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WO2024035267A1 - Diffuseur d'huile aromatique ou essentielle et contenant d'arôme - Google Patents

Diffuseur d'huile aromatique ou essentielle et contenant d'arôme Download PDF

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WO2024035267A1
WO2024035267A1 PCT/PL2023/000038 PL2023000038W WO2024035267A1 WO 2024035267 A1 WO2024035267 A1 WO 2024035267A1 PL 2023000038 W PL2023000038 W PL 2023000038W WO 2024035267 A1 WO2024035267 A1 WO 2024035267A1
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  • the invention relates to a handy aromatic or essential oil diffuser which contains an absorbent material soaked with liquid aromatic substances from which the aroma is gradually released into the surroundings and which is intended for aromatising open space - air in close surroundings, aromatising products in which it is placed or aromatising in principle small-sized products which are placed with it in a small-sized container.
  • the invention also relates to container for aromatising all kinds of small-sized products placed in it, including consumer products.
  • the diffuser according to the invention is defined by the technical features included in claim number 1, and the container in claim number 12.
  • diffusers of aromatic substances formed only of an absorbent material which, for example, takes the form of a plate made of compressed tissue paper and which is dry-aromatised or wet-aromatised in the factory with an aromatic substance that evaporates spontaneously into the surroundings.
  • Diffusers formed only of absorbent material are usually offered in pouches from which they are removed in the areas to be aromatised.
  • the disadvantage of such diffusers is that the intensity of the fragrances emitted cannot be adjusted.
  • Diffusers are also known in the form of tightly lidded containers filled with an aromatic substance and sticks of absorbent material. To activate such a diffuser, sticks of absorbent material are inserted into the container. The intensity of the fragrance is controlled by the number of sticks of absorbent material inserted into the container.
  • diffusers in which the absorbent material is housed in a sealed enclosure in which a metering valve is located which, for example, may take the form of a gate valve opening/closing the aromatic substance outlet window formed in the enclosure.
  • a metering valve which, for example, may take the form of a gate valve opening/closing the aromatic substance outlet window formed in the enclosure.
  • the above design ensures the dosage of aromatic substance over time, nevertheless, such a diffuser is not a maintenance-free diffuser, in due course one must remember to close the gate valve.
  • diffusers that seamlessly solve the above problem, that is, the problem of automatic ending of diffusion after a pre-set operating time, no less, these are diffusers fitted with an electronic valve.
  • Fitting diffusers with an electronic valve results in the fact that they are more expensive to produce, they need to be powered and they are larger in size, which makes them unsuitable for the kind of use that a handy diffuser has in the form of a plate soaked with an aromatic substance to be placed outside or in small containers in which it aromatises the products placed in these containers.
  • US patent description US10413630 is known for a wall socket mounted solid fragrance aroma diffuser that includes a bottom housing, an electrical plug assembly mounted in the bottom housing at one side, an air bearing seat mounted in the bottom housing, an air delivery device mounted inside the bottom housing and electrically coupled to the electrical plug assembly and adapted for creating a flow of air through the air bearing seat, and breathable fragrance capsules respectively filled with a solid fragrance material and placed in the air bearing seat in a stack.
  • Each breathable fragrance capsule has vent holes on the opposing top and bottom sides for aroma diffusion so that the breathable fragrance capsule can be placed in the air bearing seat on either of the top and bottom sides.
  • a diffuser of essential oils and fragrances is known for the Chinese utility model CN211794676.
  • the diffuser contains a carrier made of plastic which is combined in a stable way with an oil-based essence with a non-toxic, non-irritating aromatherapy fragrance that is easily released on contact with the air.
  • the carrier plastic is low-density polyethylene or high-density polyethylene, hot-melted together with the oil-based essence.
  • a fragrance diffuser spraying essential oils comprising a base, a rotating disc and a top cover, where the air outlet is formed in the upper central part of the top cover.
  • the upper plane of the rotating disc is fitted with a plurality of aroma boxes, and grooves are formed at the bottom of the aroma boxes.
