Stoves and furnaces – Stoves – Cooking
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-02
2001-05-08
Yeung, James C. (Department: 3743)
Stoves and furnaces
Stoves
Cooking
C431S331000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06227190
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to fire starting devices and more particularly pertains to a new fireplace fire starting device for efficiently starting campfires and fireplace fires.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of fire starting devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, fire starting devices heretofore devised and utilized are 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. No. 4,487,572; U.S. Pat. No. 725,993; U.S. Pat. No. 4,779,608; Des. U.S. Pat. No. 356,008; U.S. Pat. No. 4,756,719; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,743,248.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new fireplace fire starting device. The inventive device includes a housing. The housing comprises a shaft, which is elongate and has a first end and a second end. A peripheral wall extends between and is integrally coupled to the first and second ends. The shaft has a lumen therein. The peripheral wall has a plurality of openings therein. Each of the openings extends into the lumen, and each of the openings is generally aligned. Burning oil is placed in the lumen. The shaft is placed in a fireplace under the wood grill, and the burning oil in the lumen is lit such that flames escape upwards and ignite wood on the wood supporting grill.
In these respects, the fireplace fire starting 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 efficiently starting campfires and fireplace fires.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of fire starting devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new fireplace fire starting device construction wherein the same can be utilized for efficiently starting campfires and fireplace fires.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new fireplace fire starting device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the fire starting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new fireplace fire starting device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fire starting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing. The housing comprises a shaft, which is elongate and has a first end and a second end. A peripheral wall extends between and is integrally coupled to the first and second ends. The shaft has a lumen therein. The peripheral wall has a plurality of openings therein. Each of the openings extends into the lumen, and each of the openings is generally aligned. Burning oil is placed in the lumen. The shaft is placed in a fireplace under the wood grill, and the burning oil in the lumen is lit such that flames escape upwards and ignite wood on the wood supporting grill.
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 described 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 fireplace fire starting device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the fire starting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new fireplace fire starting device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fire starting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new fireplace fire starting device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new fireplace fire starting device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new fireplace fire starting 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 fireplace fire starting device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fireplace fire starting 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 fireplace fire starting device for efficiently starting campfires and fireplace fires.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fireplace fire starting device which includes a housing. The housing comprises a shaft, which is elongate and has a first end and a second end. A peripheral wall extends between and is integrally coupled to the first and second ends. The shaft has a lumen therein. The peripheral wall has a plurality of openings therein. Each of the openings extends into the lumen, and each of the openings is generally aligned. Burning oil is placed in the lumen. The shaft is placed in a fireplace under the wood grill, and the burning oil in the lumen is lit such that flames escape upwards and ignite wood on the wood supporting grill.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fireplace fire starting device that quickly starts a fire without the need for finding kindling or other material.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new fireplace fire starting device that starts a fire in a more efficient way than simply applying fuel or burning oil to wood which often necessitates the application of additional fuel.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new fire starting device in wh
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