Wax Burner and Method

Abstract

A wax burner is disclosed having a wick and a wick sheath. The wick sheath has one or more perimeter walls defining a chamber with an open upper end. The one or more perimeter walls comprise a top. The wick is in the chamber. The wick extends above the top. The wick may contact the one or more perimeter walls and divides the chamber into a plurality of chambers. The wick may intersect with the one or more perimeter walls at the top at twenty-five percent or less of a perimeter of the chamber.

1 . A wax burner, comprising:
 a wick sheath comprising one or more perimeter walls defining a chamber with an open upper end; and,   a wick in the wick sheath, the wick extends above the wick sheath, the wick contacts the one or more perimeter walls and divides the chamber into a plurality of chambers, the wick comprises a plurality of horns extending above the wick sheath, the plurality of horns are spaced apart by an at least one valley, the at least one valley is below a top of the wick sheath.   
     
     
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         16 . The burner of  claim 1 , wherein the wick comprises a planar first segment and a planar second segment; the plurality of horns comprises a four horns, the first segment is transverse to the second segment, each segment comprises a two horns of the four horns and each of the two horns is separated by the at least one valley. 
     
     
         17 . The burner of  claim 1 , wherein an interior surface of the one or more perimeter walls is black. 
     
     
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         21 . A wax burner, comprising:
 a wick sheath comprising one or more perimeter walls defining a chamber with an open upper end, the one or more perimeter walls comprise a top; and,   a wick in the chamber, the wick extends above the top, the wick intersects and extends vertically above the intersection with the one or more perimeter walls at the top at twenty-five percent or less of a perimeter of the chamber.   
     
     
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         23 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick intersects with the one or more perimeter walls at the top at more than zero percent and not more than twenty-five percent of the perimeter of the chamber. 
     
     
         24 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick intersects with the one or more perimeter walls at the top in a plurality of spaced apart locations. 
     
     
         25 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick divides the chamber into a plurality of chambers. 
     
     
         26 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick is arranged substantially vertically. 
     
     
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         30 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick comprises a plurality of horns extending above the wick sheath. 
     
     
         31 . The burner of  claim 30 , wherein the plurality of horns are spaced apart by at least one valley, the at least one valley is below the top. 
     
     
         32 . The burner of  claim 30 , wherein the horns are at opposite ends of the wick. 
     
     
         33 . The burner of  claim 30 , wherein the plurality of horns comprise four horns. 
     
     
         34 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick intersects with the one or more perimeter walls to divide the chamber in to a plurality of chambers. 
     
     
         35 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick comprises a domed top extending above the wick sheath. 
     
     
         36 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick comprises a plurality of planar segments arranged as a triangle. 
     
     
         37 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick comprises three planar segments arranged in a fan-shape. 
     
     
         38 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the wick comprises a planar first segment and a planar second segment, a four horns, and a valley, the first segment is transverse to the second segment, each segment comprises a two horns of the four horns and each of the two horns is separated by the valley. 
     
     
         39 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein an interior surface of the one or more perimeter walls is black. 
     
     
         40 . The burner of  claim 21 , wherein the sheath comprises a horizontal cross-sectional shape of a circular cylinder, an elliptical cylinder, a quadrilateral, or a heart. 
     
     
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         44 . A method of preventing excessive carbon build up on a wax burner, comprising:
 burning a flame on a wick within a chamber formed by a wick sheath, where the wick extends above a top of the wick sheath and the wick intersects with a one or more perimeter walls that form the chamber at the top of the wick sheath at twenty-five percent or less of a perimeter of the chamber.