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Microsoft: HoloLens will cost more than $4004 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on May 5, 2015 under Camera, Mobile, Monitors, PeripheralMicrosoft Corp.'s HoloLens is an impressive device that the company hopes will create a new product category. At present, it is hard to imagine potentially popular usage models for HoloLens and it i... more.
Canon launches highest resolution full-frame DSLRs ever made5 CommentsPosted by Matthew Wilson on February 6, 2015 under CameraCanon has launched its new 5DS and 5DS R DSLR cameras, packing in 50 megapixels of resolution, making them the highest resolution full-frame DSLRs ever made. There isn't a big difference between the t... more.
Toshiba puts NFC in SD cards for previewing photos0 CommentsPosted by Brendon Morgan on January 9, 2015 under Accessories, Camera, Event, General Tech, Laptop / Mobile, PeripheralToshiba revealed that it is planning to release SD cards featuring Near Field Communication (NFC) technology that will enable you to see what photos are on the card by touching it to your phone. This... more.
Sony's head-mounted display turns any glasses into smart-glasses0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on December 18, 2014 under Camera, Monitors, PeripheralSony Corp. has announced its Single-Lens Display Module that can turn any eyewear into smart-glasses. Just like Google Glass, Sony's SLDM integrates its own application processor, sensors, battery a... more.
Is it time for a Polaroid revival?3 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on December 8, 2014 under CameraPolaroid is back guys, or at the least, it has a new look, transforming itself from a standard looking camera that actually develops the film, to a rugged, Go-Pro-like action camera. Available now i... more.
BT Smart Home Cam 100 review0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on August 28, 2014 under Camera, Highlights, SecurityOnce upon a time, protecting your home with security cameras was a pipe dream for the paranoid. It was not just seen as unnecessary, but impractical, ungodly expensive and even if you did set up a net... more.
GoPro unveils dog harness camera mount0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on August 28, 2014 under CameraIf you thought GoPro had stopped coming up with novel ways to film the world, think again, as now you can attach up to two individual cameras to your dog, giving you an over the shoulder view and one ... more.
Microsoft to start selling standalone Kinect for Xbox One in October1 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on August 28, 2014 under Camera, Console, Peripheral, Software & GamingAfter Microsoft Corp. began selling its Xbox One video game system without Kinect, sales of the console increased rather significantly thank to lower price. The software giant naturally does not want ... more.
Amazon may be developing its own smart eyewear5 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on July 15, 2014 under Camera, Monitors, PeripheralAmazon this week hired Babak Parviz, a former Google executive who led the development of the company's Glass wearable gadget. Several weeks ago Mr. Parviz was replaced from his position at Google, bu... more.
Kinect 2.0 PC release date and price announced0 CommentsPosted by Matthew Wilson on July 7, 2014 under Camera, PeripheralThe Windows compatible version of Microsoft's Kinect 2.0 will start shipping to buyers on the 15th of July. The Kinect sensor is meant for developers to create games and applications that utilize ges... more.
Canon and Microsoft sign broad cross-licensing agreement1 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on July 2, 2014 under Android, Camera, Channel, Mobile, PeripheralMicrosoft Corp. and Canon on Wednesday said that they have signed a broad patent cross-licensing agreement. Thanks to the new pact the two companies gain licenses to each other's highly valued and g... more.
GoPro goes public, share value skyrockets0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on June 27, 2014 under CameraGoPro, the makers of lightweight, rugged, action orientated video cameras went public yesterday, with just under 18 million shares being sold by the company and stockholders at $24 a piece. This IPO l... more.
HP to sell keyboard with Leap Motion's technology in retail0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on June 10, 2014 under Camera, Keyboards, PeripheralLeap Motion's motion sensing technology for personal computers looks very promising, but its main problem is that it is not available widely, which is why software developers rarely take advantage o... more.
IDC: Shipments of wearables to reach 19.2 million this year0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on April 11, 2014 under Camera, Mobile, Monitors, PeripheralA lot of promising wearable computing devices have been introduced in the recent months and quarters. Things like Google Glass, Samsung Gear 2 as well as various smartbands are still pretty expensive,... more.
