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US 2015/0167966 A1Published application
Torch with operating device
AssigneeLamplight Farms Incorporated
InventorLARS HANSEN
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Abstract
A torch includes a tank adapted to contain a fuel, a firebowl atop the tank defining a fill opening, and an operating device that fits over the firebowl as a snuffer. A closing device may be fitted into the fill opening. The closing device may be movable between a lowered closed position and a raised open position. The closing device defines at least one recess for receiving a portion of an operating device that moves the closing device between the open and closed positions.
Claims15
A torch comprising:
- a tank defining an inside and an outside and adapted to contain a fuel;
- a fire vessel atop the tank opening on the outside of the tank, the fire vessel defining defining a fill opening to pass the fuel from the outside of the tank to the inside of the tank;
- a wick holder situated at least partially within the fill opening;
- a wick in the wick holder that draws fuel from inside the tank to the fire vessel for combustion in the fire vessel outside the tank;
- an operating device that fits over the fire vessel as a snuffer;
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- a closing device fitted into the fill opening with a stopper mounted around a portion of the wick holder, the closing device movable between a lowered closed position and a raised open position wherein the stopper is sealed and unsealed from the fill opening, respectively;
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- wherein the closing device defines at least one recess for receiving a portion of an operating device that moves the closing device between the open and closed positions.
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A torch comprising:
- a tank defining a fill hole on a top surface thereof;
- an axle in the top of the tank spaced apart from, and non-coaxial to, the fill hole, the axle defining a wick opening;
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- a closing device selectively rotatable around the axle the axle leaving the wick opening unobstructed, the closing device being movable while in contact with the top surface of the tank between an open position and a closed position, whereupon the closing device covers the fill hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.