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EP0337872A1
EP0337872A1 EP89400984A EP89400984A EP0337872A1 EP 0337872 A1 EP0337872 A1 EP 0337872A1 EP 89400984 A EP89400984 A EP 89400984A EP 89400984 A EP89400984 A EP 89400984A EP 0337872 A1 EP0337872 A1 EP 0337872A1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
    • C10L11/00—Manufacture of firelighters
    • C10L11/04—Manufacture of firelighters consisting of combustible material

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  • the present invention relates to instant fire starters, of the type comprising a body which can burn for a few minutes, consisting of a compact mass of particles of wood and paraffin, at a rate of substantially 40% by weight of paraffin for substantially 60% by wood weight.
  • a flaming head which ignites like a safety match by rubbing this head against a scraper, they allow to light barbecues, stoves and fireplaces.
  • the invention also proposes to use waste and sawdust and paraffin as basic materials for the body of the fire starter, but in a form such that the manufacturing process does not involve heating and allows a paraffin expenditure reduced to a minimum while ensuring good cohesion and regular combustion of this body.
  • the invention provides for constituting the body of the fire starter with a compact mass of wood particles and paraffin, at a rate of substantially 40% by weight of paraffin for substantially 60% by weight of wood, characterized by the fact that the paraffin is in powder, the grains of which are attached to the particles of wood.
  • the body comprises approximately 43% by weight of paraffin and 57% by weight of wood, the particles of wood are less than 10 mm in length and 1 mm in diameter, and the paraffin powder is in grains of less than 1 mm in diameter.
  • the fire starter according to the invention is therefore simple, economical and free of risk. It is easy to manufacture without heating. It is enough to compress cold, in a mold, the mixture of powder and sawdust and paraffin powder to reduce the volume by about 2/3. The proportions are 40 to 50% by weight of paraffin for 60 50% by weight of wood.
  • bodies of desired shape for example cylindrical, of wafers or pucks are obtained, the absence of heating here being compensated for by the fact that the volume is considerably reduced during molding. In these cases, the flammable head extends over a small area of their periphery.
  • the wood dust by glazing at 100-150 ° C. in an oven, thus causing a partial melting of the paraffin on the surface.
  • the duration of the glaze is, for example, of the order of 5 minutes to obtain the desired effect.

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Abstract

An instantaneous firelighter comprising a body consisting of a compact mass of particles, or powder, of wood and paraffin wax powder bonded together in a proportion of 40 to 50% by weight of paraffin wax to 60 to 50% by weight of wood. The firelighter of the invention is employed for lighting barbecues, stoves and fireplaces.

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La présente invention concerne les allume-feux instantanés, du type comprenant un corps qui peut brûler pendant quelques minutes, constitué par une masse compacte de particules de bois et de paraffine, à raison de sensiblement 40% en poids de paraffine pour sensiblement 60% en poids de bois.The present invention relates to instant fire starters, of the type comprising a body which can burn for a few minutes, consisting of a compact mass of particles of wood and paraffin, at a rate of substantially 40% by weight of paraffin for substantially 60% by wood weight.

Associés par exemple à une tête enflammable qui s'enflamme comme une allumette de sûreté par frottement de cette tête contre un grattoir, ils permettent d'allumer les barbecues, poêles et cheminées.Associated for example with a flaming head which ignites like a safety match by rubbing this head against a scraper, they allow to light barbecues, stoves and fireplaces.

Pour bénéficier des grandes disponibilités en déchets et sciures de bois, on a déjà proposé, par exemple dans le brevet US 3 192 561, des bûches de cheminées à base de sciure de bois comprimée maintenue en compression par un liant tel que la paraffine. Ces bûches sont obtenues en plongeant la sciure dans un réservoir de paraffine fondue, à température élevée. Cette fabrication entraîne une dépense importante en paraffine, produit coûteux et ne permet pas une régularité des caractéristiques de la bûche obtenue.To benefit from the great availability of waste and sawdust, we have already proposed, for example in US Pat. No. 3,192,561, chimney logs based on compressed sawdust maintained in compression by a binder such as paraffin. These logs are obtained by immersing the sawdust in a tank of molten paraffin, at high temperature. This production involves a significant expense in paraffin, an expensive product and does not allow regularity of the characteristics of the log obtained.