Google to sell Google Glass to general public next week0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on April 10, 2014 under Camera, Monitors, PeripheralGoogle said Thursday that it would sell its Google Glass smart eyewear to general public next week. Unfortunately, the offer will only last one day and will be limited to the U.S. residents. For we... more.
iSAW EXtreme Action Camera Review7 CommentsPosted by Leo Waldock on March 27, 2014 under Camera, General Tech, HighlightsKorean action cam company iSAW has come up with a neat idea. The EXtreme action cam offers a fascinating proposition. The package includes a fully featured 1080p 60fps action cam with 802.11n Wi-Fi, a... more.
Panasonic GH4 could offer 4K res for just over 1K pounds0 CommentsPosted by Bob Crane on March 11, 2014 under CameraWhile 3D might be on its knees, praying for Avatar 2 and 3 to save its over-hyped butt, tomorrow's world of 4K delight seems to be a single, inevitable step away. While the TVs can certainly be made a... more.
Nikon announces new D4S DSLR0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on February 25, 2014 under CameraNikon has unveiled its new high end DSLR camera, known as the D4S. It packs a high mexapixel sensor, multiple connectivity options for storing and transferring photos faster than ever, and some imagin... more.
Isaw Extreme offers GoPro alternative0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on February 19, 2014 under CameraThere's been a lot of developments in the high-definition camera world over the past few years, with devices like the Flip HD cam becoming hugely popular and then dipping off as phones began to catch ... more.
SanDisk's 'world's fastest' SD cards boast SSD-like speeds0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on February 14, 2014 under Camera, Pen DrivesSanDisk this week introduced its new SecureDigital memory cards compliant with the latest UHS-II standard that can offer performance of low-cost solid-state drives, which is needed to shoot videos in ... more.
Panasonic brings 4K video to the Digital SLR market0 CommentsPosted by faith on February 7, 2014 under Camera, CPU, Graphics, WorkstationWith companies like Sony struggling badly in the consumer electronics market, it's interesting to see that one area where the CEO does not want to back away from is 4K TVs. As 3D interest cools (await... more.
Company announces 12-bit color encoding tech for HD, UHD movies0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on January 27, 2014 under Camera, Graphics, HTPC, MonitorsAll modern high-definition movies are encoded to support colour depth with up to eight bits per colour because of inefficiencies of modern technology. But a number of modern displays and televisions s... more.
Nikon announces new Coolpix range0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on January 7, 2014 under CameraJapanese camera manufacturer, Nikon, has announced a new range of picture boxes to steal your souls, known as COOLPIX. It'll encompass a wide range of different cameras, including the top end, high me... more.
NASA Uses Kinect 2, Oculus Rift VR Helm to Control Space Robots0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on December 31, 2013 under Camera, ConsoleModern gaming technologies are not only easy to use, but they are getting more and more advanced and considerably more precise than they used to be just several years ago. Therefore, it is not surpris... more.
Buy a Raspberry Pi camera module now0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on May 15, 2013 under CameraIf you're a Raspberry Pi user and you've been hankering to use the mini-PC to make something that'll snap pictures, then you're in luck, as the module to give it photographic capabilities, has now gon... more.
Are DSLR cameras dying in popularity?4 CommentsPosted by Carl Muller on November 19, 2012 under Camera, ChannelI find it hard to believe that anyone would use a smartphone for anything but the most basic of photographs on the 'spur of the moment', but research handled by Digitimes would indicate that camera sa... more.
Optical boffins create 50 GIGA pixel camera0 CommentsPosted by Harrison on June 26, 2012 under Camera, General TechReports coming out of the University of Arizona say that a 75cm square cube of optical processing goodness has been assembled, with a jaw-dropping resolution of 50 gigapixels. KitGuru eyes its collect... more.
Canon announce EOS 5D Mark III0 CommentsPosted by Carl Muller on March 2, 2012 under Camera, General TechCanon have officially announced the new EOS 5D Mark III SLR camera which sports a massive 22.3 megapixel full frame CMOS sensor and DIGIC 5+ Image processor. The 5D MKIII features a 61 point High Dens... more.
Nokia announces 41 Megapixel 808 PureView at MWC1 CommentsPosted by Stephen Dougherty on February 27, 2012 under Camera, Channel, Mobile, SmartphoneRemember all that hype from Nokia last week about getting ready for something pure? Cat's out the bag and now we can... more.
