EP3618879A1 - Cartouche de composition odoriférante et dispositif de diffusion d'air parfumé - Google Patents
Cartouche de composition odoriférante et dispositif de diffusion d'air parfuméInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a cartridge of odoriferous composition adapted to be removably assembled to a scented air diffusion device. It extends to a scented air diffusion device adapted to receive at least one such odoriferous composition cartridge.
- French patent application FR15.58234 discloses a portable electronic dispensing device comprising a reservoir of odoriferous composition in the general shape of a cylinder of revolution having a through central axial lumen, and which can contain a solid porous material in the divided state and impregnated with an essential oil composition.
- the reservoir has a perforated inner wall delimiting the central lumen and receiving a flow of gas composition by a radial duct, this flow leaving the reservoir by a perforated peripheral wall of the latter.
- the odoriferous composition is contained in the liquid state in a cartridge and is diffused by nebulization or by passing a stream of air in contact with a wick or through a porous support which soaks in the liquid composition contained in the cartridge.
- Nebulized diffusion produces a gaseous mixture of micro droplets which can cause peaks in high concentrations of the perfume or essential oil and produce respiratory and eye problems.
- Diffusion by contact of an air flow with a wick or a porous support is on the contrary insufficiently effective and does not allow to precisely control the effect produced, especially over time.
- the invention therefore aims to overcome all of these disadvantages. It therefore aims in particular to propose a cartridge of volatile odoriferous composition and a perfumed air diffusion device which make it possible to ensure a diffusion of scented air in a simple and economical manner, with a device that can be portable, by controlling the profile air diffusion system perfumed over time accurately and reliably, for a sufficient duration, in particular can be between at least five minutes and one hour, without requiring a source of compressed air and excessive energy consumption.
- a cartridge of odoriferous composition which is simple, inexpensive and capable of containing a large quantity, with respect to its total bulk, of odoriferous composition, so as to be able to be active over a long period of time, in particular over a period of not less than five minutes and one hour.
- the invention also aims at providing a scented air diffusion device that is compatible with a cartridge according to the invention.
- a scented air diffusion device that is simple, economical, and can be active and effective, with the same cartridge, over a long period, in particular over a period of time between at least five minutes and an hour.
- it aims to provide a device for reliably performing repeated sessions, according to a frequency, a intensity, a variation of intensity and predefined durations according to a predetermined protocol (in particular in collaboration with health professionals).
- the invention therefore relates to an odoriferous composition cartridge forming a container for an odoriferous composition supported on a support in the divided solid state, adapted to allow the passage of air in contact with said odoriferous composition support while retaining said odoriferous composition support in the cartridge,
- a peripheral wall defining an internal space of the cartridge wider than deep having a main opening closed by an airtight cover, this peripheral wall being provided with lights distributed over at least a portion of the peripheral wall opposite said lid, said slots being arranged to allow the passage of air through the peripheral wall in contact with said odoriferous composition support while retaining said odoriferous composition support in the internal space of the cartridge.
- the invention relates to a cartridge of odoriferous composition forming a container for an odoriferous composition supported on a divided solid state support, adapted to allow the passage of air in contact with said odoriferous composition support while retaining said support of odoriferous composition in the cartridge,
- the invention also extends to a scented air diffusion device adapted to be able to receive at least one cartridge according to the invention. It therefore extends to a scented air diffusion device comprising:
- each mixing chamber being adapted to be able to removably accommodate a cartridge of odoriferous composition
- each airflow generator being adapted to be able to generate a flow of air directed towards a mixing chamber
- each mixing chamber is adapted to accommodate a cartridge according to the invention. It also extends in particular to a scented air diffusion device comprising at least one cartridge according to the invention.
