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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399324 | Active agent delivery device A sustained release composite is made from a three-dimensional piece of calcium silicate having a xontolite structure and in which are fibers of textile glass and borosilicate glass, and an active agent. The active agent can be a fire starting material, a fragrance,... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7204864 | Combustible product and package A combustible product of various shapes and compositions efficiently and conveniently supplies heat, such as for outdoor cooking. The product includes a hollow cone of combustible material defining a substantially cone-shaped exterior, a substantially cone-shaped in... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7172636 | Combustible wood-based fuel package and method of manufacture thereof A combustible wood-based package is disclosed which includes an outer wrapper, preferably formed from burlap or other similar woven material that encloses large pieces of wood material, medium pieces of wood material and smaller pieces of wood material coated or oth... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6899740 | Systems and methods of enhancing consumable products Combustion rate adjustable firelogs and methods of manufacturing are described. One aspect of the present invention are firelogs manufactured with an integral combustion shield for covering a portion of the surface area of the firelog that may be selectively utilize... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6855181 | Heating means The invention relates to a heating implement which comprises at least two frame parts (1, 2) which have been made from wood and are placed one on top of the other, at least one of which has at least one groove (3), or corresponding formation, for leadi... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6790244 | Packaged stackable charcoal briquet An improved stackable charcoal briquet has a convex bottom and a concave top and is packaged in a stacked compact boxed package. A charcoal briquet having improved burning characteristics and also improved shipping and retailing characteristics is thereby provided. | 09/14/2004 |
| 6740135 | Fire log system A fire log system for providing an efficient corn based fuel that is burnable within conventional fireplaces. The fire log system includes a housing having a front opening, a volume of particulate corn within the interior of the housing, a plurality of corn cobs wit... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6613109 | Process for manufacturing artificial firelogs An artificial firelog having a support surface, a viewing surface, and a pair of end surfaces is produced by moving a component mixture through an extrusion bore containing an extrusion die. The component mixture is divided by a blade extending the diamet... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6558440 | Fire starting assembly A fire starting assembly is provided in accordance with the present invention for easily lighting and maintaining a fire in an outdoor environment. The inventive fire starting assembly includes, in its simplest form, a combustible container defining an in... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6379405 | Fire starter and method of making same A fire starter consists of a ring-shaped mass of combustible of wax and wood. It consists of a series of inverted frusto-conical sections connected together by a series of inverted triangular connecting sections and a having a substantially central apertu... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6328028 | Self-contained charcoal product, and method A portable, stackable, all-in-one, combustible fuel package composed of a carton without internal structure and containing a fire starting material and charcoal or other combustible material, a one-piece carton blank for forming the carton, and methods of... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6086646 | Apparatus for starting a log fire A igniter for logs in a fireplace has a body of combustible material, such as wood, with two major surfaces. A plurality of grooves extend in one major surface thereby forming a plurality of ribs in the body. The grooves and ribs near the center of the bo... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6076515 | Portable, self-contained heating apparatus A portable, self-contained heating apparatus has a container filled with a plurality of vertically oriented, elongated combustible objects defining a plurality of passages for allowing the flow of air. The container has a first plurality of vent openings ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6074446 | Fuel charcoal Fuel charcoal having a plurality of air-passing portions in the shape of through holes or grooves in its body so as to supply combustion air thereto while burning, by which it keeps a burning state once catching fire.... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071320 | Apparatus for starting a log fire An igniter for logs in a fireplace has a body of combustible material, such as wood, with two major surfaces. A plurality of grooves extend in one major surface thereby forming a plurality of ribs in the body. The grooves and ribs near the center of the b... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6059849 | Barbecue smoker device for barbecue grills A barbecue smoker device for placing in a barbecue grill for generating flavoring smoke when heated, the barbecue smoker device including a leakproof noncombustible body having an inner cavity, an opening positioned to connect to the inner cavity to there... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6027539 | Fire starter and method of making same A firestarting device and a method of making the same is provided. The firestarting device includes an ignition ring formed from a mass of combustible material and having a predetermined thickness. The ignition ring defines an aperture therethrough having... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5958090 | Artificial fire log with an easily exposed rough ignitable area A fire log or fire starter extruded to include a plurality of elongated sawdust and paraffin bodies attached to an adjacent body by a reduced thickness neck of sawdust and paraffin that is easily severed or snapped apart. Each severed neck provides a roug... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5858036 | Artificial fire log A fire log formed with a groove in a bottom rear corner thereof. The groove is formed at a right angle and provides a protruding edge or lipped surface onto which the flame can latch and ignite the fire log. A generally V-shaped channel is formed in a fro... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5833353 | Camp fire chimney A combustible device which can be ignited to furnish warmth for comfort, heat for cooking, and light for illumination, and which may also be aesthetically pleasing. The device includes a shell formed of combustible material, which defines an updraft chamb... