Wick Holder

Abstract

A wick holder for use with an oil lamp includes a body having a wick passage and at least one vent extending through the body to provide fluid communication between an interior and an exterior of an oil lamp reservoir. Additionally, or alternatively, the wick holder may include an oil capture channel formed in a surface of the wick holder spaced about the wick passage. Additionally, or alternatively, the wick holder may also include neck having a convex outer surface proximate an end of the neck. Additionally, or alternatively, the wick holder may include a convex inner surface forming a part of the wick passage proximate the end of the neck.

1 . An oil lamp, comprising: 
 an oil reservoir having an opening providing access from an exterior of the oil reservoir to an interior of the oil reservoir; and    a wick holder having a head and a neck extending from the head, the neck sized to be received in the opening of the oil reservoir, at least a portion of the wick holder sized to engage at a portion of the oil reservoir to support the wick holder with respect to the oil reservoir, the wick holder forming a wick passage extending through the head and neck and sized to receive a wick, the wick holder also forming at least one vent extending through the wick holder to provide air flow between the interior and the exterior of the oil reservoir when the neck of the wick holder is positioned in the opening of the oil reservoir.    
     
     
         2 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein the wick passage is longitudinally centered in the wick holder and the vent is radially spaced from the wick passage.  
     
     
         3 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein the head of the wick holder includes a shoulder formed proximate the neck for supportingly engaging the oil reservoir.  
     
     
         4 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein the head of the wick holder includes a shoulder formed proximate the neck for supportingly engaging the oil reservoir, the wick passage is longitudinally centered in the head and neck, and the vent is radially spaced from the wick passage to extending through the shoulder.  
     
     
         5 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein the head of the wick holder includes a shoulder formed proximate the neck for supportingly engaging the oil reservoir, the wick passage is longitudinally centered in the head and neck, and the vent is radially spaced from the wick passage to extending through the head and neck.  
     
     
         6 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein the head of the wick holder includes a shoulder formed proximate the neck for supportingly engaging the oil reservoir, the wick passage is longitudinally centered in the head and neck, and the vent is radially spaced from the wick passage to extending through the head.  
     
     
         7 . The oil lamp of  claim 1 , further comprising an oil capture channel surrounding the wick passage formed in the wick holder.  
     
     
         8 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein the head of the wick holder includes a shoulder formed proximate the neck for supportingly engaging the oil reservoir and an oil capture channel formed in the shoulder surrounding the wick passage.  
     
     
         9 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein the head of the wick holder includes a shoulder formed proximate the neck for supportingly engaging the oil reservoir and an oil capture channel surrounding the wick passage formed in the shoulder, the wick passage being longitudinally centered in the head and neck, and the vent being radially spaced from the wick passage and extending through the shoulder and opening in the oil capture channel.  
     
     
         10 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein the neck of the wick holder includes a terminus spaced from the head, the terminus having a convex outer surface.  
     
     
         11 . The oil lamp of  claim 1  wherein neck of the wick holder includes a terminus spaced from the head, the wick passage having a concave inner surface proximate the terminus of the neck of the wick holder.  
     
     
         12 . An oil lamp, comprising: 
 an oil reservoir having an opening providing access to an interior of the oil reservoir from an exterior of the oil reservoir; and    a wick holder having a head, a neck, and a shoulder formed between the head and the neck for supportingly engaging the oil reservoir, the wick holder having a longitudinal wick passage extending through the head and neck and a vent radially spaced from the wick passage extending through the shoulder and opening into an oil capture channel formed in a junction between the head and the shoulder of the wick holder, the neck of the wick holder having a terminus spaced from the head, an outer surface of the neck proximate the terminus being convex and an inner surface of the neck forming a portion of the wick passage proximate the terminus being concave.    
     
     
         13 . The oil lamp of  claim 12 , further comprising: 
 a second vent radially spaced from the wick passage and extending through the should and opening into the oil capture channel formed in the junction between the head and the shoulder.    
     
     
         14 . A wick holder for use with an oil lamp, comprising: 
 a body having a first end and a second end opposed to the first end, a wick passage extending through the body between the first and the second ends and a vent extending through the body, radially spaced from the wick passage.    
     
     
         15 . The wick holder of  claim 14  wherein the body includes a head and a neck, the head having a radially extending shoulder formed proximate the neck, the vent extending through the shoulder of the body.  
     
     
         16 . The wick holder of  claim 14  wherein the body includes a head and a neck, the head having a radially extending shoulder formed proximate the neck, a channel formed in a surface of the shoulder surrounding wick passage and the vent extending through the shoulder of the body.  
     
     
         17 . A wick holder for use with an oil lamp, comprising: 
 a body having a radially extending peripheral shoulder, a longitudinally extending wick passage, and an oil capture channel form in a surface of the peripheral shoulder radially spaced about the wick passage.    
     
     
         18 . The wick holder of  claim 17 , further comprising: 
 a vent radially spaced from the wick passage and extending through the shoulder, wherein the vent opens into the oil capture channel.    
     
     
         19 . The wick holder of  claim 17  wherein the body forms a convex outer surface proximate an end of the wick passage and the concave inner surface proximate the end of the wick passage.  
     
     
         20 . A wick holder for use with an oil lamp, comprising: 
 a body having a first end and a second end opposed to the first end, a wick passage extending through the body between the first and the second ends, the body having a convex outer surface proximate the second end surrounding an opening formed therein by the wick passage.    
     
     
         21 . The wick holder of  claim 20  wherein the body has a concave inner surface proximate the second end, the concave inner surface forming a portion of the wick passage.  
     
     
         22 . The oil lamp of  claim 20  wherein the body includes a shoulder formed between the first and the second ends, further comprising: 
 a vent radially spaced from the wick passage and extending through shoulder of the wick holder.  
 
     
     
         23 . The oil lamp of  claim 20  wherein the body includes a shoulder formed between the first and the second ends, further comprising: 
 an oil capture channel formed in a surface of the shoulder; and  
 a vent radially spaced from the wick passage and extending through shoulder of the wick holder and into the oil capture channel formed in the surface of the shoulder.  
 
     
     
         24 . A wick holder for use with an oil lamp, comprising: 
 a body having a first end and a second end opposed to the first end, a wick passage extending through the body between the first and the second ends, the body having a concave inner surface proximate the second end, the concave inner surface forming a portion of the wick passage.    
     
     
         25 . The oil lamp of  claim 24  wherein the body includes a shoulder formed between the first and the second ends, further comprising: 
 a vent radially spaced from the wick passage and extending through shoulder of the wick holder.  
 
     
     
         26 . The oil lamp of  claim 24  wherein the body includes a shoulder formed between the first and the second ends, further comprising: 
 an oil capture channel formed in a surface of the shoulder; and  
 a vent radially spaced from the wick passage and extending through shoulder of the wick holder and into the oil capture channel formed in the surface of the shoulder.