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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7070409 | Replacement candle insert kit and method for using the same A method, apparatus and kit for the installation of a replacement candle insert holder in a decorative candle are disclosed. A cup like holder is securely anchored into the core of a decorative wax candle after manufacture of the candle. The holder can be installed ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6986659 | Gas burner with laminate catalytic device A gas burner includes a laminate catalytic device mounted thereon. The gas burner includes a nozzle and an igniter installed in the nozzle. The laminate catalytic device is mounted on the nozzle. The laminate catalytic device includes three separated catalytic nets.... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6905331 | Gas burner with laminate catalytic device A gas burner includes a laminate catalytic device mounted thereon. The gas burner includes a nozzle and an igniter installed in the nozzle. The laminate catalytic device is mounted on the nozzle. The laminate catalytic device includes three separated catalytic nets.... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6887072 | Igniter with a push-button and an elastic bar Igniter with safety unit, the safety unit comprises a push-button that is arranged at the backside of the gun body and partially protrudes out of the gun body, it can be pushed forward and return relative to the gun body; a elastic limit bar that is arranged at the ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6874498 | Gas powered soldering tool A gas powered soldering tool (1) comprising a handle (2) and a tubular carrier member (15) extending therefrom. A combustion chamber (22) is formed in a distal end (19) of the carrier member (15) within which a catalytic com... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6119681 | Butane heated multipurpose tool including glue gun function A cordless tool which includes a glue gun function and may include other functions includes a sleeve for receiving a stick of hot melt glue for sliding through the sleeve and a tip at the forward end of the sleeve for discharging the glue when melted. A b... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6113585 | Hair removal system A new hair removal system for removing hair from the body. The inventive device includes a housing having a perimeter side wall and a top surface. Extending from the top surface of the housing is a nozzle having an open terminal end. The nozzle is in flui... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6095801 | Flexible torch assembly An torch having a configuration for having a plurality of self sustaining positions is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a flexible torch sleeve including a plurality of pivotable elements in combination with a torch tip that reduce... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6065959 | Handy gas torch A handy gas torch includes a fuel container, a fuel gas control device, a piezoelectric device, a securing plate, a supporting frame, a burning, and a top cover. During operation, a knob of the fuel gas control device is turned so that fuel in the fuel co... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5921231 | Soldering tools A handheld soldering tool has a fuel reservoir or tank (10), a tip (1) heated in use by a catalyst assembly (2), a valve assembly (9) for controlling flow of gaseous fuel from the reservoir (10) to the catalyst assembly (2), and a piezo-electric ignition ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5810579 | Hot gas spray pistol A palm top hot air gas spray pistol including a base case for accommodating gas and an upper cover containing a gas guide and ignition mechanism. The upper cover includes a nozzle formed by a spray tube and an outer cover. Ignition is controlled by pressi... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5800154 | Gas heated appliance for personal use The invention is directed to a gas-heatable appliance for personal use as, for example, a curling iron, a curling brush, a hair dryer, an epilating appliance, a domestic appliance, or the like, including a fuel gas reservoir, a combustion chamber, and a v... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5776131 | Device for cauterizing horn buttons and horn stumps in cattle A flammable gas heated cauterizing device for use in cauterizing the horn stumps in older cattle as well as removing the horn buttons from young calves. A propane torch having a burner tube is utilized to heat a cauterizing device fabricated from surgical... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5667377 | Gas torch A gas torch including a butane container having a top side mounted with a flame adjustment wheel and a gas lever and a holder frame, the holder frame having two outward mounting flanges at two opposite sides respectively secured to the top side of the but... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5573393 | Burner A burner including a storage tank, a gas outflow means, a pressure regulating means, a control means, a hood, a selectively replaceable gas ejecting base, a gas diffusion burner head and/or a firing means. When in use, a control knob is firstly turned so ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5537989 | Candle wick extracting and positioning device and method A device for extracting and positioning an embedded ignitable end of a candle wick includes a coupling element mountable at the flame discharge end of candle lighter, a working element adapted to be maneuvered to extract the embedded ignitable end of the ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5476089 | Hot air tool for heat-shrink tubing A hot-air generating tool for use with heat-shrink tubing in electrical wiring applications device includes a heat source such as a disposable butane lighter, a body member having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion adapted for releasab... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5476376 | Catalytic burner and regulation system therefor A butane burner for personal care appliances includes a receptacle at one end for a gas canister. Upon insertion of a canister, a probe presses against the canister valve, opening it; and it thereafter remains open. Gas then flows to the input end of the ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5470226 | Combustion device A fuel combuster such as a torch tip, having means fixed ignition means and means for encapsulating the same. The combustion device comprises a metallic elongated tube having a forward section terminating in a front end, a middle section and a rearward se... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5462431 | Ignitor with metering orifice insert A fuel enriched ignitor for a fuel gas burner appliance wherein a fuel enricher tube is provided with a coupling having a threaded insert which, by way of a metering orifice, matches the enricher tube to the particular fuel gas being used. By both two-ele... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5460520 | Trigger-controlled palm-top gas torch A gas torch including a containing, which holds a disposable gas lighter, a casing detachably connected to the container at a top thereof to hold an electric ignition device, the casing having a horizontal partition wall to hold a gas flow guide and a fla... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5313931 | One hand fixed temperature coating remover A one hand coating stripping device and a method of stripping coating in which operator required control of the angle of flame impingement, flame intensity, speed of movement and removal of stripped material is reduced to the single operator mandated para... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5215456 | Gas combustion method and apparatus A gas combustion method and apparatus for performing such comprises supplying a fuel gas, generating a gas mixture composed of the fuel gas and external air, diffusing the gas mixture through a diffusion member to lower a flow velocity of thereof, putting... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5178530 | Gas heating device, with a catalytic burner and regulating member A heating device with a catalytic burner for a fuel gas is equipped with a member for regulating the thermal power. The regulating member includes a metal flap for regulating the flow of the mixture to be burned in the catalytic burner. This flap, for exa... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5135389 | Handy gas torch A handy gas torch controlled by a valve control mechanism to eject gas into a combustion chamber inside a nozzle for burning, said valve control mechanism comprising a valve control sleeve having a bearing plate fastened therein, a gas tube inserted throu... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4920951 | Gas-fired heating device A gas-fired heating device suitable for burning animal horns comprises a burner body and an external casing which is part of the burner body. A heating tip is heated by a flame in the burner body and the external casing is arranged and adapted to prevent ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4716885 | Dual input to single burner solder iron A portable solder iron includes a hollow barrel having a free tapered end; first and second burners positioned in a free tapered end; a burner having separate, independently controlled gas supply paths positioned in the barrel, the supply paths including ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4641632 | Heating iron using liquefied gas A heating iron utilizing the heat obtained through complete catalytic combustion of liquefied gas comprises a catalyst combustion chamber having an inner gas flow channel confined therein and in direct connection with a gas mixture generating means and a ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4329197 | Plastic bag sealer A portable, flame powered sealer including a sleeve-like body portion receptive to a standard, throw-away type cigarette lighter, a pair of upwardly extending brackets, a heating element held over the flame of the lighter by the brackets, and a compressio... | 05/11/1982 |