  • the upper plane of the rotating disc is fitted with a plurality of lower positioning mechanisms along the perimeter; one end of each lower positioning mechanism is connected to a fixed post which is positioned along the perimeter; the other end of each lower positioning mechanism is fitted with a spring ring for clamping the lower end of each aroma box; the upper end of each fixed post is fitted with an upper positioning mechanism for clamping the upper end of each aroma box; the upper end of each fixed post is also provided with a peristaltic pump which is connected to the liquid inside each aroma box; each peristaltic pump is connected to an atomiser plate which is positioned at the upper end of the carrier shaft through a groove; and a fan is positioned at the lower end of each carrier shaft.
  • the problem to be solved by the present invention is the design of the diffuser which will be low-cost to produce and the diffuser will contain a maintenance- free fragrance intensity regulator and will dispense the aroma in pre-set quantities set by the user.
  • the purpose of the solution according to the invention is also a dispensing container with a diffuser of the above design and with properties that ensure professional internal circulation of the released aromatic substance, that is, properties that ensure uniform aromatisation of the products placed in the container.
  • a diffuser that is immediately dry- or wet-aromatised in the factory together with the products to be aromatised are loosely inserted into the same storage area of the container have the disadvantage that the diffuser and the loosely inserted products come into contact with each other and can therefore be damaged, stained or otherwise degraded.
  • this loose joint positioning of the diffuser and the products to be aromatised with it does not ensure proper circulation of the aromatic substance, so that the products are not evenly aromatised.
  • An aromatic or essential oil diffuser formed of an absorbent material and a liquid aromatic substance with which the absorbent material is soaked and which escapes spontaneously into the environment from the absorbent material, the absorbent material being surrounded by a jacket which is made of a material impermeable to liquids and which is fitted with an aromatic substance vapour ejector, according to the invention, characterised in that the aromatic substance is stored in crushable capsules embedded in the absorbent material, which are separated from the jacket by a semi-permeable membrane, and furthermore the jacket has spacing projections formed to distance it from the embedded absorbent material and is deformable for compression within the embedding area of the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance.
  • the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance are separated from the jacket by a semi-permeable membrane together with the absorbent material.
  • the semi-permeable membrane is in the form of a sachet.
  • the absorbent material is tubular in shape
  • the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance are located inside the tubular absorbent material and the jacket is in the form of a sleeve surrounding the absorbent material.
  • the jacket consists of two walls, front and rear, which are juxtaposed with a spacing one in front of the other and which are peripherally connected to each other, the absorbent material is in the form of a plate embedded between the walls, front and rear, in which a through slot is formed in which the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance are placed and which is closed on one side by the front wall and on the other by the rear wall of the jacket.
  • the jacket consists of two walls, front and rear, which are juxtaposed with a spacing one in front of the other and which are peripherally connected to each other, the absorbent material is in the form of a plate embedded between the walls, front and rear, in which a plurality of through slots are formed in which the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance are placed and which are closed on one side with the front wall and on the other side with the rear wall of the jacket.
  • the jacket has embossments formed at the points where the crushable capsules are embedded behind it in the absorbent material which have the form of outward convexities outside the jacket under which partly with their outline enter the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance embedded in the through slots of the absorbent material.
  • the aroma vapour ejector takes the form of windows in the form of through holes.
  • the aroma vapour ejector takes the form of a micro perforation.
  • the jacket is formed of flexible cardboard which is covered on both sides with heat-sealable film.
  • the jacket is formed from a flexible plastic plate.
  • An aroma container constructed from a body the upper part of which is its lid and which comprises side walls, including a front side wall and a rear side wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, between which a storage chamber is formed, and an aromatic substance diffuser embedded in the body, formed of a plate-shaped absorbent material and a liquid aromatic substance with which the absorbent material is soaked and which spontaneously escapes into the environment from the absorbent material, according to the invention, is characterised in that the plateshaped absorbent material is integrated in at least one wall of the body which is a surrounding jacket for the absorbent material and which has an inner layer that separates the absorbent material from the storage chamber and in which the aromatic substance vapour ejector is located, and an outer layer juxtaposed to the inner layer, with a spacing one in front of the other, the aromatic substance being stored in a plurality of crushable capsules located within the absorbent material, which are separated from the inner layer and outer layer forming their jacket by a semi- permeable membrane, moreover the wall of the body within the area of embed
  • the body is cuboidal.
  • the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance are separated from the inner layer and the outer layer of the wall of the body by a semi- permeable membrane together with an absorbent material.
