Room odor control

Claim 2

A dispenser for a room odor control liquid comprising: a housing having air inlet and outlet openings; a motor carried by said housing; means for circulating air through said openings including a resilient porous elastomer member disposed between said openings and rotated by the motor; a reciprocable disTribution element means having a limited surface area movable to engage the porous member and progressively compress and release the porous member over a limited area in a circular path as the latter rotates; and odor control liquid supply means actuatable to engage said distribution element means for supplying thereto room odor control liquid and to move said distribution element means into compressive contact over said limited surface area with the porous member, said porous member absorbing said supplied liquid from said element means as the porous member is progressively released from compression and leaves said limited surface area.

Claim 3

The dispenser defined in claim 1 including: means for supplying air from a room into contact with the elastomer member for evaporating liquid therefrom, said elastomer member agitating and returning the air and evaporated liquid to the room.

Claim 4

The dispenser defined in claim 1 in which said distribution element means includes a liquid receiving capillary slot means in said limited surface area for supplying odor control liquid to said limited area.

Claim 5

The dispenser defined in claim 4 in which said feeder element means has a slot means of substantially capillary width and tangent to said circular path for transferring said liquid from said feeder element means to said rough surface means.

Claim 6

The dispenser defined in claim 4 in which said liquid supply means includes a depending valve means disposed above and actuated by contact with said feeder element means for delivering liquid to said feeder element means.

Claim 7

The dispenser defined in claim 6 including resilient support means carried by said housing for normally holding said valve means out of contact with said feeder element means, said liquid supply means carrying said valve means and extending through the wall of the housing and constituting said manually movable means for manipulation to depress said resilient support means and move said feeder element means into contact with said rough surface means over a limited area.

Claim 8

A liquid dispenser comprising: a housing having air inlet and outlet openings; the combination of a rotatable resilient disk of porous expanded plastic disposed between said openings; means for rotating said resilient disk in the air between said openings; a blade proximate the face of the disk having a capillary slot means tangential to the direction of rotation for transferring liquid from said blade to said disk; and liquid supply means for depressing the blade against the disk and depositing liquid via said slot means onto the rotating disk for absorption thereby and transfer of said deposited liquid to said air between said openings.

Claim 9

A liquid dispenser comprising: a housing having air inlet and outlet openings; the combination of a rotatable resilient disk of porous expanded plastic disposed between said openings; means for rotating said resilient disk in the air between said openings; a blade proximate the face of the disk having a capillary slot means tangential to the direction of rotation for transferring liquid from said blade to said disk; and liquid supply means for depressing the blade against the disk and depositing liquid via said slot means onto the rotating disk for absorption thereby and transfer of said deposited liquid to said air between said openings.

Claim 10

A dispenser for room odor control liquid comprising: a housing defining a ciRcular compartment with axially spaced air inlet and outlet openings through the wall of the housing, a baffle intermediate said openings dividing the compartment into an air inlet compartment having the inlet openings and an outlet compartment having the outlet openings, said baffle having a portal through it, a motor having a drive shaft mounted in said inlet compartment in heat exchange relation with incoming air to warm the air and disposed with said drive shaft extended through the portal, a porous resilient disk of expanded plastic having a rough surface supported in the outlet compartment below the baffle and rotated by said shaft, and liquid odor control supply means extending through said portal for depositing drops of liquid directly on said porous resilient disk at a distance spaced from the center thereof in the path of the flow of incoming air over the surface of the disk, said supply means including an element means for engaging the surface of said disk under compressive pressure over the area of engagement to distribute said liquid and to facilitate the absorption thereof by said disk.

Claim 11

A dispenser for room odor control liquid comprising: a housing defining a ciRcular compartment with axially spaced air inlet and outlet openings through the wall of the housing, a baffle intermediate said openings dividing the compartment into an air inlet compartment having the inlet openings and an outlet compartment having the outlet openings, said baffle having a portal through it, a motor having a drive shaft mounted in said inlet compartment in heat exchange relation with incoming air to warm the air and disposed with said drive shaft extended through the portal, a porous resilient disk of expanded plastic having a rough surface supported in the outlet compartment below the baffle and rotated by said shaft, and liquid odor control supply means extending through said portal for depositing drops of liquid directly on said porous resilient disk at a distance spaced from the center thereof in the path of the flow of incoming air over the surface of the disk, said supply means including an element means for engaging the surface of said disk under compressive pressure over the area of engagement to distribute said liquid and to facilitate the absorption thereof by said disk.

Claim 12

A dispenser for room odor control liquid comprising: a housing having a wall defining a circular compartment with axially spaced air inlet and outlet openings through the wall of the housing, a baffle intermediate said openings dividing the compartment into an air inlet compartment having the inlet openings and an outlet compartment having the outlet openings, said baffle having a portal through it, a motor having a drive shaft mounted in said inlet compartment with said drive shaft extended through the portal, a porous resilient disk of expanded plastic supported in the outlet compartment below the baffle and rotated by said shaft, liquid odor control supply means extending through said portal for depositing drops of liquid directly on said porous resilient disk, and resilient means associated with said supply means for reciprocative movement to and from said disk to progressively compress and release the disk in a limited area as said disk rotates to spread the drops over a circular path of the disk for partial absorption therein.

Claim 13

A dispenser for room odor control liquid comprising: a housing having a wall defining a circular compartment with axially spaced air inlet and outlet openings through the wall of the housing, a baffle intermediate said openings dividing the compartment into an air inlet compartment having the inlet openings and an outlet compartment having the outlet openings, said baffle having a portal through it, a motor having a drive shaft mounted in said inlet compartment with said drive shaft extended through the portal, a porous resilient disk of expanded plastic supported in the outlet compartment below the baffle and rotated by said shaft, liquid odor control supply means extending through said portal for depositing drops of liquid directly on said porous resilient disk, and resilient means associated with said supply means for reciprocative movement to and from said disk to progressively compress and release the disk in a limited area as said disk rotates to spread the drops over a circular path of the disk for partial absorption therein.