WO1996014373A1

WO1996014373A1 - Mixture for burning

Info

Publication number: WO1996014373A1
Application number: PCT/EP1995/004366
Authority: WO
Inventors: Lamai Beringer-Schott
Original assignee: Weimert, Martin
Priority date: 1994-11-08
Filing date: 1995-11-06
Publication date: 1996-05-17
Also published as: AU5259596A; DE4439509A1

Abstract

A mixture for burning with a wick, a process for producing said mixture, a burning device and the uses of said mixture are disclosed. At least one stearin component, in particular stearic acid, palmitic acid and/or wax are added to an oil to produce this mixture.

Description

Mixture for burning

The present invention relates to a mixture for burning by means of a wick and to a method for producing the mixture, an apparatus for burning and the use of this mixture.

Fragrance oils are known and used in various forms and designs on the market. These are mostly used in devices that consist of a water-filled bowl, with a candle placed underneath this bowl for the supply of heat and the fragrance oil mixed with the water. The water is warmed up and introduced fragrance oils of various types can release fragrance into the surrounding space by heating.

It is also known that, for example, petroleum with added fragrance oils is burned in a glass container by means of a wick, whereby fragrances are released by the burning process. There are also a large number of scented candles, which are also used in liquids, in particular water, in containers and burned there, this burning process releasing fragrances into the room.

However, not only fragrances are released into the room, but also an increased amount of soot particles, which leads to undesirable soiling, for example the ceiling, and the development of odors.

Another particular disadvantage is the fact that for the use of fragrance oils there must be a certain device in which a liquid is heated in order to evaporate the fragrance oil introduced into the liquid. This is associated with relatively high purchase costs, and the fragrance oil inserts themselves are expensive.

Therefore, the present invention has for its object to provide a mixture which the above. Disadvantages eliminated, in particular odorless and low in soot and by a simple device that is very inexpensive and easy to manufacture, burns the mixture in a variety of ways using a wick and, if desired, releases a fragrance into the room.

To achieve this object, at least one constituent of stearin, in particular stearic acid, palmitic acid and / or wax, is added to an oil.

This invention permits a mixture which is filled into a container, in particular a glass, ceramic container or the like, to be burnable by means of a float and a wick contained therein.

The float with wick is placed on one surface of the mixture. This is soaked in the mixture and ignitable. This can replace the traditional candle.

Fragrances can also be added to the mixture. By burning or burning the mixture, the mixture is heated so that these added fragrances can be released into a room or into the environment.

It is also contemplated to fill a container with water in order to add the mixture into this water so that the wick and the mixture float approximately at an upper edge of the container and are more visible there. A very little oil layer, especially a fragrance oil layer, is enough to burn for a long time.

The mixture is not miscible with water and forms a separating layer, this separating layer being used, for example, to visually indicate how much of the mixture is still in the container.

Mixtures can be colored in a wide variety of designs and colors and have a wide variety of fragrance additives. Likewise, the liquid, in particular the water, can be easily colored, for example by food coloring, in order to form a better optical contrast between the mixture layer and the water layer underneath.

This configuration thus ensures many possibilities of how a "liquid candle" can be represented in terms of color and appearance. A wide variety of containers can have different shapes, and provision is also made to insert several floats with several wicks into the mixture of a single container.

The float, which can take on round, triangular and differently shaped shapes, is preferably made up of a buoyancy body formed, which can consist of cork, polystyrene, plastic, wood, beam wood or the like. In order to isolate the buoyancy body from the mixture and to protect it from the heat of the burning wick, the float is provided with an external surrounding insulation. This can, for example, be made of aluminum, metal, heat-resistant lacquer or the like.

In order to offer the possibility of using the float more often, a wick insert is inserted into an opening of the float, which can be quickly replaced after it has burned down. The wick insert is provided with a disk which has an opening in the center, at least one securing tab being provided in order to fix the wick in the opening of the disk.

The float also has the task of receiving the wick and simultaneously spacing the burning wick from a wall of the container.

