US3140593A - Gas fueled lighter - Google Patents

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US3140593A
US3140593A US225273A US22527362A US3140593A US 3140593 A US3140593 A US 3140593A US 225273 A US225273 A US 225273A US 22527362 A US22527362 A US 22527362A US 3140593 A US3140593 A US 3140593A
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Baumann Kurt
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/16—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
    • F23Q2/167—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with adjustable flame
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/16—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
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  • GAS FUELED LIGHTER Filed Sept. 21A, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 7l 2 n' Flg2 t i l0l 26- kiff," 3o- 25- V Eg? 24 Q 25'- w29 2a- 21' 23! 8'- l n l 22 1.9' /Tr INV EN TORS @mn/MJ United States Patent C) 3,140,593 ⁇ GAS FUELED LIGHTER Kurt Baumann, Solingen-Merborg, and Klaus Buss, Solingen, Germany, assgnors to Firma Wieden & Co. G.m.b.H., Solingen-Obligs, Germany, a corporation of Germany Filed Sept. 21, 1962, Ser. No. 225,273 Claims priority, application Germany Oct. 11, 1961 Claims. (Cl. 67--7.1)
  • the present invention relates to a gas fueled lighter with a burner, wherein the gas feeding is controlled by squeezing of a wick, in such manner, that a valve cone, equipped with a discharge channel, sits around the discharge channel on a wick wound about a core member.
  • the liquid fuel is fed by means of a wick to a fuel discharge channel closeable by a valve, in order to provide a volume control of the combustion of the fuel.
  • the valve cone having the discharge channel, is adjustable in axial direction by means of a thread connection and sits on the wick by forming a throttle zone.
  • the fuel discharge channel forms, thereby, a hollow chamber disposed downstream of the throttle zone, which chamber is closed up towards the outside by a valve plate.
  • the Carburation takes place rather still to a larger measure directly downstream of the squeezing 3,140,593 Patented July 14., 1964 zone, and in particular within the range of the transformation from the highly compressed wick material into the non-compressed fibrous material of the fibrous stopper.
  • the valve seat always remains dry. A more reliable sealing can be obtained.
  • the interference zone formed by the crosswise disposal of the wick fibres to the bres of the fibrous stopper contributes to the fact, that no feeding of the liquefied fuel into the brous stopper takes place.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a gas fueled lighter
  • FIG. 2 is an axial section through another embodiment of the burner shown at an enlarged scale
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of the lower end of the burner housing.
  • FIG. 4 is an end view of the core member.
  • the gas fueled lighter comprises a container la defining a fuel chamber G, the lighter cap L with an operating member T pivotally connected with the container 1a and also the friction wheel R against which the iiint F is urged in known manner by spring pressure.
  • the lighter cap L closes the burner housing 1 in known manner, which is rigidly mounted in the container la.
  • This burner housing 1 is of tubular configuration and has at its upper portion an inner thread 2, which receives threadedly a hollow shaft 4 of the knurled setting wheel 5, which hollow shaft 4 is equipped with an outer thread 3.
  • a burner tube 7 sits in the bore 6 of the hollow shaft 4.
  • a cap is secured to the outer end of the burner tube 7 and a spring 11 surrounds the burner tube 7 and engages the cap 10 in order to urge the cap 10 and simultaneously also the burner tube 7 into their outermost positions.
  • the lower end of the burner tube 7 is adapted to engage the upper end of a valve piston 13, which is normally spaced apart from the burner tube 7 by a spring 13a.
  • the valve piston 13 has at its inner end an insert of elastic material for the purpose of providing a better sealing.
  • the hollow shaft 4 abuts the valve cone 14, and the latter has an upwardly extending cylindrical projection which is sealed against the inner face of the burner housing 1 by means of an annular packing 15.
  • the valve cone 14 has a conical valve head face 14a and is furthermore equipped with a fuel discharge bore 24 having an open diameter of about 0.4 mm.
  • the fibrous stopper 25 is disposed in the fuel discharge bore 24. This fibrous stopper 25 brings about a completely equalized burning from the first ignition moment up to the extinction of the flame.
  • the iibrous stopper 25 extends down to the lower valve head face.
