Illuminated ornament with musical candle
An illuminated ornament with musical candle works by lighting a candle. The two twisted pieces of conductor wire, which are embedded in the candle and separated from a set of cotton candlewick, will be melted together by candle flame so that the electronic circuit, which is connected with tow pieces of conductor wire from candle, is closed. As a result of the lighted candle, the illuminated ornament with musical candle will play music and shine immediately.
This invention relates to an illuminated ornament, and in particular to an illuminated ornament wherein light and music are produced through a working printed circuit board by lighting a candle.
Normally, an electronic ornament, which plays music and shines by lighting a candle, is hard to make because of the difficulties in stabilizing a working printed circuit board connected with a candle as a switch of the circuit, controlling quality of hand-soldering in electronic assemblies and in making a special candle, such as a spiral-shaped candle having conductors disposed along the spiral groove of U.S. Pat. No. 4,568,269 or a music candle having working parts that are embedded in the candle of U.S. Pat. No. 4,804,323.
However, it will be excited that an illuminated ornament with musical candle is easy to make.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThis invention pertains to the effect of sound and shine of an illuminated ornament with musical candle when the candle is lighted, and the way in which the illuminated ornament with musical candle can be easy to produce.
There are three objects for this invention.
The first object is to stabilize the candle as an electronic switch of the working electronic circuit that is used for the illuminated ornament with musical candle when candle is lighted. A special candle, which has a set of cotton candlewick separated from another set of conductor wire candlewick that comprises two pieces of conductor wire coated with low melting point insulated material in different way, is designed for this object.
The second object is to make an illumination-music operation center for the illuminated ornament with musical candle, which comprises a printed circuit board equipped with all necessary electronic devices. This illumination-music operation center works for the illuminated ornament with musical candle so that the illuminated ornament with musical candle can not only play music but also illuminate inside a decorative housing when the candle is lighted.
The third object of this invention is to develop a candle complex, a compact design for gathering the illumination-music operation center and candle, so that the candle complex with the illumination-music operation center and candle can be inserted to a decorative housing, and the illuminated ornament with musical candle is easy to make.
The detailed description of this invention will be given in accordance with the drawings as follows.
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Claims
1. An illuminated ornament with musical candle, comprising:
- a candle having one set of conductor wire candlewick and another set of cotton candlewick,
- an illumination-music operation center having a printed circuit board with electronic devices, said illumination-music operation center having capability to shine and play music by lighting said candle,
- a pillar shell having drawings painted on the surface of said pillar shell and four small holes along the top edge of said pillar shell for the transmission of sound,
- a decorative housing having a ceramic head in the shape of melting candle on the top of said pillar shell,
- a candle complex having capability to hold said candle and said illumination-music operation center by a candleholder on top of a frame and two hooks on said frame.
2. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 1, wherein said one set of conductor wire candlewick and said another set of cotton candlewick that are embedded inside said candle and separated at least one millimeter from each other,
3. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 1, wherein said a set of conductor wire candlewick comprises two pieces of conductor wire that are made from low melting point metal material so that the conductor wires can be melted by the flame of candle.
4. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 3, wherein one of said two pieces of conductor wire is coated fully with low melting point insulated material and another one of said two pieces of conductor wire is coated partially with low melting point insulated material.
5. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 3, wherein said two pieces of conductor wire have two ends.
6. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 5, wherein one of said two ends is ended by said two pieces of conductor wire that are twisted tightly and extended out of the up side of said candle.
7. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 5, wherein another one of said two ends is ended by said two pieces of conductor wire that are separated from each other and extended out of the bottom of said candle and connected to said printed circuit board respectively.
8. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 1, wherein said printed circuit board is equipped with batteries, a transistor, a speaker and a preprogrammed Music IC linking two electronic illuminators in parallel.
9. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 1, wherein said pillar shell is made from translucent material.
10. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 1, wherein said ceramic head has a big hole in the center of said ceramic head and a small hole at each side of said big hole of said ceramic head for the transmission of sound.
11. An illuminated ornament with musical candle of claim 1, wherein said candle and said illumination-music operation center mounted on said candle complex can be inserted inside said decorative housing through the bottom hole of said pillar shell so that said candle can be extended outward through said big hole of said ceramic head.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 17, 2008
Publication Date: Jul 24, 2008
Inventors: Jimmy J. Gue (Seattle, WA), Patty H. Zhang (Seattle, WA)
Application Number: 12/009,186