Combustion – Burner cap – cover or extinguisher – Fluid
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-17
2001-10-23
Yeung, James C. (Department: 3743)
Combustion
Burner cap, cover or extinguisher
Fluid
C431S144000, CD29S127000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06305928
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to candle snuffing devices and more particularly pertains to a new candle snuffing device for snuffing out a candle without producing smoke.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of candle snuffing devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, candle snuffing(g devices heretofore devised and utilized arc known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,282,737; 3,775,037; 1,936,691; U.S. Pat. Des. No. 157,245; U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,785,556; and 3,985,492.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new candle snuffing device. The inventive device includes a housing. The housing has a front wall, a back wall and a peripheral wall integrally coupled to and extending between the front and back walls. A first tubular member is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first tubular member is securely coupled to the housing such that the first end of the first tubular member extends into housing. A reservoir for holding a fluid is positioned in the housing. A pumping means for pumping liquid out of the reservoir is fluidly coupled to the reservoir- and extends outwardly from the housing through the peripheral wall. A hose member has a first end and a second end. The first end is mechanically coupled to the pumping means. The hose member extending through the reservoir and through the first tubular member. A block member has a front side, a back side, and a perimeter edge extending therebetween. The perimeter edge comprises a first side edge, a second side edge, a third side edge and a fourth side edge, wherein the third edge is positioned opposite of the first edge. The third edge is securely coupled to the second end of the first tubular member. A first bore extends into the first side edge. The hose member extends into the block member and into the first bore.
In these respects, the candle snuffing device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of snuffing out a candle without producing smoke.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of candle snuffing devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new candle snuffing device construction wherein the same can be utilized for snuffing out a candle without producing smoke.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new candle snuffing device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the candle snuffing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new candle snuffing device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art candle snuffing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing. The housing has a front wall, a back wall and a peripheral wall integrally coupled to and extending between the front and back walls. A first tubular member is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first tubular member is securely coupled to the housing such that the first end of the first tubular member extends into housing. A reservoir for holding a fluid is positioned in the housing. A pumping means for pumping liquid out of the reservoir is fluidly coupled to the reservoir and extends outwardly from the housing through the peripheral wall. A hose member has a first end and a second end. The first end is mechanically coupled to the pumping means. The hose member extending through the reservoir and through the first tubular member. A block member has a front side, a back side, and a perimeter edge extending therebetween. The perimeter edge comprises a first side edge, a second side edge, a third side edge and a fourth side edge, wherein the third edge is positioned opposite of the first edge. The third edge is securely coupled to the second end of the first tubular member. A first bore extends into the first side edge. The hose member extends into the block member and into the first bore.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be discarded hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new candle snuffing device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the candle snuffing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new candle snuffing device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art candle snuffing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new candle snuffing device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new candle snuffing device which is of a durable and reliable construction .
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new candle snuffing device which is Susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such candle snuffing device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new candle snuffing device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new candle snuffing device for snuffing out a candle without producing smoke.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new c
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