US1801473A - Cigar lighter - Google Patents

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April 21, 1931.;

F. E. VIVILLIAMS 1,801,473

CIGAR LIGHTER Filed March 11 .1929

25 L I y FF; 5. a2 3 6 INVENTOR Fran/($.W/J'amfl BY I Ma .ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 21, 1931 PATENT OFFICE FRANK E. WILLIAMS, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON cram mcn'rnn Application filed March 11,- 1929. Serial No. 345,909.

This invention relates to that class of cigar lighters known as pocket lighters.

The object of my invention is the perfecting of devices of this character to render the same more efficient, and convenient in use.

shape of an inverted Another object is to provide a lighter'of strong, durable and inexpensive construction. More specific objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description. 1

The invention consists, more especially, in the improved igniting devices and in the manner and means for actuating the same.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, adaptation, and arrangement of parts, and their combination with known parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrating to an enlarged scale of pocket cigar lighter embodying my improvements,-

Figure 1 is aview of the lighter shown partly in side elevation and partly in vertical longitudinal sectiontaken substantially through 11 of Fig. 3; Fig. 2 isa view sim-,

ilar to Fig. 1 of the upper portion-of the lighter, the section being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3, with the plunger therein broken away and partly shown in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section through 44 of Fig. 1.

In said drawing, the reference numeral 5 designates the shell or casing of the lighter which serves as a reservoir for the fuelalcohol or an equivalentsupplied preferably through the medium of a body of a porous material, indicated by 6, to a wick 7 which extends therefrom upwardly through an apertured boss 8 provided in an end of the casing top wall 9.

Provided as a snufier for said wick and fitting about the reduced upper extremity of the boss 8 is a cap 11 which is rigidly secured to an end of an arm 12 of substantially the letter U in transverse sectlon.

' Adjacent the other end ofthe arm, the side web elements 13 thereof are apertured to receive a transverselyarranged tubular shaft 14 which is journaled upon a pin 15 (Fig. 4) which is supported by ear elements 16 extending upwardly from the top wall 9 of the casing. As shown in Fig. 4., one end of the pin 15 is screw threaded for engagement with a threaded hole in one of said ear elements, the other end of the pin being slotted to receive a screw driver whereby the pin may be rotated into engaged or disengaged relationship with the casing.

The tube 14 serves as a bushing for a spur gear 17 which is rigid with the cap-carrying arm 12 and in continuous mesh with the spur teeth of a rack bar 18 arranged for reciprocatory motion with'a plunger 19 movable in a hollow guide member 20 provided upon the casing top wall 9 at the end remote 'from the wick. Said guide member is detachably secured to a post element 21 of the casing top bymeans of a screw 22.

The post 21 is provided. with a hole which serves as a guide for a stem 24 extending from the plunger 19. a 25 is a spring interposed between said post and the plunger for yieldably retaining the latter in the protruded position in which it is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. 26 represents a pyrophoric member positioned in a tube 27 extending through the casing top 9, said pyrophoric member being urged upwardly by means of a spiral spring 28 into contact withan abradant wheel 29 which is mounted for rotation on the bushing 14. Rigid with the wheel 29 is a ratchet wheel 30 engageable by the teeth of a ratchet rack bar 31 which is carried by the plunger when the same is pushed inwardly from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2.,

32 represents a leaf spring acting against said ratchet rack bar to cause the same to be coupled with the wheel 30 to turn the abradant wheel when the plunger is pushed inthrough the associated gear, 17 and ratchet wheel 30, respectively, movement to the cap 11 from the wick into its dotted line osition 11 (Fig. 2) and rotation to the a radant wheel 29, when the plunger is manually pushed in one direction to effect the lighting of the wick by means of a stream of sparks from the pyrophoric element.

In such action, the spring 25 is compressed by the plunger and upon being released, the spring asserts itself to retain the lunger to the normal position in which it is illustrated accompanie by both rack bars 18 and 31.

In such return movement of the rack bars, the bar 18 efiects the swinging of the cap 11 from its dotted line position to its full line position as shown in Fig. 2, thereby snufiing the light, the rack bar 31 meanwhile traveling below the ratchet wheel 29 without affecting the same, because of the braking of the wheel by the s ring pressed pyrophoric element 26 and to the y1e ding of the spring 32 to permit undulatory movement of the ratchet rack bar with respect to the ratchet teeth of the wheel 30.

- The peculiar inverted U-shape to the arm 12 enables it to serve as a cover for the gears pertaining to the cap and the pyrophoric wheel. The spring 25 and stem 24 are housed by the plunger and the guide member 20 therefor, thus protectin the operating parts of the device and ena ling it to be withdrawn from a persons pocket with no liability of catching in his clothing.

By withdrawing the pin 15 the cap 11 and its siipporting arm 12 maybe readily remove from the device together with the abradant wheel for rotatably adjusting or replacing the same when worn.

The removal of the screw 22 gives access to the plunger from which, in turn, the pin 33 may be removed to release the two rack bars. Thus assembling the various parts above referred to makes the device convenient for the adjustment and replacement of arts. 7

The wick 7 and the pyrophoric element 26 are adapted to be regulated or replaced as with other lighters hitherto in use.

