TWI659097B - Suspended wick carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a suspended candle wick carrier, which includes a floating base. And a hollow cylinder housing the wick. The floating base includes: a floating unit, which is used to define a structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an opening, wherein the opening penetrates the upper surface and the lower surface; and a plurality of first connecting members each having A first end connected to the side wall of the opening and a second end extending toward the center of the opening in the radial direction of the opening, wherein the second ends are joined together to form a columnar hole, the columnar shape The hole system is located at the geometric center of the floating unit and the hollow column system is arranged into the columnar hole.

Description

Floating candle holder

The invention relates to a suspension type wick carrier, and more particularly, to a suspension type wick carrier placed on the surface of various candles or oily substances.

The conventional candle needs a wick from the center of the bottom to be burned on the surface of the candle, as shown in Figure 1, but for artistic candles such as jelly candles (as shown in Figure 2), the internal Need to add various shapes of accessories, such as: sea sand, shells, dried flowers, etc. In this case, if a candle wick is placed in the center of the container, it is not only unattractive, but also limits the configuration of the accessories inside the container.

Therefore, for art candles with various ornaments, a wick device without the need to set a wick from the bottom of the container is needed.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned needs and the purpose of the present invention, the present invention provides a suspended wick carrier that can be placed on the surface of various candles or oily substances.

The suspended candle wick carrier includes a floating base and a hollow cylinder housing the candle wick. The floating base includes: a floating unit, which is used to define a structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an opening, wherein the opening penetrates the upper surface and the lower surface; and a plurality of first connecting members each having A first end connected to a side wall of the opening and facing the center of the opening in a radial direction of the opening An extended second end, wherein the second ends are joined together to form a columnar hole, the columnar hole is located at the geometric center of the floating unit and the hollow column system is arranged into the columnar hole.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a suspended wick carrier is provided. The suspended wick carrier includes: a floating unit for defining a structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an opening, wherein the opening penetrates the upper surface and the lower surface; a hollow cylinder is located at The geometric center of the floating unit is configured to receive a candle wick; and a plurality of first connecting members connect the floating unit to the hollow cylinder.

The traditional wick-type candle has a cup edge temperature of approximately 50 degrees Celsius or higher when it is burned. However, the candle using the suspended wick carrier of the present invention does not burn the cup edge when it is burned. The wick-type candle is safe. In addition, the wick using the suspended wick carrier of the present invention has stable fire light during burning. In contrast, the traditional wick type candle is easy to flicker or flicker when burning, and the wick may be skewed. Cause danger. In addition, the wick of a traditional candle is fixed, but the suspended wick carrier of the present invention can be matched with wicks of various materials and sizes according to requirements, and the wick can be opposed to the suspended wick carrier. You can move the position to adjust the size of the flare yourself, which is more flexible than traditional candles. In addition, the candles using the suspended wick carrier of the present invention will have an evenly lowered oily substance surface, while the traditional wick type candle may have a dent in the wick part during burning, so additional processing is required to obtain Uniform oily surface. The most important thing is that for candles with the same material and weight, when the comparison burning experiment is performed, when the candle using the traditional wick is burned, the candle using the suspended wick carrier of the present invention burns only half. Therefore, the suspension type wick carrier of the present invention greatly reduces the loss of the candle and maximizes the use benefit of the candle.

301‧‧‧ suspended wick carrier

303‧‧‧Floating unit

305‧‧‧upper surface

307‧‧‧ opening

309‧‧‧hollow cylinder

309’‧‧‧ hollow cylinder

311‧‧‧Connector

313‧‧‧Restrictions

315‧‧‧ candles

317‧‧‧candle

318‧‧‧ lower surface

319‧‧‧ oily surface

321‧‧‧Convection hole

401‧‧‧ suspended candle wick carrier

403‧‧‧floating unit

409‧‧‧hollow cylinder

413‧‧‧Restrictions

417‧‧‧candle

418‧‧‧Lower surface

421‧‧‧Convection hole

423‧‧‧The first half

425‧‧‧ lower half

501‧‧‧ suspended wick carrier

503a‧‧‧ floating unit fragment

503b‧‧‧floating unit fragment

503c‧‧‧floating unit fragment

509‧‧‧hollow cylinder

511‧‧‧Connector

512‧‧‧Connector

513‧‧‧Restrictions

601‧‧‧ suspended wick carrier

602‧‧‧ floating base

603‧‧‧floating unit

604‧‧‧ sidewall

605‧‧‧upper surface

606‧‧‧column hole

607‧‧‧ opening

608‧‧‧Restrictions

609‧‧‧hollow cylinder

610‧‧‧skirt

611‧‧‧Connector

618‧‧‧ lower surface

701‧‧‧ suspended candle holder

702‧‧‧ floating base

703‧‧‧floating unit

706‧‧‧column hole

709‧‧‧hollow cylinder

710‧‧‧skirt

711‧‧‧Connector

721‧‧‧Convection hole

723‧‧‧The first half

725‧‧‧ lower half

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention, together with the above description of the invention and the following embodiment sections, for explaining the invention.

