US1074555A - Combined cigar-lighter and pencil-point protector. - Google Patents

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l A MGINTYRE. COMBINED GIGAR LIGHTERAND PENCIL POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLIGATIN P ILBD Mmm, 1913.

"1,074,555," Patentd sept. 3o, "1913.

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FRANK MC'INTYRE, GF NEW' YQRK, N. Y., ASSIGNB T0 EAGLE PENQIL COMPANY, OF

- YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED CIGARLIGHTER AND PENCIL-BOlNT LPROJEC'TDIR.

' Be it km2-Wn that I, .FRANK MGINTYRE, a .citizen of the United States, and a resident" ot the city of NewYork, ill the county and State ofNeiv York, have invented a Certain new and useful-Combined Cigars Lighter and Pencil-Point Protector', of Whichltbe following `is a specitication, o

The cigar lighter` Which I have invented eau be made and used as anarticle'separate from@ pencil. It,V howevenhas been .designed more particularly Wlth reference to its use on a pencil point protector, and it is Y ings, the article therein shown embodying tains the ignitible material).

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sake, Will be termed the Wick chamber.

my invention and will then point out more I particularly in the claims those features of the same which l believe `to be' neuT and of my owninvention.

v In the drawings-Figure l is a vievv of the body and cap of the article, detached from .one another. Fig. 2 is a side .elevation of the complete device, with the cao (which Acarries the sparking` member) fitted as a cover upon the tubular body (which con- Fg, 3 is a longitudinalA axial sectionA of the device showing thecap, removed from over the tubular body, and fitted alone` side of the same in positionto bring the sparking'A member upon it into operative relation Witlfiignitible material in the tubular body.

A is the tubular body of the article, havingonefend fashioned as a pointvprotector to receivethe pencil P, and the other end utilized asa container for the ignitible material- Which container, for 'convenience In thietuloe A, beyond the pencil point receiving portionjthjereof, is a tight fitting-'plug' or. partitionn 'which divides .the point receiving portion from the Wick chamber and forms thebottom of said chamber.. The ig'- nitible material en )ntained in the Wick chamber may be of' any suitable kind, preferably cotton I), or other absorbent material which Will holdgasolene or other liquid fueL'and -a Wick @embedded in said absorbent substance.'

carries a sparking' member otany known' or: A

suitable construction, consisting, in the pres- Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Serial No. 785,9'7.

. ent instance, of a 'friction Wheel F mounted in bearings on the top of the cap,' and a stick of sparking material contained and movable in a Suitable audewav in the can, and nspring pressed upwardly through a hole in the too of theeaptowyard and into contact ivlth .the nerialietv'etthe Wheel AY Sparkina' member of this general construction is old and not of my invention.

To-use the deyice as VAa lighter, the cap .must be lifted and removed from the body A to expose the Wick, and must then be brought along' side of the body in position to 4bring; the sparking' member on its `top into operative relation with the wick, and there held While' the friction WheelV is actuated to produce the spark. In order to hold the cap accurately and -irmly in this position, as Well as to assure it in itsotber position when returned to and titted on the Wick chamber @Ild'of the body A, I make use of a stem It on the cap B and a tubular Aguide z' for said 'Stem on .the bodylt. The stein /L is a stift stem, preferably ,of metal, Secured at one end ,to one side of, and extending; lengthwise of cap. The tubular guide 2T is upon one side" y 0f the body and .extends lengthwise ot' the samev and is intended to receive and fit snugly upon the'stem 71., which can slide in it, the stem and guide beine". of similar 'shape or Vcross section. The stem' and guide 'are of a shape in cross section-in this instance rectangularwhich will .permit the stem lto slide'leng'thwise in the'guide, but- Will pre-A vent lit from rotary movement therein.

In thep'osition of partsv shown in Fig. 2, the cap C is tted as a cover upon the body A, with the stem `L extending` downj into and through the guide z'. To bring the parts to the .position shown Fig. 3, the cap Cmustirst be lifted'from over the body A liar enough to completely draw the stein' 7i. out of and disengage it fro-m the guide 2'.; the cap is thenside of the body A, and it is thenloivered l in a path Which'will cause the stein 7L to entera'nd'. pass down through the guide t' in'y which it- Will be held tirinlyagainst rotation.

Means should be provided for arresting the downward movement of the'cap along si de the body, when the sparking member has been brought opposite to the Wick, and for tbispurpose any suitable stop or arresting device may be provided. I preferably employ for this purpose the opposed faces of the members h z'" by which the stem h and guide i are secured to the cap B and body A respectively, these members being so located that When the sparking member has reached its proper position opposite the wick, as in Fig. 3, the opposed faces of' the members h z" abut,.and thus prevent furdisengaged from'thebody -A before it can' be returned to the other position.

The friction wheel which preferably is made up of a number of serrated disks assembled and secured together upon an axleon which 'they can revolve, as indicated in Fig. 1, is provided with a lever handle projecting radially from its periphery and made integral with it. The teeth of the assembled disks need not match, and extend only part Way around the periphery of the Wheel. This lever handle normally occupies the upright position on the prolongation of the tube A and cap B shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, where it is out of the way and in Aa position where it .will not 'catch in the pocket or clothing. l

What I claim herein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The'combination of the tubular body and wick chamber therein; the cap constituting a removable cover for said chamber;

the sparkingmember mounted on and ear-A Y riedby the cap a stem attached at one end Vto the outside of the cap, extending lengthwise of said cap and beyond the mouth of the same; a tubular guide of similar cross section tothe stem secured tothe exterior of the body and extending lengthwise 'of v guide when desired, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbeforeset forth.

2. Thecombination of the tubular body and wick chamber therein; the cap constituting a removable cover for the Wick chamber; the sparking member carried bythe cap; a stern attached at one end to the outside of the cap, extending lengthwise of said cap and beyond the mouth ofthe same; a tubular guide on the exterior of the tubular body, into which the stem may be inserted and moved lengthwise only, and from which it may be completely )withdrawn so as to disengage the cap from' the tubular body, and a stop to arrest the further sliding movement of the stem inthe guide when the cap has been moved in'a direction and far enough to bring the sparking member on it in operative relation to the-wick chamber, substantially as and for lthe purposes hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses. A

FRANK MCINTYRE. Witnesses:

SAMUEL KRAUS, Max TURKENITSCH.

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