Oil burner

Abstract

An oil burner is disclosed to include a burner body holding a candle on its bottom side for burning, and an oil pan, which has a recessed top open chamber for holding an essential oil, a bottom partition wall supported on the burner body above the candle, an air chamber defined between the recessed top open chamber and the bottom partition wall, and a plurality of air holes cut through the bottom partition wall through which the flow of hot air produced during burning of the candle enters the air chamber to heat the recessed top open chamber evenly and to cause the essential oil to evaporate gradually.

1 . An oil burner comprising a burner body for holding a candle for burning, and an oil pan supported on said burner body to hold an essential oil, wherein said oil pan has a recessed top open chamber for holding the essential oil, a bottom partition wall, an air chamber defined between said recessed top open chamber and said bottom partition wall, and a plurality of air holes cut through said bottom partition wall in air communication with said air chamber. 
   
   
       2 . The oil burner as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said burner body and said oil pan are respectively molded from a ceramic material and burned together. 
   
   
       3 . The oil burner as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said burner body is a hollow cylinder having a vertically extending peripheral wall and an access hole and a plurality of air vents cut through said vertically extending peripheral wall. 
   
   
       4 . The oil burner as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said burner body is formed of an upright bracket holding said oil pan on a top side thereof. 
   
   
       5 . The oil burner as claimed in  claim 4 , further comprising a container, which holds said burner body on the inside while allowing an upper part of said burner body to be exposed to the outside. 
   
   
       6 . The oil burner as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said oil pan has a wavelike rim.