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Scent-Emitting Systems

US4603030A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 20, 1984
Grant dateJul 29, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 20, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S261/65
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for emitting, in sequence, a plurality of different scents includes a plurality of holders for scent-bearing chips; a mechanism for propelling these scents from a system; a mechanism for conveying, selectively, any desired scent holder into operative relation with the propelling mechanism; and a mechanism for actuating the propelling mechanism to propel scent from any desired scent holder in response to a programmed, predetermined sequence of scents of predetermined duration.

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