  • the semi-permeable membrane is in the form of a sachet inside which there are embedded the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance, either alone or together with an absorbent material.
  • the wall into which the diffuser is integrated is in the form of a flap pivoting outwards from the body and constitutes the front wall of the lower part of the body, the wall in the form of the flap being separated from the storage chamber by a partition integrated in the body in which through holes are arranged and in which embossments are made in the form of spacing projections convex to the storage chamber.
  • the diffuser of the aromatic substance is integrated in the lid, in its upper wall.
  • the diffuser of the aromatic substance is integrated in the lid, in its front wall.
  • the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance are positioned in the slots formed in the absorbent material which are closed on one side by the outer layer which forms the jacket of the absorbent material and on the other side by the inner layer of the wall of the body.
  • the wall of the body has embossments in the form of outwardly convex projections on the wall of the body under which partly with their outline enter the crushable capsules filled with the aromatic substance embedded in the absorbent material.
  • the body is formed of flexible cardboard covered with heat- sealable film on both sides.
  • the body is formed from a flexible plastic plate.
  • the aroma vapour ejector takes the form of a plurality of through holes.
  • the embossments are made in the form of spacing projections convex to the inside of the storage chamber which keep the product held therein at a distance from the surfaces of the forming walls.
  • a pocket is formed in the side rear wall of the body which is open from above for embedding the diffuser therein.
  • crushable capsules which are crushed with fingers with which the capsules are embraced on both sides and crushed with a small pressure force.
  • the aromatic substance from the crushable capsules, crushed in a pre-set amount soaks up the absorbent material, from which it then volatilises on its own. Uncrushed crushable capsules do not allow the aromatic substance they contain to escape.
  • the crushable capsules are made of a material that is impermeable to liquid and fragrance, so that when the crushable capsules are not crushed, the encapsulated aromatic substance is sealed off from the environment.
  • the use of a jacket made of a liquid-impermeable material - a hydrophobic material - is intended to prevent the undesirable escape of the aromatic substance to the outside of the diffuser - the diffuser jacket.
  • Surrounding the crushable capsules with a semi-permeable membrane firstly prevents the particles from the crushed crushable capsule from escaping to the outside of the diffuser - diffuser jacket.
  • a vapour-permeable membrane When the crushable capsules are surrounded by a semi-permeable membrane together with an absorbent material, a vapour-permeable membrane can be used, whereas when the crushable capsules are surrounded by themselves, a vapour- and liquid-permeable membrane should be used.
  • the positioning of the crushable capsules in the through slots on both sides enclosed by outwardly convex embossments in the front and back walls of the jacket indicates the location of the crushable capsules in the jacket, making the solution intuitive to use.
  • the partial insertion of the crushable capsules into the embossed area is helpful for manual/organoleptic determination, by the hardness/springiness of the capsules, whether the crushable capsules have already been crushed or not in the respective slot.
  • the formation of embossments on the inner surfaces of the walls of the body in the form of spacing projections convex to the inside of the storage chamber which keep the product held therein at a distance from the surfaces of the forming walls ensures the even distribution of the aroma inside the container.
  • the location of the diffuser in the flap with which the container is fitted dramatically increases the area of the container into which the crushable capsules can be incorporated.
  • the creation of a pocket on the back wall of the container for a diffuser surrounded by its own jacket makes it possible to accommodate an additional such diffuser in the container, and, moreover, to use the container even after the aroma stored in the crushable capsules permanently integrated in its walls has been fully consumed.
  • fig. 1 presents the diffuser in the first embodiment in axonometric view
  • fig. 2 presents the diffuser in the first embodiment in bottom view
  • fig. 3 presents the diffuser in the first embodiment in axonometric view with open jacket
  • fig. 4 presents the diffuser in the first embodiment in axonometric view without the open jacket
  • fig. 5 presents the diffuser in the first embodiment in longitudinal section through one row of slots
  • fig. 6 presents the diffuser in the second embodiment in axonometric view
  • fig. 7 presents the diffuser in the second embodiment in axonometric view with open jacket
  • fig. 8 presents the diffuser in the second embodiment in longitudinal section through the socket, fig.
