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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204864 | Combustible product and package A combustible product of various shapes and compositions efficiently and conveniently supplies heat, such as for outdoor cooking. The product includes a hollow cone of combustible material defining a substantially cone-shaped exterior, a substantially cone-shaped in... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7172636 | Combustible wood-based fuel package and method of manufacture thereof A combustible wood-based package is disclosed which includes an outer wrapper, preferably formed from burlap or other similar woven material that encloses large pieces of wood material, medium pieces of wood material and smaller pieces of wood material coated or oth... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6855181 | Heating means The invention relates to a heating implement which comprises at least two frame parts (1, 2) which have been made from wood and are placed one on top of the other, at least one of which has at least one groove (3), or corresponding formation, for leadi... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6328028 | Self-contained charcoal product, and method A portable, stackable, all-in-one, combustible fuel package composed of a carton without internal structure and containing a fire starting material and charcoal or other combustible material, a one-piece carton blank for forming the carton, and methods of... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6076515 | Portable, self-contained heating apparatus A portable, self-contained heating apparatus has a container filled with a plurality of vertically oriented, elongated combustible objects defining a plurality of passages for allowing the flow of air. The container has a first plurality of vent openings ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6074446 | Fuel charcoal Fuel charcoal having a plurality of air-passing portions in the shape of through holes or grooves in its body so as to supply combustion air thereto while burning, by which it keeps a burning state once catching fire.... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5551451 | Fuel element composition The present invention is directed to a composition suitable for making fuel elements for smoking articles, which comprises at least about 50 weight percent, preferably at least about 60 weight percent, and most preferably at least about 70 weight percent ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5247949 | Method for producing metal carbide heat sources This invention relates to a heat source comprising metal carbide and a method for preparing the same using a reducing/carbidizing atmosphere. The metal carbide heat sources of this invention have ignition temperatures that are substantially lower than con... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5246018 | Manufacturing of composite heat sources containing carbon and metal species This invention relates to improved methods for making a composite heat source comprising carbon and metal species. The composite heat source made by the methods of this invention have ignition temperatures that are substantially lower than carbonaceous he... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5211684 | Catalyst containing smoking articles for reducing carbon monoxide The present invention is directed to cigarettes and other smoking articles which contain a catalytic composition, preferably as part of the fuel element, that substantially decreases the amount of carbon monoxide contained in the mainstream smoke during s... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5156170 | Cigarette A cigarette includes a longitudinally segmented combustible fuel element, and a substrate carrying tobacco extract and glycerin positioned physically separate from the fuel element. The fuel element is composed of a carbonaceous material and is extruded i... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5146934 | Composite heat source comprising metal carbide, metal nitride and metal This invention relates to a heat source comprising a mixture of metal carbide, metal nitride and metal which undergo a staged ignition process, particularly useful in smoking articles. The metal carbide/metal nitride/metal mixtures making up the heat sour... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5076296 | Carbon heat source A carbonaceous heat source for a smoking article is provided. The heat source is designed to maximize heat transfer to a flavor bed in the smoking article. The heat source undergoes substantially complete combustion leaving minimal residual ash, has a rel... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4953533 | Self-igniting combustion package A combustible package for purposes of outdoor cooking and barbecuing is disclosed. The combustible package consists of an octagonally-shaped platform, a centrally located chimney, a wall attached along the platform's perimeter, a plurality of legs, and an... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4906254 | Fuel package An improved fuel package comprising fuel pieces, a combustible moisture proof container for holding the fuel pieces in a specific shape, and combustible binder/starter composition for binding together some of the fuel pieces into a stack within the contai... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4834774 | Charcoal fuel article Novel, and improved fuel articles having a plurality of novel characteristics and having a typical mass density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/cc and a bulk density of 0.2 to 0.4 times the mass density. The greatest distance dg from a point in the fuel article to the ne... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4775391 | Fuel package An improved fuel package comprising fuel pieces, a combustible moisture proof container for holding the fuel pieces in a specific shape, and combustible binder/starter composition for binding together a large proportion of the fuel pieces into a stack wit... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4627854 | Self-contained log fire starting kit A fire building kit comprising a carton (12) in which a spacer (30) rests on the bottom wall (14) to support paper wads (31), kindling strips (32, 35) and logs (34) all conveniently arranged to start a fire.... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4539011 | Artificial fireplace log An artificial fireplace log consisting of a difficultly burnable sleeve filled with an easily flammable material and having an external ignition strip of easily flammable material. The sleeve has prefabricated discontinuities acting as ignition points.... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4460377 | Container for combustible A combustible pack comprising a hollow cardboard container divided by a bent strip of cardboard 28 into an upper compartment and a generally triangular lower compartment 30 and having a central flue 42 through the upper compartment and communicating with ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4414906 | Fuel cartridge and burner A burner casing having a vertical support sleeve mounted at its center forms a combustion chamber below the sleeve and an annular duct space that surrounds the sleeve. A self supporting fuel cartridge containing consolidated solid fuel particles fits slid... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4243393 | Coal article Coal is restructured by extrusion into a tube like article that has a hollow core, which may contain igniter material to facilitate ignition of the coal. The hollow core and possibly other deformities, such as ribs, flutes or the like in the inner or oute... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4243394 | Pie segment shaped flammable artificial firelog An artificial composite flammable firelog of generally pie segment shaped transverse cross section configuration including perpendicular flat sides interconnected by a convex third side. The log is preferably formed of a wax and wood particle composite. I... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4116645 | Solid fuel package with igniter A nearly totally consumable clean and slow burning solid fuel assembly for home fireplace or camp fire features a large solid igniter which also serves as a cradle and stabilizer element for fuel log components. Plastic banding straps having low coefficie... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4063904 | Self-contained fire package A self-contained fire package including a container in which fuel elements, such as pieces of wood, are arranged in a special manner to produce controlled, long-time burning of the package. A first plurality of such elements are arranged in stacks extendi... | 12/20/1977 |
