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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303390 | Liquid oil lamps A liquid fuel lamp is provided with a wick carrying composite safety cap which is mountable to and removable from the liquid fuel container only by simultaneous pressing and turning actions. The safety cap has a spring biassed latch and a wick guard surrounding in a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7198484 | System to automatically extinguish a candle A system and method provide a container holding a candle, a covering portion that can cover an opening of the container holding the candle, a device that automatically extinguishes the candle utilizing the covering portion and an attachment portion shaped to fit aro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7160104 | Portable electronic equipment with integrated lighter A lighter has been integrated into portable electronic equipments such as cellular phones, PDAs, or portable game players. The lighter can be completely stowed within the portable electronic equipment so that no parts protrude out of the portable electronic equipmen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156653 | Torch assembly with wick cap and funnel A torch assembly is provided, the assembly comprising: a container comprising an internal chamber for holding liquid fuel and an opening leading to the chamber; a wick having opposing ends, the first end is inserted through the opening and situated within the chambe... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6739866 | Color flame candles or lamps and method of making A color flame candle and a color flame candle lamp are disclosed. The color flame candle includes a container with one open end, which contains mixed liquid incendiary agent and color-making agent, a hollow candle head, a wick, a sealing means to seal the open end o... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6494708 | Safety device for candles A method and apparatus is taught for a safety device for a lighted device in a container. The safety device comprises a closing device, an attachment device, and a holding device. The safety device further comprises a coupler configured to operatively cou... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6398545 | Self extinguish torch A self-extinguishing torch for use in theatrical environments includes a supporting basket having a support for torch fuel. The supporting basket includes a screen providing side ventilation for containing torch fuel on the support and admitting air throu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6217316 | Support for a torch A support for a torch is disclosed. The support has a shank, a torch seat formed on the first end of the shank, a retainer provided on the second end of the shank. The retainer has a U-shaped bracket, a through hole defined in a face of the bracket, an ex... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6099299 | Support attachment and cigarette lighter safety device A device for removably securing an object having a detent to a support. The support includes having a receiver to receive a portion of the perimeter of the object including the detent. The receiver may be cup-shaped. The support further includes a deforma... | 08/08/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5807093 | Flameguard for outdoor torch The outdoor torch has a housing including a receptacle for removably receiving a flaming illumination means, such as an oil burner assembly, a support connected to the lower end of the housing for support the housing in an upright position and a flameguar... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5199413 | Mobile spirit stove A mobile spirit stove comprising an alcohol fuel container to hold glass fibers and alcohol fuel, a perforated cover which is shaped into straight parallel regular and equally curved ridges and hollows and having holes over the ridges through which alcoho... | 04/06/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5035250 | Cigarette-lighter with built-in extinguisher device The cigarette-lighter with built-in extinguisher device includes a cup having an inner wall of revolution ending into a vault. The inner wall of this cup is polished and has an inlet (9a) of a diameter corresponding substantially to that of a cigarette. T... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4901848 | Case for personal accessory items A case for personal accessory items such as disposable lighters, cosmetics and candy, packaged in elongate containers. In the preferred embodiment, a case having a transparent area slidably receives the accessory item. Suitable ornamentation is provided i... | 02/20/1990 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4846667 | Lighter with a windproof and rainproof assembly A lighter with a windproof and rainproof assembly includes a shell and a similarly shaped cup for containing a lighter. A connecting piece is connected to the cap and extends into a space between the lighter and shell. A control piece mounted on the end o... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4844050 | Evaporation apparatus for active ingredients such as pyrethrum incorporated into solid carrier materials In order to improve an apparatus for the evaporation of active ingredients such as pyrethrum or similar insecticides, air-improving, bactericidal, disinfecting and/or, for example, curing substances incorporated in cellular boards or other solid carrier m... | 07/04/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4773391 | Flame protector for hot water heaters in recreational vehicles An attachment for a recreational vehicle of a type having a gas-fired hot water heater inside and having an exterior skin therearound. The hot water heater includes a burner and a vent for permitting outside air to communicate with the burner of the hot w... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4653999 | Wind guard for lighters An elongated tubular body is provided into which a lighter is adapted to be received either (a) with its flame-producing parts exposed beyond the tubular body when there is no wind or (b) received within the tubular body when there is wind, the tubular bo... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4640679 | Flame shield for cigarette lighter and cigarette lighter including said flame shield An improvement is provided in a disposable lighter having a fuel receptacle, a pyrophoric sparking wheel lighting mechanism mounted on the top edge thereof, and a finger-actuated fuel-control valve adjacent the sparking wheel. The improvement is provided ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4634374 | Windscreen for lighter jacket A jacket for receiving a cigarette lighter has a sliding windscreen which can be slid up from the jacket when the lighter is lit, to shield the lighter flame from the wind. The top of the windscreen has a chimney hole for venting the lighter flame. A cap ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4544348 | Apparatus for burning spirit or the like liquid fuel Apparatus for burning spirit or similar fuel with a fuel container (10) filled with a fuel absorbing mass with partly exposed surface, from which fuel to be burned evaporates. A burner tube (16) is so arranged with respect to the exposed surface that suct... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4531906 | Lighter case having windshield A lighter case having a windshield is provided. The lighter case includes a hollow case member adapted to receive therein a lighter through a top opening thereof and a windshield member adapted to be received in the case member and to receive therein at l... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4526530 | Burner for liquid candle A burner for a liquid candle having a hollow stud containing a wick. Primary and secondary venting systems having vent openings situated at different elevations are provided to vent vapors generated in the fuel reservoir into the flame region.... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4496307 | Candle including flame adjustment means and automatic flame extinguisher means A candle for varying the flame intensity and extinguishing the flame when the candle becomes unstable. The candle includes a receptacle containing combustible fuel and terminating into an open end covered by a cap means having a central opening. An extern... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4493634 | Kerosene heating stove with temperature and carbonic oxide sensors A kerosene heating stove is equipped with a temperature sensor and a carbonic oxide sensor. The temperature of a space is maintained at a constant level by automatically increasing and decreasing the burning length of a wick in the kerosene heating stove ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4477247 | Liquid fuel burning torch A liquid fuel burning torch includes a container having a substantially barrel-shaped main portion which defines a chamber accommodating a liquid fuel during use. The top wall of the container has an upwardly upset threaded neck portion on which there is ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4424018 | Flexible firelighter An improved device for safer lighting of gas or candle fires. The device comprises a flexible tube connected to a hand-held body member, through which a wick is passed. The soft metal tube may be bent into compound angles to ease access of the lighter to ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4403945 | Gas lighter for smokers The lighter has a cover which, in its closed position, moves an actuating lever for the gas valve to a retracted position in which the lever cannot be actuated to open the valve. When the cover is open, the lever is moved to an operating position in which... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4129408 | Gas burner lighting device for an absorption refrigerating apparatus A device associated with a gas burner of an absorption refrigerating apparatus that ensures the lighting of the gas burner without the requirements of special knowledge and ability. The device includes a burner housing in a sealed system having a part tha... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4126408 | Liquid fueled lamp A liquid-fueled lamp comprising a liquid-impervious container, which is preferably a light-weight steel can of the type used to store foods, etc. A relatively small opening is provided in the top of the can, and a tube or some other structural member exte... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4025290 | Lamp A decorative lamp comprising a housing including a recess and a self-contained and replaceable mineral spirit burning lamp assembly disposed within the recess in the housing. The assembly comprises a cannister of mineral spirits into which a wick extends.... | 05/24/1977 |