- the invention also extends to a scented air diffusion device comprising:
- each mixing chamber being adapted to accommodate a cartridge of odoriferous composition
- each airflow generator being adapted to be able to generate a flow of air directed towards a mixing chamber
- At least one scented air outlet through a front wall of the body, characterized in that:
- an air outlet extends around a plate formed by a front wall, said plate being of a format corresponding at least to that of a cartridge,
- o has an air inlet opposite to said plate of said front wall, to be able to receive said flow of air
- o is arranged for: ⁇ orienting said air flow in a direction, called said incident direction, towards said wafer of said front wall,
- the invention extends to a perfumed air diffusion device comprising:
- each mixing chamber being adapted to be able to removably accommodate a cartridge of odoriferous composition
- each airflow generator being adapted to be able to generate a flow of air directed towards a mixing chamber
- an air outlet extends around a plate formed by a front wall, said plate being of a format corresponding at least to that of a cartridge of odoriferous composition forming a container for a composition odoriferous support supported on a support in the solid state divided, adapted to allow the passage of air in contact with said odoriferous composition support while retaining said odoriferous composition support in the cartridge, and comprising a peripheral wall in the general shape of a bowl more wide than deep having a main opening closed by an airtight cover, this peripheral wall being provided with lights distributed over at least a portion of the peripheral wall opposite said cover, said lights being arranged to allow the passage of air through the peripheral wall to the contact of said odoriferous composition support while retaining said odoriferous composition support in the cartridge,
- o has an air inlet opposite to said plate of said front wall, to be able to receive said flow of air
- o is arranged for:
- the invention also extends to a cartridge adapted to be used in and with a perfumed air diffusion device according to the invention.
- a device is also adapted to be able to receive each cartridge housed in a mixing chamber with the hermetic cover of the cartridge adjacent said wafer (in contact with the latter or at a short distance from the latter), the peripheral wall and the lights of the peripheral wall of the cartridge extending from the lid being directed towards the air inlet of the mixing chamber.
- a cartridge and a diffusion device in particular by providing a hermetically sealed cartridge downstream, with respect to the incident air flow, of the peripheral wall provided with lights distributed over at least a portion of this peripheral wall opposite the cover, with an air outlet of the diffusion device extending around a front plate facing the hermetic cover of the cartridge, impose a Particularly tortuous path of the air flow and go against the provisions previously provided for the diffusion of odoriferous composition in the air which in general aim to minimize the pressure losses.
- the flow of air entering the internal space of the cartridge through the lumens of its peripheral wall passes through the solid support in the divided state for a first time, and is then charged with adsorbed volatile liquid odoriferous composition and / or absorbed on the support, until it is reflected on the hermetic lid, after which it disperses and diffuses again in all directions within the internal space of the cartridge and the divided solid state support contained in this internal space, including in the retrograde direction opposite to the incident direction, and therefore comes at least a second time in contact with the solid support in the divided state, by loading again odoriferous composition, before emerging out the internal space of the cartridge by the lights of the peripheral wall, and then guided to an air outlet of the device.
- the invention thus makes it possible to considerably increase the odoriferous composition concentration incorporated in the perfumed air stream leaving the diffusion device, and to make the perfumed air flow variations provided for different diffusion profiles really effective, according to the invention.
- the desired effect vis-à-vis users (relaxation, awakening, falling asleep, allergy treatment, respiratory improvement, memory improvement, ). It has moreover been found that this effect is even better than the flow rate of the incident air flow on the cartridge corresponds to a relatively low optimum flow rate.
- this optimum value may correspond to the minimum value of air flow which allows the flow of air to pass through the support in the divided solid state contained in the internal space of the cartridge until it comes into contact with the cover to reflect on the latter and out through the air outlet.
- each airflow generator is adapted to be able to generate an airflow value greater than or equal to a minimum value of airflow that allows the airflow to flow through. the support in the solid state divided contained in the cartridge until coming into contact with the lid to reflect on the latter and out through the air outlet.
- each airflow generator is adapted to generate a flow rate value as low as possible while being greater than or equal to said minimum value, but which may vary during the same treatment session of a user. according to a predetermined flow variation profile.
- each airflow generator is adapted to be able to generate seven increasing levels of air flow ABCDEFG (A being said minimum value of air flow and G being a maximum value of air flow), the arrangement of the different levels during the different sequences for proposing variations.
- A being said minimum value of air flow and G being a maximum value of air flow
- the arrangement of the different levels during the different sequences for proposing variations For example to promote awakening at least one flow generator is controlled according to a sequence A B C D E F G, for diffusing an increasingly strong odor.
