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US 8,475,164 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for rotating a fire, a flame, a smoke plume, or for circulating heat
OwnerAndreas Ryserinventor
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The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for rotating a flame and/or a plume of smoke, arranged with a heat source (36) in a chamber (16) with at least one gas inlet opening (24, 26, 30) and a gas outlet opening (32). The gas inlet opening (24, 26, 30) and the heat source (36) are located in a lower area (12, 20′) of the chamber (16). The gas outlet opening (32) is located in an upper region (14) of the chamber (1.6). In this way, an ascending gas flow may be generated in the chamber (16). At least one gas inlet channel or nozzle (24, 26, 30, 40) is adapted to direct inflowing gas therethrough into the lower area (12, 20′) of the chamber (16) approximately along an inner wall of the chamber about an at least approximately circular path following along the inner wall in the same rotational sense around the heat source and then is drawn upwardly by a draw of the upwardly flowing heated gases though the gas outlet opening (32). A flame or smoke plume inside the chamber (16) can thereby be placed into a rotary motion.
Apparatus for rotating heated air in a chamber, the apparatus having a gas inlet opening and a gas outlet opening, wherein the gas inlet opening and a heat source are located in a lower area of the chamber and the gas outlet opening is located in an upper region of the chamber so that an ascending gas flow may be generated in the chamber, wherein the heat source is located in the center of the chamber and the chamber tapers inwardly in a hyperbolic manner from bottom to the top and there is at least one gas inlet channel or nozzle formed so that inflowing gas flows therethrough in a directed manner along a directional vector into the lower area of the chamber such that a substantial component of the direction vector projects along an inner wall of the chamber and follows an at least approximately circular path along the inner wall in a common rotational sense around the heat source and then is drawn upwardly by a draw of the upwardly flowing heated gases along an approximately spiral path thereby rotating rising heated air from the heat source which passes through the gas outlet opening.
A candle holder for rotating a candle flame in a chamber, the candle holder having a gas inlet opening and a gas outlet opening, wherein the gas inlet opening is located in a lower area of the chamber, the lower area being adapted for receiving a candle, and the gas outlet opening is located in an upper region of the chamber so that an ascending gas flow may be generated in the chamber, wherein the heat source is located in the center of the chamber and the chamber tapers inwardly in a hyperbolic manner from bottom to the top and there is at least one gas inlet channel or nozzle formed so that, when a candle burns in the lower area of the chamber, inflowing gas flows therethrough in a directed manner along a directional vector into the lower area of the chamber such that a substantial component of the direction vector projects along an inner wall of the chamber and follows an at least approximately circular path along the inner wall in a common rotational sense around the candle and then is drawn upwardly by a draw of the upwardly flowing heated gases along an approximately spiral path and then through the gas outlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.