WO2006079405A1

WO2006079405A1 - Candle container

Info

Publication number: WO2006079405A1
Application number: PCT/EP2005/013758
Authority: WO
Inventors: Markus Nachtsheim
Original assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien
Priority date: 2005-01-28
Filing date: 2005-12-21
Publication date: 2006-08-03
Also published as: DE102005004295A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a candle container (1) for receiving a combustible candle material and at least one wick (10). Said container comprises a wick holder (6), fastening a lower end of the wick (10) in the candle container (1), and a container bottom (2) to which the wick holder (6) is fastened, the wick holder (6) having a top side (7) facing the wick (10), a bottom side (8) facing the container bottom and a peripheral surface (9) extending between the top side (7) and the bottom side (8). The aim of the invention is to make the bottom side (8) of the wick holder clearly visible. For this purpose, means (17) fastening the wick holder (6) to the container bottom (2) are provided on the peripheral surface (9) of the wick holder (6), the bottom side (8) of the wick holder (6) being visible through the container bottom (2).

Description

candle containers

The present invention relates to a candle container for holding a combustible candle mass and at least one wick.

A known embodiment of such a candle container is for example a tea or grave light. The candle container is filled with wax as a combustible candle mass, which holds the wick in the candle container in the upright position in the solid state. If the tea or grave light burns for a long time, the heat generated by the wax, the liquid becomes liquid, so that the wick can no longer stop. This is especially true when there is only a little wax in the candle container due to the burning off of the tea or grave light.

To securely hold the wick in place, it is known to attach a lower end of the wick to a wick holder. The wick holder is placed on a container bottom and fixes the wick in the candle container, whereby the wick is safely upright even when the tea or grave light is burnt down.

Typically, the wick holder is formed as a small plate, which has a top facing the wick, an underside facing the container bottom, and a peripheral surface extending between top and bottom. At the top of the wick holder is a receptacle for the wick. The wick holder is placed with its underside on the container bottom and prevents tipping over of the wick,

In a transparent candle container, the wick holder is thus visible from the outside, namely through the container bottom. In particular, the underside of the wick holder facing the container bottom can be used as a surface. the one on which an indication of the manufacturer of the candle, an information, a picture or the like

can be applied. Thus, the underside visible from the bottom can be used as a feature by which the candle container or the candle from other candles keep rn different.

When burning the wax, the wick holder can float easily, with the then liquid wax can pass between the underside of the wick holder and the container bottom. A floating of the wick holder is especially to be feared when the wax is poured into the candle container during the production of the tea or grave light (candle). The wax between the underside of the wick holder and container bottom impairs the visibility of the wick holder, so that the features applied to the bottom of the wick holder features are poor or not at all to recognize.

In order to prevent floating of the wick holder, it is known to glue the underside of the wick holder to the container bottom. However, there is also the problem here that the adhesive located between the underside of the wick holder and the container bottom impairs the visibility of the features applied on the underside.

The invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a candle container, which is simple and in which the wick holder is well visible from the outside.

The object underlying the invention is achieved by the means which serve to attach the wick holder to the container bottom, are provided on the peripheral surface of the wick holder, wherein the underside of the wick holder is visible through the container bottom. Since the means for attaching the wick holder means are provided on the peripheral surface and not on the underside, the visibility of the bottom of the wick holder is through this Means not impaired. Thus, there are no disturbing the visibility of the underside of the wick holder components, elements or layers between the bottom and the container bottom. Thus, the wick holder on its underside an image, characters or the like, which is easy to see from the outside.

The wick holder may include various materials, such as metal, plastic and / or ceramic. It can also consist of two or more materials.

In a preferred embodiment, the wick holder is disc-shaped. In this case, the upper side and the lower side can preferably each assume a circular shape, while the circumferential surface running between the lower and upper sides can essentially represent a cylindrical lateral surface. However, arranged on the peripheral surface, for fixing the wick holder serving means may cause the peripheral surface more or less deviates from the shape of a cylindrical outer surface.