  • FIG. 9 presents the diffuser in the third embodiment in axonometric view
  • fig. 10 presents the diffuser the third embodiment in axonometric view in longitudinal section
  • fig. 11 presents the diffuser in the third embodiment in axonometric view unfolded without the jacket
  • fig. 12 presents the diffuser in the third embodiment in axonometric view in cross-section
  • fig. 13 presents the diffuser in the fourth embodiment in axonometric view
  • fig. 14 presents the diffuser in the fourth embodiment in axonometric view with open jacket
  • fig. 15 presents the diffuser in the fourth embodiment in cross-section
  • fig. 16 presents the diffuser in the fifth embodiment in axonometric view, fig.
  • FIG. 17 presents the diffuser in the fifth embodiment in axonometric view with open jacket
  • fig. 18 presents the diffuser in the fifth embodiment in cross-section
  • fig. 19 presents the container in axonometric view with open flap and raised lid
  • fig. 20 presents the container in axonometric view
  • fig. 21 presents the diffuser without container (jacket) in axonometric view
  • fig. 22 presents the container in longitudinal section through one row of slots
  • fig. 23 presents the container in longitudinal section at the spacing projections distancing the absorbent material from the inner layer and the outer layer of the container
  • fig. 24 presents in unfolded form one of the two die-cuts (first die-cut) from which the container is formed
  • fig. 25 presents in unfolded form one of the two die-cuts (second die-cut) from which the container is formed
  • fig. 26 presents the folded diecut from fig. 25 in axonometric view
  • fig. 27 presents the die-cut from fig. 26 in the view from the opposite side
  • fig. 28 presents the container in axonometric view with an open lid with a diffuser located in its storage chamber according to embodiment five according to the invention and a diffuser located in its pocket according to the first embodiment according to the invention
  • fig. 29 presents a fragment of the container in the lock view of the upper part and the lower part of the container
  • fig. 30 presents the container in the lock view of the upper part and the lower part of the container.
  • the aromatic or essential oil diffuser in the first embodiment according to the invention is formed by a jacket 1 in the interior of which an absorbent material 2 is positioned in the form of a rectangular plate in the area of which a plurality of crushable capsules 3 filled with liquid aromatic substance is arranged.
  • the jacket 1 is formed by two juxtaposed, front and rear rectangular walls la, lb spaced one in front of the other, both with ovoid comers.
  • the front wall la and back wall lb of the jacket 1 are interconnected by a spaced side wall 1c having peripherally arranged windows 4a, which, together with a micro perforation 4b formed in the front wall la and the rear wall lb of the jacket 1, constitute an aromatic substance ejector.
  • Crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance are arranged in slots 5 formed in the absorbent material 2 in the form of circular through holes arranged in two rows, three per row. In individual slots 5, one larger or several smaller crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance are placed.
  • the crushable capsules 3 together with the absorbent material 2 are separated from the jacket 1 by a semi- permeable membrane 6 which is in the form of a rectangular, peripherally closed sachet inside of which the absorbent material 2 is enclosed together with the crushable capsules 3.
  • the slots 5 in which the crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance are embedded are closed on one side by the front wall la and on the other side by the rear wall lb of the jacket 1.
  • the jacket 1 in the places where it closes the slots 5 has embossments 7 which are in the form of outwardly convex bowls on the outside of the jacket 1 under which partly with their outline enter the crushable capsules filled 3 with aromatic substance, embedded in the through slots 5 of the absorbent material 2.
  • embossments are made in the jacket 1 in the form of spacing projections 8 convex to its interior which distance the forming walls la, lb, front and rear, from the absorbent material 2 embedded in it.
  • the embossments in the form of spacing projections 8 centre the position of the absorbent material 2 inside the jacket 1.
  • the spacing projections 8 keep the walls la front and lb back of the jacket 1 equally spaced on both sides, creating a gap (expansion chamber) that facilitates the spreading in all directions of the aromatic substance with which the absorbent material 2 is soaked after the individual crushable capsules 3 are crushed.
  • the distance of the front wall 1 a and the rear wall lb of the jacket 1 from the absorbent material 2 is in the range of 20 to 50% of the thickness of the absorbent material 2.
  • the jacket 1 is formed of a material impermeable to liquids and can be made of flexible cardboard with characteristics designed for food-grade and pharmaceutical packaging.
