Kerosene heater providing automatic wick repositioning after ignition

A kerosene heater comprising:

• a wick which is movable upward and downward and which can be ignited when raised to an upper position and is extinguished when moved to a lowered position;
• a wick raising and lowering apparatus for executing upward and downward movement of said wick;
• and
• fuel consumption saving means for driving said wick raising and lowering apparatus to automatically rapidly lower said wick from said upper position to a predetermined position which is within a range of combustion positions of said wick after said wick has remained at said upper position for a predetermined time interval.

A kerosene heater comprising:

• a wick which is movable upward and downward and which can be ignited when raised to an upper position and is extinguished when moved to a lowered position;
• a wick raising and lowering apparatus for executing upward and downward movement of said wick;
• and
• fuel consumption saving means for driving said wick raising and lowering apparatus to automatically and gradually lower said wick from said upper position to a predetermined position which is within a range of combustion positions of said wick after said wick has remained at said upper position for a predetermined time interval.

A kerosene heater comprising:

• a wick which is movable upward and downward and which can be ignited when raised to an upper position and is extinguished when moved to a lowered position;
• a wick raising and lowering apparatus for executing upward and downward movement of said wick;
• and
• fuel consumption saving means for automatically lowering the wick from said upper position to a predetermined position which is within a range of combustion positions of said wick;
• in which said fuel consumption saving means comprises a control circuit which is set to a predetermined condition in response to an operation of raising the wick to said upper position by said wick raising and lowering apparatus, and which subsequently drives the wick raising and lowering apparatus to lower the wick to a predetermined position within said range of combustion positions after a predetermined time interval has elapsed.