A system for repelling insects from an outdoor area includes at least one torch configured to disburse an insect repellant by burning a fuel, and a central fuel reservoir interconnected with the torches by a fuel plumbing system and configured to automatically replenish the fuel in a local reservoir of the torch. Fuel can be gravitationally transferred from the central reservoir to the torches, or maintained under pressure in the plumbing system and controlled by level sensors and valves in the torches. A remotely operated wick seal can exclude air from torch interiors and prevent fuel spills. A central controller and/or local torch controllers can be powered by wires and/or by batteries, which can be recharged by solar power. The controllers can be wirelessly monitored and/or controlled by software running on a remote device. The remote device and software can control a plurality of the systems.

A vaporization pipe for a kerosene lamp has an oil tube, a thermally conductive tube, and a first passage. The oil tube is made of steel and has a vaporization jet on a top of the oil tube. The thermally conductive tube is mounted in the oil tube and forms a first channel. The first passage is disposed between the oil tube and the thermally conductive tube. The steel oil tube can prevent the vaporization pipe from being softened and bent during the preheating of vaporization pipe or burning of the kerosene, and thus a useful lifetime of the vaporization pipe is prolonged. The thermally conductive tube is made of high-thermal-conductivity material for keeping the vaporization pipe with adequate thermal conductivity and improving a burning rate of kerosene. The first passage allows the kerosene to flow upward, preventing the kerosene from being vaporized incompletely because the kerosene is over pressurized.

A metallic wick includes at least one mesh member having first and second ends disposed opposite to each other, first and second surfaces respectively extended from the first end to the second end thereof and arranged opposite to each other, a plurality of meshes penetrating the first and second surfaces between the first and second ends thereof; and a transport channel extending from the first end to the second end thereof and drawing fuel by capillary action.

A torch refilling assembly includes a funnel for receiving a liquid fuel. A spout is fluidly coupled to the funnel and the spout is positioned in an opening of a fuel canister of a torch to direct the liquid fuel into the fuel canister of the torch. A rest is coupled to and extends laterally away from the funnel for engage a lid of the fuel canister for storage when the fuel canister is filled with the liquid fuel. A valve is movably coupled between the funnel and the spout. The valve is selectively positioned in a closed position to inhibit the liquid fuel from flowing out of the funnel. The valve is selectively positioned in an open position to pass the liquid fuel therethrough thereby facilitating the fuel canister to be filled with the liquid fuel.

The invention relates to a boron-free impregnating solution for a wick, a boron-free wick, and a candle comprising a wick according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for impregnating a wick with an impregnating solution according to the invention.

A support pole is received in a pole receiver. The pole has an outwardly biased spring tab that is compressible by an inside surface of the pole receiver until the spring tab is inserted to a location above a top surface of the pole receiver, thereby creating a secure attachment of the torch assembly to the pole.

A combustible sky lantern includes a combustible base frame and a combustible hot air balloon. The combustible base frame includes a combustion carrier and an envelope-connecting rim. The combustion carrier combustion carrier is used for positioning fixedly a combustible object to be ignited as a flame source. The envelope-connecting rim is connected with the combustion carrier. The combustible hot air balloon, fixed to the envelope-connecting rim, is to contain thereinside a heated air generated by burning the combustible object. After a fire at the combustible object spreads to the combustion carrier, the fire would further spread orderly to the envelope-connecting rim and the combustible hot air balloon.

A combustible sky lantern includes a combustible base frame and a combustible hot air balloon. The combustible base frame includes a combustion carrier and an envelope-connecting rim. The combustion carrier combustion carrier is used for positioning fixedly a combustible object to be ignited as a flame source. The envelope-connecting rim is connected with the combustion carrier. The combustible hot air balloon, fixed to the envelope-connecting rim, is to contain thereinside a heated air generated by burning the combustible object. After a fire at the combustible object spreads to the combustion carrier, the fire would further spread orderly to the envelope-connecting rim and the combustible hot air balloon.

A hanukiah that includes a base, eight oil holders and a ninth one that serve as a shamash. Each of the oil holders is shaped as a hollow cup that has a top opening and a narrower hollow leg that includes two opposite horizontal holes. The oil holders are designed to receive oil for lighting a wick. The base includes nine vertical holes which are designed to receive the narrow hollow legs in a way that enables them to rotate inside. The vertical holes are connected together by a horizontal pipe. The user may pour oil into the shamash oil holder and by that to fill the other oil holders. The user may turn one of said oil holders to determine how many of them will be filled by oil.

A novelty candle includes an elongated cylindrical durable glass body having a first height and a first diameter, the body having a first end and a second end and defining a concave well adjacent the first end, and a solid portion extending along at least half of the first height, a fuel source disposed within the well, the fuel source including a paraffin wax, a wick at least partially disposed within the fuel source, a murrini coupled to a bottom of the glass body adjacent the second end, and a glass base at least partially covering the murrini and forming a plurality of smooth curvatures with sides of the body.