Patent ID: 7338281

Claim:
A liquid fuel lamp, comprising: a plurality of wicks for burning a liquid fuel; a fuel tank for initially receiving said liquid fuel; a plurality of reservoirs, each reservoir holding a wick of said plurality of wicks and a quantity of said liquid fuel for said wick; at least one conduit extending below and being in fluid communication with a respective said reservoirs and said fuel tank for carrying said liquid fuel from said fuel tank to said reservoir by way of gravitational force, said at least one conduit and said reservoir forming a housing for said wick; and for each said conduit, a respective fabric fiber plug disposed therein, said respective fabric fiber plug being permeable to said liquid fuel but impermeable to air when permeated with said liquid fuel, thereby causing said fuel to flow into said respective reservoir more slowly, and situated in a lower most section of said conduit so as to allow escape of air from said housing.