  • the cardboard can be deep embossed and can have a thickness in the range of 160 pm to 260 pm and a weight in the range of 160 g/m 2 do 260 g/m 2 .
  • the cardboard from which the jacket 1 is made is covered on both sides with a heat-sealable film, such as a transparent polypropylene with both sides sealable, both sides treated, with low sealing temperature, which has barrier properties making it impermeable to water, oils and fragrances.
  • a film can be used which is designed for contact and packaging of food and pharmaceutical products with a weight from 18.5 g/m 2 to 45.5 g/m 2 and a thickness from 20 pm to 50pm.
  • the jacket 1 can also be manufactured from a plastic plate with a thickness of 0.3 mm to 1mm.
  • the jacket 1 in its entirety as well as within the embedding of crushable capsules 3 is deformable/flexible for the purpose of their compression.
  • the absorbent material 2 can be manufactured from compressed 100% stiff cellulose tissue with filtration properties and for medical purposes with a thickness in the range of 1 mm to 5 mm and a weight in the range of 100 g/m 2 to 500 g/m 2 .
  • the semi-permeable membrane 6 can be made of paper, tissue paper, plastic mesh, polypropylene or any other vapour- and liquid-permeable material intended for contact with food and pharmaceutical products.
  • the semi-permeable membrane 6 can be manufactured from low-heat polypropylene mesh with a low, i.e. 105-130°C sealing temperature and the thickness of 17 pm to 30 pm.
  • the semi-permeable membrane 6 in the solution according to the invention can be sealed to the polypropylene film covering the carton (to the jacket 1).
  • Such a sealing process has the advantage that the absorbent material 2 will be immobilised in the jacket 1, so that the slots 5 formed in it in the form of through holes will be positioned exactly at the embossment 7 points in the form of outwardly convex bowls.
  • Crushable capsules 3 are in the form of round/oval balls.
  • the shell-cover of the crushable capsules 3 should be relatively hard and easily crushable, it is supposed to break when squeezed with fingers, with little pressure.
  • the shell-cover of the crushable capsules 3 can be made from carrageenan extracted from red seaweed due to it being a cheap and readily available material.
  • Carrageenan, labelled E-407 in the food industry has neither taste nor smell, is vegan and is inert to health.
  • the crushable capsules 3 with the carrageenan shell-cover are impervious to liquid and fragrance, are effective in the ambient humidity between 20 and 70% and can keep aromatic oils and essential oils (aromatic substance) unchanged for long time.
  • the crushable capsules 3 may contain aromatic substances only in the form of aromatic oils and essential oils, and may not contain water, alcohol or other liquids or substances, as this would have a degrading effect on the shell-cover.
  • the absorbent capacity of the absorbent material 2 is at least one-third larger than the volume of the aromatic substance stored in the crushable capsules 3. The above prevents the aromatic substance from spilling outside the jacket 1 if all the crushable capsules 3 are crushed at the same time.
  • the jacket 1 is produced in such a way that its front wall la, together with the rear wall lb and the side wall 1c are cut from a single sheet, whereby the rear wall lb and the side wall 1c are connected via wings 1g extending from the free end of the side wall 1c, which are superimposed on the rear wall lb and which are connected to the rear wall lb of the jacket 1 by seals 9.
  • the seals 9 are made in the spacing projections 8.
  • the aromatic or essential oil diffuser in the second embodiment according to the invention is formed as in the first embodiment, with the difference that the crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance are positioned in a single, elongated slot 5 positioned in the middle of the absorbent material 2 in which they are arranged in two rows and in which they are surrounded by a semi-permeable membrane 6.
  • Several dozens of crushable capsules 3 (exactly 24 pieces) are positioned in the socket 5.
  • the absorbent material 2 is not embedded in the semi- permeable membrane 6, as in the first embodiment.
  • the front wall la and the rear wall lb of the jacket 1 are connected peripherally by a flange Id formed by cuts made in them, which is connected to the associated wall la, lb in which it is separated, which is connected by the walls le remaining after the cuts made which depart from it at an angle of 45°.
  • the open spaces between the above walls le are the windows 4a of the aroma ejector.
  • the flange Id of the front wall la and the flange Id of the rear wall lb are connected by seals 9.
