Fountain with an oil lamp

Abstract

A fountain has a base, a body and an oil lamp. The base has a cavity receiving water. The body is mounted in the cavity and has a lamp seat a pump and a pipe. The pipe is connected to the pump and is mounted through the lamp seat. The oil lamp is mounted in the lamp seat and has a jar, a cap and a wick. The jar an oil chamber, an inner thread and a cap retainer mounted slidably on the jar. The cap is mounted detachably to the jar and has an outer thread and multiple slots corresponding to the cap retainer. The wick is mounted through the cap in the oil chamber. The oil lamp provides flickering flame effect to improve the visual presentation of the gushing water of the base and make the fountain look vivid at night or in the dark.

1 . A fountain comprising: 
 a base having a cavity defined in the base and adapted for receiving water;    a body mounted in the cavity and having a top, a top recess defined in the top, a lamp seat mounted in the top recess and having a lamp chamber defined in the lamp seat, a pump connected to the cavity in the base and a pipe connected to the pump and extending through the top of the base into the top recess; and    an oil lamp mounted detachably in the lamp seat of the body and having 
 a jar mounted detachably in the lamp chamber in the lamp seat and having an open top, an oil chamber defined in the jar, an inner thread formed in the oil chamber, a mount extending out from the jar and having a mounting hole defined through the mount and a cap retainer mounted slidably through the mounting hole in the mount and having two ends, a fastener mounted to the cap retainer and a spring mounted around the cap retainer and moving the cap retainer up relative to the mount;  
 a cap mounted detachably to open top of the jar, covering the oil chamber and having a top, a bottom, a wick hole defined through the cap, a tube extending out from the bottom of the cap and an outer thread formed on the tube and detachably engaging the inner thread and multiple slots defined in the bottom, wherein one end of the cap retainer detachably engages one of the slots; and  
 a wick mounted through the wick hole in the cap in the oil chamber in the jar.  
   
   
   
       2 . The fountain as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a lampshade being transparent and mounted to the top of the cap around the wick.  
   
   
       3 . The fountain as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein: 
 the lamp seat further has multiple passages defined through the lamp seat and communicating with the lamp chamber and the top recess in the body; and    the jar and the cap are made of metal.