Abstract: A votive cap converter kit for converting a votive candle cup into an oil burning candle. The votive cap converter kit includes an elongate tubular sheath with a wick extending through the sheath such that an upper end of the wick outwardly extends from a top end of the sheath and a lower end of the wick outwardly extends from a bottom end of the sheath. A support plate is also included with a wick hole therethrough through which the sheath may be inserted. The support plate is designed for insertion into a container has lamp oil fluid therein such that the bottom end of the sheath is submerged in the lamp oil fluid and the support plate and the top end of the sheath are positioned in the container above the lamp oil fluid.

Abstract: A heat transfer system is provided, adapted to transfer heat from the flame of the oil lamp to fuel contained within the oil lamp. The heat transfer system has a heat absorbing region disposed near the flame, and a heat dissipating region disposed within the container, connected to the heat absorbing region by a thermally conductive path. If the fuel contains a fragrance, heating the fuel enhances the amount of fragrance volatilized from the fuel.

Abstract: A torch comprising a frame structure with a fuel container disposed therein, a flame guard cap extending upwardly from the frame with an aperture formed therein, a wick disposed in the aperture, and a rotatable snuffer cap attached to the frame and adapted to cover the wick.

Abstract: An aroma dispenser comprises a flame source for providing heat, an open, porous annular ceramic substrate adapted for absorbing and reversibly retaining a quantity of at least one aromatic fluid therein, a support structure for holding the porous substrate in a coaxial spaced-apart relationship above the flame source, whereby heat generated by the flame source induces the retained aromatic fluid within the substrate to disperse into the ambient air.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refillable cartridge candle using paraffin oil, which is capable of easily and conveniently mount a wick to a transparent container receiving a plurality of accessories and paraffin oil to obtain an enhanced decoration effect.

Abstract: A specially-shaped wick holder 12, in conjunction with an irregularly-shaped hole 14 in a reservoir 10 provides cooling and liquid-flow properties not obtainable with previous liquid-fuel candles. A fuel replenishment process further enhances the oil-free external environment.

Abstract: An improved structure of a vaporized oil lamp container includes a container body to contain oil and a wick for burning at a center insertion module, and a wick seat, characterized in that the container includes a top cover and a body which are insertable to each other, and the interior of the body is a recessed cavity to fill lamp oil, the top cover is an arch-shaped curvature, and the middle section of the body has a smaller diameter forming a neck portion, the top section of the inner edge of the neck section is sealed with an actuating partition to isolate the container into a top and a bottom space, the wick is positioned at the center of the body such that the oil storage space is a sealed storage space, thereby the oil lamp structure is safe to use and the top cover is easily opened to supplement oil to the oil lamp.

Abstract: A liquid fuel lamp which may be easily converted from a conventional beverage container. The liquid fuel lamp includes a container having a cylindrical wall connected to opposing top and bottom walls. The top wall includes an opening defined by a pair of side edges. A wick assembly is removably received within the opening in the top wall. The wick assembly includes a tubular metal sleeve supporting a substantially planar wick. Liquid fuel is received within the container wherein a lower portion of the wick is received in adsorbing contact with the liquid fuel. A stand is provided for supporting the container in an elevated position.

Abstract: In a structure of a burning portion of an alcohol-fueled ignitor provided with a wick for drawing up fuel alcohol in a fuel reservoir by capillarity from one end portion thereof to the other end portion and burning the fuel alcohol at the other end portion, the wick is formed of glass fibers and said the other end portion of the wick at which the fuel alcohol is burnt is exposed in a surface area of 30 mm2 to 170 mm2.

Abstract: A fully disposable oil candle comprises a disposable blow-molded exterior resin shell made to resemble a conventional beeswax candle and an inner disposable fuel cell. By configuring the fuel cell to include a separating structure to fit within a radial groove inside the opening of the shell, the cell and the exterior shell can be permanently joined, forming a candle that closely resembles an ordinary beeswax candle. Moreover, the separating structure of the fuel cell acts to provide distance between the fuel cell and the exterior shell, partially insulating the exterior shell from the heat of the fuel cell. By maintaining an insulating distance between the fuel cell and the exterior shell, the exterior shell can be made less robust. The result is a candle that is less expensive to manufacture and ship and more convenient for consumers to use. In addition, the separating structure can act as a safety feature by making it more difficult for individuals to remove the fuel cell from the candle once assembled.

