Oil cartridge burner assembly

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a decorative lamp burner assembly is disclosed. The method includes providing a fuel canister having an opening for receiving fuel, providing a cap having a wick holder, affixing a wick guide member to the cap, inserting a wick through the guide member and into the wick holder, and inserting the guide member containing the wick into the fuel canister through the opening and affixing the cap onto the opening in the fuel canister.

1 . A method of manufacturing a decorative lamp oil cartridge burner assembly, comprising:
 providing a fuel canister having an opening for receiving fuel;   providing a cap having a wick holder;   affixing a wick guide member to the cap;   inserting a wick through the guide member and into the wick holder; and   inserting the guide member containing the wick into the fuel canister through the opening and affixing the cap onto the opening in the fuel canister.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising filling the fuel canister with fuel prior to inserting the guide member containing the wick into the fuel canister through the opening and affixing the cap onto the opening of the fuel canister. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein inserting the guide member containing the wick into the fuel canister through the opening and affixing the cap onto the opening of the fuel canister further comprises permanently affixing the cap onto the opening of the fuel via a threaded connection. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein inserting a wick through the guide member and into the wick holder further comprises inserting a doubled strand of woven wick with a doubled end through the wick holder and two lose ends proximate a distal end of the wick guide. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein inserting a wick through the guide member and into the wick holder further comprises inserting a doubled strand of wick with a doubled end through the wick holder and two lose ends proximate a distal end of the wick guide. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein affixing a wick guide member to the cap further comprises affixing the wick guide to the cap in a friction fit relationship. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein affixing a wick guide member to the cap further comprise attaching a tubular wick guide to the cap in a friction fit relationship. 
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing a fuel canister further comprises providing a fuel canister sufficiently transparent to allow visual examination of the fuel level therethrough. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing a fuel canister further comprises providing a fuel canister having an outer profile adapted to interfit with a burner assembly receptacle of a decorative lamp. 
   
   
       10 . A method of manufacturing a burner assembly comprising:
 forming a double-walled cap defining a wick opening on a top side and a flared opening on a bottom side, the flared opening being in communication with the wick opening on the top side;   forming a tubular wick guide having an inner and outer diameter, the inner diameter being sized to pass a doubled wick in a manner not substantially impeding a wicking ability of the wick, the outer diameter being sized to interfit with the flared opening in a friction fit relationship;   inserting the tubular wick guide containing a doubled wick into the flared opening into a friction fit relationship with the flared opening to create a cap assembly;   inserting a doubled end of the wick into the wick opening on the top side of the cap; and   attaching the cap assembly to a fuel reservoir having an opening by inserting the wick guide containing the wick into the opening and affixing an outer wall of the flared opening of the cap to the fuel reservoir.   
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising substantially filling the fuel reservoir with a liquid fuel. 
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein attaching the cap assembly further comprises attaching the cap assembly to a threaded portion of the fuel reservoir. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein attaching the cap assembly further comprises attaching the cap assembly in an interference fit with the fuel reservoir. 
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein forming a double-walled cap further comprises forming the double walled cap of a metallic material. 
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein forming a tubular wick guide further comprising forming a tubular wick guide from a plastic material. 
   
   
       16 . An oil cartidge burner assembly comprising;
 a fuel reservoir having an opening proximate a top thereof and containing a liquid fuel;   a cap defining a wick opening and attached to the opening of the fuel reservoir;   a guide member attached to the cap and extending into the fuel reservoir; and   a wick extending from inside the fuel reservoir to outside the fuel reservoir through the guide member and the wick opening.   
   
   
       17 . The burner assembly of  claim 16 , wherein the wick terminates on a first end beyond the wick holder and terminates on a second end inside the fuel reservoir, beyond the guide member. 
   
   
       18 . The burner assembly of  claim 17 , wherein the wick is a doubled segment of wick material forming a loop on the first end and two lose pieces on the second end. 
   
   
       19 . The burner assembly of  claim 16 , wherein the guide member is a tubular member attached to the cap via a friction fit. 
   
   
       20 . The burner assembly of  claim 19 , wherein the cap is double walled and attaches to the fuel reservoir via the outer wall and attaches to the guide member via the inner wall.