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Fragrant air supplying method and supplying system
Assignee: Shimizu Construction Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-10-31
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Granted: 1991-07-09
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Expires: 2010-10-31
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a fragrant air supplying method, supplying apparatus, and a building having a fragrant air supplying system for supplying fragrant air to the rooms. A fragrant-material supplying means supplies fragrant material to a mist-generating means to generate mist either by blowing air or by vibration produced by an ultrasonic-oscillating means. The mist is blown to a surface portion formed at the end of a fragrant-air separating means which separates evaporated fragrant air from mist. The fragrant air is then introduced into holes formed in a fragrant-air discharging means, in which the place of holes are offset from the surface portion toward the downstream of the fragrant air. The fragrant air is then blown into a distributing passage from the fragrant-air discharging means to mix the fragrant air with conditioned-air supplied by an air-supplying means. This makes fragrance-mixed air for distributing to a predetermined space or rooms for the physical and mental activation of the human body.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomoya Tokuhiro
- 👤 Hisato Yano
- 👤 Tsuyoshi Horiyama
- 👤 Norihiro Yamaguchi
- 👤 Hiroaki Watanabe
- 👤 Shusa Hashimoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 17:57
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24F; F24F3/00; F24F3/12; A; A61; A61L; A61L9/00; A61L9/015; A61L9/04; A61L9/12; A61L9/122; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S261/00; Y10S261/48; Y10S261/65; Y10S261/88
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A method for supplying fragrant air, the method comprising the steps of: producing a mist containing fragrant material by blowing air into a liquid containing the fragrant material; removing larger droplets from the mist; and extracting an evaporated fragrance containing air from the mist, entraining such air in a stream of conditioned air, and intermittently controlling the concentration of the evaporated fragrance between a value slightly less than the minimum detectable level and a value above said level at the distribution location of said condition air.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
86 words
A method for supplying fragrant air, the method comprising the steps of: producing a mist containing fragrant material by blowing air into a liquid containing the fragrant material; removing larger droplets from the mist; and extracting an evaporated fragrance containing air from the mist, entraining such air in a stream of conditioned air, and intermittently controlling the concentration of the evaporated fragrance between a value slightly less than the minimum detectable level and a value above said level at the distribution location of said condition air.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 1 wherein the mist is blown onto a solid object to cohere the mist at the surface of the object.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 1 wherein the evaporated fragrance containing air is combined with conditioning-air generated in an air conditioning system.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
163 words
An apparatus for supplying fragrant air, the apparatus comprising: fragrant-material supplying means; mist-generating means for mixing a predetermined amount of fragrant material supplied from the fragrant-material supplying means with air which is supplied externally to form mist; fragrant-air separating means for separting larger droplets from the mist by blowing the mist thereto; fragrant-air introducing means comprising a plurality of holes located proximally the mist traveling direction of the evaporated fragrance containing air, so that the holes are offset from the fragrant-air separating means which is located down stream from the fragrant air introducing means; air-supplying means for mixing the evaporated fragrance containing air introduced from the fragrant-air introducing means with conditioned-air supplied from an air conditioner to make fragrance-mixed air, and supplying the fragrance-mixed air to a predetermined space; and a controller for controlling the concentration of the evaporated fragrance containing air to be supplied to the predetermined space, the controller having fragrance concentration data for determining fragrance concentration in the predetermined space.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
163 words
An apparatus for supplying fragrant air, the apparatus comprising: fragrant-material supplying means; mist-generating means for mixing a predetermined amount of fragrant material supplied from the fragrant-material supplying means with air which is supplied externally to form mist; fragrant-air separating means for separting larger droplets from the mist by blowing the mist thereto; fragrant-air introducing means comprising a plurality of holes located proximally the mist traveling direction of the evaporated fragrance containing air, so that the holes are offset from the fragrant-air separating means which is located down stream from the fragrant air introducing means; air-supplying means for mixing the evaporated fragrance containing air introduced from the fragrant-air introducing means with conditioned-air supplied from an air conditioner to make fragrance-mixed air, and supplying the fragrance-mixed air to a predetermined space; and a controller for controlling the concentration of the evaporated fragrance containing air to be supplied to the predetermined space, the controller having fragrance concentration data for determining fragrance concentration in the predetermined space.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 4 wherein said mist-generating means comprises ultrasonic-oscillating means and said fragrant-material supplying means to compose mist produced by vibration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 4 wherein said mist-generating means comprises compressed-air supplying means and said fragrant-material supplying means to compose mist produced by blowing compressed air to fragrant material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 4 wherein said fragrant-air separating means comprises mist-collided means, said mist-collided means is a surface portion being perpendicularly faced in response to the mist traveled direction to separate evaporated fragrant air from mist.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 7 wherein said surface portion is concave, an inner surface of which is faced to the mist traveled direction.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 7 wherein said surface portion has a barrier oppositely extended to the mist traveled direction.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 7 wherein said surface portion has a barrier oppositely extended to the mist traveled direction.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method for supplying fragrant air according to claim 7 wherein said surface portion is concave and has an inner surface facing towards the mist traveled direction.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