Point of View invites you to shoot them in the bath0 CommentsPosted by Jules on February 17, 2012 under Camera, EventWhile everyone works hard to make sure that their core products (the 'bread and butter' if you will) are working well, at the same time these companies always have one eye open for the 'silver bullet'... more.
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Brendan Irvine had to be satisfied with a silver medal after losing his light flyweight final on a split decision to Russia's Bator Sagaluev this afternoon at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Brendan Irvine had to be satisfied with a silver medal after losing his light flyweight final on a split decision to Russia's Bator Sagaluev this afternoon at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Swiss authorities are examining development grants made by FIFA around the world as part of their investigation into the sport's global governing body.
Belgium may seek compensation over the €4.5million spent on their unsuccessful 2018 World Cup bid if FIFA's decision to award the finals to Russia is found to be fraudulent.
FIFA postponed the bidding for the right to host the 2026 World Cup today and Swiss authorities took possession of computer data that a source said included records from the office of its president Sepp Blatter.
The head of FIFA's audit and compliance committee has reportedly claimed Russia and Qatar could lose the right to host the World Cup if evidence emerges of bribery in the bidding processes.
Third seed Simona Halep came through the first round of the French Open unscathed as she beat Russia's Evgeniya Rodina 7-5 6-4.
FIFA is to announce a new system of match observers to monitor incidents of racism and discrimination at World Cup qualifiers in the build up to the 2018 tournament in Russia.
Alex Murphy of UCD became the fourth Irish swimmer to qualify for the World Championships in Russia when he won the men's 50m breastroke on the opening day of the Irish Open.
Two-time Olympic bronze medallist Paddy Barnes is aiming to become the first Irish boxer in the 104-year history of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association to qualify for three successive Olympics tonight.
Russia have been awarded a 3-0 victory by UEFA over Montenegro following their Euro 2016 qualifier in Podgorica last month which was abandoned because of crowd trouble.
UEFA has charged Montenegro and Russia after their Euro 2016 qualifier in Podgorica was abandoned following Russia players being hit by missiles.
The head of the Football Association of Montenegro (FSCG) has branded fans who forced the abandonment of Friday's Euro 2016 qualifier against Russia as "barbarians".
Montenegro's European Championship qualifier against Russia was abandoned in the 67th minute on Friday night as the players brawled and objects were thrown from the stands.
Zimbabwe have been expelled from the qualifying competition for the 2018 World Cup in Russia after not paying an outstanding debt to their former coach.
Russia's Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia won their semi-finals at the Brisbane International today to set up a highly-anticipated showdown in the lead-up to this month's Australian Open.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has revealed that a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission visited Moscow and took around 3,000 samples from local athletes for testing.
Rob Heffernan will receive the bronze medal for the 20km walk at the 2010 European Championships in Cork tonight, awarded to him after winner Stanislav Emelyanov of Russia failed to meet doping standards.
US lawyer Michael Garcia has resigned as FIFA's independent ethics investigator after losing his appeal challenging the findings to clear Russia and Qatar to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Dick Pound, the hard-hitting former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, is to head an independent commission investigating allegations of systematic doping and cover-ups in Russia.
FIFA ethics investigator Michael Garcia has lost his appeal against the findings which cleared Qatar and Russia to host the 2022 and 2018 World Cups.

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Dialysis Corporation of America (DCAI)
Q4 2009 Earnings Call
March 11, 2010 10:00 AM EST
Andrew Jeanneret – CFO
Steve Everett – President and CEO
Ryan Halsted – Wells Fargo
Darren Lehrich – Deutsche Bank
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I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Mr. Andrew Jeanneret, CFO. Sir, you may begin.
Andrew Jeanneret
Thank you, operator, and welcome everyone to our 2009 fourth quarter conference call. My name is Andrew Jeanneret. With me is Steve Everett.
I will start the call with our forward-looking statement disclosure. During our call, we may make forward-looking statements, which can generally be identified by the content of such statements or the use of forward-looking terminology that includes statements that do not contain historical fact.
All such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
For further details concerning these risks and uncertainties, please refer to our SEC filings included in our most recent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our annual report on Form 10-K.
