Patent ID: 6254380
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: F23D,F23N

Abstract:
An apparatus for preventing flareup in a liquid fuel burner of the type comprising (a) a removable tank for holding liquid fuel, (b) a tank guide for holding said removable tank, (c) a fuel chamber for receiving said fuel from said tank, (d) a sump opening in said fuel chamber where said fuel in said tank is transferred to said fuel chamber, and (e) a combustion chamber having a wick, where said fuel chamber supplies said liquid fuel from said removable tank to said wick of said combustion chamber, comprising:heat-sensitive member for detecting temperature levels in the vicinity of said removable tank, said-heat-sensitive member responding by an irreversible physical change to a temperature over a predetermined value; andan automatic wick extinguishing means for extinguishing the flame on said wick in response to said irreversible physical change of said heat-sensitive member,said heat-sensitive member being affixed to said tank guide.