Multi-Layer Candle Wax Pouring for Wick Stability and Even Burning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manufacturing process of multi-layered candles is complex, time-consuming, and requires precise control of wax temperature and timing, with issues related to wick stability and uneven burning, particularly in larger candles with multiple wicks.
Innovation Solution
A method involving affixing wicks to the candle jar, pouring layers of wax that solidify for extended periods, ensuring gaps between layers, and using a wick-holding device to maintain stability, with customizable wax compositions and materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If multiple layers of wax are poured to create multi-layered candles, then aesthetic appeal and burning efficacy are improved, but the manufacturing process becomes more time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The candle is divided into multiple distinct layers of wax, each poured and solidified separately before adding the next layer. This segmentation allows each layer to be optimized independently and ensures proper solidification timing, resolving the contradiction by making the complex multi-layer process manageable through systematic division.
Solution Approach 2:
Each wax layer is allowed to solidify completely before the next layer is poured. This preliminary solidification action prevents mixing of layers and ensures structural integrity, addressing the time-consuming aspect by establishing a clear sequence of operations that can be efficiently scheduled.
2Reliability
If wicks are affixed to the bottom of the jar, then wick stability is improved, but the wick positioning becomes more difficult to control precisely
Solution Approach 1:
A wick-holding device serves as an intermediary tool between the wick and the jar bottom. This device provides a standardized interface that secures the wick stably while allowing for precise positioning control, resolving the contradiction by introducing a mediating element that bridges stability and precision requirements.
3Manufacturing precision
If the penultimate layer leaves a gap from the jar wall, then the final layer can be poured uniformly, but the overall candle height is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The gap is deliberately left in the penultimate layer as a preliminary action to facilitate the uniform pouring of the final layer. This pre-planned spacing ensures that the final layer can be poured evenly without compromising the overall candle structure, balancing precision requirements with dimensional considerations.
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 method produces structurally stable, aesthetically appealing candles with consistent burn quality, reducing tunnelling and enhancing longevity by ensuring each layer solidifies before the next is added, and allowing for customizable designs.
Implementation Method 1
pouring a layer of wax into the jar, and allowing each layer to solidify
Implementation Method 2
The wick is secured using a wick-holding device, which can be made of various materials like metal, plastic, or wood, and is affixed using clips
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AI summary
The current invention relates to a method for making a multi-layered candle wherein at least one candle wick is affixed to a bottom portion of a candle jar, a first layer of the candle wax composition is poured in the candle jar, such that the candle wax composition reaches a vertical wall of the jar, and the first layer of candle wax composition is allowed to solidify for a period of at least 24 hours. This process is repeated for each subsequent layer of candle wax, ensuring a gap of 3 to 5 mm is left between the penultimate candle wax layer and the vertical wall of the jar, before depositing the final layer of wax. The invention also relates to a candle obtained by this method. The method provides versatility in material use, enhances candle burning, increases aesthetic value, allows for customizable candles, and ensures stable candle placement and improved wick alignment.