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: 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 movable wick type oil stove which comprises a wick for absorbing oil to provide a fire at the top of the wick, wick cylinders defining a space for disposing the wick therein means for moving the wick in the vertical direction along the wick cylinders, and a deodorizing device for absorbing or removing gas causing an undesirable smell and produced when the fire at the top of the wick is extinguished by lowering the wick to a predetermined position. The deodorizing device comprises a suction device, a movement-sensing element for sensing the movement of the wick, and a temperature-sensing element for sensing a temperature around the wick.

Abstract: An oil stove comprises a combustion wick for burning oil, a device for extinguishing the fire at the combustion wick, and a deodorizing device for absorbing or removing gases causing smells produced when the burning portion at the combustion wick is extinguished. The deodorizing device comprises gas sensing means for detecting the generation of the gas, and suction means responsive to the gas sensing means for absorbing or removing the gas.

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: Large numbers of vent holes are respectively formed in inner and outer flame cylinders defining an annular combustion chamber to supply air thereto. A total opening area of the vent holes formed in the outer flame cylinder is greater than that of the vent holes formed in the inner flame cylinder. As a result, the heat capacity of the outer flame cylinder is smaller than that of the inner flame cylinder. During combustion, the outer flame cylinder is heated to red-hot. A plurality of projections are formed on the outer wall surface of the inner flame cylinder to allow complete combustion of a fuel vapor.

Abstract: A safety device for an open-type combustor such as a room-type oil stove which is capable of quickly extinguishing the flame of the combustor upon the occurrence of oxygen starvation but which does not operate unnecessarily during ordinary shut-off operations. A thermally deformable element is mounted in the vicinity of a wick guide cylinder or the like for detecting changes in temperature in case of abnormal combustion. An interlock body provided through an operating lever operates an automatic fire-extinguishing unit in response to the thermally deformable element. An engagement/locking portion is provided in the vicinity of the thermally deformable element for engaging and locking the interlock body.

Abstract: A portable heating unit has a heating chamber which is disposed within a housing so substantially all of the exterior thereof is displaced inwardly from that housing to define an air space. Air passing through that air space absorbs heat from the exterior of that heating chamber and also absorbs, and carries away, heat radiated from that exterior. That heating chamber is secured to that housing by mountings of small cross sections, which limit the amount of heat that can be conducted from that heating chamber to that housing. In addition, a baffle is interposed between the heating element and housing of the portable unit to reduce the amount of heat passing to that housing.

Abstract: A movable wick type oil stove which comprises a wick for absorbing oil to provide a fire at the top of the wick, wick cylinders defining a space for disposing the wick therein means for moving the wick in the vertical direction along the wick cylinders, and a deodorizing device for absorbing or removing gas causing an undesirable smell and produced when the fire at the top of the wick is extinguished by lowering the wick to a predetermined position. The deodorizing device comprises a suction device, a movement-sensing element for sensing the movement of the wick, and a temperature-sensing element for sensing a temperature around the wick.

Abstract: A portable hot air circulator comprises concentrically mounted cylindrical members, the inner member being closed at its upper end to form a cup-like structure designed to mount over a conventional liquid fuel heater in closely-spaced relation. Air is forced downwardly through an annular passageway between the cylindrical members by a fan mounted through the top of the outer cylindrical member which is closed to form a plenum space between the tops of the concentric cylinder members. The fan is shielded by a louvered hood member, and spacer clips accomodate the mounting over the liquid fuel heater.

Abstract: A wick temperature control unit is provided for controlling the temperature of a wick having the lower end portion dipped in a fuel tank for storing liquid fuel and the upper end portion inserted in a combustion chamber through a narrow path. The wick soaks up the liquid fuel by capillary action in the combustion chamber and evaporates the liquid fuel therein. The wick temperature control unit holds the temperature of the upper end portion of the wick in accordance with a given heating power state, thereby contributing to widen a heating power adjustment range.

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.

Abstract: An oil burner is of the type which enables controlling a degree of burning and performing fire extinguishing by vertically moving a wick. The invention is directed to restricting the control of burning within a range of normal combustion, removing the restriction to manually perform fire extinguishing, and automatically performing fire extinguishing when vibrations are sensed by a vibration sensor. The oil burner includes a slide shaft mounted on a wick shaft and a rotary member mounted on the wick shaft and enabling moving when axially pushed by the slide shaft. The rotary member is interlocked with the wick shaft by an actuation member provided on the wick shaft, and is provided with a stop member which stops the wick shaft at a predetermined position in rotating in a wick lowering direction.

