Patent ID: 7063526

Claim:
A refillable melody candle comprising: a body; a seated plate including a coupling part protruded from a central upper surface thereof so as to fix a wick which is interposed inside of the body and has an optical transmission member built therein at the bottom surface of the body, an optical sensor disposed at a corresponding portion of the lower end of the optical transmission member, a melody chip coupled to the optical sensor, the optical sensor and the melody chip being received in the seated plate, power terminals mounted on the underside thereof such that they can be interlocked with the optical sensor upon the actuation of the optical sensor, an output terminal of the melody chip; and a base including a receiving recess formed on the upper surface thereof for receiving the seated plated and the bottom portion of the body therein, base terminals mounted on the bottom surface of the receiving recess to be electrically conducted with the power and output terminals, respectively, a controller and a power supply section disposed inside thereof for outputting a predetermined melody via the respective base terminals, whereby a melody is generated from the base coupled to the bottom portion of the candle when the optical sensor senses flame of the candle via the optical transmission; and, comprising a coupling cap having a fixing hole formed therein to be coupled with the outer circumferential surface of the coupling part and having a hook protrusion formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof to be fixedly fitted into a fitting recess formed at the central bottom surface of the body, the coupling cap serving to internally cap a pressed fixing member mounted at the lower end portion of the wick for pressedly fixing the wick together with the coupling part.