Abstract:
A solid fuel torch comprises a stand including a containing portion, a solid fuel means which is received in the containing portion of the stand including solid fuel and a wick protruding from the solid fuel and a flame collector mounted on the solid fuel means and including a casing means having a guiding portion and a main body. Wherein the guiding portion pierces the main body and includes a first end above the top of the main body, a second end below the top of the main body and a central channel defined therethrough, with the central channel provided above the wick of the solid fuel means.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0002]    The present invention relates to a torch and more particularly to a solid fuel torch having a flame collector which is adapted for centralizing flames of the torch and increase height of the flames. 
         [0003]    2. Description of the Related Art 
         [0004]    Camping and picnics often include a torch. Many individuals enjoy staying around a torch, especially in the evening when it becomes cool. 
         [0005]    Outdoor fireplaces are well-known in the art, and are generally used to provide outdoor heat and/or to provide an aesthetically appealing appearance of a wood fireplace. Various prior art outdoor fireplaces are illustrated, for example, in Taiwan Pat. No. 094217780. 
         [0006]    While the outdoor fireplaces of the prior art provide a number of advantageous features, they nevertheless have certain limitations. As described herein, the present invention seeks to overcome certain of these limitations and other drawbacks of the prior art, and to provide new features not heretofore available. 
         [0007]    Moreover, solid wax, coal oil and gas are usually used as source with the conventional torch; but unstable characteristics of coal oil and gas often cause the safety problems. Comparatively, solid wax is safer while burning. Cotton wick is arranged in the center of the solid wax, however, the conventional cotton wick often seems to have disproportionately small diameter as to have some disadvantages as follows: 
         [0008]    Solid wax would be dissolved in 80 degrees Centigrade and soaked by the cotton wick. During burning, the solid wax is decreased and the height of cotton wick is getting lower so that the height of the flames can not be maintained like the very start. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0009]    It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a solid fuel torch including a flame collection allowing flames of the torch burning steadily and increasing the height of the flames. The torch further includes a stand having a containing portion, with the containing portion adapted for receiving a solid fuel means. The solid fuel means has a wick protruding from solid fuel, with diameter of the wick larger than the one eighth diameter of the solid fuel. The flame collection is mounted on the solid fuel means and includes an enclosed barrel and a casing means. The enclosed barrel is disposed in the containing portion, and a channel is defined between the solid fuel means and the enclosed barrel, with the channel having a premeditated width. The casing means includes a main body and a guiding portion piercing the main body, with a central channel defined in the guiding portion and communicating with the solid fuel means. 
         [0010]    A feature to the present invention is that the guiding portion of the casing means is in form of a hollow awl and includes a first end and a second end, with the first end of the guiding portion above the top of the main body of the casing means, with the second end of the guiding portion below the top of the main body of the casing means. A plurality of apertures are provided on the second end of the guiding portion and adapted for guiding air into the central channel of the casing means as to increase the height of flames. And the awl guiding portion pressurizes the guided air as to centralize the flames. 
         [0011]    Other objectives, advantages, and features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0012]    The present invention will be described via detailed illustration of the preferred embodiment referring to the drawings. 
           [0013]      FIG. 1  is an exploded view of a solid fuel torch according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0014]      FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of the solid fuel torch shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0015]      FIG. 3  is another cross-sectional view similar to  FIG. 2 , but illustrating a user uses the cap means to extinguish flames on the torch. 
           [0016]      FIG. 4  is a partial, perspective view of the solid fuel torch shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0017]      FIG. 5  is a perspective view of the solid fuel torch shown in  FIG. 1 , illustrating the cap means is hanged on the stand of the torch. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
       [0018]    An embodiment of the present invention will now be discussed with reference to  FIGS. 1 through 5 . As shown in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , a solid fuel torch include s a stand  10 , a solid fuel means  20  and a flame collector mounted on th e solid fuel means  20 . The solid fuel means  20  and the flame collector are both disposed on the stand  10 . 
         [0019]    The stand  10  consists of numbers of stand legs  101 , numbers of first stand rings  102 , a stand spike  103  and two second stand rings  104 . The second stand rings  104  have different diameters with respect each other. Each stand leg  101  has a first end and a second end. To form the stand  10 , firstly, bend the first end of each stand leg  101  to form the first end of each stand leg  101  to be L-shaped. And then, the first end of each stand leg  101  includes a bent portion  105  and a distal portion  106 , with the bent portion  105  approximately perpendicular to the related stand leg  101 , with the distal portion  106  approximately perpendicular to the related bent portion  105 . Secondly, set the larger second stand rings  104  on the distal portion  106  of each stand legs  101 , and evenly arrange the stand legs  101  around the larger second stand rings  104 . Thirdly, set the smaller second stand rings  104  onto the bent portions  105 . Moreover, the second stand rings  104  are welded with the stand legs  101  respectively. The first ends of the stand legs  101  and the second stand rings  104  define a containing portion  11  adapted for receiving the solid fuel means  20 . The stand spike  103  is installed to the second ends of the stand legs  101  for inserting into the ground for anchoring the solid fuel torch (shown in  FIG. 5 ). The first stand rings  102  are surrounded with the stand legs  101  and disposed on the stand  10  in position. 
