US3183687A - Gas lighters - Google Patents

Gas lighters Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3183687A
US3183687A US204825A US20482562A US3183687A US 3183687 A US3183687 A US 3183687A US 204825 A US204825 A US 204825A US 20482562 A US20482562 A US 20482562A US 3183687 A US3183687 A US 3183687A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
reservoir
housing
gas
valve
lighter
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US204825A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Quercia Marcel
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Flaminaire Marcel Quercia SA
Original Assignee
Flaminaire Marcel Quercia SA
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Flaminaire Marcel Quercia SA filed Critical Flaminaire Marcel Quercia SA
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3183687A publication Critical patent/US3183687A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • 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

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to gas lighters comprising a reservoir made in the form of a removable refill cartridge, this reservoir having in one wall thereof a gas outflow orifice controlled by a discharge valve the stem of which projects to the outside of the reservoir, and preferably extends through this outlet orifice, whereby opening thereof is obtained by pushing said stem into the reservoir.
  • the chief object of this invention is to provide a gas lighter of this kind which is better adapted to meet the requirements of practice than those known up to this time, especially from the point of view of simplicity of manufacture.
  • the body of the lighter is formed with a housing shaped and dimensioned to accommodate said removable reservoir with a certain play to permit movement of said reservoir in said housing in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of a resilient annular sealing member disposed between said reservoir wall and the inner wall of said housing located opposite said wall, said annular sealing member surrounding, at one end thereof, said gas outflow orifice of the reservoir'and, at the other end, the inlet of a conduit formed in the body of the lighter and leading to the burner thereof, said body comprising means for moving, from the outside of the lighter, the reservoir in its housing in such manner as to open said discharge valve by pushing the valve stem against said inner wall of the housing.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical section of a gas lighter made according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a similar view of another gas lighter also made according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of a gas lighter made according to a third embodiment of the invention.
  • IG. 4 is a view similar to FIGS. 1 and 2 showing a fourth embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 of a fifth embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows the lighter of FIG. 5 in section by a plane perpendicular to the section plane of the FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a vertical elevation, partly in section, of a gas lighter made according to a modification
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 are views, similar to FIGS. 6 and 5, respectively, of a gas lighter made according to still another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a portion of the mechanism of the lighter of FIGS. 8 and 9;
  • FIG. 11 is a side elevational view of the lighter of FIGS. 8 and 9.
  • the removable reservoir 1 of the lighter which contains acombustible gas under pressure, such as butane liquefied under pressure, is preferably, as shown, in the form of a relatively flat box, such as a pillbox, the periphery of which is circular, elliptic or polygonal.
  • acombustible gas under pressure such as butane liquefied under pressure
  • One of the end faces of this box is provided, in his central region, with a gas outflow orifice through which projects a valve stem 2, so that when said stem is pushed toward the inside of the reservoir, valve 2 opens and gas flows out through the orifice.
  • the body of the lighter consists of two portions, such as 3 and 4 in FIG. 1, in the form of half-shells forming between them a housing 5 for reservoir 1.
  • This housing 5 is shaped and dimensioned in such manner that a play exists between the end walls of reservoir 1 and the corresponding inner walls of housing 5, respectively, so that reservoir 1 can be displaced in this housing in a direction at least approximately parallel to the direction of valve stem 2.
  • the portion 3 of the body is provided with a conduit 7 having an orifice 6 located opposite valve stem 2, this conduit '7 leading to the burner 8 of the lighter.
  • a resilient annular sealing member 9 one end of which surrounds orifice 6 whereas its other end surrounds valve stem 2 and the gas outflow orifice of reservoir 1.
