Wax Burning System

Abstract

A wax burning system is disclosed. The wax burning system has a meltable solid wax, a melted wax reservoir, a melting grate, and at least one hollow-core wick. The melting grate is configured to receive the meltable solid wax. The melting grate is located above at least a portion of the melted wax reservoir so that the wax melted on the melting grate is received into the melted wax reservoir. The melting grate has one or more apertures to allow melted wax to flow through the melting grate and into the melted wax reservoir.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wax burning system comprising:
 a meltable solid wax;   a melted wax reservoir;   a melting grate configured to receive the meltable solid wax, the melting grate located above at least a portion of the melted wax reservoir so that the wax melted on the melting grate is received into the melted wax reservoir, the melting grate comprising one or more apertures to allow melted wax to flow through the melting grate and into the melted wax reservoir; and,   at least one hollow-core wick extending above the melting grate and configured to receive fuel from the melted wax reservoir, the hollow core wick comprises a hollow core and an upper exit opening in communication with the hollow core, the hollow core is sized to stage vapor phase fuel below a flame on the hollow-core wick adjacent the upper exit opening to create a partially oxygen deprived condition at the flame on the wick, and the hollow core is open and unobstructed throughout the hollow core from a top of the wick to a bottom of the wick.   
     
     
         2 . A meltable solid fuel burning system comprising:
 a meltable solid fuel;   a melted fuel reservoir;   a melting grate configured to receive the meltable solid fuel, the melting grate located above at least a portion of the melted f reservoir so that the fuel melted on the melting grate is received into the melted fuel reservoir, the melting grate comprising one or more apertures to allow melted fuel to flow through the melting grate and into the melted fuel reservoir; and,   at least one hollow-core wick extending above the melting grate and configured to receive fuel from the melted fuel reservoir, the hollow core wick comprises a hollow core and an upper exit opening in communication with the hollow core, the hollow core is sized to stage vapor phase fuel below a flame on the hollow-core wick adjacent the upper exit opening to create a partially oxygen deprived condition at the flame on the wick, and the hollow core is substantially open and unobstructed throughout the hollow core from a top of the wick to a bottom of the wick.