CA2029095A1

CA2029095A1 - Automatically spraying air freshener

Info

Publication number: CA2029095A1
Application number: CA 2029095
Authority: CA
Inventors: Sen L. Han
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1990-10-31
Filing date: 1990-10-31
Publication date: 1992-05-01

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An automatically activated air freshener composes a housing and a door, a support board is suspended from a top wall of the housing, an activating and securing means is attached to the support board and comprises a solenoid means with a sliding bar and a securing means, the sliding bar is able to perform a downward movement when the solenoid is electro-magnetically energized, an activating head of a fragrance sprayer is engaged with the securing means and actuated to spray by the downward movement of the sliding bar.

Description

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Title: Automaticall~ SPraYin~ Air Freshener BACKGROUND OF T~E INVENTION

This invention relates to an automatically activated spraying air freshener. Conventional an air 0~ fresheners are disposed in lavatories, meeting rooms, ect. The function of the air freshener is to eliminate unpleasant odors and to spray a pleasant perfume by dispersion of a fragrance. However, in a closed chamber or a unventilated room filled with a heavy unpleasant odor the operation of the air freshener is restricted, and the room will remain unpleasant. If the fragrance could be sprayed in the air, then even in a unventilated area the disagreeable condition would be readlly improved.

1;5~ 5UNMARY OF THE INVENTION

The lnvention concerns an automatically activated ; spraying air freshener which includes an activating and securing means and a fragrance sprayer. When a solenoid means of the activating and securing means is electro-20 magnetically energized, a rod of the solenoid means is ;
` ~ moved down to actuate the sprayer to spray fragrance to el~imi~nste odor in a room where the freshener is disposed.

It is a primary object of this invention to 2~ provlde ~an automatically spraying air fresher to ~-perlodlcally spray fra~rance .

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It is another object of thls invention to provide an automatically spraying air freshener which could be operated manually.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWIN&S

05Fig. 1 is a front view of the freshener of the invention with a partial cross-sectional view of the solenoid means wherein the front door is removed for clarity purpose and the fragrance sprayer is in a ~ ~-disengaging position;
10Fig. 2 is a perspective view in accordance with the present invention wherein the front door is opened; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view in accordance with the present invention illustrated the fragrance spra~er and the sliding bar outside the housing.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to Fig. 1, a spraying air freshener in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing, designat~edi bylnumeral 1, and a hinge 10 to!
connect with a front door (not shown). A support board 20 is suspended from a top wall of the housing 1.

An activating and securing means comprises a solenoid means and a securing means. The solenoid means ~includes a solenoid 6, a top and bottom plate indicated ~ .

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- 3 - , as 50 and 5, and a sliding bar 7 . The top and bottom plate 60 and 6 have a central hole, respectively; the diameter of the central hole is slightly greater than that of the sliding bar 7. The solenoid 6 is positioned 05 between the top and bottom plate 50 and 5 and aligned with the central hole. The sliding bar ~ has a nut at the upper end and the length of the bar is greater than the solenoid 6, so that the bar 7 can be inserted through the holes of the top and bottom plates 50 and 6 as well as the solenoid 6. Such a solenoid means is fixedly attached to the supporting board 20 with the top and bottom plate 50 and 6 thereof.

A securing means is composed of a pair of securing .
plates 4 and narrow L-shape plates 41. The securing plates 4 have two parallel flanges along the downward edge and a fixing flange at another end of the opposite side, respectively. The secur~ng plates 4 are fixedly mounted oppositel~ under the bottom plate 6 of the solenoid means with the fixing flange thereof, the L-shape plates 41 are fixed to the respective inner side of the securing plates 4 as well as the bottom plate ~
and aligned to the central hole of the bottom plate 6 -`~` ; of the solenoid means. Thus, a guiding channel is formed under the solenoid means.

25A fragrance sprayer 3 is provided with an - activating head 31 and a positioning block 32 thereon.
The activating head 31 is shaped and sized .:

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corresponding to the guiding channel, so that the activating head 31 is engageable with the guiding channel. Referring to Fig. 2, to insert the fragrance sprayer, the positioning block 32 is positioned beside 05 the securing means, and after pushing the activating head 31 into the guiding channel, the spra~er is rotated to bear the positioning block 32 against the securing means.

The solenoid is electrically connected through a controller (shown with a dotted line) to a power supply~
(not shown); and a LED indicator 14 and a starting button 15 are fixed to the front door and electrically connected to the controller. While the solenoid is i actuated by either the controller or the starting button~ and electro-magnetically energized, the inductive coil 6 will push the bar 7 downward to press and~actuat the activating head 31 of the sprayer.

Further, a front door is provided with a countersink hole 2 to allow the fragrance be sprayed out; and a transparent window 13 for checking the quantity of the fragrance; and a lock means 16 to lock the door; and a sponge cushion 2.

While replacing the sprayer, it just has to be rotated the sprayer to remove the positioning block and disqngage~the activating head from the guiding channel b~;pulling the sprayer outwardly.

Claims

1. An automatically activated air freshener comprising:
a housing having a front door and a support board suspended from a top wall of said housing;
an activating and securing means fixedly attached to said support board and comprising a solenoid means and a securing means providing a guiding channel at a bottom of said solenoid means, said solenoid means comprising a rod capable of performing a downward movement when said solenoid means is electro-magnetically energized; and a fragrance sprayer being disposed below said securing means, said fragrance sprayer having an activating head and a positioning block on a top surface thereof, said activating head being shaped and sized to be engageable with said guiding channel of said activating and securing means, said positioning block bearing against said securing means by rotating said fragrance sprayer to prevent said sprayer from moving out and to align said activating head with said rod of said solenoid means, thereby said downward movement of said rod enabling said fragrance sprayer to spray.

2. An apparatus described as claim 1, wherein said front door is convexly shaped and has a countersink hole corresponding to said activating head to allow said fragrance to spray out and a transparent window to show the quantity of fragrance.

3. An apparatus described as claim 2, wherein said front door providing a LED indicator to show when said fragrance is spraying and a starting button to actuate spraying manually.