| 摘要 |
A wick 3 for a liquid fuelled candle comprising a length of non-combustible fibrous material in the form of a rod-like elongate structure impregnated with a mixture of at least one oil and one wax. The fibrous material may be an array of parallel strands in a braid or plait and formed from glass or mineral fibre. The highly hydrophobic wax and oil mixture may include more than one wax of the type stearine, paraffin wax or beeswax and the oil forming part of the mixture may be palm oil. The diameter of the wick may be between 2-3mm and produced by winding a single fibre on a circular former or by combining individual fibres. The wick may be reusable and is formed by impregnating the elongate fibrous structure with a heated liquid mixture of oil and wax and letting the impregnated wick solidify to form a rod-like structure, which when used causes the oil/wax mixture carbonise to form a rigid porous wick structure aligned with the wick. |
