Combination flashlight an electrical power source assembly and emitter and reflector therefor

An emitter for illumination by combustion of a gas therein and for radiating light, said emitter comprising:

• an inner mantle comprising a net of ceramic fibers, said inner mantle having a bulbous portion and a further portion adapted for attachment to a discharge end of a fuel supply conduit;
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• an outer mantle comprising a net of ceramic fibers, said outer mantle having a bulbous portion disposed around and spaced from the bulbous portion of the inner mantle and having a further portion overlying said inner mantle along said further portion of said inner mantle,
• wherein said inner mantle is adapted to illuminate and radiate light when subjected to combustion at a selected first rate, with the light radiated by said inner mantle passing through said outer mantle, said outer mantle being non-illuminated and non-light-radiating at the first combustion rate, and said inner and outer mantles are both adapted to illuminate and radiate light when subjected to combustion at a selected second rate of combustion substantially higher than said first rate of combustion.

An emitter for illumination by combustion of a gas therein and for radiating light, said emitter comprising:

• a first mantle comprising a generally planar base member defining a multiplicity of portals therethrough and a central opening therethrough, and a multiplicity of mantle elements fixed to a first surface of said base member;
• a fuel conduit mounted in said central opening and extending therethrough;
• a second mantle of generally bulbous configuration mounted on a first end of said fuel conduit proximate said base member first surface;
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• a flow diverter proximate a second surface of said base member, a second end of said fuel conduit extending through said flow diverter, said flow diverter being operable to prevent flow of fuel to said portals, such that fuel admitted to said emitter is flowable only through said fuel conduit to said second mantle, and operable to allow flow of fuel to said portals, such that fuel admitted to said emitter is flowable through said fuel conduit to said second mantle and is flowable through said portals to said first mantle elements.

A reflector for focusing light emitted from a mantle onto a lens, the reflector comprising:

• a body portion defining a generally parabolic interior surface for reflecting and focusing the emitted light;
• a tubular portion extending outwardly from said body portion and defining an opening permitting the mantle and a portion of a fuel conduit fixed to the mantle to pass therethrough;
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• fins extending outwardly from said body portion for conducting heat from said body portion.