Abstract: A cartridge-type oil tank construction is disclosed which is capable of effectively preventing oil leakage from the construction even when the construction falls down in any direction. The oil tank construction includes a stationary tank, an integrally formed tank supporting means arranged near one side end of the stationary tank to dispose a cartridge tank therethrough on the stationary tank, and a combination of a projection and a cutout which serves to allow an oil supply port of the tank supporting means to constantly face the other side end of the stationary tank opposite to the one side end thereof.

Abstract: A fuel cartridge for heating food trays uses a liquid fuel and a wick. The cartridge has a container that holds the fuel and has a lid with an aperture formed in it. A flat rectangular fiberglass strip serves as the wick and is pressed against the lower side of the aperture. The lower ends of the wick extend into the fuel, and the central portion of the wick protrudes only slightly from the aperture. A metal ring can be used with the container to block wind currents.

Abstract: This invention provides a wick type burner equipped with a manual fire extinguishing means for pushing up a lever (37) through an intermediary of a pin (43) by the operation of a manual fire extinguisher (41), thereby disengaging it from the first locking part (33a), to permit the wick (24) to go down until it engages with the second locking part (33b) and a quake fire extinguishing means for pushing up the lever (37) by means of the flange (39a) as the weight (39) has fallen down, causing the wick (24) to go down deeper without encountering the first locking part (33a) and the second locking part (33b), so that while the safety is assured by effecting fire extinguishment in short time in an emergency as when an earthquake occurs, etc.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the vertical position of a wick in an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of variably determining the uppermost position of a wick to constantly carry out stable maximum combustion and exhibiting good operability and durability. The device is adapted to variably selectively form the detachable engagement between a stopper pin fixedly projecting a wick operating shaft and an adjusting member loosely fitted on the shaft to variably determine the uppermost position of a wick.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a wick holder apparatus for a kerosene heater including a cylindrical guide wick tube erected on the bottom portion of an oil tank, a cylindrical outer wick tube disposed around the guide wick tube and a cylindrical wick concentrically disposed for vertical movements in an annular gap between the guide wick tube and the outer wick tube, and characterized in that there are further provided a wick holding tube releasably attached to the wick for movement in one unit, and a wick moving tube provided for vertical movement in the oil tank and releasably engaged with the wick holding tube, with the wick holding tube being provided with resilient engaging pieces which are engageable with corresponding engaging holes or apertures formed in the wick moving tube through rotation of the wick holding tube for facilitation of attaching or detaching of the wick.

Abstract: An oil heater having a wick fed radiant burner which comprises a wick adjusting shaft rotatable in first and second directions about the longitudinal axis thereof; a wick holder for moving together therewith a wick between an extinguishing position and a maximum combustion position past a minimum combustion position in response to the rotation of the shaft; a ratchet wheel mounted on the shaft for displacement axially of the shaft; an actuating pin mounted on the shaft and angularly movable together with the shaft; an abutment bank provided on the wheel for defining the angular distance over which the pin moves, which angular distance corresponds to the distance of movement of the wick holder between the maximum combustion position and the extinguishing position; and a one-way stopper provided on the wheel and operable to permit the pin to pass thereover during the rotation of the shaft in the second direction, but to restrain the pin from passing thereover during the rotation of the shaft in the first direct

Abstract: A combustion cylinder construction for an oil space heater is disclosed which is constructed to dispose a uniform air flow forming mechanism between an outermost heat-permeable cylinder and an outer cylindrical member of a double combustion cylinder, thereby not only to keep the double combustion cylinder in a red-heated state, but also to carry out the formation of a uniform and stable white-yellow flame and to complete combustion at a flame spreading means. There is also disclosed a combustion cylinder construction which further includes a heat ray reflecting means to render the temperature profiles through the heat-permeable cylinder as uniform as possible, resulting in an oil space heater having a long service life.

Abstract: A flame-rise stopping means for a kerosene stove, comprising an annular reticulate member having an inwardly directed flame at the lower end of the annular member and a holder plate fixed to the underside of the top plate of the stove and serving to removably hold the annular reticulated element above and opposite the chimney of the stove.

Abstract: A fuel element for open burning installations, such as a fireplace, containing a shell-like, elongated housing, in which a supply of fuel may be filled and refilled. In addition, at least one flat burner body, such as a flat wick, is arranged in the housing and immersed with its lower part in the fuel supply, while its upper edge is protruding in a height adjustable manner from the top side of the housing. A fireplace suitable for fuel elements of this type contains an exhaust hood in which is positioned a filter in the form of an absorber to purify and regenerate the air rising from the fuel elements, in particular removing suspended particles and eliminating unpleasant odors. The fireplace does not require outside connections.

