Enhancement of fragrance release from candles

Abstract

Combinations, assemblies and methods for releasing fragrance from candles and like objects are disclosed, which utilize a heat conductive core or element embedded in the material from which the containerized candle or like item is made whereby heat is applied to the container is distributed to the material along the core to facilitate more rapid and more uniform melting, while reducing the risk of an explosion due to uneven beating.

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       9 . A combination comprising: 
 a container which can be held in the hand of a user;    a material comprising a fragrance disposed in the container, the material being solid at room temperature but having a low melting point;    a flameless heat-conductive metal core embedded or embeddable in the material to obtain heat at one location from the material after some of the material at the one location is melted by flameless external heat applied to the material through the container to conduct the heat to a second location in the material fragrance is safely released from the material.    
   
   
       10 . A fragrance releasing combination comprising; 
 a vessel;    a quantity of fragrance-bearing material disposed in the vessel, the states of which is transformed from solid to liquid upon the application of low level heat;    a conductive element embedded in the material within the vessel to flamelessly distribute heat received from melted material to melt solid material.    
   
   
       11 . The combination according to  claim 10  further comprising a flameless device external of the vessel by which heat is delivered through the vessel to the material and to the element in the container.  
   
   
       12 . A fragrance emitting flameless assembly comprising: 
 a candle comprised of wax-like fragrance-containing material which is in a solid state at room temperature;    an impervious encasement containing the material;    a heat conductive element encased in a flameless location within the material of which the candle is comprised;    whereby, upon application of external flameless heat to candle material and the element through the encasement, a juxtaposed portion of the material flamelessly melts due to the external flameless heat and the element distributes the heat to the material elsewhere to enhance flameless melting of the material remote from the external heat to thereby release fragrance from the material.    
   
   
       13 . A method of flamelessly releasing a fragrance from a normally solid fragrance bearing material disposed in a receptacle, comprising the acts of: 
 disposing a heat-conductive element within the material within the receptacle;    applying flameless heat from a source external to the receptacle across the receptacle to flamelessly melt a portion of the material within the receptacle directly adjacent to the external heat source and to flamelessly heat the element;    applying the flameless heat conducted along the element to further flamelessly melt the material remote from the external heat source.    
   
   
       14 . A method of flamelessly emitting a fragrance comprising the acts of: 
 transforming a solid material in a container to a liquid causing release of a fragrant odor by application of flameless heat to the container to heat and flamelessly melt some of the solid material whereby the melted solid material transfers flameless heat along a heat-conductive element disposed within the material to flamelessly melt additional solid material.    
   
   
       15 . A method of flamelessly melting a candle without combustion, comprising the acts of: 
 combining a heat conductor and a solid candle, with or without a wick, in a container:    externally flamelessly heating the container to locally melt a portion of the candle and distributing heat flamelessly from the melt portion of the candle along the conductor to melt an additional portion of the candle away from the locally melt location.