Fire starter
AssigneeBeyrodts Best LLC
InventorMichael D. Beyrodt
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Abstract
A fire starter includes a casing made from a first material a first material having a first time associated therewith that defines a length of time that the casing burns after being ignited. A second material disposed in the casing has a second time associated therewith that defines a length of time that the second material burns after being ignited. An igniter, disposed in the casing and adjacent to the second material, generates a first thermal event to ignite the second material wherein the second material combusts to define a second thermal event that ignites the first material. An actuator is coupled to the igniter and is positioned outside of the casing for activating the igniter to generate the first thermal event.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- activating an igniter to generate a first thermal event, the igniter being disposed in an interior chamber of a casing that is made from a first burnable material;
- igniting, by the first thermal event, a second burnable material to define a second thermal event, the second burnable material being disposed in the interior chamber of the casing, the second burnable material being different from the first burnable material;
- burning the second burnable material for a first length of time after the igniting;
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- burning, after a start of the second thermal event, the first burnable material for a second length of time, the first length of time being less than the second length of time.
A method, comprising:
- generating a spark via a spark generator in response to actuation of an actuator coupled to the spark generator, the spark generator being disposed during the generating in an interior chamber of a casing made from a first burnable material;
- combusting, in response to being exposed to the spark, a fuse coupled to the spark generator to generate a first thermal event, the fuse being disposed in the interior chamber of the casing;
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- igniting, by the first thermal event, a second burnable material to define a second thermal event, the second burnable material being disposed in the interior chamber of the casing, the second burnable material configured to burn for a first length of time, the first burnable material configured to burn for a second length of time, the first length of time less than the second length of time.
A method, comprising:
- anchoring a casing to an external structure, the casing being made from a first material;
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- actuating, after the anchoring, an actuator to activate an igniter, a first portion of the actuator being disposed, prior to the actuating, in an interior chamber of the casing, a second portion of the actuator being extended from an end of the casing prior to the actuating,
- the igniter, upon being activated, generates a first thermal event that ignites a second material disposed in the interior chamber of the casing to define a second thermal event, the second material burns for a length of time, the first material burns for a length of time in response to the second thermal event, the length of time for the second material is less than the length of time for the first material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.