Device for preventing flareup in barometric-type liquid fuel burners by preventing excessive temperature levels at removable fuel tank

A method of preventing flare-up in a liquid fuel burner of the type comprising a removable tank for holding liquid fuel, a tank guide for holding said removable tank, a fuel chamber, a sump in said fuel chamber where said liquid fuel in said removable tank is transferred to said fuel chamber, a combustion chamber having a wick, and an automatic wick extinguishing unit, where said fuel chamber carries said liquid fuel from said removable tank to said wick of said combustion chamber, comprising:

• providing a heat-sensitive member for detecting the temperature level in the vicinity of said removable tank, said heat-sensitive member responding by an irreversible physical change to a temperature over a predetermined value;
• and
• positioning said heat-sensitive member so that it actuates said automatic wick extinguishing unit in response to said irreversible physical change of said heat-sensitive member,
• said heat-sensitive member having two ends and further including an arm, one end of said heat-sensitive member being affixed to said tank guide, the other end of said heat-sensitive member being connected to said arm.