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20080226493 | AIR TREATMENT DISPENSERS DELIVERING MULTIPLE CHEMICALS - Devices for dispensing air treatment chemicals are described. They have a first substrate bearing a first volatile air treatment chemical that is dispensed when the first substrate is heated, and a second substrate bearing a second volatile air treatment chemical that is dispensed from the second substrate when the second substrate is heated. The substrates are positioned in stacked fashion relative to each other, optionally with a permeable membrane there between. There may also be a use-up cue indicator unit coordinated with use of the chemicals. The first and second substrates and indicator unit can be in a single replaceable cartridge unit, preferably with the second substrate in the form of a porous ring that houses the indicator unit. | 09-18-2008 |
20080257075 | METHODS FOR TESTING INSECT CONTROL PRODUCTS - Disclosed are methods of determining how effective a product that dispenses an insect repellent or insecticide is in controlling flying insects such as mosquitoes, with no or reduced need for human test subjects. An insect trap or other automated monitoring device is positioned in a test environment and operated in a manner so as to mimic some human attribute (e.g. by dispensing carbon dioxide). Trap/monitoring results in the presence and absence of the operating product are obtained in order to judge relative effectiveness of the active. Further, the real time evaluation of insect populations permits evaluation of time needed to achieve base effectiveness and length of time that effectiveness can be sustained. | 10-23-2008 |
20090311148 | Heated Volatile Dispensing Device With Use-Up Indicator - Heated volatile dispensers are disclosed that are provided with automated use-up indicators. The indicators are associated with a porous substrate. A migrateable dye is covered by meltable material adjacent the substrate. Heating of a substrate such as a slab impregnated with an insect repellent both causes the insect repellent to dispense and melts the covering. The dye then migrates to a visible surface of the substrate to indicate a degree of use. The extent of migration, and the patterns formed on the visible surface by the migrating dye, indicate the extent to which the volatile air treatment chemical has been dispensed. | 12-17-2009 |
20140064713 | METHOD OF ALTERNATINGLY EMITTING TWO OR MORE VOLATILE MATERIALS - A method of alternatingly emitting two or more volatile materials comprises the steps of activating a first heater and emitting a first volatile material for a first period of time by emitting the first volatile material at a first primary evaporation rate and emitting the first volatile material at a first secondary evaporation rate after evaporation of the first volatile material at the first primary evaporation rate. The method further includes the steps of deactivating the first heater, activating a second heater, and emitting a second volatile material for a second period of time by emitting the second volatile material at a second primary evaporation rate and emitting the second volatile material at a second secondary evaporation rate after evaporation of the second volatile material at the second primary evaporation rate. The first and second secondary evaporation rates are less than the first and second primary evaporation rates. | 03-06-2014 |
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20130318494 | CAPTURING DOMAIN VALIDATIONS AND DOMAIN ELEMENT INITIALIZATIONS - Specifying and/or enforcing a domain model can include generating a pictorial diagram specifying a rule within a development environment, wherein the pictorial diagram includes a first subject element specifying criteria for selecting artifacts within the development environment. The pictorial diagram can be enabled within the development environment. Responsive to an execution event, the pictorial diagram can be executed by selecting each artifact matching the criteria of the first subject element and performing the rule specified by the pictorial diagram upon each selected artifact within the development environment. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318501 | CAPTURING DOMAIN VALIDATIONS AND DOMAIN ELEMENT INITIALIZATIONS - Specifying and/or enforcing a domain model can include generating a pictorial diagram specifying a rule within a development environment, wherein the pictorial diagram includes a first subject element specifying criteria for selecting artifacts within the development environment. The pictorial diagram can be enabled within the development environment. Responsive to an execution event, the pictorial diagram can be executed by selecting each artifact matching the criteria of the first subject element and performing the rule specified by the pictorial diagram upon each selected artifact within the development environment. | 11-28-2013 |
20140330808 | RETRIEVING INFORMATION USING A GRAPHICAL QUERY - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system. In an embodiment, a computing device receives a connection between a first object and a second object, wherein the connection represents a query. The computing device, responsive to receiving the connection, executes the query of the connection and obtains a result, and displays the result between the first object and the second object on the computing device. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330811 | RETRIEVING INFORMATION USING A GRAPHICAL QUERY - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system. In an embodiment, a computing device receives a connection between a first object and a second object, wherein the connection represents a query. The computing device, responsive to receiving the connection, executes the query of the connection and obtains a result, and displays the result between the first object and the second object on the computing device. | 11-06-2014 |