Spark concentrating fire starting tool
OwnerJose J. Parrainventor
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a fire starter tool is provided and includes a hollow case body having an open end and a closed end, a support platform disposed linearly from the closed end of the case body, an arcuate spark tunnel disposed on the end of the support platform the spark tunnel having a first open end facing the support platform and a second open end facing downward, a spark rod mounted to the support platform between the closed end of the case body and the first open end of the spark tunnel, a striker plate contained within the case body, and a cap for closing the open end of the case body.
Claims20
A fire starter tool comprising:
- a hollow case body having an open end and a closed end;
- a support platform having a top planar surface, the support platform disposed linearly from the closed end of the case body;
- an arcuate spark tunnel disposed on an end of the support platform away from the hollow case body the spark tunnel having a first open end facing the support platform and a second open exit facing downward opposite the top planar surface;
- a spark rod mounted to the top planar surface of the support platform between the closed end of the case body terminating at the first open end of the spark tunnel;
- a striker plate contained within the case body section;
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- a cap for closing the open end of the case body;
- wherein a spark created by striking the spark rod with the striker plate travels linearly through the first open end and is redirected by the tunnel to the exit.
A method for starting a fire using a fire starter tool including a case body containing a striker plate, the case body connected to a support platform supporting a spark rod in a fixed position on a top planar surface of the support platform the spark rod terminating at a spark tunnel connected to the support platform for catching sparks and redirecting said transiting sparks onto an amount of tinder comprising:
- (a) preparation and placement of tinder to be ignited;
- (b) retrieving the striker plate from the case body;
- (c) striking the spark rod using the striker plate in a linear direction of the spark tunnel;
- (d) capturing the sparks from (c) in the tunnel and redirecting them through the arc of the tunnel at an exit opening of the tunnel opposite the top planar surface, depositing the sparks onto the tinder;
- (e) upon satisfactory ignition of tinder, removing the fire starter tool from the tinder and putting the striker plate back in the case body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.