Vaporizer

June 19, 1951 j. _FUsay etal 2,557,501

VAPORIZER

Filed Dec. 1, 1949

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Patented June 19, 1951

2,557,501

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,557,501

VAPORIZER

Jules Fusay, Jackson Heights, and Hyman Eventoff, Bronx, N. Y.

Application December 1,1949, Serial No. 130,434

Claim.

The invention herein disclosed is a device for vaporizing and dispersing perfumes, incense, disinfectants, deodorizers and the like.

Objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character which will effectively vaporize and disperse such materials, which will be low in first cost and in cost of operation and which with all these advantages will be ornamental in character and therefore suited to use wherever its effects are desired.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a practical and efficient form of vaporizer which can be operated from any electric outlet and which will have no moving parts, so as to be absolutely quiet in its action.

Other important objects of the invention are to provide a vaporizer of the type indicated which will utilize to the fullest possible extent the vaporizable materials without waste or residue and which can be washed and kept clean and sanitary, ready for use, as required, with different vaporizable materials.

Other desirable objects and the novel features through which the various purposes of the invention are attained are set forth or will appear in the course of the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification illustrates a present practical embodiment of the invention. Structure, however, may be modified and changed as regards the present illustration without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined and claimed.

Fig. 1 in the drawing is a perspective view of one of the new vaporizers;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view through the base of the device as on substantially the plane of line 2—2 of Fig. 3, with the carrier for the vaporizable material removed;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the complete device.

As particularly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, important features of the invention are the provision of an upwardly tapered, generally conical member 5 having external grooves 6 for containing and supporting a vaporizable medium and of hollow formation to contain an electric lamp or other suitable form of heater 7.

Preferably the hollow vaporizing support is in the form of a shell of plastic, glass, metal, clay or ceramic material and the vaporizable medium containing grooves 6 may be portions of a single, continuous helix progressing spirally from a shallow depression or cup 8 in the top of the article, down to the final circular groove or trough 8 at the bottom rim forming terminus.

(Cl. 21—119)

The vapor dispersing or dissipating element described and enclosed heater are supported on a suitable base and the latter is shown at 10 as of hollow formation adapted to be placed on a table, ⁸ desk or other support.

This hollow base serves to support the vapor disseminating element in raised position and also provides a holder for tubes, phials, bottles or other containers of the essence that may be used on ¹⁰ the vapor dispersing member.

For convenience this hollow base may have a hinged or removable cover ί ί for providing convenient access to the materials intended to be used with the device.

ⁱ⁵ The lamp or heater 7 may be mounted in a socket 12 adapted to be connected by cord 13 with a convenient electric outlet.

The hollow conical member is shown as removably supported on a ring-like form of carrier i4 ²⁰ mounted on the lamp socket.

The invention may be used to vaporize various kinds of perfumes, incense, and other aromatic mediums and for disinfecting, medicating, deodorizing and humidifying purposes. It is par²⁵ ticularly suited to dispersing the agreeable and beneficial odors of pine oil and the like. A few drops of such oil or extract deposited in the cup 8 at the top of the vaporizer will gravitate slowly down the spiral track, becoming more heated as 30 it attenuates and approaches the zone of highest temperature in the progressively extended reaches of the spiral groove. This, in practice, generally provides that the material will be substantially all vaporized by the time it reaches the lowest 35 convolution, assuring practically complete dissipation of volatile contents without residue. Thus substantially complete utilization of volatilizable products is assured without attention on the part of the user.

The vaporizing member may be of transparent or translucent material so as to transmit part of the light, thus, if desired, to serve in the nature of a night lamp and, at any rate, to afford agreeable and ornamental illumination.

Further, and of special importance in connection with the use of pine oil, the conical ridged or grooved vaporizing element creates the novel and attractive appearance of a pine tree, suggesting in ornamental fashion the particular 50 function and use of the device.

With all the advantages mentioned, the device is of relatively simple, inexpensive construction and has no moving parts to get out of order or require attention. The vaporizing cone may be 55 lifted off the support S4 and be readily washed and cleaned and similarly, the hollow base which

2,557,501 may be of plastic, glass or other material, is ornamental in character and easily kept clean and attractive.

Preferably the vaporizing cone and supporting ring are proportioned so that the cone will be located slightly above the base with a space 15 intervening to promote circulation of air heated by the lamp, upwardly over the containing grooves of the vaporizer.