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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6331108 | Convertible gas-burning appliance An apparatus adaptable for holding, and burning gas fuels from, different containers, the different containers including at least a first container and a second container. The apparatus preferably comprises: a housing sized such that each of the different... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6182651 | Open air stove An open air stove comprises a fuel supply line which can be connected to a fuel source, a fuel nozzle which is connected to one end of said supply line and which extends into a cylindrical inner part of an inner cup. The inner cup is mounted concentricall... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6162048 | Dual orifice pilot assembly A pilot assembly for producing a pilot flame including a pilot which includes a housing and a multiple orifice member mounted to the housing. The housing includes a gas flow passageway providing gas fuel from a gas source to the pilot flame. The orifice m... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6095797 | Quick change pilot assembly and method of assembly A quick change pilot assembly (10) includes a pilot mounting plate (13) for securing the assembly to an appliance. A hood mounting plate (7) is detachable from the pilot mounting plate. A pilot hood (6) has at one end a flange (12) carried in an aperture ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6036478 | Fire-lighting device A fire-lighting device includes a jetting nozzle for jetting fuel gas, a gas passage for fuel gas to be burned extending from a fuel tank to the jetting nozzle, and a sintered filter made of sintered powder inserted in the gas passage upstream of a small-... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5992410 | High-efficiency furnace for mobile homes An improved high-efficiency furnace for use with manufactured housing has a modular heat exchanger assembly having a drum and a plurality of serpentine shaped tubes. A burner extends at least partially into the drum portion of the heat exchanger which act... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5662529 | Combined lighter and golfer's grip training device A golf training tool for mastering grips includes a base lighter and a tip lighter, each being a gripping body equipped with an ignition unit therein, wherein a male connector and a female connector which is fitted onto the male connector not rotatably ar... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5348467 | Child resistant cigarette lighter A child resistant cigarette lighter is disclosed of the type employing a liquid reservoir of ignitable fluid, a friction wheel and flint for providing a spark and a user controlled valve for beginning and ending the flow of gaseous fuel to be ignited by t... | 09/20/1994 |
| 4836180 | Gas burner adaptor manifold assembly A gas fired cooking grill having a twin burner element initially adapted for dual gas supply lines is disclosed as including an adaptor manifold for converting the twin burner element to a single burner element for a single gas supply line source. The ada... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4222734 | Remote lighting device A lighting device for disposing a flame in hard-to-get-at or remote places is disclosed. As a source of combustible fluid, readily disposable-type cigarette lighters, having a fixed supply of gaseous fuel under pressure are utilized.... | 09/16/1980 |
| 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 |
