US3174310A - Gas lighter head - Google Patents

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US3174310A
US3174310A US236563A US23656362A US3174310A US 3174310 A US3174310 A US 3174310A US 236563 A US236563 A US 236563A US 23656362 A US23656362 A US 23656362A US 3174310 A US3174310 A US 3174310A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
    • B65D83/44—Valves specially adapted for the discharge of contents; Regulating devices
    • 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
    • F23Q2/162—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with non-adjustable gas 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
    • F23Q2/167—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with adjustable flame

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  • Gas lighter heads have been generally constituted as a unit of a light metal alloy molded under pressure and subsequently machined so as to allow it to carry the different parts to be incorporated within the lighter head.
  • My invention has for an object the provision of a novel construction for a gas lighter head and it consists chieily in forming said head by means of two superposed parallel plates which are spaced with reference to each other and are interconnected by at least two staying uprights so that said head appears as a laterally open cage having access through its sides.
  • Said arrangement simplifies the iitting of the dilerent parts to be carried by the head and it allows chiefly positioning in the free space extending between said two plates, the means for adjusting the height of the lighter llame, said adjusting means being thus readily accessible and operable through a lateral engagement thereof between the users thumb and foretinger.
  • the spindle of the knurled wheel and its driving means may furthermore cooperate advantageously in the assembly of the two plates.
  • Said improved head is applicable to any type of lighter but it is more particularly suitable, although not in an exclusive manner, to the case of lighters using disposable reiiils which are adapted for being made operative by the perforation or bursting of a covering diaphragm.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational View in cross-section of the assembled lighter according to the invention, the valve being shown in its closed position,
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. l,
  • FIG. 3 is a lateral elevational view of the lighter in FIG. 1.
  • FG. 4 is a View similar to FIG. l of a second embodiment according to the invention wherein the valve is shown in its open position.
  • the lighter head is constituted by two plates 1 and 2, the plate 1 being cast integral with uprights 3 and 4, which are secured by screws 5 to the plate 2.
  • the upright 4 connects the plates 1, 2 together in a peripheral zone while the upright 5 is an interior upright and connects the plates 1 and 2 together in an interior zone.
  • the burner tube 6 is tted transversely in the plate 1 and its inner end opens in registry with a port provided in a small ring 7 iitted coaxially in said plate.
  • valve 8 The upper end of the valve 8 is free to slide inside said ring.
  • Said valve includes a packing 9 and it is urged upwardly by a weak spring 1li.
  • the seat 11 of said valve is formed in a member 12 screwed inside a shouldered sleeve 13 secured by a weld seam to the plate 2.
  • the throttling of the gases is obtained by a small plate carrying a stud 14 and held between two small disks 15 made of a porous material.
  • a uid tight relation is obtained between the sleeve 13 and the member 12 inside which it is screwed by means ot toroidal shaped packing 16.
  • the member 12 is formed at its upper end above the sleeve 13 as a knurled knob 17.
  • Said container 19 carries aconventional tapped member 21 closed by a diaphragm 22.
  • VThe sleeve 13 extends downwardly to form a threaded nozzle 23 provided with a punch 24 having a polygonal outline.
  • the punch pierces the disk 22, which opens a passage for the escape gas from the container towards the lighter head.
  • the sleeve 13, including its nozzle 23, is made of plastic material and the thread connecting the nozzle 22 with the member 21 is conical, which allows obtaining tiuidtightness between the .assembled parts without requiring the insertion of auxiliary packing.
  • the member 12 with its seat 11 and its knurled adjusting knob 17 may also be made of plastic material.
  • the opening of the valve S is performed by allowing said valve to -rise under the action of the spring 1@ associated with ,the thrust exerted by the gas.
  • the release of the valve is obtained by raising a small Vlever 25 adapted to pivot about a screw 26 which secures said lever Ato the plate 1.
  • Said lever 25 normally bears against the valve 8 under the action of a Spring 20.
  • the opening of the valve is obtained by depressing a key 27.
  • a weak spring 2S is inserted between the lever 25 and the head of the key 27 so as to ensure the return of the key into its nor-mal position.
  • the two plates 1 and 2 furthermore, support a spindle 29 rigid with the knurled knob 30 and with its actuator int wheel 31.
  • the flint 40 is urged against the knob 30 by spring 41 in a conventional manner as shown for eX- ample in U.S. Patents 2,608,081 and 2,724,253.
  • T o operate the lighter, the key 27 is depressed while simultaneously the int wheel is actuated.
  • the operation may be carried out by using both hands but generally one hand will be used, the lighter being held in the palm of such hand while the index finger depresses key 27 and the thumb actuates flint wheel 31.
  • the uprights 3 and 4 are not cast integrally with the plate 1, but are Secured thereto for instance by brazing or welding.
  • the burner 6 extends through an elongated port 33 formed in the upright 3 and is rigid with the valve 8, so as to accompany the upward and downward movements of the latter.
  • valve The movement of said valve is furthermore opposite to that provided in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. l, the closing of the valve being ensured by a spring 34 fitted under a cap 35 screwed over the member 12 While the opening is obtained through a pivoting of a lever 36 controlled by the key 27 and bearing permanently against the stationary llange of said cap 35 while its end engages the movable member 37 securing the burner 6 to the valve 8, the spring 20 ensuring merely the return of the key 27 to its normal position.
  • the thread securing the threaded nozzle 23 inside the well 21 is cylindrical, fluid tightness being ensured by toroidal shaped packing 38.
  • a lighter the combinationof a burner, gasthrottling means for feeding gas to said burner, a laterally open lighter head carrying said burner, a casing, said burner displaceably resting on said casing and including two parallel spaced superposed plates and at least two staying uprights holding said plates in position, and means including a knurled Wheel controlling said throttling means and thereby the length of the ame formed by the burner, said wheel being located centrally of the laterally open lighter head to be engaged between an operators fingers with the head displaced from the casing to expose the knurled wheel.
  • a lighter the combination of a burner, gasthrottling means for feeding gas to said burner, a laterally open lighter head carrying said burner, a casing, said burner displaceably resting on said casing and including two parallel spaced superposed plates and at least two staying uprights holding said plates in position, and integral with at least one of the plates, a Hint-controlling knob, a spindle for said knob held between the two plates ⁇ of the lighter head and means including a knurled wheel -controlling said throttling means and thereby the length of the llame formed by the burner, said wheel being located centrally of the laterally open lighter head to be engaged between an operators fingers with the head displaced from the casing to expose the knurled wheel.
  • ka casing and a head assembly displaceably supported on the casing, said head assembly comprising two parallel spaced superposed plates, two spaced uprights connecting said plates together and dening an open head assembly, a sleeve supported in said head assembly between the uprights, a burner tube extending laterally in the head assembly through'one of the uprights, aV control member threadably supported in said sleeve, valve means operatively associated with the burner tube and slidably supported within the control member for movement between open and closed positions for controlling the passage of gas to the burner tube from a source of gas in the lighter, resilient means coupled to the valve means to normally urge the same to closed position, means supported in the head assembly in association with the valve means for opening the same, said control member including a knob positioned between the uprights and adapted for being turned to thereby adjust the position of the control member in the sleeve, and means supported within the sleeve for being acted upon by the control 'member for adjustably throttling the

