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US 2004/0259046 A1Published application
Apparatus for controlling a flame
OwnerSusumu Matsuyamainventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for producing a sustained flame, comprising: an inner wick with a hollow center; an outer wick disposed around the inner wick, wherein the region between the inner wick and the outer wick defines an inter-wick region, and wherein the region around the outer wick defines an outer wick peripheral region; at least one fuel reservoir, for containing a flame-fueling liquid, in communication with at least one of the wicks; a first air container; a first air channel connecting the first air container to the center of the inner wick; and a second air container.
Claims21
An apparatus for producing a sustained flame comprising:
- an inner wick with a hollow center;
- an outer wick disposed around the inner wick, wherein the region between the inner wick and the outer wick defines an inter-wick region, and wherein the region around the outer wick defines an outer wick peripheral region;
- at least one fuel reservoir, for containing a flame-fueling liquid, in communication with at least one of the wicks;
- a first air container;
- a first air channel connecting the first air container to the center of the inner wick;
- a second air container;
- and
- a second air channel connecting the second air container to the inter-wick region.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a fuel reservoir with a bottom surface, a front surface, and a back surface;
- an air channel extending through the fuel reservoir between the front surface and the back surface;
- a wick assembly comprising:
- a wick with a hollow center;
- and
- a wick sleeve conforming to the wick, the wick sleeve comprising an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall and the outer wall are apart at a first end of the wick sleeve, and are joined at a second end of the wick sleeve,
- wherein the wick sleeve is adapted such that the wick is slidably received by the first end of the wick sleeve and wick travel is stopped by the second end of the wick sleeve,
- wherein the the wick assembly mounted within the air channel;
- a fuel tube connecting the fuel reservoir and the second end of the wick sleeve through a fuel opening in the second end of the wick sleeve, such that the wick is in fluid communication with the fuel reservoir;
- and
- a fuel valve for controlling the flow of fuel through the fuel tube, the fuel valve comprising a handle and a gate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.