The operation and advantages of the invention will, it is thought, be understood from the foregoing description.

What I claim, is-

1. A cigar lighter comprising in combination, a casing providing a fuel reservoir, a wick extending from the reservoir through the top of the casing, a spring-pressed pyrophoric member, an abradant wheel mounted adjacent to said spring pressed pyrophoric member in engaging relation with said abradant wheel, a ratchet wheel rigid with said abradant wheel, a wick cap having an arm of substantially the shape of an inverted U in transverse'section, said arm being pivotally connected with said casing, a gear rigid with said arm, a manually actuated plunger rotary direction only,

mounted for reciprocato movement transversely of the casing, rac for said ratchet and gear wheels respectively carried by said plun er, one of said racks serving to turn the abra ant wheel in one rotary direction only, the other rack serving to impart motion to said gear in both rotary directions to cause the wick cap to swing out of and into snufiing relation with the wick, and retractible means acting in opposition to said manual movement to return said plunger into inoperative position.

2. A cigar lighter comprising in combination, a casing providing a fuel reservoir, a wick communicating with said reservoir and projecting through the top of the casing, vertically disposed ears projecting from said top of the casing, a horizontally dis osed pin engaging said ears, an abradant w eel rotatively mounted intermediate said ears on said pin andhaving a ratchet wheel rigid therewith, a spring pressed pyro horic member in engaging relation with said abradant wheel,

. a gear wheel mounted on said pin for movement independently of cap having an arm ri gear, a plunger mounte for horizontal movement transversely of the casing, and a pair of racks for said ratchet and gear wheels respectively carried by said plunger, one of sai racks serving to turn the ratchet in one the other of said racks serving to turn the gear in both rotary directions to cause the wick cap to swing out of and into snufiing relation with the wick, said plunger being 'manuall' o erable to actuate said ratchet and ear whee sin opposition to a spring arran e to return said gear wheel and cap into wick snufiing relation.

3. A cigar lighter comprisin in combination, a casing providing a fue reservoir, a wick communicating with said reservoir and projecting through the top of the casing, a cap arranged for normal snufiin relation over said wick, a ear wheel rigid y secured to an armof sai cap an abradant wheel, a spring pressed pyrophoric member for engaging relation with said abradant wheel, a ratchet wheel rigid with said abradant wheel, a mounting for said gear, abradant and ratchet wheels, said mounting comprising spaced apart ears projecting above said casing, and a pin projecting through an annulet of one into screw threaded en agement to an aligned annulet of the ot er, said ratchet and gear wheels having means for actuating the same in one and both rotary directions, respectively, said means comprising a reciprocatory plunger arranged for movement in a horizontal plane transversely of the casing.

4. A cigar lighter comprisin in combination, a casing providing a fue reservoir, a wick communicating with said reservoir and pro ecting through thetop of the casing, a

said ratchet, a wick 'dly secured to said cap arranged for normal snuflirg relation over said wick, a gear wheel ri y secured to an arm of mid cap, an abra ant wheel, a spring-pressed pyrophoric member for engaging relation with said abradant wheel, a

ratchet wheel rigid with said abradant wheel a mounting for said gear, abradant, and ratchet wheels, and means including a reciprocatory plunger arranged for movement in a horizontal plane transversely of the casing for actuating said ratchet and gear wheels in one and both rotary directions, respectively.

5. A cigar lighter comprisin in combination, a casing providing a fue reservoir, a

wok communicating with said reservoir and projecting through the to of the casing, a cap arranged for norma snufiing relation over said wick, a gear wheel rigidly secured to an arm of said cap, an abradant wheel, a spring pressed pyrophoric member for engaging relation with said abradant wheel, a ratchet wheel adapted to actuate said abradant wheel in one rotary direction only, a pair of racks for said ratchet and gear wheels, and a plun er connected with said racks, said plunger ing manually operable to actuate said ratchet and ear wheels in opposition to a spring arrange to return said 80 gear wheel and cap into wick snufling relation.

6. A cigar lighter comprisin in combination, a casing providing a fue reservoir, a wick extending from the reservoir through the top of said casing, a shaft secured intermediate cas'ing ears projecting above said top, a wick cap having an arm, a gear wheel pivotally mounted on said shaft and rigid with said arm, an abradant wheel mounted upon 40 said shaft and actuated by a ratchet wheel rigid therewith, a pyrophorie member adapted to cooperate w1th said abradant wheel, a plunger mounted for reciprocatory movement in a horizontal plane transversely of the casing, a air of racks carried by said plunger, one 0 said racks being heldvin engaged relation with said gear wheel for imparting rotary movement in both directions thereto, the other of said racks being pivotally car- 0 ried by said plun r to engage successive teeth of said ratc et wheel in imp movement thereto in one direction of rotation, and a spring acting to retract said plunger from its manually impelled operative position, said last named rack being 1n-,

operative to said ratchet wheel in the spring im lled retractile movement.

igned at Seattle, Washington, this 25th fFb 1929. dayo erualiyfi

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