  • he jacket 1 has an embossment 7 formed, each of which is in the form of an elongated convexity outward the jacket 1 under which, partly with their outline, enter the crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance embedded in the slot 5 of the absorbent material 2.
  • the aromatic or essential oil diffuser in the third embodiment according to the invention differs from the first or second embodiment in that the absorbent material 2 is in the form of a tube formed of two juxtaposed half-tubes, the crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance are positioned inside the tubular absorbent material 2, and the jacket 1 is in the form of a tubular body with which the absorbent material 2 is surrounded, whereas the jacket 1 in the form of a tubular body comprises two spaced apart semi-circular troughs If, each of which at both longitudinal edges along their entire length has wings 1g with which the semicircular troughs If are interconnected by seals 9 formed thereon. Ten crushable capsules 3 are positioned in the socket 5.
  • the semi-circular troughs If forming the jacket 1 are juxtaposed at a distance in such a way that the spacing projections 8 are formed in the wings lg departing form them with the tips of which the opposite wings lg are juxtaposed with each other.
  • the seals 9 are formed in the spacing projections 8 to seal the wings lg together.
  • the micro perforation 4b is formed in the wings lg which is the aromatic substance ejector.
  • the tubular body constituting the jacket 1 is non-closed from above and below. The above non-closing and the arrangement of the wings lg, and thus the semi-circular troughs at distance, form a peripheral window 4a which constitutes the aromatic substance ejector.
  • the spacing projections 8 are also made in the form of elongated convexities facing the inside of the jacket, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tubular diffuser, which keep the jacket 1 spaced from the absorbent material 2.
  • the spacing projections 8 are in the form of embossments. Only the crushable capsules 3 are surrounded by the semi-permeable membrane 6 as in the second embodiment.
  • the aromatic or essential oil diffuser in the fourth embodiment according to the invention differs from the first embodiment in that the jacket 1 is in the form of a disc, the absorbent material 2 is in the form of a ring embedded in the disc in the opening of which - slot 5a - a dozen or so crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance are placed.
  • the aromatic or essential oil diffuser in the fifth embodiment according to the invention differs from the first embodiment in that in the absorbent material 2, in the middle thereof, only one elongated slot 5 is formed in which one row of crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance is positioned. A dozen or so crushable capsules 3 are positioned in the socket 5.
  • he jacket 1 In the wall la, lb, front and rear, at the point where it closes the slot 5, he jacket 1 has an embossment 7 formed, each of which is in the form of a convexity outward the jacket 1 under which, partly by their outline, enter the crushable capsules 3 filled with the aromatic substance embedded in the through slot 5 of the absorbent material 2.
  • the aroma container in the embodiment according to the invention is constructed from a cuboidal body 10 which comprises side walls, including a front side wall and a rear side wall, and an upper wall and a lower wall, between which a storage chamber 10a is formed, and a diffuser 11 of the aromatic substance integrated in some of the walls of the body 10.
  • the cuboidal body 10 comprises a lower part 10b and an upper part 10c which together form its side, upper and lower walls.
  • the upper part 10c is a lid of the body 10 hingedly connected to the lower part 10b, which within the side walls, the upper and lower walls forming body 10 has the side walls and an upper wall.
  • the front side wall of the lower part 10b of the body 10 is in the form of a swivel-mounted flap 10d attached thereto in a downward direction.
  • the diffuser 11 in each of the walls into which it is integrated is formed by an absorbent material 11a in the form of a rectangular plate and a liquid aromatic substance which, within the absorbent material Ila, is stored in crushable capsules 11b.
  • Each wall of the body 10 into which the absorbent material 11a is integrated constitutes a jacket surrounding the same and is formed by an inner layer 10e which separates the absorbent material 11a from the storage chamber 10a and in which the aroma vapour ejector 11d is located in the form of windows (through holes), and an outer layer 10f juxtaposed with the inner layer 10e, spaced one in front of the other.
  • the diffuser 11 of the aromatic substance is integrated in the front side wall of the body 10, in its lower part 10b, which has the form of a flap 10d, and in the upper part 10c of the body 10 constituting the lid, more precisely in the front side wall and the upper wall of the lid.