On a également proposé, dans le brevet allemand DE-C-312 182, un allume-feu constitué de poudre de bois et de paraffine, à raison de 40% en poids de paraffine et de 60% en poids de bois. Pour fabriquer cet allume-feu, on mélange intimement de la poudre de bois sèche et de la poudre de paraffine. On dispose ensuite le mélange en poudre dans un four-séchoir où on le réchauffe lentement, de façon à ce que la paraffine fonde et se trouve absorbée par la poudre de bois. La température de chauffage dépend de la température de fusion de la paraffine utilisée et peut varier entre 40°C et 100°C. Pendant le chauffage, on agite le mélange, pour répartir la chaleur de façon uniforme. On dispose ensuite la masse chaude dans une presse à mouler pour former des plaques ou des tablettes, que l'on refroidit ensuite. Cette fabrication reste néanmoins relativement couteuse et longue, dans la mesure où elle implique un chauffage lent, une agitation du mélange durant le chauffage, et un refroidissement des allume-feux formés par pressage à chaud.It has also been proposed, in the German patent DE-C-312 182, a fire starter consisting of wood powder and paraffin, at a rate of 40% by weight of paraffin and 60% by weight of wood. To make this fire starter, dry wood powder and paraffin powder are intimately mixed. The powder mixture is then placed in an oven-dryer where it is slowly reheated, so that the paraffin melts and is absorbed by the wood powder. The heating temperature depends on the melting temperature of the paraffin used and can vary between 40 ° C and 100 ° C. While heating, the mixture is stirred to distribute the heat evenly. The hot mass is then placed in a molding press to form plates or tablets, which we then cool. This manufacture remains relatively expensive and time consuming, however, insofar as it involves slow heating, stirring of the mixture during heating, and cooling of the fire starters formed by hot pressing.

L'invention se propose d'utiliser aussi les déchets et la sciure de bois et la paraffine comme matières de base du corps de l'allume-feu, mais sous une forme telle que le procédé de fabrication n'implique pas de chauffage et autorise une dépense en paraffine réduite au maximum tout en assurant une bonne cohésion et une combustion régulière de ce corps.The invention also proposes to use waste and sawdust and paraffin as basic materials for the body of the fire starter, but in a form such that the manufacturing process does not involve heating and allows a paraffin expenditure reduced to a minimum while ensuring good cohesion and regular combustion of this body.

A cet effet, l'invention prévoit de constituer le corps de l'allume-feu par une masse compacte de particules de bois et de paraffine, à raison de sensiblement 40% en poids de paraffine pour sensiblement 60% en poids de bois, caractérisé par le fait que la paraffine est en poudre dont les grains sont accolés aux particules de bois.To this end, the invention provides for constituting the body of the fire starter with a compact mass of wood particles and paraffin, at a rate of substantially 40% by weight of paraffin for substantially 60% by weight of wood, characterized by the fact that the paraffin is in powder, the grains of which are attached to the particles of wood.

Avantageusement, le corps comporte environ 43% en poids de paraffine et 57% en poids de bois, les particules de bois ont moins de 10 mm de longueur et de 1 mm de diamètre, et la poudre de paraffine est en grains de moins de 1 mm de diamètre.Advantageously, the body comprises approximately 43% by weight of paraffin and 57% by weight of wood, the particles of wood are less than 10 mm in length and 1 mm in diameter, and the paraffin powder is in grains of less than 1 mm in diameter.

Les proportions indiquées conduisent à un produit dans lequel la paraffine se consume bien avec le bois, est bien cohérent et exempt de toute coulée de paraffine pendant la combustion.The proportions indicated lead to a product in which the paraffin is consumed well with the wood, is well coherent and free from any pouring of paraffin during combustion.

