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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5087195 | Combustion cylinder structure for oil burner A combustion cylinder structure for an oil burner capable of stably carrying out minimum combustion as well as controlling the combustion operation over a wide range. The structure is so constructed that a lower heat-impermeable cylinder of an outermost c... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4904181 | Combustion equipment The present invention relates to a combustion equipment to be employed for heating in domestic use or the like. The combustion equipment is provided with an air control cylinder having a closed bottom surface inwards of an inner flame cylinder, and an out... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4850855 | Combustion cylinder structure for oil burner A combustion cylinder structure for an oil burner capable of uniformly red-heating an upper portion of upper and lower cylindrical members as well as the remaining part of the members and exhibiting good aesthetic characteristics during combustion operati... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4653999 | Wind guard for lighters An elongated tubular body is provided into which a lighter is adapted to be received either (a) with its flame-producing parts exposed beyond the tubular body when there is no wind or (b) received within the tubular body when there is wind, the tubular bo... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4599683 | Lantern with two-position globe A lantern is provided with a two-position globe which includes a transparent portion and a frosted portion. When the transparent portion is positioned adjacent the light source of the lantern, the lantern provides bright light, and when the frosted portio... | 07/08/1986 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4025280 | Lamp burning vaporizable liquid fuel A lamp burning a vaporizable oil produces both a steady light and a regularly recurring bright flash. The lamp has a non-combustible wick in a cooled metal tubular wick holder, the upper part of the wick holder being surrounded by an open-topped combustio... | 05/24/1977 |
