Candle maintenance device and method

A candle maintenance device comprising:

• a body having a handle portion and a tube portion extending therefrom;
• manually operable trigger means movably connected to said handle portion;
• wick cutting means movably supported on said body for cutting a candlewick upon reciprocal movement relative to said body and connected with said trigger means to be moved thereby;
• and
• wick lighting means supported on said body for igniting the candlewick upon activation thereof and operatively connected with said trigger means to be activated thereby;
• wherein
• said wick cutting means is reciprocated to cut a candlewick and said wick lighting means is activated to ignite the candlewick, by operation of said trigger means.

A candle maintenance device comprising:

• a body having a handle portion and a tube portion extending therefrom;
• a manually operable trigger member movably connected to said handle portion;
• a wick cutting member movably supported on said body connected by a cutting actuator mechanism to said trigger member for reciprocal movement relative to said body;
• and
• wick lighting means supported on said body including an igniter source connected with said trigger member to be activated thereby and a fuel cell containing a fuel, said fuel cell supported by said handle portion and connected with said trigger member;
• wherein
• a candlewick is inserted into said wick cutting means, and by operation of said trigger member, said wick cutting means is reciprocated to cut the candlewick, fuel is released from said fuel cell, and said igniter source is activated to ignite released fuel, and the ignited fuel ignites the candlewick.