Patent ID: 7665986

Claim:
A method of repairing a wax candle having a diminished wick, said method comprising the steps of: providing a coring device containing a hollow shaft that defines an open conduit between a first open end and a second open end, said coring device further containing a handle that is coupled to said hollow shaft proximate said open second end, wherein said handle does not obstruct said second open end; providing a ramrod sized to fit into said open conduit of said hollow shaft; cutting a core from said candle around said diminished wick by advancing said first open end of said hollow shaft into said candle around said diminished wick, wherein said core is retained in said hollow shaft; removing said core from said candle by removing said hollow shaft from said candle, therein creating a bore in said candle; placing a new wick in said bore; ejecting said core from said hollow shaft by advancing said ramrod into said hollow shaft and displacing said core out of said shaft, and replacing said core into said bore.