US1284527A - Gas-lighter. - Google Patents

Description

F 1. WITTNEBERT.

GAS LIGHTER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1916.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

awuwntoz Fredcfl Viiiiwfier W i I 234/ may FRED JOHN WIT'INEBERT, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

GAS-LIGHTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed May 19, 1916. Serial No. 98,580.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED J OHN WVITTNE- BERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gas-Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a lighting appliance or pocket light so designed as to simplify the construction of this class of lighters, increase their efiiciency and durability, and reduce the number of cotiperating parts to a minimum.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts which will hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the rod clearly illustrating the means for guiding the feed spring.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, in which like characters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views, 5 denotes the igniter as its entirety, comprising a handle 6 preferably constructed from a single piece of suitable material such, for instance, as wire or the like, and bent at one end to provide a finger engaging loop 7. Formed continguous with and at the opposite end of the handle 6 is a broadened U-shaped portion 8 formed by bending the handle 6 at a point throughout its length upwardly to provide an upright bearing 9, thence longitudinally and in a plane with the handle to form a supporting arm 10, the terminal of which is bent downwardly at right angles thereto, forming a bearing eye 11, the bearing eye 11 alining longitudinally with the apertured bearing 9, for slidably receiving a plunger rod 12. This plunger rod 12 is likewise constructed from a single strand of material bent at its rear end to provide a depending trigger 13 and having its upper surface adjacent the forward end thereof and for a portion of its length formed with serrations or saw teeth 14 providing the plunger rod with a scratching element 15. Passing through the plunger rod at a point rearwardly of the scratching surface 15 is a crossipin 16 serving as an abutment for one end of a helical rebound spring 17 while the opposite end of the spring engages with the confronting face of the upstanding bearing 9. This spring encircles the plunger and the purpose of which Will be clearly understood without the necessity of a further description thereof. A vertical upright barrel 18 is formed contiguous with the upper surface of the support 10 at a point adjacent the bearing eye 11 of the handle, and is provided at diametrically opposite points with registering vertical guide slots 19, while securely fastened on the upper face of the support 10 at a point adjacent the formation of the upstanding bearing 9 therewith, through the medium of a screw or like fastener 20 is a feed spring 21. This spring 21 is coiled as at 22, tending to tension the spring in order that the same may exert tension in the direction of the scratching element at all times. To this end, the free end 23 of the feed spring is extended through the diametrically opposite guide slots 19 of the barrel 18, and contacts with the spark producing element 23, thus it will be seen by the engagement of the spring 21 with the spark producing element 24, it will force the same into contact with the serrations of the saw teeth 14 of the scratching element 15, which upon reciprocation of the plunger rod 12, will produce a shower of sparks.

In briefly describing the operation of the device, it is to be stated the gas is first turned on, the operator positioning the front end of the igniter near the jet of the gas, and by an inward pull on the plunger rod 13, the latter moves, simultaneously pressing the rod against the tension of the spring 17. When the operator releases his hold on the trigger 13, the plunger is freed and is projected forward, causing the spark producing element to scratch on the scratching element 15, thus producing a shower of sparks and igniting the gas.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of construction and of the method of operation will be readily appar cut to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and while I have de-v scribed the principles of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such'changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim appended thereto.

I claim:

A gas lighter comprising a supporting shank having at one end a lateral U-shaped ofl'set provided with alined bearings, a scratching element slidably mounted in said bearings parallel with the shank and having a spring surrounding the same and adapted to normally hold the scratching element in projected position, a sparking device passing through the offset and normally held in engagement with the scratching element, and an operating finger piece formed on one end of the scratching element and surrounding the shank to prevent turning of the scratching element.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

FRED JOHN WITTNEBERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. G.

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