EP1348909A1 - Handfeuerzeug - Google Patents

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EP1348909A1
EP1348909A1 EP03251014A EP03251014A EP1348909A1 EP 1348909 A1 EP1348909 A1 EP 1348909A1 EP 03251014 A EP03251014 A EP 03251014A EP 03251014 A EP03251014 A EP 03251014A EP 1348909 A1 EP1348909 A1 EP 1348909A1
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Hou Chong Lei
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/16—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
    • F23Q2/164—Arrangements for preventing undesired ignition
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/16—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
    • F23Q2/161—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with friction wheel

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  • the present invention relates to a hand held lighter.
  • the present invention is particularly concerned with a hand held lighter of the type comprising a fuel container, a fuel valve for allowing fuel to be fed from the fuel container to an ignition point, a lever for opening the fuel valve, a flint and a rotatably mounted sparking wheel contacting the flint, so that when the sparking wheel is rotated, sparks are generated by the flint and projected to the ignition point.
  • a user will rotate the sparking wheel with their thumb while simultaneously depressing the lever to allow fuel to be fed to the ignition point, where it is ignited by the sparks.
  • the side wheels are rotatably mounted with respect to the sparking wheel and have roughened edges so that they are preferentially rotated.
  • the present inventors have realised that, if side wheels are provided which, instead of being rough, are relatively smooth, a user's thumb will slip off the side wheels without contacting the sparking wheel, unless the user applies a sufficient force, sufficiently carefully. This can provide a further safety feature preventing accidental ignition of the lighter.
  • the present invention provides in a first aspect a hand held lighter comprising a fuel container, a fuel valve for allowing fuel to be fed from the fuel container to an ignition point, a lever for operating the fuel valve, a flint, a rotatably mounted sparking wheel contacting the flint, so that when the sparking wheel is rotated by a user, sparks are generated by the flint and projected to the ignition point, at least one side wheel being provided, adjacent to the sparking wheel, wherein the circumferential surface of the side wheel is smooth so that, if a force is applied by a user's thumb or finger to the circumferential surface of the side wheel and the sparking wheel, which force would in the absence of the side wheel be just sufficient to rotate the sparking wheel and generate sparks, the user's thumb or finger will slip on the side wheel.
  • the side wheels are rotatably mounted with respect to the side wheel so that they are preferentially rotated.
  • the present inventors have further realised that additional safety can be provided if the side wheel and the sparking wheel are rigidly mounted so that they rotate together, the side wheels being made small so that the moment of the force applied by a user to the side wheel and sparking wheels is small, making it more difficult to rotate them.
  • a hand held lighter comprising a fuel container, a fuel valve for allowing fuels to be fed from the fuel container to an ignition point, a lever for operating the fuel valve, a flint, a rotatably mounted sparking wheel contacting the flint, so that when the sparking wheel is rotated by a user, sparks are generated by the flint and projected to the ignition point, at least one side wheel being provided, rigidly connected to and adjacent to the sparking wheel, wherein the diameter of the side wheel is smaller than the outside diameter of the sparking wheel
  • the method of using the hand held lighter of the present invention is exactly the same as the prior art. However, a user has to apply a greater force to the side wheel and sparking wheel in order to cause the latter to rotate and generate sparks.
  • the first method is essentially empirical.
  • a user is provided with a lighter according to the invention, having a side wheel, and a lighter substantially identical to the first lighter, accept that it has no side wheel.
  • the user is then asked to attempt to light each lighter a number of times.
  • the user is then asked to determine subjectively the force required to ignite the second lighter.
  • the user is then requested to assess whether, if the same force is used with the first lighter, the user's thumb slips for a substantial proportion of attempts to light the first lighter.
  • the proportion may be over half, preferably over two thirds of the attempts, preferably over three quarters of the attempts.
  • the accuracy of this test may be improved by increasing the number of attempts that the user has to make. It may be further increased by asking a panel of different users to each assess the first and second lighter in the same way. If a substantial proportion of the panel of users considers that the force required to ignite to the second lighter leads to the thumb slipping with the first lighter, the requirement of claim 1 is deemed be met. This proportion may be at least 50%, preferably at least 60% preferably at least 75% of the panel.
  • the circumferential surface of the side wheel may be smooth if it contains substantially no re-entrant formations or protrusions. It is preferred that it is not jagged. For example, it is preferred that there are no upstanding ridges or indented grooves, no roughened parts or jagged edges. Preferably, any protrusions or indentations on the surface do not exceed 0.1mm in depth and preferably do not exceed 0.01mm in depth.
