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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6338624 | Automatic putting-out apparatus An automatic combustion putting-out apparatus for a room heater, includes wick case with a turning shaft to raise or lower a wick, a torsion-spring biased ratchet, a lever pivotally mounted in a frame for releasing or arresting the ratchet, a shutting-off... | 01/15/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5395234 | Positive oil candle wick movement mechanism A positive oil candle wick advancing and retracting mechanism including a candle cap having formed therethrough an elongated bore for passage of the wick, at least three elongated tubular elements mounted in the cap immediately below the bore for rotation... | 03/07/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4589842 | Device for adjusting the vertical position of wick in oil burner A device for adjusting the vertical position of a wick in an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of variably determining the uppermost position of a wick to constantly carry out stable maximum combustion and exhibiting good operability and durability... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4548575 | Oil heating equipment An oil heating equipment such as a kerosene stove having a wick adapted to be moved vertically between a raised position where the fire is set thereon and a lowered position where the fire is extinguished. Means are provided for limiting the range of adju... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4498862 | Device for adjusting the vertical position of wick in oil burner A device for adjusting the vertical position of a wick in an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of keeping the lowermost position of the wick constant irrespective of the variably set uppermost position thereof. The device comprises a stopper forced... | 02/12/1985 |
| 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 |