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US3403963A (en) * 1966-04-13 1968-10-01 Leonard S. Dexter Lighter
US3471246A (en) * 1967-10-20 1969-10-07 Rodney S Piffath Gas fueled torch
US3493312A (en) * 1966-08-19 1970-02-03 Nationale Sa Ignition device
US3523006A (en) * 1968-05-20 1970-08-04 Butane Match Corp Of America Gas flow regulator for lighter
US3533720A (en) * 1967-06-29 1970-10-13 Quercia Flaminaire Sa Gas lighter
US3817684A (en) * 1972-05-08 1974-06-18 J Sell Lantern igniter
US3905750A (en) * 1972-05-08 1975-09-16 James F Sell Lantern igniter
US4042316A (en) * 1975-01-21 1977-08-16 Rowenta-Werke, Gmbh Gas lighter burner
US4101262A (en) * 1975-06-05 1978-07-18 Societe Anonyme Dite: Etablissements Genoud & Cie Pressure regulator for gas lighter
US4181493A (en) * 1976-06-14 1980-01-01 International Fire Tool Corp. Gas lighter having slidably detachable head assembly
US4253818A (en) * 1977-12-14 1981-03-03 Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. Igniting device
US5762488A (en) * 1994-12-15 1998-06-09 Weiler; Matthias Lighter especially a gas lighter with a top part, an ignition unit, a preferably regulatable fuel valve and a fuel container having a closing cap
US20080050685A1 (en) * 2006-08-28 2008-02-28 Fan Bao Piezoelectric lighter

