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US 8,216,322 B2Granted
Solid fuel fire starter
OwnerKarl B. Schweickhardtinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a solid fuel fire starter having a wicking element made of corrugated cardboard with an exposed top end for ignition by a flame source, a non-combustible housing surrounding the wicking element, the housing defining an open end for exposing the top end of the wicking element; and a paraffin wax reservoir within the housing integrally molded with the wicking element so that the wicking element conveys the paraffin wax by capillary action up into a flame.
Claims16
A solid fuel fire starter comprising:
- a wicking element with an exposed top end for ignition by a flame source;
- a non-combustible housing surrounding the wicking element, the housing defining an open end for exposing the top end of the wicking element;
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- a solid fuel reservoir within the housing integrally molded with the wicking element so that the burning of the wicking element at least in part melts the solid fuel so that the wicking element conveys the solid fuel by capillary action up the wicking element to be burned in a flame;
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- wherein the wicking element comprises a strip of corrugated paperboard having flutes vertically orientated.
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A solid fuel fire starter comprising:
- a wicking element with an exposed upper end for ignition by a flame source;
- an open top, non-combustible housing receiving the wicking element;
- a wax fuel reservoir cast in place within the housing, thereby molding the wicking element within the housing so that upon igniting of the upper end of the wicking element, the wicking element draws the liquid wax by capillary action up into a flame;
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- wherein the wicking element comprises corrugated paperboard having a plurality of flutes with the flutes vertically orientated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.