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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4693681 | Candle apparatus A candle apparatus for providing a candle-like flame and candle effect and employing a liquid that may be of petroleum product type or non-petroleum product type functioning as a source for the flame in combination with a wick that is soaked in the liquid... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4689727 | Decorative oil lamp A decorative oil lamp comprises an enclosure formed by a pair of oppositely dished plates, the lower plate being reflective and the upper plate being transparent. An opening is present in the upper plate in which is supported a wick assembly consisting of... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4639211 | Deodorizing device for oil stove A movable wick type oil stove which comprises a wick for absorbing oil to provide a fire at the top of the wick, wick cylinders defining a space for disposing the wick therein means for moving the wick in the vertical direction along the wick cylinders, a... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4624633 | High percentage glycol fuel and burner The combination of a novel fuel (18) with a fuel canister (14) and a wick (16) for transporting the novel fuel (18) from the interior to the exterior of the canister (14); wherein the novel fuel comprises a combustible fuel having a flash point greater th... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4611986 | Disposable liquid fuel burner A die cut wick for use in a burner having a rectangular body that contains two half sections that are folded back into a face to face alignment. Each half section further contains a tab upwardly disposed from the top surface of the body, the tabs being ce... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4610239 | Cartridge-type oil tank construction A cartridge-type oil tank construction is disclosed which is capable of effectively preventing oil leakage from the construction even when the construction falls down in any direction. The oil tank construction includes a stationary tank, an integrally fo... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4608011 | Candle apparatus A candle apparatus for providing a candle-like flame and candle effect and employing a liquid that may be of petroleum product type or non-petroleum product type functioning as a source for the flame in combination with a wick that is soaked in the liquid... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4604053 | Food warming cartridge A fuel cartridge for heating food trays uses a liquid fuel and a wick. The cartridge has a container that holds the fuel and has a lid with an aperture formed in it. A flat rectangular fiberglass strip serves as the wick and is pressed against the lower s... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4580970 | Wick holder apparatus for kerosene heater The disclosure is directed to a wick holder apparatus for a kerosene heater including a cylindrical guide wick tube erected on the bottom portion of an oil tank, a cylindrical outer wick tube disposed around the guide wick tube and a cylindrical wick conc... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4563150 | Illuminating device The invention relates to an illuminating device which is operated on an inflammable liquid fuel and which comprises a container (10), a burner (21), and a wick (22) arranged in the burner. The container (10) has provided therein one or more openings (18, ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4529376 | Candle construction A candle structure for burning a fuel which is liquid at room temperature includes a hollow enclosure which alternatively may contain the fuel being consumed or may float upon the fuel, and rigid wick means, preferably in the form of one or more charcoal ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4422845 | Liquid hydrocarbon burner with vertically adjustable wick A liquid hydrocarbon burner of the type having a vertically adjustable wick, comprises an inner ring on which the wick is mounted, an intermediate ring outside the inner ring and an outer ring outside the intermediate ring. The rings are relatively rotata... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4395229 | Discharge type ignitor for oil stove An ignitor assembly for oil stoves is disclosed which includes an ignitor plug held in alignment with an exposed portion of a wick for firing the wick through the utilization of discharge originated from the ignitor plug. A light-sensitive element is disp... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4357929 | Space heating apparatus A space heating apparatus includes a fuel tank and base assembly, a combustion chassis assembly supported on the base and supplied with combustion air for igniting and supporting a flame, and a top cover plate. The top cover plate includes a turret sectio... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4261695 | Candle lamp A candle lamp comprises a reservoir base in which there is a quantity of combustible fuel. A cover over the base supports a structure on which is mounted coaxially with a passage through the structure two spaced apart concentric tubular members. The outer... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4234303 | Combustion apparatus The present invention is directed to an improved combustion apparatus particularly adapted for use with fuels which are solid at ambient temperatures and readily meltable at temperatures exceeding ambient, an example of such fuel being paraffin. The appar... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4185953 | Candle lamp with carrier wick A lamp having a wick carrier which floats on the liquid fuel and carries one or more wicks partly immersed in the fuel, characterized by the feature that a bladed rotor is mounted on the wick carrier and is constructed and arranged to be axially or radial... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4134718 | Oil-burning illuminating device A device capable of burning household vegetable oil and producing a candle-like flame is disclosed. It includes a heat-resistant upright glass tube within which a fibrous wick is positioned, extending a short distance out the top. For supporting the tube ... | 01/16/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4110066 | Floating illuminating device A floating illuminating device adapted to float upon a body of combustible oil. A wick supported on a wick-holder draws oil by capillary action and may be ignited to provide illumination. The wick-holder is formed with a central depending generally frusto... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4102634 | Floating wick holder A lamp comprising a wick-holder moulded in one piece from poly-4-methylpent-1-ene or like plastics material which is naturally buoyant upon combustible oil and which includes a central wick-retaining recess, a peripheral portion disposed above the recess,... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4039274 | Electric safety lighter An electric safety lighter is provided which requires the preliminary step of immersing a normally dry wick into a reservoir of lighter fluid before a flame can be produced. This additional step precludes inadvertent operation of the lighter by a child an... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4035138 | Apparatus for converting a beverage container into a lamp An oil lamp includes beverage can of the tab opening type having a sector shaped discharge opening and defining an oil reservoir. A resilient wire helix wick holder engages the upper portion of a wick and engages between successive convolutions the opposi... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4019856 | Oil lamp An oil lamp comprising a container containing a layer of oil on top of an incombustible liquid and at least one float in which is fitted at least one wick, wherein each float is arranged so as to rest on the oil-incombustible liquid interface, each wick h... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4013397 | Combustion apparatus The present invention is directed to a combustion apparatus particularly intended for use with fuels which are solid at normal ambient temperatures but are readily meltable at temperatures somewhat exceeding ambient, the fuels being combustible in their m... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3994672 | Candle light type liquid fuel burning table lamp A fuel container having an upper cylindrical neck in which is inserted a stopper. A tube projects through the stopper through which a wick projects providing an upper loop with free ends projecting into fuel in the container. The upper end of the tube is ... | 11/30/1976 |
