US 5,492,664 AGranted

Method of making a glowing orb with candle

OwnerCreighton Cuttsinventor

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Abstract

A primary outer shell includes, in its most preferred embodiment, a base and a wall which includes at least one embedded foreign object and defines openings into an inner cavity containing a burnable candle member which causes the outer shell to glow and cast shadows without melting. The outer shell is constructed according to a unique molding method which includes at least partially immersing a swollen distensible mold, such as a water-filled balloon, into a reservoir of molding material, such as wax, to allow the molding material to form a molded shell around the distensible mold. After the distensible mold with the attached molded shell is removed from the reservoir of molding material, it is placed upon a flat surface to form a flat bottom into the molded shell. A foreign object is then mounted to the molded shell, and the distensible mold with the attached molded shell is again immersed in the reservoir of molding material to form a second layer of molded material and embed the foreign object into the molded shell. Subsequently, the distensible mold is removed from within the molded shell, such as by popping the balloon and pouring out the water and balloon, to leave an inner cavity, and the outer shell is pierced to form openings into the inner cavity.

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Dependent claims

A method of molding a candle structure comprising the steps of:

distending a distensible mold having an expandable cavity to form a distended distensible mold by introducing a distended liquid into the expandable cavity of the distensible mold;
placing the distended distensible mold partially into a reservoir of beeswax molding material where the molding material adheres around the distended distensible mold as a single layer shell and forms a distended distensible mold with single layer shell;
removing the distended distensible mold with single layer from the reservoir of molding material;
placing the distended distensible mold with single layer shell onto a resting surface to bring single layer shell into contact with the resting surface and to flatten a bottom of the distended distensible mold with single layer shell under the weight of the distended distensible mold with single layer shell alone;
mounting an object onto the distended distensible mold with single layer shell to form a distended distensible mold with single layer shell and object;
placing the distended distensible mold with single layer shell and object partially into the reservoir of molding material where the molding material adheres around the distended discernible mold with single layer shell and object to form a distended distensible mold with double layer shell and embedded object;
removing the distended distensible mold with double layer shell and embedded object from the reservoir of molding material in stages to form parallel lateral lines encircling the distended distensible mold with double layer shell and embedded object;
removing the distending liquid from the distended distensible mold;
removing the distensible mold from within the double layer shell and embedded object to leave the double layer shell and embedded object having an inner cavity and a top edge;
dipping the top edge of the double layer shell with embedded object into the reservoir of molding material to form a slightly flared top edge on the double layer shell with embedded object;
inserting a heated tool into a side wall of the double layer shell to open an aperture therein;
during the inserting step, partially melting the double layer shell so that a dropping of molten shell flows down and solidifies on the outside of the side wall of the double layer shell;
and
rotating the double layer shell and then repeating the above inserting and melting steps on a different section of the side wall to form a double layer shell with embedded object and pattern of apertures and droppings;
and
mounting a burnable candle member within the inner cavity left by the distensible mold so that, upon burning the burnable candle member, the double layer shell with embedded object and pattern of apertures and droppings glows translucently and casts shadows on surrounding surfaces in accordance with the pattern of apertures and droppings, the embedded object, and the flared top edge.

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A method of molding a candle structure comprising steps of:

distending a distensible mold having an expandable cavity by introducing a distended liquid into the expandable cavity to form a distended distensible mold;
placing the distended distensible mold partially into a reservoir of molding material where the molding material adheres around the distended distensible mold as a single layer shell and forms a distended distensible mold with single layer shell;
removing the distended distensible mold with single layer from the reservoir of molding material;
placing the distended distensible mold with single layer shell onto a resting surface to bring the single layer shell into contact with the resting surface and to flatten a bottom of the distended distensible mold with single layer shell under the weight of the distended distensible mold with single layer shell alone;
mounting an object onto the distended distensible mold with single layer shell to form a distended distensible mold with single layer shell and object;
placing the distended distensible mold with single layer shell and object partially into the reservoir of molding material where the molding material adheres around the distended discernible mold with single layer shell and object to form a distended distensible mold with double layer shell and a top edge and said embedded object;
removing the distended distensible mold with double layer shell and embedded object from the reservoir of molding material;
removing the distending liquid from the distended distensible mold;
removing the distensible mold from within the double layer shell and embedded object to leave an inner cavity;
inserting a heated tool into a side wall of the double layer shell with embedded object to open an aperture therein;
during the inserting step, partially melting the double layer shell with embedded object so that a dropping of molten shell flows down and solidifies on the outside of the side wall of the double layer shell with embedded object;
rotating the double layer shell embedded object and then repeating the above inserting and melting steps on a different section of the side wall to form a pattern of apertures and droppings on the double layer shell with embedded object;
and
mounting a burnable candle member within the inner cavity left by the distensible mold so that, upon burning the burnable candle member, the double layer shell with embedded object glows translucently and casts shadows on surrounding surfaces in accordance with the embedded object and structure of the double layer shell.

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A molding method comprising steps of:

distending a distensible mold to form a distended distensible mold;
placing the distended distensible mold partially into a reservoir of molding material to allow the molding material to form an attached molded shell around the distended distensible mold;
removing the distended distensible mold with the attached molded shell from the reservoir of molding material;
removing the distended distensible mold from within the attached molded shell to leave a molded shell with the attached object having an inner cavity and a top edge and
dipping the top edge of the molded shell into the reservoir of molding material to form a slightly flared outer edge on the molded shell;
inserting a heated tool into a side wall of the molded shell to open an aperture therein;
during the inserting step, partially melting the molded shell so that a dropping of molten shell flows down and solidifies on the outside of the side wall of the molded shell;
and
rotating the shell and then repeating the above inserting and melting steps on a different section of the side wall to form a pattern of apertures and droppings on the molded shell.

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A method of molding a candle structure comprising steps of:

distending a distensible mold to form a distended distensible mold;
placing the distended distensible mold partially into a reservoir of molding material to allow the molding material to form an attached molded shell around the distended distensible mold;
removing the distended distensible mold with the attached molded shell from the reservoir of molding material;
removing the distended distensible mold from the molded shell to leave a molded shell having an inner cavity and a top edge;
inserting a heated tool into a side wall of the molded shell to open an aperture therein;
during the inserting step, partially melting the molded shell so that a dropping of molten shell flows down and solidifies on the outside of the side wall of the molded shell;
rotating the shell and then repeating the above inserting and melting steps on a different section of the side wall to form a pattern of apertures and droppings on the molded shell;
and
mounting a burnable candle member within the inner cavity left by the distensible mold so that, upon burning the burnable candle member, the molded shell glows translucently and casts shadows on surrounding surfaces in accordance with shading and structure of the molded shell.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.