In a further exemplary embodiment, it is contemplated to loosely guide a long wick in the opening of the float and to provide a weight for a wick end. This wick with float is placed in a container and this is filled with the mixture. It is therefore possible to burn off this mixture over the wick with a filling over many days. During the burning process, the float sinks, the wick remaining and being guided through the opening of the float. This burns off accordingly, so that the wick adapts to the level of the mixture in the container. A shorter wick, on the other hand, would have a shorter shelf life. This configuration is particularly suitable for long burning times, as is desirable, for example, in churches and cemeteries. A major advantage of the present invention is that a mixture is produced using a specific manufacturing process, which does not release soot particles into the room when burned by means of a wick.

The main constituent of the mixture consists of oil, preferably a vegetable oil, in particular salad oil, olive oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil but also paraffin oil or other comparable glycerol esters. The mixture can largely consist of glycerol esters, in particular vegetable oils, stearins, in particular stearic acids, or similar waxes and beeswaxes being added to this oil with the addition of heat. It is essential that the oils in the mixture as well as the mixture exist in liquid form.

This mixture can be burned out of a container with a wick in a float.

In addition, a further portion of different fragrances of various types can be added to the mixture. This can happen before, during or after the mixture has cooled. These fragrances can be added to the mixture as oils and as fragrance flowers.

It is essential in this process for producing a mixture that an oil, in particular a vegetable oil, is preserved and preserved by a proportion of stearin additive, in particular the wax additive. In addition, soot formation is prevented and an odorless combustion process is supported. The mixture itself remains completely odorless.

A particularly effective embodiment of the invention is given when a wide variety of fragrance oil additives

Mixture can be added to obtain a wide variety of fragrance oil mixtures. For example, mixtures with with oranges, lemons, apple, cinnamon, almond blossom, and all natural and synthetic fragrances are added, which allow a wide variety of possible variations, which should be included in the scope of the invention.

However, it is also within the scope of the invention that instead of stearins, stearic acids or palmic acids, scented candles are inserted into the mixture, which also form a desired scent mixture through the addition of heat and possibly through additional scent additives.

It is also contemplated to add, for example, a clove oil additive or a clove additive to this mixture in order to expel insects, mosquitoes and mosquitoes by releasing fragrances.

It is also within the scope of the invention that the mixture for external rubbing in of human skin can be used as a bath or sauna additive, and as a leather care for seat sets, in particular also for car seat sets.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention result from the following description of preferred exemplary embodiments and from the drawing; this shows in

FIG. 1 shows a cross section through a device according to the invention for spreading a fragrance in the use position;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a float in an enlarged view;

FIG. 3 shows an enlarged perspective view of a wick insert;

FIG. 4 shows a cross section through a further exemplary embodiment of a device corresponding to FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 shows a cross section through another exemplary embodiment of a device corresponding to FIG. 1.

According to FIG. 1, a liquid scented candle R according to the invention has a container 1 made of glass or ceramic, which is filled with a liquid 2, in particular water. A mixture 3 according to the invention is introduced into this liquid 2, which, owing to its different density, floats above the liquid 2 and forms a separating layer 11 there.

So that the container 1 stands securely in the position shown and to prevent the liquid 2 and the fragrance oil mixture 3 from leaking out, a foot 9 is assigned to it.

A float 4 is inserted into the mixture 3, through the openings 8 of which a wick 6 with a disk 5 is inserted as a wick insert 10 (FIG. 3). A wick end 7 protrudes into the mixture with which the entire wick 6 is soaked. According to Figure 2, the floating body 4 is disc-shaped. The float 4 consists of a buoyancy material 12, in particular of cork, this buoyancy material 12 surrounded by an insulating layer 13 and this insulating layer 13 on the one hand preventing the mixture 3 from penetrating into the buoyancy material 12 and on the other hand being designed as a heat-insulating layer.

It has proven to be particularly advantageous to design this insulating layer 13 from aluminum, since this material is easy to apply and has a low weight. However, other buoyancy materials 12, such as wood, polystyrene or the like, as well as different configurations of the insulating layer 13, such as, for example, plastic seals, temperature-resistant lacquers or the like, are also intended to be included in the scope of the invention.