  • Means are provided for displacing, from the outside of the lighter, reservoir 1 toward portion 3 of the body so that valve stem 2, applied against the inner wall of housing 5, is driven toward the inside of reservoir 1, thus opening the valve.
  • annular sealing memher 9 is resiliently deformed.
  • Said member 9 might be fixed to reservoir 1 but preferably, as shown by the drawings, annular sealing member 9 is fixed to the inner wall of housing 5 around orifice 6.
  • This member 9 acts not only as a sealing member for the flow of gas from reservoir 1 to conduit 7, but as a kind of spring urging reservoir 1 away from the inner wall of the body portion 3.
  • the means for displacing reservoir 1 in housing 5 against the resilient action of member 9 consists in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 4, of a flexible portion of the half-shell 4 of the body.
  • this flexible portion consists of a diaphragm 10, for instance of leather, fixed around the edge of an aperture 11 formed in half-shell 4 opposite reservoir 1.
  • the central portion of diaphragm 16 carries a rigid ornamental piece 12, fixed thereon.
  • the flexible portion of the wall of half-shell 4a is formed by a corrugation 13 of circular shape which permits de formation of said wall 4a.
  • half-shell 4a is made of a molded material, for instance a plastic material
  • the thickness of the wall of half-shell 4a is reduced along corrugation 13.
  • half-shell 4c is provided with an opening in which is movably mounted a plate 15, the edges of which bear against the edges of this opening.
  • Plate 15 is provided in its periphery with small tongues 15a bent to extend through corresponding slits provided in half-shell 4c, the ends of said tongues 15a being bent at 15b to bear against the inner wall of half-shell 40.
  • These sliding tongues 15a permit of pushing plate 15 toward the inside of the lighter and thus of driving reservoir 1 toward the inner wall of halfshell 5b.
  • the displacement of the reservoir in its housing is produced by means of a control member which is to be actuated before the burner can operate and which may even serve to operate said burner.
  • this control member may act upon the central part of one of the end walls of reservoir 1 to displace it in its housing 5.
  • this control member comprises a lug 16 applied against the peripheral portion of said end wall of reservoir 1 in order to cause it to pivot in its housing about its opposed edge, at a place where the reservoir is hearing either against a flange 17 of housing 5d (FIG. 7) or against a projection 17a fixed to edge of said housing (FIGS. 5 and 6).
  • control member 18 which comprises lug 16 is mounted in such manner in the body of the lighter as to be slidable therein in a direction substantially parallel to valve stem 2, this member 18 carrying a pin 19 perpendicular to the direc tion of said stem.
  • a hood 20 is mounted slidable in the body of the lighter along a guiding pin 21 perpendicular to the direction to valve stem 2, and tothat of pin 19. Normally this hood 20 covers the orifice of burner '8.
  • This hood is provided with a notch 23 such that when the hood is moved into its upper position, shown in dotted lines in FIG. 5, the orifice of burner 8 is uncovered.
  • Hood 2% is provided with a slot 22, oblique with respect to the direction of sliding of said hood and adapted to cooperate with pin 19 so that member 18 is driven toward the right (FIG. 5) when hood 2! is brought into its upper position, thus causing reservoir 1 to pivot in the same direction, whereby the gas outflow orifice of this reservoir is opened.
  • control member 18a instead of being slidable in the body of the lighter, is pivotable around an axis 24 parallel to pin 1%.
  • slot 22a is con nected, at its upper end, with a transverse slot 25 also provided in hood 2% and extending along a circular are having its center on axis 24.
  • slot 25 enables control member 18a to pivot in the clockwise direction so as to come into the position shown in dot-and-dash lines in FIG. 7.
  • lug 16 clears the edge of reservoir 1, which can thus be removed from its housing 501.
  • Control member 18a is subjected to the action of spring 26, wound around axis 25 and bearing against the body of the lighter so as to urge plug 16 against reservoir 1.
  • member 18b On one side of pivot axis 27, member 18b carries a lug 16a and on the other hand it carries a hood or cover 20!), these parts being arranged in such manner that when cover 20b is opened so as to clear burner 8 (i.e. when said cover is moved from the position of FIG. 8 to that of FIG. 11) lug 16a slides from the periphery of the reservoir along the convex bulging wall thereof, thus driving it into its housing Se in order to open the discharge orifice of reservoir 1.
  • means are provided for resil iently keeping cover 20b either in its opened position or in its closed position.
