Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for one or more hardscape torches that can be safely and conveniently operated as well provide ambience and lighting to any setting. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide extra functionality to such a hardscape torch, for example, so that any such torch can be controlled or utilized remotely or through home automation or similar systems (e.g., via timers, sensors, wireless interfaces, and/or programmable settings).

Abstract: A lantern comprising a tank, a chimney, an ignition bowl, and a chimney tube. There is also a mixing subassembly, a fuel line, a nozzle and a chimney cap. There is an igniter subassembly, an outflow subassembly and a pump. The igniter subassembly is angled to the right, and inward, providing more efficient heating of the outflow subassembly upper heating tube and loop. A outflow tube, which carries the fuel, has two external dimensions, which provides for more efficient fuel heating.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a lamp capable of generating a driving electric power from heat, which includes a base portion provided therein with a receiving space for receiving a combustible substance (e.g., a gaseous fuel, kerosene, or a candle), a top portion connected above and spaced from the base portion, a thermoelectric cooling chip provided on the top portion and adjacent to the receiving space for converting the heat generated by burning the combustible substance into an induced current, a current stabilizer provided on the top portion (or the base portion) and connected to the thermoelectric cooling chip in order to receive the induced current and stably convert the induced current into a driving electric power, and a light-emitting element provided on the top portion (or the base portion) and connected to the current stabilizer so as to emit light upon receiving the driving electric power.

Abstract: A base for a lantern. The base provides a stable platform for supporting the lantern and prevents tipping of the lantern. The base may be used with fuel burning lanterns or lanterns that utilize batteries or other power sources. The base includes foldable feet. The feet fold out of a plane of the base for storage, for example, downward from the plane. The base is turned over and the feet, when folded (upward when the base is upside down), extend upward around a portion of the lantern during storage. This configuration provides convenient, compact storage of the lantern and base, so that the base may be stored with the lantern and may protect the lantern in storage.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a jack-o-lantern lid mounted candle holder in the form of a shaped rod. The shaped portions of the rod are formed in integrally connecting segments. A candle mount portion, a candle base support portion, a vertical hanging portion, and a lid attachment portion form the candle holder. The rod material forming the candle mount portion is shaped to be substantially circular having one end of the rod overlapping and completing the circle where the candle base support portion begins. The overlapping end of the circular portion allows the user to adjust the compressible, extendable rod firmly to hold candles of different diameters. A candle may be placed within the candle mount portion by extending the candle mount portion outwards to enlarge the diameter of the candle mount portion's circular segment. The candle base support portion has a vertical leg segment that begins at the candle mount portion and extends vertically to a straight edge segment.

Abstract: A safety candleholder comprises a seat, a center of the seat having a hollow groove base; an outer side of the groove base being installed with an inner ring and an outer ring; inner walls of the inner ring and the outer ring being installed with inner thread portions; a plurality of via holes being formed at a bottom of the seat; the inner lampshade being installed with an opening; an outer side of the opening having a flange; a diameter of the opening being smaller than a diameter of the candle; and an outer lampshade screwedly fixed to the outer ring, thereby, an annular groove being formed between the two lampshade so that air can flow in the annular groove; an upper end of the outer lampshade having an opening; an outer side of the opening being installed with an annular flange, thus, a safety candleholder being formed.

Abstract: A decorative candle and oil lamp assembly includes a decorative candle including a reduced cross portion, a variety of decorative features, and a circular recess in its top. The oil lamp assembly includes a top, bottom, and body portion. The top portion includes a filler neck with a narrow portion and a flared portion. A flammable liquid, such as lamp oil, is introduced into the oil lamp assembly via the flared portion of the filler neck. Also included in the oil lamp assembly is a wick assembly. The wick assembly includes a glass tube consisting of a straight body portion and a flared portion. Mounted inside the wick assembly is a woven fiberglass wick consisting of a flared upper and a flared lower portion, and a body portion. After the oil lamp assembly is full of lamp oil or other flammable liquid, the wick assembly is placed inside the filler neck, with the bottom flared portion of the fiberglass wick in contact with the flammable liquid.

Abstract: A device for preventing extinguishment of a free standing flame joined at a burner tip at the upper end of a gas supply pipe in a gas lantern comprising a tubular sleeve installed around the gas supply pipe to form an air supply channel. The upper end of the tubular sleeve is coterminous with the upper end of the gas supply pipe.

Abstract: A decorated luminary product includes either a candle (or other light source) or a holder for containing the candle (or other light source), having a mirror film adhered thereto to provide a pleasing visual effect. A decorative web of a polymeric mirror film web is preferably heat shrunk to conform to the shape of the candle or the holder. The mirror film is located to cooperate with light emitted by a candle or other light source to augment the visual effect created when the candle is lit, by providing birefringent effects, changes in coloration in accordance with changes in viewing angle, and variations in both reflectivity of ambient light and transmission of light from the candle or other light source.

