US3192971A - Gas lighter filler valve mechanism - Google Patents

Gas lighter filler valve mechanism Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3192971A
US3192971A US37472664A US3192971A US 3192971 A US3192971 A US 3192971A US 37472664 A US37472664 A US 37472664A US 3192971 A US3192971 A US 3192971A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
valve member
reservoir
inner valve
outer valve
casing
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
Inventor
Kanamaru Yoshio
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.)
JAPAN GAS LIGHTER ASSOCIATION
Original Assignee
JAPAN GAS LIGHTER ASSOCIATION
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 JAPAN GAS LIGHTER ASSOCIATION filed Critical JAPAN GAS LIGHTER ASSOCIATION
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3192971A publication Critical patent/US3192971A/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
    • F23Q2/34—Component parts or accessories
    • F23Q2/52—Filling devices
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86292—System with plural openings, one a gas vent or access opening
    • Y10T137/86324—Tank with gas vent and inlet or outlet
    • Y10T137/86332—Vent and inlet or outlet in unitary mounting

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to gas fueled cigarette lighters, and in particular to a valve mechanism for introducing gaseous fuel to the lighter reservoir.
  • valves of this type having separate inlet and outlet passageways to and from the lighter reservoir are described; forexample, in U.S. Patent Nos. Re. 24,163; 2,882,940; 2,993,166 and 3,115,907.
  • the present invention concerns valves for refilling lighter reservoirs with liquified gas wherein a single passageway is utilized for the introduction of gaseous fuel to the reservoir and for the escape of air and excessive fuel from the reservoir to the atmosphere.
  • Another object of invention is to provide in a gas fueled lighter an improved filler-valve comprising a single passageway for both the inlet of gaseous fuel and the outlet of air and excessive fuel from the reservoir.
  • Still another object of invention is to provide in a gas fueled lighter an improved filler-valve comprising a single passageway wherein an inner valve member containing furrows is used to cause the inflowing fuel to jet into the reservoir.
  • FIGURE 1 is side elevation in section of a first embodiment of the filler valve in closed position.
  • FIGURE 2 is a side elevation in section of a first em- FIGURE 4 is a side'elevation in section of a second embodiment of :the filler valve in open position.
  • seat-13 of upper cylindrical portion 18. is located lower cylindrical portion 2% whichcontains windows22 providiug communication from the valve chamber 23 to the interior of reservoir 11.
  • a bottom wall 24 having opening 26 andinterior supporting surface 28, the functions of which will be described hereinafter.
  • the movable inner valve member 14 consists of an upper rod 38 terminating in a diverging tip 32 which may be either conical, semispherical or in the shape of a truncated cone. -Located on converging tip 32 are a plurality of furrows 3 which are used to jet the gaseous fuel into valve-chamber 23 and then through windows 22 when inner valve member 14- is in an open position.
  • Below upper rod .33 is located transverse shoulder 36 containing upper surface 38 and a lower surface 39.
  • a gasket; 49 maybe supported by surface 38 if desired.
  • 'Below trans verse shoulder 3i is located a lower rod 41 resting in slid ing relationship within opening 2fito f'bottom wall 24- of 7 lower cylindrical portion 24).
  • V The movable inner valve member 14 is .held .inwclosed position by spring 42, the bottom portion of which rests on supporting surface'23 and the top portion of which rests in engagement with lower surface 39of transverse shoulder 36.
  • the furrows may be located at the discharge end of lower cylindrical portion 44 of the fuel containing bomb.
  • the furrows or openings are designated by reference numeral 35.
  • a lighter constructed to be charged with liquefied gas fuel under pressure and including in combination:
  • said fuel charging means carried by said casing and affording simultaneous escape of gas from said reser voir and charging of said reservoir with liquified gas fuel under pressure, said fuel charging means including an outer valve member having side walls fixed with respect to said casing, said outer valve member including (1) a passageway located at one end thereof and communicating with the atmosphere,
  • valve seat mean-s located near the mid portion thereof
  • said fuel charging means further including an inner valve member mounted to move within said outer valve member between open and closed positions; said inner valve member including (1) a first rod terminating in a converging tip portion, said tip portion containing at least one furrow,
  • tion including a casing having a reservoir contained therein and filler valve means carried by said casing and affording a simultaneous escape of gas from said reservoir and charging of said reservoir with liquified gas under pressure, comprising (A) :an outer valve member having side walls fixed with respect to said casing; said outer valve member including (1) a passageway communicating at one end thereof with the atmosphere,
  • window means located in the side walls thereof and communicating with said reservoir
  • valve seat means formed as an integral part of said side walls
  • a lighter mechanism for liquified gas including a casing having a reservoir contained therein and filler valve means carried by said casing and affording a simultaneous escape of gas from said reservoir and charging of said reservoir with said liquified gas under pressure, comprising (A) an outer valve member fixed to said casing, said outer valve member including a central passageway, communicating at one end thereof with the atmosphere, window means located in said outer valve member and providing communication between said passageway and said reservoir, and valve seat means within said outer valve member;
  • an inner valve member mounted to move within said outer valve member between open and closed positions; said inner valve member including means for causing said liquified gas to jet from within said outer valve member to said window means; said inner valve member further including shoulder means located below said means for causing said liquified gas to jet; said shoulder means forming a part of said inner valve member and resting in abutting relationship with said valve seat means when said inner valve member is in closed position;

