Patent ID: 6227843
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
A gas-fired portable campfire comprising:(a) a base container,(b) a gas burner tube mounted into said base container,(c) non-flammable granular insulating filler mountable into said base container so as to cover said gas burner tube,said gas burner tube having an inlet aperture for mounting of a gas supply thereto and a spaced apart array of outlet apertures arranged on said gas burner tube so as to be radially spaced generally around a center of said container, said array of outlet apertures radially inwardly inclined so as to direct gas jets from said array of outlet apertures upwardly and inwardly toward said center so as to form a generally conically shaped flame pattern when said gas jets are ignited, said conically shaped flame pattern having its vertex above an upper surface of said granular insulating filler when said insulating filler is mounted in said base container.