Geometric Fire Kindler with Horizontal Apertures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing campfire kindlers are bulky, heavy, and inefficient, making them difficult to carry and use in outdoor settings, with dispersed heat delivery that is easily extinguished by breezes and dampness, and often rely on waxy materials that are environmentally undesirable and prone to messes.
Innovation Solution
A compact, geometrically shaped fire kindler made from 100% natural resinous wood with vertical attitude and horizontal apertures that focuses heat into a solitary, steady flame, ensuring consistent and reliable ignition even in damp conditions without moving parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If bulky fire kindlers with extended surfaces are used to prolong burn duration and distribute flames, then burn duration is improved, but portability and heat concentration deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the fire kindler by using a compact, dense geometric shape rather than extended bulky forms. This parameter change allows the kindler to maintain sufficient burn duration while dramatically improving portability and heat concentration capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating the combustible material into a dense, localized form factor. This creates a compact kindler that delivers concentrated heat to a specific location rather than dispersing heat across extended surfaces, thereby improving both portability and ignition effectiveness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If bulky fire kindlers with extended surfaces are used to distribute flames, then flame distribution is improved, but heat concentration and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating the combustible material into a dense, localized form factor. This creates a compact kindler that delivers concentrated heat to a specific location rather than dispersing heat across extended surfaces, thereby improving both portability and ignition effectiveness.
3Duration of action of moving object
If waxy materials are used to sustain bulk and spread flames, then burn duration is improved, but environmental friendliness and structural stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material composition parameter by eliminating waxy additives entirely. The fire kindler is made from 100% natural resinous wood, which inherently provides sufficient burn duration without requiring petroleum-based waxes, thereby eliminating environmental harm while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite material principles by selecting natural resinous wood that combines multiple desirable properties: sufficient wax content for burn duration, structural integrity, and environmental friendliness. This natural composite material eliminates the need for separate waxy coatings or additives.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design allows for comfortable portability, efficient heat delivery, and reliable ignition of campfires in outdoor conditions, with increased entropy and speed of ignition, and effective use with damp wood, while being environmentally friendly.
Implementation Method 1
A compact, geometrically shaped fire kindler made from 100% natural resinous wood with vertical attitude and horizontal apertures that focuses heat into a solitary, steady flame
Data Source
AI summary
A fire kindler (FIGS. 1,2 and 3) comprised of a geometrically shaped slab configuration of combustible material which operates in vertical positioning to present common lower crest (20) and a structural continuation of symmetric communal acclivity with surfaces (16),(10), and (12) which all culminate at top surface (14). Body of fire kindler (8) having apertures, (18A),(18B), and (18C) of generally horizontal and variable plurality, passing completely therethrough. Other embodiments utilizing lessor, greater, or no apertures at all.