Description

July 6, 1965 YOSHIO KANAMARU GAS LIGHTER FILLER VALVE MECHANISM Filed June 12, 1964 INVENTOR YOSHIO KANAMARU BY SE MMES 8| SEMMES ATTORNEY United States. Patent 3,192,971 GAS LIGHTER FILLER VALVE NECHANEM Yoshio Kanamaru, Tokyo, Japan, assignor to Japan Gas Lighter AssociatiomTohyo, Japan Filed June 12, 1964, Ser. No. 374,726 Claims priority, application Japan, Apr. 28, 1964,
39/23,931 4 Claims. ((Il. 141-286) The present invention relates to gas fueled cigarette lighters, and in particular to a valve mechanism for introducing gaseous fuel to the lighter reservoir.
'Valves, for filling reservoirs with liquified gas, having separate and distinct passageways for (1) the introduction of fuel to the reservoir and (2) the escape of air and excessive fuel from the reservoir to the atmosphere, are
well known in the-art. Valves of this type, having separate inlet and outlet passageways to and from the lighter reservoir are described; forexample, in U.S. Patent Nos. Re. 24,163; 2,882,940; 2,993,166 and 3,115,907. Although the valves disclosedin theabove patents are satisfactory from a functional standpoint, the manufacture of the separate passageways is relatively complicated and obviously results in an increase in the manufacturing costs of the valves.
The present invention concerns valves for refilling lighter reservoirs with liquified gas wherein a single passageway is utilized for the introduction of gaseous fuel to the reservoir and for the escape of air and excessive fuel from the reservoir to the atmosphere.
Although the utilization of a single passageway fillervalve obviously reduces manufacturing costs, such a valve structure will only be commercially acceptable if the refilling operation is smooth and safe. Prior filling valves, such as described in the above patents, have utilized separate inlet and outlet passageways becauseof the assumptions that (1) the pressure in the fillervalve itself is constant throughout and greater than the pressure in the lighter reservoir and (2) the pressure in the lighter reservoir is constant and greater than the atmospheric pressure. Careful study and experimentation, however, has revealed that the pressures both in the filler valve and in the reservoir are not constant. In fact, these pressures vary in accordance with the relative positions within the valve and reservoir. Guided by the above discovery, and desirous of establishing the necessary pressure relationships to ensure the smooth flow of fuel, it was further discovered that a jet stream of released butane might establish within the valve an independent inlet path of gaseous fuel without the necessity of separating same from the outward flow of air and excessive fuel. Furrows were designed to cause the fuel discharging from the refiller bomb to jet into the reservoir thus eliminating the necessity of utilizing structure defining a separate inlet passageway for the gaseous fuel.
Accordingly, it is an object of invention to provide in a gas fueled lighter an improved filler-valve mechanism.
Another object of invention is to provide in a gas fueled lighter an improved filler-valve comprising a single passageway for both the inlet of gaseous fuel and the outlet of air and excessive fuel from the reservoir.
Still another object of invention is to provide in a gas fueled lighter an improved filler-valve comprising a single passageway wherein an inner valve member containing furrows is used to cause the inflowing fuel to jet into the reservoir.
Yet additional objects of invention will become apparent from the ensuing specification and attached drawings wherein:
FIGURE 1 is side elevation in section of a first embodiment of the filler valve in closed position.
7 3,192,971 Patented July 6,1965
FIGURE 2 is a side elevation in section of a first em- FIGURE 4 is a side'elevation in section of a second embodiment of :the filler valve in open position.
seat-13 of upper cylindrical portion 18. is located lower cylindrical portion 2% whichcontains windows22 providiug communication from the valve chamber 23 to the interior of reservoir 11. At the bottom of lower cylindrical portion 20 is located a bottom wall 24having opening 26 andinterior supporting surface 28, the functions of which will be described hereinafter. V
The movable inner valve member 14 consists of an upper rod 38 terminating in a diverging tip 32 which may be either conical, semispherical or in the shape of a truncated cone. -Located on converging tip 32 are a plurality of furrows 3 which are used to jet the gaseous fuel into valve-chamber 23 and then through windows 22 when inner valve member 14- is in an open position. Below upper rod .33 is located transverse shoulder 36 containing upper surface 38 and a lower surface 39. A gasket; 49 maybe supported by surface 38 if desired. 'Below trans verse shoulder 3i: is located a lower rod 41 resting in slid ing relationship within opening 2fito f'bottom wall 24- of 7 lower cylindrical portion 24). V The movable inner valve member 14 is .held .inwclosed position by spring 42, the bottom portion of which rests on supporting surface'23 and the top portion of which rests in engagement with lower surface 39of transverse shoulder 36.
As seen in FIGURE 2, when the lower cylindrical portion 44. of a conventional fuel containing bomb is pressed against converging tip 32,the movable inner valve mernher 14.is pushed downwardly thus separating surface 38 of transverse shoulder 36 from valve seat 13 and permit ting gaseous fuel to jet through furrows 34 in a stream to the interior of .valve chamber 23 and then through windows 22 into reservoir 11 of the lighter. Simultaneous'ly, air and excessive fuel'pass inwardly from reservoir 11 through windows 22 and upwardly to the atmosphere along the passageway defined by the internal periphery of axial passageway 17 of upper cylinder 18 and the outside surface of lower cylindrical portion 44 of thefuel containingbomb. l