Abstract: A support for a torch is disclosed. The support has a shank, a torch seat formed on the first end of the shank, a retainer provided on the second end of the shank. The retainer has a U-shaped bracket, a through hole defined in a face of the bracket, an extension screwed through the through hole, a handle integrally formed on the first end of the extension and a backing plate securely attached to the second end of the extension. Therefore, a gap defined between the backing plate and the inner face of the bracket is able to be adjusted by rotating the extension so as that the retainer is able to clamp an object to stand the support in an upright position.

Abstract: A fuel cell for use in chafing dishes includes a container with a combustible medium in the container. The combustible medium is primarily propylene glycol. The advantage of such a fuel cell is that it is non-toxic.

Abstract: Variable-heat chafing-dish burners and methods of use. One variable-heat chafing-dish burner embodiment has a reservoir with liquid fuel, into which a short wick and a long wick extend. Both wicks are lit initially, in order to provide initial high heat to bring chafing-dish water quickly to temperature. As fuel is consumed by the flames fed by both wicks, the fuel level within the reservoir drops. The short wick initial immersed length is set such that at the approximate time the chafing-dish water has been brought to temperature, the short wick is no longer immersed in fuel, and the flame it fed is extinguished due to fuel starvation. After the flame fed by the short wick is extinguished, only the flame fed by the long wick remains lit, thereby providing the lowered heat required to maintain the chafing-dish water at temperature. In this manner, a high initial heat is provided to bring chafing-dish water quickly to temperature, and lower heat is provided thereafter to save fuel.

Abstract: A liquid fuel for combustion appliances, in which a combustion wick for sucking up the fuel by the utilization of capillarity is used, contains an alcohol as a principal constituent and contains a hydrocarbon compound, which has approximately the same boiling point as that of the principal constituent, as a flame reaction agent. By the addition of the flame reaction agent, which is not accompanied by the occurrence of clogging of the combustion wick, the combustion flame of an alcohol, which otherwise produces a colorless flame, is colored and its visual perceptibility is thereby enhanced, such that the structure of the combustion appliance may be kept simple and the flame stability may be obtained reliably.

Abstract: A portable or canned heat product is made where a liquid fuel is added to a filler made of bicomponent curled fibers with the fibers substantially oriented such that the axes of the fibers are parallel to the axis of a container holding these fibers and this filler and fuel provides an easy to ignite wick free heating device and a method to make ignition of a fiber surface easier.

Abstract: A fuel container (10) for a spirit stove, including a can-shaped lower part (11), a cover (12), a net and a spacer for maintaining a space between the cover and the net. The cover has an inner edge which defines an opening (15). The opening receives an upwardly extending portion (18) of the net (17). The net extends below the cover and is held in position in the fuel container. The spacer (20, 21) is arranged between the net and the cover. An absorbing mass (14) is disposed within the fuel container for absorbing liquid fuel. The upwardly extending portion (18) of the net (17) has an area which is less than an area of the opening (15), thereby creating a passage (23) between the inner edge of the cover and the upwardly extending portion (18) of the net through which fuel may flow into the container.

Abstract: A disposable fuel burner 10 is disclosed which comprises a container 11 having a closed bottom wall 12, an enclosing sidewall 13 and an open top 14, and at least partially filled with a liquid fuel 15. A support member 16 is supported adjacent the open top 14 above the fuel 15, and having a centrally located opening 17 of various diameters for receiving one end of an elongated wick 18 of a fibrous material. The support member 16 may be a cardboard or plastic disk supported on legs 21a, a cylinder 21, or may be a cup-shaped member 30. A first layer of fibrous material 22 substantially fills the open top 14 and overlies the support member and the end of the wick supported thereon and acts as an interface between the fuel 15 and the atmosphere. A second layer of a plastic 23, e.g., polyurethane, foam material overlies the first layer. A top cover 27 is secured on the container 11 closing the open top 14 and is at least partially removable, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention includes a wick holder, whereby the upper portion of the ferrule is "S" crimped, without piercing the ferrule, to reduce the flow of fuel upward through the ferrule. The bottom of the base, on the opposite side of the cylindrical ferrule, is completely sealed off by a hot-melt adhesive, thereby preventing fuel from traveling up the hollow ferrule. By reducing the flow of fuel within the present wick holder, the wick holder restricts the supply of fuel to the candle wick when the flame burns the candle wick down to the top of the wick holder ferrule. By restricting the supply of fuel to the wick, the candle flame, upon burning down to the top of the wick holder, self-extinguishes before allowing the flame to approach the surface of the glass candle holder.

