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  Single cartridge, self regulating, fuel efficient alcohol gel fireplace insertUSPTO Application #: 20060110695Title: Single cartridge, self regulating, fuel efficient alcohol gel fireplace insert Abstract: A fireplace insert consisting of a noncombustible logset with a cavity that accepts a single, disposable, rectangular fuel cartridge containing alcohol gel fuel. The fuel cartridge sits below a vapor restrictor plate that restricts the amount of fuel that is fully exposed to ambient air but which also has one or more apertures. The plate and fuel cartridge, acting together, regulate the fire without any manually operated control knobs or adjustment mechanisms so as to produce a clean burning rectangular flame pattern that lasts at least one hour and flutters and peaks at predictable and acceptable heights, providing a visually pleasing fireplace effect without the use of any electric bulbs. (end of abstract) Agent: Michael Weinberger 3rd Floor - New York, NY, US Inventor: Michael Weinberger USPTO Applicaton #: 20060110695 - Class: 431125000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Combustion, With Simulation Feature The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060110695. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Not Applicable FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0002] Not Applicable SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM [0003] Not Applicable BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] 1. Field of Invention [0005] This invention is for a fireplace insert that efficiently burns alcohol gel in a single, disposable fuel cartridge, where the apparatus self regulates the shape, height, width, depth and burn time of the flames without manually operated control knobs or adjustment mechanisms, so as to produce a traditional, rectangularly shaped fireplace flame pattern that is visually pleasing and does not require supplemental illumination from electric bulbs. [0006] 2. Background [0007] Traditionally, most fireplaces burned wood. Usually, the fires in those fireplaces had a rectangular flame pattern, i.e., a flame pattern that was wider than it was deep. This is because most fireplaces are wider than they are deep. Also, the logs placed inside fireplaces are usually wider than they are deep. [0008] After wood burning fireplaces were developed gas fireplaces became popular. Gas fireplaces use what is commonly called an "insert" mechanism. A gas insert mechanism consists primarily of a set of noncombustible fake logs and a gas burner. Usually, the logs and gas burner are somewhat rectangular in that they are wider, left to right, than they are deep. [0009] More recently, alcohol gel fireplaces have been developed. They use an insert consisting of noncombustible fake logs and an apparatus for burning alcohol gel fuel. [0010] There are different types of alcohols and different methods of turning liquid alcohol, frequently diluted with water, into a gel. One example of an alcohol gel that can be used in an alcohol gel fireplace is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,575,379 to Browning. [0011] Depending on how they are combusted, some alcohols burn cleanly and do not require a chimney or exhaust system. If fake logs are placed directly over burning alcohol, however, it will not burn cleanly. Soot will develop. [0012] Alcohol gel fireplace inserts do not produce as much heat as wood or gas fires, but they can produce a pleasing visual effect. To many consumers this is the key feature of a fireplace. Indeed, the visual effect is so important that many consumers use electric "fireplaces" that do not produce real fires, but create a pleasing visual effect with electric light bulbs and related mechanisms. [0013] Fireplace inserts that burn alcohol gel fuel usually employ multiple round metal cans containing fuel. These cans are somewhat similar to large cans of "Sterno". They appear to be, in essence, pint-sized paint cans. Currently they are sold under tradenames such as "Realflame" or "Sunjel". [0014] These "paint cans" are used by removing the lid and exposing the fuel. The alcohol in the fuel then vaporizes and mixes with ambient oxygen. If ignited the fuel will burn, producing a fire coming out of a can. [0015] Fireplace insert mechanisms that use "multiple paint cans" present several problems, however. [0016] First, many of these "multiple paint can" inserts require manually operated controls to regulate the shape, height, width, depth and burn time of the flames produced by the fuel burning in the cans. [0017] Second, some of them require electric lights to supplement the illumination produced by the fuel burning in the cans. [0018] Third, they use multiple cans of fuel as opposed to a single, disposable, fuel cartridge. [0019] Fourth, some of them are relatively complex and have many components, especially when compared to the present invention, which has few components. [0020] Fifth, because they use round cans they cannot produce a traditional rectangular flame pattern. Continue reading... Full patent description for Single cartridge, self regulating, fuel efficient alcohol gel fireplace insert Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Single cartridge, self regulating, fuel efficient alcohol gel fireplace insert 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. Start now! - Receive info on patent apps like Single cartridge, self regulating, fuel efficient alcohol gel fireplace insert or other areas of interest. ### Previous Patent Application: Novel method and systems to print contact hole patterns Next Patent Application: Combustion body which produces a multi-colored flame Industry Class: Combustion ### FreshPatents.com Support Thank you for viewing the Single cartridge, self regulating, fuel efficient alcohol gel fireplace insert patent info. IP-related news and info Results in 1.54927 seconds Other interesting Feshpatents.com categories: Accenture , Agouron Pharmaceuticals , Amgen , AT&T , Bausch & Lomb , Callaway Golf |
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