  • the crushable capsules lib filled with the aromatic substance are arranged in the slots 11c formed in the absorbent material 1 la in the form of through holes.
  • the individual slots 11c of the flap 10d each hold several crushable capsules 11b filled with the aromatic substance
  • the slots 11c of the lid each hold several dozens of crushable capsules lib filled with the aromatic substance.
  • the aforementioned slots 11c can accommodate crushable capsules 11b in other quantities.
  • nine circular slots 11c are formed, arranged in three rows, three per row.
  • the absorbent material Ila Integrated in the side front wall of the lid is the absorbent material Ila fitted with two, one below the other, elongated slots 11c, and in the upper wall of the body, in its lid, the absorbent material Ila having one longitudinal slot 11c is embedded.
  • the aromatic substance ejectors l id are windows (through holes) formed at the edges of the inner layer 10e of the body 10 which constitutes the jacket of the absorbent material Ila.
  • the crushable capsules lib together with their associated absorbent material 11a are separated from the surrounding inner layer 10e and the outer layer 10f, which together form the front side wall of the body 10, by the semi-permeable membrane 12 which in each case (both in the flap and in the lid) has the form of a rectangular, peripherally closed sachet inside of which the absorbent material 11a is enclosed together with the crushable capsules 11b.
  • the crushable capsules lib are separated from the surrounding inner layer 10e and the outer layer 10f of the wall of the body 10 by the semi-permeable membrane 12 which is in the form of a rectangular, peripherally closed sachet inside of which only the crushable capsules 11b are enclosed.
  • the through slots 11c in which the crushable capsules lib filled with the aromatic substance are embedded are closed on one side by the inner layer 10e of the wall of the body 10 and on the other side by the outer layer 10f.
  • embossments 13 which are in the form of outwardly convex bowls in the flap 10d, and elongated convexities in the lid under which partly with their outline enter the crushable capsules 11b filled with the aromatic substance embedded in the slots 11c of the absorbent material 1 la.
  • embossments are made in the form of spacing projections 14 convex to the inside of the wall distancing them from the absorbent material 11a embedded therein.
  • the spacing projections 14 centre the position of the absorbent material 11a inside each wall of the body 10, between its inner layer 10e and outer layer 10f.
  • the distance of the outer layer 10f and the inner layer 10c from the absorbent material Ila is in the range of 20 to 50% of the thickness of the absorbent material 11a.
  • the wall of the body 10 in the form of a flap 10d is separated from the storage chamber 10a by a partition 10g in which there are through holes 10h which coincide with the windows of the aroma vapour ejector l id formed in the flap 10d in the inner layer 10e forming it. Furthermore, in the above- mentioned partition 10g, embossments are made in the form of spacing projections
  • the spacing projections 15 formed in the partition 10g distance the product or products embedded in the storage chamber 10a from the inner surface of the wall of the body 10, and the through holes lOh formed in the partition 10g, which coincide with the windows of the aroma vapour ejector lid, are formed in order to allow the vapour to flow freely from the absorbent material Ila located in the flap 10d to the interior of the storage chamber 10a. Furthermore, on the inner surfaces of the walls of the body 10 in which the diffuser 11 is integrated, embossments are made in the form of spacing projections
  • the body 10 of the container according to the invention was composed of two die-cuts 10i, 10j, the individual sheets of which were connected to each other by seals 19. From the first die-cut 10i, the upper part 10c of the body 10 constituting the lid, and the lower part 10b of the body 10 in the part of the flap 10d, the bottom wall and the side walls are formed in their entirety, but without the co-forming inner layer, i.e. the layer closest to the storage chamber 10a.
  • a cuboidal through die is formed, the front of which constitutes a partition 10g separating the storage chamber 10a from the flap 10d and the other three panels constitute the inner layers, closest to the storage chamber 10a, of the side walls of the body 10 in which are formed the above-mentioned spacing projections 16 located on the walls of the body 10 into which the diffuser 11 is not integrated.
  • the spacing projections 15, 16 are intended to ensure proper circulation inside the container in principle when the shape of the product/products corresponds to the cuboidal dimensions of the storage chamber 10a.
