PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aroma providing device controlling a fragrance component to be felt by people at unintentional timing, and controlling emission of a fragrance at a time not to emit the fragrance.SOLUTION: The aroma providing device includes: a cylindrical shield tube whose inner hollow is used as a fragrance transporting passage and which has an opening on a part of a side surface a fragrance container in which the fragrance is stored, which is provided on the outer surface of the shield tube and which has an opening on a side surface on the shield tube side and a blower means disposed at one end of the fragrance transporting passage for blowing air. The interior of the fragrance container and the fragrance transporting passage can communicate with each other or can not communicate with each other by relative rotational motions of the shield tube and the fragrance container while the shield tube and the fragrance container are closely attached to each other.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】意図しないタイミングでその香料成分が人に感ぜられることを抑えた、香料を放出しない時刻においては香料の放出されることを抑制した香り提供装置を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】円筒状で、内部の空洞が香料輸送気道となり、側面の一部に開口部を備える遮蔽筒と、内部に香料が収納され、該遮蔽筒の外面に設けられ、遮蔽筒側の側面に開口部を備える香料容器と、前記香料輸送気道の一端に送風可能な送風手段を備え、前記遮蔽筒と前記香料容器が密着しながらの相対的な回転動作によって前記香料容器内部と前記香料輸送気道を貫通状態とすること、および前記香料容器内部と前記香料輸送気道を非貫通状態とすることが可能であることを特徴とする香り提供装置とした。【選択図】図1