According to FIG. 3, the disc 5, which is provided with an opening 15, forms opposing securing tabs 16, 17 which fix a wick 6 introduced into the opening 15 there and prevent it from slipping through.

The operation of the present invention is as follows:

The liquid 2 is introduced into the container 1 and may be colored with a dye 14, in particular a food dye. In the liquid 2, especially water, this is after the above. Entered mixture 3 produced according to the method, accumulates above the separating layer 11 and forms a uniform layer there.

The float 4 with the wick insert 10 is inserted into the mixture 3. The wick insert 10 can be in the opening 8 of the float 4 are easily inserted and replaced, the wick insert should have burned down once without having to be put into the mixture 3.

The wick 6 is now lit and the mixture according to the invention burns, with no soot formation, the mixture burns without residue and thereby releases the added fragrances. Burning the wick 6 releases heat which heats the mixture. By heating the mixture, the added fragrances are also released in the mixture and release a pleasant fragrance into the surrounding space.

If the container 1 is made of glass, it is contemplated to provide the liquid 2 with non-hazardous food colors so that a contrast between the liquid 2 and the mixture 3 can also be recognized in terms of color, which can also serve to determine the mixture level in Check container 1.

According to FIG. 4, the floating body 4 is arranged with a flame 19 in the vicinity of a wall 18 of the container 1. The floating body 4 is configured in such a way that it spaces a burning wick from the wall 18 in order to avoid heating of the wall 18. In addition, the floating body 4, which is very narrow, prevents it from tipping over.

If the container is of sufficient size, several floats 4 with a wick insert 10 can be placed on a surface 20 in order to obtain several flames.

According to FIG. 5, the container 1 is provided with a wick 6 'which extends to a container base 21 and is weighted there with a wick end 7' with a weight 22.

This wick 6 'is in the opening 8 of the float 4th led and thus burns with the mixture 3 to the container bottom 21. The opening 8 guides the wick 6 'when the mixture 3 is burned, the float 4 dropping with the level of the mixture 3.

Claims

claims

1. mixture for burning by means of a wick,

characterized,

that at least one constituent of stearin, in particular stearic acid, palmitic acid and / or wax, is added to an oil.

2. Mixture according to claim 1, characterized in that a fragrance is added to the mixture of oil and stearin and / or wax.

3. A method for producing a mixture for burning by means of a wick, characterized in that a small proportion of stearin, in particular stearic acid, palmitic acid and / or wax, is added to an oil when heated.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that fragrances in the form of fragrance oils and / or flowers are added to the mixture before and / or after heating.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the mixture is burned over the wick and the mixture is heated in a container, whereby fragrances are released into a room.

6. The method according to at least one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the mixture is discolored by adding dyes, these dyes being dissolved in the mixture.

7. The method according to at least one of claims 3 to 6, characterized in that the mixture is added by a further additive, in particular clove oil, for driving away insects, mosquitoes and mosquitoes.

8. Device for burning a mixture by means of a wick in a container (1), characterized in that the mixture (3) on its surface (20) has at least one floating body (4) with a wick (6).

9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that in the container (1) a liquid (2), in particular water, is filled, on which the mixture (3) floats and forms a separating layer (11) towards the liquid (2) .

10. The device according to claim 8 or 9, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that on the surface (20) of the floating body (4) with an in an opening (8) inserted wick insert

(10) floats, a wick end (7) being immersed in the mixture (3) and an opposite end of the wick (6) being ignitable.

11. The device according to claim 8 to 10, characterized in that the floating body (4) has the opening (8) and inside consists of buoyancy material (12) which is surrounded by an insulating layer (13), in particular aluminum.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the wick insert (10) consists of a disc (5) with a molded opening (15), which has a plurality of locking tabs (15, 16) and thus the wick (6th ) releasably.

13. The device according to at least one of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that a wick (6 ') loosely inserted into the opening (8) of the float (4) and its end (7 ¹ ) towards the container bottom (21) is weighted down with a weight (22), the container (1) being filled with the mixture (3).

14. Use of a mixture according to at least one of claims 1 or 2 for burning, for external rubbing onto human skin, as a bath water, sauna infusion additive, as a leather care additive, in particular for seat and car trimmings, as an insect repellent.