  • member 1811 carries, fixed thereon, a pin 28 parallel to axis 27 and passing through a slot 3611 provided in a plate 36 fixed in the body of the lighter, said slot 36a being in the form of a circular arc concentric with axis 27.
  • This pin 28 cooperates with the vertical end wall of a box or casing 29 mounted in the body of the lighter in such manner as to be slidable transversely therein between two parallel guiding plates 33 and 34 both fixed with respect to the body of the lighter and one of which 34, is carried by a plate 35 adjoining plate 36.
  • This casing 29 contains a spring 30 extending along a U-shaped path. This spring applies, through a push-piece 31, a flint, not shown, against friction wheel 32. The reaction of the thrust exerted by spring 32 upon the flint tends to move box 2 rearwardly against pin 28..
  • the path' of travel, in the form of a circular arc, of pin 28 during the movements of cover 20b around axis 27 is disposed in such manner with respect to sliding box 29 that the compression of'spring 30 is smaller for the extreme positions of hood 2%, which correspond to complete closing and complete opening, respectively, thereof, than for any intermediate position of said cover 20b.
  • the extreme positions of said cover 20b are stabilized by spring 30.
  • a gas lighter which comprises, in combination, a body, a burner carried by said body, said body being made of two half-shells assembled to form between them a housing having two large main walls facing each other, said housing extending in a first direction substantially parallel to said main walls much further than in a second direction normal to said first direction, a removable gas reservoir in said housing, said reservoir being in the form of a pillbox the opposite end walls of which are of respective shapes conforming to those of said housing large main walls, one of said half-shells being rigid and the other one having its central portion movable with respect to the remainder thereof, a conduit formed in said rigid half shell having a first end connected with said burner and a second end opening into that of said large main walls belonging to said rigid half-shell, in the central region thereof, said reservoir being provided, in the central portion of the end wall thereof adjoining said rigid half-shell, with a gas outflow orifice, a valve mounted in said orifice, a valve stem carried bysaid valve and projecting in said second direction from said last mentioned reservoir end
  • a gas lighter which comprises, in combination, a body, a burner carried by said body, said body forming a housing, a removable gas reservoir in said housing, a conduit formed in said body leading from said burner and opening into the inner wall of said housing at a point thereof, said reservoir being provided with a gas outflow orifice located opposite the region of said housing inner wall where is located said point of opening of said conduit, a valve mounted in said orifice to control the opening thereof, a valve stem, carried by said valve and projecting from the outer wall of said reservoir so that said valve is opened when said stem is pushed toward the inside of said reservoir, a resilient annular sealing member interposed between the outer wall of said reservoir and the inner wall of said housing and surrounding, at one end thereof, said orifice and, at the other end, said point of opening of said conduit, said reservoir being mounted movable in said housing in a direction at least approximately parallel to the axis of said annular sealing member, to permit of pushing said stern against the inner wall of said housing and thus of opening said gas outflow
  • a gas lighter according to claim 6 wherein said safety means consist of a hood capable, in the first position, of covering said burner and, in the second position, of clearing said burner.
  • a gas lighter according to claim 6 wherein said reservoir is shaped like a pillbox and the means for moving said reservoir in said housing comprise a member movably carried by said body so that at least a portion of said member is movable at least approximately in said body in a direction parallel to said valve stem, said safety means consist of a hood capable, in a first position, of covering said burner and, in a second position, of clearing said burner, one of said two last mentioned elements, i.e. said member and said hood, being provided with a slot oblique with respect to the direction of displacement of said element, and the other of said elements including a pin slidably engaged in said slot, and said member including a lug bearing against the peripheral part of an end wall of said box.
  • said slot further includes a transverse extension adapted to accommodate said pin slidably therein to permit a displacement of said member into a position where said reservoir can be withdrawn from said housing.
