Patent ID: 7736145

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a candle having a substantially straight and centered wick comprising the steps of: (a) adding liquid fuel into a jar or container having side walls, a bottom wall, and an open mouth portion, (b) inserting a wick into the open lower end of a tubular wick enclosing means having an airtight and permanently closed upper end opposite said lower end such that the wick is substantially completely contained within the tubular wick enclosing means, and with a wick support attached to and extending from the lower end of the wick, (c) inserting the tubular wick enclosing means with the wick therein into the jar or container so that the wick support is resting on the bottom of the jar or container, and with the tubular portion of the device being held in a vertical orientation by resting within an orifice in a bar extending across and resting upon an upper lip of the jar or container, (d) after the liquid fuel has substantially hardened or settled, removing the tubular wick enclosing means from the jar or container by applying a substantially upward force on said tubular wick enclosing means, while leaving the wick in the container, and (e) pouring a further layer of liquid fuel in said jar or container.