Rotatable Projection Means Engages Wick Patents (Class 431/316)
  • Publication number: 20030036030
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an outdoor lamp with an adjustable wick. The fluid fuel is contained within a canister that is positioned within a conventional lamp holder. Within the cover of the lamp holder is a grooved rotating wheel that is in contact with the wick. A support shaft is connected to the rotating wheel and extends outside of the cover. Rotation of the shaft causes rotation of the wheel, whereby the wick is moved up and down to change the amount of the wick that is within the reservoir of the fluid fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: Jerald Doppelt
  • Patent number: 6270339
    Abstract: A prayer candle device includes a tubular body having a chamber provided therein, a consumable lighting element refillably disposed in the chamber including a wick mounted in the consumable lighting element, a holding means mounted in the chamber of the tubular body for holding the consumable lighting element in position, and an adjusting means for maintaining a burning end of the wick of the consumable lighting element at an upper position. In such arrangement, the prayer candle device is capable of avoiding the malfunction of the operation caused by the burned consumable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Inventor: Cindy Zou
  • Patent number: 5983886
    Abstract: A storage container is used to hold a volume of a flammable liquid and a length of a cord that will be coated with the liquid, laid along a railroad rail, and ignited to heat the rail. The storage container is a closed receptacle that includes a cord drive assembly. The cord is pulled into the container using the drive assembly. Removal of the cord can be accomplished manually or by use of the cord drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Pat Monroe Allbeck