Our forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us and we undertake no obligation to update these statements whether as a result of changes in underlying facts, information, future events, or developments.
With that, I will now turn the call over to Steve.
Steve Everett
Thanks Andrew. Good morning everyone. As you know, we announced our results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2009 yesterday. As with prior calls, I would like to spend a few minutes providing you with the business update before Andrew covers the financial results. And then, we will be happy to take any questions that you may have.
First, a few operating notes. As you know, we consolidated four of our centers last year to two centers, resulting in improved aggregate margins at those facilities as well as operating efficiencies. During the year, we also built two new centers in Ohio, which are currently in the process of being certified by Medicare.
We provided a little bit more than 296,000 dialysis treatments for the year, which is a slightly lower number than we expected for our same-store growth which was about 2%. We also began our first university affiliation in 2009, which was with the School of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. The affiliation included a grant agreement that will span over three years with the DCA contribution of $265,000 in each of those years, the first which was provided last March.
Beyond the financial support we are providing, it's our hope for DCA facility participation in various research studies being conducted by the university in the hopes of improving the lives of the patients afflicted with kidney disease.
On the clinical front, we made several progressive steps in improving what has already been excellent quality care. Our Kt/V greater than 1.2, which is the measurement of adequacy of dialysis remained at slightly above 97%, a statistic that we are very proud of.
Our anemia management for the year resulted in hemoglobins greater than 11 to be roughly 80%, a slight downward tick primarily due to an increase in the nursing home patients in our system. These patients typically have more comorbidities and can be more challenging to obtain the ideal hemoglobin levels. Our final clinical measurement is access management, which continues to improve with 60% of our patients having fistulas [ph] in place at the end of the year.
Our new business development was rather stagnant over the year with two new centers being developed as I already mentioned and the integration of our Hyattsville center into our system.
We sat on the sidelines regarding acquisitions and found many physicians wanting to sit on the sidelines this past year in regards to de novo joint ventures, driven primarily by a desire to see how the impact of the bundle of 2011 is going to affect them, which we should be able to address better later in 2010, as well as their continued concerns over the economy as a whole.
While I am reluctant to predict the timing of these opportunities that are out there coming to fruition, we do feel confident that the effects of the 2011 bundle becomes clearer and personal financial fears begin to subside, we should be able to get these opportunities to the finish line.
Finally, it would be a mistake not to make note of our take on the upcoming bundle. The key issues that in our opinion that will ultimately determine the impact on DCA or any other provider for that matter are where our oral medications will end up, what comorbidities will be used in determining reimbursement, and lab testing. We will have a better feel for everything as the year progresses. At this point, there is really nothing new to report.
The fact that we have completed our phase-in of our new clinical information system, which is a huge deal for us was critical for DCA as we prepare for the bundle to say nothing of making life easier on our physicians and our caregivers.
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Surprise! Soap Opera Ratings Bubble Up
A year after ABC ditched two daytime dramas, the remaining shows are seeing a resurgence.
This story first appeared in the Dec. 14 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
When ABC canceled One Life to Live and All My Children a year ago, the network cited declining ratings, higher production costs and changing viewer tastes as the reasons. But this season, all four surviving daytime broadcast soaps -- ABC's General Hospital, CBS' The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful and NBC's Days of Our Lives -- have seen a surprise uptick in ratings and are outpacing the talk shows that replaced Life and Children.
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"What's happened is the core audience realized these treasures might go away," says Bill Carroll, vp and director of programming at Katz Television Group. "They decided they'd better watch, or the shows are not going to be there."
Consolidating that audience was a goal of recent casting moves, according to Frank Valentini, executive producer of General Hospital (and formerly of One Life to Live). "We brought three actors from One Life to Live to General Hospital, so I'm sure we brought some fans over," he says.
Valentini cites other recent improvements -- storylines don't drag out as long, portrayals of women are more contemporary, and there are fewer flashbacks and more intrigue, romance and humor. The result: GH, which moved up an hour to 2 p.m. to make room for the new talk show Katie, is seeing ratings gains.
Social media and increasing use of DVRs also are helping drive viewers. "There's a water-cooler sort of effect in social media," says Valentini. For instance, a mid-November episode of Days was seen live by about 1.8 million people. Another 409,000 time-shifted to later that day, and an additional 178,000 watched within seven days. (That means about 25 percent of overall viewers watched a recording.)