  • the spacing projections 15 formed in the partition 10g coincide in direction, size and location with the embossments 13 located in the inner layer 10e of the wall of the body 10, in front of the slots 11c, behind which the crushable capsules 11b are positioned, in such a way that the fronts of the former enter into the protuberances of the latter, which results in a thinner overall wall with the partition 10g forming the flap 10d, which would not be the case if these embossments 13 and spacing projections 15 did not coincide.
  • tongues 17 are formed with which the flap 10d is inserted into the slots 18 formed for them in the side walls of the body 10.
  • the body 10 is formed either from flexible cardboard covered on both sides with film or from a flexible plastic plate. Through the above, the body 10 in its entirety as well as in the areas where the crushable capsules 11b filled with the aromatic substance are embedded in it is deformable.
  • the body 10 of the container according to the invention and the diffuser 11 used therein, its absorbent material Ila, the semi-permeable membrane 12, the crushable capsules 11b and the aromatic substance are formed of the same materials and with the same characteristics as the diffuser according to the invention included in the present study, described and characterised in the first embodiment.
  • the rear side wall is formed of two layers which are spaced apart with respect to each other, and between them is formed a pocket 20 in which a diffuser according to the first, second, fourth or fifth embodiment according to the invention is positioned.
  • the through holes lOh and the aforementioned spacing projections 16 are formed in the wall layer forming the pocket 20 on the side of the storage chamber 10a.
  • the lower part 10b of the body 10 or more precisely on both of its upper side panels entering into the area of the upper part 10c of the body 10 (lid) in the closed position of the lid, there are shaped slots 21 in the form of embossments into which, in the closed position of the lid, the shaped projections 22 on the inner surface of the lid enter in the form of embossments.
  • the above forms the lock of the lower part 10b and the upper part 10c of the body 10 (fig. 29, fig. 30).
  • the diffuser according to the invention can have a width or diameter in the range of a few centimetres, a length in the range of a few to a dozen or so centimetres and a thickness in the range of a few millimetres, for example 7 cm/4 cm/0.4 cm, or the diameter of 5 cm.
  • the container according to the invention can have a height in the range of a dozen or so centimetres and a depth and width in the range of several centimetres, for example it can have the dimensions 9.5 cm/6 cm/3 cm.
  • the slots 5, 11c for crushable capsules 3, 11b have, in principle, a diameter or width in the range of 4 to 12 mm and their length is adapted to the length of the diffuser.
  • the spacing projections 8, 14, 15 and 16 have a height in the range of 0.3 to 0.8 mm and the embossments 7, 13 in front of the slots 5, 11c have a height in the range of 0.3 to 0.8 mm.
  • the shell of the crushable capsules 3, lib can have a thickness in the range of 0.03 to 0.08 mm.
  • the micro perforation which is a substance vapour ejector, can be formed by holes with a diameter in the range of 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm and the windows can preferably have a surface area in the range of 10 to 60 mm 2 .

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Un diffuseur d'huile aromatique ou essentielle, à partir duquel l'arôme est progressivement libéré dans l'environnement et qui est destiné à aromatiser l'air d'un espace ouvert dans l'environnement proche, à aromatiser des produits dans lesquels il est placé ou à aromatiser en général des produits de petite taille qui sont placés avec celui-ci dans un contenant de petite taille, constitué d'un matériau absorbant (2) et d'une substance aromatique liquide avec laquelle le matériau absorbant (2) est trempé et qui s'échappe spontanément du matériau absorbant (2) dans l'air ambiant, le matériau absorbant (2) étant entouré par une enveloppe (1) qui est constituée d'un matériau imperméable aux liquides et qui est équipée d'un éjecteur de vapeur (4a, 4b) de la substance aromatique, caractérisé en ce que la substance aromatique est stockée dans les capsules écrasables (3). Un contenant pour aromatiser des produits de petite taille, y compris des produits de consommation, construit à partir d'un corps (10) et d'un diffuseur d'arôme (11) incorporé dans le corps (10) d'une substance aromatique formée à partir d'un matériau absorbant (11a) et d'une substance aromatique, avec lequel le matériau absorbant (11a) est trempé et qui s'échappe spontanément du matériau absorbant (11a) dans l'environnement, caractérisé en ce que le matériau absorbant (Ha) est intégré dans les parois du corps (10) et la substance aromatique est stockée dans les capsules écrasables (11b) situées à l'intérieur du matériau absorbant (11a).
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