JPH0881347A - Smokeless odorless stick of incense - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a smokeless odorless stick of incense suitable for a use at a place where smoke and small of stick of incense are disliked, comprising the carbonized powder of a woody material and a binder. CONSTITUTION: This smokeless odorless stick of incense comprises the carbonized powder of a woody material such as sawdust or stems of trees and vegetables, a binder such as a silicate and optionally an inorganic filler (e.g. diatomaceous earth). The amount of the binder is 0.1-30 pts.wt. and that of the inorganic filler is 1-200 pts.wt. based on 100 pts.wt. of the carbonized powder. The smokeless odorless stick of incense, for example, is produced by blending the carbonized powder with an aqueous solution or a water dispersion of the binder, uniformly blending, kneading and drying. Since the smokeless odorless stick of incense has no smoking component, no perfume component of a stick of incense and no smelling component, it is smokeless, odorless and is suitable for use in a room for a corpse in a hospital and a room having a high degree of airtightness. The addition of the inorganic filler can adjust the amount of heat generation and produce ash after combustion.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an incense stick which does not give rise to smoke and does not smell like an incense stick.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Incense sticks have been used for a long time and are widely used as Buddhist tools which are indispensable during Buddhist ceremonies such as funerals and rituals. This incense stick emits a unique scent as indicated by the letter, and produces purple smoke and burns while producing ash.

[0003]

When a person dies in a hospital, for example, he / she is temporarily placed in a mortuary. During that time, he burns incense sticks for prayer and prays for the soul, but at that time, it is inevitable that the scent of the incense sticks into the hospital through ventilation ducts. Also, if you incense sticks for a long time in a small mortuary room, smoke will be trapped inside.

Therefore, the present inventors have worked on the development of an incense stick that is free from the scent of the incense stick and produces no smoke, and has completed the present invention.

[0005]

That is, the present invention relates to a smokeless and unscented incense stick made of a carbide powder of a wood material and a binder. The present invention may include an inorganic filler.

[0006]

FUNCTION AND EXAMPLE Since the present invention uses the charcoal-based material (so-called charcoal) of the wood material as the combustible component, it is smokeless and does not smell like incense. Regarding other odors, it is virtually odorless, with only a slight odor when charcoal burns.

Suitable woody materials include powdery materials such as wood powder produced in sawmills and the like, as well as chips, wood chips, and plant stems. Among these, wood powder, stalks of plants and the like are particularly preferable in terms of price, handleability, easy availability, softness and the like. The material is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include kozo, mitsumata, hemp, pine, and cedar.

Carbide can be formed by various conventionally known methods such as carbonization. The degree of carbonization is an important point in the present invention. The carbonization should be as good as possible so that virtually no smoke is produced during combustion. Insufficient carbonization may cause a lot of smoke and an offensive odor.

After carbonization, when a relatively large material such as chips, wood chips, and plant stalks is used, it is ground to a predetermined particle size.

The present invention uses a binder to bind the carbide powder. The binder may be an organic binder or an inorganic binder.

The organic binder to be blended with the carbide powder in the present invention does not need to be flammable by itself, but is selected so as not to emit smoke or odor as much as possible when heated or burned. Suitable organic binders include, for example, starch, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and the like. As the inorganic binder, for example, water glass or silicate is preferable.

The blending ratio of the above-mentioned carbide powder and binder varies depending on the burning time and the shape-retaining property, but is usually about 0.1-30 parts by weight of binder to 100 parts by weight of carbide powder (the same applies hereinafter). Preferably about 0.5-1
It is 0 part, particularly preferably about 0.5 to 5 parts. When the content is in the range, sufficient moldability, shape retention, appropriate hardness and desired burning rate are given.

The smokeless, unscented incense stick of the present invention may further contain an inorganic filler, a filler and the like as appropriate. As a general rule, these additives are selected to be substantially smokeless and odorless upon heating or burning.

The inorganic filler has the effect of suppressing the amount of heat generated by the incense stick of the present invention and adjusting the burning time and burning rate. Also, since it remains as ash after burning, it is possible to create an atmosphere of ash of incense sticks. Examples of the inorganic filler include diatomaceous earth, deer mud, radiolite, vermiculite,
Examples include coal, calcium carbonate, and glass powder. The compounding amount is usually about 1 to 200 per 100 parts of the carbide powder.
Parts, preferably about 20 to 180 parts, particularly preferably about 3 parts.
It is 0 to 100 parts.

The incense stick of the present invention is black because it is mainly composed of carbide powder, but the incense stick itself may be colored with a paint or the like.

The method for producing the smokeless and unscented incense according to the present invention includes:
For example, there is a method of adding an aqueous solution or dispersion of a binder to the above-mentioned carbide powder, uniformly kneading, molding and drying. Examples of the molding method include an extrusion molding method, a compression molding method, and a punching method. The formed product may be directly formed into a linear product, or a plate-like product having ridges may be preformed, dried and then cut into ridges. Furthermore, the molded product extruded in the shape of a thin plate may be slit or punched to a predetermined width and then dried.

The smokeless and unscented incense stick of the present invention is suitable for use in a mortuary room of a hospital or a highly sealed room where the smell of smoke or incense stick is disliked, but is not limited to use in such a place. Absent. Furthermore, it can also be used as a kind of fire such as fireworks or incense, which makes use of its high combustion heat.

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EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the incense stick of the present invention does not contain a smoke generating component or a fragrance component or an odor generating component of the incense stick, it is practically smokeless and almost odorless at the time of combustion, and is suitable for use in a place where the smell of smoke or incense stick is disliked. Is. In addition, the amount of heat generation can be adjusted by adding an inorganic filler, and at the same time ash can be generated after combustion.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A smokeless and unscented incense stick comprising a carbide powder of a wood material and a binder. 2. The smokeless and unscented incense stick according to claim 1, which comprises an inorganic filler. 3. The wood material as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the wood material is wood powder.
Smokeless and unscented incense.