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JPS5014744Y2 (is") * 1971-03-16 1975-05-08
FR2465161A1 (fr) * 1979-09-14 1981-03-20 Cricket Sa Briquet a gaz

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US2608081A (en) * 1950-08-29 1952-08-26 Butalite Corp Lighter mechanism
FR1036482A (fr) * 1951-05-04 1953-09-08 Dispositif applicable aux briquets, allumeurs, lampes et objets analogues
US2724253A (en) * 1954-02-10 1955-11-22 Thomas H Morgan Butane cigarette lighter
FR1127472A (fr) * 1955-05-27 1956-12-17 Srpi Soc Rech Perfectionne Ind Briquet pour fumeurs
US2892251A (en) * 1950-10-26 1959-06-30 Brown & Bigelow Pellet valve and method of making the same
AT204311B (de) * 1956-05-23 1959-07-10 Henri Louis Raymond Genoud Regler für geringe Durchströmmenge bei Behältern für verflüssigte Gase
FR1204683A (fr) * 1958-06-03 1960-01-27 Rech S Tech Soc Et Perfectionnements apportés aux briquets
FR1238432A (fr) * 1959-07-03 1960-12-02 Briquet à gaz perfectionné
US3092988A (en) * 1962-01-09 1963-06-11 Meyers Frederick Charles Disposable lighter construction

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US2608081A (en) * 1950-08-29 1952-08-26 Butalite Corp Lighter mechanism
US2892251A (en) * 1950-10-26 1959-06-30 Brown & Bigelow Pellet valve and method of making the same
FR1036482A (fr) * 1951-05-04 1953-09-08 Dispositif applicable aux briquets, allumeurs, lampes et objets analogues
US2724253A (en) * 1954-02-10 1955-11-22 Thomas H Morgan Butane cigarette lighter
FR1127472A (fr) * 1955-05-27 1956-12-17 Srpi Soc Rech Perfectionne Ind Briquet pour fumeurs
AT204311B (de) * 1956-05-23 1959-07-10 Henri Louis Raymond Genoud Regler für geringe Durchströmmenge bei Behältern für verflüssigte Gase
FR1204683A (fr) * 1958-06-03 1960-01-27 Rech S Tech Soc Et Perfectionnements apportés aux briquets
FR1238432A (fr) * 1959-07-03 1960-12-02 Briquet à gaz perfectionné
US3092988A (en) * 1962-01-09 1963-06-11 Meyers Frederick Charles Disposable lighter construction

Cited By (14)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3403963A (en) * 1966-04-13 1968-10-01 Leonard S. Dexter Lighter
US3493312A (en) * 1966-08-19 1970-02-03 Nationale Sa Ignition device
US3533720A (en) * 1967-06-29 1970-10-13 Quercia Flaminaire Sa Gas lighter
US3471246A (en) * 1967-10-20 1969-10-07 Rodney S Piffath Gas fueled torch
US3523006A (en) * 1968-05-20 1970-08-04 Butane Match Corp Of America Gas flow regulator for lighter
US3905750A (en) * 1972-05-08 1975-09-16 James F Sell Lantern igniter
US3817684A (en) * 1972-05-08 1974-06-18 J Sell Lantern igniter
US4042316A (en) * 1975-01-21 1977-08-16 Rowenta-Werke, Gmbh Gas lighter burner
US4101262A (en) * 1975-06-05 1978-07-18 Societe Anonyme Dite: Etablissements Genoud & Cie Pressure regulator for gas lighter
US4181493A (en) * 1976-06-14 1980-01-01 International Fire Tool Corp. Gas lighter having slidably detachable head assembly
US4253818A (en) * 1977-12-14 1981-03-03 Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. Igniting device
US5762488A (en) * 1994-12-15 1998-06-09 Weiler; Matthias Lighter especially a gas lighter with a top part, an ignition unit, a preferably regulatable fuel valve and a fuel container having a closing cap
US20080050685A1 (en) * 2006-08-28 2008-02-28 Fan Bao Piezoelectric lighter
US7748978B2 (en) * 2006-08-28 2010-07-06 Fan Bao Piezoelectric lighter

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