Figure 1 shows a candle with a wick in a conventional configuration.

Figure 2 shows jelly candles with various shapes.

Fig. 3a is a structural schematic diagram of a circular suspension type wick carrier.

FIG. 3b is a top view of the suspended wick carrier of FIG. 3a.

Figure 3c shows a schematic diagram of a hollow cylinder containing a wick, wherein the side wall of the hollow cylinder has a convection hole.

FIG. 3d shows a schematic diagram of the suspended wick carrier of FIG. 3a used with a container containing a candle.

FIG. 4a is a schematic diagram of another suspended wick carrier.

Fig. 4b shows a schematic diagram of a hollow cylinder with a restriction.

Figure 4c shows a side view of a suspended wick carrier used with a container containing a candle, wherein the diameter of the mouth of the container is larger than the diameter of the bottom of the cup.

FIG. 5 is a top view of a suspended wick carrier having a floating unit with segments.

Figure 6a is an exploded view of another suspended wick carrier.

Fig. 6b is a top view of the floating base of Fig. 6a.

Fig. 6c is a top view of the hollow cylinder of Fig. 6a.

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of another suspended wick carrier.

Although the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in many alternative forms of embodiments. Therefore, the following embodiments are only some possible examples of the present disclosure. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise form, technology, material, and / or configuration disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of this disclosure. It should be understood that other embodiments may be used and operational changes may be made without departing from this disclosure Show the scope of the content. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the following description, because the description of the following embodiments is presented for the purpose of illustration and description.

It is important that the present disclosure is not limited to any single implementation form or implementation, or any single combination and / or replacement of those implementation forms and / or implementations. In addition, each of the embodiments of the present disclosure and / or its embodiments can be used alone or in combination with one or more other embodiments and / or its embodiments. For the sake of brevity, many of these permutations and combinations will not be discussed and / or illustrated separately here.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that the elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and may not be drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help improve understanding of various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.

Reference is now made to the drawings in which similar symbologies designate the same or corresponding parts in several views.

3a, FIG. 3a is a schematic structural diagram of a circular suspension type wick carrier 301. The floating wick carrier 301 includes: a floating unit 303 having an upper surface 305, a lower surface 318, and an opening 307, wherein the opening 307 penetrates the upper surface 305 and the lower surface 318; a hollow cylinder located at the geometric center of the floating unit 303 309, which is configured to receive the candle wick; and a connecting member 311, which connects the floating unit 303 and the hollow cylinder 309. The material of the floating unit 303 may be plastic, such as ABS plastic, etc., but is not limited thereto, as long as the floating unit 303 can float on the surface of candles or oily substances. The shape of the floating unit 303 can be any shape, for example, a circle, a polygon (for example, a triangle, a quadrangle, etc.), a heart shape, a star shape, or the like. The material of the hollow cylinder 309 may be a thermally conductive metal such as aluminum or magnesium. The material of the connecting member 311 may be a thermally conductive metal such as gold, silver, or copper. In an embodiment, the hollow pillar 309 may further have a restricting member 313, as shown in the top view of the suspended candle wick carrier 301 in FIG. 3b. The restricting member 313 is disposed on the inner surface of the bottom of the hollow pillar 309. And it extends along the radial direction of the hollow cylinder 309. The limiting member 313 can prevent the wick in the hollow cylinder 309 from slipping off. In an embodiment, the side wall of the hollow cylinder has more than one convection hole, such as As shown in Fig. 3c, the side wall of the hollow cylinder 309 'has convection holes 321 to help air convection and the burning of the wick. FIG. 3d shows a schematic diagram of a suspended wick carrier 301 used with a container containing a general candle, a jelly candle, or any oil or polymerized oil ester. Place the floating wick carrier 301 on the oily substance surface 319 of the candle 315, and insert a section of 0.5 ~ 1 cm wick 317 into the hollow column 309 of the floating wick carrier 301, and place the wick 317 Any kind of candle can burn continuously after being ignited. While the candle wick 317 is burning, the heat generated when the candle wick is burned is conducted to the oily substance surface 319 through the floating unit 303, the hollow cylinder 309, and the connecting member 311, so that the oily substance surface 319 can be uniformly lowered at the same time until Lower to the bottom of the cup and burn the oily substance in the container.

