摘要 |
Disclosed is a combustion apparatus which comprises a nozzle for injecting flammable fuel retained in a fuel container through an openable/closable valve, and flow rate control means provided upstream of the value and having a wick member, made of a thread consisting of a plurality of fibers or made of a plurality of thin lines, and a fuel impenetrable member arranged around the wick member. The flammable fuel in the fuel container is supplied using capillarity of the thread or thin lines or clearances between the fibers of the thread or between the thin lines as a fuel passage. The fibers of the thread are continuous elongated fibers and are any one of synthesized fibers, metal fibers, carbon fibers, glass fibers or a hollow thread.
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