Abstract: A reflection type kerosene stove of which the kerosene meter and kerosene inlet are located in a space provided in the stove body and closed by a door, thus hiding the kerosene meter and inlet which are liable to be soiled with kerosene, when not used.

Abstract: A construction for preventing oil leakage in an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of effectively preventing oil leakage from an oil burner, particularly, a means for supporting a cartridge-type oil tank on an auxiliary tank when the burner falls down in any direction. The construction includes an oil reservoir mounted through the oil tank supporting means in the auxiliary tank and provided with a through-hole at the side portion thereof facing a combustion mechanism of the burner only through the oil tank is communicated with the auxiliary tank. The auxiliary tank has a volume determined to allow an oil level in the auxiliary tank to be constantly lower than the through-hole of the oil reservoir even when the oil burner falls down in any direction to prevent oil leakage from the oil tank supporting means.

Abstract: In a liquid fuel burner of the type wherein vaporization of the fuel is sustained by the heat of its own flame, an oxygen sensor is located in the flame to provide a signal when the flame diminishes indicating the occurrence of an oxygen shortage condition to permit a safety device to automatically extinguish the flame.

Abstract: A liquid fuel combustion device which includes a fuel tank, a combustion section which includes an inner and an outer flame cylinder and an outer cylinder surrounding the flame cylinders, and a wick having one end in the fuel tank for being immersed in the liquid fuel therein and the other end disposed between the flame cylinders so as to draw fuel to the other end. Structure is also provided for guiding air through the combustion section to provide oxygen to support combustion between the flame cylinders of fuel evaporated from the wick such that the heat produced by the combustion serves to evaporate the fuel from the other end of the wick. Detector elements are provided for respectively detecting the temperature of the exhaust gas from the combustion section and the temperature of the air guided to the combustion section by the guide structure.

Abstract: Provided is a burner apparatus comprising a cabinet, a combustion cylinder disposed in the cabinet, a top panel disposed above the combustion cylinder and provided with exhaust holes formed in the peripheral portion thereof, a flame-shielding member with the lower surface thereof opened, provided to a portion of the lower surface of the top panel facing the combustion cylinder, and discharge means provided to the flame-shielding member for horizontally discharging flames rising from the combustion cylinder and streaming into the flame-shielding member, thereby averting the problem of flames undesirably coming out of the cabinet.

Abstract: Kerosene combustion apparatus of a type having a vertically movable wick disposed between coaxial outer and inner cylinders, the outer cylinder being provided with slits formed at the edges of the projections whereby complete and quick extinction of flame may be achieved with considerably reduced odor.

Abstract: A double-cylinder type oil burner having an inner flame cylinder and an outer flame cylinder. A red-heatable cylinder is connected to the upper end of the inner flame cylinder with a secondary air inlet left therebetween. A damper mechanism for varying the opening in the upper end of the red-heatable cylinder is provided on the upper end of the red-heatable cylinder. According to this arrangement, it is possible to vary the burning rate over a wide range and to vary the red-heated area in accordance with the rate of burning.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the vertical position of a wick in an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of keeping the lowermost position of the wick constant irrespective of the variably set uppermost position thereof. The device comprises a stopper forced by a spring against a gear fitted on a wick operating shaft, the gear being adapted to be rotated with the shaft to wind a return spring for the gear when the shaft is rotated to move the wick upwardly. A control member is fitted on the shaft and provided with a stopper actuating portion which moves the stopper against the spring means to release the engagement between the stopper and the gear. The control member is adapted to be engaged with the shaft and the gear at a desired position, and the shaft is reversed by the return spring when the stopper is moved to be disengaged from the gear.

Abstract: A kerosene heating stove is equipped with a temperature sensor and a carbonic oxide sensor. The temperature of a space is maintained at a constant level by automatically increasing and decreasing the burning length of a wick in the kerosene heating stove to change the height of the heating flame. The carbonic oxide sensor automatically generates an alarm and decreases the length of the wick to extinguish the flame if the concentration of carbonic oxide in the space increases to a predetermined dangerous level. In another embodiment, a kerosene heating stove is provided with a humidifier which automatically permits water to flow into an evaporating container in proximity to the flame when the moisture content of the air in the space falls below a predetermined level in order to regulate the moisture content of the air.

Abstract: An improved oil stove of the type including a cylindrical burning wick adapted to be displaced up and down as required is disclosed which ensures that a burning sleeve is entirely disconnected from a hot dish containing the burning wick therein when the oil stove falls forward due to an occurrence of an earthquake or the like. The improvement consists in that a guard comprising a certain number of fence rods is additionally provided with a guide member fixedly secured thereto. The guide member serves to hold the head portion of the burning sleeve when the oil stove falls forward and then the burning sleeve is tilted from the normal position. The tilted burning sleeve is then displaced due to its dead weight in such a direction as to be parted away from the hot dish so that quick extinguishment and prevention of generation of incompletely burnt gas are ensured.