- at least one flow generator can be controlled according to a sequence G F E D C B A making it possible to diffuse an increasingly weak odor.
- the air flow rate generated by each airflow generator remains less than or equal to twice this minimum value.
- this minimum value A can be determined empirically by varying the supply power of each airflow generator and by appreciating the quality. the perfumed air flow diffused out.
- the invention makes it possible to provide the cartridge and the diffusion device with characteristics that are particularly advantageous from the practical point of view for the users.
- a cartridge according to the invention comprises at least one shutter -particularly a cap pivotally mounted on and outside said peripheral wall-mounted on said peripheral wall between a closed position of said lights. and an open position of said lights.
- said shutter is articulated to said peripheral wall so as to be pivotable with respect to the latter between:
- this shutter is biased resiliently in the closed position (in particular by at least one return spring) and is provided with at least one actuating pin.
- Such an actuating pin is adapted to cooperate with a control member of the diffusion device according to the invention, this actuation pin and the corresponding control member of the diffusion device being arranged to move the shutter in position. automatically opening the loading of the cartridge in the diffusion device, under the effect of a relative displacement of the actuating pin relative to the corresponding control member induced by the displacement of the cartridge relative to the broadcast device when loading.
- the shutter makes it possible to avoid the diffusion of said odoriferous composition out of the cartridge when the shutter is arranged in a closed position.
- the shutter makes it possible to avoid losses of odoriferous composition when the cartridge is not loaded in the diffusion device so as to increase the durability of the operation of the cartridge.
- Said peripheral wall of a cartridge according to the invention can be subject to many variations of shapes, dimensions and structures.
- said peripheral wall is in the general shape of a bowl wider than deep.
- said peripheral wall is symmetrical - in particular symmetrical with respect to revolution - with respect to a (theoretical) axis, said main axis, secant with said -notance orthogonal audit lid.
- the cartridge has a dimension along the main axis (that is to say in depth) smaller than its maximum dimension radially (that is to say in width) with respect to the main axis, and of preferably smaller than all its dimensions radially with respect to the main axis.
- said shutter is then articulated to said peripheral wall so as to be pivotable about said main axis.
- the lights are distributed -particularly uniformly distributed and dimensioned so as to allow an optimum air passage in the internal space of the cartridge, while retaining the support in the divided solid state in this internal space. Their dimensions are therefore defined according to the particle size of this support. Furthermore, in some embodiments, advantageously and according to the invention, the lights are distributed not only on at least a portion opposite the lid, but also on lateral portions of the peripheral wall and advantageously to the immediate vicinity of the lid . Indeed, after reflection on the cover the air flow can escape outside the cartridge including the lights distributed on such side portions or extending in the immediate vicinity of the cover.
- said lights are distributed in at least one angular sector, around an axis - in particular around said main axis - of the peripheral wall.
- the lights are distributed in a plurality of angular sectors which are themselves uniformly distributed around said axis and separated two by two by angular sectors, said sectors full, free of light.
- the cartridge comprises an integer number N of angular sectors provided with slots extending angularly each at an angle of ⁇ / ⁇ , and separated in pairs by a solid sector extending angularly also at an angle of ⁇ / ⁇ , the cartridge thus also comprising N solid sectors.
- Said shutter may in particular be formed of a closure cap which also has N angular sectors of closure extending each angularly also at an angle of ⁇ / ⁇ , and coming, in the open position, facing solid sectors and disengaging said lights, and, in the closed position, facing the angular sectors with lights to close them.
- N is chosen from 2 and 3. It should be noted that when N is even, said angular sectors provided with lights are symmetrically distributed around said axis - in particular around said main axis.
- said lights can be subject to many variations of shapes and dimensions. They can be in particular circular, oblong, polygonal ...
- the lights must be optimized to facilitate the passage of the air flow at the entry and the exit of the cartridge, while retaining inside the cartridge the support solid in the divided state supporting the odoriferous composition.
- each slot extends in a radial plane with respect to main axis.
