EP1557610B1 - Unité de briquet insérable dans un boîtier de briquet - Google Patents

Unité de briquet insérable dans un boîtier de briquet Download PDF

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EP1557610B1
EP1557610B1 EP04011084A EP04011084A EP1557610B1 EP 1557610 B1 EP1557610 B1 EP 1557610B1 EP 04011084 A EP04011084 A EP 04011084A EP 04011084 A EP04011084 A EP 04011084A EP 1557610 B1 EP1557610 B1 EP 1557610B1
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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
    • F23Q2/34—Component parts or accessories
    • F23Q2/50—Protecting coverings
    • 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
    • F23Q2/02—Lighters with liquid fuel fuel which is fluid at atmospheric pressure
    • F23Q2/04—Lighters with liquid fuel fuel which is fluid at atmospheric pressure with cerium-iron alloy and wick with friction ignition
    • F23Q2/06—Lighters with liquid fuel fuel which is fluid at atmospheric pressure with cerium-iron alloy and wick with friction ignition with friction wheel
    • F23Q2/08—Lighters with liquid fuel fuel which is fluid at atmospheric pressure with cerium-iron alloy and wick with friction ignition with friction wheel with ignition by spring action of the cover
    • 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
    • F23Q2/162—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with non-adjustable gas flame
    • F23Q2/163—Burners (gas valves)
    • 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
    • F23Q2/34—Component parts or accessories
    • F23Q2/36—Casings

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  • the invention relates to a lighter insert that can be used in a lighter case.
  • a lighter insert that can be used in a lighter case.
  • Such an application is from document US-A-6,247,920 already known.
  • lighters are provided in several parts with an outer housing and a lighter insert.
  • the outer housing is usually shapely and aesthetically designed, while the lighter insert is merely functional and is substantially completely or partially received in the housing. Only the burner of the lighter is visible from the outside after assembly or can be made accessible by opening the case.
  • lighter inserts are known with a conventional gasoline burner or with a conventional gas burner.
  • these lighter inserts do not provide sufficient security against extinction by draft.
  • the flame temperatures in such lighter inserts are too low for certain applications, e.g. for melting or melting of metals and plastics, for example during soldering.
  • a lighter insert for insertion into a lighter case having a housing base and a housing cover pivotally mounted thereto.
  • the lighter insert has a fuel chamber and a pressurized gas burner connected to the fuel chamber to deliver fuel from the fuel chamber to the pressurized gas burner during firing.
  • the compressed gas burner includes a fuel valve coupled to an actuator to open or close the fuel valve and a primer to ignite fuel.
  • the lighter insert has a pressurized gas burner in which fuel is mixed with air under pressure through nozzles and burns without substantial soot evolution with a limited substantially non-flickering flame.
  • a flame is significantly more resistant to drafts and also has a higher temperature than conventional burners of gasoline or gas lighters.
  • the lighter insert is designed so that it can be inserted into a lighter case with a housing base and a housing cover closing the housing cover.
  • the fuel chamber is completely or partially receivable in the housing base and the compressed gas burner when closing the housing base with the housing cover substantially received in the housing cover.
  • the actuator can be moved by pivoting the housing cover to a closed position, so that the fuel supply is interrupted.
  • the actuator can by pivoting the housing cover in an open position be moved so that fuel is supplied to the compressed gas burner.
  • the dimensions of the fuel chamber may substantially correspond to the inner dimensions of the housing base, so that the fuel chamber is held by form and / or frictional engagement when used in the housing base.
  • the fuel chamber may be made of a plastic material.
  • the fuel chamber may have projections which increase a width of the fuel chamber over the corresponding inner dimension, so that the fuel chamber is elastically deformed when inserted into the housing base and holds the fuel chamber in the housing base by adhesion in the inserted state.
  • the compressed gas burner may have a wind protection element with ventilation openings, which is arranged substantially cylindrically around the fuel valve, so that the flame generated by the compressed gas burner is generated substantially in the interior of the cylindrical wind protection element.
  • the lighter insert has a fuel chamber 1 in which fuel is under pressure.
  • a compressed gas burner 2 is arranged at the fuel chamber 1.
  • the compressed gas burner 2 comprises a fuel valve 3 (see FIG. 3), which is surrounded by a wind protection element 4.
  • the fuel valve 3 discharges fuel in the open state into a flame area which is located inside the wind protection element 4.
  • the wind protection element 4 has ventilation openings 7 in order to supply the burner flame with oxygen.
  • the pressurized gas burner 2 further comprises an ignition trigger 5, which has a piezoelectric element (not shown), wherein an ignition voltage is generated by pressing the Zünddrückers 5, which is passed via corresponding electrical connection lines to a firing tip 6.
  • the firing tip 6 is located in a flame region of the compressed gas burner 2, so that fuel, which is located in the flame area, can be ignited by a spark generated by a flashover.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of the lighter insert according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the upper side of the lighter insert with the compressed gas burner.
  • the fuel valve 3 can be seen in the interior of the windbreak 4.
  • the fuel valve 3 is designed to deliver the fuel from the fuel chamber 1 under pressure into the flame area.
  • the compressed gas burner 2 is designed as a so-called jet flame burner or laser flame burner.
  • the pressure at which the fuel is discharged into the flame area is increased over that of a conventional gas lighter.
  • the fuel is mixed with the air during the outflow so that a substantially complete combustion of the fuel takes place with very little development of soot.
  • the fuel valve 3 has a plurality of nozzle openings, which are designed so that a jet flame flame is generated.
  • a jet flame flame is a flame that results when an air / fuel mixture is directed under pressure into a combustion area.
  • conventional gas lighters which only direct gas through an outlet nozzle into the combustion area
  • Jetflame technology an air / fuel mixture is generated before or during introduction into the combustion chamber.
  • the combustion takes place at a substantially optimal mixing ratio between air and fuel. In any case, combustion does not take place with too rich a fuel mixture.
  • the fuel valve 3 is coupled to a leaflet 8 as an actuating element for the fuel valve 3.
  • the leaflet extends laterally out of the windscreen element 4.
  • the fuel valve 3 is opened to direct fuel into the flame area.
  • a fuel lighter gas is usually used because it can be stored well under pressure in the fuel chamber 1.
  • other fuels can be used for the operation of the lighter insert, with which it is possible to operate a compressed gas burner of the type described above.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 show further side views of the lighter insert according to the invention.
  • FIG 7 shows a lighter insert received in a lighter case.
  • the lighter case has a housing base 10 and a housing cover 11 pivotally mounted on the housing cover 11, the housing cover 11 can be pivoted on the housing base 10 so that a closed lighter housing is formed in which the lighter insert is completely absorbed.
  • the fuel chamber 1 of the lighter insert has a size that substantially corresponds to the inner dimensions of the housing base 10, so that the fuel chamber 1 is substantially completely received in the housing base 10. Then only the pressurized gas burner 2 projects beyond the housing base 10, wherein this has a dimension so that it can be accommodated in the housing cover 11 by closing the housing cover 11 when the lighter housing is closed.
  • the leaflet 8 for actuating the fuel valve 3 can be actuated via an actuating lever 12 which presses in an open position on the leaflet 8 and in a Closed position relieved the leaflet 8.
  • the actuating lever 12 is pivotally attached to two support members 13. When opening the housing cover 11, the actuating lever 12 is moved by a driver element (not shown) in the housing cover 11 in the open position, so that fuel flows through the fuel valve 3 in the flame area. When closing the housing cover 11 by folding onto the housing base 10, the actuating lever 12 is taken through the housing cover 11 and moved into the closed position, so that the fuel flow through the fuel valve 3 is stopped.
  • FIG 8 is shown how the lighter insert is inserted into the lighter case.
  • the fuel chamber 1 is thereby pushed into the housing base 10, until the fuel chamber 1 is substantially completely received in the housing base 10.
  • inserting the lighter insert is important to ensure that the actuating lever 12 in the housing cover 11 also with respect to the driver element comes to rest so that pivoted by pivoting the housing cover 11 of the actuating lever 12 and the fuel valve 3 can be opened or closed.
  • the outer dimensions of the fuel chamber 1 are preferably 32 ⁇ 36 ⁇ 11.5 mm.
  • a suitable material for the fuel chamber 1 is for example plastic, since this can be deformed when inserted into the housing base 10 with little effort.

