Electronic candle

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic candle, which includes a center stick of wax with a wick for burning, a perfume stick surrounding the center stick of wax for giving off a good smell when melting, an electronic device, which is fastened to the perfume stick at the bottom side and has a circuit board and a photo sensor for driving the circuit board to produce sound and lighting effects during burning of the wick of the center stick of wax, and optical fibers embedded in the center stick for transmitting light from the flame burning at the wick to the photo sensor to induce the photo sensor.

1 . An electronic candle comprising: 
 a candle body, said candle body comprising a center stick of wax and a perfume stick surrounding said center stick of wax, said center stick of wax having a wick, said perfume stick being formed of a mixture containing a wax and a perfume;    an electronic device fastened to a bottom side of said perfume stick, said electronic device comprising a circuit board adapted to produce sound and lighting effects, and a photo sensor adapted to control the operation of said circuit board; and    at least one optical fiber embedded in said center stick and adapted to transmit light from the flame burning at said wick of said center stick to said photo sensor to induce said photo sensor.    
   
   
       2 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising an isolating layer surrounding said perfume stick.  
   
   
       3 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said isolating layer is a tube of wax.  
   
   
       4 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said isolating layer is made of a material selected from a material groups including paper, plastic film, and paint.  
   
   
       5 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said candle body has a chamber and a close bottom side; said electronic device is mounted in said chamber and supported on said close bottom side of said candle body.  
   
   
       6 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a protective end cap fastened to said wick to prevent contact of said wick with said electronic device.  
   
   
       7 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said protective end cap is a heat conducting ring.  
   
   
       8 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein said heat conducting ring is made of a material selected from a material groups including metal, ceramics, and glass.  
   
   
       9 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said protective end cap carries a design.  
   
   
       10 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said electronic device further comprises a holder base holding said circuit board and said photo sensor, a battery set mounted in said holder base and electrically connected to said circuit board, and a cover covered on said holder base.  
   
   
       11 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein said holder base comprises a plurality of upright hooks; said cover has a plurality of peripheral locating notches respectively forced into engagement with said upright hooks of said holder base.  
   
   
       12 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein said holder base comprises a plurality of peripheral lugs for positioning in said candle body.  
   
   
       13 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein said cover has a center hole for the passing of said at least one optical fiber, and a plurality of through holes spaced around said center hole for the passing of component parts of said circuit board.  
   
   
       14 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein said electronic device further comprises a tubular shade provided at a top side of said cover around said center through hole, said shade having a plurality of peripheral holes corresponding to said through holes.  
   
   
       15 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said circuit board comprises at least one light emitting device.  
   
   
       16 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said at least one optical fiber includes a first optical fiber embedded in said center stick of wax and extending out of top and bottom sides of said center stick of wax, and at least one second optical fiber embedded in said center stick of wax and extending upwards to a middle part of said center stick of wax.  
   
   
       17 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said center stick of wax and said perform stick are transparent.  
   
   
       18 . The electronic candle as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said center stick of wax and said perfume stick are translucent.