenser with a visual indication system

Dispenser

A refill for dispensing a volatile material includes a bottle having a body defined by at least one sidewall and a neck extending from the body. The neck includes a rim at an upper end thereof and has an inner surface, a top surface, and an outer surface. A wick has a first end positioned within the bottle and a second end extending out of the bottle. A plug assembly is secured to the neck of the bottle and retains the wick within the bottle. A cap is coupled with the neck of the bottle. An underside of the cap includes a stop and a flange that form a seal with the plug assembly when the refill is in an assembled configuration.

Refill for holding volatile materials

A dispensing system includes a housing, a discharge outlet, and a trigger having a grip portion pivotably coupled to the housing to rotate from a first position to a second position. The grip portion has an upper surface and an interior surface disposed below the discharge outlet when the dispensing system is in an upright position. The upper surface of the grip portion moves outward when the grip portion rotates from the first position to the second position to enable at least one of the upper surface or the interior surface to direct a fluid product discharged via the discharge outlet into an interior of the housing.

Dispensing systems

A volatile material dispenser includes a housing that defines a longitudinal axis and is configured to receive a refill containing a volatile material and a wick. The volatile material dispenser also includes a cylinder that includes an inner wall that defines an opening and an interior edge, a resistor embedded in the cylinder, and a heater chassis that includes an inner wall that defines a passage between an upper end and a lower end. The upper end of the heater chassis abuts the interior edge of the cylinder. In addition, the inner wall of the cylinder extends away from the longitudinal axis at a first angle and the inner wall of the heater chassis extends away from the longitudinal axis at a second angle.

A heater arrangement for a volatile material dispenser includes a cylinder defining an opening and a resistor embedded in the cylinder. The dispenser further includes a housing configured to receive a refill containing a volatile material and a wick. The housing includes a first cavity configured to support the heater arrangement. Further, the dispenser is configured such that, when the refill is received within the housing, the opening receives the wick therein so that a radial gap is formed between the heater arrangement and the wick.

A volatile material atomizing device comprises a housing having a fan, a fluid outlet, a plurality of air inlets and a plurality of air outlets. The plurality of air outlets are positioned at least partially around the fluid outlet. A fluid reservoir includes a wick and containing a volatile material. The fluid reservoir is disposed within the housing. An atomizing assembly is in fluid communication with the wick and positioned in the housing. The atomizing assembly is configured to dispense the volatile material out of the fluid outlet.

Piezoelectric active emitting device with improved air flow output

A dispensing system includes a container and an overcap. The container includes a central, longitudinal axis and a first outermost point. The first outermost point of the container is a first distance from the central, longitudinal axis along a first line perpendicular to the central, longitudinal axis. The overcap is coupled to the container and includes a pivotable trigger that is configured to pivot between an unactuated position and an actuated position. A second outermost point of the trigger is a second distance from the central, longitudinal axis along a second line perpendicular to the central, longitudinal axis when the trigger is in the unactuated position, the second distance less than the first distance. Further, the second outermost point of the trigger is to move toward the central, longitudinal axis when the trigger moves toward the actuated position.

A volatile material dispenser may include a housing adapted to hold a refill containing a volatile material and a nebulizer in communication with the refill and the volatile material within the refill, wherein the nebulizer is adapted to volatilize and emit the volatile material as nebulized particles. The nebulizer may include a piezoelectric element having a central aperture and first and second opposing surfaces and an orifice plate disposed adjacent the first surface of the piezoelectric element.

Volatile material dispenser with nebulizer and nebulizer assembly

An overcap () includes a housing () for coupling to a container (). The housing () has a first side-wall () including an aperture (). The overcap () also includes a trigger () having a grip portion () disposed outside of the housing () and an arm () extending through the aperture () of the first sidewall () and pivotably coupled to a fulcrum () spaced apart from the first sidewall (). The overcap () further includes a cap () coupled to the housing () and a manifold () suspended from the cap ().

Overcap for a container

A method of emitting a volatile material includes the step of programming a volatile material dispenser to include at least two intensity levels, wherein upon initiation of each of the intensity levels for an operating cycle, a resistor is operated at a first percentage of its power rating for a first period of time. Upon selection of a first of the at least two intensity levels and after the first period of time, the resistor is operated at a second percentage of its power rating for a remainder of an operating cycle. Upon selection of a second of the at least two intensity levels and after the first period of time, the resistor is operated at the second percentage of its power rating for a second period of time and, after the second period of time, operating the resistor at a third percentage of its power rating for a remainder of an operating cycle.

Volatile material dispenser and method of emitting a volatile material

A rotatable electrical plug assembly for a volatile material dispenser includes a support block having first and second opposing lateral sides and electrical plug pins extending from the support block and including terminals connected to the plug pins. The plug assembly further includes a wire extending from one of the terminals toward the first side of the support block, wherein the wire forms a loop between the terminals and the first side and further extends toward the second side of the support block.

Rotatable plug assembly and method of reducing strain in a wire

Volatile material dispenser

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Racine, WI, United States of America

Jesse Richard