Costs also have been trimmed from what a source says was the $170,000 it took to produce a network episode in 2011 (about $42 million a year).
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At the same time, ABC's One Life to Live replacement The Chew is averaging 2.4 million total viewers. That's competitive with GH, but in the key demo of women 25-to-54 (which is what advertisers care about most), Chew generates only a 0.9 rating, about one-third less than GH delivers. Katie also is failing to attract as many women 25-to-54 as GH. (ABC's other soap replacement, the lifestyle self-help show The Revolution, already has been canceled.)
Given the resurgence, could this mean new dramas soon will be coming to daytime? Says Carroll, "At some point in the future, the trend will once again be soap operas."
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This line is a great contradiction:
The KKK is an organization which has a mob of white people with the intention of torturing and ostracizing essentially anyone who isn't white. But the KKK didn't only victimize anyone who wasn't white. They attacked anyone who wasn't a white protestant. This part of it could be like the gangs, taking out anyone who isn't in the same one as you. Soul compares the size of his crew to that of the organization, which has a lot of members…
Don't go forgetting about the OG west coaster Cube and his fascination with the KKK, oh and that mobbin' bit.
This could also be a commentary on black on black murder in the U.S. — like a black gang acting as "the black KKK", killing other blacks
In the video, when he says Okay-kay-kay, a picture of the White House comes up, so Soul may be continuing the meaning of the hook, saying that the government is like the KKK and is the real enemy and how his mob is the black KKK as in the opposing force.
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Seniors learn about law enforcement
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Last week the Etowah County Sheriff's Office hosted the week-long 2015 Student Leadership Academy for 22 incoming high school seniors. The mini-academy is similar to what members of the department have to go through.
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Southside City Fest returns on July 18 for its ninth year. Admission to the event is free. The festival starts at 2 p.m. on the Southside High School grounds and ends at 10 p.m.
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Summer has just begun and so has the demand for fresh fruits and vegetables.
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On June 22, over 50 all women flight teams from all over the United States will leave from Fredericksburg, Va. in the Women's Air Race Classic. From there they will travel to nine other airports in seven different states before stopping in Gadsden at the last stop before the race's end in Fairhope,Read more »
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First Friday on June 5 in downtown Gadsden was full of many fun events. One event was produced by the Gadsden Regional Cancer Center. This year GRMC decided to celebrate cancer survivors at First Friday. The event included lemonade and cookies, inspiration boards and a photo booth. Cancer Center Director Ramie Anderson said that over 650Read more »
Attalla Public Library hosts book signing
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On Wednesday, June 10, Attalla Public Library hosted a special book signing. Natalie Holland, author of "Scarred but Smarter: A Cancer Memoir and Get Healthy Manisfesto," graduated from Southside High School, before attending Auburn. While home from college for the summer, Holland had a summer job at the Attalla Public Library.
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Gadsden's riverfront will be rocking on Friday, July 10 for the Hardin Center's second annual Rock the River.
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Summer has arrived. Kids are out of school, and the weather is nice. Getting out and about is the best thing to do, but that can be hard on your wallet. Gadsden and the surrounding areas are hosting many free or cheap events to keep you and your family busy.
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2015 Gadsden City High School graduate Brandon Matthews was awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Snead State Community College, where he will begin classes in the fall.
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A housing mounted to the ductwork of a hot air heating system or a central air conditioning system includes a pressure differential switch to sense the forced air flow in actuating a spray dispenser to discharge a freshening, deodorizing and/or disinfecting spray through a nozzle and provided hose into the ductwork, for a duration and at a repetition rate predetermined in accordance with the cleansing results desired.
1. An air flow scent enhancing apparatus comprising:
a housing;
first means for mounting said housing to a ductwork of a hot air heating system or a central air conditioning system;
a hose extending from within said housing to an outside thereof;
second means for accepting a dispenser of one of an air freshener, deodorizer and disinfectant spray having a discharge nozzle;
third means including a battery powered electrical circuit for actuating an accepted dispenser to operate in discharging said air freshener, deodorizer disinfectant spray;
and a pressure differential switch coupled to said third means and extending through said housing for controlling said third means to actuation only in response to a detected flow of forced air.
