US612631A - Fire-kindler - Google Patents

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No. s|2 ,e3|. Patented Oct. l8, I898; c. PHELPS.

FIRE KINDLER.

(Application filed Sept. 27, 1897.)

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lhviTEp STATES PATENT CHAMBERLAYNE PHELPS, OF BUOKS BRIDGE, NEW YORK.

FIRE KINDLER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,631, dated October 18, 1898. ppli a n filed eptember 27,1897. Serial No. 653,094. (No model.)

dlers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of household utensils known as fire-kindlers.

My object is to improve their construction and general utility by producing a kindler cheap and durable and of great convenience; and to that end my invention consists in the several new and novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described, and which are specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

Itds constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a side View of the kindler complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a View of the torch detached. Fig.

4 is a view of the torch support and cap inclosing the oil-receptacle.

a is the oil-receptacle, constructed, preferbly, as shown in the drawings, having an enlarged base and tapering toward its upper end, which is provided with a screw-thread a. b is a torch and wick-support having a threaded cap Z), adapted to turn onto the thread a upon the base, so that the torch and wick-support can be secured in position as shown. This threaded cap I) is located nearly midway between the ends of the support, and the wick c, placed in the support, projects below its lower end sufliciently far to come in contact with the bottom of the receptacle a, and thus insure that all of the oil shall be absorbed. This wick 0 extends nearly to the top of the receptacle and serves to carry up the oil so as to feed the wick c, placed in the torch-tube cl, and which wick 0 projects sufficiently far below the end of the tube d to rest upon the top of the wick c, as shown in Fig. 2. The torch-tube d is provided with a screw-threaded cap cl upon its upper end, so that when the tubes Z) and (Z have been removed from the receptacle the tube (1 can be reversed and the cap d screwed into the threaded portion a, and thus support the lighted torch in position. The tube b is made removable from the receptacle a, so that 'it can be used for kindling the fire independently of the tube (1, or the tube (Z may be used for kindling the fire, although it is intended more especially for use as a torch.

The object of the cap d is to form a suitable cover to the end of the torch-supporting tube d and prevent the oil from escaping when the support is being used.

My invention is operated as follows: I first fill the can a with oil, then insert the wick c by means of the support Z), as shown. ll then insert the tube (I, having the asbestos wick 0, into the support 1) until the Wicks come in contact, as shown in Fig. 2 at e. The oil in the can a saturates the Wick c, and wick 0', being in contact with it, is saturated by capillary attraction. After it has been saturated it is taken out, lighted, and used as a kindler, and when it has performed its services it is returned to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, where it is held safely and without making it possible for it to come in contact with the oil, so there is no danger of an explosion in case any fire or sparks should remain upon the wick c.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. Ina fire-kindler, an oil-receptacle provided with a screw-thread at its upper end, and a projecting wick-support detachably secured therein by means of screw-threads upon the support, and a wick placed in its lower end, combined with a torch-tube provided with a screw-cap cl at its upper end, and with a wick c which projects beyond the lower end of the tube, substantially as shown.

2. In a fire-kindler, a conical oil-receptacle provided with a screw-thread at its upper end and the detachable torch-support l) which is placed therein, and which extends a suitable distance above the top of the receptacle, and an absorbent wick placed in its lower end, combined with a torch-tube provided with a screw-threaded cap at its outer end and a wick which projects beyond its lower end and which is inserted into the torch-tube so that the wick in its lower end will rest upon the wick in the lower end of the torch-support, substantially as described.

In Witness whereofl have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September, 1897.

CHAMBERLAYNE PHELPS.

In presence of--- CHARLES (J. K. PHELPS, Oscan V. Vnrron.

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