Device for preventing flareup in barometric-type wick-fed liquid fuel burners

An apparatus for preventing flare-up in a liquid fuel burner of the type comprising a liquid fuel removable tank, a fuel chamber, an automatic wick extinguishing means, and a combustion chamber having a wick, where said fuel chamber carries liquid fuel from said removable tank to said wick of said combustion chamber, comprising:

• excess fuel containment means for receiving or holding fuel in which excess fuel is directed into an excess fuel containment compartment from said fuel chamber if the amount of fuel in said fuel chamber exceeds a predetermined level;
• removable tank lift means for lifting said removable tank sufficiently to shut off fuel flow through the barometric valve should said fuel in said fuel chamber exceed said predetermined level;
• and
• means for removing said excess fuel from said excess fuel containment means.

A method of preventing flare-up in a liquid fuel burner of the type comprising a liquid fuel removable tank, a fuel chamber, and a combustion chamber having a wick, where said fuel chamber carries liquid fuel from said removable tank to said wick of said combustion chamber, comprising the steps of:

• containing excess fuel in said fuel chamber by directing excess fuel which exceeds a predetermined level in said rue 1 chamber into an excess fuel containment compartment;
• directing the flow of said excess fuel in said excess fuel containment compartment into a receptacle in said excess fuel containment compartment;
• and
• lifting said removable tank in response to said flow of said excess fuel into said receptacle.