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  1. Unité de briquet insérable dans un boîtier de briquet qui présente un socle de boîtier (10) et un couvercle de boîtier (11) pivotant sur celui-ci, avec une chambre de combustible (1) et un brûleur de gaz comprimé (2), qui est relié à la chambre de combustible (1) pour fournir en mode de combustion du combustible au brûleur de gaz comprimé (2) à partir de la chambre de combustible (1), dans laquelle le brûleur de gaz comprimé (2) présente une valve de combustible (3) qui est couplée à un élément d'actionnement pour ouvrir et fermer la valve de combustible (3), et un élément d'allumage réalisé comme gâchette d'allumage (5) pour allumer du combustible, dans laquelle la gâchette d'allumage (5) présente un élément piézoélectrique et une tension d'allumage qui est conduite à la pointe d'allumage (6) par le biais de lignes de raccordement électriques correspondantes est produite en appuyant sur la gâchette d'allumage (5).
  2. Unité de briquet selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la chambre de combustible (1) peut être logée dans le socle de boîtier (10) et le brûleur de gaz comprimé (2) est logé essentiellement dans le couvercle de boîtier (11) lors de la couverture du socle de boîtier (10) avec le couvercle du boîtier (11).
  3. Unité de briquet selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle lors de la fermeture du boîtier de briquet (10) par pivotement du couvercle de boîtier (11), l'élément d'actionnement (12) peut être déplacé en une position fermée, de sorte à interrompre l'alimentation en combustible.
  4. Unité de briquet selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle lors de l'ouverture du boîtier de briquet par pivotement du couvercle de boîtier (11), l'élément d'actionnement (12) peut être déplacé dans une position ouverte, de sorte à fournir du combustible au brûleur de gaz comprimé (2).
  5. Unité de briquet selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans laquelle la chambre de combustible (1) est réalisée à partir d'un matériau plastique.
  6. Unité de briquet selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans laquelle la chambre de combustible (1) présente des saillies, qui augmentent une largeur de la chambre de combustible (1) par le biais des dimensions intérieures correspondantes, de sorte que la chambre de combustible (1) est déformée élastiquement lors de son insertion dans le socle de boîtier (10) et maintient à l'état inséré la chambre de combustible (1) dans le socle de boîtier (10) par adhérence.
  7. Unité de briquet selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans laquelle le brûleur de gaz comprimé présente un pare-vent (4) avec des ouvertures de ventilation (7), qui est disposé essentiellement en forme cylindrique autour de la valve de combustible.
  8. Unité de briquet selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7,dans laquelle l'élément d'allumage (5), le pare-vent (4) et l'élément d' actionnement (12) sont essentiellement alignés.
  9. Unité de briquet selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans laquelle le brûleur de gaz comprimé (2) comprend un brûleur jetflame ou un brûleur à flamme laser.
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