US1133544A - Cigar-lighter. - Google Patents

Description

E. PAINT.

CIGAR LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1914.

1,1 33,544, Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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1 UNITED STATES" PATENT-OFFICE.

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CIGABnLIGHTER.

Application filed November 27, 1914. Serial No. 874,208.

Y simple and inexpensive, automatic in action,

and which operates without the use of chemicals, such as methylated spirits and the like. I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- 1 Figure 1 1s a side elevation of: my cigar lighter, shown .with lid raised and one side open. Fig. 2 is an elevation, looking on the end of the device with lid raised and end removed to show interior. Fig. 3 isa sectional detail view showing the construc tion of the igniting arrangement. Fig. 4:.1S a sectional view taken on the hue A-A in Fig. 3.

Similar figures of reference ind cate Slmllar parts throughout the several views.

1 is a casing of any suitable material,.

provided with a hinged lid 2 and the side door 3, which door, when closed, forms one side of the casing. The lid 2, when closed, is held down by means of a catch 4: connected to a button member 5 extending exteriorly of the casing 1, as shown in Fig. 1, and the hinge of the lid carries a spring, in any well known manner, so that when the button member 5 is pressed inwardly to disengage the catch 4, the lid 2 will spring open. It may be stated, however, that the means used for opening and closing the lid 2 and the side door 3 may be any of the well known means in common use at the present time for the lids of match boxes and the like.

6 is a plate covering the top of the casing 1 and provided with the slots 7 and 8, which slots are in-line with the guide members 9 and 10, these guide members extending downwardly from the underside of the plate 6 and either secured rigidly thereto by any approved means or formed integrally therewith.

11 is a cap secured to the plate 6 on the upper side thereof and provided with slots 12 and 13, similar to the slots7 and 8. The inner edge of slot 13, however, is turned up- Spe cification of Letters Patent.

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wardly, as shown at'14 in Fig. 3, and the face of this upstanding portion 14 is rough ened so that it has a file-like surface.

15 is a ribbon 'of inflammable material, preferably wax-covered,-which ribbon is rotatably carried, suitably rolled up as shown in Fig. l, on a pin 16, which pin is secured to the casing 1 in any suitable manner. The free end of the ribbon 15passes up through the guide member 9, through the slots 7 and 12, and extends a suitable distance beyond the top of the cap 11.

17 is a ribbon, formed preferably of'stout paper, and which is rotatably carried in a suitable roll on the-pin 18, which pin is secured to the casing 1 in any suitable manner.

the slots .8 and 13, and extends a suitable distance beyond the top of cap 11, from which it will be seen that when the ribbons The free end of this ribbon 17 passes up through the guide member 10, through 15 and 17 are assembled their free ends will I be in close proximity to each. other.

19 represents portions of igniting composition, similar to that which forms the head of the common match, which portions are secured to the face of the ribbon 17 at suit- .ably spaced intervals.

20 is a roller disposed above the top of cap 11 at one side of the slot 13 and carried by a spring bail member 21 swingably mounted in the bearings 22 and 23 of the cap so that it, the roller 20, Will normally bear against the back of the ribbon 17 and keep the face of the ribbon pressed against the roughened surface of the portion 14-, while at the same time permitting upward movement of the ribbon therebetween.

2}}, 25, and 2.6 are suitably mounted guide rollers for the ribbons 15 and 17.

27 is a burred or toothed roller secured on the shaft 28, which shaft is rotatably carried by the casing 1, and has one end extending through the side of the casing and secured into a ring 29, as shown in Fig. 2, by means of which ring the shaft 28 and roller 27 may be rotated manually if desired. The roller 27 is positioned so that its teeth will engage the back of ribbon 15, the front of the ribbon being then bearing on the guide roller 26..

v 30 are ratchet-shaped teeth formed on the inner side of the roller 27, that is, the far side in Fig. 1.

31 is a burred or toothed roller, similar to roller 27, and rotatably mounted on the shaft 32, which shaft is secured to the casing 1 in any suitable manner. This roller is positioned similarly to roller 27, that is, so that its teeth will engage the back of the ribbon 17, the front of the ribbon being then bearing on the guide roller 26, and it is also provided with ratchet-shaped teeth 33 on its 36 and 37, which are swingably mounted thereon and which normally engage the ratchet teeth 30 and 33 of the respective rollers 27 and 31, being held in place by means of the spring 38, which spring is secured to the lever 34.

39 is a pin attached to the free end of the lever 34, which 'pin extends upwardly through the plate 6 and a guide member 40 secured thereon. This pin 39 is slidable in the guide 10 and projects above same a suitable distance when the lid 2 is open so that it will be engaged by the lid when same is being closed and forced downwardly thereby to depress the lever 34, as hereinafter described.

11 is a' spring carried by the casing and against which the lever 34: bears when de pressed, the spring being then under compression so that when the lid 2 is opening the spring 41 will force the lever 31 and the pin 39 upwardly.

-From the foregoing description and referring to Fig. 1, the operation of my device will be apparent and may be described briefly as follows :Vlien the lid is closed the pin 39 and lever 3-1 are in the depressed position, as shown dotted in Fig. 1, with the pawls 36 and 37 engaging the ratchet teeth of their respective rollers 27 and 31. On opening the lid the pin 39 is released and the spring -11 then forces the lever 31 sharply upward, causing the rollers 27 and 31 to be actuated in the.direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1 by means of the pawls 36 and 37, thereby forcing the ' i'ibbons 15 and 17 upward at the same time and causing one of the igniting portions 19 to spark against the roughened face of the upstanding portion 1-1 and set lire to the end of ribbon '15. 'On again closing the lid the parts are again depressed, ready for another effective lighting operation when the lid is once more opened. The provision of the ring 29 on the shaft 28 makes it possible to keep turning up the ribbon 15 as it burns down, should the light be required for any length of time. W'hen the respective ribbons have been used up they can be replaced by others by simply opening the side door 3 and placing the new ribbons on their respective pins 16 and 18 and threading their free ends up through the cap 11 to their effective positions.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A cigar lighter comprising a ribbon having frictionally ignitible composition on its surface, a casing forming a magazinein which the ribbon is stored and having-a ls'lot through which one end of the ribbeirextends, abrading means in proximity'to' the slot and to the outside of the casing, means for feeding the ribbon through the slot in contact with the abrading means to ignite the composition carried by the ribbon, and combustible material located outside of the casing and in close proximity to the exposed end of the ribbon, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A cigar lighter comprisinga ribbon having a frictionally ignitible surface, a ribbon of combustible material, a casing containing the ribbons having a pair of slots through which the free ends of each ribbon extend in close proximity to each other, a cap piece on said casing having guideways for said ribbons, abrading means carried by the cap in contact with the frictionally ignitible ribbon surface and means for feeding the ribbons simultaneously through the slots by a step-by-step movement, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cigar lighter, an ignitible ribbon, a combustible ribbon, a casing containing said ribbons, a cap piece carried by said casing having two depending guide members through which said ribbons pass and lever pivoted on said casing, pawls carried by said lever adapted to rotate said rollers, a finger carried by the free end of the lever extending vertically through the casing to be engaged by said cover when closed and depressed thereby, and spring means for forcing the lever upwardly when the cover is raised.

Dated at Vancouver-,B. C., this 11th day of November, 1914.

EDWARD FAINT. l/Vitnesses:

JAMES TAYLOR, ELIz. J. TRAIN.

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