- at least a portion of the slots extend from a crown portion of the peripheral wall, this vertex being defined at the intersection of said main axis and the peripheral wall.
- the length of each slot is as long as possible.
- each slot extends to the immediate vicinity of said hermetic lid of the cartridge.
- both the main opening and the hermetic cover which covers it can also be the subject of many variants with regard to their shapes and dimensions.
- the lid is planar and the main aperture is defined by a rim-in particular an outward rim-of the peripheral wall which also extends in a plane.
- the main opening is circular and the cover is in the general shape of a disc. Other shapes are possible, for example polygonal - in particular square or rectangular -.
- the cartridge is advantageously provided with at least one foolproof flat part for guiding it when it is loaded into a receiving housing of a diffusion device according to the invention, and to guarantee a loading with a correct orientation of the cartridge in the broadcasting device.
- said cover incorporates an RFID microcircuit.
- a cartridge according to the invention is advantageously provided with at least one handling tab projecting outwardly from the periphery of the lid. Such a tab facilitates the loading and unloading of the cartridge.
- each air outlet of a mixing chamber is adapted to extend around the hermetic lid of a cartridge housed in this chamber, said hermetic cover being disposed at downstream of said peripheral wall and downstream of said internal space with respect to said air flow incident on the cartridge, said cover adjacent to said plate of said front wall.
- said wafer a format corresponding at least to that of a hermetic lid of a cartridge according to the invention.
- each air outlet of a mixing chamber is formed of at least one slot formed around said wafer.
- each airflow generator and each mixing chamber are arranged to orient said incident direction at least substantially orthogonally to said plate of said front wall, and thus also at least substantially orthogonally to the lid of said front wall.
- a cartridge housed in said mixing chamber a cartridge housed in said mixing chamber.
- said incident direction is at least substantially parallel to said main axis of a cartridge housed in the mixing chamber.
- the air flow entering the mixing chamber enters the internal space of the cartridge through the lights of the latter, is reflected on the lid inside the cartridge and comes out of the internal space of the cartridge in a retrograde and / or radially outward direction of said incident direction. In doing so, this flow of air comes into contact with the solid support in the divided state supporting the volatile odoriferous composition under turbulent contact conditions favorable to the incorporation of a maximum amount of volatile odoriferous composition into this air stream. .
- each mixing chamber is delimited by at least one solid wall adapted to extend from said front wall around the cartridge, forming a passage of peripheral air arranged to guide the air to said air outlet.
- a device comprises a body and at least one loading slide mounted movably relative to the body between an open position allowing the loading / unloading of at least one cartridge and a position close in which each cartridge is housed, removably, in a mixing chamber.
- each plate of said front wall is integral with such a drawer.
- each drawer is a front drawer, that is to say a drawer adapted to be opened by displacement in a secant direction - especially at least substantially normal- to the front wall.
- each drawer forms, for the loading of each removable cartridge, a receiving housing of the cartridge, and this receiving housing is provided with a control member for automatic opening of a shutter from the cartridge to the loading of the latter in this reception housing.
- the receiving housing comprises a bow forming a control cam against which the actuating pin is slid during loading of the cartridge in the receiving housing, which has the effect of moving the shutter in the open position against the elastic return of the latter in the closed position.
- a device advantageously comprises at least two mixing chambers so as to receive and house at least two separate cartridges.
- Two mixing chambers make it possible to program in advance two successive broadcast sessions by two different cartridges, in particular a cartridge used to put the user to sleep and a cartridge used to wake up the user. They also make it possible to diffuse a mixture of several odoriferous compositions simultaneously, for example a scented odoriferous composition and an odoriferous insecticidal composition. It also makes it possible to carry out a diffusion sequence in which the odoriferous composition diffused over time is varied, with at least one air flow diffused using a first cartridge, that is to say scented with a first composition.
- odoriferous and then with at least one other air flow diffused using a second cartridge, that is to say perfumed with a second odoriferous composition different from the first odoriferous composition.
- a second cartridge that is to say perfumed with a second odoriferous composition different from the first odoriferous composition.
- the device comprises a single front drawer forming at least two receiving housings for these cartridges. However, nothing prevents to provide a clean drawer to each mixing chamber for loading a cartridge in the mixing chamber.
