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AssigneeS.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorsJoel E. Adair, Georgia A. Tenhagen, Padma Prabodh Varanasi, Paul E. Furner, Elizabeth J. Jameson, Chris A. Kubicek, Sean G. Dwyer
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The present invention relates to melting plate candles which employ heat conductive elements to distribute heat from a burning flame at a wick to a support plate for a solid fuel and to the body of said solid fuel, so as to more rapidly liquefy the solid fuel, such as paraffin wax, and to more uniformly and intensely heat such fuels to increase the efficiency of consumption thereof and to more rapidly release volatile materials contained within said fuels. The heat conductive support plate is configured so as to have a capillary pedestal upon the surface thereof, which cooperatively engages a wick holder comprising a preferably consumable wick and heat conductive fins which conduct heat from a flame upon said wick to said support plate, said wick holder further engaging said capillary pedestal in such a locking manner as to resist accidental removal from said pedestal. The fuel may be provided in various forms, configured to cooperatively engage said wick holder and support plate, and may comprise various volatile materials. The capillary pedestal, in conjunction with the wick holder, causes rapid and complete flow of the liquefied fuel to said wick, and the capillary pedestal and wick holder are shaped so as to provide for variance of capillary flow between them when the wick holder is rotated relative to the capillary pedestal.
A candle comprising a meltable solid fuel element, a melting plate upon which said fuel element rests, and a wick holder comprising a wick and heat conductive fins positioned so as to collect heat from a flame upon said wick and to conduct such heat to said fuel element and to said melting plate, said wick holder engaging said meltable solid fuel element, wherein said wick holder and said capillary pedestal comprise means for causing variation of capillary flow of liquefied fuel from the melting plate to the wick by rotation of said wick holder relative to said capillary pedestal.
A candle comprising a meltable solid fuel, a support plate upon which said fuel rests, and a pedestal located on said support plate which cooperatively engages the base portion of a wick holder comprising a wick, wherein said base portion at least partially surrounds a perimeter of said pedestal, said wick holder conducting heat from a flame upon said wick to said solid fuel and said support plate by means of heat fins which contact said flame, said wick holder engaging said pedestal in such a manner that rotation of the wick holder about the perimeter of the pedestal causes variation of capillary flow of fuel between said pedestal and said wick holder.
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