  • the side wheels are made of any suitable material, for example zinc alloy, stainless steel or brass.
  • the side wheels may be construded of this material by a method that gives a smooth surface, for example by forming methods such as punching or by die cashing.
  • the side wheels may be polished.
  • the side wheel may be of any suitable shape. Preferably, it is part cylindrical. However, the circumferential sides may define sections of a cone. They may comprise curved sections. For example, the side wheel may be formed with rounded edges.
  • the side wheel is suitably of axial length in the range .5 - 5.0 mm, preferably around 1.0 - 2.0 mm. Preferably, it's axial length is in the range .5 to 1.5 times the axial length of the sparking wheel. Preferably, there are two side wheels, one on each side of the sparking wheel.
  • the sparking wheel and the side wheel or wheels may be mounted on a common axle. Alternatively, they be mounted on separate axles.
  • the side wheels may comprise stub axles projecting from either side thereof, the stub axles being received on one side in a bearing and on the other side in a bearing in the sparking wheel.
  • the side wheels are substantially fixed with respect to the sparking wheel. This increases the resistance to rotation of the side wheels and the tendency of the user's thumb to slip.
  • the sparking wheel itself is preferably of conventional design, and details of the design will be well known to the person skilled in the art. It will be made of a suitable material, as will be well known to the person skilled in the art.
  • the diameter of the side wheel may be larger than the outside diameter of the sparking wheel.
  • the outer diameter of the side wheel is equal to or less than the outside diameter of the sparking wheel.
  • the moment of the force exerted by the user's thumb on the side wheel will be smaller, because the radius of application is smaller. This means that the tendency of the user's thumb to rotate the wheel is again less than its tendency to ship.
  • the side wheel or wheels and the spark wheel are mounted in a bracket.
  • the bracket suitably further comprises a mounting for the valve.
  • the valve is preferably operable by a lever, a pivot point being provided in the bracket about which the lever may be rotated to actuate the valve.
  • the operating end of the lever may be mounted so that, in use, it can be contacted by the thumb at the same time as the thumb is used to rotate the sparking wheel, so that the lighter can be operated in a single movement.
  • the part of the lever operable by the thumb will be called the free end.
  • resilient means are provided between the free end of the lever and the bracket. The resilient means is provided so that lever can only be operated, and the valve actuated, if sufficient force is applied by the thumb to overcome the resilient means. In this way, extra force is required in order to operate the lighter, providing a further safety feature.
  • the resilient means may take any suitable form.
  • the bracket may comprise a resiliently deformable projection.
  • a compressible spring may be provided, for example a coil spring, extending between the free end and the bracket.
  • a spring housing may be provided to house the spring.
  • the hand held lighter preferably comprises a shield. It is well known to provide a shield in hand-held lighters, extending around the ignition point, to prevent leakage of burning fuel from the ignition point and to protect the ignition point from draughts.
  • the shield extends around the side of the sparking wheel. This provides a further safety feature. The operator has to insert their thumb between respective edges of the shield in order to operate the spark wheel.
  • the fuel container and shield design may be substantially the same as conventional hand held lighters.
  • the valve may be substantially the same as in conventional hand held lighters.
  • the fuel used may be the substantially the same as used in conventional hand held lighters.
  • the flint may be any suitable flint material used in hand held lighters, and the person skilled in the art will be able to select suitable material.
  • the side wheel or wheels may be rotationally fixed with respect to the spark wheel or they may be able to rotate freely with respect to one another.
  • the lighter shown in figure 1 comprises a fuel container 1, which is shown comprising fuel 2.
  • a wick 3 is provided for allowing fuel to be delivered to a valve arrangement which includes a valve tube 4 movably located with respect to a valve plug 7 and a nozzle 5.
  • the nozzle 5 defines the ignition point for fuel.
  • the lever 6 has a free end 6a, a pivoting section 6b (visible in figure 2), and a valve operating section 6c which engages an undercut formation formed at the base of nozzle 5. In use, if the free end 6a of the lever 6 is depressed, the lever 6 rotates about its pivot point 6b. This causes the operating section 6c to rise, drawing the nozzle 5 upwards with it.
  • a sparking wheel 9 is provided. This is formed of a suitable material such as steel.