In a second embodiment of applicants filler-valve construction, as illustrated in FIGURE 4, the furrows may be located at the discharge end of lower cylindrical portion 44 of the fuel containing bomb. In this embodiment the furrows or openings are designated by reference numeral 35.
Menifestly, Various changes in construction and substitution of parts may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of invention, as defined in the subw joined claims.
I claim:
1. A lighter constructed to be charged with liquefied gas fuel under pressure and including in combination:
(A) a casing containing therein a fuel reservoir;
'(B) fuel charging means carried by said casing and affording simultaneous escape of gas from said reser voir and charging of said reservoir with liquified gas fuel under pressure, said fuel charging means including an outer valve member having side walls fixed with respect to said casing, said outer valve member including (1) a passageway located at one end thereof and communicating with the atmosphere,
(2) at least one window located in the side walls thereof, and
(3) valve seat mean-s located near the mid portion thereof;
said fuel charging means further including an inner valve member mounted to move within said outer valve member between open and closed positions; said inner valve member including (1) a first rod terminating in a converging tip portion, said tip portion containing at least one furrow,
(2) an intermediate transverse shoulder portion extending outwardly from said first rod and including an upper surface resting in abutting relationship with said valve seat of said outer valve member when said inner valve member is in closed position, and
(3) a second rod portion extending beneath said intermediate transverse shoulder portion;
(C) mounting means affording substantially rectilinear sliding movement of said inner valve member with respect to said outer valve member whereby said in ner valve memberslides with respect to said outer valve member in moving between said open and closed positions; and
(D) spring means urging said inner valve member towards said closed position.
2. A lighter as in claim 1, wherein said tip portion of said first rod portion is conical in configuration.
tion including a casing having a reservoir contained therein and filler valve means carried by said casing and affording a simultaneous escape of gas from said reservoir and charging of said reservoir with liquified gas under pressure, comprising (A) :an outer valve member having side walls fixed with respect to said casing; said outer valve member including (1) a passageway communicating at one end thereof with the atmosphere,
(2) window means located in the side walls thereof and communicating with said reservoir, and
(3) .valve seat means formed as an integral part of said side walls;
(B) an inner valve member mounted to move within said outer valve member between open and closed positions; said inner valve member including 5 (1) means for permitting said liquified gas to fet from within said outer valve member to said window means, and
(2) shoulder means resting in abutting relationship with said valve seat means of said outer valve member when said inner valve member is in closed position;
'(C) mounting means atiording substantially rectilinear sliding movement of said inner valve member with respect to said outer valve member when moving between said open and closed positions; and
(D) spring means urging said inner valve member towards said closed position.
4. In a lighter mechanism for liquified gas, the combination including a casing having a reservoir contained therein and filler valve means carried by said casing and affording a simultaneous escape of gas from said reservoir and charging of said reservoir with said liquified gas under pressure, comprising (A) an outer valve member fixed to said casing, said outer valve member including a central passageway, communicating at one end thereof with the atmosphere, window means located in said outer valve member and providing communication between said passageway and said reservoir, and valve seat means within said outer valve member;
(B) an inner valve member mounted to move within said outer valve member between open and closed positions; said inner valve member including means for causing said liquified gas to jet from within said outer valve member to said window means; said inner valve member further including shoulder means located below said means for causing said liquified gas to jet; said shoulder means forming a part of said inner valve member and resting in abutting relationship with said valve seat means when said inner valve member is in closed position;
(C) mounting means affording substantially rectilinear sliding movement of said inner valve member with respect to said outer valve member; and
(D) spring means urging said inner valve member't ward said closed position.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,133,565 5/64 Ikeda 141293 3,146,808 9/64 Zellweger 141--293 FOREIGN PATENTS.
1,078,261 5/54 France.
590,333 4/59 Italy.
References Cited by the Applicant UNITED STATES PATENTS Re. 24, 163 6/ 5 6 Zellweger. 2,643,535 6/53 Strumbos. 2,882,940 4/59 Zellweger. 3,093,166 6/63 lketani.
3,115,907 12/63 Labat.
' FOREIGN PATENTS 903,463 2/54 Germany.
LAVERNE D. GEIGER, Primary Examiner.