Abstract: A flame cover device for use with mechanical candle holders, especially for use with candle holders in which the candle is spring-driven to the top of a tube as the candle is consumed. The apparatus may be removably disposed upon the top portion of the tube of the mechanical candle holder, where it remains motionless while the candle is burned by combustion, yet provides protection from and to the burning flame. A base of the device is engaged with the tube of the mechanical candle holder, with vents in the base providing adequate ventilation to the flame. A transparent shell extends up from the base to provide flame protection. A ring damper is provided for covering the vents in the base to assist the flame in windy conditions.

Abstract: A candle stand and wax recycling assembly for capturing, retaining, and forming wax run-off from a first candle as the first candle burns during use. The candle stand and wax recycling assembly includes a platform assembly adapted for supporting a first candle, a receptacle coupled beneath said platform assembly adapted for receiving melted wax, a wick member, and a wick holding assembly.

Abstract: A glowing light assembly includes a base and a spherical wall which includes at least one embedded foreign object and defines an inner cavity containing an electric light member which causes the molded shell to glow and cast shadows without melting. The shell is constructed according to a unique molding method which includes at least partially immersing a swollen distensible mold into a reservoir of molding material to allow the molding material to form a molded layer around the distensible mold. After the distensible mold with the attached molded layer is removed from the reservoir of molding material, it is placed upon a flat surface to form a flat bottom into the shell. A foreign object is then mounted to the inner layer, and the distensible mold with the attached layer is again immersed in the reservoir of molding material to form a second, outer, layer of molded material and embed the foreign object into the shell.

Abstract: A unitary metal candle holder including a base and a plurality of panels integrally hinged to the base by a plurality of straps. The panels, which are shaped to simulate thematic scenes, may be folded by hand and remain upright without additional reinforcement. A retail consumer may purchase the candle holder in its flat, unfolded state, and mail it in a flat envelope to, for example, a gift recipient who, as the end user, folds the panels and uses the product.

Abstract: A multiple candle lantern designed to be used with a plurality of tube candles. The candle lantern includes an upper cover that selectively attaches to a lower base and a heat shield disposed over the top opening of the upper cover. The lower base has a plurality of tube candle recessed spaces formed thereon which hold a tube candle in a longitudinally aligned position thereon. Each tube candle includes a candle longitudinally aligned inside a metal outer tube. A spring is disposed between the lower base and the candle which keeps the candle's wick extending from the upper hole formed on the tube as the candle burns. Formed on the sides of the upper cover near the lower edge are a plurality of air delivery slots which deliver ventilation air directly into the candle lantern and against the sides of the tube candles.

Abstract: A candle lantern equally suitable for indoor and outdoor use, and which further doubles as a decorative candle holder, comprising a body made from a tube of translucent material, for example glass or plastic, and two interchangeable candle-holding cups/heat shields mounted in the upper and lower ends of the tube, respectively, by set screws extending through holes in the tube. A base comprising a set of wire legs is preferably provided at the lower end of the tube, secured to the tube by the lower set of set screws, while a retractable bail handle and optional rain shield are provided in the upper end of the tube and secured to the upper set screw structure. In a preferred form the candle-holding cups include both blind apertures for receiving the set screws against the outer surface of the cup, and a set of holes for allowing the set screws through the cup to engage undersized candles.

Abstract: A lantern includes a base which has a bottom wall with a ventilation hole unit formed therethrough, and a surrounding wall. The bottom wall has a bottom surface in which an accommodating recess and an open-ended holder positioning slot unit are formed. The recess and the positioning slot unit are communicated with each other. A clamp member is fixed on the base and has at least three clamping pieces. A candlestick is clamped among the clamping pieces and is adapted to mount a candle thereon. A vertical tubular transparent shade has two open ends and is disposed on the surrounding wall. A top cover is attached to a top end of the shade and is provided with a hanging unit. The top cover has two opposed horizontal positioning holes formed in an outer surface thereof. An elongated and generally U-shaped holder has a horizontal rod which extends through the positioning slot unit and which is movable vertically.

Abstract: A portable candle lantern with safety features designed to be used with a tub candle. The candle lantern includes an upper cover that selectively attaches to a lower base. The lower base has a plurality of feet with enable it to be supported in an elevated position on a support surface. Located inside the lower base is a candle holding assembly which removably holds a tub candle in an elevated, longitudinally aligned position therein. Formed inside the lower base is a centrally located, longitudinally aligned, upward extending, air delivery tube which delivers cool air directly against the sides of the tub candle and the candle holding assembly. By delivering cool air in this manner, the temperature inside the candle lantern is reduced thereby preventing a "flash" condition from occurring. Also, a collection cavity is formed between the air delivery tube and the sides of the lower base in which spilled wax from the tub candle is collected.

