Colored flame candle
AssigneeLa Torre Innovation LLC
InventorsJustin S. La Torre, John D. Blizzard
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Abstract
The present invention provides, inter alia, a colored flame candle. This colored flame candle contains: a wick, a body of solid combustible material surrounding the wick except a tip portion of the wick, and a first encapsulated color agent adapted to color a flame of the candle, which color agent is dispersed within the solid combustible material and/or on the wick. Also provided is a wick for a colored flame candle.
Claims22
A wick for a colored flame candle comprising a wick material and an encapsulated color agent disposed in or on a surface of the wick material, wherein the color agent is encapsulated in a sol gel matrix formed from a condensation of an alkoxy silane.
A colored flame candle comprising:
- a wick, a body of solid combustible material surrounding the wick except a tip portion of the wick, and a first encapsulated color agent adapted to color a flame of the candle, which color agent is dispersed within the solid combustible material and/or on the wick wherein the color agent is encapsulated in a sol gel matrix formed from a condensation of an alkoxy silane.
A colored flame candle comprising:
- a wick, a body of solid combustible material surrounding the wick except a tip portion of the wick, and a first color agent adapted to color a flame of the candle, which color agent is dispersed within the solid combustible material and/or on the wick, the first color agent being encapsulated in a sol gel matrix formed from a condensation of an alkoxy silane having the formula:
- RxSi(OR′)4-x
- wherein
- R is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-12alkyl, C3-8aryl, vinyl, allyl, and hydrogen, wherein each R is independently and optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of fluorine, amino, hydroxy, and combinations thereof;
- R′ is selected from hydrogen and C1-4alkyl;
- and
- x is 1-3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.