JPH0960877A - Operation device of gas lighter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation device of a gas lighter which can be applied in a new gas lighter satisfying a new request from a customer. SOLUTION: This operation device of a gas lighter is comprised of a pressing member storing case 5 arranged at a proper location in a main body 2 of the lighter, a pressing member 6 closing a front opening 16 of the pressing member storing case 5 and fixed to the pressing member storing case 5, and two rollers 8 pivotally arranged at positions where they are contacted with an inner surface of the pressing member 6. In addition, there are provided a first arm 9 supported at its one end to the same shaft 12 as that of the roller 8 and fixed at the other end in the pressing member storing case 5, and a second arm 10 supported at one end to the same shaft 11 as that of the roller 8 and supported at the other end by a cap 14 directly acting on an operating member 15 of a high voltage generating device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operating device for a gas lighter which uses a high voltage generator for generating a high voltage by impacting a piezoelectric element.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the ignition mechanism of a gas lighter generates a high voltage by impacting a piezoelectric element to obtain a high voltage, discharging this between electrodes, and igniting a gas by a generated spark. The mechanism is commonly used. For this reason,
Various devices for operating an ignition mechanism that applies an impact to a piezoelectric element have been proposed.

A high voltage generator has piezoelectric elements in the longitudinal direction,
Generally, a unit that has a built-in gas lighter that impacts in the vertical direction is used as a unit, and its operating device is a vertical push-down type depending on the design of the gas lighter.
Rotating type etc. have been proposed. The customer's needs change year by year, and in order to meet this, it is necessary to develop an operating device that can be applied to the unitized high voltage generator and can be used in a gas lighter with a novel design.

[0004]

Recently, there has been a demand from customers to ignite a gas lighter by, for example, grasping the gas lighter from the front and lightly pushing it in with the thumb. The conventional vertical push-down type or rotary type operating device cannot meet this demand in a state where the aesthetic shape is maintained due to the shape and thickness of the gas lighter.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new gas lighter operating device that satisfies new customer requirements.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a high voltage generator for generating a high voltage by impacting a piezoelectric element as an ignition source for gas from a fuel tank. In the operating device of the gas lighter, the operating device for operating the high-voltage generating device is a pusher housing case arranged at an appropriate position of the lighter body, and the pusher housing case is formed by closing a front opening of the pusher housing case. And a pair of rollers that are axially supported at positions where they come into contact with the inner surface of the pusher, and one end supported by the same shaft as the rollers and the other end inside the pusher housing case. A first arm supported on a shaft fixed to the second roller, and a second arm supported on the same shaft as the roller at one end and at the other end by a cap that directly acts on an actuator of the high voltage generator.
An operating device for a gas lighter, which is characterized by comprising an arm, is proposed.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a schematic diagram of a gas lighter 1 to which the operating device for a gas lighter according to the invention can best be applied, but without the decorative design. The gas lighter 1 is composed of a lighter main body 2, and the lighter main body 2 has a shape in which the central portion in the longitudinal direction is cut from above to a position slightly lower than half of the entire length, and the fuel tank portions 3 and 4 are left on both sides. Has become. Fuel tank part 3, 4
Are in communication with the fuel tank of the lighter body 2 at the lower part. The pusher housing case 5 is fitted and fixed to the cut-out portion of the lighter body 2, and the pusher 6 of the operating device of the high voltage generator described later is arranged. Although not shown, various mechanisms and members for generating a flame at the upper flame ejection port 7 are similarly arranged in the presser housing case 5. Since these mechanisms and members are not directly related to the present invention, their illustration and detailed description are omitted.