  • a housing having a length considerably greater than its width; a removable gas reservoir in said housing, said gas reservoir extending in a first direction which extends in direction of the length of said housing much farther than in a second direction substantially normal to said first direction, said reservoir being mounted in said housing movably in said second direction having a side wall extending substantially in said first direction and being spaced from an inner surface portion of said housing in said second direction, said reservoir being formed in said side wall with a discharge opening; valve means carried by said side wall of said reservoir for opening and closing said discharge opening and having a valve operating member extending in said second diection and being movable from a valve closing position to a valve opening position during movement of said reservoir in said second direction in which said side wall thereof moves towards said inner surface portion of said housing; a burner carried by said housing at one of its ends extending transverse to said first direction; passage means communicating at one end thereof with said burner and having another end at said inner surface portion of said housing opposite and spaced from said discharge opening
  • a gas reservoir having in a first direction a dimension considerably smaller than in a second direction normal to said first direction; a housing at least partly enclosing said gas reservoir and having in said first direction also a dimension considerably smaller than in said second direction and the dimensions of said housing being slightly greater than that of said reservoir, said reservoir being movable in said housing in said first direction; valve means communicating with the interior of said reservoir and having an operating member movable between a valve opening and a valve closing position during movement of said reservoir in said first direction; a burner carried by said housing; passage means connecting said valve means with said burner for supplying the latter with gaseous fuel when said valve means are open; igniting means for igniting the gaseous fuel leaving said burner; and means cooperating with said gas reservoir and operable from the exterior of said housing for moving said reservoir in said first direction so as to move said operating member of said valve means between said positions thereof.
  • a gas reservoir having in a first direction a dimension considerably smaller than in a second direction normal to said first direction; a housing at least partly enclosing said reservoir and having in said first direction also a dimension considerably smaller than in said second direction and the dimensions of said housing being slightly greater than that of said reservoir, said reservoir being movable in said housing in said first direction and having a side wall extending in said second direction and facing an inner surface portion of said housing spaced therefrom; valve means communicating with the interior of said reservoir, carried by said side wall of the latter and having a valve operating member extending in said first direction and being movable from a valve closing to a valve opening position during movement of said reservoir in said first direction and movement of said side wall thereof toward said inner surface portion of said housing; a burner carried by said housing; passage means connecting said valve means with said burner for supplying the latter with gaseous fuel when said valve means are open; resilient means located between said side wall of said reservoir and said inner surface portion of said housing in
  • a lighter as set forth in claim 15 wherein said means for moving said reservoir in said direction include a flexible wall portion of said housing engaging a side wall of said reservoir opposite said one side wall.
  • a housing having in a first direction a dimension considerably smaller than in a second direction normal to the first direction and having a main wall extending substantially in said second direction; a gas reservoir in said housing and having in said first direction a dimension considerably smaller than in said second direction and the dimensions of said gas reservoir in said first and second directions being slightly smaller than the corresponding dimensions of said housing, said gas reservoir being movable in said housing in said first direction and having a side wall extending substantially in said second direction, said side wall facing and being spaced from said main Wall of said housing; an outlet orifice extending in said first direction and formed in said side wall or": said reservoir; means forming-a gas discharge orifice extending in said second direction'and carried by said housing on one of its ends; passage means connecting said outlet orifice wi'th'said gas discharge orifice; means adapted to cooperate with said main wall of said housing to cause opening of said outlet orifice during movement of said reservoir in said first direction; and means in a housing