Since the inventor envisages that the container for oils and fats used for candles can be a container that tapers from the mouth of the cup to the bottom of the cup, in order to maximize the use of the candle material at the bottom of the container, the inventor designed Floating wick carrier 401. The length of the hollow cylinder 409 of the suspended wick carrier 401 of FIG. 4a is twice the length of the hollow cylinder 309 of FIG. 3a. Similarly, the hollow cylinder 409 may further have a restricting member 413 disposed on the inner surface in the middle of the hollow cylinder 409 and extending along the radial direction of the hollow cylinder 409. The restricting member 413 also prevents the inside of the hollow cylinder 409. Candle wick slipped off. The limiting member 413 divides the hollow cylinder 409 into an upper half 423 and a lower half 425, and the lower half 425 extends downward beyond the lower surface 418 of the floating unit 403, as shown in FIG. 4a. In addition, the side wall of the lower half 425 of the hollow cylinder 409 has more than one convection hole 421. As shown in Figure 4c, such a design can help when the suspended wick carrier 401 gradually decreases with the surface of the oily substance of the container and can not continue to fall because it bears against the inner wall of the container. The oily substance below the suspended candle wick carrier 401 flows upward from the convection hole 421 due to heat and volatilization, so that the candle wick 417 continues to burn, leaving almost no oily substance under the container, which will not cause candle material waste. The material of the floating unit 403 may be the same as or similar to that of the floating unit 303.

In addition to the above-mentioned floating unit having any shape, it may also be composed of a plurality of segments. As shown in the top view of the floating wick carrier 501 in FIG. 5, the floating unit is composed of floating unit segments 503 a-c. The material of the floating unit segment 503a-c may be plastic, such as ABS plastic, etc., but is not limited thereto, only The floating unit fragments 503a-c can be floated on the surface of candles or oily substances. Each of the floating unit segments 503a-c is connected by a connecting member 512, wherein the connecting member 512 is made of a thermally conductive material (for example, gold, silver, copper, etc.). Each of the floating unit segments 503a-c is connected by two connecting members 511 to a hollow cylinder 509 located at the geometric center of the floating unit composed of the floating unit segments 503a-c. The hollow cylinder may be as shown in FIG. 3a. Hollow post 309 or hollow post 409 of Fig. 4a. The material of the connecting members 511 may be a thermally conductive metal such as gold, silver, or copper. Similarly, the hollow pillar 509 may further have a limiting member 513 to prevent the wick in the hollow pillar 509 from slipping off.

6a, it is an exploded view of a suspended wick carrier 601. The suspended wick carrier 601 includes a floating base 602 and a hollow cylinder 609 containing the wick. The floating base 602 includes: a floating unit 603 having an upper surface 605, a lower surface 618, and an opening 607, wherein the opening 607 penetrates the upper surface 605 and the lower surface 618; and a connecting member 611, each having a connection with a side wall 604 of the opening 607 And a second end extending in the radial direction of the opening 607 toward the center of the opening 607, wherein the second ends are joined together to form a columnar hole 606, which is located at the The geometric center of the floating unit 603, and the hollow cylinder 609 is inserted into the cylindrical hole 606. The floating base 602 further includes a limiting member 608. As shown in FIG. 6b, the limiting member 608 is disposed on the side wall of the columnar hole 606 and extends along the radial direction of the columnar hole 606. The limiting member 608 can prevent hollow The post 609 slides beyond the bottom of the post hole 606. In one embodiment, the side wall of the hollow cylinder has more than one convection hole to help air convection and combustion of the candle wick.

As shown in FIG. 6a, the hollow cylinder 609 for accommodating the candle wick may further have a skirt portion 610. Referring to the top view of the hollow cylinder 609 of FIG. . When the hollow cylinder 609 is placed into the cylindrical hole 606 of the floating base 602, the skirt 610 helps prevent the hollow cylinder 609 from sliding beyond the bottom of the cylindrical hole 606. In an embodiment, the hollow cylinder does not have a skirt, and the hollow cylinder can prevent the hollow cylinder from sliding beyond the bottom of the columnar hole by using the frictional force of the sidewall.

Referring again to FIG. 6a, the floating unit 603 and the connecting member 611 are made of a thermally conductive polymer material, such as thermally conductive silicone rubber, but are not limited thereto, as long as the floating unit 603 can float on the surface of candles or oily substances and make the floating unit It is sufficient that 603 and the connecting member 611 have thermal conductivity. In another embodiment, the floating unit 603 and the connecting member 611 are made of a non-thermally conductive polymer material, such as non-thermally conductive silicone rubber, but are not limited thereto, as long as the floating unit 603 can float on the surface of candles or oily substances That is, a thermally conductive metal (eg, gold, silver, copper, etc.) may be buried inside one or more of the floating unit 603 and the connecting member 611.