Next, the operating device of the gas lighter according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. This figure is a schematic sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the pusher housing case 5 inserted between the fuel tanks 3 and 4 and made of plastic material in the illustrated embodiment has a lower portion 5
It is engaged and fixed to the protruding portion 2a of the lighter body 2 at a.
The front opening 16 of the pusher housing case 5 is closed by the pusher 6, the pusher 6 is made of a plastic material and has the shape shown in FIG. 4, and the lower pin portion 6a is attached to the pusher housing case 5. It is fixedly supported by fitting into the groove provided in the. Two rollers 8 are arranged on the inner surface of the pressing element 6 in a position contacting with the pressing element 6 while being supported by a shaft 11.
Between these rollers 8 are arranged first and second arms 9 and 10 each supported at one end by the same shaft 11. The other end of the first arm 9 is supported by a shaft 12 fixed to the pusher housing case 5. The other end of the second arm 10 is connected by a shaft 13 to a cap 14, which surrounds the upper end of an actuator 15 of the high voltage generator and acts directly on it. The positional relationship between these rollers 8, the first and second arms 9 and 10, and the cap 14 is schematically shown in FIG. The roller 8, the first arm 9, the second arm 10 and the roller 8 are passed through the shaft 11, and one end of the shaft 11, for example, the end portion near the second arm 10 is caulked. Cap 1
A compression spring, which is simply indicated by a dotted line, is built in the actuator 15 of the high-voltage generator surrounded by 4. The actuator 15 is an impactor that impacts a piezoelectric element by a cam mechanism under the action of this compression spring. Operate. After impacting the piezoelectric element, the actuator 15 returns to the position shown in FIG. 2 by the restoring action of the compression spring. Therefore, the cap 14 is placed under the action of the elastic return position of the actuator 15.

Next, the operation of the operating device according to the present invention will be described. Hold the gas lighter shown in Fig. 1 with your right hand,
The pusher 6 is pushed inward with the thumb. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the inner surface of the pusher 6 pushes the roller 8, and the roller 8 is pushed by the pusher 6 while rotating.
Since the first arm 9 is fixed by the shaft 12, the second arm 10 is moved downward. The cap 14 connected to the second arm 10 descends along the wall 5b of the pusher housing case 5 and pushes the actuator 15 of the high voltage generator downward against the action of the built-in compression spring. . Actuator 15
At the storage limit of the cam mechanism of the high voltage generator releases the impactor to impact the piezoelectric element, and the piezoelectric element generates a high voltage. After that, when the pressing force to the pressing element 6 is released, the operating element 15 is raised by the restoring force of the compression spring, and accordingly, the cap 14 and the second arm 1 connected thereto.
0 also rises and returns to the original position (Fig. 2). This pusher 6
When the gas is discharged from the fuel tank in conjunction with the pressing action of the actuator and the movement of the actuator 15, the gas is ignited by a spark generated by a high voltage in a spark gap (not shown) provided below the flame outlet 7. be able to.

[0011]

As described above, the present invention provides an operating device for a gas lighter that uses a high-voltage generator that impacts a piezoelectric element to generate a high voltage as an ignition source for gas from a fuel tank. An operating device for operating the high-voltage generating device, a pusher housing case arranged at an appropriate position of the lighter body, and a pusher mounted on the presser housing case by closing a front opening of the pusher housing case, Two rollers axially supported at a position where they come into contact with the inner surface of the presser, and one end supported by the same shaft as the rollers and the other end supported by a shaft fixed in the presser housing case. First
Since the arm and the second arm supported on the same shaft as the roller at one end and supported at the other end by the cap that directly acts on the actuator of the high voltage generator, the new arm of the customer is provided. It is possible to provide a gas lighter operating device that can be applied to a novel gas lighter that satisfies the requirements.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a schematic perspective view of a gas lighter to which the operating device for a gas lighter according to the present invention can best be applied, except for a decorative design.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 for explaining the operating device of the gas lighter of the present invention in more detail.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a relationship between a roller and an arm viewed in a direction of an arrow B in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the shape of a pusher of the operating device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view showing the operating device of the present invention in an operating state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Gas Lighter 2 Lighter Body 3 Fuel Tank Part 4 Fuel Tank Part 5 Pusher Housing Case 5a Lower Part of Pusher Housing Case 5b Wall of Pusher Housing Case 6 Pusher 6a Pusher Pin Part 8 Roller 9 First Arm 10 2nd arm 11 Roller shaft 12 1st arm mounting shaft 13 2nd arm mounting shaft 14 Cap 15 High-voltage generator actuator 16 Full opening of pusher housing case

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gas lighter operating device using a high voltage generator for generating a high voltage by impacting a piezoelectric element as an ignition source for gas from a fuel tank, wherein the high voltage generator is operated. A position where the operating device comes into contact with the presser accommodating case arranged at an appropriate position of the lighter body, the presser attached to the presser accommodating case by closing the front opening of the presser accommodating case, and the inner surface of the presser. Two rollers that are axially supported, a first arm that is supported at one end by the same shaft as the rollers and that is supported at the other end by a shaft that is fixed in the presser housing case, and the rollers. A second shaft supported on the same shaft at one end and at the other end by a cap that directly acts on the actuator of the high voltage generator
A gas lighter operating device characterized by comprising an arm.