| 摘要 |
A device for generating fire flame in the form of a pre-determined, two-dimensional graphic image is disclosed. The device has the general shape of a container and lid. A volume of combustible fuel is disposed within the container, and covered by a panel of flame-resistant material. The cover panel is perforated with holes arranged as a set of vector paths, which together for a graphic image. Wicking material is stitched along the perforated vector paths, and contacted with the fuel below, to created a candle-like apparatus for displaying images made up of curvilinear flame segments. |
| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus for generating a two-dimensional graphic image of fire, defined by one or more vector paths of continuous flame, supplied by a common reservoir of fuel, comprising
A container, acting as the base of the apparatus, serving as the reservoir, and forming a housing that encloses the entire apparatus, except its top side, A combustibly ignitable fuel, conformable to the internal shape of the container reservoir as a fuel volume, so that the upper surface of the fuel volume may be exposed to the atmosphere, A fire bed, consisting of a panel of fire-resistant material,
covering some or all of the upper surface of the fuel, so that the reservoir and the fire bed can be juxtaposed to substantially cover the fuel volume,and having one or more perforations arranged as an array vector paths that, together, form a pre-determined image upon the fire bed, wherein the perforations allow the transfer of fuel from the fuel volume below the fire bed, through the perforation vector paths forming the image, and A three-dimensional array of flammable wicking means, disposed through the perforations in the fire bed,
such that a portion of the wicking means extends below the fire bed, to be immersible in the fuel volume,and another portion of the wicking means is situated above the fire bed, and exposed to the atmosphere,in such a way that that, when the exposed portion of the wicking means is set on fire, the resulting flame consumes the fuel, engulfs the exposed portion of wicking means, and takes the appearance of the pre-determined graphic image.
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