         [0020]    The solid fuel means  20  includes a metal can body  21  containing solid fuel (not numbered) and a wick  22  provided in the center of the solid fuel and protruding from a top surface  23  of the solid fuel. In this embodiment, the solid fuel is solid wax preferably. A thin solid wax is provided on the surface of the wick  22  for facilitating light up the wick  22 . A diameter of the wick  22  is larger than the one eighth diameter of the solid fuel preferably. 
         [0021]    The flame collector that is provided for covering the solid fuel means  20  includes an enclosed barrel  30 , a casing means  40  and an air shield means  50 . 
         [0022]    The enclosed barrel  30 , which is made of metal and defines a mesh portion  31 , is removably disposed in the containing portion  11  and limited by the second stand rings  104 . The enclosed barrel  30  surrounds the solid fuel means  20 , and a channel  32  is defined between the can body  21  and the enclosed barrel  30 , with the channel  32  having a premeditated width. Air can be guided from either the mesh portion  31  or the bottom of the channel  32  for combustion-supporting of the wick  22  of the solid fuel means  20 . 
         [0023]    The casing means  40  consists of a guiding portion  41  and a main body  42 , with the guiding portion  41  disposed in the center of the main body  42  and welded with the main body  42 . The main body  42  is in form of hollow lid and has a top surface  401  and a sidewall  402 , with the bottom of the sidewall  402  slightly bent outwardly. The guiding portion  41  has a first end and a second end, with the first end provided to extend from a top surface of the main body  42 , with the second end provided in the main body  42 . The guiding portion  41  is preferably shaped like an awl in this embodiment, with inner diameter of the guiding portion  41  increasing from the first end of the guiding portion  41  to the second end of the guiding portion  41 ; however, the guiding portion  41  also can be shaped like a cylinder with an equal inner diameter. A central channel  411  is defined through the guiding portion  41  longitudinally, and numbers of apertures  412  are arranged annularly on the second end of the guiding portion  41 , with the apertures  412  in communication with the central channel  411 . In use, the main body  42  of the casing means  40  is mounted on the top of the enclosed barrel  30 , and the second end of the guiding portion  41  is exactly above the wick  22 . And top  221  of the wick  22  is slightly inserted into the central channel  411 , with the distance between the top  221  of the wick  22  and the top surface  23  of the solid fuel is larger than the distance between bottom portion  413  of the second end of the guiding portion  41  and the top surface  23  of the solid fuel. Therefore, The bottom portion  413  of the second end of the guiding portion  41  is away from the top surface  23  of the solid fuel, with the top  221  of the wick  22  and a gap  43  is defined between the second end of the guiding portion  41  and the top surface  23  of the solid fuel. Therefore, the air guided from either the mesh portion  31  or the bottom of the channel  32  is split to flow through either the gap  43  or the apertures  412  into the central channel  411 . The split air which flows through the gap  43  is provided to supply the wick  22  combustion-supporting gas, oxygen, so that the wick  22  can continue to burn. The split air is pressurized while flowing through the apertures  412  as to increase the height of flames A of the wick  22 . Moreover, while the flames A move upwardly through the central channel  411 , because the inner diameter of the first end of the guiding portion  41  is smaller than the second end of the guiding portion  41 , the central channel  411  pressurizes and centralizes the flames A. 
         [0024]    The air shield means  50  is hollow and formed via rolling up a metal plate. The air shield means  50  is removably mounted on the casing means  40 , and the bottom of the air shield means  50  is abutted with the bottom of the sidewall  402  of the casing means  40  for securely installation of the air shield means  50  and the casing means  40 . The air shield means  50  is wind proof as to prevent height of the flames A decreasing by wind and destroying the structure of the flames A. Numbers of pattern holes  51  are annularly arranged on the wall of the air shield means  50  for aesthetics. The pattern holes  51  are in form of variable-geometry or characters and provided near the top of the air shield means  50 . Numbers of adjusting holes  52  are annularly arranged on the wall of the air shield means  50 . The adjusting holes  52  are in form of bar and provided near the bottom of the air shield means  50 . A piece  53  is installed onto the exterior of each adjusting hole  52  and operated to adjust the size of opening of the related adjusting hole  52  so that users can peep the interior of the air shield means  50  via the adjusting holes  52 . Further, the air shield means  50  can be in form of transparent glass so that user can directly peep the interior of the air shield means  50  via the wall of the air shield means  50 . The transparent glass can be multicolored for aesthetics. 
         [0025]    A cap means  60  is provided to extinguish the flames A and includes a handle  61  and a hanging portion  62 . The handle  61  is connected to the exterior of the cap means  60 , and the hanging portion  62  is formed from the distal end of the handle  61  for hanging to the stand  10  in position (shown in  FIG. 5 ). The handle  61  is in form of L-shaped. A inner diameter of the cap means  60  corresponds to the diameter of the first end of the guiding portion  41  so that while desiring to extinguish the flames A, users can grip the handle  61  to drive the cap means  60  to mount on the first end of the guiding portion  41 .