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Research and development of this invention and Application have not been federally sponsored, and no rights are given under any Federal program.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an air flow scent enhancer apparatus and system, in general, and to such apparatus as is usable in combination with the ductwork of a hot air heating system or a central air conditioning system in a home or office, in particular.
2. Description of the Related Art
The benefits of battery operated air fresheners in public restroom use have been known for some time. However, its applicability in home or office use is not only generally impractical, but to incorporate such air fresheners in every room is cost prohibitive at best. Still, having an ability to introduce a pleasant scent throughout the home or office to mask odors or otherwise would be a desirable thing to have especially if the cost to do so were kept down and reasonably low. Those continuously operating plug-in air freshening units powered from a wall outlet suffer the disadvantages that once activated, the gels employed are used up within a 30 days period, while their expense militates against their use in every room of the home or office. Several of these plug-in manufactures, furthermore, become even more undesirable, in their having to be replaced entirely, rather than just replacing the scent air freshener, deodorizer or disinfectant employed.
As will become clear from the following description, the air flow scent enhancing apparatus of the present invention proceeds upon the recognition that there exists in just about every home and/or office complex, a hot air heating system or a central air conditioning system connectable by various ductwork. Recognizing further that the blowers in such systems periodically go "on" and "off", the present invention proceeds to utilize the forced air that flows when "on" to, itself, actuate a spray dispenser of air freshener, deodorizer or disinfectant to discharge its spray into the ductwork so as to be carried along into every room of the home or office by the forced air then flowing. As will become clear from the following description, a pressure differential switch is employed to sense the presence of such forced air flow in actuating an electrical circuit and connected motor in a preferred embodiment, to control a cam in actuating, for example, the pressure cap of an aerosol can spray, whose discharge nozzle is then connected by a hose which extends into the system ductwork. In accordance with the invention, the electrical circuit can be designed by those skilled in the art to dispense the air freshening, deodorizing or disinfectant spray a predetermined time interval (as 1, 2 or 3 seconds), at a repetition rate or frequency of every 15, 20 or 25 minutes, for example—in any instance, only for so long a period of time as the blower continues to force along the air flow.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the air flow scent enhancing apparatus includes a housing with a removable cover in providing access to insert the aerosol can or other spray dispenser, and to replace it when emptied. The housing may likewise incorporate one or more adapters to mount or connect with a side of the ductwork found, along with an outlet to extend the hose at one end to a discharge nozzle of the dispenser—and at an opposite end, through a hole made in the ductwork so as to introduce the spray to be carried about by the forced air flow. By so doing, the apparatus of the invention will be seen to additionally provide a manner by which dust and/or bacteria buildup within the ductwork can similarly be cleaned and blown away—all in an arrangement that can be installed simply and easily in a matter of just a few minutes, as by providing a mounting hole(s) on the ductwork, and by providing an input port adjacent the housing to receive the hose coupling. With the pressure differential switch also extending into the ductwork through yet a further opening made by the user, once the forced air flow is sensed, the electric circuit is actuated to generate the air freshening, deodorizing or disinfecting spray for the time interval selected, and to be repeated at regular intervals while the blower continues to operate. Just to replenish the scent at a later date, even when the heating or air conditioning system is not "on", the homeowner or office worker can simply turn on a "fan" switch at the controlling thermostat—and, in this manner generate a forced air flow which is detected by the pressure differential switch sensor within the confines of the duct.
These and other features of the present invention will be more clearly understood from a consideration of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGS. 1-3 are schematic views of a preferred housing of the invention, with its cover removed, helpful in an understanding of its construction;
FIGS. 4-5 are pictorial views helpful in an understanding of the housing unit of FIGS. 1-3 as it would be employed with the ductwork of a hot air heating system or central air conditioning system of a home or office complex; and
FIG. 6 is a front view of the housing of the invention with its cover in place.
In the Drawings, the housing 10, with a front cover 12 and with a manufacturer's nameplate 14, is mountable on a side of the ductwork 15 of a hot air heating system or central air conditioning system in a home or office complex (not shown) by one or more self tapping screws 16 through mounting apertures in the rear of the housing, as at 18. Removing the front cover 12 reveals the configuration of FIGS. 1 and 2, while removing its service cover 20 provides the presentation of FIG. 3 with the spray dispenser set aside. Such dispenser 22, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, is secured in place by a series of clips 23 which enable the dispenser 22 to be releasably snapped in place. A further series of screws, emplaced at 24, fix the service cover 20 in position.
