Backpacking stove

Abstract

A burning appliance having a burner assembly including a burner for providing combustion is disclosed. The appliance includes a fuel tip for supplying fuel to the burner assembly and a fuel control and cleaning assembly cooperating with the fuel tip to permit control of fuel supplied to the burner and cleaning of the fuel tip while the appliance is in operation. The cleaning assembly may be formed on the appliance itself and may incorporate a cleaning element, a cleaning element control mechanism and a heat dissipating interface positioned with respect to the cleaning element and the cleaning element control mechanism such that a user may control the cleaning element with the cleaning element control mechanism without the use of gloves or other protective equipment while the appliance is in operation.

1 . A burning appliance, comprising:
 a burner assembly having a burner for providing combustion;   a fuel tip for supplying fuel to the burner assembly; and   a fuel control and cleaning assembly cooperating with the fuel tip to permit control of fuel supplied to the burner, and cleaning of the fuel tip while the stove is in operation.   
   
   
       2 . The burning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the appliance comprises a stove. 
   
   
       3 . The burning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the appliance comprises a lantern. 
   
   
       4 . The burning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the fuel tip comprises an orifice through which fuel is supplied to the burner assembly, and wherein the fuel control and cleaning assembly comprises an object that is movable to vary an amount of blockage of the orifice. 
   
   
       5 . The burning appliance of  claim 4 , wherein moving the object cleans an inner bore of the orifice. 
   
   
       6 . The burning appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the object is a cleaning needle. 
   
   
       7 . The burning appliance of  claim 6 , wherein the fuel control and cleaning assembly further comprises a control lever constructed and arranged to cooperate with the cleaning needle such that actuation of the control lever causes the cleaning needle to move to vary the amount of blockage. 
   
   
       8 . The burning appliance of  claim 7 , wherein the fuel control and cleaning assembly further comprises a heat dissipating interface positioned between the control lever and the cleaning needle. 
   
   
       9 . The burning appliance of  claim 8 , wherein the heat dissipating interface comprises a structure between the control lever and the needle, the structure having sufficient heat dissipating qualities to dissipate heat from the burner assembly a sufficient amount so that a user may operate the control lever by direct contact with the control lever. 
   
   
       10 . The burning appliance of  claim 9 , wherein the sufficient heat dissipating qualities comprises the heat dissipating interface comprising at least one of stainless steel, a ceramic material, and titanium. 
   
   
       11 . The burning appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the fuel control and cleaning assembly further comprises a control lever constructed and arranged to cooperate with the object such that actuation of the control lever causes the object to move to vary the amount of blockage. 
   
   
       12 . The burning appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the fuel control and cleaning assembly further comprises a heat dissipating interface positioned between the control lever and the object. 
   
   
       13 . The burning appliance of  claim 12 , wherein the heat dissipating interface comprises a structure between the control lever and the object, the structure having sufficient heat dissipating qualities to dissipate heat from the burner assembly a sufficient amount so that a user may operate the control lever by direct contact with the control lever. 
   
   
       14 . The burning appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the sufficient heat dissipating qualities comprises the heat dissipating interface comprising at least one of stainless steel, a ceramic material, and titanium. 
   
   
       15 . The burning appliance of  claim 14 , wherein the heat dissipating interface comprises a structure that extends around at least a portion of the control lever. 
   
   
       16 . A burning appliance, comprising:
 a burner assembly having a burner for providing combustion;   a fuel tip for supplying fuel to the burner assembly, the fuel tip comprising comprises an orifice through which fuel is supplied to the burner assembly; and   a fuel control assembly comprising an object that is movable to vary an amount of blockage of the orifice.   
   
   
       17 . The burning appliance of  claim 16 , wherein the fuel control and cleaning assembly further comprises a control lever constructed and arranged to cooperate with the object such that actuation of the control lever causes the object to move to vary the amount of blockage. 
   
   
       18 . The burning appliance of  claim 17 , wherein the fuel control and cleaning assembly further comprises a heat dissipating interface positioned between the control lever and the object. 
   
   
       19 . The burning appliance of  claim 18 , wherein the heat dissipating interface comprises a structure between the control lever and the object, the structure having sufficient heat dissipating qualities to dissipate heat from the burner assembly a sufficient amount so that a user may operate the control lever by direct contact with the control lever. 
   
   
       20 . The burning appliance of  claim 19 , wherein the sufficient heat dissipating qualities comprises the heat dissipating interface comprising at least one of stainless steel, a ceramic material, and titanium.