Assembling candle wick in sustainer
AssigneeLumi-Lite Candle Company, Inc.
InventorGeorge G Pappas
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Abstract
A method for mounting a wick within a wick sustainer is disclosed. The sustainer has a base, a barrel and a passage that extends through the sustainer. The passage has an upper region occupied by the wick and a lower region occupied, at least partially, by the sealant. Sealing the lower region of the passage is accomplished by injecting the sealant into the passage, thereby preventing the fuel from contacting the portion of the wick that is retained in the upper region of the passage. Fuel reaches the flame of the burning wick only through the portion of wick not held in the sustainer, so the flame is extinguished once the fuel descends below the top of the sustainer.
Claims9
A method of assembling and retaining a wick in a wick sustainer for a candle, the sustainer having a passage, the passage having an upper region and a lower region in an operable position of the sustainer, the method comprising:
- (a) inserting the wick into the upper region of the passage of the sustainer to a position having the wick protruding from the sustainer at the upper region of the passage and leaving a space at the lower region of the passage unoccupied by the wick, and;
- (b) injecting a sealant into the passage in at least a portion of the unoccupied space of the lower region, thereby extending the sealant across the passage and substantially sealing said passage.
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