Electrically heated insecticide dispenser

Claim 1

An insecticide dispenser for a room, said dispenser comprising: a housing and an electrically conductive, nonreuseable container disposed in said housing, said container being disposed upon a resistance heating means and adapted to receive a charge of an insecticide dispersed within a solid carrier, said charge requiring the application of heat to initiate a chemical reaction which produces the volatilization of the insecticide; and first means connecting said container to one side of a power supply; and second means connecting said container to the other side of said power supply, said second means including an electrically conductive fusible means, electrically connected at one end to said container and removably connected at its other end to an electrical contact disposed on said housing, said fusible means being electrically insulated from said container at all points except where it is connected to said container, whereby said fusible means can complete the circuit to the resistance heating means and initiate the chemical reaction in the charge of insecticide; and said fusible means being adapted to break at a predetermined point after said chemical reaction has been initiated whereby to discontinue the electrical heating to said charge.