- each wafer incorporates a RFID chip reader connected by a flexible electrical connection (so as to allow the displacement of each corresponding drawer) to an electronic card fixedly mounted in the body.
- a device according to the invention may be provided with a source of autonomous electrical energy such as at least one battery or accumulator.
- a scented air diffusion device according to the invention can be produced in the form of an autonomous portable electronic device of small size. It is particularly surprising in terms of its dimensions. In addition, when they are not used, the cartridges according to the invention do not run out and retain a relatively long life.
- the invention also relates to a cartridge and a scented air diffusion device characterized, in combination or not, by all or some of the characteristics mentioned above or below.
- the various characteristics mentioned above or below must not be considered as closely or inextricably linked together, the invention may relate to only one of those structural or functional features, or only some of these structural or functional features, or only part of one of these structural or functional features, or any grouping, combination or juxtaposition of all or part of these structural or functional features .
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic front elevational view of a perfumed air diffusion device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic right view of the device of FIG. 1, the slide being in the open position,
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view in vertical section along the line III-III of FIG. 1, the slide being in the closed position, the solid-state support divided by the cartridges being not shown,
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic view in horizontal section along the line IV-IV of FIG. 1, the slide being in the closed position,
- FIGS. 5a and 5b are diagrammatic perspective views respectively of the lid side, and opposite the lid, the shutter being shown in the open position, of a cartridge according to the invention
- FIGS. 6a to 6c are diagrammatic perspective views opposite the lid of a capsule according to the invention, respectively representing three successive stages when the capsule according to the invention is loaded into a housing for receiving a device scented air diffusion according to the invention.
- a scented air diffusion device is an electronic autonomous portable device which can be easily transported by a user and placed on any support, for example on a table, in order to benefit an aromatherapy session.
- This device comprises a body 11 having a base 12 for placing it on any horizontal plane support.
- the device then has a front face 13 which extends at least substantially vertically, preferably slightly inclined upwards.
- This front face 13 has two scented air outlets 14 arranged one above the other formed through a wall 15 front of a drawer 16 for loading / unloading removable and disposable cartridges 17 of volatile odoriferous composition.
- the drawer 16 is mounted relative to the body 11 so as to be displaced in translation relative thereto in a direction at least substantially orthogonal to the front face 13 between an open position allowing the loading / unloading of at least one cartridge 17 and a closed position in which each cartridge 17 is housed in a chamber 18 of mixing formed in the body 11.
- the drawer 16 forms two receiving housings 19, one above the other facing respectively the two outlets 14 of perfumed air and facing respectively two mixing chambers 18 formed in the body 11, one on top of each other.
- Each receiving housing 19 is adapted to removably receive a cartridge 17. The drawer 16 thus makes it possible to load / unload one and / or the other of two cartridges 17.
- Each cartridge 17 has a peripheral wall 22 delimiting an internal space 21 in the general shape of a bowl, wider than deep, this internal space 21 having a main aperture 23 closed by an airtight cover 24.
- the main opening 23 is circular
- the cover 24 is circular (that is to say formed by a disk)
- the peripheral wall 22 and the internal space 21 that it delimiters are in general symmetrical shape of revolution about an axis of symmetry, said main axis 29, orthogonal to the main aperture 23 and the cover 24.
- the cover 24 incorporates a RFID microcircuit 55, in which data are recorded, in particular identification data of the cartridge 17 and data representative of the nature of the odoriferous composition, and / or any other data as described for example by WO 2008/152250.
- the peripheral wall 22 forms a bottom 30 opposite to the main aperture 23, the intersection of the main axis 29 with this bottom 30 constituting a central apex 31 of the bottom 30.
- This apex 31 forms the part of the cartridge 17 which is at greater distance from the cover 24.
- the peripheral wall 22 forms generally cylindrical or slightly frustoconical side walls 32 flared towards the main opening 23, the junction of these side walls 32 with the bottom 30 being rounded.
- the peripheral wall 22 forms a flange 33 delimiting the main opening 23, this rim 33 extending outwards from the side walls 32 orthogonal to the main axis 29 and forming a flat annular surface on which the lid 24 is applied and glue.
