US 12,036,846 B2
System for distributing volatile substance with base unit and self-sealing removable capsule
Anne Elizabeth Lindert Nixon, La Grange, KY (US); Glenn W. Kaye, Norwalk, CT (US); Artem O. Kirshon, Plainsboro, NJ (US); Martin Haupt, Vienna (AT); Jonathan Rolland, San Diego, CA (US); Pau Mauri Piñol, L'Aldea (ES); Roman Prager, Vienna (AT); Ismael Castellvi Anguera, L'Aldea (ES); Joan Marc Escudero Vericat, L'Aldea (ES); Amanda Williams, San Jose, CA (US); and Alex Dupont, Waltham, MA (US)
Assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Filed by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/785,452.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/803,010, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/803,020, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,980, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,997, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/803,034, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0254851 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. B60H 3/00 (2006.01); A01M 1/20 (2006.01); A61L 9/02 (2006.01); A61L 9/12 (2006.01); B05B 11/00 (2023.01); B05B 11/06 (2006.01); B05B 12/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 3/0007 (2013.01) [A61L 9/122 (2013.01); B05B 11/0054 (2013.01); B05B 11/06 (2013.01); B05B 12/02 (2013.01); A01M 1/2033 (2013.01); A61L 9/02 (2013.01); A61L 2209/11 (2013.01); A61L 2209/133 (2013.01); B60H 2003/0042 (2013.01); B60H 2003/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capsule for a volatile material distribution system, the capsule configured for use with a base unit having a fan and an air opening for an airflow of air driven by the fan, the capsule comprising:
a housing with a port, the port at least partly defined by a seal surface, the housing configured to move between an engaged position and a disengaged position relative to the base unit, the housing, in the engaged position, being removably supported on the base unit with the port fluidly connected to the air opening of the base unit, the housing, in the disengaged position, being spaced apart from the base unit;
a volatile substance member that includes a volatile substance, the volatile substance member contained within the housing; and
a seal member that is supported by the housing for movement between a sealed position and an unsealed position, at least part of the seal member sealing against the seal surface to close the port when in the sealed position, the at least part of the seal member configured to move to be spaced at a distance from the seal surface upon engagement with the base unit to open the port when in the unsealed position;
the seal member, when the capsule is disengaged from the base unit, re-sealing to be in the sealed position.