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Envirotest Systems Corporation

Kenneth W Michaels

Paul E Furner

Nathan R Westphal

Cory J Nelson

Chris A Kubicek

Brent Delbert Madsen

Thomas P Gasper

Michael E Short

M Scott Carpenter

Leon M Lemon

Peter M Neumann

Evan A Sparks

Gene Sipinski

Brian T Davis

David P Mather

Edward J Kunesh

Kamran Faterioun

Douglas A Soller

Thomas Jaworski

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Michael J Banco

Thomas J Szymczak

Rudolph W Janda

Tai P Luc

Terra J Morgan

Megan L Polzin

Bhavesh Shah

Scott W Demarest

William F Gordon

Kevin Harrity

Cathal L Fahy

Alex Mecker

Matthew Brian Dubin

Nitin Sharma

Timothy R Bartlett

Kylie L Levake

Jason R Gebhardt

John Aaron Miller

Daniel A Andersen

Steven V Bisbikis

James T Walker

David J Schram

René Maurice Béland

Elias H Shaer

Lea Kobeli

Simon M Conway

James Johnson

Thomas A Helf

Padma Prabodh Varanasi

Jeffrey L Crull

Jonathan N Mandell

Joel E Adair

Donald Hugh Stedman

Elie Papiernik

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Stefano Baldessari

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Rene Maurice Beland

Mark E Johnson

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Tianzhu Wang

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James Marschalek

William E McCracken

Jonathan Rathbone

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Michael J McGlade

Mark J Skorski

Alessio Dalser

Andrew N Niemiec

Gregory Falendysz

Nathan P Hendon

Grace Kim

Clifford S Eagleton

Krista Bangsund

Sydney Minnis

John DiDomenico

William E Mccracken

Scott Carpenter

James S Marschalek

A volatile material dispenser includes a housing configured to receive a refill containing a volatile material and a wick, the housing including a first cavity supporting a heater arrangement and a second, separate cavity supporting a fan arrangement for dispersing a vapor plume of the volatile material. The first cavity is substantially unobstructed between an upper, interior surface of the housing and an upper surface of the heater arrangement. The housing also includes an aperture through which the vapor plume exits the housing and a plurality of openings through which air from the fan arrangement directs the vapor plume away from the aperture. When a refill is received within the hosing, the upper surface of the heater arrangement is disposed nearer the aperture than a distal end of the wick, and a radial gap is formed between the heater arrangement and the wick.

Volatile material dispenser

Dispenser

An automatic discharge device includes a housing having a recess for receipt of the body of a container and a groove configured to receive a portion of a valve stem of the container. The recess includes a tapered upper end configured to fit a neck of the container. Further, a first compartment for receipt of a first battery and a second compartment for receipt of a second battery are provided. An actuator is disposed proximate the groove, which defines lateral sidewalls and a rear sidewall and has an open forward end to receive the valve stem.

Compact spray device

A volatile material dispenser includes a housing and a dispensing mechanism disposed within the housing for emitting a volatile material. A faceplate is attached to the housing and provides an aesthetically pleasing look to the volatile material dispenser.

Volatile material dispenser having a faceplate

A method of alternatingly emitting two or more volatile materials comprises the steps of activating a first heater and emitting a first volatile material for a first period of time by emitting the first volatile material at a first primary evaporation rate and emitting the first volatile material at a first secondary evaporation rate after evaporation of the first volatile material at the first primary evaporation rate. The method further includes the steps of deactivating the first heater, activating a second heater, and emitting a second volatile material for a second period of time by emitting the second volatile material at a second primary evaporation rate and emitting the second volatile material at a second secondary evaporation rate after evaporation of the second volatile material at the second primary evaporation rate. The first and second secondary evaporation rates are less than the first and second primary evaporation rates.

Method of alternatingly emitting two or more volatile materials

An automatic discharge device includes a housing having a recess for receipt of a container. Further, a first compartment for receipt of a first battery and a second compartment for receipt of a second battery are provided. An actuator is disposed above the recess and the first compartment and the second compartment are disposed on opposing sides of the recess.

An automatic discharge device includes a housing retaining two containers therein. An actuator arm is attached to the housing and movable between first and second positions. A drive unit is provided for automatically moving the actuator arm into one of the first and second positions in response to a signal from at least one of a timer, a sensor, and a manual switch. The movement of the actuator arm actuates a valve stem of one of the two containers in one of the first and second positions. The actuator arm is adapted to spray fluid disposed in an interior of the two containers.

A dispensing device includes an actuating device that actuates first and second containers, respectively, and a sensor for detecting an environmental condition. In a first period the actuating device is inactive, in a second period the actuating device actuates the first container at a first frequency, and in a third period the actuating device actuates the second container at a second frequency. If the sensor has detected the environmental condition, the actuating device actuates the first and/or second containers, respectively, during a fourth period at a third frequency.

Multiple volatile material dispensing device and operating methodologies therefore

A method of operating a dispensing unit includes the step of providing a power source to a dispensing unit that includes a housing having at least two aerosol containers disposed therein and an actuator arm. The dispensing unit activates in response to a minimum threshold of light being sensed by a light sensor. The method also includes the step of selecting a sleep period interval between spray operations.

A dispensing device includes first and second actuators that actuate first and second containers, respectively, to dispense volatile material therefrom and a sensor for detecting an environmental condition. In a first period the first and second actuators are inactive, in a second period the first actuator actuates the first container at a first frequency to dispense volatile material therefrom, and in a third period the second actuator actuates the second container at a second frequency to dispense volatile material therefrom. If the sensor has detected the environmental condition, the first and/or second actuators actuate the first and/or second containers, respectively, during a fourth period at a third frequency.

A device for that places a fluid container in fluid communication with a sprayer is disclosed. The device includes a container adapter that allows a dip tube to be attached to the fluid container rather than the sprayer. When the sprayer is removed from the fluid container, the dip tube stays in the fluid container. Refill fluid containers may come with the container adapter and dip tube installed. When the sprayer is attached to the fluid container, the adapter seals against the sprayer allowing fluid to be pumped from the fluid container by the sprayer. A sprayer connector with geometry that matches an inner or outer shape of the adapter is attached to and/or built into the sprayer. The sprayer connector is constructed to allow easy alignment of the sprayer to the fluid container. The sprayer connector and the container adapter also provide a unique attachment geometry to insure only containers with formulae compatible to the sprayer are pumped through the sprayer.

Device for attaching a dip tube to a fluid container

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Spring Grove, IL, United States of America

Kenneth W Michaels