176 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air, wherein the building having an apparatus comprises: fragrant-material supplying means; mist-generating means for mixing a predetermined amount of fragrant material supplied from the fragrant-material supplying means with air which is supplied externally to form mist; fragrant-air separating means for separting larger droplets from the mist by blowing the mist thereto; fragrant-air introducing means comprising a plurality of holes located proximally the mist traveling direction of the evaporated fragrance containing air, so that the holes are offset from the fragrant-air separating means which is located down stream from the fragrant air introducing means; air-supplying means for mixing the evaporated fragrance containing air introduced from the fragrant-air introducing means with conditioned-air supplied from an air conditioner to make fragrance-mixed air, and supplying the fragrance-mixed air to the rooms in the building through a distributing passage; and a controller for controlling the concentration of the evaporated fragrance containing air to be supplied to the predetermined space, the controller having fragrance concentration data for determining fragrance concentration in the predetermined space.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
176 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air, wherein the building having an apparatus comprises: fragrant-material supplying means; mist-generating means for mixing a predetermined amount of fragrant material supplied from the fragrant-material supplying means with air which is supplied externally to form mist; fragrant-air separating means for separting larger droplets from the mist by blowing the mist thereto; fragrant-air introducing means comprising a plurality of holes located proximally the mist traveling direction of the evaporated fragrance containing air, so that the holes are offset from the fragrant-air separating means which is located down stream from the fragrant air introducing means; air-supplying means for mixing the evaporated fragrance containing air introduced from the fragrant-air introducing means with conditioned-air supplied from an air conditioner to make fragrance-mixed air, and supplying the fragrance-mixed air to the rooms in the building through a distributing passage; and a controller for controlling the concentration of the evaporated fragrance containing air to be supplied to the predetermined space, the controller having fragrance concentration data for determining fragrance concentration in the predetermined space.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
37 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to claim 12 wherein the distributing passage is an air duct which extends from the air conditioner to distribute fragrance-mixed air to each room in the building.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 12 wherein said mist-generating means comprises compressed-air supplying means and said fragrant-material supplying means to compose mist produced by blowing compressed air to fragrant material.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
37 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 12 wherein said mist-generating means comprises compressed-air supplying means and said fragrant-material supplying means to compose mist produced by blowing compressed air to fragrant material.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 12 wherein said mist-generating means comprises ultrasonic-oscillating means and said fragrant-material supplying means to compose mist produced by vibration.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 12 wherein said mist-generating means comprises ultrasonic-oscillating means and said fragrant-material supplying means to compose mist produced by vibration.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
45 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 12 wherein said fragrant-air separating means comprises mist-collided means, said mist-collided means is a surface portion being perpendicularly faced in response to the mist traveled direction to separate evaporated fragrant air from mist.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
45 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 12 wherein said fragrant-air separating means comprises mist-collided means, said mist-collided means is a surface portion being perpendicularly faced in response to the mist traveled direction to separate evaporated fragrant air from mist.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 12 wherein said surface portion has a barrier oppositely extended to the mist traveled direction.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
27 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 12 wherein said surface portion has a barrier oppositely extended to the mist traveled direction.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
31 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 16 wherein said surface portion is concave, an inner surface of which is faced to the mist traveled direction.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
31 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to calim 16 wherein said surface portion is concave, an inner surface of which is faced to the mist traveled direction.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
27 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to claim 16 wherien said surface portion has a barrier oppositely extended to the mist traveled direction.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
A building having an apparatus for supplying fragrant air according to claim 16 wherein said surface portion is concave and has an inner surface facing towards the mist traveled direction.
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