Safety wick assembly for effusion lamps

Abstract

An improved effusion lamp which includes a wick assembly secured to a wick assembly carrier member, and, in turn, the wick assembly carrier member is secured to an oil vessel (with or without an intervening collar interface member) are configured for secure engagement to significantly reduce oil spillage in the event of accident toppling of the effusion lamp.

1 . An improved effusion lamp comprising: 
 an effusion lamp vessel configured for receiving an maintaining a measure of effusion lamp oil, and having a wick orifice;    a catalytic wick assembly comprising a fibrous wick member and a catalytic wick stone member secured to said fibrous wick member;    an elongate wick assembly support member having a wick passage conduit defined substantially through an axial centerline thereof, said wick passage conduit being sized for extension of a length of said fibrous wick member therethrough, and, at a first end of said wick assembly support member, having wick stone securement means for securing said wick stone member to said elongate wick assembly support member, an generally annular outer surface of said elongate wick assembly having vessel engagement means for securely registering said elongate wick assembly support member with said wick orifice of said effusion lamp vessel.    
   
   
       2 . The effusion lamp of  claim 1  wherein said vessel engagement means are threads and wherein said wick orifice of said effusion lamp vessel is configured with complimentary threads for threaded engagement between said effusion lamp vessel and said elongate wick assembly support member.