Abstract: A chimney assembly for an illumination source comprises a support including a tubular hub and a set of spokes radiating out from the hub. A chimney of a transparent material is shaped and arranged to sit on the support so that the outer ends of the spokes supportively engage the inner surface of the chimney.

Abstract: A candle lamp includes a chimney base incorporating a projecting glass cutting wheel against which an operator may press and rotate a glass bottle to score the same for subsequent parting of the bottle into a chimney for the lamp. The base is movable relative to the bottle for vertical and angular adjustment of the wheel; and, the base provides a steadyrest for the bottle as it is rotated. Spring clips project from the top of the base in supporting engagement with the chimney.

Abstract: An improved lamp device is disclosed having a fuel reservoir consisting of a metal top and plastic bottom with a wick extending upward from the reservoir. A shell surrounds the reservoir and is removably attached to the fuel reservoir so that the fuel reservoir may be pulled from the bottom of the support and the amount of fluid observed through the plastic portion of the reservoir. The device may include a hollow rod surrounding the wick, and hollow tube at the top of the wick to collect excess fuel.

Abstract: A lamp for liquid fuel comprising a fuel container (3), a wick support (4) connected to an opening (15) in the container and a wick (5) supported by the wick support and connected to the container, such that fuel can be led by means of capillary forces from the container to the wick support. Also present is a frame arrangement (28) enabling the lamp to be stood or suspended. The container (3) is of the disposable type and is equipped not only with connecting organs (17) for the purpose of securing it in the frame arrangement (28), but also with securing organs (18) for the wick support (4). The frame arrangement is so executed as to accommodate the wick support inside it in such a way as not to be visible in the main from outside the lamp in its operating position.

Abstract: A cylindrical container of liquid fuel has a removable closure through which projects a tubular fitting supporting an adjustable wick. A set of spring metal support members are mounted on the container and have movable leg portions supporting a cylindrical transparent globe for axial movement between a collapsed position surrounding the container and an elevated position when the leg portions spring outwardly to form a stabilized support. A cover plate mounts on the globe and is retained by a cap member which engages the fitting and seals with the closure when the globe is in its collapsed position. A flexible chain connects the cap member to an L-shaped wire arm pivotally supported by one of the support members for movement between a collapsed position on top of the cover plate to an extended position where the chain may be used to suspend the lantern. The cover plate may be removed and replaced by a support ring having openings outboard of the globe to provide for heating a food container or the like.

Abstract: A folding reflector for a lantern is formed from a pair of reflecting panels which are pivotally secured for pivotal movement between a folded position in which the panels are superposed and an extended position in which the panels extend in opposite directions from the pivot. When the panels are extended, the reflector can be inserted around the globe of the lantern. When the panels are folded, the reflector can be stored in the bottom of the fount of the lantern.

Abstract: A cylindrical container of liquid fuel has a removable closure through which projects a tubular fitting supporting an adjustable wick. A set of spring metal support members are mounted on the container and have movable leg portions supporting a cylindrical transparent globe for axial movement between a collapsed position surrounding the container and an elevated position when the leg portions spring outwardly to form a stabilized support. A cover plate mounts on the globe and is retained by a cap member which engages the fitting and seals with the closure when the globe is in its collapsed position. A flexible chain connects the cap member to an L-shaped wire arm pivotally supported by one of the support members for movement between a collapsed position on top of the cover plate to an extended position where the chain may be used to suspend the lantern.

Abstract: A fluid lamp assembly (10) converts a candlestick (24) to a fluid lamp. A rubber stopper (20) fits into cup (22) of the candlestick (24). The assembly (10) has a hollow glass container (12) with a bottom (14) having a pointed tip (16) which fits into hole (18) in the rubber stopper (20). A fiberglass wick (34) extends into oil reservoir (40) and has a tip extending from opening (26) in container (12).

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in self contained illuminating devices, generally of the type otherwise referred to as candles, but differing from ordinary candles in that a container is employed into which a combustible oil or a meltable, combustible substance, such as wax or tallow, is placed, such as by pouring the same in a melted state such that upon hardening, the material conforms to the shape of the container. In particular, the focus of the invention is on an improved flame sustaining wick device constructed primarily of a non-rigid, typically low combustibility material having a cellular structure which will permit a drawing action by the wick of the liquid oil or melted material up through the wick to the flame.