Flame Device Including a Lift Mechanism and can Lift a Flame to a Predetermined Height

Abstract

A flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height includes a base, a cover, and a lift mechanism. The base includes a chamber including an opening. The cover is movably engaged with the base and selectively closes the opening. The lift mechanism includes a supporting member adapted for bearing and lifting a fuel container in the chamber to different heights. The lift mechanism is operably movable in a first direction including the supporting member being moved up from a lower height to the predetermined height and in a second direction including the supporting member being moved down from the predetermined height to the lower height.

1 . A flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height, comprising:
 a base including a chamber including an opening;   a cover movably engaged with the base and selectively closing the opening; and   a lift mechanism including a supporting member adapted for bearing and lifting a fuel container in the chamber to different heights, with fuel adapted to be contained in the fuel container, with the fuel adapted to be ignited and produce a flame, with the lift mechanism operably movable in a first direction including the supporting member being moved up from a lower height to a predetermined height and in a second direction including the supporting member being moved down from the predetermined height to the lower height;   wherein the supporting member is lowered from the predetermined height to a height in which the fuel container is able to be replenished with fuel or replaced.   
     
     
         2 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the lift mechanism is mounted on the cover and positionable outside the chamber. 
     
     
         3 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the lift mechanism includes a platform, a pushing member, a control member, and a linkage including first and second links, with the platform including at least one first groove and at least one first orifice, with the pushing member defining a pushing end and a connecting end and including a channel extended therein, with the control member pivotally engaged with the pushing member, with the control member defining a first joining end pivotally engaged with the connecting end of the pushing member, with the first link defining first and second ends and the second link defining third and fourth ends respectively, with the supporting member including at least one second groove and at least one second orifice, with the first end of the first link and the pushing member including a first pivot engaged therewith, with the first pivot movably engaged in the at least one first groove and the channel, with the second end of the first link pivotally engaged with the supporting member about a first axle, with the first axle fixedly disposed and inserted through the at least one second orifice, with the third end of the second link pivotally engaged with the platform about a second axle, with the second axle fixedly disposed and inserted through the at least one first orifice, with the fourth end of the second link and the supporting member including a second pivot engaged therewith, with the second pivot movably engaged in the at least one second groove. 
     
     
         4 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the control member is pivotally engaged with the cover, with the control member defining a second joining end pivotally engaged with the cover. 
     
     
         5 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the cover includes a peripheral wall including a receptacle extended therein, wherein the control member is movable to a position in which the control member is received within the receptacle completely. 
     
     
         6 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the control member completely received in the receptacle is flush with the peripheral wall of the cover. 
     
     
         7 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the first and second links are biased with respect to each other by a biasing member, wherein the biasing member is received on a shaft, wherein the first and second links include the shaft engaged therewith. 
     
     
         8 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the biasing member is a torque spring. 
     
     
         9 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a flame control mechanism disposed atop of the base for making the flame device displaying a stable and augmented vortex flame and making air induced into the flame device swirl and increasing the flow speed of the air and making the air flow to a higher height and cooling and dissipating heats of the parts thereof, with the flame control mechanism including a fluid guiding member, a venting member, a flow-rate adjusting member, and a shield, with the venting member including at least one vent hole exposed to outside and in fluidal communication with the fluid guiding member, with the flow-rate adjusting member engaged with the fluid guiding member and operably adjustable to different positions defined between the fluid guiding member and the venting member, with the flame device displaying a larger size flame including the flow-rate adjusting member disposed at a first position in which the at least one vent hole has a larger are in fluidal communication with the fluid guiding member, with the flame device displaying a smaller flame including the flow rate adjusting member disposed at a second position in which the at least one vent hole has a smaller area in fluidal communication with the fluid guiding member, with the shield including a hollow structure and disposed above the fluid guiding member and extended in an upward direction. 
     
     
         10 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the fluid guiding member has a first distal end defining a fluid-entry end and a second distal end defining a fluid-exit end, wherein the fluid guiding member includes a plurality of vanes, at least one fixing member, and a covering member, with the plurality of vanes extended from the fluid-entry end to the fluid-exit end and circumferentially disposed and spaced from one another, with two of the plurality of vanes include a space defined therebetween, with the space defining a passage which is spiral-shaped, with the covering member fixedly disposed by the at least one fixing member, with the plurality of vanes circumferentially covered by the covering member, with each of the plurality of vanes in the flow-intake end exposed to outside and not covered by the covering member 
     
     
         11 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the fluid guiding member includes the second distal end receiving an annular member which is adapted to limit a diametrical size of the flame, with the annular member including a through hole extended therein, with the through hole delimiting the diametrical size of the flame. 
     
     
         12 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the pushing member includes a surface forming a slope and facilitating the supporting member moving form the lower height to the predetermined height. 
     
     
         13 . The flame device including a lift mechanism and can lift a flame to a predetermined height as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the base includes a cell extended therein, wherein a cap is releasably received in the cell, wherein the shield includes an open end, wherein the flame is adapted to be put off by including the open end covered by the cap.