Abstract: A liquid fuel lamp having a fuel container for containing a combustible liquid fuel, the fuel container having an open mouth. A non-metallic flame guard is connected to the fuel container and closes the mouth, the flame guard having a flared skirt that extends radially outward, covering the fuel container, and a wick opening in the flame guard, located above the mouth of the fuel container. A flame resistant wick holder is located in the wick opening and is not in contact with the fuel container. A wick extends upwardly from within the fuel container, through the wick holder, to a location above the flame guard without any continuous metallic heat flow path from the wick holder to the fuel container. The portion of the wick beneath the flame guard is guarded from free contact with the atmosphere surrounding the lamp by the combined action of the fuel container, flame guard, and wick holder.

Abstract: A chafing dish fuel canister is provided having a snuffing device attached thereto. The chafing dish canister has inserted through the lid an inner sleeve which is securely fitted thereon. The wick extends upwards through the inner sleeve from the canister containing the combustible fuel. Over the top of the inner sleeve is place a reservoir sleeve which is press fitted thereon. Reservoir sleeve has an open outwardly extending reservoir formed at the upper portion thereof for retaining excess fuel not burned during use of the chafing dish fuel canister. Surrounding the reservoir sleeve is a snuffing bowl which is movable along the reservoir sleeve. When the canister is overturned, the reservoir bowl snuffs out the flame. The reservoir sleeve has a annular retention recess for preventing the bowl from snuffing the flame unless the dish is actually overturned. Also, the collection reservoir surrounding the wick allows excess fuel to either be burned or drain back into the canister.

Abstract: A device for use with an oil lamp to allow the diffusion of the scent of a perfume. The device has a circular vessel and a central tubular element extending longitudinally through the center of the vessel. A wick is inserted through the central tubular element. The vessel is closed at the bottom and open at the top, defining a perfume-holding area. In a first and second embodiment, the device also has an outwardly projecting lip along the circumference of the vessel at the top thereof. In a third embodiment, the vessel has a diameter that is greater than the diameter of the opening of the oil lamp, and is provided with a resilient member at the bottom of the central tubular element. In use, a user pours a given amount of perfume in the perfume-holding area. The device is then placed on the lip of the oil lamp and over the opening and the wick is lit. The heat generated by the flame of the wick heats the device, which in turns heats the perfume, thereby releasing a pleasing smell.

Abstract: A heating fuel cartridge for use in heating food placed in a chafing dish mounted in a metal frame enclosure typically employed in a buffet line is disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a container comprised of a base and a continuous cylindrical sidewall for containing a liquid fuel. A one-piece, disk-shaped top surface is mounted upon the sidewall and includes an upward extending annular ridge integrally formed in the top surface for defining an inner circular portion and an outer circular portion. The top surface is fabricated by a single stamping motion. Thus, the disk-shaped top surface including the annular ridge comprises a one-piece unitary construction. A wick used to burn the liquid fuel projects upward from the inner circular portion. A removable cap which is press fitted into the upward extending annular ridge serves to snuff the flame and seal the inner circular portion of the one-piece top surface.

Abstract: The outdoor torch has a housing including a receptacle for removably receiving a flaming illumination means, such as an oil burner assembly, a support connected to the lower end of the housing for support the housing in an upright position and a flameguard of a fire resistant material, preferably in the form of a generally cylindrical sleeve and having opposed open ends, surrounding the outer surface of the housing for preventing flame from the oil burner assembly from contacting the housing.