- the peripheral wall 22 is thus in the general shape of a bell.
- the rim 33 also forms a tongue 34 for handling the cartridge 17, this tongue 34 projecting radially outwardly with respect to the flange 33.
- the peripheral wall 22 is provided with slots 25, 26 distributed over angular sectors 27 of the peripheral wall 22, on the bottom 30, and the majority of the lateral walls 32, up to the immediate vicinity of the rim 33 and the cover 24. except possibly as in the example shown an extreme portion of the side walls 32 at their junction with the flange 33.
- These slots 25, 26 are arranged to allow the passage of air through the wall 22 peripheral in contact with a support 61 in the divided solid state impregnated with volatile odoriferous composition while retaining said support 61 of odoriferous composition in the internal space 21 of the cartridge 17 formed between the cover 24 and the peripheral wall 22.
- the slots 25, 26 comprise a first series of slots 25 extending from a central pad 36 at the top 31 of the bottom 30 of the peripheral wall 22 to said end portion of the side walls 32.
- the lights 25, 26 have a second series of slots 26 extending along the side walls 32 to said end portion of the side walls and being interrupted at the bottom side 30 away from said central pad 36.
- the slots 26 of the second series of slots are interposed two by two between the slots 25 of the first series of slots.
- the slots 25, 26 are formed on two angular sectors 27 of the bottom 30 and 32 side walls extending about 90 ° around the main axis 29 and symmetrical to each other with respect to the main axis 29.
- the two angled sectors 27 with lumens are separated from each other on both sides by solid angular sectors 28 free of lumens from the peripheral wall 22, i.e. bottom 30 and side walls 32. .
- Each solid sector 28 also extends about 90 ° around the main axis 29.
- the peripheral wall 22 is covered on the outside by a closure cap 37 pivotally mounted relative to the peripheral wall 22 around the main axis 29, in particular by a pivot connection 38 connecting the closure cap 37 to the stud.
- the closure cap 37 is formed of a solid wall which conforms to the peripheral wall 22, having two openings 39 extending in angular sectors corresponding to the angular sectors 27 provided with apertures. the wall 22 peripheral, that is to say each extending about 90 ° around the main axis 29, so as to clear the slots 25, 26 when these openings 39 are placed opposite these angular sectors 27 in an angular position, called the open position, of the closure cap 37 around the main axis 29.
- the solid wall of the closure cap 37 has, between the openings 39, two solid angular sectors 40 corresponding to the angular sectors 27 provided with lumens of the peripheral wall 22, that is to say each extending over approximately 90.degree.
- main axis 29 The transition from the closed position to the open position and vice versa is by pivoting the cap 37 shutter at an angle of about 90 ° around the main axis 29.
- the closure cap 37 is preferably resiliently biased in the closed position by a spring 62 integrated in the pivot connection 38.
- the closed position is defined by at least one tooth 41 projecting radially outwardly of the wall of the closure cap 37 adapted for abut against a shoulder 42 secured to the peripheral wall 22.
- this shoulder 42 is formed by a cleat 43 integral with the flange 33 and projecting from this rim 33 to face the edge of the cap 37 bearing the tooth 41.
- closure cap 37 carries an actuating pin 44 projecting from the solid wall of the closure cap 37 parallel to the main axis 29 but eccentric relative to the latter so as to be able to cooperate with a control member of the scented air diffusion device for the automatic opening of the closure cap 37 when loading the cartridge, as described in more detail below.
- Each air outlet 14 of the perfumed air diffusion device extends around a solid plate 20 formed by the front wall of the drawer 16, said plate 20 being of a format corresponding at least to that of the lid 24.
- Each air outlet 14 may be formed of a circular slot formed through the front wall of the drawer 16 around the wafer 20, with the exception of one or more radii 45 connecting the wafer. 20 to the remainder of the front wall through the slot to hold the wafer 20 in position.
- Each plate 20 comprises an RFID reader 46 connected by a flexible electrical conductor wire 48 to an electronic card 47 integrated in the body 11.
