Candle lamp with carrier wick

• US 4,185,953 A
• Filed: 03/03/1978
• Issued: 01/29/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hans L. Schirneker
• Original Assignee: Hans L. Schirneker
• Inventors: Schirneker, Hans L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dority, Jr., Carroll B.
• Application Number:
  US05/883,095
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 431/289, 431/291, 431/298, 431/310, 431/313, 431/320, 362/161, 362/162, 362/163
• US Class Current: 431/291
• CPC Class Codes: C11C 5/006 wicks, related accessories
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 13/00 Non-electric lighting devices or systems employing a point-like light source; Non-electric lighting devices or systems employing a light source of unspecified shape

Abstract

A lamp having a wick carrier which floats on the liquid fuel and carries one or more wicks partly immersed in the fuel, characterized by the feature that a bladed rotor is mounted on the wick carrier and is constructed and arranged to be axially or radially impacted by the thermal airflow of the lighted wick or wicks and to rotate the wick carrier.

Claims

1. In a wick lamp, a wick carrier adapted to float on liquid fuel and retaining at least one wick which is to be partly immersed in said fuel;

a bladed rotor mounted on said wick carrier and arranged to be axially or radially impacted in use by the thermal airflow of each said wick when lighted so as to rotate said wick carrier.

2. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein said wick carrier is centrally mounted on an axle so as to be rotatable thereon.

3. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein each said wick comprises an external metal wire spiral having spaced apart spiral convolutions, surrounding a non-combustible absorbent wick material, and one or more metal heat conductors embedded in the wick material and extending parallel to the wick axis.

4. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein said wick carrier is open at its top and has in the outer edge and spaced above the carrier base, vertically extending outwardly directed radial blades being arranged in a circle.

5. A lamp according to claim 4, wherein several wicks are concentrically grouped in the wick carrier.

6. A lamp according to claim 4, in which said wick is centrally retained in the wick carrier and around which an endless conical ring circle forming a heat conducting device is located with spacing.

7. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein said axially impactable rotor is cage-like and is mounted on said wick carrier and has curved blades with slit inwardly angled ends which are inserted and hooked in position in slots provided in the edge of the wick carrier.

8. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein a lateral edge of said wick carrier groove-like notches for receiving the wicks are provided in the regions of inwardly facing bevels.

9. A lamp according to claim 1, including a lamp body which is translucent and has a lower part which forms a reservoir for fuel and an upper part which is open at the top in the manner of a wind light;

and in which lateral air inlet apertures are provided in the lamp body.

10. A lamp according to claim 9, in which several spacers are arranged between upper part and lower part of the lamp body and which retain a concentric ring spaced from said air gap inside the lamp body.

11. A lamp as claimed in claim 9, in which the lamp body is horizontally divided substantially level with the wick carrier, the lower part of which body forms the fuel receptacle and the upper part of which is removably mounted on the lower part with a spacing forming the air gap.

12. A lamp according to claim 9, wherein said lamp body is at least partially formed with light directing and/or light refracting structural elements or covered with corresponding elements.

13. A lamp according to claim 1, in which replaceable wax rings are provided as fuel supply and have an internal diameter which is larger than the external diameter of a wick carrier.

14. A lamp according to claim 1, having a translucent lamp body open at the top and filled with liquid fuel, in which opening a glass cylinder is inserted over the wick carrier and positionable with adjustable spacing over the liquid surface and in which an air inlet is provided in said lamp body.

15. A lamp according to claim 14, wherein said wick carrier has an upper pressure compensation aperture adapted as an endless float.

16. A lamp according to claim 14, in which said glass cylinder is inserted in an upwardly conically tapering part of the lamp body and is supported vertically adjustable with lateral cams formed one above the other on the upper edge of the aperture of the lamp body.

17. A lamp according to claim 5 wherein each said wick has a heat conducting device associated therewith for transmitting heat to melt wax fuel in the region of said carrier.