Claims (1)

  1. 4. IN A LIGHTER MECHANISM FOR LIQUIFIED GAS, THE COMBINATION INCLUDING A CASING HAVING A RESERVOIR CONTAINED THEREIN AND FILLER VALVE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CASING AND AFFORDING A SIMULTANEOUS ESCAPE OF GAS FROM SAID RESERVOIR AND CHARGING OF SAID RESERVOIR WITH SAID LIQUIFIED GAS UNDER PRESSURE, COMPRISING (A) AN OUTER VALVE MEMBER FIXED TO SAID CASING, SAID OUTER VALVE MEMBER INCLUDING A CENTRAL PASSAGEWAY, COMMUNICATING AT ONE END THEREOF WITH THE ATMOSPHERE, WINDOW MEANS LOCATED IN SAID OUTER VALVE MEMBER AND PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID PASSAGEWAY AND SAID RESERVOIR, AND VALVE SEAT MEANS WITHIN SAID OUTER VALVE MEMBER; (B) AN INNER VALVE MEMBER MOUNTED TO MOVE WITHIN SAID OUTER VALVE MEMBER BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS; SAID INNER VALVE MEMBER INCLUDING MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID LIQUIFIED GAS TO JET FROM WITHIN SAID OUTER VALVE MEMBER TO SAID WINDOW MEANS; SAID INNER VALVE MEMBER FURTHER INCLUDING SHOULDER MEANS LOCATED BELOW SAID MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID LIQUIFIED GAS TO JET; SAID SHOULDER MEANS FORMING A PART OF SAID INNER VALVE MEMBER AND RESTING IN ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID VALVE SEAT MEANS WHEN SAID INNER VALVE MEMBER IS IN CLOSED POSITION; (C) MOUNTING MEANS AFFORDING SUBSTANTIALLY RECTILINEAR SLIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID INNER VALVE MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO SAID OUTER VALVE MEMBER; AND (D) SPRING MEANS URGING SAID INNER VALVE MEMBER TOWARD SAID CLOSED POSITION.
US37472664 1964-04-28 1964-06-12 Gas lighter filler valve mechanism Expired - Lifetime US3192971A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2393164 1964-04-28

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3192971A true US3192971A (en) 1965-07-06

Family

ID=12124255

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US37472664 Expired - Lifetime US3192971A (en) 1964-04-28 1964-06-12 Gas lighter filler valve mechanism

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US3192971A (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3228435A (en) * 1964-10-31 1966-01-11 Japan Gas Lighter Ass Gas lighter filler valve mechanism
US3575221A (en) * 1968-11-09 1971-04-20 Japan Gas Lighter Ass Gas lighter filling valve
US3880213A (en) * 1972-05-30 1975-04-29 Braun Ag Filler valves for gas lighters
US4038823A (en) * 1974-10-21 1977-08-02 Reverse Injection Company (Proprietary) Limited Method of bleeding a hydraulic system and means therefor

Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2643535A (en) * 1948-12-28 1953-06-30 William P Strumbos Cigarette lighter
DE903463C (en) * 1950-06-12 1954-02-08 Richard Muetschele Filling and withdrawal valve for pressurized liquefied gases
USRE24163E (en) * 1956-06-05 Valves for
US2882940A (en) * 1954-08-28 1959-04-21 Nationale Sa Filling valves for liquefied gas lighters
DE1078261B (en) * 1957-01-30 1960-03-24 Anciens Etablissements Desmarq Coating agent for foams
US3093166A (en) * 1961-07-22 1963-06-11 Iketani Taisho Charging apparatus for liquefied gas lighters
US3115907A (en) * 1960-04-02 1963-12-31 Francispam Filling arrangement for a liquefied gas lighter
US3133565A (en) * 1962-10-30 1964-05-19 Ikeda Kunio Fuel injection valve for use in a liquefied gas lighter
US3146808A (en) * 1959-09-08 1964-09-01 Nationale Sa Interconnections for refill vessels and reservoirs to be filled with liquefied gas

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USRE24163E (en) * 1956-06-05 Valves for
US2643535A (en) * 1948-12-28 1953-06-30 William P Strumbos Cigarette lighter
DE903463C (en) * 1950-06-12 1954-02-08 Richard Muetschele Filling and withdrawal valve for pressurized liquefied gases
US2882940A (en) * 1954-08-28 1959-04-21 Nationale Sa Filling valves for liquefied gas lighters
DE1078261B (en) * 1957-01-30 1960-03-24 Anciens Etablissements Desmarq Coating agent for foams
US3146808A (en) * 1959-09-08 1964-09-01 Nationale Sa Interconnections for refill vessels and reservoirs to be filled with liquefied gas
US3115907A (en) * 1960-04-02 1963-12-31 Francispam Filling arrangement for a liquefied gas lighter
US3093166A (en) * 1961-07-22 1963-06-11 Iketani Taisho Charging apparatus for liquefied gas lighters
US3133565A (en) * 1962-10-30 1964-05-19 Ikeda Kunio Fuel injection valve for use in a liquefied gas lighter

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3228435A (en) * 1964-10-31 1966-01-11 Japan Gas Lighter Ass Gas lighter filler valve mechanism
US3575221A (en) * 1968-11-09 1971-04-20 Japan Gas Lighter Ass Gas lighter filling valve
US3880213A (en) * 1972-05-30 1975-04-29 Braun Ag Filler valves for gas lighters
US4038823A (en) * 1974-10-21 1977-08-02 Reverse Injection Company (Proprietary) Limited Method of bleeding a hydraulic system and means therefor

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
GB798684A (en) Improvements in or relating to discharge valves for dispensing substances by gaseouspressure
US3192971A (en) Gas lighter filler valve mechanism
US2882940A (en) Filling valves for liquefied gas lighters
US3307595A (en) Filling attachment for fluid containers and method for the use thereof
US3294118A (en) Filling valve for gas lighters
GB1290572A (en)
US4276892A (en) Smoking device with self contained lighting apparatus
US2728509A (en) Portable lighter and refilling apparatus therefor
GB1351640A (en) Gas fuelled cigarette lighters
US3228435A (en) Gas lighter filler valve mechanism
US2675205A (en) Valve for compressed gas smokers' lighters
USRE26193E (en) Billing arrangement for a liquefied gas llgiitrr
GB966967A (en) Improvements relating to valves for filling reservoirs with liquefied gas
USRE24163E (en) Valves for
US3499719A (en) Flame regulation valve combined with fill valve for liquefied gas lighter
US3093166A (en) Charging apparatus for liquefied gas lighters
US3148712A (en) Arrangements for interconnecting refill vessels with reservoirs adapted to be filledwith liquefied gas from such vessels
US3208244A (en) Lighter mechanism
GB967437A (en) Improvements relating to the filling of reservoirs with liquefied gas
US2710506A (en) Valves for filling pyrophoric lighters for liquified gas
US3419054A (en) Fuel charge valve of liquified gas fueled lighter
US3245234A (en) Variable flame gas lighter
US3072157A (en) Fuel injecting valve for a liquefied gas cigarette lighter
GB800939A (en) Improvements in or relating to gas-operated lighters
US2052111A (en) Catalytic lighter