- the wire 48 is adapted to be able to follow the deployment movements in the open and retracted position in the closed position of drawer 16.
- Each mixing chamber 18 is delimited by a wall 49 inside the body 11 having an air inlet 50 opposite to the corresponding plate 20 of said front wall of the drawer 16, in order to be able to receive a flow of air generated by a fan 51 fixed to the rear of this wall 49 and adapted to generate a flow of air to the wafer 20.
- the wall 49 defining each mixing chamber 18 is also adapted to guide the flow of air generated by each fan 51 towards the corresponding plate 20 of the front wall of the slide 16, that is to say in an incident direction generally orthogonal to this wafer 20.
- Each receiving receptacle 19 of the drawer 16 is defined in particular by a hoop 52 extending at the rear of the wafer 20, and whose shape is conjugated to the external profile of the cartridge 17 so that the cartridge 17 can be inserted laterally into the arch 52.
- the slide 16 has at least one shoulder 53 against which the rim 33 of the cartridge 17 abuts so as to hold the cover 24 of the cartridge 17 opposite the wafer 20 and to short distance from it.
- the cartridge 17 is inserted into the receiving housing 19, it is thus held axially on the one hand by the hoop 52, on the other by each shoulder 53.
- the distance between the lid 24 of the cartridge 17 in place in the receiving housing 19 and the wafer 20 is adapted to allow communication between the RFID reader 46 of the wafer 20 and the RFID microcircuit 55 of the cover 24.
- the hoop 52 has a control cam 54 shaped to cooperate with the lug 44 for actuating a cartridge 17 during its loading so as to cause, due to the lateral displacement of the cartridge 17 in the housing 19 of reception, that is to say in the hoop 52, a sliding of the lug 44 for actuation along the control cam 54 and a pivoting of the closure cap 37 against its return spring towards its open position, as shown in FIGS. 6a to 6c.
- the rim 33 of each cartridge 17 is advantageously provided at its periphery with at least one fictitious flat portion 59 for guiding the cartridge 17 during its loading in a housing 19 for receiving a diffusion device according to the invention, and to guarantee loading with a correct orientation of the cartridge 17 in the diffusion device.
- the rim 33 has an upper flat 59 and a lower flat 59. These flats 59 come into contact with the lower and upper reaches 60 of the receiving housing 19 when the cartridge 17 is engaged in the hoop 52, the rim 33 being insertable between these bearings 60 if the flats 59 are correctly positioned.
- the electronic card 47 is preferably fixed in the body 11 at the rear of the fans 51.
- This electronic card 47 may be powered by an autonomous power source such as one (or more) battery (s) or one (or several) rechargeable battery (s).
- an autonomous power source such as one (or more) battery (s) or one (or several) rechargeable battery (s).
- the body 11 may comprise a power supply circuit connected to a connection socket for the connection of a power cord from a source of external electrical energy such as the domestic electrical sector or a low voltage source (for example a USB type charger).
- the body 11 also has in its rear part opposite the front face 13, air inlet 56 for supplying the fans 51 with outside air entering the body 11. This outside air comes into contact of the electronic card 47 and has the effect in particular to cool it.
- the drawer 16 is guided relative to the body 11, in particular with respect to the wall 49 delimiting the mixing chambers 18, in any suitable manner, for example by a guide device with rollers and rail (s) and / or sliding ( s).
- This guiding device may or may not comprise a locking mechanism in the closed position and / or an elastic return device to the closed position or to the open position.
- the drawer 16 has a solid peripheral lateral wall 57 surrounding the receiving receptacles 19 and the cartridges 17 housed in these receiving receptacles 19, with the exception of two lateral openings 58 for loading / unloading the cartridges 17.
- This wall 57 peripheral peripheral is conjugated to the wall 49 defining the mixing chambers 18, so as to slide along the wall 49 during the movements of the slide 16, and therefore to contribute to its guidance, and to minimize air leaks between its two walls 57, 49.
- the passage of an air leak in the gap between the two walls 57, 49 is entirely acceptable, this air being loaded odoriferous composition.
