Patent ID: 7527494
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: C11C,F23D,F23Q

Abstract:
1. A device for extinguishing a burning candle, comprising: a first section comprising a head part, connected to a joint part, the joint part being connected to an arm; a second section comprising a head part, connected to a joint part, the joint part being connected to an arm, wherein the first joint part and the second joint part slidably connect the first section and the second section as tongs; a spring formed as a wire having two ends, connected to the first head part at the first end of the spring and connected to the second head part at the second end of the spring, wherein a force from the spring maintains the first head part and the second head part normally closed against each other, wherein each head part comprises a semi-circular bowl that extends an approximate equal distance away from the head part, and wherein when each head is closed against one another, each semi-circular bowl close together to form a bowl with a base having an aperture to hold a burning candle securely and the bowl is of a height that when the burning candle burns down into the bowl height, the flame is extinguished by operation of oxygen deprivation.