  • FIG. 2 The embodiment of the present invention disclosed in FIG. 2 is substantially identical with that shown in FIG. l and comprises a burner housing 1' having at its upper portion an inner thread 2', which burner housing 1' receives threadedly a hollow shaft 4 by means of an outer thread 3' of the latter.
  • a burner tube 7' sits also in this embodiment in the bore 6 of the hollow shaft 4 and a cap 10' is secured to the outer end of the burner tube 7'.
  • a spring 11' surrounds the burner tube 7 and engages the cap 10' to urge the latter and, thus, also the burner tube '7' into the outermost position.
  • a valve piston 13 is formed integrally with the burner tube 7' in this embodiment. The lighter cap moves the burner tube '7' downwardly into its closed position. The valve piston 13' is equipped again with an insert of elastic material.
  • the hollow shaft 4' is formed integrally with the valve cone 14'.
  • a free and narrow passage opening 2S is provided between the lower end 25' of the fibrous stopper 2S' and the valve head face 14', the latter engaging the wick 21'.
  • the passage opening 23 is narrower than the fuel discharge channel 24'.
  • the fibrous stopper 25 thus does not engage directly the wick 21' in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
  • the upper end of the fibrous stopper 25' extends up to short of the valve seat face 215L of the collar 26 formed at the upper end of the valve cone 14.
  • the passage opening 28 is disposed in the bottom of a. pot-shaped intermediate member 29, which is tted to the bottom side of the conical valve head face 14a and which is mounted with its wall 2911 by a fitting seat on the valve cone 14'.
  • the end faces of the cylindrical portion of the wall 29at abut a sealing ring 30 disposed on the annular bottom face of the valve cone 14.
  • annular shoulder 16 and 16' At the lower end of the burner housing 1' is disposed an annular shoulder 16 and 16', respectively, which supports a valve seat body 17 and 17', respectively, and is retained in position by means of a control spring 19 and 19', respectively, the latter engaging the valve cone 14 and 14', respectively.
  • the valve seat body 17 and 17' defines a chamber 18 and 18', respectively, through which the wick 21 and 21', respectively, extends.
  • the bore 2t) and 20', respectively, is disposed in the valve seat body and extends, in the cmbodiment shown in FIG. 2, into a collar 17a projecting downwardly from the valve seat body 17'.
  • the wick 21 and 21' is wound about an elastic core member 22 and 22', respectively, disposed within the chamber 18 and 18', respectively, of the valve seat body and in particular, in longitudinal grooves 23 and 23', respectively, so that the thread-like wick is disposed diametrically on the end faces of the core member 22 and 22', respectively, and is disposed axially opposite the bearing face of the latter, whereby the two joint wick legs are received in the bore 20 and 20', respectively.
  • valve cone 14 and 14' respectively, is pressed towards the valve seat body 17, 17' by more or less screwing the hollow shaft 4, 4 into the burner housing 1, 1'.
  • the conically shaped valve head face 14a, 14a of the valve cone 14, 14 fits then on the wick 21, 21', presses against the latter and, under circumstances, also against the core member 22, 22', so that a throttling is brought about.
  • the core member Upon exerting high pressure, the core member is deformed to a slight bulbous shape, so that laterally likewise throttle zones are created.
  • the fuel gas evaporates at the upper throttle zone and enters as such the fibrous stopper 25. In the open condition of the valve piston 13, 13' the fuel gas escapes.
  • an entrance channel is provided in the burner tube 7.
  • the burner tube 7 is open at the bottom.
  • the connecting opening 31, 31 brings about a continuous pressure balance and a sufiicient soaking of the wick.
  • a gas fueled lighter comprising a container, defining a fuel chamber
  • tubular burner housing rigidly secured to and disposed within said fuel chamber
  • Valve piston disposed in said hollow shaft below said burner tube
  • valve cone disposed in said burner housing below and opposite said valve piston and having an upper seat and an axial fuel discharge bore extending through said valve cone
  • valve piston being axially spaced apart from said Valve cone in its operative, lifted and fuel-feeding position and urged against the upper side of said valve cone upon closing said closing cap in its lowered, inoperative position
  • the gas fueled lighter as set forth in claim 1, wheresaid core member surrounded by said wick is of elastic material, and said core member is equipped with 6 lateral longitudinal grooves receiving sections of loops of said wick. 4.
  • said valve cone has a narrow, axial passage axially aligned with said bore of said valve cone and disposed at the face of said valve cone engaging said wick, in order to provide a communication between said fibrous stopper and said wick. 5.

