Abstract: The fuel supply system includes an air pipe which is connected between a fuel oil supply pipe and an inlet side of a forced air passage and is provided at a middle portion thereof with an elevation positioned above any portion of the fuel supply pipe between the air pipe and a pot of the oil burner. The fuel supply system may include an outflow prevention mechanism wherein the elevation formed at the air pipe is above the elevation of the fuel supply pipe and a return pipe, and the return pipe has an elevation positioned between the elevation of the air pipe and that of the fuel supply pipe and is connected between the oil reservoir and the fuel supply pipe.

Abstract: A catalyst moving structure for an oil burner capable of facilitating handling of the oil burner in the manufacturing and maintenance as well as covering a combustion gas discharge opening of a combustion cylinder construction of the oil burner when a wick operating shaft is rotated to a fire-extinguishing position, to thereby effectively preventing discharge of bad odor during the fire-extinguishing operation. The catalyst moving structure includes a catalyst moving mechanism including a vertically movable sliding shaft and a connecting rod pivotally mounted on the sliding shaft, a catalyst support member mounted on the sliding shaft, and a movement transmission mechanism including a cam device fitted on the wick operating shaft and a push-up lever operatively connected between the cam device and the connecting rod to transmit actuation of the wick operating shaft to the connecting rod to vertically move the sliding shaft.

Abstract: A fire-extinguishing device for a wick ignition type oil burner adapted to discharge combustion gas to a room is disclosed which is capable of effectively removing bad odor generating materials contained in combustion gas produced during the fire-extinguishing operation to prevent the discharge of bad odor to a room. The fire-extinguishing device includes an actuation mechanism actuated with a wick actuating mechanism of an oil burner at the fire-extinguishing operation to lift a combustion cylinder construction of the oil burner and a combustion gas clarification mechanism which carries a catalyst thereon and is adapted to sealedly fit an upper portion of the lifted combustion cylinder construction therein so that combustion gas produced during the fire-extinguishing operation may be passed through the catalyst to remove, from the combustion gas, bad odor generating materials contained therein.

Abstract: A wick actuating device of the lever actuation type for an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of not only vertically moving a wick but variably setting the ignition position of the wick as desired. The wick actuating device includes an operation lever loosely fitted on a wick operating shaft, a shaft actuation lever fixedly fitted on the shaft and a connection mechanism for connecting both levers to each other. The connection mechanism includes a slit formed at the operation lever and a pin slidably mounted on the shaft actuation lever and movably fitted in the slit. The slit is formed to be oblique with respect to the sliding direction of the pin so that the operation lever is engaged with the shaft actuation lever through the slit and pin at an angle which is varied depending upon the position of the pin in the slit.

Abstract: An ignition system for oil burner capable of positively accomplishing ignition without operating a combustion cylinder construction and keeping ignition performance for a long period of time. The ignition system is constructed in a manner such that an ignition heater is operated at a level below the combustion cylinder construction and a closing door is actuated in synchronism with the ignition heater so that an ignition window may be opened only when the ignition heater is approached to a wick for ignition.

Abstract: A safety device for an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of carrying out the detection of flame by means of a DC flame current obtained due to the rectification of flame to detect the abnormal combustion in the oil burner. The safety device includes a first flame electrode surrounded by flame of normal combustion in the oil burner and a second flame electrode arranged away from the flame and connected to an AC voltage source in a manner to be in parallel with the first flame electrode, so that the second flame electrodes cooperates with the first flame electrode to detect a failure in the flowing of a flame current through the first flame electrode or a decrease in a flame current flowing through the first flame electrode, to thereby determine any abnormal combustion in the oil burner.

Abstract: An oil burner of the wick ignition type is disclosed which is capable of effectively preventing the generation of bad odor due to unburned fuel oil gas after the fire-extinguishing operation as well as during the operation. The oil burner includes an air pumping mechanism. The mechanism comprises an air pumping means which is adapted to discharge air to a combustion cylinder construction when it is heated and suck air thereinto from the combustion cylinder construction when it is cooled and an air chamber arranged between the pumping means and the combustion cylinder construction so as to be communicated with the both. The air pumping means may comprise a rigid closed vessel formed of a heat transfer material and arranged to receive heat directly from the combustion cylinder construction.

Abstract: A combustion cylinder construction for an oil burner is disclosed which is adapted to adjust combustion while preventing the adhesion of soot, moisture and the like on the inner surface of a heat-permeable cylinder to keep it clean during combustion. The combustion cylinder construction includes a first heat-permeable cylinder and a second heat-permeable cylinder supported on the first heat-permeable cylinder with a gap being defined therebetween which serves to introduce air from the exterior therethrough to the overall inner surface of the second heat-permeable cylinder.