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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7517216 | Method and device for extinguishing a candle An apparatus useful for extinguishing a flame of a candle, with preparation of the candlewick for relighting, is single-hand grippable and adapted for use to apply candle wax, or another candle fuel material, to a surface of a burning candlewick. Methods are also pr... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7497683 | Two way tool for lighting and extinguishing candles A dual use or two-way tool for lighting and extinguishing candles includes an arcuate tubular member having a candle snuffing portion terminating with a cone-shaped candle snuffing member for extinguishing the candle flame and an opposite candle lighting portion ter... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7217122 | Candle wick snuffer The candle wick snuffer is mounted on a baseplate which is at the bottom of the candle. The baseplate carries a swing arm which is released when the temperature rises to critical point in the bottom of the candle. The baseplate may also carry a wick retainer to main... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7021926 | Candlewick-fixing device for burning candlewicks The candlewick-fixing device replaces the need for two tools with separate functions by combining both tools at opposite ends of one adjoining handle. On one end, an O-shaped candlewick hook allows one to straighten and reposition the candlewick without having to ex... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6960320 | Oil burning lamps and related systems An exemplary oil burning lamp comprises a reservoir configured for storing a supply of oil, a base, a burner tube and a wick. The base is being sized and shaped to receive the reservoir. The burner tube is movably mounted to the reservoir between a retracted positio... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960074 | Smoke-less candle flame extinguishing apparatus and method A manually operated candle flame extinguishing apparatus where there is a pair of arm members having flame extinguishing surface regions where there is a layer of flame extinguishing material. The flame extinguishing material reacts to the heat of the flame to emit ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6929466 | Elevated candle lighter An apparatus for the lighting of a candle that is elevated above a user includes a main body that has a trigger for releasing a quantity of butane from the main body. A plurality of sections of conduit cooperate with each other sufficient to telescope or extend from... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927732 | Communication terminal with antenna A communication terminal is provided with an electromagnetic transmission or receiving antenna, an acoustic converter, preferably housed in a mobile telephone or cordless telephone. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926518 | Safety lighter The safety lighter includes contact wheels requiring rotation to rotate a spark wheel for generating a spark and, hence, a flame in the lighter. An extension, preferably part of the windscreen, includes a top wall overlying the majority of the circumferences of the ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6769904 | Candle snuffer and method of use A candle snuffer for extinguishing candle flames and for display as a decorative piece is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the candle snuffer includes an elongate handle and first and second snuffing members coupled to the handle. A user-operable actuator is o... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6718889 | Draft controlled boiler fuel nozzle A multi-fuel boiler having multiple, independent draft or combustion air sources and controls. A conventional oil/gas burner and nozzle assembly is fitted to an injector tube and isolated from a thermal transfer medium. A butterfly valve is supported in the injector... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6435858 | Candle snuffer A candle snuffer which extinguishes a burning candle flame without residual smoke and simultaneously trims a charred end of a candlewick is disclosed. The candle snuffer fabricated from a wire member, has a loop formed in the wire member midway between a ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6305928 | Candle snuffing device A candle snuffing device for snuffing out a candle without producing smoke. The candle snuffing device includes a housing. The housing has a front wall, a back wall and a peripheral wall integrally coupled to and extending between the front and back walls... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6298922 | Device to extinguish burning candles A device for extinguishing flames without leaving residual smoke is described. The device is a tweezer like device with wax pads attached to the tips thereof, wherein the wax pads oppose one another. When opposing wax pads are brought together with a burn... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6267581 | Misting candle snuffer A misting candle snuffer for substantially minimizing the production of smoke following the extinguishment of a candle flame. According to a preferred embodiment, the invention comprises a elongate handle member having proximal and distal ends. Formed wit... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6123541 | Childproof safety disposable lighter A childproof safety disposable lighter includes a safety guide, which is coaxially to the striker wheel, having a smooth surface and elongating from the windshield and encircling both sides of the striker wheel. The radius of the safety guide is slightly ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6089857 | Heater for generating flavor and flavor generation appliance A flavor generation piece (12) incorporates a formed body (32) of a material containing a flavor substance. A heater (42) heats the flavor generation piece (12) without burning it, thereby generating a flavor. The heater (42) has a tank (46) mounted in a ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6053726 | Cap fixing structure This invention provides a gas lighter (1) in which a cap (7) can be surely and easily mounted on the lighter body. A chamfer (17) having an inclined surface is formed on one side of a recess (15) on a support post (16) of the lighter body. A trapezoidal r... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6022211 | Lighter A lighter comprising a fuel tank, a tank cover on the fuel tank, a fuel valve mounted on the cover, the fuel valve being operable to release fuel from the fuel tank, a flame adjustment ring which is adjustable for controlling the height of a flame above t... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5989012 | Smokeless snuffer A candle snuffer having a handle, a body and a hook. The hook submerges a lit candle wick into the adjacent melted wax channel thereby extinguishing said wick. The hook is then used to retrieve the extinguished wick from the melted wax and returning it to... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5971081 | Device to extinguish burning candles A device for extinguishing flames without leaving residual smoke is described. The device is a tweezer like device with wax pads attached to the tips thereof, wherein the wax pads oppose one another. When opposing wax pads are brought together with a burn... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5904476 | Chafing dish fuel canister with snuffing device A chafing dish fuel canister is provided having a snuffing device attached thereto. The chafing dish canister has inserted through the lid an inner sleeve which is securely fitted thereon. The wick extends upwards through the inner sleeve from the caniste... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5899685 | Remote lighted wick extinguisher A remote lighted wick extinguisher that uses a movement of air to extinguish the flame of a lighted wick. Energy is sent from a transmitter to a remote receiver. The receiver actuates a circuit, such as a mono-stable multivibrator or one shot producing a ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5842525 | Burning pan fire extinguisher A hot oil/fat fire extinguisher, comprising a frame which supports a smothering material in a horizontal plane and a handle which allows the safe and effective application of the smothering material to a container of burning fat/oil. When not in use it ma... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5820360 | Candle snuffer An improved candle snuffer is provided. The candle snuffer comprises a handle, a flame extinguisher extending from the handle and a support assembly for keeping the extinguisher from touching a table or other surface upon which the snuffer is laid to rest... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5609480 | Candle snuffer A transparent glass or ceramic shroud that is of a proper size for placing onto the top of a burning candle and once in place will eliminate any new supply of air to keep the candle burning. The shroud is transparent so a user can see the wick through the... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5282737 | Candle snuffing apparatus and method A candle snuffing apparatus and method are disclosed in the form of tongs having wettable snuffing surfaces and means for wetting the snuffing surfaces. Operation of the tongs upon a candle flame extinguishes the flame and simultaneously cools the wick, p... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5044933 | Windproof lighter A windproof lighter includes a windshield (44) with openings (443,444) facing the striker (43) and over the flame and nozzle area, edges on the openings, and rounded sides or flanges on the edges around the nozzle on the top edge of the butane well (3, 41... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4887960 | Automatic flame snuffer assembly An automatic flame snuffer assembly that is detachably connected to the neck of a sealing cap that is located on a fuel lamp container. The fuel lamp container holds fuel oil having a flash temperature of approximately 240 degrees and it is used in church... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4878834 | Gaslighter structure Disclosed is an improvement of gaslighter structure which has, in the hollow cylinder space at the rear portion of the housing, a push rod having hooks integrally connected to its opposite sides. The push rod is spring-biased upwards, and is pushed agains... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4878833 | Gaslighter structure Disclosed is an improved gaslighter structure which has a detachable support piece to be fitted in the cap and the housing for pivotally fixing the cap to the housing. This arrangement permits complete pivotal connection of the cap to the housing simply b... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4869662 | Flame-extinguishing device A flame extinguishing device for use with an ornamental lamp having a base, a chimney, and a wick which provides a lamp flame, includes a plate coupled inside of the chimney below the flame. The plate has a hole in the center thereof surrounding the flame... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4854859 | Adjustment and positioning structure of the elongated rod-like lighter An elongated rod-like gas lighter has a rod body for storing gas therein, an ignition base mounted on the upper end of the rod body, the ignition base having a circumferential groove-shaped hole through the wall thereof adjacent the point of attachment to... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4850854 | Child resistant cigarette lighter A child-resistant cigarette lighter having a cigarette well with a flame chamber near its bottom. Fuel and air are supplied to the flame chamber producing a combustible mixture which is then ignited, thereby producing a flame which is entirely confined to... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4810185 | Fire-extinguishing device for oil burner A fire-extinguishing device for an open-type oil burner is disclosed which is capable of effectively preventing the discharge of bad odor to a room due to unburned fuel oil gas at the fire-extinguishing of the oil burner. The fire-extinguishing device inc... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4799877 | Child-proof adaptor for disposable butane cigarette lighter This invention is a safety device for cigarette lighters fueled by butane or other compressed or liquified gas. The invention is a barrier adapted to selectively engage the thumb layer of the lighter to restrict the motion of the thumb layer, thereby to p... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4678429 | Die casting torch A torch tip for use with a die casting torch in which the tip functions to blow out the flame when the ratio of air pressure to gas pressure being supplied to the tip exceeds a predetermined safe value. The torch tip comprises a unitary die casting and in... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4602611 | Snuffer for kitchen fires A hand-held snuffer for extinguishing a fire in a vessel, such as a kitchen pan, which includes a soft, compressible, resilient, nonflammable mat, means to support the mat to present a substantially flat, flame-contacting face, and means for grasping the ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4497374 | Candle snuffer and method A candle snuffer is disclosed in the form of a unitary member having a pair of generally parallel, elongated tines. The tines are spaced by a distance slightly larger than the thickness of a normal candle wick and the flame is extinguished by placing the ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4363620 | Fire extinguishing device for oil burner A fire extinguishing device for an oil burner capable of instantaneously and surely accomplishing the fire extinguishing with ease and without generating any bad odor. A wick receiving chamber has a width larger than the thickness of a wick received there... | 12/14/1982 |
