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  Oil candle apparatusUSPTO Application #: 20070238060Title: Oil candle apparatus Abstract: The present invention involves a combustion apparatus for utilizing as an oil candle. The apparatus is a material suitable for forming a heat sink, having a ring or cylinder for enclosing a wick which wick extends into oil suitable for oil candles, and a heat sink extending from the wick holder or forming the wick holder and connecting to or forming a base for distributing heat evenly along the heat sink within the oil. (end of abstract) Agent: Katy C. Fain FainIPLaw, P.C. - Los Lunas, NM, US Inventor: Douglas Gerhardt USPTO Applicaton #: 20070238060 - Class: 431291000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Combustion, Candle, E.g., Taper, Etc., Having Structure Additional To Wax And Wick, Fuel Body Totally Within Casing, E.g., Vigil Light, Etc. The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070238060. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
PRIORITY [0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Applications filed on Apr. 6, 2006, number unknown and Oct. 21, 2006, number unknown. The specifications and drawings of these applications are herein incorporated by reference into the present application. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention involves a combustion apparatus for utilizing as an oil candle. The apparatus is a material suitable for forming a heat sink, having essentially a ring or cylinder for enclosing a wick which wick extends into oil suitable for oil candles, and a heat sink extending from the wick and connecting to or forming a base for distributing heat evenly along the heat sink within the oil. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention is an oil candle apparatus for use in closed or open containers having candle or lamp oil disposed therein, comprising a metal heat sink; a wick holder; and a wick. The heat sink and the wick holder may both be comprised of metal. The metal may be selected from the group consisting of copper, aluminum, gold, silver, steel, and mixtures thereof. At least two different types of metal may be used and do not need to be an alloy. The wick holder may be comprised of a non-metal, such as a ceramic, thermostable plastics, glass, rock, cement, composites, or other non-flammable materials known in the art. [0004] The heat sink may be comprised of at least one wire disposed to secure the wick holder, or at least two wires wherein the at least one wire is disposed to secure the wick holder. The heat sink may be comprised of at least one sheet of metal, particularly wherein the wick holder is disposed within the surface of the at least one sheet of metal. However, the wick holder may be disposed adjacent to the surface of said at least one sheet of metal. Further, the heat sink may comprise a combination of wires, sheets, or thickened metal. [0005] Alternatively, the heat sink may form the wick holder itself. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0006] FIG. 1 depicts a side view of an embodiment of the invention with a disc-shaped heat sink and a tubular wick holder extending above; [0007] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the apparatus showing a tubular wick holder and three wall heat sink; [0008] FIG. 3 depicts a perspective view of the invention having two walls as a heat sink and a tubular wick holder; [0009] FIG. 4 depicts a downward perspective view of the invention having four walls as a heat sink and a tubular wick holder; [0010] FIG. 5 depicts an embodiment of the device having six intersecting walls, three perpendicular to three, and a tubular wick holder; [0011] FIG. 6 depicts an embodiment of the device having two intersecting "wire" walls disposed in a rectangular pattern; [0012] FIG. 6a depicts the assembly of the device shown from an upper side view in FIG. 6, beginning with wires disposed around the tube; [0013] FIG. 6b depicts further assembly as described in FIG. 6a, showing the twisting of a wire around the wick holder tube; [0014] FIG. 6c depicts a central wick holder tube disposed in central relation to four vertical heat sink wire walls; [0015] FIG. 7 depicts a view from above the assembly described in FIGS. 6-6c; and [0016] FIG. 8 depicts a sheet of metal bent at approximately a 45'' angle, serving as the heat sink with a wick holder tube disposed within the topmost surface. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0017] In the past, decorative oil candles have most commonly employed bottles with a neck portion with a wick extending through the neck portion of a glass container wherein the glass container was a closed container and the bottle closure through which the wick passed was a porcelain plug. [0018] In other instances, the wick was contained in a slender glass cylinder which had an enlarged head which prevented it from dropping through the bottle neck. Where the bottle opening was larger than the enlarged head, a grommet with an external diameter large enough to span the opening and an interior diameter less than that of the enlarged head was placed over the opening. [0019] These "closed system" candles made it difficult on a user to refill the device, requiring the device be dismantled to either refill the oil or replace a wick. Further, some oil candles were assembled in such a manner as to prevent a user from replacing oil or the wick at all. And, perhaps most frustrating was the limitation of container. A user could not modify the container utilized by transferring the wick apparatus to another container. Finally, the "closed system" candles were limited to "closed containers", thereby limiting the look of the candle. There is a need in the art for a oil candle apparatus that allows for use of different containers, particularly open containers, and that is easily refilled with respect to oil and new wicks. Continue reading... Full patent description for Oil candle apparatus Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Oil candle apparatus patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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