As shown in FIG. 3, the housing 10 includes an electric circuit board 30 having its own "on-off" switch 32. The components of the circuitry are shown at 34, and are powered by a battery source, generally shown at 36. Such circuit board 30 couples in turn to an internal motor 35 for driving a cam 37. Coupled with the circuit board 30 is a pressure differential switch 39, having an appropriate sensing tube 38 which extends from within the housing 10 through an aperture 40 into the ductwork 15 by means of a hole 42 cut into the ductwork by the homeowner or office worker. If desired, a selector control 41 is also provided within the service compartment 25 to allow a user to vary the timing of the operation of the electric circuit board 30 in well known manner to vary the duration of a resultant spray of, for example, 1, 2, or 3 seconds—depending upon whether the spray to be injected is to be of a "low", "medium", or "high" strength effect.
Such spray is produced by the dispenser 22—which may be of any available type, such as an aerosol can. As illustrated, in FIG. 2, with the switch 32 in its "OFF" position, the electric circuit board 30 co-acts with the internal motor 35 to retract the actuator cam 37 away from the pressure control 46 of the dispenser in producing no effective spray. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, with the sensing tube 38 of the pressure differential switch 39 detecting a blower flow of forced-air in the ductwork 15, and with the switch 32 in its "ON" position, the electric circuit board 30 and motor 35 operate in a direction to force the actuator cam 37 against the pressure control 46, in discharging its spray. However in securing the dispenser 22 in position between its securing clips 23, its orientation is such that the discharge nozzle of the dispenser 22 extends rearwardly towards an aperture 29 of the housing 10 (as in FIGS. 4 and 5) to join with a hose 50 coupling the nozzle through the housing 10 and into the ductwork 15. Such hose 50 thereby sprays a misted product 54 (in the nature of an air freshener, a deodorizer, or a disinfectant, for example) into the ductwork 15, to be carried along into the various rooms of the home or office complex served by the ductwork 15, as the blower continues to operate. This second ductwork aperture 56 is likewise cut into the ductwork 15 by the user which, together with the cutting of the aperture 42 and the insertion of the self-tapping screw(s) 16, should take no more than a matter of a few minutes.
As will be appreciated, appropriate design of the electric circuit board 30—with, or without the user provided adjustment via the selector control 41—allows setting a repetition rate as to when the spray operation by the actuator cam 37 repeats in establishing recurring sprays at 15, 20, 25, etc. minute intervals, as desired. On the other hand, once a forced air flow detected by the pressure differential switch 39 ends, an interruption occurs in the electric circuit board operation to deactivate the motor 35 and the actuator cam 37 in disconnecting any spray that may be ongoing, and in preventing a recurrent spray until the pressure differential switch 39 once again recognizes the presence of the blower induced forced air flow.
In such manner, a single spray dispenser is utilizable in freshening, deodorizing and/or disinfecting the air in each room of the home or office complex, substantially simultaneously. Not only is just one dispenser required, but only one needs to be replaced when empty. Because the operation can be turned "on" or "off" by the switch control 32, the scent dispensing is provided only at a time desired by the user, instead of "continuously" with those types of plug-in units presently being marketed for individual room control. And, of equal importance, the length of the dispensing spray, along with its repetition rate, are controllable timewise, to be effective only when the blower is operating during the heating or air conditioning cycle, or when it is just desired to "freshen" the home or office by turning "on" the system fan.
While there have been described what are considered to be preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be readily appreciated that modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the teachings herein. For example, whereas the present invention has been described in the context of one where the dispensing spray insertion into the ductwork automatically ceases once the blower shuts off, the electric circuitry of the board 30 can be designed to allow a measured time delay of operation even after the pressure differential switch 39 senses the cut off of forced air flow. The air flow scent enhancing apparatus will continue to operate in providing its advantages over the prior art constructions and, for at least such reason, resort should be had to the claims appended hereto for a true understanding of the invention.
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