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US 11,447,719 B2Granted
Candle wick assemblies with multiple oppositely curlable candle wicks and candles including the same
AssigneeFil-Tec Holdings, Inc.
InventorsKyle R. Staley, Andrew L. Wallech, Lesa F. Bowers, Charles H. Rockwell, Amir Yaraghi, Vincent E. Schoeck, Jr., Vincent E. Schoeck, V
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Abstract
Multiple candle wicks are provided that may be placed into a candle wax (paraffin) body such that the wicks when lit curl in a direction opposite to the curl direction of an adjacent wick, e.g., adjacent ones of each wick curling in an opposite direction relative to a bisecting midplane of the candle. By such oppositely curling wicks when lit, therefore, the wax pool diameter may thereby be increased which in turn increases the amount of liberated scents from the candle body.
Claims10
A candle which comprises:
- a wax body having a bisecting midplane;
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- a wick assembly positioned in the wax body, wherein the wick assembly comprises:
- (i) three or more elongate candle wicks positioned in a parallel spaced apart alignment relative to one another along the bisecting midplane of the wax body, and
- (ii) a ladder filament connecting the three or more candle wicks to one another, wherein each of the three or more candle wicks is a flat profile knit candle wick comprising:
- (a) multiple side-by-side rows of continuous interlocking loops of a knit wick yarn forming respective multiple warp-wise wales having a warp side and a weft side, and
- (b) at least two weft-inserted yarns traveling alternately between the wales from one of the loops to another in opposite respective directions, wherein
- warp tensions of the yarns forming the respective warp-wise wales are lower than weft tensions of the at least two weft-inserted yarns so as to cause the candle wick to curl toward the weft side of the candle wick;
- and wherein
- each of the three or more candle wicks is positioned in the wax body such that the warp and weft sides thereof alternate with respect to adjacent ones of the candle wicks to allow the candle wicks when lit to curl in opposite outward directions relative to the bisecting midplane and relative to the respective adjacent ones of the candle wicks.
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