US 8,647,399 B2 · Fire starter

Abstract

The Present Invention is a fire starting device for use as kindling manufactured from pine straw, as the primary component, a vegetable oil, natural resins, and an herbal component. The device is hollow, having at least one vertical channel and at least one horizontal channel drilled from the outer wall of the device to the inner vertical channel. The fire starter device is ignited from the top, and it burns to produce a high, intense flame that ignites other flammable materials having a much greater kindling temperature. The height of the flame and the burn duration are controlled by the overall size of the device and the sizes of the channels. The device burns clean with a minimum of smoke and harmful or noxious fumes. Burning the device minimally creates air pollution. It burns completely with a minimum of ash residue.

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Dependent claims

A fire starter, which is a manufactured article fabricated from a composition comprising:

pulverized and dried pine straw into which a liquid mixture or emulsion has been blended, wherein said liquid mixture or emulsion comprises
i) vegetable oil,
ii) one or more natural resins, and
iii) an herbal component,
wherein said fire starter is solid, rigid, and dry, and formed into a desired shape, which comprises internal hollow ventilation channels to facilitate rapid inception of burning and a long lasting fire, and
wherein:
a) the amount of the pine straw is in the range of 70-75 percent by weight;
b) the amount of the vegetable oil is in the range of 5 to 10 percent by weight;
c) the amount of the one or more natural resins is in the range of 10 to 20 percent by weight;
and
d) the amount of the herbal component is in the range of 1 to 2.5 percent by weight.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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