Preferably, the container bottom and the attachment of the wick holder serving means a snap or snap connection. In this case, the wick holder may comprise at least one latching nose which engages in a corresponding latching recess in the container bottom. Alternatively or additionally, the container bottom may also have at least one latching lug, which engages in a corresponding latching recess in the wick holder. Since the locking lug or the detent recess of the wick holder is arranged in each case on the peripheral surface, they do not affect the visual impression that is caused by the applied to the underside of the wick holder image.

In another embodiment, the container bottom and the attachment of the wick holder serving means a screw or bayonet connection. In a screw connection, an external thread is formed on the peripheral surface of the wick holder, which cooperates with an internal thread of the container bottom. Turn the external thread into the internal thread - A -

Consequently, the wick holder firmly connected to the container bottom. In the bayonet connection, the wick holder may have at least one radially outwardly projecting projection on the circumferential surface thereof, which protrudes into a corresponding bayonet groove formed in the container bottom. In a certain angular position while the wick holder can be introduced with the projection in the bayonet groove. By relative rotation of wick holder and container bottom projection and groove are then brought into engagement, so that thereby a firm connection between the wick holder

and container bottom comes about. The means for attaching the wick holder may also comprise adhesive. It should be noted, however, that the adhesive is on the peripheral surface of the wick holder and not on the bottom, which could affect the visual appearance of the image on the underside of the wick holder.

The attachment of the wick holder serving means (fasteners) may be integrally formed on the wick holder. For example, if the wick holder is made of plastic, the wick holder and fasteners integrally formed on it can be produced easily and inexpensively in one step. Also in the container bottom necessary for the connection with the wick holder elements (for example, latching elements in a snap or latching connection) may be integrally formed on the container bottom.

Preferably, the attachment of the wick holder to the container bottom is insoluble. This prevents, on the one hand, that the candle container is filled again after unauthorized burn-up of the candle compound filled in it and brought to the market. The non-releasable wick holder thus provides effective poster protection when the underside bears an indication of the original manufacturer of the candle holder. Even if the candle container is refilled, remains - regardless of a newly inserted wick - the wick holder with burned old-wick visible as an advertising medium in the candle container and thus preserved. In a preferred embodiment, the container bottom has a recess for receiving the wick holder. The recess is preferably arranged centrally in the candle container. The recess may be created so that the top of the wick holder is flush with an inner side of the container bottom.

Preferably, the recess has a circumferential inner surface against which abuts the peripheral surface of the wick holder. This prevents wax or the like from passing through any gap between the inner surface and the peripheral surface and then settling between the underside of the wick holder and the container bottom.

Alternatively or additionally, moreover, it may be provided that the underside rests in the installation position of the wick holder directly and without a gap on the container bottom, so that no wax can accumulate between the underside of the wick holder and container bottom.

An edge bounding the inner surface of the recess and / or an edge between the underside and peripheral surface of the wick holder may be rounded. This facilitates insertion and locking of the wick holder in the container bottom, provided that a snap or snap connection is provided. A radius of curvature of the rounded edges is preferably 0.5 to 1 mm.

Preferably, the recess is formed as a blind hole in the container bottom. As an alternative to the blind hole, the recess may also be an opening that extends through the container bottom, wherein preferably a shoulder is provided on which the wick holder rests in the installation position.

Through the recess, the container bottom is weakened in its wall thickness. A remaining wall thickness of the container bottom in the region of the recess can be 1 to 4 mm, preferably 1, 5 to 3 mm. Preferably, the candle container made of a transparent plastic or glass. Through the transparent plastic or glass, the bottom of the wick holder can be seen, even if the container bottom is closed and has no opening in the bottom of the wick holder. In a preferred embodiment, the candle compound contains at least one fragrance, which is released during burning of the candle composition. Thus, the candle container can be used as a room freshener with a comparatively constant release rate.

Reference to the embodiment shown in the figures, the invention is described in detail. Show it:

1 shows a candle container according to the invention in longitudinal section;

Figure 2 shows a wick holder with wick from the side; and .

3 shows a part of Figure 1 in magnification.