Reference is now made to FIG. 7, which is an exploded view of a suspended wick carrier 701. The suspended wick carrier 701 includes a floating base 702 and a hollow cylinder 709 accommodating the wick. Similar to the floating base 602 of FIG. 6 a, the floating base 702 includes a floating unit 703 and a connecting member 711. The connecting members 711 are joined together at the geometric center of the floating unit 703 to form a columnar hole 706. The difference between the floating base 702 in FIG. 7 and the floating base 602 in FIG. 6a is that the floating unit 703 does not have the restricting member 608. Therefore, the floating base 702 can fit the hollow column 709 into the columnar hole 706. The hollow cylinder 709 may have a limiting member (not shown) as shown in FIG. 4b, which divides the hollow cylinder into an upper half 723 and a lower half 725, and the upper half 723 of the hollow cylinder 709 is configured to receive a candle core. In an embodiment, the hollow pillar 709 may not have a restricting member. The hollow cylinder 709 can be inserted into the columnar hole 706. The upper half 723 is placed in the columnar hole 706, and the lower half 725 is extended from the columnar hole 706 beyond the columnar hole 706. The lower half 725 has more than one convection hole, such as the convection hole 721 shown in FIG. 7. In some embodiments, the upper half of the hollow cylinder may have more than one convection hole similar to the convection hole 721. The materials of the floating unit 703 and the connecting member 711 may be the same as or similar to the materials of the floating unit 603 and the connecting member 611.

In an embodiment, the hollow pillar 709 may further have a skirt 710, which is wound around the outer surface in the middle of the hollow pillar 709. When the hollow pillar 709 is placed in the cylindrical hole 706 of the floating base 702, At this time, the skirt 710 helps prevent the hollow cylinder 709 from sliding relative to the cylindrical hole 706. In an embodiment In the hollow cylinder, there is no skirt, and the hollow cylinder can prevent the hollow cylinder from sliding beyond the bottom of the columnar hole by using the frictional force of its side wall.

Similarly, the floating unit of FIGS. 6 a and 7 may be composed of a plurality of segments as shown in FIG. 5.

It should be understood that the foregoing description is only illustrative of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can devise various alternatives and improvements without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the invention is intended to include all such alternatives, modifications, and variations that fall within the scope of the accompanying patent applications.

Claims (8)

A suspension type wick carrier includes: a floating unit for defining a structure having an upper surface, a lower surface and an opening, wherein the opening penetrates the upper surface and the lower surface; a plurality of first connecting members, each A first end connected to the side wall of the opening and a second end extending toward the center of the opening in the radial direction of the opening, wherein the second ends are joined together to form a columnar hole, the column The hollow hole system is located at the geometric center of the floating unit; and a hollow cylinder configured to receive a candle wick, the hollow column system is sleeved into the cylindrical hole, wherein the floating unit and the plurality of first connecting members are made of high thermal conductivity. Made of molecular material, wherein the hollow cylinder has a skirt, which is wound around the outer surface of the bottom of the hollow cylinder, and wherein the hollow cylinder and the skirt are made of thermally conductive metal. For example, the suspended candle wick carrier of the scope of patent application, wherein the hollow cylinder has a restricting member, which is disposed on the inner surface of the bottom of the hollow cylinder and extends along the radial direction of the hollow cylinder. . For example, the suspended candle wick carrier of item 1 or 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the side wall of the hollow cylinder has more than one convection hole. A suspension type wick carrier includes: a floating unit for defining a structure having an upper surface, a lower surface and an opening, wherein the opening penetrates the upper surface and the lower surface; a plurality of first connecting members, each A first end connected to the side wall of the opening and a second end extending toward the center of the opening in the radial direction of the opening, wherein the second ends are joined together to form a columnar hole, the column The hollow hole system is located at the geometric center of the floating unit; and a hollow cylinder configured to fit into the cylindrical hole, the hollow cylinder has an upper half and a lower half, and the upper half of the hollow cylinder is arranged To accommodate a candle wick and be placed in the columnar hole, and the lower half of the hollow column extends from the columnar hole beyond the columnar hole, wherein the floating unit and the plurality of first connecting members are The hollow cylinder body is made of a thermally conductive polymer material, wherein the hollow cylinder body has a skirt portion wound around an outer surface in the middle of the hollow cylinder body, and wherein the hollow cylinder body and the skirt portion are made of a thermally conductive metal. For example, the suspended candle wick carrier according to item 4 of the patent application, wherein the hollow cylinder has a restricting member disposed on an inner surface in the middle of the hollow cylinder and extending along a radial direction of the hollow cylinder. For example, the suspended candle wick carrier according to item 4 or 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the side wall of the upper half of the hollow cylinder has more than one convection hole. For example, the suspended candle wick carrier according to item 4 or 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the side wall of the lower half of the hollow cylinder has more than one convection hole. For example, the suspended candle wick carrier according to item 6 of the patent application, wherein the side wall of the lower half of the hollow cylinder has more than one convection hole.