Abstract: A warm air blowing heater includes combustion equipment for burning fuel, and an air duct provided at a position away from a portion directly above the combustion equipment for blowing air from the heater into the room. The combustion equipment includes a burner chimney provided above a burner, and a reflecting plate is provided behind this burner chimney. The radiation heat of the combustion equipment is radiated directly and is also reflected on the reflecting plate to heat the room. The air duct does not disturb the rise of the combustion exhaust gas of the combustion equipment to form a smooth rising exhaust gas stream. When the air is blown from the air duct toward the front of the heater, the high temperature air in the upper portion of the heater is sucked. This high temperature air is mixed with the air blown from the air duct to allow the heater to blow warm air into the room. The blower motor may suck the air in the room and supply it to the air duct.

Abstract: A combustion cylinder construction for an oil space heater of the type for radiating heat rays is disclosed which is capable of uniformly red-heating an outer surface of an outer cylindrical member of a double combustion cylinder and efficiently radiating heat rays from the red-hot outer surface and is capable of completely burning an incomplete combustion gas and the like at a flame spreader to form a white-yellow flame and efficiently radiating heat rays from the flame. The outer cylindrical member has through-holes larger than those of an inner cylindrical member and is provided at the upper portion thereof with a recess having through-holes. The combustion cylinder and flame spreader are surrounded by a single heat-permeable cylinder.

Abstract: An oxygen shortage sensor is placed in a space defined above a burner unit exposed to the atmosphere. When an oxygen shortage condition is detected by the oxygen shortage sensor, an alarm is raised from an alarm unit or combustion of the burner unit is stopped by a combustion stopper. In such an apparatus, in order to secure a stable oxygen shortage detection by the oxygen shortage sensor, the oxygen shortage sensor is located in a space above the burner unit and in a casing having an opening formed on the side of the burner unit.

Abstract: A wick-type combustion apparatus for liquid fuels comprises: a pair of cylindrical walls extending vertically and opposed to each other with a gap; a cylindrical wick vertically movable as guided between and along the walls; a slit-form cylindrical fuel passage opening provided in the outer wall and adapted to be opened and closed by the descent and ascent, respectively, of the wick; a fuel trap chamber provided around the opening in communication therewith; and a cylindrical porous member vertically extending in the chamber.A flame or flames remaining after the descent of the wick can be instantaneously blown out by a blast of an explosive combustion which occurs in the fuel trap chamber. The porous member serves to reduce the amount of unburnt fuel used for the explosive combustion, so that an abnormal rise of flame or flames attendant with the explosion can be prevented.

Abstract: A wick heater comprises a housing the top and front panel of which are so constructed and interrelated with each other and the remainder of the housing to provide for their relative expansion and contraction in a manner to avoid warping, buckling or distortion or any undue stress on the housing or its component parts during operation of the heater. The top of the housing comprises a frame and inserts, a principal insert being interconnected with and for expansion and contraction relative to the frame and to position directly above the chimney of the heater and the area encompassed by its backing heat reflecting surface. This principal insert has a unique pattern of slots the bounding edges of which are flanged and a portion of which are oriented in directions at right angles to other of said slots to lend both strength and stress accommodation to the top of the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for both improving the heat distribution throughout a room from a portable kerosene heater and for collecting undesirable emissions resulting from the burning of the kerosene, includes a base adapted to be mounted on the top of the heater, the base supporting a vertically extending shaft on which is mounted a heat-driven fan formed of either paper or metal, and a disposable disk mounted a spaced distance above the fan on the same shaft, the disk serving as a collector for the undesirable emissions. When the device is placed on an operating kerosene heater, the rising hot air and gases from the heater cause the fan to rotate, which in turn causes emissions from the burning fuel to move upwardly in a more or less cylindrical path. As the products of combustion move upwardly, certain emissions therein such as soot, oily vapors, etc. deposit or condense onto the surface of the spinner and disposable disk.

Abstract: A liquid fuel burning device suitable for kerosene stove, kerosene kitchen range or the like. The device has an inner and outer flame sleeves each having a multiplicity of pores and a wick interposed between these sleeves. The wick has a fuel evaporating portion projectable into the annular burning space formed between these sleeves. At least one of these sleeves is provided with at least one vertical row of air pores in its portion facing the fuel evaporating portion of the wick. Above the region of vertical row of air pores, formed is a horizontal row of air pores having a multiplicity of pores arranged at a higher density than the pores in the other portion of the wall. In the case where the vertical and horizontal rows of air pores are formed in the inner flame sleeve, a partition plate having apertures is attached to the inner side of the inner flame sleeve at a level above the horizontal row or air pores.

