Tokai Corporation

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Masato Seki

Hideo Mifune

Noriyuki Serizawa

Tomio Nitta

Yosimitu Kaga

Jun Kashiwagi

Shinichi Okawa

Yasuaki Nakamura

Tsutomu Shike

Tsutomu Inada

Tatsuya Tashiro

Satosi Komiyama

A raw material mixture, which has a glass composition containing a salt or an oxide of a flame reaction metal, is heated, and an intermediate base material, in which the salt of the flame reaction metal, or the like, has been thermally decomposed and which is in a temporary sintered state or a fused glass state, is thereby formed. The intermediate base material is ground, and a ground material is thereby obtained. The ground material is mixed together with a liquid and, optionally, a binder, and a viscous flame reaction material is thereby formed. The viscous flame reaction material is supported on a substrate and heated to a temperature, which is not lower than a vitrification melting temperature of the viscous flame reaction material. In this manner, the flame reaction material is fusion bonded to the substrate. Generation of a thermal decomposition gas in the baking step is thus restricted, and the carrying of the flame reaction material on the substrate is carried out appropriately.

Process for producing flame reaction members for burners

In a structure of a burning portion of an alcohol-fueled ignitor provided with a wick for drawing up fuel alcohol in a fuel reservoir by capillarity from one end portion thereof to the other end portion and burning the fuel alcohol at the other end portion, the wick is formed of glass fibers and said the other end portion of the wick at which the fuel alcohol is burnt is exposed in a surface area of 30 mm,to 170 mm,.

Combustor structure for igniters

A liquid fuel burner has a wick for drawing up by capillarity of a draw-up section liquid fuel composed mainly of alcohol contained in a fuel tank and for burning it at a tip flame-producing section, a wick holder for holding the wick, an igniter for lighting the wick and a closure cap for preventing evaporation capable of sealing the wick openably and closably, and a flame-producing section of the wick is made noncircular in cross-sectional shape to increase the surface area exposed above the wick holder.

combustion wick for liquid fuel combustion appliance

A flame reaction member for a gas appliance has a flame reaction material carrier having a coiled or looped flame reaction material holding portion and flame reaction material carried on the flame reaction material holding portion. When manufacturing such a flame reaction member, a powder composition of the flame reaction material is molded into a body of a predetermined shape. The molded body is heated with the molded body held adjacent to the flame reaction material holding portion and is fused to the flame reaction material holding portion. The flame reaction material holding portion of the flame reaction material carrier is formed of flat wire material.

Flame reaction material carrier and method of manufacturing flame

A catalyst member for a lighter comprises a linear base material, and a fusion bonding material, which is constituted of a material selected from the group consisting of a powdered metal and a vitreous fused material. A finely divided catalyst carrier, which is constituted of a metal oxide, is secured to the surface of the linear base material by the fusion bonding material. A catalyst is deposited on the surface of the finely divided catalyst carrier.

Catalyst member for a lighter and process for producing the same

A catalyst support member for a lighter and the like comprises a base made of heat-resistant material such as a nickel-chrome alloy wire or the like, and a mixed powder comprising a catalyst carrier and a strength maintaining material. The mixed powder is fusion bonded to the base with a vitreous powdered fusion bonding material. The catalyst carrier is essentially composed of metal oxide powder such as aluminum oxide powder, titanium oxide powder or the like. The strength maintaining material is essentially composed of a metal oxide powder, such as aluminum oxide powder, titanium oxide powder or the like, and has a diameter smaller than that of the catalyst carrier.

Catalyst support member

A flame reaction member for gas combustion appliances comprises a flame reaction material, which is to be heated by a gas flame having been produced by a gas combustion appliance and which undergoes a flame reaction and colors the gas flame by the flame reaction. The flame reaction material comprises a glass compound, which is formed by mixing a flame reaction agent and a fused material with each other and fusing them together. The flame reaction agent is constituted of an oxide or a salt of a metal capable of undergoing the flame reaction. The fused material is capable of being mixed and fused together with the flame reaction agent and vitrified.

Flame reaction member for gas combustion appliances and a process for

A combustion device in a lighter, such as a gas lighter, comprises a base portion, which is associated with a nozzle for jetting a fuel gas and is provided with a primary air hole for introducing primary air into the fuel gas having been jetted from the nozzle, and a combustion cylinder, in which the fuel gas containing the primary air mixed in is burned. The combustion cylinder has a multiple pipe structure comprising a combustion inner pipe, in which the fuel gas containing the primary air mixed in flows, and a combustion outer pipe, which is located around the outer periphery of the combustion inner pipe and at a predetermined spacing from the combustion inner pipe. The space, which is defined between the combustion inner pipe and the combustion outer pipe, is formed as a secondary air flow path, through which secondary air is supplied to a combustion flame.

Combustion device in lighters

A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank 12 for storing fuel gas to be supplied to the burner, and an ignition means 8 having an ignition lever 21 which causes the ignition of the burner. For use with such a portable heater, a safety device for preventing the container from being heated while it is sealed, a safety device which prevents the emission of gas when flames are unexpectedly extinguished, and an overturn safety device for automatically extinguishing flames when the heater is overturned are obtained in a simple structure.

Safety device for use with portable heater

Portable heater

A method for producing a filter for use in a fuel flow rate regulating mechanism has a first step of providing a sheet of microcellular polymer material having upper and lower surfaces, each of the surfaces being fused to prevent fuel flow through the surfaces. The sheet of microcellular polymer material also has formations of continuous air bubbles between the upper and lower surfaces. The method for producing a filter has a second step of heat pressing in the direction of thickness to rearrange certain of the air bubbles, redefining same as independent, nonconnected air bubbles. The method for producing a filter has a third step of transversely punching from the sheet a filter element of prescribed configurations.

Method of producing a microcell polymer filter for use in flow rate

A flow regulating mechanism for a gas emitting device featuring a microcellular polymer filter having connected, continuous bubbles through which fuel passes and independent air bubbles which expand with increases in temperature compressing and thereby restricting the flow of fuel through the connected, continuous bubbles.

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Shizuoka-ken, Japan

Masato Seki