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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6311521 | Process for producing flame reaction members for burners A raw material mixture, which has a glass composition containing a salt or an oxide of a flame reaction metal, is heated, and an intermediate base material, in which the salt of the flame reaction metal, or the like, has been thermally decomposed and whic... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6217315 | Liquid fuel burning device A liquid fuel burning device comprising a wick for sucking and burning a liquid fuel contained in a fuel tank by capillarity and a vent passage which is provided in a portion other than a fuel passage used by the wick and allows communication between an i... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6120566 | Liquid fuel for combustion appliances and combustion appliance using the same A liquid fuel for combustion appliances, in which a combustion wick for sucking up the fuel by the utilization of capillarity is used, contains an alcohol as a principal constituent and contains a hydrocarbon compound, which has approximately the same boi... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6113385 | Combustion wick for liquid fuel combustion appliances In a combustion appliance provided with a combustion wick for sucking up a liquid fuel by the utilization of capillarity and burning it, the combustion wick is constituted, such that a flame length in accordance with the application of the combustion appl... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6093017 | Safety device in lighting rods A lighting rod is provided with a rod-like top end portion and a main body, the rod-like top end portion being provided with a jetting nozzle for jetting out a gas, the main body being provided with a gas tank, a valve mechanism for opening and closing a ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6042367 | Safety device in lighting rods A safety device in a lighting rod comprises a locking member having an engagement section, which interferes with a portion of an operation member and thereby locks the lighting operation of the operation member. The locking member can move in a direction,... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5897308 | Safety device in lighting rods A safety device in a lighting rod comprises a locking member having an engagement section, which interferes with a portion of an operation member and thereby locks the lighting operation of the operation member. The locking member can move in a direction,... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5743724 | Flame reaction member for gas combustion appliances and a process for producing the same A flame reaction member for gas combustion appliances comprises a flame reaction material, which is to be heated by a gas flame having been produced by a gas combustion appliance and which undergoes a flame reaction and colors the gas flame by the flame r... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5738507 | Gas igniter A gas igniter comprising a main body provided with a gas tank for storing liquified gas to be used as a fuel, a front pipe in the form of a hollow bar extending from the main body, a jetting nozzle for jetting out a gas, and a gas pipe connected between t... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5640948 | Safety device for use with portable heater A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5555905 | Cassette type gas cylinder with remaining volume alarm unit and manufacturing method thereof A cassette type gas cylinder, containing liquefied fuel gas, for giving an alarm when the volume of remaining fuel is reduced to a predetermined level or less in order to provide an advanced notice of replacement of the gas cylinder with a simple structur... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5531591 | Safety device for use in lighter A safety device for use in a gas lighter. An actuating member provided on top of a lighter body is supported in a pivotal fashion by a leg downwardly extending therefrom. The leg is also provided with a lock member. A circular-arc-shaped guide groove and ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5462044 | Safety device for use with portable heater A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5458482 | Gas lighter with safety device A gas lighter with a safety device is provided with a resilient leaf which can be deformed between a locked state in which the depression of a pressing means is prevented and a lock-released state in which the operation of the pressing means is allowed, a... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5437549 | Gas lighter with safety device A gas lighter with a safety device for locking an actuating lever which causes the emission of fuel, wherein the safety device automatically returns to the locking state after the ignition of the lighter, thereby preventing the lighter from being left in ... | 08/01/1995 |
