Patent ID: 6053217
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: C11C,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of leveling and compacting candle wax in a glass jar comprising the steps of providing: 1) a 4 inch diameter glass-jar candle having a closed end and an open end, with a surface of an extinguished, warm and pliable wax therein; 2) a tamper comprising a base made of a solid piece of polyethylene cut with an outer edge contoured to the shape of the said open end of said glass-jar candle and a handle with a tenon on each end allowing it to be inserted into a hole in middle of the base; 3) inserting the base of the tamper into the open end of the glass-jar candle; and 4) leveling the still warm and pliable wax surface preventing wax run off and eliminating wick flooding.