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US 9,173,523 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for lighting charcoal
OwnerGilberto P. Valzania Fresainventor
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Abstract
A solid fuel starter assembly is provided with an envelope component made of combustible material; a foldable chimney component made of combustible material and a tear off strip component made of material and attached to the envelope component. The foldable chimney component is disposed inside a package formed by the envelope component and the tear off strip. The chimney component is a foldable flue component in the shape of a pyramid or cone.
Claims12
A chimney component for starting solid fuels comprising:
- a foldable flue portion made of combustible material having a substantially pyramidal shape when in use and adapted to be foldable into a flat substantially triangular shape when disposed inside of an envelope;
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- a foldable peripheral portion made of combustible material and attached to the foldable flue component wherein the peripheral portion comprises a plurality of segments in a substantially polygonal shape and adapted to be folded flat when disposed inside the envelope.
A solid fuel starter assembly comprising:
- an envelope component made of combustible material;
- a foldable chimney component made of combustible material from a single blank that is transformable between a flat configuration when disposed inside of the envelope component, and a substantially pyramidal shape when unfolded, the foldable chimney component comprising:
- a foldable flue portion made of combustible material having a plurality of substantially triangular portions foldable into a flat substantially triangular shape when disposed inside the envelope component and adapted to be unfolded into a substantially pyramidal shape when in use;
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- a foldable peripheral portion made of combustible material wherein the peripheral portion comprises eight segments which are folded flat when disposed inside the envelope component and adapted to be unfolded into a substantially octagonal shape when in use;
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- a wick made of combustible material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.