Figure 1 shows a candle container, which is designated in its entirety by 1. The candle container 1 has a container bottom 2 and a subsequent to the container bottom 2 side wall 3. The candle container 1 is rotationally symmetrical to a central axis 4. The upwardly open candle container 1 defines an inner space 5 for receiving a combustible candle material (for example wax) and a wick holder 6, as shown in FIG. The wick holder 6 is essentially a disk with a circular upper side 7, a circular lower side 8 and a circumferential peripheral surface 9, which connects the upper side 7 and the lower side 8. At the top 7, a lower end of a wick 10 is pressed or anchored to the wick holder 6. In the container bottom 2, as can be seen in particular Figure 3, a recess 11 is formed, which serves to receive the wick holder 6. The recess 11 is bounded by a flat circular surface 12 and a circumferential inner surface 13. The inner surface 13 is slightly conical, so that an undercut or a latching recess 14 is formed in the container bottom. A diameter of the circular area 12 is greater than a diameter of a circle, which is described by an edge 15. At the edge 15, the inner surface 13 of the recess 11 and an inner side 16 of the container bottom abut each other.

In the locking recess 14 engages in the installed position of the wick holder a latching lug 17 of the wick holder 2 (see Figure 2), wherein the latching lug 17 results from the conical shape of the peripheral surface 9. Inner surface 13 and peripheral surface 9 in this case have an at least approximately the same opening angle / cone angle.

The edge 15 may be rounded to facilitate insertion of the wick holder 6 into the recess. Also, an edge 18 of the wick holder 6 may be rounded at which the bottom 8 and the peripheral surface 9 meet.

In order to press the wick holder 6 into the recess 11, a tool (not shown) with a round cavity can be placed on the recess. In the round cavity while the material of the wick 6 is compressed so that the edge 18 of the wick holder 6, the edge 15 of the container bottom 2 can happen and the wick holder 6 can be pressed into the recess 11. Due to the conical shape of the inner surface 13 and circumferential surface 9 while the wick holder 6 snaps into the container bottom 2 and, due to the interaction of locking lug 17 and locking recess 14, thereafter virtually no longer be removed from this position.

A distance 19 between the circular surface 12 and a parallel outer side 20 of the container bottom 2 defines a remaining wall thickness in the region of the recess 11. At least in this area, the container bottom 2 is transparent. parent, so that a discharged on the bottom 8 of Dochthaltes image or sign is visible from the outside and thus can serve as a distinguishing feature of the candle container 2.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 candle container

2 container bottom

3 side wall

4 central axis

5 interior

6 wick holder

7 top

8 bottom

9 peripheral surface 0 wick 1 recess

Circular surface 3 inner surface

engaging recess

edge

inside

locking lug

edge

distance

outside

Claims

claims

A candle container (1) for holding a combustible candle mass and at least one wick (10), having a wick holder (6) fixing a lower end of the wick (10) in the candle container (1), and a container bottom (2) to which the wick holder (6) is attached, wherein the wick holder (6) has a top (7) facing the wick (10), a bottom (8) facing the bottom of the container, and a top (7) and bottom (8) Circumferential surface (9), wherein means (17) for fixing the wick holder (6) on the container bottom (2) are provided on the peripheral surface (9) of the wick holder (6), characterized in that the container bottom (2 ) and the attachment of the wick holder means (17) form a snap or snap connection or a screw or bayonet connection, wherein the underside (8) of the wick holder (6) through the container bottom (2) is visible.

2. candle container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the wick holder (6) on the underside (8) has a picture, a graphic or the like.

3. candle container (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the wick holder (6) is disc-shaped.

4. candle container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the attachment of the wick holder serving means (17) are integrally formed on the wick holder (6).

5. candle container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the attachment of the wick holder (6) to the container bottom (2) is insoluble.

6. candle container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the container bottom (2) has a recess (11) for receiving the wick holder (6).

7. candle container (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the recess (11) has a circumferential inner surface (13) against which the peripheral surface (9) of the wick holder (6).

8. candle container (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the inner surface (13) of the recess (11) delimiting edge (15) and / or an edge (18) between the underside (8) and peripheral surface (9) of the wick holder (6) is rounded.

9. candle container (1) according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the recess (11) is formed as a blind hole.

10. candle container (1) according to one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that a remaining wall thickness of the container bottom (2) in the region of the recess (11) 1 to 4 mm, preferably 1, 5 to 3 mm.

11. candle container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the candle container (1) made of a transparent plastic or glass.

12. candle container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the candle compound contains at least one perfume.