Abstract: A fuel cell for use in warming or heating of food in a chafer dish, outdoor supplemental lighting, and emitting of insecticide. The fuel cell including a fuel holding cavity with a lid thereon, and a wick submerged within the fuel and extending out of the lid through a hole. The fuel cell further including a recess in the base for allowing stacking of fuel cells by receiving the wick of an adjacent fuel cell during stacking. The recess further used for receiving a support when it is desirous to suspend the fuel cell in the air such as to provide supplemental outdoor lighting or the emission of insecticide. The fuel cell also including a stem-sleeve combination for supporting the wick within the hole.

Abstract: A cooking fuel device includes a fuel container and a wick supporting member positioned at the top of the container. The wick supporting member substantially closes the fuel container and contains at least one aperture to communicate with the interior of the container. A wick formed from a piled fabric includes a burn portion and a fuel feed portion. The fuel feed portion extends through the aperture into the fuel in the container. A cover having a central aperture is positioned over the top of the container to define the burn area on the wick. A peelable lid is adhesively attached to the cover and the wick which when removed will raise the pile on the wick.

Abstract: A heat generator apparatus includes a fuel container and a quantity of fuel absorbing material contained in the fuel container. A quantity of liquid fuel is contained in the fuel container and is absorbed by the fuel absorbing material. A fuel-impervious layer is placed on top of the fuel absorbing material, and a lid is provided for the fuel container. The fuel absorbing material is a roll of toilet paper which has had its core removed. The fuel-impervious layer is a layer of aluminum foil. A circumferential band can be placed around a circumference of the roll of toilet paper for preventing the roll of toilet paper from expanding radially. A fuel-impervious bag can be used to contain the fuel absorbing material and the fuel-impervious layer, which are all contained within the fuel container. An igniter container can be attached to a top portion of the lid. A plurality of matches are contained within the igniter container.

Abstract: A wick holder is disclosed, along with blanks for forming it, candles that incorporate it, and methods for making it. The wick holder has platforms for supporting the bottom of the wick and side peripheral guides. It also has leg panels to center the wick in the candle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for use in an oil lamp to allow the diffusion of the scent of a perfume added to the oil. The oil lamp has an inside and a lip lying in a generally horizontal plane. The device is a ring-shaped element having a plurality of inwardly downwardly protruding tabs that are spaced apart to define gaps therebetween permitting uninterrupted air flow between the inside of the bottle and the ambient air. The tabs have free ends defining an opening and are sized and shaped to receive and hold a wick supporting tube having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the horizontal plane and an upper end from which a wick projects. The tube is inserted into the opening so that the upper end of the wick supporting tube is held in place at a given longitudinal distance from the lip.

Abstract: A cooking fuel device includes a fuel container and a cover attached to the top of the container. The cover includes a central toroidal shaped aperture positioned over the top of the container to define a toroidal burn area for a fuel in the container. An optional wick positioned below the cover is formed from a piled fabric includes a burn portion and a fuel feed portion extending to the fuel in the container.

Abstract: A disposable fuel burner 10 is disclosed which comprises a container 11 having a closed bottom wall 12, an enclosing sidewall 13 and an open top 14, and at least partially filled with a liquid fuel 15. A support member 16 is supported adjacent the open top 14 above the fuel 15, and having a centrally located opening 17 of various diameters for receiving one end of an elongated wick 18 of a fibrous material. The support member 16 may be a cardboard or plastic disk supported on legs 21a, a cylinder 21, or may be a cup-shaped member 30. A first layer of fibrous material 22 substantially fills the open top 14 and overlies the support member and the end of the wick supported thereon and acts as an interface between the fuel 15 and the atmosphere. A second layer of a plastic 23, e.g., polyurethane, foam material overlies the first layer. A top cover 27 is secured on the container 11 closing the open top 14 and is at least partially removable, e.g.

Abstract: A collection of components which may be assembled into a variety of home, garden and patio-type torch configurations includes a torch portion having a fuel canister and a wick element, a vertical support or pole portion, and a base portion. The apparatus is preferably constructed from standard copper plumbing pipe and associated copper fittings.

Abstract: A reusable burner device which provides a flame for warming or cooking food or liquids, which includes a canister carrying fuel such as diethyleneglycol (D.E.G.) or mineral spirits, with a burner assembly therein, which includes an unique wick structure which extends down into the fuel, which includes a plurality of parallel, co-planer strands containing a plurality of threads in side by side arrangement with a thermal conducting wire woven thereabout, which wick is set at a predetermined height to provide a hot flame with a fixed burn time. The device is provided with a cap to close off the burner assembly.