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US3242700A (en) * 1964-05-18 1966-03-29 American Lighter Corp Cigarette lighter
US3248906A (en) * 1964-03-24 1966-05-03 Zaima Mfg Company Ltd Gas lighter
US3280599A (en) * 1963-08-01 1966-10-25 Kollish Geb Gas cigarette lighter
US3382028A (en) * 1965-12-16 1968-05-07 Yoshinaga Prince Kabushiki Kai Gas lighter
US3589851A (en) * 1968-07-17 1971-06-29 Maltner Heinrich Gmbh Gas-fueled lighter
US3782882A (en) * 1971-03-16 1974-01-01 Mansei Kogyo Kk Gas lighter

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US2764008A (en) * 1951-03-26 1956-09-25 Brown & Bigelow Gas lighter control unit
US2895318A (en) * 1956-02-08 1959-07-21 Nationale Sa Lighters comprising a device for adjusting the delivery of fuel feeding the flame
FR1200837A (fr) * 1958-04-04 1959-12-24 Perfectionnements aux dispositifs de détente du gaz et de réglage de son débit dans les briquets à gaz liquéfié
GB833074A (en) * 1956-07-26 1960-04-21 Stanley Herbert Newman Improvements in valve arrangements for lighters of the kind using gas fuel
GB886289A (en) * 1956-07-25 1962-01-03 Josef Kollisch A gas fuelled cigarette lighter
US3083554A (en) * 1960-09-07 1963-04-02 Iketani Taisho Mechanism for flow control of gaseous fuel in a cigarette lighter
US3085412A (en) * 1958-12-20 1963-04-16 Mohr Rudolf Gas lighter
US3096636A (en) * 1959-12-08 1963-07-09 Stanley H Newman Gas valve and burner

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US2764008A (en) * 1951-03-26 1956-09-25 Brown & Bigelow Gas lighter control unit
US2737037A (en) * 1953-07-17 1956-03-06 Nationale Sa Pyrophoric gas lighters
US2895318A (en) * 1956-02-08 1959-07-21 Nationale Sa Lighters comprising a device for adjusting the delivery of fuel feeding the flame
GB886289A (en) * 1956-07-25 1962-01-03 Josef Kollisch A gas fuelled cigarette lighter
GB833074A (en) * 1956-07-26 1960-04-21 Stanley Herbert Newman Improvements in valve arrangements for lighters of the kind using gas fuel
FR1200837A (fr) * 1958-04-04 1959-12-24 Perfectionnements aux dispositifs de détente du gaz et de réglage de son débit dans les briquets à gaz liquéfié
US3085412A (en) * 1958-12-20 1963-04-16 Mohr Rudolf Gas lighter
US3096636A (en) * 1959-12-08 1963-07-09 Stanley H Newman Gas valve and burner
US3083554A (en) * 1960-09-07 1963-04-02 Iketani Taisho Mechanism for flow control of gaseous fuel in a cigarette lighter

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US3280599A (en) * 1963-08-01 1966-10-25 Kollish Geb Gas cigarette lighter
US3248906A (en) * 1964-03-24 1966-05-03 Zaima Mfg Company Ltd Gas lighter
US3242700A (en) * 1964-05-18 1966-03-29 American Lighter Corp Cigarette lighter
US3382028A (en) * 1965-12-16 1968-05-07 Yoshinaga Prince Kabushiki Kai Gas lighter
US3589851A (en) * 1968-07-17 1971-06-29 Maltner Heinrich Gmbh Gas-fueled lighter
US3782882A (en) * 1971-03-16 1974-01-01 Mansei Kogyo Kk Gas lighter

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