DE202020000422U1 - Natural lighter for solid fuels made of combustible material - Google Patents

Abstract

Entitled to a natural lighter for solid fuels, consisting of a corn spindle which has been dried beforehand and cut as required and which is immersed in a soaking agent developed by the inventor. The impregnating agent is a mixture of waxes, fatty acids or alcoholic acids as well as fatty acid methyl esters.

Description

Main claim: The invention relates to a natural igniter for solid fuels, consisting of a previously dried corn spindle which has been cut to size and is dipped in a soaking agent developed by the inventor. The impregnating agent is a mixture of waxes, fatty acids or alcoholic acids as well as fatty acid methyl esters.

Technical field:

The invention relates to a fire lighter consisting of a previously treated corn spindle in conjunction with other combustible elements for accelerating fire.

Background:

Various options are available for igniting flammable solids. They consist of a natural carrier material that has been soaked in flammable elements (wax, fatty acids etc.) or sprayed with flammable elements (wood wool lighter, lighter made of pressed cardboard, cones or hay packed in bags etc.), or they consist of chemical substances ( Kerosene, liquid lighter, gasoline, etc.). The natural carrier materials for lighters have the disadvantage that for their production either trees have to be felled (wood wool pressed cardboard), food is used (hay) or they can only be obtained with great effort and are taken from nature (cones). With chemical lighters, there is a risk of poisoning, deflagration and the risk of fire if handled incorrectly, and their use is also environmentally harmful.

The main concern is to produce a useful, inexpensive and sustainable product from a waste product from the grain corn harvest for seeds. The corn spindles, which are not used as waste products in the production of seeds, are mainly burned for disposal, disposed of in the fields or ground and, among other things, processed into pellets for animal litter.

The task of the product is to create a handy, economical, harmless and effective kindling aid for grill ovens and fireplaces from a waste product, here the corn spindle. Efficiency is achieved when the lighter is dry, light and quick to ignite, has a burning time that allows the solids to burn and leaves little residue. Due to its shape, its porous structure and rough surface, the previously dried corn spindle is well suited to absorb the soaking agent; its shape is rounded and elongated; however, it naturally varies greatly in diameter and length, its length varies between 10 mm to approx. 250 mm and its diameter between approx. 10 mm and 60 mm; In order to obtain a product that is easy to handle and with a satisfactory firing process, the corn spindle should have a diameter between 15 mm and 45 mm, a length between 25 mm and 80 mm and a water content below 10%. In order to enable easy and quick lighting, the corn spindle must be soaked in a soaking agent developed by the inventor using a method developed by him.

The task is solved by the present method:

According to the invention it is provided that the corn spindles which are to act as carrier materials are first checked for their water content and are dried to a water content below 10% as required (in the original state, a corn spindle consists of up to 63% water). In the next process, the corn spindles are sorted out by length, width and weight and cut to size if necessary.

In a third step, the impregnating agents are mixed. According to the invention, the burning mass consists of a mixture of waxes, fatty acids or alcoholic acids and of fatty acid methyl esters, also known as FAME. The mixing ratios can vary between 10 and 90% depending on which burning time and which burning behavior is to be achieved. The aim is to obtain a product that can be ignited easily and quickly using a flame (match or lighter) without tending to self-ignite On the other hand, the temperature and the burning time of the lighter should be maintained for a sufficient period of time to be able to ignite the solid fuels.

The fourth step consists of heating the impregnant to a temperature between 50 ° C and 110 ° C and immersing the spindles in the impregnant one or more times when the desired temperature is reached. When diving, the duration and number of dives as well as the temperature of the soaking agent during the dipping process are decisive for the burning time of the lighter.

Explanation:

The drawing shows a spindle after it has been dipped in soaking agent and after it has been shortened as required.

The length is between 25mm and 80mm

The diameter between 15 mm and 45 mm

The spindle has been cut at the top edge.

Claims (3)

Entitled to a natural lighter for solid fuels, consisting of a corn spindle which has been dried beforehand and cut as required and which is immersed in a soaking agent developed by the inventor. The impregnating agent is a mixture of waxes, fatty acids or alcoholic acids as well as fatty acid methyl esters. Entitled to a solid fuel lighter with a diameter between 15 mm and 45 mm, a length between 25 mm and 80 mm, a water content below 10%, a burning time of at least 5 minutes and that to ignite in less than 3 seconds is. Right to a mixture of waxes, fatty acids or alcoholic acids as well as fatty acid methyl esters for a lighter for solid fuels consisting of a corn spindle.

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