Artificial fire log with an easily exposed rough ignitable area
OwnerAshok Velji Chandariainventor
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Abstract
A fire log or fire starter extruded to include a plurality of elongated sawdust and paraffin bodies attached to an adjacent body by a reduced thickness neck of sawdust and paraffin that is easily severed or snapped apart. Each severed neck provides a rough and thus easily ignitable edge on each body with exposed flammable fibers or sawdust particles.
Claims17
A method of igniting an artificial fire log, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongated fire lo having a longitudinally-oriented neck of reduced material thickness formed by a pair of grooves;
- breaking the fire log into two pieces along the longitudinally-oriented neck in the fire log thereby defining a rough surface along the break;
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- igniting the rough surface.
A fire log assembly comprising:
- at least two elongated flammable bodies formed of a compressed particulate material and a binder whereby each elongated flammable body is provided with a longitudinal surface whereby the elongated flammable bodies are operatively connected to one another along the longitudinal surface of each body;
- an area of reduced material thickness adjacent each of the longitudinal surfaces whereby at least two elongated bodies may be separated from one another along said area of reduced material thickness;
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- the bodies defining a pair of longitudinally-oriented grooves, said grooves forming said area of reduced material thickness.
A fire log comprising an elongated flammable body formed of a compressed particulate material and a binder, the elongated body including a first elongated section and a second elongated section separated by a neck susceptible of forced separation and a pair of longitudinally-oriented grooves parallel with and adjacent alternate sides of said neck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.