Abstract: A cap for closing the burner of a liquid fuel cell and protecting the burner wick. The burner wick has upraised adjustable tabs that can be separated to control the heat output of the cell. The cap contains a die member that is arranged to move between the tabs when the cap is closed over the burner to position the tabs at a desired standard heat setting that is best suited for a majority of fuel cell applications.

Abstract: An oil-fueled table lamp is disclosed comprising a soft drink can or beer can whose contents have been replaced with lamp oil, a lower can receptacle, a handle, an upper can receptacle having a wick protruding through the approximate center thereof. The upper can receptacle is adjustable to receive cans of differing heights.

Abstract: A combustion apparatus that comprises a floatable combustion device which rests atop the surface of a mass of fuel such as solid paraffin or a quantity of liquid fuel such as liquid paraffin or vegetable oil contained within a fuel vessel. The combustion device has a substantially conical top member and a bottom ballast member each fabricated of a thermally conductive material that serve to both melt solid fuel and heat the liquid fuel being supplied to the flame with an interior wick. Supporting this wick is a conical buoyant member that allows the device to float when positioned in liquid fuel or in melted solid fuel.

Abstract: A disposable, adjustable flame, canned fuel apparatus comprises a container having closed sides and bottom and having an open top; a fuel absorbent pad disposed in upper regions of the container relatively adjacent to its open top; a flammable liquid disposed in the container; an elongate wick disposed in the container and having an upper end region in fluid communication with the pad and having a lower end region extending into lower regions of the container and into the flammable liquid contained therein; and an adjustable flame assembly attached across the top of the container.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for a burner for a non-pressurized spirit stove. The stove includes a fuel container (10) with a spirit-absorbing means. The container provides an opening (11) in which the absorbing mass is uncovered in order to form an evaporation surface for the spirit-type fuel. The stove further includes a flame spreader (15) which is placed above the opening and which comprises a generally horizontal plate (16) with a downwardly extending edge part (17) through which air during burning flows to the evaporation surface. The plate (16) has several openings (22) which are shaped such that several minor flames are created having horizontal and tangential direction components.

Abstract: A candle, comprising: a container closed at its bottom and open at its top; a first combustible material within the container, which material is liquid at room temperature; a second combustible material, which is solid at room temperature, overlying the first combustible material and closing the open top of the container; and a wick immersed in the first combustible material and projecting outwardly through the second combustible material. The second combustible material is liquified by heat at the time of its application and is of a density lower than that of the first combustible material so as to float thereover as it solidifies.

Abstract: The invention relates to a night light with incorporated liquid fuel and wick.The night light is in the form of a hermetically sealed ampule comprising a bulging body (1), closed at its lower end by a base (5) enabling positioning of the ampule on standard supports, such as candleholders of different diameters, and extended at its upper end by a closed breakable neck (8), said ampule receiving a dose of liquid fuel (7) and a wick (6) at the time of manufacture, said wick (6) extending over the entire height of the body and neck and being held in position by a contraction (4) of the neck.

Abstract: A container defining an outer housing includes a base, a surrounding side wall structure extending upwardly from the base, and a top wall having a central opening therethrough exposing an interior chamber containing a liquid fuel supply, including diethylene glycol and an isoparaffin mixture. A fibrous material filled within the interior chamber is structured and disposed to hold and stabilize the diethylene glycol which fills pockets throughout the fibrous material to form a stabilized gel-like mass. An ignitor cord extending upwardly from the base within the interior chamber and through the central opening delivers the isoparaffin mixture by capillary action from a bottom of the interior chamber to an exterior, exposed portion of the ignitor cord to facilitate initial igniting thereof and subsequent igniting of the diethylene glycol on an upper exposed surface of the fibrous material.

Abstract: A cooking fuel device includes a fuel container and a wick supporting member positioned at the top of the container. The wick supporting member substantially closes the fuel container and contains at least one aperture to communicate with the interior of the container. A wick formed from a piled fabric includes a burn portion and a fuel feed portion. The fuel feed portion extends through the aperture into the fuel in the container. A cover having a central aperture is positioned over the top of the container to define the burn area on the wick. A peelable lid is adhesively attached to the cover and the wick which when removed will raise the pile on the wick.

