Smokeless fire kindling device
US4189305A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 1978 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10L11/04
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A clean, substantially smokeless, non-volatile, normally solid product for the ignition of fires, such as charcoal or wood fires, for cooking, campsites, home fireplaces, and so forth. The device comprises a shaped intimate mixture of a wax (e.g. hydrocarbon) and a combustible cellulosic material in particulate form associated with a lighting means of combustible material, said mixture comprising the wax in major proportion by weight, based on the weight of the wax and the cellulosic material.
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