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Lighters Containing Fuel (AREA)
US204825A 1961-06-29 1962-06-25 Gas lighters Expired - Lifetime US3183687A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR866505A FR1300872A (fr) 1961-06-29 1961-06-29 Perfectionnements apportés aux briquets à gaz

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3183687A true US3183687A (en) 1965-05-18

Family

ID=8758324

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US204825A Expired - Lifetime US3183687A (en) 1961-06-29 1962-06-25 Gas lighters

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US3183687A (es)
DE (1) DE1292921B (es)
ES (1) ES278769A1 (es)
FR (1) FR1300872A (es)
GB (1) GB995452A (es)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3955913A (en) * 1973-10-29 1976-05-11 Clement Benzaria Self-contained gas torch
WO2009035733A2 (en) * 2007-09-12 2009-03-19 Mont D'or Of America, Llc Cigarette lighter with replaceable fuel cartridge
US11498831B2 (en) 2016-01-13 2022-11-15 Texas Instruments Incorporated Structures for packaging stress-sensitive micro-electro-mechanical system stacked onto electronic circuit chip

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR84058E (fr) * 1962-03-09 1964-11-20 Genoud & Cie Ets Briquet à gaz

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2951644A (en) * 1958-01-03 1960-09-06 Ass For Physiologic Res Inc Dispensing device
FR1233613A (fr) * 1959-05-04 1960-10-12 Rech S Tech Soc Et Perfectionnements apportés aux briquets à gaz automatiques, notamment à ceux dont le réservoir de combustible est amovible
US2966283A (en) * 1958-11-20 1960-12-27 Metal Fabrications Inc Spray device
US3045873A (en) * 1960-02-04 1962-07-24 Richard W Ryan Wall receptacle for an aerosol bomb

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE954111C (de) * 1952-04-08 1956-12-13 Emile Gilberton Feuerzeug
FR1167415A (fr) * 1953-02-02 1958-11-25 Allumeur gaz butane et propane
FR1204683A (fr) * 1958-06-03 1960-01-27 Rech S Tech Soc Et Perfectionnements apportés aux briquets
FR1275526A (fr) * 1960-09-30 1961-11-10 Briquet à gaz

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2951644A (en) * 1958-01-03 1960-09-06 Ass For Physiologic Res Inc Dispensing device
US2966283A (en) * 1958-11-20 1960-12-27 Metal Fabrications Inc Spray device
FR1233613A (fr) * 1959-05-04 1960-10-12 Rech S Tech Soc Et Perfectionnements apportés aux briquets à gaz automatiques, notamment à ceux dont le réservoir de combustible est amovible
US3045873A (en) * 1960-02-04 1962-07-24 Richard W Ryan Wall receptacle for an aerosol bomb

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3955913A (en) * 1973-10-29 1976-05-11 Clement Benzaria Self-contained gas torch
WO2009035733A2 (en) * 2007-09-12 2009-03-19 Mont D'or Of America, Llc Cigarette lighter with replaceable fuel cartridge
WO2009035733A3 (en) * 2007-09-12 2009-12-30 Mont D'or Of America, Llc Cigarette lighter with replaceable fuel cartridge
US7815432B2 (en) 2007-09-12 2010-10-19 Andrew Smith Cigarette lighter with replaceable fuel cartridge
US11498831B2 (en) 2016-01-13 2022-11-15 Texas Instruments Incorporated Structures for packaging stress-sensitive micro-electro-mechanical system stacked onto electronic circuit chip

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE1292921B (de) 1969-04-17
FR1300872A (fr) 1962-08-10
GB995452A (en) 1965-06-16
ES278769A1 (es) 1962-11-01

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US2620643A (en) Gas lighter
US3966392A (en) Cigarette lighter having improved valve means
GB2029052A (en) Watch or other timepiece case with push knobs
JPS5674525A (en) Gas lighter
US3183687A (en) Gas lighters
US3825029A (en) Plural range pressure regulator construction or the like and the method of making the same or the like
GB1005309A (en) Improvements in or relating to gas-fuelled lighters
US4479670A (en) Water flow control valve
US4569654A (en) Dual purpose lighter for household use
US2633724A (en) Control-mechanism for pyrophoric lighters of the gaseous fuel type
FR2280029A1 (fr) Commande d'ouverture pour clapet de briquet a gaz
US3533718A (en) Lighter
US2732697A (en) Smoker s lighter
GB1371427A (en) Gas fuelled lighter
US3228215A (en) Gas-fuelled lighter
GB1422824A (en) Gas lighters
CO4520166A1 (es) Encendedor accionable selectivamente
US3360967A (en) Gas fueled candle
US3601517A (en) Rocking head for portable lighting devices such as lighters operating on pressurized liquefied gas
US3081610A (en) Automatic gas lighters
US3134504A (en) Casing having a nozzle and a tank adapted to contain a fluid under pressure
US1886461A (en) Pocket cigar lighter
US3236071A (en) Lighter construction
US3143871A (en) Gas-fueled lighter
US5092763A (en) Non-refillable gas lighter