  • the sparking wheel 9 is formed on its surface with indentations 9a both to allow grip and to ensure a highly frictional contact with a flint 10.
  • the flint 10 is driven into contact with the sparking wheel by a spring 11.
  • the sparking wheel 9 is rotated by a user's thumb in a clockwise direction as seen in figure 1. As a result, sparks are stricken from the top of flint 10 and projected in a direction to the left of the page, towards the nozzle 5, where the sparks ignite the fuel.
  • the sparking wheel is associated with a pair of side wheels 12 and 13.
  • the side wheels will be described further below.
  • they each comprise an outer circumferential surface and an axle 14,15.
  • the outer ends of the axles 14 and 15 are retained in a bracket structure 16.
  • the inner ends of the axles protrude into the bearing of the sparking wheel and are rigidly fixed with respect to the sparking wheel.
  • the sparking wheel and the side wheels 12 and 13 are coaxially mounted in the bracket structure 16.
  • a shield 17 is provided for protecting the nozzle 5.
  • the shield is formed of metallic plate material and extends around the sparking wheel and the end of the nozzle. It can be seen that, the top edges of the shield 18 are bent over the top of the bracket structure 16 and abutt the sides of the side wheels 12 and 13 in figure 2.
  • a spring 19 mounted on a spring shaft 20 is provided. The end of the spring shaft 20 is urged against the free end 6a of the lever 6 biasing the free end into the upper position.
  • a user places their thumb in contact with the sparking wheel 9 and, simultaneously, in contact with the free end 6a of the lever 6. If sufficient force is applied, the spring force of the spring 19 is overcome and the lever 6 is depressed, operating the valve 4 so that fuel is fed to the nozzle 5. Simultaneously, the sparking wheel is rotated and sparks are stricken from the end of the flint 10 to ignite the fuel. In order to prevent inadvertent operation of the lighter or to prevent operation of the lighter by children, the spring force 19 is made sufficiently large. Further, the circumferential edges of the side wheels 12 and 13 are made smooth. That is, they are constructed with a smooth surface and without projections or indentations which would affect frictional grip of the user's thumb.
  • the side wheels 12 and 13 are of smaller diameter than the sparking wheel 9.
  • the sparking wheel 9 therefore stands proud of the side wheels making contact easier.
  • the safety is not lost, due to the smoothness of the circumferential surfaces of the side wheels. The moment of the force exerted by the user's thumb on the sidewheels is less, because of their lower diameter, increasing the tendency to slip.
  • side wheels 21 and 22 may be provided which are of the same radius as the sparking wheel 9, as shown in figure 4.
  • side wheels 23 and 24 may be provided which are of greater radius than the sparking wheel 9, as shown in figure 5.
  • Figure 6 shows a schematic cross section of a hand held lighter which is substantially the same as shown in figure 1 accept that the shield 25 extends to the same level as the outside of the sparking wheel, thereby presenting a further safety feature.
  • the user has to press their thumb firmly against the edges of sparking wheel 9 in order to rotate it to cause sparks.
  • Figure 7 shows a cross section along line B-B of figure 6.
  • Figure 8 shows a yet further design of hand held lighter according to the present invention. It is substantially the same as the hand held lighter of figures 1 and 6, accept that the shield 26 extends around the side wheels and the sparking wheel 9 and stands slightly above them, as can be seen in figure 9, which is cross section along the line C-C of figure 8. This provides a yet further safety feature. The user has to press their thumb particularly carefully and firmly into the gap between the ends of the shield 26 in order to contact the sparking wheel 9 with sufficient force to rotate it.

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GB0204233A GB2388894B (en) 2002-02-22 2002-02-22 Hand held sparking wheel lighter having at least one side wheel
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EP1669674A1 (de) * 2004-12-13 2006-06-14 Hou Chong Lei Handfeuerzeug
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EP1669674A1 (de) * 2004-12-13 2006-06-14 Hou Chong Lei Handfeuerzeug
US11920788B2 (en) 2018-12-24 2024-03-05 Mustafa Onin Multifunctional lighter

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PT1348909E (pt) 2007-06-26
GB2388894A (en) 2003-11-26
DK1348909T3 (da) 2007-08-13
DE60312758D1 (de) 2007-05-10
GB2388894B (en) 2006-01-04
EP1348909B1 (de) 2007-03-28
ATE358258T1 (de) 2007-04-15
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ES2211377T1 (es) 2004-07-16
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