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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2002
Colin William Brown, Surrey, GB;
Gerald Leslie Hart, late of Surrey, GB;
Guy Edward Naish, Oxfordshire, GB;
Kishen Gohil, Surrey, GB;
Mónica Mascato Dominguez, Vigo-Pontevedra, ES;
Zelnova, S.A., , ES;
Abstract
A thermal vaporizer for a liquid formulation comprising a volatile active, a container for said vaporizer and a thermal vaporizer assembly. The vaporizer (A) comprises a housing ( ) having a heater unit ( ) for evaporating the liquid formulation, a mounting ( ) for a container ( ) for the liquid formulation, a passage ( ) for a wick means ( ) to be heated by the heater unit ( ), at least one outlet ( ) for evaporated volatile active and an electrical contact connected to said heater unit ( ). The vaporizer selectively operates the heater unit at, at least, two different predetermined heating temperatures, such that the heater unit is selectively activated by the container ( ).