L'allume-feu selon l'invention est donc simple, économique et exempt de risque. Il est facile à fabriquer sans chauffage. Il suffit de comprimer à froid, dans un moule, le mélange de poudre et sciure de bois et de poudre de paraffine pour en réduire le volume d'environ les 2/3. Les proportions sont de 40 à 50% en poids de paraffine pour 60 à 50% en poids de bois. On obtient ainsi, à froid, des corps de forme voulue, par exemple cylindrique, de galettes ou palets notamment, l'absence de chauffage étant ici compensée par le fait que l'on réduit notablement le volume lors du moulage. Dans ces cas, la tête inflammable s'étend sur un petit secteur de leur périphérie.The fire starter according to the invention is therefore simple, economical and free of risk. It is easy to manufacture without heating. It is enough to compress cold, in a mold, the mixture of powder and sawdust and paraffin powder to reduce the volume by about 2/3. The proportions are 40 to 50% by weight of paraffin for 60 50% by weight of wood. Thus, when cold, bodies of desired shape, for example cylindrical, of wafers or pucks are obtained, the absence of heating here being compensated for by the fact that the volume is considerably reduced during molding. In these cases, the flammable head extends over a small area of their periphery.

Pour empêcher tout effritement du produit de l'invention, il est avantageux de bloquer la poussière de bois par glaçage à 100-150°C dans un four en provoquant ainsi une fusion partielle de la paraffine en surface. La durée du glaçage est, par exemple, de l'ordre de 5 minutes pour obtenir l'effet désiré.To prevent any crumbling of the product of the invention, it is advantageous to block the wood dust by glazing at 100-150 ° C. in an oven, thus causing a partial melting of the paraffin on the surface. The duration of the glaze is, for example, of the order of 5 minutes to obtain the desired effect.

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1. Allume-feu instantané du type comprenant un corps qui peut brûler pendant quelques minutes constitué par une masse compacte de particules de bois et de paraffine, à raison de sensiblement 40% en poids de paraffine pour sensiblement 60% en poids de bois, caractérisé par le fait que la paraffine est en poudre dont les grains sont accolés aux particules de bois.1. Instant fire starter of the type comprising a body which can burn for a few minutes consisting of a compact mass of particles of wood and paraffin, at a rate of substantially 40% by weight of paraffin to substantially 60% by weight of wood, characterized by the fact that the paraffin is in powder, the grains of which are attached to the particles of wood. 2. Allume-feu selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le corps comporte environ 43% en poids de paraffine et 57% en poids de bois.2. Fire starter according to claim 1, in which the body comprises approximately 43% by weight of paraffin and 57% by weight of wood. 3. Allume-feu selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les particules de bois ont moins de 10 mm de longueur et de 1 mm de diamètre.3. Fire starter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the wood particles are less than 10 mm in length and 1 mm in diameter. 4. Allume-feu selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel la poudre de paraffine est en grains de moins de 1 mm de diamètre.4. Fire starter according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the paraffin powder is in grains of less than 1 mm in diameter. 5. Allume-feu selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, comprenant une tête enflammable qui s'enflamme comme une allumette de sureté par frottement de cette tête contre un grattoir.5. Fire starter according to one of claims 1 to 4, comprising a ignitable head which ignites as a safety match by rubbing this head against a scraper. 6. Procédé de fabrication de l'allume-feu selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5 caractérisé par le fait qu'on place dans un moule le mélange de particules de bois et de poudre de paraffine et on le comprime à froid pour en réduire le volume d'environ les 2/3.6. A method of manufacturing the fire starter according to one of claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the mixture of wood particles and paraffin powder is placed in a mold and it is cold pressed in order to reduce the volume by about 2/3. 7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel on soumet le produit obtenu après compression à un glaçage à 100-­150 C dans un four.7. The method of claim 6, wherein the product obtained after compression is subjected to frosting at 100-150 C in an oven.
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GB2481641A (en) * 2010-07-02 2012-01-04 Stephen Filsell Methods of producing wood-based firelighter chips
DE202016001523U1 (en) 2016-03-08 2016-05-23 Drk-Sozialwerk Bernkastel-Wittlich Ggmbh Fire starter

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US3240573A (en) * 1963-08-05 1966-03-15 Fyr Tech Products Inc Apparatus for manufacture of synthetic fuel log
US4189305A (en) * 1977-02-17 1980-02-19 Mobil Oil Corporation Smokeless fire kindling device

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EP1249196A1 (en) * 2001-04-11 2002-10-16 Condor B S.r.l. Device for carrying and burning charcoal
GB2481641A (en) * 2010-07-02 2012-01-04 Stephen Filsell Methods of producing wood-based firelighter chips
DE202016001523U1 (en) 2016-03-08 2016-05-23 Drk-Sozialwerk Bernkastel-Wittlich Ggmbh Fire starter

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