Abstract: An improved oil stove of the type including a cylindrical burning wick adapted to be raised up or lowered as required by actuating a wick control handle is disclosed which includes a stopper slidably secured to the wick control handle and a stopper engagement member to which the stopper comes in engagement as the wick control handle is rotated. The stopper comprises a base plate, an engagement projection and a depress button adapted to be depressed by an operator's finger. The engagement projection is extended from the base plate to the position where it is engaged to the stopper engagement member at its upright bent portion of which upper end face is tapered. As the wick control handle is rotated in such a direction as to lower the wick, the bent portion of the engagement projection abuts against the stopper engagement member and thereby the wick control handle fails to be rotated further.

Abstract: A burner of wick type is disclosed which secures user safety by stopping combustion through an oxygen depletion protection function in the event of an oxygen depletion. When tar is accumulated in the wick, the wick is burnt to clean the tar with the liquid fuel supply cut off, thus burning out the liquid fuel contained in the wick. In the process, the combustion temporarily becomes unstable and a great amount of carbon monoxide is generated, resulting in a state similar to oxygen depletion. In a burner with an oxygen depletion protection function, the combustion is stopped during the wick cleaning, with the result that most of the tar accumulated in the wick remains unburnt, adversely affecting both the fuel absorption characteristic and service life of the wick. This invention is such that the oxygen depletion protection function is not operated during the wick cleaning.

Abstract: A wick assembly for a liquid fuel combustion apparatus is structured by laminating a main wick and an auxiliary wick, and sandwiching a separator of an oil-impermeable material therebetween. By being so structured, the main wick can be made being hardly deteriorated in terms of its calorific value. A material having a large oil containing ability can be selected for the main wick, and distance between the oil level and top of wick can be made shorter. Fire-spreading time of the wick assembly after a lapse of long service period is still as short as that at the beginning of the service, and generation of an objectional odor and carbon monoxide at the time of ignition can be suppressed constantly.

Abstract: A device for vertically moving a wick in an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of constantly ensuring the normal combustion operation of the oil burner. The device includes a drive shaft having a pinion, a rack disposed adjacent to a wick receiving chamber of the burner which is engaged with the pinion and connected to a wick to vertically move it when the drive shaft is rotated, and a stop member for stopping the movement of the rack with respect to the pinion only when the wick is lowered to the minimum normal combustion position to thereby ensure the normal combustion.

Abstract: A wick for burning a liquid fuel, having a liquid fuel supplying section adapted to supply the liquid fuel and a combustion section connected to the upper end of the liquid fuel supplying section and adapted to evaporate the liquid fuel supplied through the liquid fuel supplying section thereby to burn the liquid fuel. The improvement comprises that a thin sheet body from heat resistance fibers is attached at least to a part of the combustion section and that the combustion section is separably coupled to the liquid fuel supplying section. The thin sheet body attached to the combustion section reduces the generation of tar on the latter, while the separable coupling between the liquid fuel supplying section and the combustion section permits an easy renewal of the combustion section solely when the tar deposition on the latter has become heavy.

Abstract: A combustion device has a negative pressure combustion burner and an ejector air flow generating mechanism and is designed so that the warm air flow rate is approximately proportional to the combustion rate. The device is simple in construction, and by controlling the warm air flow rate it is possible to adjust the heat output of the device while maintaining the temperature of warm air at a constant value. The device disclosed herein is particularly suitable for use as an air circulation type room heater.

Abstract: A petroleum combustion device for heating rooms or the like comprising a primary combustion chamber, a secondary combustion chamber disposed on the primary combustion chamber and provided at that portion of its base plate which is outside an outer cylinder of the primary combustion chamber with an air path and a flame extension device arranged in the secondary combustion chamber and communicated with the upper portion of an inner flame cylinder of the primary combustion chamber.

Abstract: A space heating apparatus includes a fuel tank and base assembly, a combustion chassis assembly supported on the base and supplied with combustion air for igniting and supporting a flame, and a top cover plate. The top cover plate includes a turret section providing a supporting surface for an upper cabinet assembly which is pivotally mounted on the turret. A mantle assembly is disposed in the cabinet to produce radiant heat and a portion extends down over the combustion chassis assembly. A slideable lower spill tray and an upper spill tray on the top cover plate provide ready access for detecting and cleaning kerosene spills, and for removing char and other debris.