US3186193A - Pocket lighter - Google Patents

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US3186193A
US3186193A US163846A US16384662A US3186193A US 3186193 A US3186193 A US 3186193A US 163846 A US163846 A US 163846A US 16384662 A US16384662 A US 16384662A US 3186193 A US3186193 A US 3186193A
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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
    • F23Q2/173—Valves therefor
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to a pocket lighter and, more specifically, to a pocket lighter with an adjusting disc for adjusting the size of the flame.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a side View of a lighter according to the present invention with the housing removed therefrom.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the housing for the lighter of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of the entire lighter.
  • FIG. 4 shows the lighter in the region of the nozzle with the nozzle lifter removed therefrom.
  • FIG. 5 is a partial section through the lighter at the nozzle with the nozzle lifter in place.
  • FIG. 5a illustrates, partly in section, and on a larger scale than FIG. 5, the nozzle and operating lever region of the lighter with the nozzle open.
  • FIG. 5b is a top view of a holding ring for use in connection with the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a side view of the nozzle lifter.
  • FIG. 6a is a top view of the nozzle lifter.
  • FIG. 7 is a section through the nozzle showing the arrangement of the seal therefor.
  • the lighter according to the invention is characterized primarily in that the adjusting disc is covered by the housing of the lighter and thereby is protected against accidental undesired adjustment.
  • the nozzle lifter is made of spring wire and forms an independent loose element which greatly facilitates its installation inasmuch as the nozzle lifter can be freely inserted into the mechanism. Similarly, this also facilitates the disassembly of the lighter.
  • an elastic diaphragm seal is mounted about the nozzle of the lighter whereby said nozzle is protected against soiling, especially by dust. This construction avoids friction as it is encountered with heretofore known seals, while not aifecting the lighter in any way.
  • the lighter illustrated therein comprises a sparking wheel holder 1, a lighter fluid tank 2, and a cover or housing 3.
  • the lighter furthermore comprises an adjusting disc 4 for adjusting the height of the flame.
  • the upper surface of the lighter fluid container or tank 2 is designated with the reference numeral 5.
  • the wheel holder 1 is provided with a protrusion 6 for a purpose to be described further below.
  • the lighter has a tiltable lid or cover 7 and a movable actuating lever or member 8. When lever 8 is depressed, pin means 8b thereon acting in slot means 7a of the lid will cause the lid to tilt upwardly. A spring (not shown) will cause lever 8 and lid 7 to return when lever 8 is released.
  • the lighter is equipped with a' nozzle lifter 9 (FIGS. 5, 5a, 6, 6a) which is of hairpin shape and comprises a yoke 9a and the free ends 9b.
  • the lighter also comprises a nozzle generally indicated at 11 and having a nozzle head 10 engaged by yoke 9a of the nozzle lifter 9.
  • the nozzle head 10 has connected thereto the nozzle shank 11c provided with a flange 11d.
  • the nozzle head is inserted into a vertical bore in the threaded sleeve 4a which has an adjusting disc 4.
  • Said sleeve 4a threadedly and adjustably engages a nozzle housing or nozzle body 16 connected to the top of tank 2 in any convenient manner, for instance by welding or soldering.
  • the bottom of housing 16 has an aperture 16a therein through which extends a Wick 18.
  • Mounted on the inside of housing 16 at the bottom thereof is a holding ring 17 for wick 18 while a ring 19 of rubber or other resilient material is arranged on said holding ring 17.
  • Above ring 17 is an annular supporting member 20 with a fluid passage, for instance in form of a slot 2%, while resting on said member 20 is a filter 21 of resilient porous material.
  • the lower end of the threaded sleeve 4a comprises as an integral part a tubular portion 4b with an outwardly flanged bottom 40 so that the flanged bottom, said tubular portion 4b and the lower end of the threaded sleeve 4a will form a groove in which is mounted an annular seal 22 of any convenient material, for instance rubber, for effecting a fluid seal between the housing 16 and the tubular portion 412.
  • the upper side of the flanged bottom 40 forms a valve seat 11a for cooperation with a valve seal 23 mounted in the lower end of the nozzle shank 11c.
  • the bottom portion 40 has a fluid passage 4d therethrough, and an annular fluid passage 25 is provided between the inside of threaded sleeve 4a and the outer surface of shank of the nozzle for flow of gas along the nozzle when the valve seat 11:: is spaced from the valve seal 23.
  • the passage 25 communicates with a transverse bore 26 through the shank 110, while said bore 26 communicates with a vertical bore 27 extending through the upper end of nozzle head 10.
  • the adjusting disc 4 has a bore 28 tapering inwardly toward the top and having a recess at the bottom receiving a disc 13.
  • a sealing washer or resilient diaphragm 12 which latter is held in bore 28 by a spring ring or snap ring 14.
  • a spring 24 which continuously urges the nozzle shank 11c downwardly to thereby cause seal 23 to engage and close the end of passage 4d.
  • the sealing washer 12 resting on disc 13 prevents dust, especially from the ignition wheel 15, from entering the interior of the nozzle structure.
  • the adjusting disc 4 for determining the magnitude of the flame is normally covered by the cover 7 so that said adjusting disc 4 is protected against accidental adjustment.
  • the adjustability of the magnitude of the flame is limited by an upper and a lower abutment for disc 4.
  • the lower abutment for the smallest flame is formed by the upper surface of tank 2, whereas the upper abutment for the maximum height of the flame is formed by the protrusion 6 of the wheel holder 1.
  • This protrusion 6 of the wheel holder 1 simultaneously has its upper edge serving as an abutment for the end position of lid 7.
  • the nozzle lifter illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 6a and on a larger scale in FIG. 5a consists of spring wire and has a hairpin shape while forming an independent loose element which, for purposes of installation, can be inserted into the lighter from the front.
  • the removal of the nozzle litter is, of course, effected in the reverse manner.
  • the hairpin-shaped nozzle lifter 9 has its yoke 9a embracing the movable nozzle head 10 while the free end 912 of lifter 9 is adapted to be engaged and pressed down by the bent portion 8a of the actuating member 8 for lifting the nozzle head 10.
  • the nozzle lifter rests on the upper side of disc 4 and, thus, when end 9b is moved downwardly by portion 8a, the other end 9a of the lifter moves upwardly.
  • the actuating member 8 is operated so as to cause the portion 8a to press down the end portion 911 of litter 9 so that the other end portion 9a of the lifter causes the nozzle to be lifted to the desired extent thereby lifting the seal 23 of the valve seat 11a and permitting the fluid to pass through the nozzle head.
  • the magnitude of the flame is controlled by the adjustment of disc 4. It will be appreciated that when disc 4 is turned in one direction so that the threaded sleeve 4a moves downwardly, the bottom 40 will compress the filter 21 to a greater degree to thereby reduce the capillary passages and consequently restrict the flow of fluid. If, on the other hand, disc 4 is rotated in the opposite direciton so that the bottom portion 4c moves upwardly, the filter 21 will expand with the result that the capillary passages become enlarged and more fluid may pass therethrough.
  • a tank for receiving fuel which will be gaseous at atmospheric pressure a nozzle body mounted on said tank threaded internally at its outer end and having a bore at its inner end communicating with the tank, a sleeve threadedly mounted in said body and having a passage therethrough for gas, a nozzle element including a head and a nozzle shank reciprocably mounted in said sleeve, elements of a shut off valve on the inner end of said shank and in the bottom of said sleeve for shutting off gas flow through the sleeve when the nozzle element is pressed inwardly in the sleeve, a spring in the sleeve pressing the nozzle element inwardly therein to close said valve, a passage through said nozzle head and nozzle shank for gas, a dove-tailed recess in the outer end of said sleeve, a diaphragm in said recess sealingly engaging said nozzle head, an ignition wheel carried by the
  • a gas lighter having a fuel tank, a hollow sleeve, a nozzle head reciprocably mounted in said sleeve, said hollow sleeve being threaded into said tank to permit gas to how from the tank to the nozzle head, an elastic diaphragm sealing between the outer end of the nozzle head and the outer end of the sleeve, a dove-tailed recess in the sleeve receiving the seal, a snap ring in the recess clamping the seal therein, a disc on the sleeve for adjustment thereof in the tank, valve means between the sleeve and the tank adjustable in response to adjustment of said sleeve so that the adjustment of the sleeve will vary the gas flow through the body sleeve to the nozzle, and spaced abutment means carried by the tank for limiting the adjustment of said sleeve thereon.

