A candle holder that allows you to easily relight a shortened candle
The candle holder with low-thermal-conductivity pins and a heat-blocking structure facilitates easy relighting of a shortened candle by minimizing heat loss and ensuring stable flame ignition.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2025003985U
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-11-17
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-28
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-11-17
AI Technical Summary
Existing candle holders with metal pins absorb heat, making it difficult to relight a shortened candle due to heat loss and wax covering the wick, which impedes flame ignition.
A candle holder with a dish and low-thermal-conductivity pins, featuring a heat-blocking structure or insulating material to minimize heat absorption and concentrate heat on the wick, ensuring stable flame ignition.
The design allows for easy relighting of a shortened candle by maintaining heat at the wick, preventing heat loss and ensuring consistent flame stability.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] This invention relates to a candle holder, and in particular to a thermal design that prevents heat loss from the vicinity of the wick when a candle has become short due to burning, making it easier to relight it. [Background technology]
[0002] With a shortened candle, the tip of the wick may become covered with molten wax, or the limited heat generated when lighting the candle may escape to the surrounding area, making it difficult for the flame to start. Candlesticks with pins to secure the candle are common, but the metal pins can absorb heat and hinder ignition. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
[0003] This device comprises a dish (1) with a bottom surface and a thin pin-shaped member (2) standing upright in the center of the bottom surface. The pin-shaped member (2) (a) is primarily made of a material with low thermal conductivity (e.g., ceramics, heat-resistant resin, low thermal conductivity alloy), (b) has a small cross-section to minimize the contact area, and (c) has a heat-blocking structure (3) between the dish (1) and the pin, such as a thermal insulating layer, a gap, or a point-contact fixing part. This prevents heat from being absorbed by the pin when ignited, even if the pin is exposed, and instead concentrates it on the wick (5), resulting in a flame.
[0004] With this configuration, even if a short candle is inserted through the pin and the pin is exposed near the wick, the heat generated immediately after ignition remains in the wick and the surrounding wax, allowing the flame to stabilize quickly. Note that the insulating material (3) can be omitted in the experiment. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0005] [Figure 1] Top view of the exterior. [Figure 2] Schematic cross-sectional view of the pin area. [Figure 3] An explanatory diagram for installing a short candle. [Figure 4] An explanatory diagram of the short candle installation and ignition state. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The dish (1) is made of heat-resistant metal or heat-resistant resin and has sloping side walls that open upward from the center to the periphery. The pins (2) are made of a pointed, low-thermal-conductivity material and are mechanically held to the dish (1) by ceramic bushings, thin collars, point-contact fixing parts, insulating washers, etc. to reduce heat flux. If necessary, a gap or insulating material (3) is provided at the base end. [Explanation of symbols]
[0007] 1...dish part, 2...pin (low thermal conductivity pin), 3...insulating material, 4...shortened candle, 5...wick.
Claims
1. A candle holder comprising a dish portion (1) having a bottom surface and a pin-shaped member (2) erected upward from the bottom surface of the dish portion, characterized in that the pin-shaped member (2) is made of a low thermal conductive material, has a reduced cross-section, and / or has a heat-insulating structure with the dish portion (1) so as not to substantially remove heat from the wick (5) when lit.
2. 2. A candle holder according to claim 1, wherein the pin-shaped member (2) is made of ceramic, heat-resistant resin or low thermal conductive alloy.
3. A candle holder as described in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a gap, an insulating washer, a thin collar, a point contact fixing portion or an insulating material (3) is interposed between the base end of the pin-shaped member (2) and the dish portion (1).
4. A candle holder as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the dish portion (1) has an inclined side wall that opens upward from the center to the periphery, and directs molten wax from around the wick (5) to the outer periphery.