Patent ID: 7442036

Claim:
A candle assembly, comprising: a capillary pedestal disposed on a melting plate; and a wick holder having a base that cooperatively engages the capillary pedestal and forms a capillary space therebetween; wherein the capillary space defines a capillary well having a volume sufficient to contain an amount of meltable fuel to feed a flame on a wick carried by the wick holder, wherein a proportion of the volume to the thermal mass of the candle assembly is more than or equal to about 1 cubic millimeter per calorie per degree Celsius of the candle assembly, wherein a proportion of the volume to the thermal mass of the candle assembly is less than or equal to about 10 cubic millimeter per calorie per degree Celsius of the candle assembly, and wherein the thermal mass of the candle assembly is between about 135 calories per degree Celsius and about 10 calories per degree Celsius.