Abstract: A method and apparatus for inserting wicks into candles formed in jars or containers characterized by a device comprised of a hollow tube, sealed on one end, in which a wick and wick base can snugly fit, and a crosspiece having width greater than width of the mouth of a jar so that after candle wax is poured, the wick straightening device is inserted into the jar and is removed after the wax has cooled so that the wick will remain straight even after the candle wax has cooled.

Abstract: An apparatus with a fuel container and a flame bowl atop the fuel container is disclosed. The flame bowl has a wick proximate the center thereof. The wick extends into a fuel supply within the fuel container. The flame bowl has an interior surface that is texturized to enhance the appearance of the flame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wick clip assembly for candles to be used on a supporting surface, as well as a method for making such assemblies, and candles incorporating the same. According to one embodiment, a wick receiving member is disposed adjacent to the top of a base. A generally open skirt extends downwardly from the base, and is adapted to maintain the base in a predetermined spaced relationship relative to a supporting surface in use. The bottom end of a wick penetrates the base and is securely attached to the wick clip assembly by the wick receiving member such that its bottom end is located above the supporting surface in use. The clip provides enhanced control over heat transfer from the flame to the supporting surface, while optimizing performance of the candle.

Abstract: An automatic fire-extinguishing device for an oil burner capable of being manufactured with a low cost, compacted in construction and actuated with high accuracy. In the device, a gear which is loosely fitted on a wick actuating shaft and has a return spring loosely fitted on the shaft and fixed between the gear and a burner body is formed with a cutout about a portion thereof opposite to a stopper engaged with the gear when the gear is at a wick raising position. At the cutout is arranged a stop gear so as to be engaged with the stopper at the wick raising position, which is formed of a material having a friction coefficient smaller than that of the gear.

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 device for adjusting the vertical position of a wick for an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of effectively and positively keeps the combustion position of the wick within a range of constantly attaining the normal combustion of the oil burner. The wick adjusting device includes a circular member fitted on a wick operating shaft and received in a slidable knob to be moved with the knob. The circular member is formed with a slot in which a pin-like projection of a gear is movably fitted and with which the projection is engaged at the minimum combustion position to prevent the knob from being further rotated in the fire-extinguishing direction during the combustion operation.

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: 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 liquid hydrocarbon burner of the type having a vertically adjustable wick, comprises an inner ring on which the wick is mounted, an intermediate ring outside the inner ring and an outer ring outside the intermediate ring. The rings are relatively rotatably and relatively vertically movable; and guide pins disposed in slots in the rings ensure that when the outer ring is rotated, the inner ring will move vertically. Gas supply is provided, with an electrical circuit for igniting the gas which in turn ignites the wick. The gas supply and the ignition of the gas supply are controlled by rotation of the outer ring, in such a way that the gas is supplied and ignited once when the wick is raised, and again when the wick is lowered, this latter ignition serving to burn the fumes from the liquid hydrocarbon which would otherwise cause odors after the wick is extinguished.

Abstract: A liquid fuel combustion apparatus comprises a combustion cylinder for supporting a wick to be vertically movable between a combustion position and an extinguished position, a rotating shaft connected to said wick for raising and lowering said wick, a driving motor, rotational force transmitting mechanism for rotating the shaft in one direction to thereby raise the wick to the combustion position, the rotational force transmitting mechanism being automatically disengaged from said rotating shaft when the wick arrives at the combustion position, a spring charged with the rotational force in the other direction of the rotating shaft as a result of the rotation of the rotating shaft in the one direction, holding mechanism for preventing the rotation of the rotating shaft in the other direction by the spring so as to hold the wick in the combustion position, and releasing mechanism for releasing the holding operation of said holding mechanism.

Abstract: A decorative lamp comprising a housing including a recess and a self-contained and replaceable mineral spirit burning lamp assembly disposed within the recess in the housing. The assembly comprises a cannister of mineral spirits into which a wick extends. A tubular portion is connected at the top of the cannister and has an open end. A cup-shaped cap member is snapped in place over the open end of the tubular portion and includes a pair of openings therein. A wick is folded in two with the folded mid portion extending outside the cap between the openings and with the free ends of the wick extending through the openings into the tubular member and therethrough into the cannister. The portion of the wick projecting out of the cap member serves as the flame site.