Container candle
First Claim
1. A container candle comprising a meltable solid fuel element, a wick holder comprising a wick and engaging said meltable solid fuel element, the interior surfaces of the container being coated with a low emissivity coating so as to reflect radiant heat from a flame on said wick back toward said solid fuel element.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to container candles, such as melting plate candles, which employ heat conductive elements to distribute heat from a burning flame at a wick to a support plate for a solid fuel and to the body of said solid fuel, so as to more rapidly liquefy the solid fuel, such as paraffin wax, and to more uniformly and intensely heat such fuels to increase the efficiency of consumption thereof and to more rapidly release volatile materials contained within said fuels. The container of said candle is treated by the application thereto of a thin layer of a low emissivity coating material, such as a doped tin oxide, and the heat conductive support plate is configured so as to have a capillary pedestal upon the surface thereof, which cooperatively engages a wick holder comprising a preferably consumable wick and heat conductive fins which conduct heat from a flame upon said wick to said support plate, said wick holder further engaging said capillary pedestal in such a locking manner as to resist accidental removal from said pedestal. The fuel may be provided in various forms, configured to cooperatively engage said wick holder and support plate, and may comprise various volatile materials. The capillary pedestal, in conjunction with the wick holder, causes rapid and complete flow of the liquefied fuel to said wick.
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19 Claims
- 1. A container candle comprising a meltable solid fuel element, a wick holder comprising a wick and engaging said meltable solid fuel element, the interior surfaces of the container being coated with a low emissivity coating so as to reflect radiant heat from a flame on said wick back toward said solid fuel element.
- 9. A candle comprising a meltable solid fuel, a support plate upon which said fuel rests, and a capillary pedestal located on said support plate which cooperatively lockingly engages the base portion of a wick holder comprising a wick, said wick holder conducting heat from a flame upon said wick to said capillary pedestal and said support plate, and said wick holder further contacting said meltable solid fuel, said candle having a container having the interior surfaces coated by a low emissivity coating.
- 14. A candle consisting of a fuel holder comprising a heat conductive surface shaped to hold and melt a solid fuel material included in a replaceable solid fuel element further comprising a wick holder including a wick and heat fins, and to form a pool of liquid fuel, said surface further comprising a capillary pedestal which lockingly engages said wick holder, wherein said heat fins are configured so as to come in close proximity to a flame on said wick so as to conduct heat from said flame to said surface, and wherein said surface is shaped so as to cause said pool of liquid fuel to flow to said wick, and said fuel holder is coated with a low emissivity metallic material on the interior surface so as to prevent the exterior surface thereof from becoming excessively hot from radiant heat from said wick, and whereby radiant heat is reflected back upon the solid fuel material and said pool of liquid fuel so as to further heat said fuel.
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