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830245 | Portable fuel element A portable fuel element made from stacked sheets of cardboard impregnated and held together with paraffin wax. In a preferred embodiment, each portable fuel element contains at least one match that is protected from moisture by the paraffin wax and cardbo... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5797972 | Sewage sludge disposal process and product Pellets or briquettes useful as fuel are produced from sewage sludge solids. Mechanically stable pellets or briquettes result from combining a major portion of sewage sludge solids with lesser amounts of lime and binder materials suitable for imparting st... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5766275 | Fireplace log ignition source and artificial fireplace log A fireplace log ignition source which if desired may be used alone as an artificial fireplace log. A plurality of flammable elongate ignition elements are provided, each being resiliently flexible and having at least one distal end which may be bent so as... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5711766 | Wood fire starter having improved stacking properties A wax-based brick such as a wax and sawdust brick for starting fires in fireplaces and the like is shaped to reduce the area of contact between adjacent bricks in a stack to make the bricks easy to separate from the stack even when the wax has slightly me... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5571293 | Apparatus and method for producing ignitable material An apparatus and method for producing ignitable material (10) having an angled, rotatable, hollow drum (12) with a high end entrance (14) and a low end exit (16). A molten treatment vat (18) containing molten treatment (44), such as paraffin, within which... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5496384 | Artificial fireplace log An improved artificial fireplace log wherein the primary ingredient consists of paper waste sludge material that is recovered from settling ponds or clarifiers as waste material which is created during the manufacture of virgin or recycled paper. This was... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5374289 | Fuel package An ignition device for igniting an associated fuel, such as charcoal briquettes or firewood, includes a base, an ignitor, a wick, and an ignition cream. The base is planar and is made of a combustible material such as cardboard. The ignitor has a generall... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5290326 | Fuel package An ignition device for igniting an associated fuel, such as charcoal briquettes or firewood, includes a base, an ignitor, a wick, and an ignition cream. The base is planar and is made of a combustible material such as cardboard. The ignitor has a generall... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5186721 | Fuel package A self-kindling fuel package comprises a combustible container having four planar side walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall. The container is constructed from a single planar element which is then folded to create the container. The container receives fue... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4994091 | Campfire producing element A campfire producing element includes a hollow housing in which a plurality of layers of combustible material are located. The element has air flow conduits for adjusting the amount and rate of air flowing to the combustible material. A damper unit is ass... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4989523 | Method and apparatus for extracting heat from a combustible material A method and apparatus for extracting heat from a combustible material are disclosed which include the formation of a solid material strip of the combustible material, the formation of a series of spaced holes in the material strip, and the combustion of ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4981496 | Charcoal briquet and ignition means A novel charcoal briquet and ignition means is disclosed. The combustible briquet of the present invention comprises a central mass and at least one easily ignited, thin member extending outwardly from the mass such that upon igniting the thin member, pro... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4952217 | Fire kindler A fire kindler particularly adapted for ease of ignition and complete combustion so as to render the initiation of a log fire in a fireplace a quick and easy task. The fire kindler comprises a combustible block having a generally V-shaped aperture thereth... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4906254 | Fuel package An improved fuel package comprising fuel pieces, a combustible moisture proof container for holding the fuel pieces in a specific shape, and combustible binder/starter composition for binding together some of the fuel pieces into a stack within the contai... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4883498 | Artificial firelog An artificial firelog is formed of an elongated flammable body of compressed sawdust and a wax binder which is sealed within a flammable outer protective wrapper. A groove, generally dovetailed-shaped in transverse cross section, extends throughout the lo... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4834774 | Charcoal fuel article Novel, and improved fuel articles having a plurality of novel characteristics and having a typical mass density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/cc and a bulk density of 0.2 to 0.4 times the mass density. The greatest distance dg from a point in the fuel article to the ne... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4832703 | Fuel package A self-kindling fuel package includes a readily combustible container having four side walls and a bottom wall. A charge of fuel is held in the container together with an igniting member for igniting the charge of fuel. The igniting member includes a wick... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4775391 | Fuel package An improved fuel package comprising fuel pieces, a combustible moisture proof container for holding the fuel pieces in a specific shape, and combustible binder/starter composition for binding together a large proportion of the fuel pieces into a stack wit... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4560389 | Combustible newspaper log A combustible newspaper log consisting of a roll of newspapers and a metal ring extending therearound for retaining the newspapers in roll form. The roll has the folded edges at one end of the roll and has the paper free edges at the other end, for ready ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4485584 | Ignitable fuel and fire starting composition An ignitable kindling material and cooking fuel which is dry to the touch, non-tacky and essentially odor free is provided by impregnating a combustible cellulosic matrix, such as a wood fiber insulating board, with a liquid impregnant made up of specifie... | 12/04/1984 |