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GB809552A (en) * 1955-03-26 1959-02-25 Cie Marocaine De Brevets Polym Liquefied gas-burning cigarette lighter
FR70495E (fr) * 1956-10-09 1959-05-06 Briquet à gaz liquéfié et son dispositif de remplissage
FR1198575A (fr) * 1957-01-29 1959-12-08 Ronson Products Ltd Obturateur-brûleur pour appareils à flamme tels que briquets à gaz comprimé
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
GB834432A (en) * 1955-08-06 1960-05-11 Rech S Tech Soc Et Improvements applicable to gas-operated lighters having a detachable reservoir
FR1230371A (fr) * 1959-07-20 1960-09-15 Thorens Briquet à gaz
US3018648A (en) * 1958-08-08 1962-01-30 Augusta Zunder Feuerzeugfabrik Gas lighter
US3048991A (en) * 1960-05-25 1962-08-14 Iketani Taisho Mechanism for control of flow rate of gaseous fuel in gas-fueled cigarette lighter

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GB733033A (en) * 1952-12-23 1955-07-06 Bruder Eisert Ag Improvements in or relating to gas fueled lighters
GB809552A (en) * 1955-03-26 1959-02-25 Cie Marocaine De Brevets Polym Liquefied gas-burning cigarette lighter
GB834432A (en) * 1955-08-06 1960-05-11 Rech S Tech Soc Et Improvements applicable to gas-operated lighters having a detachable reservoir
FR70495E (fr) * 1956-10-09 1959-05-06 Briquet à gaz liquéfié et son dispositif de remplissage
FR1198575A (fr) * 1957-01-29 1959-12-08 Ronson Products Ltd Obturateur-brûleur pour appareils à flamme tels que briquets à gaz comprimé
US3050973A (en) * 1957-01-29 1962-08-28 Ronson Corp Burner valves for compressed gaseous fuels
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
US3018648A (en) * 1958-08-08 1962-01-30 Augusta Zunder Feuerzeugfabrik Gas lighter
FR1230371A (fr) * 1959-07-20 1960-09-15 Thorens Briquet à gaz
US3048991A (en) * 1960-05-25 1962-08-14 Iketani Taisho Mechanism for control of flow rate of gaseous fuel in gas-fueled cigarette lighter

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