US3873263A - Device for adjusting the burning time and luminosity of the flame of a wick-type lighting device such as a candle - Google Patents

Device for adjusting the burning time and luminosity of the flame of a wick-type lighting device such as a candle Download PDF

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US3873263A
US3873263A US403428A US40342873A US3873263A US 3873263 A US3873263 A US 3873263A US 403428 A US403428 A US 403428A US 40342873 A US40342873 A US 40342873A US 3873263 A US3873263 A US 3873263A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S13/00—Non-electric lighting devices or systems employing a point-like light source; Non-electric lighting devices or systems employing a light source of unspecified shape
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11C—FATTY ACIDS FROM FATS, OILS OR WAXES; CANDLES; FATS, OILS OR FATTY ACIDS BY CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF FATS, OILS, OR FATTY ACIDS OBTAINED THEREFROM
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    • C11C5/008—Candles characterised by their form; Composite candles, e.g. candles containing zones of different composition, inclusions, or the like

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  • ABSTRACT A device for adjusting both the burning time and brightness of the flame of a candle or other wick-type lighting devices.
  • the device is arranged in the midst of a mass of a combustible such as wax and comprises a tube of refractory material, e.g. aluminum, two wicks in the tube, a starting wick and a more resistant wick for lighting per se.
  • the tube has a longitudinal slot running along the major portion of its length from the top of the tube downwards.
  • a ring is slidable on the tube for adjusting the brightness or luminosity of the flame when in position at the top of the tube or for adjusting the burning time of the candle or the like by automatically extinguishing the flame when the flame burns down to the ring located, in this case, below thetop of the tube.
  • wick-type lighting devices comprise one or more cotton wicks arranged in the midst of a combustible mass.
  • Such wick-type lighting devices e.g. candles, create a great risk of fire when the user forgets to snuff or blow them out.
  • Such wick-type lighting devices e.g. candles
  • wick-type lighting devices e.g. candles
  • An aim of the present invention is a wick-type lighting device enabling the adjustment of the burning time and luminosity or brightness of the flame so as to avoid the above-described drawbacks while wholly satisfying all safety, operational and aesthetic desiderata.
  • the device according to the invention enables the burning time of the wick-type lighting device to be limited and the flame to be put out automatically, and prevents the wick from smoking and the wick-type lighting device from dripping or running.
  • the device according to the invention comprises a resistant wick assisted by an auxiliary starting wick, said wicks being contained in a refractory tube having a longitudinal slot the length of which being less than the axial length of the tube, the slotted tube being provided with a sliding ring and being embedded in a locating hole formed in the noncombustible base of the de vice.
  • the device may be placed in a container filled with a combustible mass.
  • This container may receive odorless or scented refills when the lighting device is burning or extinguished.
  • the device comprises a cylindricaltube of rigid nonmelting material, preferably metal, for example aluminium which is heat conducting material, as is known.
  • the tube -2 has a slot 3 extending longitudinally from the top end of the tube 2 along a prelimited distance less than the axial length of the tube towards the bottom.
  • a sliding ring 4 surrounds the slotted tube 2 and may possibly be provided with a slot along only a part of its axial height having the same width as the slot 3 in the tube 2.
  • the tube 2 contains a wick 1 which is rather resistant so as to withstand a great amount of burning.
  • the wick 1 is'preferably made of asbestos fibre saturated with a combustible substance, wax for example.
  • the upper end of the tube 2 contains a small removable auxiliary wick 9 adjacent to the wick l.
  • the wick 1 protrudes only a few millimetres beyond the top end of .the tube 2, while the auxiliary wick 9 extends lit several additional millimetres (about 3 mm) beyond the tube 2.
  • the lower end of the tube 2 may be embedded in a base 8 of non-melting material such as asbestos or plaster, the base being formed with a locating hole for receiving the tube.
  • the operation of the device operatively positioned in the container filled with a combustible mass 5, such as wax will now be described.
  • the device is lit by the auxiliary wick 9, the principal wick 1 is difficult to light because its upper end extends too little beyond the top of the slotted tube 2 and because the main wick is saturated with wax.
  • the auxiliary wick 9 is lit.
  • the flame from the auxiliary wick 9 heats the tube 2 which causes the saturated wax in the wick l to melt and especially the wax 5 around the outside of the tube 2.
  • the molten wax 5 enters the slot 3 in the tube 2 continuing to impregnate the relatively slowly consumable wick l which can then be consumed.
  • the height of the flame is constant irrespective of the level of wax because the wick l is continuously fed owing to the molten wax 5 passing into the slot 3 in the tube 2.
  • the height of the wick 1 extending above the tube 2 is adjustable so that the flame is not too large and does not smoke.
  • the device according to the invention enables the adjustment of the brightness or luminosity of the flame, i.e., by sliding the ring 4 upwards along the length of the tube 2 so that the upper edge of the ring 4 extends slight above the upper edge of the tube 2, the flame is diminished. If the ring 4 is brought even higher, the free end of the wick 1 is reduced and therefore the devices brightness or luminosity will be further reduced.
  • the present device also enables the adjustment of the burning time. If one desires a long burning time, the sliding ring 4 may be removed or slid to its lowermost position so that the slot 3 is continuous along the maximum length from the upper edge of the tube 2. Once the level of the combustible, wax in the present embodiment, reaches the level 6 of the slot 3, the wick l is no longer fed and the flame goes out.
  • the device according to the invention may be used in all cases in which a wick associated with a solid or liquid mass constitutes a lighting device, e.g. candles, buoy lights, night lights.
  • a lighting device e.g. candles, buoy lights, night lights.
  • a wick-type device for burning a combustible material and for adjusting both the brightness and the burning time of the flame comprising a tube of heat conducting material having a slot extendinglongitudinally of said tube from a slot end adjacent one end of the tube and being of less length than the axial length of the tube; a relatively slowly consumable main wick impregnable with combustible material and being exposed to said slot for receiving additional combustible material from outside said tube through said slot and having one of its ends exposed for burning adjacent said one end of said tube; an auxiliary wick within said tube and projecting beyond said one end of said tube and-said one end of said main wick for being accessible to being lit and for, in turn, lighting said main wick at its said one end thereof; and ring means slidably mounted on said tube and being longitudinally adjustable therealong selectively in two zones, the first zone being adjacent said one end of said tube wherein said ring means is adapted to limit the brightness of the flame, and the second zone extending
  • a device further comprising a base formed of non combustible material, the other end of said tube being received in a locating hole in said base with said one end of said tube at the top.
  • a device in combination with a container filled with a mass of combustible material, said device being arranged upright in said container with said one end of said tube at the top, said tube being surrounded by the combustible mass.

