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US 4,077,110 AGranted
Method for making candles
OwnerWilfred L. Reiherinventor
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Abstract
A method for making candles from solid wax including the steps of: sizing, compressing, drilling, and inserting of a wick. Further steps which may be included are coloring and/or adding other candle specializing ingredients such as deodorizing, scenting, insect repellants, and the like.
Claims10
A method of making candles comprising the steps of:
- (a) sizing a solid slab of bulk wax into a plurality of pieces of solid wax with each of said pieces having a minimum mass of approximately 1 ounce;
- (b) inserting a predetermined amount of said solid wax pieces into the interior cavity of a mold;
- (c) compressing said inserted amount of solid wax pieces for movement thereof into conformity with the interior configuration of said mold to form a single unitary candle body;
- (d) removing said candle body from said mold;
- (e) drilling a wick receiving hole in said candle body;
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- (f) inserting a predetermined length of wicking material into the wick receiving hole to complete making of said candle.
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A method of making candles comprising the steps of:
- (a) cutting a slab of solid bulk candle wax to form at least one piece of solid wax having the configuration of a rectangular parallelepiped whose bases are rectangles and having a weight approximately equal to the desired weight of the finished candle;
- (b) inserting said one piece of solid wax into the interior of a cylindrical mold;
- (c) compressing said one piece of solid wax in said mold for movement thereof into conformity with the interior configuration of said mold to change said one piece of solid wax from said parallelepiped into a cylindrical candle body;
- (d) removing said candle body from said mold;
- (e) drilling a wick receiving hole axially in said candle body;
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- (f) inserting a predetermined length of wicking material in said wick receiving hole to complete the making of said candle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.