Container candle

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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RELATED APPLICATION(S) [0001] Not applicable. FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] Not applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] 1. Field of the invention [0004] The present invention relates to a container candle comprising a conventional candle located within a candle holder preferably made of glass. In the preferred embodiments of the invention, the improvement is specifically related to melting plate candles comprising a container, a melting plate, a wick holder, and means to secure the wick clip or wick holder assembly to the melting plate candle, said candle assembly further comprising a replaceable wick and / or fuel puck. This invention is most particularly designed to be used in a melting plate candle having means to provide a capillary feed between the wick holder and the melting plate, as well as in jar candles or conventional container candles. It is to be noted that the primary concept of the present invention, although most effective in a melting plate...

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Benefits of technology

[0011] The present invention relates to a candle holder or container having a reflective or low emission coating applied to the inner surface of the candle holder for the purpose of raising the temperature of the wall so as to assure complete and more rapid melting of the wax adjacent the container wall. By coating of the inner surface of the container, in those areas subject to the radiation of heat from the burning candle, not only is one able to more efficiently heat said surface, but one may, by proper choice of the coating material, assure that the internal surface temperature is elevated sufficiently to assure melt of all wax in contact therewith, while the external surface is not raised to an unsafe temperature.

[0014] The present invention thus provides a candle or lamp device capable of rapidly and completely melting a solid fuel to form a large liquid pool, with little or no incomplete melting of wax adjacent the container, thus ensuring efficient and complete utilization of all of the fuel provided, while providing increased safety by limiting the external surface temperature of the container external surface. Further, the concept of the present invention offers highly decorative as well as functional candles and lamps, which may utilize a variety of gel and solid fuels, with the significant advantages of permitting rapid and convenient replacement of one fuel element by another at the desire of the consumer, without the need to clean or scrape the container in which said candle is utilized.

Problems solved by technology

Although these references do teach improved methods for distributing heat to the solid fuel element and to the liquid fuel, it is to be noted that considerable heat is lost by radiation to the surrounding atmosphere, or to the container walls which may comprise materials which are not well suited to conduct heat back to the fuel element or the liquified fuel, but can be heated by the flame to an external surface temperature which is uncomfortable or possibly excessive to the touch.

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