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US20060057524A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2006-03-16 Jameson Elizabeth J Fuel delivery method for melting plate candle
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US4084086A (en) * 1976-03-22 1978-04-11 David Bandel Solid fuel lamp
US6062847A (en) * 1997-04-09 2000-05-16 Lumi-Lite Candle Company, Inc. Anti-flash wick support
EP1007885A1 (fr) * 1997-04-09 2000-06-14 Lumi-Lite Candle Company, Inc. Porte-meche anti-vaporisation instantanee et socle
EP1007885A4 (fr) * 1997-04-09 2003-05-07 Lumi Lite Candle Company Inc Porte-meche anti-vaporisation instantanee et socle
FR2794470A1 (fr) * 1999-06-02 2000-12-08 Sublitec Bougie auto extinctrice comportant des elements d'ornementation
US7591646B2 (en) 1999-12-21 2009-09-22 S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Heat exchange method for melting plate candle
US20070287116A1 (en) * 1999-12-21 2007-12-13 Furner Paul E Melting plate candles
US7247017B2 (en) 1999-12-21 2007-07-24 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Melting plate candles
US20070026352A1 (en) * 2000-12-22 2007-02-01 Kubicek Chris A Candle and wick holder therefore
US7922482B2 (en) 2000-12-22 2011-04-12 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Candle and wick holder therefor
US20040048213A1 (en) * 2002-09-09 2004-03-11 Byrd Ralph Dwayne Safety candle and method of forming same
US6863525B2 (en) 2002-09-09 2005-03-08 Ralph Dwayne Byrd Safety candle and method of forming same
US20070287115A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2007-12-13 Kubicek Chris A Wick holder magnetic retention means
US20060084021A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2006-04-20 Kubicek Chris A Wick holder
US7413435B2 (en) 2004-09-10 2008-08-19 S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Fuel delivery method for melting plate candle
US20060057524A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2006-03-16 Jameson Elizabeth J Fuel delivery method for melting plate candle
US20060292509A1 (en) * 2005-06-24 2006-12-28 Reisman S D Self-Extinguishing Candle
US20060292508A1 (en) * 2005-06-24 2006-12-28 Reisman S D Self-extinguishing candle
US20070065767A1 (en) * 2005-09-19 2007-03-22 Hollowick, Inc. Liquid fuel cell
US8268027B2 (en) 2009-08-19 2012-09-18 Raymond M Gatt Meltable fuel gas generation apparatus and methods
GB2507835A (en) * 2012-11-13 2014-05-14 Zhongshan Zhongnan Candle Manufacturer Co Ltd Automatic fire extinguisher for a candle
GB2531493A (en) * 2014-05-30 2016-04-27 Just Love Candles Ltd Wicks
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