Abstract: A die-cut wick for use in the burner of a disposable fuel cell formed from a single sheet of wicking material so that the wick has two symmetrical half-sections situated on either side of a vertical center line and which are folded along the center line into a face-to-face alignment. Each half-section further includes an elongated lower body segment containing a horizontally-disposed upper edge, a narrow neck segment centered on the upper edge of the body segment and a tab vertically extending therefrom to a given height. The neck is slidably received within a burner of a fuel cell so that it can be raised or lowered between limits to control the flame height and the amount of heat produced by the burner. The tabs are foldable toward and away from each other to further control the flame geometry and distribution of the heat.

Abstract: A garden torch, or tiki torch, comprises a pole pointed at its lower end with a bracket attached to the top of the pole. The upper portion of the bracket is a cover with a wick and a wick hole. A beer can or soft drink can, the contents of which have been replaced with torch oil or other illuminating liquid, may have the wick inserted through the top hole in the can, and the can may then be inserted into the bracket.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus adapted to burn liquid fuel including a container defining an outer housing and having a base, a surrounding side walls structure, and top, the top having an opening therethrough in exposing relation to an interior chamber of the container wherein a fiberglass material is disposed in substantially filling relation and is structured to hold and regulate the movement of liquid fuel therein so as to prevent spillage of the liquid fuel from within the container, the liquid fuel being delivered to an upper exposed surface of the fiberglass material adjacent to the opening of the top by a braided fiberglass ignitor cord, which further facilitates igniting and provides for the continuous burning of the fuel at the upper exposed surface, and the fiberglass material being contained within the interior chamber by a retainer screen disposed in covering relation over the opening in the top of the container.

Abstract: The burner assembly includes a canister molded from a synthetic plastic material and having a neck portion defining an opening for introducing a combustible liquid into the canister, a seat member and a wick holder. The seat member includes a sleeve portion, which fits snugly inside the canister opening and has an annular collar which extends downwardly over and peripherally around an outer lip on the neck portion of the canister and is crimped onto that lip. The wick holder is removably mounted in the seat and can be removed to refill the canister. Complementary grooves on the wick holder and projections on the seat member permit the wick holder to be releasably locked in the installed position.

Abstract: The burner assembly includes a canister molded from a synthetic thermoplastic or thermosetting material and having a neck portion defining an opening for introducing a combustible liquid into the canister and a metal cap member for covering the canister opening and holding a wick. The cap member has an annular, inner flange which extends downwardly through the canister opening and fits in sealing engagement with the inner wall of the canister neck portion and an annular, peripheral outer collar which fits over and is crimped onto a laterally outward extending annular lip on the upper rim of the canister neck portion to sandwich or capture the upper rim between the inner flange and the outer collar.

Abstract: A gas lighter adapted for sending forth a desired fragrance whenever a liquefied gas is issued from an injection nozzle, comprises a gas container which contains a liquefied gas composed of a liquefied butane gas and a small amount of a perfume.

Abstract: A fuel oil lamp having a large replaceable oil vessel with an interference ring molded about the exterior perimeter of the vessel for creating sufficient securing force between the exterior surface of the vessel and the interior surface of a base sleeve while eliminating intolerable binding frictional forces therebetween, the vessel being easily inserted into and removed from the open bottom of the base sleeve permitting a chimney mounted above the vessel and base sleeve to assume any construction and inside diameter, the oil lamp having simple lines which are esthetically pleasing, is economical to produce and conveniently positioned for packing.

Abstract: A cooking fuel can closure is provided wherein at least one aperture is defined through the upper surface of the can and a peelable seal such as a thin metal foil is secured by, for example, adhesive to the upper surface of the can peripherally of the opening through the can. Further, a plurality of peripheral openings can be defined about a central aperture in the can so as to facilitate flow of oxygen to the burning fuel thereby using less fuel while still obtaining the same or better burn efficiency of the cooking fuel. Finally, a wick element can be provided centrally of the cooking can closure in a concave portion which is peripherally sealed prior to use by a peelable seal so as to prevent leakage therethrough.

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.