Multi-Point Gas Flame Control with Propane Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flame-producing devices for consumer use are often complex, prone to faults, and pose safety risks due to the use of hazardous materials like gelled gasoline, whereas consumers seek a safer, more controlled, and affordable flame apparatus for novelty and practical uses.
Innovation Solution
A gas flame apparatus with a variable position gas flame trigger and a multi-point control system that uses propane gas, featuring a frame, gas line, burner tube, and a pre-set multi-point control system with primary and idle control valves, and an ignition system, allowing for controlled flame size and bursts without the dangers associated with flamethrowers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If gelled gasoline is used to produce flame, then flame intensity and distance are improved, but safety risks and harmful factors increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the harmful gelled gasoline with propane gas, converting a dangerous substance into a safer alternative. Propane is flammable and produces intense flames (maintaining the benefit) but is less hazardous, easier to control, and does not pose the same explosion and adhesion risks as gelled gasoline (eliminating the harm).
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the chemical parameter of the fuel from gelled gasoline to propane gas. This parameter change maintains the flame-producing capability while significantly improving safety characteristics, including reduced toxicity, easier containment, and more predictable combustion behavior.
2Temperature
If complex ignition systems are used to produce flame, then flame production capability is improved, but device complexity and fault proneness increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the complex ignition system from the device. By using propane gas with its built-in flashback arrestor and simple valve control mechanism, the design removes the need for separate ignition components, reducing overall system complexity and potential failure points while maintaining effective flame production.
Solution Approach 2:
The propane gas system is self-igniting through its chemical properties and simple valve release mechanism. The fuel itself provides the necessary ignition capability through its flammability characteristics, eliminating the need for external complex ignition systems and reducing device complexity.
3Device complexity
If simple flame control mechanisms are used, then device complexity is reduced, but flame maintenance reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a flashback arrestor that is pre-installed and pre-configured in the gas line. This preliminary safety component is built into the system before use, ensuring that flame maintenance and safety are automatically managed without requiring complex active control mechanisms. The arrestor prevents flame propagation back into the fuel supply, maintaining reliable operation with simple controls.
4Reliability
If multi-point control system is implemented, then flame control precision and safety are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control function into distinct components: a main valve for fuel flow control and a separate flashback arrestor for safety. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, providing multi-point control capability while keeping individual components simple and manageable, thus reducing overall system complexity.
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 apparatus provides a safer, more controlled, and versatile flame output, avoiding the hazards of flamethrowers while allowing for practical uses such as heating, weed burning, and cooking, with adjustable flame sizes and bursts for display purposes.
Implementation Method 1
a gas line to feed gas from the fuel source tank into a gas inlet of the gas flame apparatus
Implementation Method 2
an ignition system, wherein the ignition system includes at least (i) an igniter button, (ii) an igniter, (iii) igniter coils, and (iv) an igniter wire
Implementation Method 3
a burner tube; wherein manipulation of the multi-point control system in coordination with the flame output system and ignition system results in the emission and maintenance of a flame
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing multi-point controls for a gas flame apparatus with a variable position gas flame trigger are described herein. For example, according to one embodiment there is a novelty apparatus including: a frame, in which the frame is comprised of a top frame resting upon a bottom frame; an output nozzle anterior to the frame; a tactical stock posterior to the frame; a tank mount attached to the frame to receive a fuel source tank; a gas line to feed gas from the fuel source tank into a gas inlet of the novelty apparatus; a grip affixed to the frame; a flame output system housed within the frame, in which the flame output system includes at least (i) the gas inlet to receive the gas line, (ii) a variable control plunger, (iii) a 4-way connector, (iv) a gas outlet, (v) a gas hard-line, and (vi) a burner tube; a trigger housed in the frame connected to the variable control plunger, in which pressing on the trigger releases the plunger to feed gas into the gas inlet from the gas line; an ignition system, wherein the ignition system includes at least (i) an igniter button, (ii) an igniter, (iii) igniter coils, and (iv) an igniter wire; a pre-set multi-point control system for flame management having a primary valve, an idle control valve and an igniter, in which pre-settings on the primary valve restrict tank flow; in which adjusting the pre-settings on the multi-point control system maintains an idle flame having a size that does not extinguish when the trigger releases the plunger and a pre-set increment of tank flow is released, transiting the idle flow to reach the burner tube; a structural reinforcement mount internal to the frame to provide rigidity and receive the tactical stock; and in which manipulation of the multi-point control system in coordination with the flame output system and ignition system results in the emission and maintenance of a flame. Other related embodiments are disclosed.