Diffuser of active agents such as insecticides, perfumes, detergents or disinfectants, and manufacturing process thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11951490-B2
Application number	US-202117445438-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2021
Priority date	Dec 31, 2015
Publication date	Apr 9, 2024
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024

Abstract

Diffuser of an active liquid agent, for the treatment of a fluid environment, be it at the gaseous or liquid state, of the type including a container (1) of the active agent, closed by grid element apt to maintain in position the active agent and to allow the emanation of fluids of the same, the grid element being covered by a barrier film, peelable at the time of the first use to make operative the grid element, wherein the container (1) is closed by a single multilayer film (2, 3a, 3b) including at least one external barrier layer (3a) and at least another inner sealing layer (2) apt to maintain in position the active agent and to form the grid element, at the time of the first use of the container, following the simultaneous removal of the barrier film and of predefined portions of the sealing layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A diffuser of an active liquid agent imbued in a solid or gel-like support, for the treatment of a gaseous or liquid environment, the diffuser comprising:
a container of the active liquid agent, closed by a grid configured to maintain in position the solid or gel-like support of said active liquid agent and to allow emanation of fluids of the active liquid agent, said grid being covered by an external barrier film that is configured to be peeled off of the diffuser at a first use of the container in order to make the grid operative to allow emission of the active liquid agent,
wherein the container is closed by a single multilayer film comprising at least the external barrier layer, an inner sealing layer, and an intermediate release layer between the external barrier layer and the inner sealing layer, the inner sealing layer being internally structured with predefined incision portions which run through an entire thickness of the inner sealing layer according to a predefined pattern such that the predefined incision portions of the inner sealing layer are not laterally connected to a remaining part of the inner sealing layer and adhere to the external barrier layer,
wherein the inner sealing layer is configured to form the grid, at the first use of the container, when the external barrier layer and the predefined incision portions of the inner sealing layer are simultaneously removed from the container.

2. The diffuser as in claim 1 , wherein said external barrier layer is configured to prevent outward leaking of the active agent, and
said intermediate release layer is configured to facilitate detachment by peeling between said intermediate release layer and the inner sealing layer, when a sufficient traction effort is imparted to the external barrier layer.

3. The diffuser as in claim 2 , wherein said inner sealing layer is a PE plastic material, said intermediate release layer is a PP plastic material, and said external barrier layer is aluminum.

4. The diffuser as in claim 1 , wherein a peripheral inner edge of the inner sealing layer of said multilayer film is thermally welded onto a flange edge of said container.

5. The diffuser as in claim 1 , wherein said inner sealing layer is internally structured with the predefined incision portions, according to one or more closed lines which delimit a perimeter of said predefined incision portions.

6. The diffuser as in claim 5 , wherein said predefined incision portions of the inner sealing layer remaining adherent to said external barrier layer, leave corresponding cavities in said inner sealing layer, upon the removal of said external barrier layer.

7. The diffuser as in claim 1 , wherein said active liquid agent is separated from said multilayer film by a porous solid support acting as a wick.

8. The diffuser as in claim 7 , wherein said inner sealing layer is permeable to the vapors of said active liquid agent.

9. The diffuser as in claim 7 , wherein said inner sealing layer is welded to said porous solid support acting as the wick, in correspondence to edges of orifices formed in the inner sealing layer.

10. A manufacturing process for the diffuser as in claim 1 , the process comprising:
forming said single multilayer film, with at least the inner sealing layer and at least the external barrier layer;
cutting at least said inner sealing layer according to closed-perimeter incision lines which run through an entire thickness of said inner sealing layer, according to the predefined pattern which defines the predefined incision portions that are no longer laterally connected with the remaining part of said inner sealing layer; and
applying and accurately welding an inner edge of said multilayer film onto a flange edge of said container.

11. The process as in claim 10 , further comprising disposing the intermediate release layer between the inner sealing layer and the external barrier layer.

12. The process as in claim 10 , wherein said incision lines extend at least partly into said intermediate release layer.

13. The process as in claim 10 , wherein said incision lines are performed mechanically, with cutting blades at a controlled cutting depth.

14. The process as in claim 10 , wherein said incision lines are performed thermo-mechanically, with thermal-action knives with controlled cutting depth.

15. The process as in claim 10 , wherein said incision lines are performed with a laser cut, adjusting the cutting depth by controlling the applied power.

Assignees

• Zobele Holding Spa

Inventors

• Marchetti Fabio
• Deflorian Stefano
• Zobele Franco

Classifications

• B05B1/00 Primary

  Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means (B05B3/00, B05B5/00, B05B7/00 take precedence; devices for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by contact B05C; nozzles for ink-jet printing mechanisms B41J2/135; nozzles for liquid-dispensing, e.g. in vehicle service stations, B67D7/42) · CPC title

• A61L9/042 Primary

  with the help of a macromolecular compound as a carrier or diluent (A61L9/048 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61L9/048

  air treating gels · CPC title

• A61L9/12 Primary

  Apparatus, e.g. holders, therefor · CPC title

• A61L9/127

  comprising a wick · CPC title