- the connecting wire 48 between the RFID readers 46 and the electronic card 47 advantageously passes from the electronic card 47 outside the the wall 49 delimiting the mixing chambers 18, then inside this wall 49, in the gap between this wall 49 and the lateral wall 57 of the drawer 16, then inside the lateral wall 57 of the drawer 16 to be connected to the pads 20 and RFID readers 46, making two folds when the drawer 16 is in the closed position, so as to be able to deploy when the drawer 16 is moved to its open position.
- the broadcasting device is advantageously provided with an ignition button connected to the electronic card 47 and preferably allowing not only to switch on the device, but also, by successive presses on this button, to select the fan 51 to be activated, and possibly the power supply of the latter.
- the broadcasting device is also advantageously provided with lighting LEDs carried by the pads 20 allowing the user to know which fan is activated and therefore which cartridge is used. Each LED can be controlled to provide a light intensity varying according to the air flow diffused by the device so as to provide the user with a visual indication of this airflow.
- each fan 51 enters the corresponding mixing chamber 18 via its air inlet 50 and comes directly against the peripheral wall 22 of the cartridge.
- the wall 49 defining the mixing chambers 18 and the lateral drawer wall 57 which also partially delimits the mixing chambers 18 when the slide 16 is in the closed position, form around each cartridge 17 a peripheral air passageway for guiding the air to the corresponding air outlet 14.
- the shapes and dimensions of these walls 49, 57 may be adapted to optimize the flow of air in each cartridge 17 and in each mixing chamber 18, to each outlet 14 of air.
- a cartridge 17 according to the invention has for example a diameter of between 2 cm and 5 cm and a height H of between 1 cm and 4 cm, the diameter of the cartridge being greater than the height H.
- the diameter of the cartridge is between 1.5H and 4H.
- such a cartridge 17 with an air diffusion device according to the invention makes it possible to diffuse perfumed air according to a predetermined diffusion flow profile that can be any and for a long duration, in particular between at least five minutes and an hour, typically of the order of twenty minutes.
- a predetermined diffusion flow profile that can be any and for a long duration, in particular between at least five minutes and an hour, typically of the order of twenty minutes.
- the invention may be the subject of numerous alternative embodiments with respect to the preferred embodiments described above and shown in the figures.
- the cartridge may have any other shape, symmetrical of revolution or not, symmetrical around a main axis or not. Its peripheral wall as well as its cover can be for example polygonal and totally asymmetrical.
- the lid of a cartridge according to the invention is not necessarily plane, and it may have a shape or be provided, in particular on its internal face, with members such as ribs or fins, for orienting or guide the flow of air within the cartridge 17.
- the shape and distribution of lights can be many variations.
- Each cartridge is a removable and disposable cartridge but can be stored and reused thanks to the cap 37 shutter. However, there is nothing to prevent non-reusable non-reusable disposable cartridges provided in a sealed envelope prior to use from being used in order to prevent the volatile odoriferous composition from being accidentally evaporated.
- the odoriferous composition supported on the divided solid state support 61 is a volatile liquid odoriferous composition, which may be formed of a perfume, an essential oil or any other perfumed volatile liquid composition absorbed and / or adsorbed on grains of a solid support 61 in the divided state, for example grains of porous or non-porous polymeric material.
- the slots 25, 26 have a maximum passage width of less than 2 mm, for example of the order of 1.5 mm, for retaining these grains within the internal space of the cartridge.
- a thermoplastic polymer especially chosen from the group of polyolefins, EVA copolymers and elastomers, having a particle size (average particle size) of between 2 mm and 5 mm.
- the slots 25, 26 have a maximum passage width of less than 2 mm, for example of the order of 1.5 mm, for retaining these grains within the internal space of the cartridge.
- other values are possible.
- the diffusion device can be adapted to receive a single cartridge or on the contrary more than two cartridges simultaneously. It can have a loading drawer specific to each cartridge.
- the electronic map 47 can be adapted to control each fan 51 according to any suitable diffusion profile, and may comprise a remote programmable unit, for example from a portable terminal such as a ordiphone communicating by contactless link (such as a Wi-Fi link) or Bluetooth® low energy or other) with the electronic card 47.
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