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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7083409 | Oil burning lamp An oil burning lamp has a fuel reservoir, a fuel expansion chamber releasably and sealingly coupled to the fuel reservoir, a burner assembly coupled to the fuel expansion chamber, and an adjustable wick. If the fuel in the fuel reservoir undergoes thermal expansion,... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6347879 | Votive candle cup to oil lamp converter kit A votive cap converter kit for converting a votive candle cup into an oil burning candle. The votive cap converter kit includes an elongate tubular sheath with a wick extending through the sheath such that an upper end of the wick outwardly extends from a... | 02/19/2002 |
| 5584685 | Discharge-type ignition device for oil burner A discharge-type capable of accomplishing ignition of a wick at a position convenient or suitable for the ignition. Spark discharge for ignition of a wick is started in the course of raising of the wick. Thus, any possible variation in height of the wick ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5549470 | Anti-flareup device for liquid fuel burners A safety device for preventing uncontrolled burning in wick-fed liquid fuel burners employs a thermal barrier between the heat of the combustion process and a removable fuel tank 60. Also, a fuel containment compartment (24) and fuel containment sump (44)... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5413479 | Discharge-type ignition device for oil burner A discharge-type ignition device for an oil burner capable of permitting ignition of a wick to be carried out at any optimum position of the wick which is fixed. First and second discharge electrodes are arranged in proximity to the wick when it is raised... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5030085 | Wick operating structure of lever actuation type for oil burner A wick operating structure of the lever actuation type for an oil burner capable of finely adjusting the combustion with high accuracy during the combustion operation. The structure includes an operation lever for rotating a wick operating shaft which is ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4995806 | Deodorizing device for oil stoves An oil stove comprises a combustion wick for burning oil, a device for extinguishing the fire at the combustion wick, and a deodorizing device for absorbing or removing gases causing smells that are produced when the burning portion at the combustion wick... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4872831 | Kerosene heater providing automatic wick repositioning after ignition A kerosene heater having a vertically oriented wick (4) which is movable to an upper position to be ignited, to a lowered position to be extinguished, and to any of a range of intermediate positions for continuous combustion, incorporates an apparatus (6A... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4847192 | Apparatus for finely raising and lowering a wick of a kerosene heater In a kerosene heater in which combustion is effected by means of a wick (3), a wick raising and lowering mechanism (5) for raising and lowering the wick (3) and a fine-regulatable wick raising and lowering mechanism (20) for finely controlling the combust... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4767318 | Catalyst moving structure for oil burner A catalyst moving structure for an oil burner capable of facilitating handling of the oil burner in the manufacturing and maintenance as well as covering a combustion gas discharge opening of a combustion cylinder construction of the oil burner when a wic... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4726762 | Wick actuating device for the lever actuation type for oil burner A wick actuating device of the lever actuation type for an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of not only vertically moving a wick but variably setting the ignition position of the wick as desired. The wick actuating device includes an operation lev... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4666398 | Space heater Large numbers of vent holes are respectively formed in inner and outer flame cylinders defining an annular combustion chamber to supply air thereto. A total opening area of the vent holes formed in the outer flame cylinder is greater than that of the vent... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4664095 | Safety device for open-type combustor A safety device for an open-type combustor such as a room-type oil stove which is capable of quickly extinguishing the flame of the combustor upon the occurrence of oxygen starvation but which does not operate unnecessarily during ordinary shut-off operat... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4596524 | Liquid fuel burning apparatus This invention provides a wick type burner equipped with a manual fire extinguishing means for pushing up a lever (37) through an intermediary of a pin (43) by the operation of a manual fire extinguisher (41), thereby disengaging it from the first locking... | 06/24/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4580971 | Oil heater An oil heater having a wick fed radiant burner which comprises a wick adjusting shaft rotatable in first and second directions about the longitudinal axis thereof; a wick holder for moving together therewith a wick between an extinguishing position and a ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4534727 | Liquid fuel burner having an oxygen sensor located in a flame In a liquid fuel burner of the type wherein vaporization of the fuel is sustained by the heat of its own flame, an oxygen sensor is located in the flame to provide a signal when the flame diminishes indicating the occurrence of an oxygen shortage conditio... | 08/13/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4486170 | Liquid fuel combustion apparatus In a liquid fuel combustion apparatus, the upper end of a wick is ready to be ignited when it projects upward from a pan portion, and is extinguished when it is withdrawn downward from the pan portion. The wick moves up and down as a first operating lever... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4480987 | Combustion apparatus for liquid fuels A wick-type combustion apparatus for liquid fuels comprises: a pair of cylindrical walls extending vertically and opposed to each other with a gap; a cylindrical wick vertically movable as guided between and along the walls; a slit-form cylindrical fuel p... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4437832 | Lamp wick equipment for a combustion apparatus The subject lamp wick equipment for a combustion apparatus comprises a cylindrical lamp wick, cylindrical lamp wick holder and cylindrical auxiliary lamp wick holder. The peripheral wall of the lamp wick is provided with openings. The auxiliary lamp wick ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4427365 | Liquid fuel combustion apparatus A wick assembly for a liquid fuel combustion apparatus is structured by laminating a main wick and an auxiliary wick, and sandwiching a separator of an oil-impermeable material therebetween. By being so structured, the main wick can be made being hardly d... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4384847 | Fire bowl A fire bowl having a bowl-like container (6; 50; 72; 92) filled with a fuel like oil, and a rotary body (7; 57; 74; 95) rotatably supported above said fuel (8; 54), a plurality of non-consumable wicks being held on said rotary body, said wicks being partl... | 05/24/1983 |
| 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 |
