FR2692651A1 - Combined pen and lighter, or other article with flame - has wick contained inside tube of fire-resistant material of low thermal conductivity for greater safety - Google Patents

Abstract

The combined pen and lighter, torch, candle or table lamp, using a wick (4) which is immersed in a container (1) of fuel (2), has the wick supported by a tube (3) of a fire-resistant material which is a poor conductor of heat and has a projecting portion (3n) which does not become dangerously hot. The container can be in the form of a rechargeable cartridge of fuel, eg methanol, which can contain flame-colouring agents, while the flame is extinguished by a cap (6) which seals the top of the container and prevents fuel evaporating. The cap can be equipped with a pocket clip (8). One or more containers can be fitted onto a separate fuel reservoir. ADVANTAGE - Greater safety by reducing risk of fuel overheating.

Description

DESCRIPTIF =
In sports or music events, mainly aimed at teenagers and young people in general, and all over the world, whatever the sports in vogue in such and such a country, the said young people burn fire and, generally, with the help of disposable lighters.

 The state of the art of said lighters indicates (or does not indicate ...) that after a time that can be estimated, on average, to one and a half minutes, the heating of the parts soften the plastic and we get found with a "grenade ready to explode because of its 1.5 bars of pressure" in the hand.

It is therefore imperative to create a flame burner designed not to explode if necessary, if only for safety. Because the young people in question, do not know (or do not want to know), the risk they incur with plastic disposable lighters.

The heating of said comes from what is agreed, in terms of lighters, to call the CAPOT.

And also comes from the proximity of the flame with the regulator / mixing chamber. The adjoining proximity of the regulator (hand of the user) completes the danger: Accidents have given rise to numerous lawsuits, particularly in U.S.A.

The present invention innovates and acts of innovative creation, in that Fig.l, is illustrated a PEN-FLAME allowing, by the length of its wick holder (3n fig.l) to absorb the heat of the flame (5 fig.l on 4 fig.l), which can burn for the duration allowed by the container / tank (2 fig.l) is, if we give the pen-flame the shape of a candle traditional standard, about 1 hour to 1 hour and a half. Then come extensions or possible drifts, which can be summarized as follows
Torch, candle, pen-flame producing on a wick colorful flames and variations of pocket and table. Refill cartridge.

Figures n01, 2 & 3 are illustrated three removable burners, containing a wick (4 fig.1,2,3) contained in a wick holder (3 fig.l, 2,3), dipping in a reservoir (2 fig 1, 2, 3) which can be a refill cartridge (Fig.5) with its container (2 fig.5). In FIG. 4, the burner illustrated in FIG. 3 is simplified in that the fixing thread (7n, FIG. 1, 2, 3) is eliminated since there is a unit in the device. In fig.4 and 14, optional tealight. Alcohol / petroleum (or hexane) / color, recommended fuel, is illustrated in fig.1,2,3,4,5 by 2. The flames on support / wick 4 fig.l, 2,3,4, is figured in 5. In 2 fig.l, a fastening clip in the pocket. In 7n, not-of-screw fixing flg.1,2,3.En 9 fig.l <an additive decoration appearing paraffin wax / wax candle, glued, crimped, etc ... In 1 fig.6, a sealing cap to prevent the evaporation of the combustIble (especially methanol) by the wick (5 fig.l, 2,3,4). In it fig.l, internal thread for fixing the cartridge (fig.5 and 11 fig.5) sealed by its plug (12 fig.5). In (16 fig.5), a burner / cartridge-refill gasket.

In (15 fig.2) a separation (reproducible in as many separate containers with as many locks, as desired) allows to create a candelabrum of a new type, with several "candles" (Fig.2) each seeing his wick (4 fig.l & 2) dipping in a fuel tank (2 & 2n fig.2) producing, if desired, a flame of a single color (s) or composed (s) different, by the choice of salts or boron dyes or compounds of metals or boron contained in solution in the fuel.

If one wants to add a yellow flame on the wick, one will have put in homogeneous solution by one or more cosolvents, a hydrocarbon in the solvent / dyes. And the fuel assembly will be loaded, if necessary, in a cartridge-refill illustrated in Fiv 5.

In the lamp model illustrated in Fig.4, one will have the leisure to add a photophore-type surround (14 fig.4).

This fueling of the lamps described in Fiv.2,3,4, always does by unscrewing the wick support at its support illustrated in (7 fig.l, 2,3,4).

It will be understood that said screw threads illustrated in Fig.1,2,3,4,5, will be replaced by any waterproof and removable fastening means, also claimed in the context of the present invention.

In all cases, a valve or orifice (18 fig.l, 2,3,4) will be provided through the wick support support, that is to say in (7 flg.1 , 2,3,4), to allow the possible vapor pressure in the tank / container, whatever it is, to escape.

In the specific case of Fiv.1 (pen-flame), said valve will receive a cap (17 fig.l) closing (18 fig.l), 18 fig.l being obligatorily present in all burners without exception, illustrated or not in Fig.1,2,3,4.

The cap-clasp, illustrated in (10 fig.l), is intended to adapt to all candlesticks and candelabras receiving candles, candles and others, which will be replaced, for their dual uses "flames of colors" and " rechargeable ", by the pen-flame equipped with said adapter cap (10 fig.1).

Claims (10)

CLAIMS: 1) Flame pen, torch, candle, table lamp characterized in that they are equipped with a wick soaking in a flammable fuel and that these devices are sealed, to prevent the evaporation of fuel by the wick. 2) "Flame pen" or "rechargeable candle" according to claim No. 1, characterized in that it can operate independently because having its own fuel tank in which the wick is soaked, or it can be inserted into a single or multiple container, in a sealed way at all levels. 3) Pen-flame. rechargeable candle or table lamp, according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the wick holder is a flame retardant and low heat conducting tube, the outside length (7n fig.l) of which is provided to not heat in a dangerous the device. 4) Gaseous evacuation port / vapor pressure (18 fig.1,2,3,4) and its optional plug (17 fig.l) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it must be arranged in such a way that it can never be shut, except by its plug, when the lamp is extinguished and cooled after use. 5) Adaptations of the device according to claims n01 & 2, illustrated in Fig.1,2,3,4, characterized in that starting from the "pen-flame" or "rechargeable candles" (Fig.l), insert said device into various containers (Fig.2 & 3), of course illustrative and not limiting, by means of a step-screw or other means of removable and waterproof fastening. 6) Adaptation of the device in its principle according to claims n01 & 5, characterized in that it will be constructed without removable or removable element and in any material impermeable to fuels "alcohols - hydrocarbons - dyes metals and borers", according to Fig.4, with or without protective glass generally called "photophore". 7) Fixing clip (8 fig.1) according to claim No. 01, characterized in that it allows, as for a stylograph - fixing, for example in the pocket, the device. 8) Tube-wick support (3 fig.l, 2,3,4) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it serves a dual function: a- away the flame (5 fig.1, 2,3,4) of the device b- facilitate the capillarity as a function of the distance of the fuel tank (s) (s). 9) Decoration of the device 'tbougie' or "styloflamme" according to any one of the preceding claims, illustrated in (9 fig.1) as a non-limiting example, fixable by any means on the device, for the decoration and the concealment of steps of corresponding screws (7 fig.1,2,3,4,5). 10) Separation of the tanks (15 fig.2) according to claims n01 & 2, characterized in that it allows, with its possible multiplication, several locks and therefore several flames, thus several simple or compound colors, in the same element, by example a candelabrum or any neighboring device.