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(11) EP 0 640 795 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.03.1995 Bulletin 1995/09

(21) Application number: 94306105.1

(22) Date of filing: 18.08.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6F23Q 2/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 19.08.1993 JP 226515/93
22.10.1993 JP 287556/93
24.03.1994 JP 79957/94

(71) Applicant: Iwahori, Masayuki
Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Pref. (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Iwahori, Masayuki
    Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Pref. (JP)

(74) Representative: Earnshaw, Geoffrey Mark 
Ansons, 240 Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast, Northern Ireland BT4 3EU
Belfast, Northern Ireland BT4 3EU (GB)


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    (54) Combustion apparatus


    (57) A combustion apparatus comprising a nozzle (11) for ejecting flammable fuel retained in a fuel container (5) through a valve (13), and a flow rate control means (19) upstream of said valve (13), said means (19) having a thread (19b) comprising a plurality of fibers (22) and/or a plurality of capillaries (24) and a fuel impenetrable member (19a) arranged around the thread (19b), whereby in use fuel from the fuel container (5) is supplied to the valve (13) by the capillarity of and/or clearences between the fibres (22) and/or capillaries (24) of the thread (19b), and wherein said fibers (22) and capillaries (24) are selected from one or more types of the group consisting of synthesized fibers, metal fibers, carbon fibers, glass fibers and hollow threads or fibers is described.







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